Lunch With Beautiful Girls

For some reason, Vice Principal Yesman screamed every time he saw me.

I wished he’d get used to it already, but today’s first scream was especially spectacular.

Still, there was no way I could back down now, so I pressed the vice principal relentlessly.

“Vice Principal! I found something like this on one of the flags outside the school building! It was disguised as the academy flag, but this is—!”

“Kyee! Kyee! Kyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee—!”

The vice principal collapsed onto the courtyard lawn and tried to kick me away as if I were a zombie.

“W-why does Leopin-kun have Flying Dragon Leather, zansu!?”

“Huh? I never once said this was Flying Dragon Leather, though…? Can you really tell just by looking at it, Vice Principal?”

At that, the vice principal clapped a hand over his mouth with a look of I messed up!

The students who had been in the middle of lunch on the surrounding grass jumped up in shock.

“H-hey, that trash bastard is holding Flying Dragon Leather!”

“Seriously!? It just looks like some black hide to me!?”

“But the vice principal said it clearly! He said it was Flying Dragon Leather…!”

“If that’s true, then the moment the vice principal accepts it, that trash—no, Leopin-kun—becomes the student council president!?”

As the murmurs spread among the students, the vice principal’s face grew paler and paler.

I didn’t really understand what was going on, but the vice principal—his face pushed past its limits—screamed as if trapped in a nightmare.

“N-nooo! Th-that can’t possibly be Flying Dragon Leather, zansu! I-I just mistook it for a moment, zansu!”

“Huh? But this really is—”

“That’s just a black, filthy hide, zansu! Don’t bring something so disgusting near me, zansu! You can do whatever you want with that trash! Trash suits trash—Leopin-kun, it fits you perfectly, zansu!”

“Are you sure you don’t want it? Then I’ll gratefully take it.”

Just like that, I unexpectedly obtained Flying Dragon Leather.

The vice principal shooed me away with a “If you’re done talking, go over there, zansu!” so I turned my back and walked away from him.

As if she had been waiting for the exchange to end, Monaka appeared with a refreshing breeze.

“Good morning, Leo-kun.”

“Ah, morning, Monaka. Though it’s already noon.”

“Ufufu, you sleepyhead. Have you had lunch yet?”

“No, not yet. Actually, I haven’t eaten anything since morning.”

Monaka was holding a luxurious, double-tiered lunch box.

“Then, shall we split this in half?”

Looking around, I saw that everyone was eating the same lunch.

It seemed to be a delivery from the sponsors.

Just like the entrance ceremony buffet, there was probably none left for me.

“No, it’s fine. That lunch was brought especially for you by the sponsors, right? Then you should eat it properly, Monaka. Otherwise, it’ll affect your afternoon classes. Besides, I’ve got this, so I’m fine.”

I took a Mashibai fruit out of my trouser pocket and popped it into my mouth.

I had picked it up yesterday while I was out gathering mushrooms.

“In that case, how about an exchange for the fruit? I’d like to try that fruit myself.”

“Really? If that’s what you want…”

When I handed Monaka one of the fruits, she speared a piece of chicken with her fork and held it out with both hands.

“Here you go, Leo-kun. Say ah.”

“Ah. …Yeah, it’s good. Nice chicken.”

“Ufufu, thank you.”

Suddenly, a sweet breeze passed by.

Akemi stood there, brushing back her wavy hair.

“May I have one of those fruits as well? I’d like to use it as an alchemy ingredient.”

“Sure, here you go.”

I said, handing her a fruit.

Akemi then took a piece of broccoli from the lunch box held by a servant-like student standing beside her and brought it to my mouth.

“Here, say ah.”

“Ah. …Yeah, this one’s good too.”

“I’m glad to hear that.”

Before I realized it, Shinobuko was standing beside me like a shadow.

Without saying a word, she thrust a sausage shaped like an octopus toward me.

Onesuko, who had come with Shinobuko, shouted as if she couldn’t believe her eyes.

“Shinobuko-san, what are you doing!?

We came to bring Lady Monaka back, and now you’re joining in too…!?”

Shinobuko shook her head left and right with a quiet “nin-nin.”

“This is the final cup of water for the condemned. The next time we meet, this man’s life will be forfeit.”

As she said that, she kept forcefully pushing the sausage toward my mouth, so I had no choice but to eat it.

“Then, I’ll give you another one as well. Here, say ah.”

“Since we’re at it, I’ll give you one more. Come on, say ah.”

“Nin. A well-fed body is more satisfying to cut down.”

Monaka, Akemi, and Shinobuko took turns feeding me from their lunches.

The students watching nearby were left utterly dumbfounded, their mouths hanging open.

“W-why…!?”

“Monaka-sama and Akemi-sama are among the top five beauties in the academy…!?”

“And men can practically take their pick with those two—so why are they getting along with that lowest-of-the-low trash…!?”

“And they’re close enough to feed him lunch like that…!?”

“This is too much…! I devote myself to Akemi-sama, and she won’t even look me in the eye…!”

“Ugh… I was actually admiring Shinobuko-san…! And yet, and yet…!”

“Ugh… I’m so jealouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus—!!”

I endured the “say ah assault” from three girls and ended up unexpectedly full.

Then my body began to glow.

“Hey, come on. I finally leveled up just from eating lunch.”