I Came Back but the World is Still a Fantasy!?

4-09: Romance, Weapons, Wild Dance I (1/3)

So, what should we do while waiting?

After Aristel and Werner recovered from their fear and shock, Frire told them to wait since shell be sending someone over.

As soon as the call ended, Shinichi matter-of-factly asked everyone that question.

Huh? But its Doneju Sensei were talking about. She wont even take 2 minutes, Aristel said.

Even if it were someone else, theyll take only 10 minutes to get here with an exoskeleton. And even if Doneju Sensei takes a while to decide who to send, itll still take only 15 minutes at most, Werner said.

But the ojousama and the engineer who knew more about this schools common sense didnt understand why he would ask that.

Of the four people gathered here, the ones with the most common sense were the top student of the academy and the engineer that brought to life an anime robot. Something probably should be said about that, but it wasnt the time.

Naive. Youre too naive, you two. Theres no way that Fudonecchi could handle the situation that flawlessly, Myuhi said.

Exactly. Im sure shell do her best deciding who to pick, but her relationship with her colleagues isnt that good, and all the more so when theyre just barely able to hold the exams as is. Theres no way theyll be able to spare anyone, Shinichi said.

The teachers keeping watch at the campus could help out if the problem wasnt so violent, but the problem was violent, and in fact both teacher and student alike have gone berserk for unknown reasons. To make things worse, they were being held in the fields.

In the worst case scenario, they would need to dispatch several people that could use an exoskeleton.

Shell cross them out one by one, and then say to herself, Theres no choice. Ill have to do it myself! Thats 10 minutes. And then shell need another 10 minutes to explain everything to the people around her. Add another 5 minutes for her to persuade them. Of course, they wont be able to just stand by without doing anything, so it will be another 20 minutes before the main force arrives. That girl really doesnt have any sense of planning, you see, Shinichi said.

Seriously?

I-I feel like Doneju Senseis image is crumbling

She was the strongest teacher of the school, the Sword Saint [1], and the overall supervisor of the exam, and yet from what Shinichi was saying, she sounded like an unfortunate person who couldnt get along with others and was terrible at giving orders.

The engineer didnt believe him, but the ojousama trusted him and was shocked.

Ah ha ha, youre both dreaming too much. Fudone-Sensei is just an unfortunate beauty whos desperately trying to appear capable, Myuhi said.

Dont say that. She may be like that, but shes really doing her best to play the part of the scary teacher, Shinichi said.

D-Did one of my goals vanish just like that!? Aristel asked.

A heroic woman who would lend a hand to the defense of the city while firmly teaching her students.

With her fame and ability as a former soldier coupled with her beauty, Aristel had admired her all this time, but who wouldve thought that she would be like this? The shock behind Aristels words could audibly be felt.

But

Youre about the same as her, though. In a good sense. Well, shes still a lot stronger than you, though, so you should still aim to be like her, Shinichi said.

Dude, I really cant keep up with you! Anyway, you better not tell her that face to face, okay!? Werner said.

Ha ha ha, of course, of course, Shinichi said.

Shinichi was patting Aristel on the shoulders after she fell to the ground, distraught, but his words were really akin to a finishing blow, and Werner couldnt be more glad that Doneju Sensei wasnt here in person.

Unfortunately, the translator device couldnt properly translate what Shinichi was saying, and no one here could really understand what he meant.

Sigh Anyway, I dont really have any toys on me to kill time with, so

But youve always been making stuff like this(), right?

Shinichi said as he patted the Grandfizer lying drown.

Werner wryly smiled at that since he understood exactly what Shinichi was getting at.

You like to play dumb, but youre actually really quick on the uptake, huh, Werner said.

Werner wasnt really lying though since he was planning on explaining his circumstance first.

He had a habit of quickly building stuff talked about in class and submitting them. As for the ones left with him, he would use them for his hobbies.

But the only ones I have left on me are the ones I didnt use for our exam. And theyre all incomplete stuff Werner said.

But you do have something interesting on you, dont you? Shinichi said.

Werner frowned since the stuff he had on him were all incomplete products, but Shinichi looked straight at him with eyes full of conviction and said that.

Werner wanted to ask why he was so sure when he hasnt seen them yet, but it was exactly as he said().

Werner had the pride of someone whos made something interesting. It just so happened that he was clueless when it came to what other people were thinking.

The exam of the technology class had a slightly different direction compared to the other classes.

What was being tested wasnt them themselves but their creations and the method of using them.

To that end they are tasked to make several things that will allow them to clear the three topics theyve been given beforehand.

First, was a unit(robot) useful in battle.

From direct combat to scouting to base defense. As long as it was related to battle, the objective was irrelevant.

It didnt matter whether it was a self-operated type, a remote-controlled type, a piloted type, or an unmanned type. It didnt matter if it was a big type or a small type either.

The first subject was to create a unit that could withstand the battles in the fields.

The second subject was to create a survival tool that could allow one to survive regardless of the environment.

A survival tool that could do everything from securing water to preparing the environment. Again, it didnt matter how it was made.

Discerning what was needed and the functions to provide that were all elements for evaluation.

The last subject was a weapon that a person could use. It could be a blade, a blaster, a lance, a bazooka

It didnt matter what it was, not even if it were meant to be used with ones bare body or with an exoskeleton, and not even its purpose. They just had to make one.

Two out of these three subjects would be assigned randomly to the students as their exam.

It wasnt possible to choose a subject or choose to participate in all of them, so it wasnt possible to focus in just one aspect of ones studies.

Thats also the reason why this rule was made, to prevent students from just focusing on what they wanted and to get them to study up on the things they were bad at or werent interested in.

Regardless what field the students wish to enter in the future, the teachers hoped that they become skilled in a variety of fields.

That is the curriculum of the technology class of Garesto Academy.

Of course, theres also a measure put in place to prevent students from getting the unlucky draw and having only subjects theyre bad at for their exam.

Sigh, I was relieved when I didnt have to take the weapon exam, but then an annoying teacher just had to catch me, Werner said.

Thats unfortunate, Shinichi said.

Dont say that while smiling. Rumors are so unreliable. Which part of you is supposed to be antisocial? Youre clearly the type that manhandles people! Ah, whatever, look, you asked for it!

Shinichi smiled fearlessly as he urged Werner to bring his toys out. At that, the latter felt his head hurting, but he still activated his foster

In the next moment, a ball of light shot out of his fosters screen and a box appeared on the ground.

Behold! The fruits of my obsession these past few years! The realization of ideas from a new bible(anime)!

Werner said as he pointed at the box as big and as deep as a normal-sized bathtub.

Shinichis eyes sparkled, but the two girls just wryly smiled.

So, which part of this exactly is supposed to be a weapon? Aristel asked.

Its just a bunch of junk parts, Myuhi said.

Those were the honest first impressions of the two girls. Whatever it was that Werner had brought out didnt resemble any weapon one bit.

A mysteriouscone(drill), a L-Shaped Rod(tonfa), a kote with jet boosters attached(rocket punch) etc.

It was natural that they reacted like that seeing as how there were so many things in there that they didnt know how to use.

But for different reasons() Shinichi froze with a complicated expression.

Impertinent! They may be incomplete, but theyre neither failures nor junk parts! Werner said.

So you say, but this isnt a weapon at all, is it? Aristel said.

Although these things were all incomplete, Werner had still poured his heart out making them, so he couldnt just stand still and accept their baseless criticisms.

Unfortunately, as far as the Garestonian girls, whove handled many genuine Garesto weapons, were concerned, not a single one of these looked like a real weapon.

Especially, the palm-sized flying saucer, which Aristel pointed at. She vividly recalls seeing it from a document before, and that document wasnt a document about weapons but of Japanese culture.

If I recall correctly, thats a Yo-yo, a toy from Earth, Aristel said.

Ah, now that you mention it. You play with it by pulling it up and down with the string on your finger, right? Myuhi said.

As soon as Myuhi said that, she took the string of the flying saucer and set out to play with it.

To these two girls, these werent weapons but toys made in Earth.

And anyone who saw that flying saucer in Myuhis hands would also agree that it was a yo-yo.

For some reason, however, as soon as she set out to play with that yo-yo, Werners face paled.

N-No! I told you theyre incomplete! Dont use it! Its true I designed that to be a yo-yo, but when that thing hits something hard, a spike will protrude out of it and destroy whatever it hits!

Hmm? You mean something like this?

Wa-!?

Half-way through his explanation, Myuhi threw the yo-yo. Werner was speechless.

While the girls were puzzled as to what would happen, the yo-yo violently hit a tree.

In the next moment, a protrusion made out of photons protruded out and smashed up the part it hit.

The part of a tree much thicker than the torso of a human body was crushed into pieces just like that and noisily fell into the ground.

Oh, thats pretty good, Myuhi said.

No! Dont just watch! Dodge!! Werner yelled.

Huh? Myuhi said.

While Myuhi was showing admiration for the surprising destructive power of the yo-yo, Werner desperately told her to dodge.

Alas, his warning fell on deaf ears, as she didnt pay him any attention. No, she didnt have the time to.

Which is why when she reacted and dodged, it was purely reflex.

What? No way!?

But just the fact that her reflexes kicked in was proof that something happened.

She didnt think that the yo-yo she crushed the tree with just now would suddenly fly back at her.

Some projectile weapons were designed to returned to their wielder. That in itself wasnt strange.

The problem was that this yo-yo was coming back at her at almost the same speed as when she threw it. To make matters worse, those conical spikes it smashed that tree with were still out.

Tl Note: Changed Sword Master to Holy Saint as suggested.