A few days before the academy sports tournament, a certain rumor started to spread. Supposedly, if someone managed to win every event, the chairwoman would grant any one wish of theirs. It appeared a certain magic teacher wanted to be transferred into the health department and made into one student’s exclusive nurse. A certain student wanted to get a certain teacher fired. A certain other student wanted a special class made for just her and her crush. A certain chairwoman wished for a certain boy to become her master. A certain student council president wanted leave to quit. It seemed quite a few people wanted to have their wishes granted. Most of the students had misgivings about the upcoming sports tournament, but the march of time was relentless. Soon enough, the dreaded day had arrived. “Sensei! We’ve got three more here! All fractured ribs!” “Give me a second! I’ll get to them as soon as I can!” “Sensei, Kudeta-sensei, the referee, has been knocked unconscious. His wounds look serious! He took an iron ball to the testicles, and he’s foaming at the mouth! He needs urgent care!” “Take him to the hospital, then! There are carriages waiting outside!” The poor nurse, whose position a certain vampire was after, tried to sort through the chaos. The infirmary had reached full capacity, and a number of students had been forced to receive treatment in the hallway. Though all of the members of the health committee were casting healing magic as fast as humanly possible, they weren’t able to keep up with the number of incoming patients. The infirmary looked more like a field hospital than a proper facility. The poor school nurse, a young woman who’d just recently married and was being threatened by a fellow teacher to hurry up and go on maternity leave, finally got fed up at the constant stream of injured people flowing in. “Sheesh, what the heck is going on out there?” She yelled, her hair splaying wildly about her. The poor nurse, who was unfairly hated by a fellow coworker, was unaware of the madness going on outside. It was turning out to be a very lively sports tournament, just not quite in the way people had hoped. Over at the dodgeball field— “Take thiiiiiiiiiiiis!” Ryutarou threw a ball as hard as he could toward the opposing court. “Ngh!” Shizuku, the student council president, used a volleyball receive to lessen the force of Ryutarou’s fastball and just barely managed to catch it. “Tch, I knew you’d be the biggest problem, Shizuku…” “You almost had her, Ryutarou-kun,” Kaori said cheerfully. Ryutarou and Kaori were the only two people left on their side of the court. Meanwhile, Shizuku’s team still had four people, including her. The fact that Shizuku could receive even his best throw put Ryutarou in a tight spot. Kaori was sadly useless at both catching and throwing. Though he didn’t want to admit it, it appeared the student council team would win the dodgeball match. “Sorry, but I really want to live a stress-free school life. I don’t know if those rumors are true or not, but I’ll crush anyone who gets in the way of me quitting the student council!” The other students gave her sympathetic looks. Working on the council really was that grueling. Shizuku passed the ball to an outfielder. Ryutarou wasn’t sure if she was trying to catch him off-guard with an unexpected tactic, or just trying to finish Kaori off first. “Goddammit! You keep buzzing about like an annoying fly!” Shizuku’s teammates kept passing to each other at dizzying speeds, confusing Ryutarou’s senses. His movements grew rough, and the moment he let his guard down— “Shit!” “You’re mine!” Shizuku’s teammate threw the ball straight at Kaori. Because of the constant passes, Ryutarou had been lured away from her and wouldn’t be able to get back to her in time. The ball hadn’t been thrown with as much force as Ryutarou’s fastball, but it wasn’t something Kaori could handle. “Stooooooooooooooop!” Ryutarou’s scream echoed throughout the court. A second later— “Ryutarou-kun Barrier!” “Uwoooh!?” Time ground to a halt. Ryutarou, who should have been too far away, suddenly flew in front of Kaori and took the ball with his face. Kaori had bound him with her chains and used him as a shield. Devoid of force, the ball slowly slipped to the ground. Kaori easily caught it before it did, and then threw it lightly up into the air. “Take this, Ryutarou-kun Hammer!” “Gwah!?” Kaori swung Ryutarou into the ball, using him as a literal hammer. His eyes rolled back into his head as his forehead connected solidly with the ball. Kaori’s superball hit Atsushi Tamai, one of Shizuku’s teammates, right in the stomach. “Gaaah!?” He screamed, and flew a good ten meters backward. He came to a stop outside the court and lay still. “I’m just getting started!”
“You monster!” Kaori Shirasaki was the kind of girl who did whatever it took to get what she wanted. I’ll get that vixen fired no matter what it takes! If I have to sacrifice a few my friends along the way, so be it! In truth, the person Ryutarou had been screaming stop to wasn’t the people on Shizuku’s team, but Kaori. It was a wonder he’d made it to the finals in one piece. Meanwhile, over at the soccer field— “Shit, someone, anyone, stop her!” Kouki screamed desperately as Shea dribbled her way past his team, her bunny ears fluttering in the wind. Saitou, one of Kouki’s teammates, did his absolute best to try and snatch the ball away from her. However, Shea’s keen sense of hearing alerted her to his movements, and to the fact that two other people were circling behind her. Even if she dodged the first, the second might still be able to take the ball from her, so she sent the ground flying at them. “Outta my waaaaaaaaaaaay!” “Gyaaaaaah!” Shea stomped hard onto the ground in front of her, pulverizing it and sending clods of earth and pebbles flying at Saitou. He screamed in pain and staggered backward while the ball soared over his head. The earth wave hit Nakano and Kondou, who were coming in behind Saitou, as well. Both of them screamed, “My eyes! I can’t see!” as rocks pelted their faces. “R-Referee, that was an illegal move!” Despite Kouki’s protests, the referee just looked away. As this was a magical school, using magic was allowed, to a limited extent. For example, the goalie could erect barriers to block the ball, and strikers could manipulate the wind to shift a ball’s trajectory, so strengthening yourself enough to kick up a chunk of earth was technically within the rules as well. That meant something like Shea accidentally kicking the Azantium-filled ball into the previous referee’s testicles despite his continued attempts to warn Shea not to be too rough were still technically not illegal moves. Shea ran all the way up to the goal and shot the ball so hard she kicked up gravel in her wake. It sailed straight into the net and netted her team their tenth point. Suzu, the goalkeeper, was huddling in a corner of the goal with a barrier around herself to protect her. When Shea made her shot, she didn’t even try to block it. In fact, she just tried to make her already tiny body seem even smaller. “Yahooooooooooooooo!” Shea raised both hands into the air and bellowed a victory cry. Shea was the kind of girl who would trample down anyone in her path for the sake of her goals. Meanwhile, at the tennis court— “Bwah!?” The chairwoman flew across the tennis court. She traced an arc through the air and crashed into the ground a few meters away, a tennis ball stuck firmly in her cheek. She slowly stumbled to her feet, legs twitching. Even for the sturdiest person in school, that had been quite a blow. “Y-Yue-sensei, while I understand magic is allowed, I do not think using gravity magic on the ball is fair...” “The ball was in.” Yue was facing Tio in the final match of the tennis tournament. For the past few minutes, the ball had been bouncing in ways that made it clear it was ignoring gravity, and also inexplicably hitting Tio in her vitals every time. Though Yue looked absolutely stunning in her tennis uniform, no one had the guts to look at her. Nor did anyone have the guts to complain about a teacher and the chairman playing in a tournament that was meant for the students. None of them wanted to be hospitalized after all. Anyone who’d raised a complaint, whether they’d been on the court or just one of the spectators, had been sent to the infirmary by Yue’s gravity shot. “Very well, if you refuse to adhere to the spirit of the rules, then I see no reason to either! Breath Shot!” “Ultimate Technique— Gate Return.” “Wait, that really is against the ru— Bwaaah!?” The blazing tennis ball vanished through the portal in front of Yue’s hand and slammed straight into Tio’s back. Tio skidded across the court and came to a stop right before the net. This time, she didn’t get back up. “The ball’s still in.” Yue glared coldly at the referee. As far as she was concerned, it was fair play so long as the ball remained in. The referee was too terrified to argue back, and so judged in her favor. Yue was the kind of girl who would stoop to anything if it meant she would get to be the school nurse. Meanwhile, at the table tennis room— The click-clack of a ping pong ball hitting the table echoed over and over. “You’re pretty good, Endou.” “You think so? Hehe, truth is I actually practice quite a bit.” “I see.” Click-clack, click-clack. “Table tennis sure is fun.” “Yeah.” Hajime and Endou conversed normally. Click-clack, click-clack. They continued playing a peaceful, normal game of table tennis. In the end, the sports tournament had to be canceled because there were too many injuries.
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