CH 109

“Let’s go, then.”

“Ahaha, please take care of me♪ I’ll take hold on to Sarge-chan.”

After lunch, Tigre-sensei and Verna-sensei left the class for their own practice after a short homeroom break, leaving me, Helena, and Yogus to practice our magic.

Nora went to Luciel’s house to practice for the all-you-can-stuff competition with Luciel, and Jack and Kudelica went to Verna-sensei house, who had a huge tree to practice for the rope pulling competition.

Ryuuze took Urka and Makina to practice the same combat sports as yesterday …… Is what I thought, but I heard they were running for the bread-eating contest. Urka’s going to run in the Obstacle race, so all that running won’t go to waste.

While my classmates are working hard, I’m following Helena, who’s loving Sarge with Yogus, while consuming magic power by continuously using fire with my right hand. 

I’m told that Helena is almost there too, though I, my brother, Nora, Ryuuze, and Yogus can use this difficult technique.

“Lars is skillful, as always. Helena, where are you going to practice?”

“In the hall, because it’s clean and not many people are doing combat training there.”

When Yogus asked, that kind of answer was replied. It’s been a long time since the entrance ceremony, so we came to the hall. As I passed through the open entrance, I was enveloped by the excitement inside.

“Yes, all the senior students are practicing hard to win.”

The older you get, the less likely you are to participate in school events, and the more embarrassed you become in middle school. However, this school is not like that, and everyone is working hard.

“Then, can I have you watch me dance? There are some upperclassmen dancing over there, so I can watch them for reference”

“Oh, I see, you’ve taken that into account.”

“Right, right. I can’t decide if it’s good or not when I’m dancing by myself, can I? That’s why I wanted someone to watch me.”

“That’s no problem for me. You can start anytime.”

Sarge folded his small arms and nodded his head between my legs as I sat cross-legged. It’s a good thing he’s small and inconspicuous. Yogus sits next to me and Helena stands facing me.

“Then, please take care of me♪”

She bowed and began to dance. There was no gramophone in the world, so there was no music to play, so Helena danced. The expression on her face was so desperate that it would be more appropriate to say she was dancing than waving the cloth like a celestial maiden.

And the sweat on her brown skin is proof of her effort. I’m a person who makes an effort, so I understand the desperation she puts into her dancing.

But is it my imagination or is there something missing ……? While Yogus and I were still admiring her, she finally brought her hands to her chest and bowed, as if the flow of the performance was over.

Sarge clapped his hands, and Yogus and I followed suit. Helena smiles as she sits down.

“Thank you♪ Ngh …… Pwah, It makes me thirsty after dancing.”

“Well, If you move that hard. And how did it look from the side?”

“Oh, wait, wait, wait!”

Helena stopped me when I tried to tell her what I thought, and we looked at each other and tilted our heads. Helena then looked at the senior students and said,

“…… I wonder if you could tell me about it after you see the dance over there, and the one she’s doing.”

The older students were taller, so it was easy to tell. The girl seems to be a classmate of mine, and she is accompanied by Samwell, the advisor of the Holy Knight Club, and there are others.　

“Oh, yeah. That’s fine for me.”

“? What is it?”

“You’re right, you’ll know it when you see it♪.”

Sarge made a good point and we moved to a position where we could see. The first thing we did was to watch the senior students and then the C-class students.

I clearly understood what Helena meant when she said we’d know it if we see it.

“……”

“I see ……”

“Right.”

Helena laughed at our astonishment, and when we returned to our original location, she opened her mouth. Her face looks annoyed, as if she has given up.

“How is it?”

“…… Honestly, the senior act was pretty good. They were sharp.”

“I agree with you. They’re senior students, so can’t help it …… However, I can’t make any explanation about that girl from C-class ……”

“It’s like what you said, Yogus-kun. She looks so much brighter than my dancing. I don’t think the quality of my dancing is inferior to her, though.”

Then I said something that caught my attention. Would Helena’s [Dancing Master] be inferior to someone who has none?

“Is her skill also about dancing?”

“Well, I don’t know that much about it. But, it’s probably close, I think?”

I looked at the girl in C-class again and she had started dancing again. Then I suddenly realized something.

“…… Helena, do you enjoy dancing?”

“What?”

Instantly, Helena’s body twitched. Am I correct? The difference between the upperclassmen and the C-class kids …… was their facial expressions.

It is true that Helena is very serious and a good dancer, but she doesn’t look happy. I said that she was desperate, but after seeing them I thought that it was not about the dancing, but something else.

“What do you mean, Lars?”

“That’s what I meant, Yogus. Helena is taking it very seriously, but it doesn’t feel like she wants to do it.”

Helena let out a sigh and opened her mouth with a smile.

“Is that really how it looks? Fuh …… I’m glad you asked …… But don’t get me wrong, okayt? It’s not that I don’t want to do it! But my mother–“

Helena, unusually …… no, for the first time, starts talking about herself.

I remembered that I had hardly ever heard her talk about it before the guild club started. She talked about the differences between her and her parents, as any child would.

“I like to dance, partly because of my skill. Do you remember how I introduced myself? I wanted to be able to sing and dance. But my mom wants me to be a stage performer. She said, “You should, because …… your mother came here from the south and made a good living dancing, but she couldn’t go to the glamorous places”.”

“I see. So your mother entrusted her dreams to you.”

“That’s right. But there’s something different about her …… It’s not that I don’t like what she says, but it’s just not in line with the [Dancing Master], you know?”

She said her shoulders shrugging.

No, I’ve seen it in the other world, but I think her mother wanted to be something like an idol? Fortunately, Helena doesn’t dislike her mother, but she doesn’t feel comfortable with it.

“[Dancing Master], huh …… I wonder if you’ll make it ……?”

“What?”

An idea popped into my head.

I think the “idol” part that popped into my head earlier might be useful?

Is Lars’ plan going to work?

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Actually, I’m expecting it to be kind of entertaining!”

I don’t really do a lot of entertainment-type stories. I do a lot of cooking, but fantasy and idols are zero, I guess?

“You can’t do any more than that.”