The next day, right in the morning, Honoka woke up quite early and couldn't stay on her bed any longer so she went out to do a morning run. When she recalled how Mari won the Battle Board, she couldn't help but feel quite down, wondering whether she could also do the same.
'If only Haru was my engineer at the event...' Honoka sighed and felt quite jealous of Miyuki and Shizuku, who had Haru as their engineer, while Azusa was her engineer. She also didn't have a chance to talk with him that much since yesterday he didn't join them, watching the match, which made her, even more, want to meet him.
It might not be related, but Honoka is the descendant of the "Elements" descendant, who were Magicians present in Japan before the establishment of 'Numbers'. The blood of Element of Light (One of the Elements of Nature) flows in her veins. Their specializations were based on the traditional Japanese elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Light, and Thunder).
She inherits that magic (Element of Light) which is not a part of 4 System/8 Types of magic. Because she is a descendant of the Elements she uses Elemental Magic (Light Magic) which is unknown to the whole world yet since Elements are developed in a research Institute secretly which means they exist only in Japan and are said to be one of the secret developments in the history of magic. This means that she is one of the few magicians who doesn't specialize in the 4 System/8 Types of Magic.
Honoka is a Magician capable of completely shielding her presence from view; a skill that cannot be mimicked by Stars members' magic.
It was mentioned that they introduced a factor of 'absolute obedience' in Elements' genes and so the descendants are excessively loyal, often to a person of the opposite gender, which may explain her attitude towards Haru.
Haru was the first person who made Honoka this way, so even though she knew that he had a girlfriend, she kept depending on him.
Honoka wanted to meet Haru, especially she thought about her condition since she knew that among Miyuki and Shizuku, she was the weakest. Miyuki was a very powerful all-around magician and Shizuku had enough magic power to brute force most things. She knew that she needed to work hard, but at the same time, she knew that Haru might have a way to help her.
"Honoka!"
Honoka was startled, then quickly turned her head. Her face quickly bloomed into a smile and greeted him back. "Haru!"
"Up early and working hard?" Haru said with a smile. "Since we met together, how about we work out together?"
"Ye - Yes!" Honoka said without hesitation.
Haru and Honoka then worked out together, and one thing to another, it led to the situation, where he needed to help her to sit up. When he helped her to sit up, he had to admit that among the girls in this world, she really had massive breasts which made him amaze by the growth of this girl. Her beauty might not be on par with the members of the student council, but she was very cute and her body was bombastic.
"With this, I'm sure that you won't lose on both Battle Board and Mirage Bat, Honoka." Haru knew that Honoka would join both Battle Board and Mirage Bat, looking at her condition and her ability, he knew that she would be able to get a good result on the event, but suddenly he saw her expression started to change. "What's wrong, Honoka?"
"Um... Haru, do you think that I can get a good result?" Honoka asked with some worry.
"Of course." Haru nodded and said, "I have seen you from the entrance exam and we have been in the class together for the past few months. I know your ability and I know that you're not worse than both Miyuki and Shizuku." He knew that Honoka had a very good light manipulation magic, and as long as she could control it very well, without a doubt, both Miyuki and Shizuku might lose against her.
"Re - Really?" Honoka was surprised, and her tone was very cheerful at that moment.
"Un." Haru nodded and said, "I might not be your engineer, but I can help you if you need some advice." He looked at Honoka and saw that her complexion became very cheerful so he said, "Do you want to know how you can win the event easily?"
"Yes!" Honoka said without hesitation.
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Spending his morning with Honoka, Haru then became Mayumi's engineer at the Crowd Ball event. He checked the data for the CADs, but then Mayumi came toward him.
"Haru." Mayumi ran toward him with a heavy breath and looked at him with a smile. "Sorry for the sudden substitution. I look forward to working with you. By the way, did you already memorize the data?"
"Yes."
"...Everybody's?"
"Yes."
"..........."
"...I'm not sure what kind of thing you can't do now." Mayumi sighed and if only this guy wasn't a womanizer, then it would be perfect, but she also knew that he had the ability to have a lot of women too, still, she was wondering why this guy didn't seem to have an interest in her? Was he blind?
"What's wrong, Senpai?" Haru asked.
"Nothing! Let's go!" Mayumi pouted and ignored him.
"..........." Haru was wondering why it felt like he was the older one between them.
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On the Crowd Ball ground, Mayumi took off her jacket, showing her uniform in front of Haru.
Haru raised his eyebrow and had to admit that even though Mayumi's body was quite petite, she was a really lovely girl, especially with those smooth legs. The only thing that he regretted was that she wore safety pants under that short skirt.
"Why do you seem to be disappointed?" Mayumi asked in doubt.
"Nothing," Haru said calmly.
"Well, it's alright, what do you think? Does it not suit me?" Mayumi asked while stretching her body.
"It suits you well," Haru said sincerely.
Mayumi blushed, then quickly turned so Haru wouldn't be able to see her blush. "Well, can you help me a bit?"
"Sure." Haru then helped Mayumi to stretch her body. He had to admit that her body was very flexible and he was sure that her body would be able to maintain various poses.
Both of them talked to each other while Haru gave her some jokes which caused her to laugh.
"Fufufu, I guess, this sense of humor is the reason why Rin-chan fell for you?" Mayumi asked in a tease.
"No, it is probably my body. Suzune-senpai is greedy for my body," Haru said.
Mayumi was stunned, before chuckled, but then her face also became red when she remembered what she had seen last night.
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"Achoo!"
Suzune felt that her nose was quite itchy for some reason.
"Did you catch a cold, Ichihara-senpai?" Azusa asked in concern.
"Nothing." Suzune shook her head and wondered whether someone was talking about her.
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"Rin-chan is going to get angry if she knows what you're talking about," Mayumi said with some laughter.
"Well, I was joking." Haru then extended his hand to help Mayumi to get up.
Mayumi smiled and took his hand. "Thanks."
"No problem."
"You know, it feels great to talk with you," Mayumi said with a smile.
"Really?"
"Yeah, you don't get stiffly formal around me," Mayumi said.
"Senpai, don't fall for me, alright?" Haru said helplessly.
"Who - Who is going to fall for you?!" Mayumi was like a cat whose tail was being stepped on. Her face was so red and she was annoyed.
"Well, I won't say much, but do your best, Senpai." Haru then patted Mayumi's back gently and sat on the side to watch her match since he was her engineer at that moment.
Looking at Haru, Mayumi somehow felt complicated, but at the same time, she felt a bit jealous of Suzune at this moment.
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"Achoo!"
Suzune felt that her nose was quite itchy again for some reason.
"Did you catch a cold, Ichihara-senpai?" Azusa asked in concern since Suzune had coughed twice.
"Nothing." Suzune shook her head and really felt that someone was talking about her at that moment.