Incompetent Academy and Failed Heroines

226 – Tournament (8)☆

I was finally able to understand how inconsiderate what was happening in Sarifa Forest was to them.

“Sister, don’t be swayed by what these idiots say, just tell us our requirements!”

“Franz.”

I spoke on behalf of Gella. In the darkness, I saw figures crouching down.

“I’m sorry. “I should have stopped you, but I didn’t even think about you guys.”

“Don’t be fooled!”

“I won’t let you start fires in the future, so please help me instead.”

“Don’t trust me, sister!”

“Franz, I will judge.”

Gella stared at me quietly and held out her hand, wondering what to do next.

“I propose an alliance for Sarifa Forest.”

“Sister, ask if you’ll buy me something delicious if you join my alliance!”

Then the sister could not stand it anymore and charged towards her brother. Ouch—I smiled because it became quiet as if I was hit in the stomach with my head. I lifted Franz up from his fall and told him to trust me that I would make sure no one sets fire to the forest. Gella smiled faintly. Even though I don’t know Suin well yet, I think I can vaguely guess her feelings.

“What happens if we form an alliance?”

In response to Gella’s question, Franz twitched her lips as if he had something to say.

“If you tell me about the fire that is happening here, I will scold them so they won’t do anything worse.”

Of course, it’s an afterthought, but we’ll fight with stoning, so we’ll be able to catch one or two people.

When I get back, I’ll tell you to put a rock in the Kerisha dye container. Since it is a semi-solid paint, if you throw it while wearing gloves, it will definitely stain the paint. Since they are inferior in terms of pure combat power, they must at least gain an advantage from this type of engagement. Since Gella’s family is more trustworthy than Aizen’s group, the information is also reliable.

“Demia, what I want is.”

“I want to eat mulberries too.”

“Franz, do you really want to get a puncture in your stomach?”

“Since you are an ally, we should receive it too!”

Having a younger brother who doesn’t listen is such a frustrating thing. When I smiled bitterly, she said that Gella wanted to see the females I had. Just as she had introduced her family, she corrected me by asking me to show her my females as well.

“Not the females.”

“Aren’t they the women who follow Damia?”

“No, they are the females I support.”

The beastmen are not smart enough to understand this pun. In response to my ambiguous words, Franz clearly defined them as a group of disobedient females. If this is a definition they can understand, it’s probably fine. What classes are there in the world of beastmen? They only have a monotonous system of head, family, and age.

“Follow me, but don’t cry.”

“Sister, you are disrespecting the beast!”

“I’m afraid our hideout will be discovered, that’s right.”

I understand that just like you, we don’t want our hut to be discovered. I walked over to her and asked her to get down the ladder and Rita grunted and told me to come up. She said that Ain had made a decision and that she should listen to it, but the first thing to do was to greet Gella and Franz.

“Everyone, come down and see.”

“You bastard, what are you going to do if you get caught and get attacked?”

Ain was holding on to the ladder and shaking it, so he asked Gella and Franz to wait a moment.

“Odi!”

“Franz, hold on.”

“b*tches don’t keep their promises.”

“Demia was protected.”

“That bastard is a bastard too.”

“I gave you Sally last time, so I told you to wait a little.”

“Demia, you idiot, you don’t keep your promises, that’s perfect syllogism!”

─This bastard-sized bastard, I wonder where he heard this and what he came up with.

Looking up, the guests came and Orani Ain came down, letting out her frustration.

“What are these?”

“New alliance.”

“Eh, isn’t that a beast or something?”

As soon as Rita came down, she expressed her refusal. It took a long time for Kite because her body was sluggish, and Rosa didn’t wake up, so I had to force her to bring her. I have more trouble sleeping than expected. Everyone looked confused, perhaps because they were facing an unfamiliar being in the middle of the night. After briefly explaining the situation, my childhood friend was the first to say hello.

“Oh…… Prisoners, everyone…… Nice to meet you?”

In times like these, her unique femininity helps. As long as I don’t have my period, I can tolerate it just fine.

“Po, phone phone…… Seo, the saint can’t become friends with Su and Su-in…… !”

Rosa is surprised, so she crawls up the ladder to see her face.

“So, you’re allying with these?”

“Ain, the beastmen know the information here much better than we do.”

“Ahahahaha, aside from being helpful, is it okay to join hands with someone who has nothing to do with the tournament?”

I was wondering that too.

“That’s why I came to ask for permission.”

“What, are you telling me to decide?”

“Because you are our head.”

“I don’t want to talk to prisoners. Well, what can I get and what do I have to give?”

“Princess, if you’re going to negotiate like that, I’ll do it.”

“Shut up, it’s a matter of making decisions, not compromising.”

To make things more hectic, I told them to go up the kite first. However, due to her personality of liking beasts, she seems to want to see more beastmen. As she approached Franz, the bastard nudged me with his head, and she meekly bowed her head. I barely resisted the urge to hit her with my fist and introduced her to Gella.

“You guys, it’s clear what we want.”

“Ahahahaha, you idiot. Then, what should we call the beastmen!”

Rita muttered to herself, saying that she was a guerrilla and gave her a nickname that no one wanted.

Ain twitched his cheek. Suddenly, she remembered that this woman secretly raised raccoons and birds. Although she grumbled on the outside, she loved beasts and animals on the inside, so she was able to respond to the request to protect the forest.

“I hope there are no more fires in this forest.”

“And mulberry too!”

“Franz, would you like me to check what you ate today?”

Ain and Rita laughed together. When Kite calls Franz, the cub meekly closes her eyes. Beyond being immature, he has no sense. This younger brother is definitely even more stupid than his older sister.

“So, what information can you give me?”

“I don’t know what I need. “You idiots, if you speak ambiguously, we won’t understand.”

“Ain, I want you to clearly decide this in your words.”

“Yangmul, in your opinion, what information do you think you will need to win this tournament?”

─What, I thought you were a maverick, but now you’re asking for my and Rita’s opinions.

“We must keep engagement with the enemy to a minimum.”

“That’s the only way to survive, right?”

When I said that was important, Ain shook her head.

“I have to score points.”

“Damn, if you say it this way, we don’t know what to do. Tell me what you want “Mulberries and lettuce, things like that.”

“Yangmul, if you can’t defeat your enemy, you won’t win no matter how long you survive.”

Now that I am here, I have to at least place in the top three and win an award.

“So there is a rumor that the idiots Heoden defeated the corporals Velaste, Orgiola, and Mentator.”

“Princess, why are you leaving out Colonia?”

“It’s already under Heoden, you b*tch, come to your senses!”

I intervened in the middle to keep the conversation from going astray. Then, Ain asked to be notified if there was a fire or if any team members were left behind. When I asked him to let me know if he saw Doot walking around, Gella nodded and looked at me.

“Only scolded bastards can tell.”

“Why, is there a special reason?”

Despite Ain’s question, his eyes were only focused on me. Gella meant that he doesn’t trust anyone but me now.

“Because we are not the enemy of the forest.”

“Yangmul, do you understand the concept of a tournament?”

“I understand, but I don’t understand.”

I can accept what purpose it is an activity, but I cannot accept why it should be that way. If these prisoners’ tendencies are defined as imbecility, it is impossible for them to cooperate with each other. The most important thing in an alliance is trust, not how similar they are. Similarity is something that can disappear at any time.

“Fox, is there something like this in the rule book?”

“I read it carefully, but there was no mention of prisoners.”

“Didn’t I say that you can’t form more than one alliance?”

“Oh my, it looks like Princess Suin and we are collaborating, not allies!”

“f*ck, were you just coquettish with me?”

Rita also looked surprised. Without realizing it, she touched the tip of her nose with her index finger, as if she had developed a habit of dealing with men.

“Okay, allow me.”

After much deliberation, Ain agreed to cooperate.

“I don’t know what will happen later, but first, I will kill those who set fire to the forest.”

I confirmed to Gella what we need to exchange with each other. When I tried to climb up the vine ladder again, Franz grunted and made mulberry noises again. I couldn’t see anything because it was dark, but I was annoyed because he kept yelling at me about the fruit. I took Gella away and told him to stop, but she kept saying nonsense, saying that bastards only lie.

─Prisoners, wasn’t the concept of promise vague?

As the two were disappearing into the darkness in the distance, an uneasy intuition came over me. This was certain. I spoke softly to Kite. When I asked if I had a menstrual cycle, I stubbornly denied it, hitting my chest and saying it was too much.

─If not from Kite, did you feel this from Franz or Gella?

My intuition is trustworthy. Because I’ve never been wrong. Because of this, he fell down the tree without a ladder. I’m glad I landed well, I could have gotten hurt. I left the women who were worried about me and ran towards the prisoner siblings.

“Demia, why did you come?”

“I guess a liar will even lie about saying goodbye.”

─You bastard, think you didn’t get hit because it was in front of your sister.

The concept of time itself among beastmen is different from ours. That’s what I learned for sure when I met Gella’s family.

For these people, there is nothing that is not immediate. On the other hand, even if the timing is off, if it appears before your eyes, it is there. So, there is no belief in something that will come, but confidence in what is happening right now. Therefore, if we just let Franz go at this moment, we cannot gain the prisoners’ trust.

“Hey, Franz.”

“What the heck.”

“No, younger brother Gella?”

“Why are you calling me so annoying?”

“I’ll give you mulberries, so don’t bother my sister.”

Even in the dark, I chose a mulberry tree and shook it vigorously. Unlike Gella, who carefully picked up the things that fell on the floor, Franz caught her with her mouth wide open and ate them, so he threw them one at a time. They eat well.

“Is it delicious?”

“Hmph…… Well, all mulberries taste like this.”

Unlike his words, his body is honest. I stopped because I didn’t want to see my tongue sticking out. Making her immediate reward, Gella ate half of the mulberries in her hand while blinking her eyes. He asked with a very faint smile what to do with the other half.

“This is Selly’s.”

“Sister, if you’re going to do that, give it to me!”

Instead of Gella, I threw an unripe mulberry in Franz’s face. With this, we obtained sentinels to watch over the Black Flame Dragon.