Boy?

{Before you go to sleep, let's talk about what we gained this time.}

{First, the ticket. You earned it.}

A red ticket saying "class one" appeared on the air.

Why is it red?

{The appearance of the ticket is meaningless, but if you want to know why it's mostly because of you. The ticket will take an appearance based on the person who will use it, in this case, you.}

I will not use it for now.

{Fine by me, as for the rest. You didn't use that many tools, so Astravia didn't have to pay that much energy at all, hence we got quite the bonus. 200 units.}

This… That's a lot.

{Initially, I wanted you to collect around a thousand energy so that we could go to the next world smoothly. But well, I guess we got lucky. My policy is simple: always collect ten times over what I need for the next world. So that we always have a failsafe.}

Does that mean we have enough energy to get a rank boost?

{Yes but I think it's better to leave that for later.}

Anything else?

{What else do you want? We already got a lot.}

I'm just asking.

Things will get "calmer" now. This month will end and at the end of the next one there will be the individual tournament, the perfect opportunity to make my clones believable will be a little before that.

And in two weeks my own IS will be ready. I will finally be able to proceed with my IS creation plan.

Good night Lylia.

{Good night.}

The week went by smoothly without anything special happening. The Interclass tournament that had been canceled was rescheduled and everything went alright with its execution. Neither I nor Ichika participated in this one, but the final battle between Cecilia and Linlin was pretty interesting. It ended in a draw when they hit each other at the same time with their long-range weapons.

I didn't watch the second and third-year fights. But the clones did. Some people were really impressive, like Kanzashi's older sister.

The second week was just as normal as the first one. Train with Cecilia at night, help Kanzashi in the noon and help Kona with IS piloting.

But the most important thing is my IS of course. It took much longer than Ichika's IS. I don't expect something freaking monstrous, but at least a 3.5 generation like the one Ichika got.

-Miyoshi, we had a problem. Said Chifuyu to me before class

-What happened now?

-Your IS was stolen by Phantos task.

-... You are kidding me.

-I guess I will have to make it myself.

After the Drone incident two weeks ago, I had a talk with Chifuyu telling her "everything I know". I used the hacking excuse saying that all I knew came from invading the country's systems to which she just gave a dry laugh while cursing the incapable national security.

-I can actually help you with that. Take it.

She tossed me a key card with my name and a photo on it. It said "executive researcher"

-It's not like there is any door in here that can stop you so it's better to make it official.

She might say that but this move is only to make it easier for them to monitor me.

-There is a secret IS a manufactory on the academy underground. I am giving you permission to use it as you see fit. Just be careful with what you do there. I don't want to explain any "mismanagement of the academy's fortune" to the board of directors.

-Humm… This might actually be a good time to say that I own a considerate amount of stocks in many companies around the globe. I have quite an amount in a foreign account.

I then gave her a tablet with the account opened, there were many zeros.

This was all of my true fortune though. It took me a while to accumulate this, but it was worth it. There is also my account set up by grandpa. But I never used it. My parents didn't say anything about it, either.

-Kid…I guess you are truly capable. But I don't need you to help me with money, neither now nor never.

-Are you friend-zoning me this soon?

-You… She tried to bonk me. And I allowed it. But I didn't feel anything at all. Either I got stronger or she hit me softly.

{Or your skull is just that thick}

-Does that mean I am on the green?

-Do whatever you wish, just don't cause trouble. I don't want to hear any scandals about you any time soon.

-Who do you think I am? I am not Ichika.

He always seems to get into trouble with girls no matter what.

-Hey hey… did you hear? Random girl Alpha

-About what? Rg Beta

-They said that the winner of the individual tournament at the end of the month would have a chance to date one of the boys!

-Really?!

…

-... Chifuyu...

-... What?

-I don't have anything to do with this.

-Sigh, that idiot is causing trouble again. In any case, you are dismissed.

-Yes Chifuyu-nee I said with a smirk.

Only to be almost hit with a bonk, such speeds… She was truly holding back.

-It's Chifuyu-Sensei for you.

I went to sit on my chair, which now is the protagonist's seat, by the window on the first row.

-Today I will present everyone to a new transfer student!

The door opened to reveal a person wearing the male academy uniform.

His face was rather feminine. He walked with elegance and then stopped in front of the board.

-My name is Charles Dunoa. I come from France, it's a pleasure to meet all of you. He said the final line with a short bow and a smile on his face, that captivated all of the girls. It wasn't a super beautiful smile, but one filled with sincerity.

-A boy? Random girl #1

-Yes. I found out that there was someone like me here so I decided to transfer to this school...

Although the IS academy is famous all around the world, it isn't the only academy dedicated to the IS. But it is certainly the best.

-KYAAA!! All of the class suddenly burst out!

My ears...

-Everyone, shut up!

-Today we have a practical class about the IS with class 2. All of you should change clothes and wait at the second arena.

-And also Orimura, Miyoshi. Take care of Dunoa as you two are boys too.

-Dismissed!

-Are you Orimura-Kun? Nice to meet you. I am…

-Ahh yeah. Whatever. Anyway, let's get out of here. Seiichi you coming? Said Ichika while grabbing Charles's hands.

-Right behind you.

Charles just whelped as Ichika grabbed his hand and pulled him away from class.

-This dude… Just grabbing another man's hand like that… I said while I watched him leave.

-... For how long are you going to stay there? Didn't you hear what I said? What are you waiting for? Go change already!

-Well I am just surprised a "man" just appeared out of nowhere. I am "shocked".

I went to the door to catch up with Ichika and the other guy who were running in the hallways away from a crowd of girls.

-Excuse me girls, I have to catch up with them.

I jumped above all of the girls landing in the corridor where Ichika and Charles went.

The girls looked at me in awe while the girl from the news club took some photos.

I entered the bathroom to see Ichika changing clothes with his back to Charles.

-... Hey Ichika, Charles. Are you guys ready?

-You are the one who should get ready! Said Ichika with his back towards me.

-That's easy. I pressed a button on my hand watch and light engulfed me. When the light receded I was wearing my modified IS suit. It wasn't that different from Ichika, appearance-wise, but it was better in every way.

"Charles" then finished putting his clothing on at an amazing speed before Ichika turned around.

Ichika then had a conversation with Charles about how fast he put on the clothes and why his model was different from his, which eventually led to the topic of the Dunoa corporation, the biggest IS corporation in France, and that he is the president's son.

-Are you guys ready? We don't have all day. I don't want to run laps around the school again.

-Let's go Dunoa. Said Ichika.

-Uhuh!

Then the three of us went to the arena for class.

Everyone was in line waiting for the teacher's next words.

Today we will have a combat simulation it seems. The teacher picked up Cecilia and Linlin and have then fought against Maya.

The fight was completely one-sided with Maya controlling all aspects of the fight. From her own position to the enemy position. The end result was the overwhelming defeat of both of them.

Then Chifuyu divided all of the students into groups with those who had a particular IS as its respective leader.

After teaching the students about all of the safety and basics of IS operation it was time for the practical training.

I picked the first girl who presented herself as a member of the boxing club. I remembered her. In the time when I went to apologize to Kona and to make fun of her.

Unfortunately, Kona is from class 3, so she isn't in this class

I picked her by the waist and lifted her up so that she could get into the IS, gaining many sparkling sights from the girls in my group.

I helped the first then the second and so on… And eventually class ended