Eve 1st in the pecking order vs. Cubero 2nd in the pecking order

　If I had to describe this matchup in one word, it would be ...... the usual.
　It was always these two who came in first and second.


Sorry for the lack of substitutions.
............ and .......
No, sir, I said no, sir.

　Eve, the tenth of a kind, facing the butler, Cubero. Next to her, there was another maid for some reason.

　Her name is Luna. She is commonly known as "the interpreter".

　She's neither beautiful, nor cute, nor ugly, but she has a very normal face. Her hair is normal, her body shape is normal, her voice is normal, and she is a maid with no characteristics.

　Her true identity is that she is the most talented assassin in the "Eve Squad", Yukari's secret assassination unit. However, she has never assassinated anyone before. However, her "investigative ability" is remarkable. She is the one who found Vicide, a survivor of the bandit R6, and she also set the stage for the capture of Tender, the captain of the assassination squad belonging to Jarmu, the leader of the Third Order.

　And she has a unique personality. That is, she is not afraid of things. It would not be an exaggeration to say that she was devoid of the emotion of fear.

　Hence, it is. By chance, an opportunity arose to have a conversation with Captain Eve, who is feared by most of the maids. There, Luna learns that Eve is "simply a quiet, expressionless, shy, shy, shy and soft-spoken girl". Even though she is feared and called a white devil and a manipulative assassin doll, she wants to get along with everyone if possible. Struck by the captain's cheerfulness, Luna has since become an interpreter for Eve as much as possible, helping her to communicate with others.


'............i'
I'm sorry, too, sir.
Ha, ha.

　But Luna had a problem with Luna, too.

　She herself is quite a commuter.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make your voice heard, as long as you always add "I say" to the end of the word and stick to your job as an interpreter. ...... Normally she never makes eye contact with people, and she rarely speaks to others by herself. He was the very shady person who immediately went back to his room to talk to his pet spider incessantly, mumbling to it.


'......-o ......-su'
I'd like to thank you, sir.
...... yes. Best regards.

　It's a really strange matchup of two commies with different directions. All of the maids seem to have gotten used to this scene by now, but Cubero still hasn't gotten used to it.


　After the greetings, they curtsy to each other, keep their distance and face each other. After finishing their roles, Luna left to the line of spectators.

　Cubero loosely held up his fist, sighing in his butlerly distress, "Why do all of our servants have a quirk or two like this?" he asked. As usual, he still uses [body art].

　On the other hand, Eve on the other hand. Dropping both arms slackly, the stance of standing on a stick. At the tip of those white-fish-like fingers, there was something "invisible" hanging down that reflected the glittering light. That's right, she's a user of the 【Nintendo Manipulation】 that even Yukari recognizes.


"Well, ......

　Cubero is in a fighting pose, inching away. Eve just fluffs her hands and shakes them.

　...... It could be said that these two people are really incompatible with each other.

　[Body technique] is exactly the close-range type. Approaching and attacking. That's all it is, a plain and simple skill.
　However, [String Manipulation] is a medium to close range type. It's a multi-skill that allows you to attack from afar, as well as attack a wide range of areas and deal with short distances.


It's hard to duck!

　The thread that is stretched between the two of them - the invisible attacks are ducked one after the other by Cubero's intuition that comes from experience, and he approaches them.

　Eve's invoked skill is the Golden General Thread Manipulation. It is a skill that releases thread like a tentacle to a radius of about 4 meters around itself, and restrains the opponent who touches the thread.

''Ha!''

　Cubero used the "Incense Body Technique" to kick off the thread that was about to be entangled in his body. Kicks are better than punches for threads. Because he had fought so many times, he was becoming more and more adept at dealing with it.

'............'

　Eve silently attacked Cubero with the Incense Car Thread Manipulation. Cubero immediately backstepped to avoid it and brought the distance he had closed back to normal again. Then, Eve activated the Golden General Thread Manipulation again to create territory.


''No, no, ...... it's boring as usual at this rate.

　This infinite loop made it difficult to get close, and when I got impatient and launched an unreasonable attack, the string caught me and I surrendered without any way to hit it. It was the usual pattern.

However, I also pride myself on being a former bandit. If you keep getting beaten up, a man will become obsolete.

　Cubero rolled up the arms of his butler's uniform, regained his spirits, and approached Eve's territory again.

　This time, it wasn't a no-brainer.

''......-.......''

　Eve twitched and reacted. She stopped abruptly, and she felt something shimmer at Cubero's feet.

　She was blind. Hence, she did not know what it was. But she was certain that "something was going to happen".

　And it was not in her imagination.


"Wha--?

　The one who raised his voice was a spectator.

　What a surprise, Cubero activated 【Magic】 - 【Wind Attribute, Type 2-No】. The light that shimmered at his feet was the magic circle when preparing the skill.

''I learned it just recently. ......

　Type Nino is a ranged attack sorcery.
　A gust of wind blowing from the cubero blows Eve's threads one after another.

'I'm coming.'

　Immediately afterwards, Cubero ran towards Eve. It was as if he was putting on an aide-de-camp.

'Excuse me for being so rough.

　About two meters in front of me, I stepped off and flew through the air. I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to get the best out of it. However, you can't use a strong thread manipulation technique that would allow you to catch a katsura-majutsu at close range.


　...... and Cubero thought so.


　But, in fact.

　It wasn't that they couldn't use it, it wasn't that they couldn't use it. It was just that he hadn't used it until now.


'No way!'

　Eve offset Cubero's flying kick with the Flying Wheel Thread Manipulation. It is a skill that attacks like a whip with a number of densely packed and bundled threads.

　It was a triple surprise. The surprise that he had mastered such a high-ranking skill like the flying car, the surprise of its power to offset the second level of the Guillermo Body Technique, and the surprise of the fact that all the previous battles in the hierarchy had been sloppy.

''Here I am, completely defeated.''

　Landing on the ground, Cubero declares defeat while bound by a thread.

　There is a winner - pecking order, unchanged.






　Pecking order 1, Eve.
　Second in the pecking order, Cubero.
　Rank #3, Lily.
　Rank #4, Elle.
　Rank #5 in the pecking order, Champagne.
　Rank 6 Cosmos.
　7th in the pecking order, S
　8th in the pecking order, just.


I thought the top of the pecking order was going to be rough this time around, but ...... hasn't changed much.

　The latest pecking order has been completed and announced.
　At the top of the pecking order, Champagne defeated Cosmos to take fifth place, and Jujie S. defeated Horsehead Just to take seventh place. Other than that, there was not much change in the pecking order.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make a good impression.

I'm not convinced ...... is going to work.
What?　Plum. You're not even in it, man.

　Plum of Horseback. He was a fourteen-year-old boy who called Just a big brother and adored him.

　He did not participate in the pecking order battle. However, when he sees the results of the pecking order competition posted, he is not happy.

''It's my big brother's pecking order...8th place is ...... so if brother Sobra comes back with this, he'll probably fall to 9th place.''
Oh, yeah?　You're making fun of me?
No, it's not!　Just look at that ......

　Plum was a little dissatisfied that his own adored brother was the 'lowest of the four heavenly kings'. That wasn't all. On top of that, there were five more maids. The "best looking brother of mine in the world" was not recognized as a ...... little brotherhood, that he was so low.

You're going to be able to find out if you're going to be able to get a great deal more than just the strength of a ...... fight.

　But such a shameful thing was too much to ask.

　Hence Plum's protests against the system.

　His true intention was to say, "It's not right to have a system where my brother can't be the best! But I still couldn't say that either, so I took the form of a distant criticism.

Plum. You, are you complaining about Yukari-sama's decision?
No, I'm not!　But isn't ...... still crazy, isn't it?
No, I'm just weak. Good guys do a lot of fighting as well as they do business. I just can't do it, that's all. That's the right order.
"But ...... brother...

　At the moment when Plum was about to continue to knead further in a pitiful voice - the air in the place changed drastically.


''............ Ugh.''

　Eve raised her hand and spoke something.
　The servants gathered there listened to the interpreter next to her.

'I find it strange, sir,' she said.

　It's a rough, throbbing sound.

"...... is pretty much ...... and ......
He's claiming that I'm the best in the world and that's why I'm number one, even though I can't do any research and I've never been assassinated.

　It was very convincing.

　Everyone agrees, "Sure.

　And at the same time, the question comes to mind. ''So Yukari-sama is wrong then?'' And. The answer is no. They all immediately deny it to themselves. It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on one.


　So what is this uncomfortable feeling?


The next round of the rank and file battle is yet to be decided. We will notify you in due course.

　It was Yukari herself. She made her administrative contact in a matter-of-fact manner.

　Just as well, Cubero asked a question at the right time to cut it off. As expected of the chairperson, she is the one who organizes everyone.

''Yukari-sama. There is an opinion that the system where the pecking order is determined solely on the basis of anti-personnel combat ability is unsatisfactory. What are your thoughts on this?

　A really smart thing to say. Yukari opens her mouth after a beat in the style of 'haha'.

'I don't understand the part about combat power alone. What else would you say is necessary in a pecking order battle other than combat power?
......?

　Hatena comes to each other's heads.

　A few seconds later. Yukari suddenly realized and spoke up.

''I see, I understand. You guys think that the pecking order in the pecking order warfare is the rank of a servant itself, right?''
Yes, sir.
No, sir. The pecking order is intended to give visibility to your personal combat abilities, which were previously unclear, and does not represent a hierarchy of servants.
!

　Surprise spread to the servants. The number of those who had been mistaken until now seemed to be quite large.

''To begin with, there is no difference between the servants. You are all equally slaves of your master and members of the Firth Test family. If I had to make a strong statement, it would be that there is a relationship of seniority and juniority between the zero, first and second term students.''
So, the pecking order is
''That's true as a pecking order in terms of combat ability, but other than that, it's not a particularly meaningful ranking. Ah, but don't worry, we've rated them properly separately.

　In other words, this was only a reference for Yukari to measure the strength of her servants, and this was not a pecking order for the servants as it was.


　...... Nah,
　The servants were instantly out of sync.
　But that doesn't mean that anything in particular will change.



　Then, a rare visitor arrives.


''--Oh?　What's the matter, get together.
'Master!　What is the matter with you that you have come to this place?
Yeah, no, no, it's just a walk.

　The immensely beautiful man, with his hands in his pockets, said dumbfoundedly, "A place like this is my house, too. It was their master, their second.

'Hmm?　What's this? A pecking order?
Yes. This is, you know, .......

　Looking at the results of the pecking order battle posted, Second nodded his head.

　Yukari explained briefly to Second, who didn't yet know about the existence of the pecking order battle.


　It's an event where servants fight each other to determine the pecking order of their combat abilities, .......



　...... explained, I did.







　Second was furious.

　A loud voice that he rarely let out. Even Yukari, let alone the servants, shrank back in surprise.


　--shit!

　In a moment, Yukari regrets her own shallowness.

　It's a very good idea to have a servant who is the property of the second to fight without permission, and to put a pecking order on it - when you think about it, it's an extremely foolish act, isn't it?


　...... Let's apologize. Yukari made up her mind to do so, and to say her apologies, she put her mouth--



'Don't do this f*cking funny stuff without telling me!　Already!!!


　--I stopped opening it.

'I'll be out next time!　I'll get Sylvia and Eco out too!　Oh, will Yukari be there too?
No, I'm not picking up.
'Right!　Well, anyway, next time you do that, you better let me know!　I promise!


　Thus.

　The pecking order battle became a second-authorized annual event and a specialty of the Firstest family.