Too many promises

-The inter-class tournament will start soon right? Said girl A

-Actually, did you all hear that the class rep of class 2 changed? Said girl B

-I heard she was replaced by the new transfer student. Said girl C

-Transfer student? At this time of the year? Said Ichika

-Yup! From China. Said girl A

-Is she strong? Asked Ichika

-Only the representatives of classes 1 and 4 have a personal IS, well, at least for now. She must be no big deal.

-That information is outdated!

-Class two representative also has a personal IS. Victory will not be so easy!

-Rinrin? Said Ichika

…

I was walking down the corridor with Cecilia, who I met along the way, when I came across Chifuyu.

-Good morning sensei.

-Good morning Miyoshi, Alcott.

At this time we heard a scream come from class:

-How dare you say that! Said Lingying

Chifuyu then went and punched her head

-Ouch!

-How dare you do that…

-Chi-Chifuyu-san…

-Call me Orimura-sensei.It's almost time for class so go back to it now, and get out of the way.

-So-Sorry.

-Well. Hello there. I said towards the very small girl who barely reached my chest.

If I ain't mistaken she is 1,50m tall(4,92 feet).

-He-Hello… She was stunned.

-Name's Miyoshi Seiichi, by your reaction and appearance, you must be Lingying Huang right? I heard about you from Ichika.

-Ichika spoke about me? She said flustered.

-Yup, he said you were going to give him your special food every day after all.

-Di-Did he?!... She seemed really happy.

-Ohh… The entire class looked embarrassed

Houki didn't seem happy at all

-Ichikaaa! Is that true?

-Yup! Her pork is really good. I really wanted her to make it for me every day though…

Sorry my dude, may you be happy in heaven. There are many things you can do in this world. Just don't mess with these girls.

If you didn't understand, then what is happening is that from everyone's perspective, minus Ichika, this statement "make pork every day" is the same as asking someone for marriage.

-I see, I see… ICHIKA! DIE!

-Wait what? What did I do?...

She picked a sword and slashed in Ichikas's direction, only for it to be blocked by Linlin's semi materialized IS arm. (Just like an IS closed-form and its materialized form, it is possible to just materialize part of the IS instead of the hole.)

-What do you think you are doing to Ichika?

-Partial deployment?!

I just sat on my desk and waited for the catfight to end.

{You are evil. There was no need to say that.}

It was going to happen eventually.

The bell then rang signalizing the start of class.

Linlin looked around confused before looking at Chifuyu who looked pissed and bolted to the door saying:

-We are going to finish this later!

After class ended I went with Ichika, Cecilia and the rest to the canteen.

-I was really surprised. I didn't imagine that you were a transfer student from class 2. You could have warned me earlier.

-If I had warned you our dramatic reencounter would be ruined.

…

While Ichika and Linlin had their own conversation, Houki watched the two with a piercing gaze.

I imagine just how Ichika is capable of being this dense.

Then I felt a tug on my shirt.

-Seiichi-san I heard you talking with that girl in the morning. How about I try and cook something for you too? Said Cecilia

-You know how to cook?

-No-N-YES! Of course I know!

-There is no need to be embarrassed, how about I give you some tips? Nothing serious, just some help after…

-YES! I see you after class!

Then we picked our food and sat at a table… But what is this situation? One table is filled with girls, including me and Cecilia, while Ichika sits together with Linlin on their own.

Of course, Houki doest seen very happy with this.

After a while, Houki didn't seem to be able to resist anymore and went to the other table to question Ichika.

-ICHIKA! Who is her?! I demand an explanation!

The conversation went as you would imagine until Linlin proposed to teach him how to use the IS.

-Teaching Ichika is my responsibility!

-I am talking with Ichika right now so please leave.

-Their bickering continued until Linlin said that she was going to look for him after class.

After classes ended I went to look for Kona… and after I talk with her I will see Kanzashi, then I will see Cecilia…

{What a playboy.}

Finally, by questioning some girls around the school I finally found her in the boxing club.

-ONE! TWO! ONE! TWO!... It seems that this place is filled with people huh?

In a large gym, 12 or so girls were doing a series of movements on sandbags.

One of them was my target.

The instructor who is a third-year student noticed me and screamed:

-Miyoshi Seiichi?!

-Hello everyone.

The girls stopped and started to swarm me.

-Why did you come here?

-Are you going to join our club?

-Do you have a girlfriend?

-What types do you like?

…

Jesus…

-I came here for my sister… Do any of you know where Koyanagi is?

-Your sister? X All of them

-She is over there. Said a second year while pointing at a girl trying to sneak away.

-Hey you stop right there!

Then an amazing chase scene happened. (Not really)

I soon caught her.

-So. Heh, heh. We meet again. Don't you have anything to say to me? I said to her

-...ME?! You are the one who should be explaining! Not me.

-Look. I went to the wrong test boot and managed to pilot an IS. Here I am then.

-That's all?! Why didn't you say anything to me?

-It was supposed to be a surprise. And well, you should have seen mom and dad faces. Hah, priceless.

-You are just… ARG!

-Better now?

-I hate you.

-The feeling is mutual.

…

We both started to laugh

...

-How about I help you in your studies from now on?

-Really?

-Yup, I got permission to use an IS model from school. So I can help you with training in one. What do you think? I have a lot to do right now, but I will fix that soon.

-A lot to do? Doing what? You aren't even in a club.

-After classes, I go to the laboratories where I spend most of my time studying the data on IS. I am also designing an IS currently. Later I spend the remainder of my time in the library, until nighttime. (I omitted my classes with Cecilia)

-I see. Then how about on the weekend?

-Sure! If you want to talk with me, my current room is in the caretakers' warehouse.

-Warehouse?

-Yeah… Since there aren't many rooms left, the school had me stay in there for now.

-See you later then Kona, I don't want you to get in trouble for staying away for too long. Bye.

When I said that I just bolted away, as I was late to meet Miss Kanzashi.

-Wait!... There he goes. Why is he like that? It's as if he is late for a date… HUM?!

…

-You are late.

-Sorry.

-What were you doing?

-I went to meet my sister.

-Do you have a sister? Said Kanzashi, surprised.

-Yup. She's a first-year too. But let's leave that for later, we have an IS to finish.

She just nodded her head.

Later that day I went to my room to continue my "studies" on the IS.

{More like illegal acquisition of knowledge}

It's not technically illegal, after all, the security clearance is there to protect the students from doing something stupid, and I am not an inexperienced student.

{Yup. You are just plain stupid}

… You are becoming more and more annoying as time goes on. Are you going through puberty or something? Divine menstruat…

{If you finish that, You will have a really bad time when you cross to the next world. So stop now and I will consider this matter settled}

...Scary…

After that, I just went to the bathtub to relax and wait for Cecilia.

KNOCK! KNOCK!

Speak of the devil...