CH 18

Chapter 18: Take The Throne!

TL: Akabane

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The face of the senior who hung the glasses was in the knowledge of the future. He's not really that important, though. He has the role of general affairs for a number of tennisers, but he is just a mischief. His name was not worth remembering.

"Hey, first-year boy, you're that guy, right? I heard you're Kuramata's favorite? You were famous at the entrance ceremony, right? Hmm?"

Glasses-senpai sat on the sofa where Kekai-senpai and Kirin-san had been playing earlier. He then sat two cute girls who looked like juniors on either side of him. The two girls were probably students at another women's college. Because most of the tennissers in our university are intercollegiate with other women's universities.

"Yes. I'm indebted to Kekai-senpai."

I reply without hesitation. Glasses-senpai sees this and smirks.

"What's with you, you're so boring! If you're that Kuramata's favorite, you must be an interesting guy, right? Do something! Hyahahaha!"

The cronies around him laugh with him. Ah, this is the pattern where they think my entrance ceremony petit-buzz is not funny. Also, I think this glass-skinned senior is jealous of Kekai. He's the king of the popular guy.

"Haha, I'm at a loss for what to say. I'm not comedian. Haha!"

"Huh? What are you doing? We came here because Kuramata invited us, right? But you don't want to entertain us? Don't embarrass Kuramata!"

Glasses-senpai is provoking me. I can go through with it, or I can tattle to Kekai-senpai later.

"Fufu. You have a nice face, though, don't you?"

The two girls sitting on the sofa were laughing at me disdainfully. I was a little ticked off. It's hard to be made fun of by girls. It reminds me of my wife's bad behavior, even if I don't like it. Well, even though she found out I was cheating on her, she never looked at me with disdain, nor did she say anything stupid. But it's true that she was still licked, otherwise she wouldn't have cheated on me. Fine, I'll let you have your fun. I'll let you have your fun.

"That's fine. If Kuramata-senpai's reputation is on the line, I have no choice. I'm going to do something super interesting, so please cooperate with me!"

I grab a 500ml bottle of foreign beer from the rack near the men's dorm. I also picked up a certain item from nearby ・・・・ and returned to the couch.

"So, what are you going to do for me?"

I'm furiously irritated with Glasses-senpai, who is slouched on the sofa like a big man. The sofa is a throne that only the most influential guys at this party are allowed to sit on. It is an insult to the throne to play with a junior while sitting there. I hand him a bottle of beer.

"Senpai, you haven't had a drink yet, have you? Please hold this bottle."

"What? Well, it's okay, but the lid of the bottle is not open. Are you an idiot? Hahaha!"

Everyone around me is giggling. They must think I was so nervous that I brought an empty beer bottle. That's not true.

"Here's the fun part! I'm going to open it without a bottle opener!"

"What? A magic trick? Wow. That's disgusting!"

"Well, yeah! Just watch and see! First of all, please make sure there are no tricks on that bottle!"

The senior and the girls on both sides checked the beer bottle. Of course there was no gimmick. Just a beer bottle.

"Have you finished checking? Then please take the bottom of that bottle and hold it up to the heavens! I'm going to pray to God and borrow power from the angels!"

The girls laughed a little seriously. They seemed to have hit the nail on the head. But as soon as Glasses-senpai glared at them, they pulled back their laughter. I want to tell them that I really don't have that kind of thing. I don't like these kyorojin who pick on the juniors in the Ivessar Tennissar.

"Oh, Kami-sama! Give me power oh oh oh oh oh. Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooyyyyyy!"

I make a strange noise and glare as hard as I can at the neck of the beer bottle that Senpai has held up just about my chest.

"Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!"

I made a clenched fist and made a hand-knife with the back of my hand down. Then I swung it as hard as I could at the neck of the beer bottle!

"Huh?"

"""""What?!"""""

With a crack, the thin neck of the beer bottle broke off and flew away. Then beer foam spilled out of the open mouth.

"Yes! A successful magic trick! The beer bottle opened brilliantly without a bottle opener!"

The people around him were astonished, their mouths gaping open. Glasses-senpai's hands were shaking. Of course he would be scared if I cut a beer bottle in half in front of my eyes with my hand. But it wasn't like this.

"Here you go, Senpai! Beer tastes good! Please drink it! It's my treat! Hahaha!"

The broken section of the beer bottle is sharp. If he put my mouth on it, it would be possible to cut his lips. There was no way he could do it.

"Ah! There it is! I've got a lecture later, so I can't drink! Come on, you drink!"

The senior shoves the broken beer bottle at the junior boy nearby. But even the junior guy doesn't want to. He pushes it to another guy. And in the midst of such dumb pushing and shoving, they drop the beer bottle to the ground.

"What a waste! What are you going to do with it, Senpai? The sake I serve is the same sake Kuramata-senpai recommends! And you won't drink it?! What a jerk!"

I said this in the most provocative and contemptuous way I could.

"Damn. You. You're a freshman!"

"Hey, get out of that seat. You don't deserve to sit in that seat. Look both ways. Don't you see?"

Glasses-senpai looks at the girls on either side of her. There was a look of coldness on the women's faces as they were obviously scared of Glasses-senpai. On the contrary, the girls are giving me hot glances. It is the women who decide which man wins. I learned that from my wife's affair. Glasses-senpai stood up from his seat with a frustrated look on his face and left the plaza alone. Then I sat down in the vacant seat.

"Hey, hey, I'm hungry! Let's eat pizza! Let's drink!"

At that, the girls on either side of me smiled happily, and one of them got a pizza from a nearby table, while the other took a beer can from the cooler box and opened the pull-tab.

"Yes, ahn~!"

"Ahhh! Snap!"

The pretty girl brings the pizza to my mouth. I bite into it. The edge of my mouth gets dirty, but the woman goes out of her way to wipe the edge of my mouth with her handkerchief.

"Yes, it's kinky! Here you go!"

"No! Thank you! I'll drink it all at once! Yay!"

Another cute girl gently put a can of beer on my mouth and let me drink it. I was in a good mood and drank that beer in one gulp.

"Phew! That's great! This is for you! Chuuuuu! Hugs!"

I kissed the two girls on either side of their cheek. They were so happy that their cheeks turned red. I then put my hands on their shoulders.

"The party ain't over yet! Let's go! Let's give it up!

""""""Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!""""""

The people who had been Glasses-senpai's cronies earlier all followed my instructions. This is the Circle of the Underdogs. Power is power. The caste hierarchy in college life is all about face, prowess, and aggressiveness. And the party never ends. We continued to make noise until the night.

Tired from too much drinking, I lay down on a sofa in the plaza and looked at the night sky. The party was over, the square was quiet, and no one was around anymore. But I still had a lot of heat in my body. I had the best time today. I was sorry to leave like this. I wished there was something more to keep this fever going, I thought.

"Hey, sorry to interrupt your cool down, but do you have a minute?"

I heard a beautiful, dignified female voice. I looked up and there was a beautiful woman with silver hair and red eyes. She was dressed in a cool, boyish outfit of jeans and a leather jacket. I knew she had a short bob and looked kind of handsome when I looked at her from the front. Milan, that popular dancer, was right in front of me. I got up and sat back down, leaning my weight on the backrest.

"I don't mind. I'm rather flattered. That was a great dance you just did."

"Thank you. You were great too, with that beer hand slice. I saw it from the window of the girls' dorm. It was really amazing how you could manipulate people with such a simple trick."

"Oh, no! I got caught! Haha!"

There is a trick to the beer bottle cutter I mentioned earlier. To begin with, beer bottles these days are so tough that even a professional fighter can't cut them with a hand knife.

"I saw you pick up something together when you brought the beer bottle. I immediately knew it was a rock. And you grabbed the stone in my hand, pretending it was a hand knife. With that, you broke the neck of the bottle. You casually hid the stone in your pocket and dared him to make it all go away. That's great, but cheating is cheating. Kukuku."

Milan laughs mischievously. It's a mysterious and charming smile that is boyish and yet has the bewitching charm of a woman. What an amazingly beautiful woman. It makes me dizzy. And then I felt the heat re-colonizing in my core. This girl is surely here to bring something interesting to me. I couldn't stop being excited by this certainty.