Souta stood up and looked at Bryan. "Play with Cl.u.s.ter for a while, I will ask class rep some things regarding the special test this morning."
"What is it?" Bryan asked.
"Youâre in the collecting group before so you donât know what happened at the campsite," Souta said.
"Oh, right! I forgot about that." Bryan said then he looked at Cl.u.s.ter with a big smile on his face. "What do you want to play, Cl.u.s.ter? Today this brother of yours will accompany you."
Souta nodded in satisfaction. He then went inside the kitchen. There, he saw Lumilia was preparing their tea and coffee.
"Class rep," Souta called her as he approached her.
Lumilia looked behind when she heard someone called her. She saw Souta walking towards her. "Is there something wrong? Do you want to change your drink to tea?"
"Coffee is fine," Souta said as he looked at the coffee that she was preparing. He closed his eyes and smelled the aroma of the coffee. "Thatâs good."
"Then, do you have something that you wanted to ask me?" Lumilia said while looking at Souta. This was the only reason she could think of why Souta followed her in the kitchen.
"Hmm... Can you tell me what happened at the campsite on the special test?" Since she said so, Souta decided to ask her directly.
"Ah, that. Youâre the reason why our classâ score was the highest. Iâm thankful for your effort on behalf of our class." Lumilia thanked him sincerely. She always wanted her class to defeat the other class and become the number one class, in that way she and her classmates would receive a lot of points.
With this, they would be able to increase their combat power by redeeming various skills from the institute. She wanted to get into top rankers because she wanted the protection of the institute.
"Donât worry about it," Souta said as he shrugged his shoulder. "Then, can you tell me what happened at the campsite while I was away?"
"Thereâs a lot of things that happened at the campsite. So what do you part do you want to know?" Lumilia said and asked him about the specific details. As a class rep and the one whoâs commanding the class, she was aware that a lot of battles happened at their campsite.
"Hmm..." Souta rubbed his chin and said, "Then, what happened to the top 3 ranker Yuriko? Explain to me everything."
"That..." Lumilia was surprised but she immediately regained her composure.
She knew that it was strange that they managed to repeal the top 3 ranker along with her comrades. She thought that Souta saw Yuriko in their campsite and their red flag, so he must be wondering how did they manage to defend the red flag against her.
"Yuriko, the top 3 ranker, appeared in our campsite along with her comrades after you left..." She began to narrate what really happened at the campsite.
At first, Yujin tried to stop Yuriko. It was a plan to defeat Yurikoâs comrade while Yujin was fighting her. But the problem was Yuriko was stronger than they could imagine. She defeated Yujin in just a few minutes and someone unexpected appeared before them. It was Randolf Fein.
Randolf showed his overwhelming power and defeated Yuriko in one strike.
"Randolf did that...?" Souta couldnât believe what he heard from Lumiliaâs mouth. Randolf defeated Yuriko in one strike? That sort of thing happened at the campsite?
"Yeah, everyone was shocked too when they saw it," Lumilia said as if she still couldnât believe that a seemingly delinquent classmate of her defeated the top 3 ranker.
"That man...?" Souta muttered as he rubbed his chin. It seems that there were still students who didnât bother in showing their true power.
He needed to be wary of Randolf as he doesnât have any idea how powerful he is. He wondered if he would probe him or not in the future. Well, it all depends if he showed that heâs a dangerous individual.
In the game, he couldnât recall any person that resembles Randolf.
"Okay." Souta nodded at her and he went back to Bryan and Cl.u.s.ter.
Lumilia turned her head and looked at Soutaâs figure.
...
"I want to play with Yuko, Brother Souta." Cl.u.s.ter said to him as soon as he arrived.
"Hmm...?" Souta looked at her then at Bryan.
"She said that she wanted to play with Yuko," Bryan said with a wry smile.
"Okay, letâs ask class rep." Souta smiled and said. Thereâs no harm if he let Cl.u.s.ter play with Yuko. Also, he forgot to buy some cake for Cl.u.s.ter. They could go to the market on their way to his house.
Souta, Cl.u.s.ter, and Bryan talked for a while before Lumilia came. She brought the coffee and tea that she prepared.
She gave the coffee to Souta and tea to Cl.u.s.ter and Bryan. Bryan and Cl.u.s.ter took their tea and took a sip at the same time.
Souta smelled the aroma of his coffee before he took a sip of it. "Itâs good as usual." He commented.
Even though Lumilia was a noble she still knew how to brew good coffee and handle her daily necessities well. If itâs other nobles then they would only depend on their servant in things like this.
He opened his eyes and looked at Lumilia. "Class rep, weâre going to bring Cl.u.s.ter in my house. She wanted to play with Yuko."
Lumilia looked at the Cl.u.s.ter who has a bright smile on her face before she nodded her head. "Okay, I will come along too."
"You sure?" Souta asked as he knew that Lumilia hasnât been to his house. When he brought Cl.u.s.ter to his house to play with Yuko before Lumilia didnât come along with him. Only Bryan and Cl.u.s.ter knew the location of his house.
"Yeah." Lumilia nodded at him.
"Hahaha, donât be surprised if you see Soutaâs house." Bryan laughed at the side.
"Yeah, yeah, Brother Soutaâs house is huge." Cl.u.s.ter said with a laugh.
Souta just smiled and he didnât deny it because itâs true. His house was big and it cost him a lot of his money that he got from selling the monster orb to Jimmy.
Lumilia looked at Souta and she didnât saw him deny it or agreeing to it, so she thought that it was true.
After they finished their drinks, the group went out of Lumiliaâs apartment.
"Yay! Weâre going to Yuko!" Cl.u.s.ter exclaimed while hopping in a happy manner.
Souta glanced at her and thought that she was nowhere close to the Cl.u.s.ter that they first met. At that time, Cl.u.s.ter was silent and shy. She rarely talked to him and Bryan. But now, she could smile like that in front of him.
"Weâre going to the market first, Cl.u.s.ter," Bryan said with an excited expression. It looks like he was the child here other than Cl.u.s.ter.
"Really?" Cl.u.s.ter looked at Bryan with sparkling eyes.
"Yeah, yeah. Souta will buy anything that you like." Bryan assured her that Souta will buy anything for her.
"Why me?" Souta heard his name being mention by Bryan so he asked.
"Itâs because youâre rich. A rich man." Bryan said with a confident expression.
"The hell is that! Class rep is a noble, so why donât you ask her." Souta said as he glanced at Lumilia who didnât say anything.
"Well, her house is small compare to yours," Bryan replied to him as a matter of fact.
Lumiliaâs mouth twitched when she heard Bryanâs words.
"So thatâs the reason why you think that I have more money than her," Souta said while nodding his head.
"Yeah, is it wrong?" Bryan looked at him and asked.
"Nope, your correct." Souta simply nodded his head.
The corner of Lumiliaâs mouth once again twitched when she heard Soutaâs words.
Souta looked at her and asked, "Whatâs wrong class rep?"
"...Iâm just wondering how rich you are." Lumilia smiled and said. She knew that Souta was just teasing him, so she decided to go along with him to avoid it.
"You canât fathom it with that mind of yours," Souta said with a smirk and he crossed his arms in front of him.
"..." Lumilia wanted to say something but she decided to stay silent as her decision to go along with him was wrong.
After walking for a few minutes, Souta, Lumilia, Cl.u.s.ter, and Bryan arrived in the market.
"Whoa! I want this Souta!" Bryan exclaimed as he pointed at the shining green gem in the stall.
"What are you a child?" Souta said to him.
"Whoa! I want this Brother Souta!" Cl.u.s.ter exclaimed while pointing at the strawberry cake.
"Okay, how much it is?" Souta nodded and he walked towards her. He took out her wallet and asked the salesman.
"5 copper coins, sir." The salesman replied to him.
"Okay, Iâll take three of it." Souta nodded and took out one silver coin.
Suddenly, he heard a voice coming from his side.
"Souta!"