Escapade

Nova began to sweat beads knowing Freyana probably heard all of this echo across the cafeteria.

『So, Thomas! What kind of girl is your kind of girl?』[Marn]

Thomas didn't even hesitate when he was asked.

『I like a girl that can eat a lot! Like as much as me!』[Thomas]

He then proceeded to consume another large bit of beef.

Marn gave a strange look to Thomas.

『...Like Anastasia?』[Marn]

Thomas shook his head aggressively while struggling to swallow.

『Keh. A quiet girl? No way. Besides, she seems like she eats everything with a fork and a knife.』[Thomas]

『...I'm not even sure what that's SUPPOSED to mean.』[Nova]

Thomas shrugged.

『Too fancy.』[Thomas]

Marn seemed half exhausted just hearing Thomas' answer.

『...Just say that next time.』[Marn]

He proceeded to dig into the beef bowl again.

『Okay. Then-』[Marn]

Nova seized this chance.

『How about you, Marn? What kind of girl do you like?』[Nova]

Marn had a surprised face.

『Me? Well, if you're so interested..』[Marn]

He ate a bit of pizza and put it down.

『Me? I'm personally in it for a harem.』[Marn]

Nova and Thomas dropped their food.

『...Are you an idiot?』[Nova]

『Huh?! Why?』[Marn]

『Nobody is gonna join your harem.』[Thomas]

『What?! Why not?!』[Marn]

『Dude. Sorry to tell it to you, but...』[Nova]

『If you openly say you want a harem, you're a degenerate.』[Thomas]

Nova nodded his head.

『...What..?』[Marn]

Marn looked like he was crushed.

『...But. Don't all dudes want a harem?! Isn't a man's dream?!』[Marn]

『...Said who?』[Thomas]

『Marn. You're expecting a bunch of girls to commit themselves to you. Literally… what?』[Nova]

『But.. You know? Right?』[Marn]

『No. Even Nova knows man. You can not hope to expect that there are multiple girls that will commit themselves to a dude who might love another girl over them.』[Thomas]

『...』[Nova]

He had sudden flashbacks to Freyana when he first met her.

He coughed a few times.

Thomas smacked Nova on the back a few times.

『See, Marn?! Harems are so unrealistic that you made Nova choke on his food from the shock!』[Thomas]

Nova looked down at his empty plate before looking back at Thomas, realizing that he didn't know that Nova had already finished his food.

『Huh? Oh, yeah. Marn, sorry dude. We gotta talk you out of this. We can't watch you crash and burn like this.』[Nova]

『Man.. At least let me dream for a little bit?』[Marn]

He looked up at them with a pleading gaze.

『...』[Thomas]

Thomas went back to finishing up the rest of his food.

Nova couldn't help but feel bad for Marn...

So he decided to play along with Marn's fantasies for a bit.

『...Yeah! I'm sure that you can get a harem if you really tried, Marn! You're the king of men!』[Nova]

Thomas looked at Nova with a shocked expression.

『?! Bro! That isn't gonna hel-』[Thomas]

Marn already had a better expression on his face.

『Yeah! That's what I had in mind! At least Nova believes in me! Haha! Let's go get a harem, boys!』[Marn]

『Huh?!』[Nova]

He stood up and dragged both of them off outside.

『Woo! To the girl's dorms!』[Marn]

『NONONONO!』[Nova]

『PLEASE HELP!!』[Thomas]

They couldn't even resist against Marn's unreasonably large amount of strength.

Once they left, Freyana peeked out from under behind the window.

『...I didn't get to hear Nova's type...』[Freyana]

She pouted a bit and sank beneath the window again.

.....

Marn was dragging them deep into the girl's dorm area.

『What are you?! You IDIOT! We're not allowed here!』[Thomas]

『You're with the boys! You gotta have a late night escapade!』[Marn]

He dragged the both of them on the floor with him while laughing.

Before long, he arrived into female dorm territory and went silent.

『...Thomas?』[Nova]

Thomas looked over to Nova.

『Yeah?』[Thomas]

『Do you think I made a mistake?』[Nova]

『...No. Nobody could have known Marn was this off the rails.』[Thomas]

『...I'm sorry.』[Nova]

Nova looked away from Thomas, as if he couldn't bear the guilt.

『We're here. Let's sneak into their rooms!』[Marn]

『...Does he know they're locked?』[Thomas]

Marn turned back and stared at the two of them.

『Of course I do!』[Marn]

『Woah! He can hear us...』[Thomas]

『So? What's your plan now?』[Nova]

『I knock on the first door I see and ask them out!』[Marn]

He had a smug expression on his face, as if he just came up with the most intelligent idea of all time.

『...You've gone insane.』[Thomas]

『Marn.. I'm sorry, but I want out. Like.. right now.』[Nova]

Marn looked at Nova with a sad expression.

『...Really?』[Marn]

Nova vigorously nodded his head.

『YES. REALLY. LET GO OF ME.』[Nova]

Marn bit his lip.

『Well..if that's truly how you feel...』[Marn]

He began to walk further into the girl's dorms with a smile on his face.

『TOO BAD!』[Marn]

He knocked on the first door he saw and let go of the two who were in pain from being dragged around.

A few seconds later, the door opened wide.

Standing there was Anastasia in pajamas.

Marn closed his eyes and was already talking, so he had no idea who stepped outside.

『Hey there! Will you join my harem?!』[Marn]

Nova and Thomas watched on the side with a huge look of horror.

Then, the other girls from the class showed up from her room.

Marn finally opened his eyes.

『...Oh god.』[Marn]

Nova, who hadn't been spotted yet, whispered under his breath.

『...Area!』[Nova]

A hole appeared from under him and dropped him a good distance away.

Once he was safe from the girls who stood there staring at Marn, he concentrated on Thomas, who was still stuck there from fear.

『Area.』[Nova]

A hole appeared below him and teleported him next to Nova.

『...Oh my god. You saved my life, bro.』[Thomas]

They stared from a corner at the two of them.

.Marn stood there, shaking in his shoes.

He got hit by a stream of water and they saw Fang jump out of Marn's clothes and run away.

『...Ow.』[Thomas]

Suddenly, a blade projectile came flying out and hitting him too.

『..Damn! Sophia is in there too?』[Nova]

He got up and tried to run away.

『...I really don't think that was a good idea.』[Thomas]

Suddenly, while he was running he got sent flying a good distance away.

『Ssss...』[Nova]

A fireball suddenly came out and started to track him too.

『...Oh my god.』[Thomas]

『Is… he going to survive?』[Nova]

『If he doesn't, it's on him.』[Thomas]

Fang made a few squeaking noises a few feet away from Nova and Thomas.

Nova looked at Fang, but it seemed like he was concentrating on Marn.

Soon after, a very transparent gray thing seemed to cut the fireball down in size a bit.

『Huh?!』[Nova]

However… the fireball eventually caught up to Marn and blew him up anyway.

『Uuuu...』[Marn]

He lied on the floor a few feet away from them next to Fang.

『...Let's retreat.』[Nova]

Thomas nodded and walked away with Nova, leaving Marn there.