Lacelle is...
Lacelle...
My brother!

　The man who crashed!

　The three girls spoke up.
　Cecil, Sarasa and Sheila.
　It echoed through the camp of Chapter 5 in the waiting area.
　Many of the students turned at the sound of their voices.

''Rah, there's no way Lacelle would do that.
'Yes, sir!　There's a mistake!
''There's no way your brother would be so cowardly!

　I don't care what people are looking at.
　The three girls appealed.
　It was none other than the one who packed up.

　Rowan.

No, I'm the one who told you...

　This one has a troubled look on her face.
　Brown eyes, the same color as her hair, reflected the girls with puffy cheeks.

　Iolada's accident had been committed by someone else.
　And the culprit was Lasser Singh Stark.

　I heard about it the day after I met the Volfot.
　By the time I found out, most of the students knew about it.
　Thanks to this, the conversation was more about the rumors of the Iolada incident than the final battle.

　The management immediately denied it.
　Once again, he stressed that the incident was an accident.
　In addition, they called me out and nailed me for not interfering in any way that would be unnecessary.
　He told me that the management wanted to treat it as an accident, not as a big deal.
　As a result, there were zero casualties.
　They want to pull back the curtain early and focus on the final game.

　We know where the rumors are coming from.
　It's definitely Volfot.

　Most likely it was blown up by someone from another school.
　Word travels fast.
　And then there's Iolada, the Descendants of the Brave.
　She's a good-looking woman. Because of her good looks, she is naturally popular among the students of other schools.

　There are many people who would be incensed by her.

So we're the heels.

　I mutter.
　At the same time, the corners of my mouth went up.

　Seeing this, Chairman Vael crossed his arms to lift his large chest.

''What are you going to do, Lacelle? There is a possibility that the other schools will focus on our Chapter 5 and launch an all-out attack.

No, I don't. It's what I expected.

As expected?　Do you even have [future vision]?

　Unfortunately, I haven't mastered [Future Vision] yet.
　That thing, while an advanced magic, requires a million units of points.
　It's not that I can't acquire it, but we have an excellent [Scholar(Professor)], so I didn't feel much need for it.

''It's not like that. We knew this would happen by the time the Kowloon Cup started.''

Ho.....

That's my brother.

　Sheila's face flushed.

'It's not a difficult prediction, Sheila.

　I vowed to win it all.
　I would win it all.
　Then the situation is easy to reproduce.
　If I had won all the competitions, I would definitely be at the top of this overall competition.

''Ah......... I see.''

　Rowan popped his hand.

'We've known for a hundred days that we were going to attack the winning team with multiple teams. So we've taken precautions.

　Yes.
　We've taken precautions.
　We knew this would happen.
　So it's just a matter of whether the countermeasures work.

　I look back at everyone.

　Then I turned to all the students and students of the entire school and said to them, "I've heard about you.

'You've heard of me; you've heard of me. But I swear to you, I didn't do it. I beg you to believe me. Please. I beg you to fight with me.

　.............

　A silence fell.
　Everyone looked at each other.
　Then they came closer to me.
　Less than 600 people in the whole school.
　It surrounded one [villager].

　Someone says.

''Indeed........ Maybe Lacelle can do it.''
'Deceiving the management, making it look like an accident and dropping out a competitor'
Lacelle is the only one here who can pull off that kind of trick.
I think we're on the right track.

　Everyone muttered to themselves.
　The words were lined up to denounce me.
　And yet, I felt a vague sense of warmth.

"But,
Yeah.
Lacelle didn't do it.
No way.
"I'd rather be doing something underhanded...
Yeah. They're not gonna train us.

　I looked up, startled.

'You guys believe me?'

Of course.

　Cecil claps me on the shoulder.

'We're all in this together,'

　Rowan put his hand on my head.

'We all believe in you, Mr. Lacelle,'

　Sarasa smiles at him.

'Brother, no one in Branch 5 doubts you. Besides, it was your brother who said it.'


　Trust me--.


　I looked at each one of their faces.
　Good faces.
　Each one full of confidence.

　Nowhere was there any suspicion of rumors.
　They were all itching to fight.
　They had that look in their eyes.

　Yes, they were. That was it.
　I guess I was the one who didn't believe it was true.

"Thank you, guys.


　!!!!


　Huh?　What is it?
　The response.

'Lacelle, what did you say?'
Yeah. Now, I must have misheard.
But I told you.
I heard that.
'Oh...'

　Thank you.

　No, it's not that surprising.
　I don't think I've ever said "thank you" that much.
　I think I'm expressing my gratitude.

　Then a burst of laughter broke out.
　Everyone was looking at me, smiling.

'No, bad, bad.'
It's a surprise.
You always sound so full of confidence.
You look like you deserve it.

　Ugh.
　I see.
　So that's what they thought of me.

'Well, that's Lacelle, isn't it?

　Cecil nodded yes, too.

'It's Lacelle-kun, you know.

　It was Sarasa who had the same reaction as her best friend.

'But your brother is so cute when he's honest.

　Sheila mixed in with the cha-cha-cha.
　She giggles.

　Cute?　Me?

　If I may say so myself, I don't think there is the slightest trace of the cute factor.

　But for some reason, more than one girl gave me a look as well.
　Am I pretty, or am I?

　Oh, well, okay.
　Let's get back on track.

I know how you all feel. We're going to win. My goal is to destroy every object.

　Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

　A battle cry went up.

　At the same time, the signal to start sounded.
　An announcement sounded.
　Then, many students ran out of the camp.