Dungeon Streaming in a Chastity-Reversed World with 1:99 Male-to-Female Ratio! I Might Be a Rare Man, But I’ll Risk My Life to Find a Wife! - 68

Chapter 68: A Dangerous Man and Dangerous Women

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Ittou also knew that the Student Council President of Touma Academy was called the “Empress.” In the manga and novels he had back in the countryside, an empress was someone dignified, intelligent, overflowing with maturity. Basically an adult. But now, the girl standing before Ittou was…

“Student Council President…! What exactly were you about to say just now? Hm? Hm?”

“Ahahaha!! Ah, right—! Sorry, sorry, Shinobu!!”

Despite Shinobu glaring sharply at her and scolding her, she didn’t seem bothered at all. She lightly tapped her brown bobbed hair and stuck out her tongue. From afar, she looked like an elementary school little sister being scolded by her high schooler big sister but not listening at all.

Ittou couldn’t believe that this adorable, childlike girl was the student council Student Council President of Touma Academy, the one called the Empress. Noticing his expression, Shinobu turned toward Ittou, brushed her bangs aside, and smiled at him.

“Hey, Itsukishima-kun. What’s wrong? Weren’t you off today…?”

“Ah, Shinonome-senpai. Hello. Well… I thought it’d be good to go ask for some advice, so… I came looking for you, Shinonome-senpai…”

“Nnnhh…! I see… That makes me happy that you’d rely on me. Then, shall we talk over there…?”

Shinobu coughed awkwardly, turned her back to Ittou, and gestured toward the private rooms. Ittou couldn’t see Shinobu’s expression, but beyond her, the Student Council President peeked up at Shinobu’s face with a mischievous grin. When Shinobu headed straight toward her, the Student Council President let out a cry and began to run away.

“Kyaa!! Shinobu’s face is all red—!! Wait, hey—help meee!! Itsukishima-kun!!”

Ittou remembered the times back in the countryside when he had played a “proper” game of tag a few times. Just the two of them, two children running around. The Student Council President ran around with that same innocent excitement, circling behind Ittou’s back.

“Um, so… Shinonome-senpai, is this person… The Student Council President…?”

“Haa… Yeah, that’s right. This girl is our Student Council President,Maru Mamonaka.”

Still grabbing Ittou’s waist, the girl stopped in irritation as Shinobu introduced her. Hearing her name, Maru poked her face out from behind Ittou’s back, grinning up at him.

“Hii!! I’m Maru Mamonaka!! Nice to meet you!! Itsukishima-kun!!”

Her loud and cheerful voice rang across the shared training floor, drawing everyone’s eyes to the speaker. Some watched with fond smiles, some with fear, some with admiration. But unfortunately, there seemed to be one girl here who, like Ittou, didn’t know who Maru was. She stared wide-eyed at Maru and blurted out.

“Eh!? That tiny elementary-schooler is the stu—”

“【Ichigan・Hinomaru】!”

It happened in an instant. A roaring whoosh passed beside Ittou. Turning back, he saw a small crimson orb of magic brush right past the girl’s cheek. Ittou thought it looked like a tiny sun—larger than any magic he had ever sensed since coming to Tokyo, and forcibly condensed into a sphere.

Right before it struck the shared-room wall, it burst into flames, filling the entire area. Yet the flames expanded in such a way as to avoid the students. Even knowing they wouldn’t be hit, the raging flood of fire was too terrifying. No one could move, trembling as they waited for it to pass.

Ittou looked toward the girl who had spoken. Around her, the flames seemed especially violent. But this wasn’t a time he could comment. He simply endured, sweat dripping down his face, unable to wipe it. Ten seconds later, the fire shrank and vanished as if nothing had happened. Behind Ittou stood a girl emitting magic so hot and boiling that he could almost hear it simmer.

“…Now then, let me introduce myself to everyone one more time…!! I’m Touma Academy’s third-year, seventeen-year-old, scheduled to graduate this year, the Student Council President—Maru Mamonaka…!! Nice to meet you, first-years…!!”

Under the crushing heat and pressure, the girl from before sat frozen, nodding desperately over and over. When the delayed terror finally caught up and tears began to pool in her eyes, a cool breeze swept past. It stopped right in front of her. Shinobu, the source of the wind, let her black hair ripple as she knelt beside the girl. She placed a cool white hand on her cheek and gently spoke.

“When you talk about someone’s appearance, you need to choose your words carefully, okay? Student Council President Mamonaka wasn’t angry. She was just giving you a warning. As proof, you aren’t burned or hurt anywhere, right?”

The calm, soothing voice made the girl nod slowly. Then she took a deep breath of the cold air, straightened her back, and stood up sharply.

“Um! I’m terribly sorry! I’ll be more careful from now on! Student Council President Mamonaka!”

With the same momentum, she bowed deeply at a perfect 90 degrees. Ittou turned toward Maru to see whether she would accept the apology.

“Yep!! It’s fiiine!! Just be careful next time!!”

The carefree smile Maru showed made Ittou speechless. She laughed as if the violent inferno earlier had never even happened.

“Anyway! You!! You’re Kozono-san from Class 1-4, right? You were practicing fire magic, weren’t you!? You were using the External Energy Method, but in your case, you’re better at the Internal Energy Method, right? You were refining some pretty high-purity mana just now, too. In that case, I think it’d be easier for you to get the hang of the External Energy Method if you first refine your mana with the Internal Energy Method, and then draw in the external energy!!”

As she said this, she swung around a gun-shaped magic tool that had appeared in her hand at some point and began giving advice. Realizing she was being taught, the girl’s eyes lit up and she rushed over to Maru, nodding enthusiastically. Shinobu walked back to Ittou’s side, giving him a wry smile.

“Yeah… Sorry. That’s our Student Council President. Anyway, we shouldn’t stand around talking. Let’s go over there.”

Ittou followed after Shinobu toward the private rooms.

“Um… She’s kind of amazing, isn’t she? The Student Council President.”

“Ahh… She’s outrageous, right? Hard to believe she’s the genius of geniuses who’s been at the top since the moment she enrolled. She is amazing, but in so many ways that it’s overwhelming. She’s basically a tyrant.”

Tyrant. The intimidating word made Ittou respond with a vague smile. Shinobu chuckled, suddenly turned around, and placed her face on Ittou’s shoulder as he walked, whispering into his ear.

“…The ‘Empress’ title? She forced everyone to call her that. She said ‘Tyrant’ sounded childish and she hated it.”

Ittou felt the cool, refreshing chill of Shinobu’s magic against his ear, but even so, his ears grew hot and his body froze. As he stood there unable to move, he heard a soft “kusu” laugh, and Shinobu brought her lips back to his ear.

“Calling it childish that way… That’s what really makes her a little kid… Don’t you think so…?”

Just as the strangely low, breathy voice made Ittou try to say something, a roaring sound drowned out Shinobu’s whisper. The presence he had felt right beside his face suddenly moved away, followed by a blast of fiery magic passing behind him. The flames chased after Shinobu, who had jumped back.

Shinobu created three ice pillars beneath her feet, kicked off them to retreat, and condensed pale-blue magic as she shouted.

“Ice Knight!!”

The three ice pillars she had used as footholds melted instantly as the red magic sphere chased her. Shinobu countered with her earlier 【Original】: an armored knight of ice, clad in icy armor with a shield and sword.

“Protect me! Please!”

At her command, the Ice Knight took a defensive stance with its sword and shield. The powerful magic sphere struck the shield and sword directly, seeming as if it would pierce through… Until Shinobu poured magic directly into the knight’s back, forcing the weapons to regenerate instantly.

“Ughh! …Your emotional attachment is way too strong…!! And hey—! You call me a kid, but Shinobu, you have even less chest than I do! You’re totally flat!!”

“…Excuse me?”

In the next instant, scorching wind and freezing air blasted across the entire training room. Students threw themselves to the ground, putting every last drop of magic into defense. Ittou did the same, opening the blade of his black sword wide to barely withstand the impact.

“W-what the heck…?”

Only three people remained standing—Ittou, and the two girls who were staring at each other with smiles that didn’t reach their eyes.

“Hahahahaha.”

“Hahahahaha!!”

“H-haha…”

At that moment, the shared-room door burst open and a person rushed in. It was Fujisaki. Her glasses crooked and she was breathing hard. Seeing the wreckage of the room, she trembled violently and screamed.

“Y-y-you really ARE a dangerous person!!”

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