Chapter 2: No Fighting!

“Signatures for improving the environment of Abydos!”

It was a day just like any other.

“Yume, isn’t it pointless? Why don’t we just go back?”

“No way, Hime! We have to get even a few signatures to save Abydos!”

“…So, how many signatures have we gotten so far?”

“Zero!”

“……”

Days of struggling to save Abydos, which was slowly falling apart due to desertification.

Days of meaninglessly spending time with Yume, the student council president of Abydos.

Then, I met her.

“Ah…! Hey, hey! Wait a moment! Stop!”

A pink-haired girl with sharp eyes. She, who was slightly shorter than me, stopped at Yume’s words.

“Ehehe…. Yeah, I mean you. I know your face. You’re the new student who just enrolled, right? Your name is… Hoshino… Hoshino-chan, right?”

Hoshino.

My eyes widened at the three letters, as if I had heard them somewhere before.

A name I know, even though I’ve never played Blue Archive.

“Uh, uhm. Wait a moment, Hoshino-chan?”

She just ignored Yume’s words and hurried her pace.

Hmm.

It’s a bit different from the image I knew.

Was she such a rude person?

“Hoshino-chaaan~”

Ugh… Still, she seems better than Yume.

Looking at Yume, who was whimpering, I sighed.

What a pathetic student council president.

This is the academy city, Kivotos.

It’s a world where countless students live as the masters of the city.

I, who clearly ended my life in my previous life, somehow opened my eyes again in this Kivotos as a girl.

Here, schools are the masters of the autonomous regions, have the duty to manage those areas, and function as a government.

But… but why…!!!

Why isn’t Abydos High School the master of the autonomous region…!?

Yes, our school is ruined.

No, it’s already ruined, but it’s continuously going down in real-time.

Where did that once-powerful school go, and it’s now a ruined school buried in sand?

Is it because of global warming?

Why is desertification getting worse day by day?

It’s not just desertification. The school’s debt is also increasing day by day.

Oh, should I have to live a school life with such a troublesome problem?

Should I just quit and leave Abydos?

I’ve already thought about it countless times, but I can’t.

Unfortunately.

Really, unfortunately.

“Hi, Hime, help me…!”

Because I’ve fallen for this pathetic student council president.

“I, I can’t do this…!”

“But you’re more capable than me…!”

“Ugh…!”

Damn delinquents.

Why are they causing trouble in Abydos, where there’s nothing left to take…!?

“Yume…! You’re going to be in big trouble when we get back!”

“Hing…”

She takes out a pistol that she can’t even shoot well and aims. The target is the delinquents approaching us, exuding an ominous aura.

Crazy bastards.

Is it so fun to rob a beggar’s wallet?

“Why am I doing this at a time when I could be leisurely wasting time…!”

And at the moment of firing, Yume threw herself at me.

“Fighting is not allowed!”

She’s getting closer.

Yume’s clumsy pocket.

“Ah.”

Soon, her large breasts hit my face, and my vision blurred.

Haa…

Again.

“Yume…!”

I suppressed the anger boiling up inside me and looked at Yume, and she looked at me, sweating and being cautious.

“B, but fighting causes more fighting…”

“If we keep fighting, we’ll eventually lose ourselves?”

“U, um…”

Words I’ve heard enough of.

It’s a saying that doesn’t really fit in modern times.

Especially against delinquents.

How did I end up falling for someone who’s so frustrating and stupid?

I sighed deeply and shook my head.

“Hime is angry…?”

“Yes.”

“Aah……”

“Still, I’m relieved for now.”

“Huh?”

I pushed Yume, who was still on top of me, and got up.

Then I said to the pink-haired student, who was standing behind the delinquents, looking at them coldly.

“I’ll say thank you in advance!”

Soon, only the sound of gunshots and screams echoed.

Her overwhelming strength was beyond comparison to mine.

The battle that would have taken me several hours… No, maybe the battle that would have ended in defeat in less than 10 minutes was over so quickly.

And with a dominant victory.

“Ugh… my shoulder…”

Puck.

One kick from Hoshino, and the delinquent’s consciousness was cut off.

The incident was over for now.

“A, ah… Ho, Hoshino-chan…?”

“…Are you alright.”

Wow.

Her tone is so cold.

At this point, I wonder if my memory is wrong.

Was Hoshino always this kind of student?

“I’m not alright. Because of someone, I rolled on the ground.”

“I’m sorry, Hime…!”

Shaking off Yume, who clung to me, I slightly bowed to Hoshino.

“Anyway, thank you for your help. Um… Ms. Hoshino? Is it okay to call you that?”

“You can call me whatever you want.”

“Okay, then I’ll call you Hoshino.”

“I’ll call you Hoshino-chan!”

I gave Yume a head-butt and looked at Hoshino.

The Hoshino in Blue Archive I knew had long hair, a relaxed expression, and soft eyes.

The Hoshino in front of me now has short hair, sharp eyes, and a tone that makes people feel distant.

I don’t know why.

I would know if I had ever played Blue Archive.

“Rather than that, why didn’t you fight? If it were you and Yume, you could have easily defeated those guys.”

“Ah, that’s…”

“Nothing is resolved by fighting!”

Yume said with a bright smile. If it’s like her, is that her?

Certainly, if you see her for the first time, your heart will be filled with unknown emotions at that smile…

“……”

In my situation, knowing her usual behavior and her clumsy side, I didn’t feel that way at all.

Instead, I wanted to punch her.

Abydos is slowly going down like this because she’s so laid-back.

…….

Oh, this is totally about me…

Come to think of it, me and Yume aren’t that different.

Yume always does strange things and gets scammed.

I always sleep and spend time in the student council room without being a member.

Wow.

I’m not in a position to blame anyone, am I?

I was lost in self-reflection and glanced at Hoshino and Yume.

Yume, explaining to Hoshino why fighting shouldn’t be done, and Hoshino sighed.

“…I don’t understand what you’re talking about at all. So, how do we solve it?”

“U, um…”

It seems she failed to persuade her.

Seeing that, Hoshino sighed deeply. It seems strange that such a clumsy Yume is the student council president.

“Go back now. Your friends might come.”

“Ah, ah? Hoshino-chan?!”

Hoshino left only those words and disappeared somewhere. Her running speed is really strange.

I wish I could run at that speed too.

“Okay, okay. You heard Hoshino, right? Let’s go back and kill some time.”

“Ah, wait, Hime! The signature papers, the signature papers!!!”

Turning my head at Yume’s words, I saw the torn and dirty signature papers from the previous commotion.

“Aah…”

“Unfortunately, we’ll have to give up on distributing the signature papers tomorrow.”

I smiled slightly and helped Yume up.

Hehe.

I don’t have to do anything tomorrow.