Sports Festival 3 - Chapter 3

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Tsumugi: I'm coming in~♪

Mika: Guh... Ughh- H-heavy~

Shu: Kagehira, your back is bent. Stretch your spine more, and do so beautifully.

Mika: B-but Oshi-san~. This position's painful! Oshi-san's taller than I am, so it's impossible for to support ya on my own!

Shu: Hmm, there's nothing to be done about that; what a quandary. I know this is something unreasonable to say, but it's not as if I could rely on Nito...

Work hard, Kagehira.

Mika: If... If Oshi-san's relyin' on me, then! I'm- gonna try workin' hard a little more!

Shu: Hm. It seems that moving while Kagehira is carrying me upon his back in this state is difficult.

One's legs and such would essentially be supported on both sides by people, but I don't want to be touched by anyone else.

What a troubling problem. Would it be better to have an unspecified large number touching me, or should I have Kagehira work hard with his life on the line?

As for the choices, the latter is more desirable.

Mika: ~...! ~...!

Shu: Kagehira? Swaying back and forth, are you all right? I told you to work hard, but I would be in trouble if you were to collapse before the real event. Kagehira, let me down.

Mika: ~... Pwah!?

Oshi-san, is that okay? If I hold my breath, I can endure it a little more?

Shu: So you were holding your breath. If you died doing such a thing, how unfortunate would be waking up. Next time, take a deep breath properly as well... Hm?

Aoba. You, what business could you have. You thought you had the right to encroach upon the threshold of the Handicrafts Club? Aah, how irritating!

Tsumugi: Ahaha. Shu-kun, you never change~. Well, that's an obvious reaction.

Before we get down to business, please hear me out for one thing. You two, what were you doing? It was such an odd spectacle, I felt I couldn't talk in the meanwhile.

Mika: Nnah, I was practicin' with Oshi-san for the cavalry battle.

Tsumugi: Cavalry battle...? Shu-kun, you're entering the cavalry battle? This is a joke, isn't it? I can't keep up with it at all.

Shu: How fussy. I have no reason to listen to your complaints that I participate in the cavalry battle.

Tsumugi No, no, I'm not going to complain. I just thought that it was unexpected.

Aah, but I heard that Eichi-kun's participating in the cavalry battle. It seems that most of the students in the A Class have entered in the cavalry battle.

Shu-kun is also a part of the A Class, so maybe you didn't refuse Eichi-kun's invitation.

Because it was Eichi-kun who said that participation in the cavalry battle was decided... Fufu, isn't that nice~♪

In order to become classmates grouped together, wouldn't that fire up the "Sports Festival?"

Well, it's not as if everyone's comrades despite being in the same class, and we'll end up competing against each other as red and white, after all.

Shu: Just what I wanted. To defeat that hated Tenshouin, it's the perfect chance to make him crawl upon the ground.

I shall make him regret that he invited me so easily afterwards, kakakaka♪

Tsumugi: Shu-kun's getting thrilled. If I recall correctly, Eichi-kun is in the red team, and Shu-kun is in the white team.

I'm not in the cavalry battle; rather, I'm showing up in the three-legged race, so I'll cheer on both of your activities.

Mika: Ah, Tsumu-chan-senpai's also participatin' in the three-legged race, huh?

Tsumugi: You as well, Mika-kun? Who're you doing it with?

Mika: Nnah. I haven' found anyone to run with.

I woulda thought about askin' Naru-chan, but Naru-chan's in the red team, so...

I don't wanna be runnin' with people I don't know, so I've been kinda worried.

Tsumugi: Then, would you like to run with me?

Mika: Eh? I'd be relieved, but is it really okay with ya? Tsumu-chan-senpai, yer gonna get rid of the person ya were gonna run with?

Tsumugi: No, not at all. I was worrying about who to run with, but if it's all right with Mika-kun, I would be the one relieved♪

Mika: If that's the case, I shoulda asked ya in the first place. Tsumu-chan-senpai's not someone I dunno... Ah, I gotta get Oshi-san's permission!

Oshi-san, is it okay if I take part in it with Tsumu-chan-senpai? Would that be too hard, I guess?

Shu: Do as you wish. The Handicrafts Club is even doing the borrowing race, so it's not as if anything would interfere, yes?

Tsumugi: Aah, so the Handicrafts Club's going to do the borrowing race.

Mika: Huh? Didn't we tell Tsumu-chan-senpai?

Tsumugi: Yes. I heard tell that the Handicrafts Club would be participating in the "Sports Festival," but I didn't hear which event we would appear in.

That's why I let my feet carry me here to the Handicrafts Club, thinking of asking you.

Mika: Tsumu-chan-senpai, I'm sorry. I realized too slow.

Tsumugi: No, no, please don't mind.

It doesn't seem that there's practice necessary to the borrowing race beforehand, so there's no special reason to need to be gathering up, right?

Shu: Of course. Because of that, the spare time will be left to practice for the cavalry battle.

In the cavalry battle, crushing Tenshouin is first and foremost. No matter what plan he uses to win, defeat is unthinkable. I'll beat him to a pulp so that no part of him comes out alive.

I'll not accept any words of remorse, so prepare yourself, Tenshouin!

Mika: Oshi-san~. Ya don't have a lotta physical ability, so don't push yerself too hard?

Shu: You're the same. Your reflexes are good, but you don't remember the rules. You're wasting your talent. As such, you're badly made.

Well, there is some good in my giving you advice. There's nothing to be gained from my reliance on you in the cavalry battle. I'll not have expectations, but do your best.

Mika: Yeah! I'll do my best to support Oshi-san from here on!

Oshi-san, let's practice. That boss of "fine" ain't any enemy, 'cause Oshi-san's always Number One...♪