Before Theresia could even raise her sword, Syrah, who stood in a surrender posture with both hands raised, opened her mouth, “I surrender.”
“… Aren’t you going to resist?”
“No? In the first place, there’s no way a human can fight a summon and win.”
It was common sense. Even a knight who had trained all his life couldn’t defeat a 1-star summon.
Needless to say, this was even more impossible if it was a 3-star summon.
Syrah meekly handed her artifact to Theresia.
It wasn’t surprising that she surrendered so easily, but Theresia shouted loudly as she held the artifact in her hand.
“The enemy—is—defeated—!!”
Her roaring voice filled the battlefield.
Down below, the cadets who were dealing with her master froze under her gaze.
***
[Ian’s POV]
After Syrah, the person leading them, had been defeated, there weren’t many cadets who could continue to resist.
I quickly subdued the cadets who resisted until the very end and gathered those who surrendered late.
I smashed all the artifacts of the surrendered cadets, tallied the scores of dozens of them, and looked at Theresia, who was showing a tired expression.
“Then, master… I’ll go back in now.”
“Master, I’ve worked hard!”
“… Didn’t I do all the hard work?”
“What have you even done…?”
Theresia quarreled with Anna until the end and then returned to the glyph.
Anna had her complaints, but it was true that without Theresia, something significant would have gone wrong.
‘Syrah has two summons… Because one is a buff summon.’
What if Syrah’s summon received a buff and attacked me while I was dealing with dozens of cadets?
The Violet Mamba’s speed was the highest among all summons. Anna’s slow shield couldn’t have stopped it, so it would’ve been game over.
Having dealt with all the other cadets, I approached Syrah, who was sitting under the Colossus.
She raised her hands with a playful expression.
“Hey, surrender, surrender.”
“Why are you acting so carefree?”
“Hhm…so you have been hiding the second summon. Why didn’t I notice?”
“… Can’t you hear me?”
Even after losing to me and having her artifact taken, Syrah only muttered carefree comments with a nonchalant look on her face.
Whether I should call her bold, overly self-centred, or just someone with a difficult personality to deal with was hard to decide.
“Yes? Is it about me losing the exam? It’s nothing special.”
“Then why did you risk your life for something that isn’t a big deal?”
“Wasn’t it you who risked their life? All I did was, try to compete fairly using my skills.”
“Did dozens of cadets attacking count as fair competition?”
“It was a strategic alliance. Why? When you’re outnumbered, don’t you form alliances too?”
Listening to her, I couldn’t find any flaws in her reasoning. That only made me angrier.
I had an intuition that her 4D, self-centred behavior was actually a calculated act.
Syrah looked at me with a troubled expression before starting to laugh.
“So, what are you going to do now? Are you going to kick me out too?”
“Well…”
Syrah leaned back before leaning forward toward me. Deciding her fate required some thought.
She was one of the few 3-star Summoners, making her a valuable asset for future battles.
Of course, whether she would listen to me was another question entirely. If she didn’t, I could always drop her.
“Okay, Syrah. I’ll keep you for now. But if you don’t follow my orders, you’ll be kicked out immediately.”
“Yeah!”
“Then… Noah. Come down now.”
“Ah… Are we done now?”
While I was talking with Syrah, Noah, who had climbed on top of the Colossus to scout the area, sent her summon away and descended as soon as she realized the conversation was over.
Now free from the threat of elimination, Noah could act freely, her artifacts having been returned.
“So Syrah will work with us?”
“It’s decided. Let’s get along, Noah.”
“Uh… Okay!”
Although teaming up with an opponent who had just been causing trouble might not have seemed like a good idea, Noah’s friendly and forgiving nature made her accept Syrah without hesitation.
“… Ian.”
“Ah, Senior Dinua. What is it?”
“That… I’ll take care of it.”
While I watched the two shake hands, Senior Dinua approached and asked for Syrah’s artifact.
To be honest, it didn’t matter to me who held it, so I handed it over without much thought.
“Thank you.”
“… What are you thanking me for?”
As soon as I handed over Syrah’s artifact, Dinua threw it on the ground and began stomping on it.
Even with her relatively weak kicks, the artifact shattered easily.
“Ah.”
Syrah, who had been shaking hands with Noah, was eliminated without even realizing her artifact had been destroyed.
I stared at Dinua, who had just crushed the artifact. Feeling my gaze, she raised her head and looked at me.
“… What?”
“With this, one rival is gone.”
“… What?”
“Oh, no. Uh…too many cooks might spoil the broth.”
She laughed softly as she spoke, as if she had accomplished everything she intended to do.
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Dinua is more of a yandere than Syrah? Interesting
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mmm…isn’t having someone that cab disregard orders so brazenly and selfishly terrible for teamwork?