Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

During this period, my heart has been difficult to calm down.

After much hesitation, I was unable to speak frankly. Finally, I couldn't accept my own weakness, so I completely let down my guard and exploded.

"sorry."

".........Why are you apologizing all of a sudden?"

Luo turned his head to ask me, but his eyes did not change at all, as calm as always.

My apology is just what I should do.

"My behavior this morning... exposed my grip strength and so on. Luo must be very annoyed..."

"Ichinose is talking about this... If that's the case, there's no need for Ichinose to apologize, and I don't care... On the contrary, I can breathe a sigh of relief because of this."

Is it because I can freely display my strength?

But Luo didn't even think about using his hidden abilities.

"why?"

I asked in confusion.

"Because this way I won't have to worry about accidentally letting someone know about Ichinose's underwear one day."

"Hey, ah, um...wait a minute why does Luo have to keep holding on to this matter?"

"Because it's hard to forget, or... should I say cute?"

Why are you pretending to be thinking seriously at this time? !

"Wait a minute, what's so cute about that? Actually, what I usually wear is......"

No, eh, ah......!

"What do you usually wear?"

"Well, please pretend I didn't say anything!"

I grabbed the sofa pillow beside me and buried myself in it.

Ah, I came here to apologize, why did it turn out like this?

"Ok."

"........."

Just when I was feeling overwhelmed by my behavior, Luo suddenly put his hand on my head.

"Anyway, I'm not angry at Ichinose's actions."

"Um.........."

Phew, now I can breathe a sigh of relief...

"Speaking of which, if Ichinose has time, just take my key card and make a copy of it."

"Could you please copy the key card to Luo Jun's dormitory room......?"

It's also good to have a spare key.

"Well, let Ichinose use the spare key card."

"Hey, give me...?"

"Well, Ichinose comes here quite often. If I had a key card, I could save myself the trouble of opening the door."

"I'm sorry, I come here too often."

"It's okay. I don't mind that."

"You don't mind......?"

"Ah."

Although it seems a bit casual, Luo seems to mean this.

"Thank you."

I muttered something to myself, then quietly leaned my head on Luo's shoulder.

Maybe it's because Luo Jun can tolerate my mistakes without any complaints that I fall in love with him.

I slightly suppressed my inner anxiety.

(From the perspective of Ichinose Honami)

"I never thought that Class C would resort to this kind of attack."

During the horse battle, Ma Zi, the "horse leader", kept dodging and turning. I reached out to help her, but she refused.

She has worked so hard.

"But this also shows that we did a great job in the details of the battle. They had to resort to this last resort because they couldn't break through our defense head-on, right?"

"Even though that's the case, do they really want to win......?"

Ma Zi is still upset about this matter.

Although I said this, I did have some other thoughts in my mind.

I think that Class C might have intended to adopt a 'self-destruction' strategy from the very beginning, launching a mutually destructive offensive against us.

It's just that due to the arrangement of our formation and timely support, they missed the best opportunity to fight.

Well, I think everyone should have noticed this.

I'm talking about the fact that 'the people in Class C are taking action against Horikita-san from Class D'.

Although Class D's victories so far have all been achieved under the 'command' of Horikita-san, and knocking down Horikita-san first would indeed affect the morale of Class D's students, I don't think Class D is as fragile as imagined, and Karuizawa-san's bravery and ability in fighting later on indeed confirmed this.

It is also because of Karuizawa-san that I want to do my best in this horse-riding battle, at least I shouldn’t let everyone down…

No, the most important thing is that Class C fulfilled the harsh words that Ryuen said on the luxury cruise ship.

In this special exam, he will take action against Class D.

Everything was too coincidental. Class C's arrangement of the order in which the contestants appeared completely hit the weak point of our strategy and minimized our losses.

Maybe it is really an inevitable fate, but all the clues point to the one I don't want to happen and it is an unlikely guess.

Therefore, we need to at least let Kanzaki and the others pay attention.

"Be careful not to get hurt by Ryuuen... Also, if possible, pay attention to our ally Sudo. I feel like Ryuuen will target him this time."

Following the announcement on the radio, Luo put down the plastic bottle in his hand, stood up and walked towards the competition area.

This time he will fight as the "Horse Head". This makes me a little worried, but in the end, it is my irresponsible behavior that caused things to turn out this way.

Although I was forgiven by Luo Jun, I still felt a little guilty.

I watched them leave, then sat quietly in the seat where Luo Jun had just been.

The boys' fight started soon. I originally thought that Class C would make a brutal charge and forcibly break up our formation, but the result was better than I expected.

We gained an advantage at the beginning, but then Class B was completely defeated at the cost of two riders, Kanzaki and Shibata. On the other hand, Class C was left with only Ryuen, the leader rider.

It's a five-to-one situation. All we have to do next is to siege Longyuan and we can win the game.

However, the situation reversed again. For some reason, the battle on the field suddenly turned into a one-on-one duel between Sudo and Ryuen. Even after being defeated, Ryuen still seemed to have some strength left against the three riders.

My heart was gripped by the fierce battle.

If I had to explain the reason, it was because I was worried that the "horse head" ridden by the opponent's commander, Mr. Yamada, would attack.

Although Luo Jun is very strong and his figure hidden under his clothes is surprisingly good, there is still a huge gap in body size compared to Yamada-san.

My attention was always on the two of them. When I saw Yamada make a small move and hit his head hard on Luo's neck, my heart was in my throat.

For the first time, I felt an urge to stop the race from going on.

I sipped water, trying to calm my nerves.

However, immediately afterwards, the two cavalrymen of the enemy and ours collided with each other for unknown reasons.

The 'self-destruction' tactic was once again used in the horse-riding competition. Ryuen's horse knocked Kanzaki down, and Luo was also thrown heavily to the ground, and even at the beginning he had to bear the pressure from Yamada for a while.

I stood up in panic.

Ryuen-san continued to show off after his plan succeeded. Although his actions were noteworthy, my heart was completely attracted to the other side at this moment.

"Luo, are you okay? Is there anyone else?"

I didn't expect that I would express my concerns so deliberately, but fortunately, other people didn't seem to notice.

"I am fine."

"Ryuen didn't do anything foul to you, did he?"

"They just bumped into each other."

"Phew, that's good... Kanzaki-san, could you please tell me what happened just now?"

Although I said this, I still couldn't let it go in my heart. After all, Luo was implicated because of me.

While talking to Kanzaki-san, my attention was vaguely on Luo.

He returned to his seat and began looking around for something.

It was at this moment that I suddenly noticed the plastic bottle on the wooden table.

Oops, oops, I forgot.

Not to mention that the plastic bottle was not placed properly, I even took a sip without realizing it.

I wanted to speak up to explain, but when I opened my mouth I was too embarrassed to say it. While I was hesitating, Luo Jun also noticed the change in position of the plastic bottle.

He was stunned for a moment after getting the water.

Has it been discovered…?

Now I am several times more nervous than before.

Then Luo Jun unscrewed the bottle without paying any attention and slowly drank all the remaining water to quench his thirst.

Phew, it should not have been discovered.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

It probably doesn't matter if I don't say it...

Just when I was feeling somewhat troubled by my actions, Kanzaki-san's voice suddenly broke into my mind and woke me up instantly.

"........Captain Ichinose?"

"Ah, what's wrong?"

"..........Did you hear what I said?"

“…Um, sorry. I seem to have been distracted just now. Could you please say it again, Kanzaki-san?”

"can."

Kanzaki-san didn't doubt my absent-mindedness.

Although I clearly understood what happened afterwards, I couldn't stop thinking about what had just happened.

Anyway, let's keep this matter as a secret for now.

(From the perspective of Ichinose Honami)

"Ryuen-san has won first place in all the competitions so far..."

After listening to Kanzaki-san's account of what happened in the Horseback Battle competition, I completely put my confused thoughts to rest and started thinking about the crux of the problem.

Ryuen is definitely not the type of person who gives up easily, and I guess not making any preparations during the training period is just a cover-up. No, or rather, it is an open announcement to us that he is ready.

In addition, the targeted actions of Class C led by Ryuuen against Horikita-san and Sudou-san almost made me certain of one thing.

This is a question about the [Entry Form].

".............The class's information has been completely leaked.............I just checked with Mr. Hoshinomiya for some other possible directions, but they were all rejected in the end. In other words.............our class's [Entry Form] has been leaked."

I think Hirata-san and Horikita-san from Class D should have gradually noticed this...