My Summons Are Special

12. How to win

squeak.

The sound of an employee pouring tea into a cup spreads widely.

Other than that, there was no sound of conversation.

“Oh, thank you.”

“… … It was nothing.”

Only Noah, who did not understand the atmosphere, thanked the employee, and the smartest employee quickly left.

In the end, it was me who broke this silence.

“What are you two doing here?”

“Ah, Stella asked me to talk. They say it tastes so good, but I’ve never been there.”

“okay?”

As soon as I heard the question, I looked at Stella. With the heart of why you brought Noah all the way here.

She looked at me with a look of what to do, then let out a light sigh and opened her mouth.

“I’m here to talk about teaming up with Noah.”

“team?”

“… … Still don’t know? You posted it on the bulletin board today. The midterm exam will be held as a three-on-three team match.”

“… … What?”

didn’t know Because I’ve never been to the bulletin board. I don’t know where the bulletin board was in the first place.

And DiNoir, too, began to tremble when he realized that this test had to save his comrades on his own. A group assignment would not be very welcome for her, who has no friends.

“You look very relaxed. I didn’t even have time to see things like that, so I saw them enjoying dates with girls in places like this.”

“Hey, date?”

“… … No, this is just a friend and a senior.”

“Huh? A friend and a senior.”

Stella looked at the sheep Dinoir with interest. After seeing Stella’s red hair and ribbon, Dinoir realized her true identity to some extent and opened her mouth with a slightly trembling voice.

“… … Meet the young lady of the Iritz family. I-.”

“Ah, that’s it. What- at the academy. Take it easy, senpai.”

“Is that so?”

“Would you like to take it easy?”

“I, I am comfortable with this… .”

Dinoir couldn’t let go of her respect until the end, and started introducing myself to Stella again.

“I’m a sophomore, Dinois Erebos… Please, yo.”

“Erebus… ? That Count Erebus?”

“Yes. Right.”

Stella asked her as if she knew what Dinoir’s family was, and Dinoir answered with a peculiar tone of sarcasm and respect.

Indeed, this is a conversation between nobles. With that in mind, I left the two nobles alone and started flirting with Noah.

It was very comfortable to talk to her. Because she was a commoner, and I was also a citizen mentally.

“Noah, are you on the same team as Stella?”

“yes!”

“Come towards me. I will do better.”

“Uh, uh… But I decided to do it with Stella first… .”

“How are you?”

“That, but… .”

I smirked and drank the tea the waitress had given me. As warm tea flows down the esophagus, the mind and body begin to calm down.

While enjoying tea like a leisurely and aristocrat, Stella started to point at me, breaking this peace.

“Who are you flirting with now? Noah has already decided to team up with me!”

“No, that’s right!”

“You seem to be a little worried about that.”

“… … Noah, really?”

“Oh no! I’ve never been… .”

Creating a rift between the two, I looked at Dinois-senpai. The senior was very uncomfortable in this seat, and he started looking at me anxiously like a dog in need.

You should ask her too, I suggested the team to De Noir-senpai.

“Senior, would you like to team up with me?”

“Yes?”

“It’s a team game, so if my senior and I eat the team, I think we’ll be the strongest.”

“Is that so?”

“It won’t happen.”

As soon as a historic alliance was formed between me and DeNoir-senpai, Stella began to interfere. I frowned slightly and looked at her.

“why?”

“Does it make sense for a second-year student to intervene in the first-year exam in the first place?”

“… … It is.”

“Besides, there are conditions for this team match.”

“Condition?”

“Your team must have 1-star, 2-star, and 3-star Summoners.”

To ask for a 1-3 star summoner to be included in a 3v3 team match was just like saying that one-star, two-star, and three-star summoners should form a team.

hahaha, if it weren’t for that, the three-star Summoners would have formed an alliance and smashed them all.

It wasn’t for nothing that Stella was trying to get Noah into her team. There are many 1-star Summoners, but there aren’t many 1-star Summoners who can help her.

“Um, okay? That’s a pity.”

But I didn’t really care. If it’s a 3v3 team match, isn’t it a match where one captain can win after all?

If I were in the 3-star line, I was confident that I would wipe out all the opponents who came.

But Stella looked at me like that and smirked as if it was ridiculous.

“You mean because you don’t know what a 3v3 team match is?”

“Isn’t the game over when one person wins?”

“It’s a major battle, and this is a team match. If two people lose in front of you, you lose without even trying.”

“… … is it?”

Did you not understand even though I had said this up to this point, Stellar once again talked about the importance of team fights.

“You still don’t understand? Did you forget our bet?”

“ah.”

And it was only then that I realized the problem with the team game. Even if I was sure I was going to win, I needed at least one person to beat me.

If the previous two losers in a row, I will do nothing and be treated as a loss.

‘Then, quickly… … .’

By now, the children must be trying to judge each other’s worth and sell them to each other.

Paradoxically, as of right now. It was said that the value of a 1-star Summoner was greater than the value of a 2-star and 3-star Summoner.

Worth a 1 star Summoner who fights very well.

“Because it was announced this morning… … Most of them must have already formed a team?”

Equally, Stella snorted and looked down at me. It was as if he had already won.

And she wasn’t wrong.

It was as if I had lost before I even started.

* * *

“Senior, then, please help me somehow.”

“Yes. okay… .”

After breaking up with the kids, I went straight to the kids who couldn’t save the team.

However, the children with useful summons were all teamed up, and all that was left was the chaff that couldn’t handle one of their own summoners properly, and the summoners who weren’t very helpful in battle.

‘It’s ruined.’

As in the game, combination and compatibility were very important in PVP, where several summons were sent out at the same time to fight as a group.

But in a world where all you need is one or two summoners at most?

‘Physical is the best.’

Bullsh*t, bullsh*t. The one with higher stats had an overwhelming advantage. It was unavoidable. Isn’t it impossible to plan a match or strategy in a one-on-one situation?

And unfortunately, the people of this world were well aware of that fact.

‘Whatever it is, the only thing left is these kids… … .’

As I go up to 2-star and 3-star Summoners, the number decreases, so there is no reason I can’t participate in the match.

However, among the remaining children, are there any children who are motivated enough to participate as a bonus and aim for first place?

Among the nobles who risk their lives for pride and honor?

“no… … .”

“what?”

“ok?”

Whoops, someone shoved something soft and pushed me hard. I frowned slightly and looked back.

Shira was standing there with a smile on her face.

“What have you lost?”

“… … no.”

“okay? I’m glad. ah! right. Ian, did you find a team?”

“yet.”

“really!? Wow, I guess this is fate. I just couldn’t find a team, would you like to join us?”

“You’re a blue bird, a summoned beast.”

And the blue bird was a buff summoning beast. As a single pet, no matter how much you level up, you can’t use a single power.

However, without forgetting her smile, Shira tilted her head and asked.

“yes! But why?”

“… … Bluebirds can’t fight.”

“Aha, Ian, you think so too.”

Shira burst into laughter and then suddenly hopped towards me and approached me. She grabbed my shoulder as I was about to step back, pulled me tight and whispered in my ear.

whisper whisper.

“… … You can do this.”

“… … Will that happen?”

“What if not? Other than that, there is another way to win.”

“Is there a way to win this exam?”

There is such a thing, no matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t come to mind. She burst into laughter, wondering if she was so happy that she had found a winning method that I had never even thought of.

“what is that?”

“I’m curious?”

“uh.”

“If you team up with me, I’ll tell you.”

“… … It’s a win-win, right?”

“Uh-huh, don’t you believe me? I can say with my family name. It’s a winning method.”

It was quite suspicious, but I trusted her and ended up having a party. She procrastinated, saying that she had to formally apply for it, and eventually teamed up with the two-star Summoner who was the least useful among the remaining two-star Summoners who could not form a team.

He overjoyed needlessly over the fact that he had been chosen.

“Me, something like me… ?”

“done. you can just breathe Come on, Shira. Tell me how to win.”

“Well, it’s simple. I can’t win, but… Hey you.”

“Yes, yes!?”

“Are you sure you can win?”

“Yes, yes… I will do it.”

“Ian are you?”

“Of course I win.”

“Come on, it’s over.”

“… … yes?”

“If you and him win, we always win 2-1. Voila, it’s a winning method.”

I looked at Shira with a puzzled expression. She looked at me with a playful smile.

I quickly went to the faculty office and tried to cancel the team formation, although belatedly, but I came back after only hearing that the already applied team could not be beaten.

“Ahahahaha! A funny face.”

Seriously, this is why I couldn’t trust this bitch.

I let out a sigh of regret.

* * *

However, surprisingly, Shira’s words were not so wrong. Mars, who was on the same team, proved that.

“I, there… Shira… I don’t think what you said is so wrong… .”

“yes?”

“The only condition is that there must be one-star, two-star, three-star summons in a group match, but there is no condition that one-star must fight one-star against each other… … .”

“… … Shall we use Shira as bait?”

“Oh my, that’s too much.”

Shira began to cry halfway through the thought of using her as bait. When Mars spoke up at the scene, he began to be extremely embarrassed, but, knowing her playful personality, I knew it was acting and lightly ignored it.

‘It’s not wrong.’

Shira must be defeated. If you look at it this way, it’s an extremely poor performance… … .

‘If you’re going to lose anyway, what if you have to fight your opponent’s 2-star or 3-star summon love?’

If that happens, our team’s sword will meet the 1 star Summoner. Even if his summons are quite weak among two-stars, it’s not enough to lose to a one-star.

‘… … How to win?’

Surprisingly, as Shiira initially claimed, it could in theory be a win-win.

But there was a big problem here.

“How do you know in what order your opponents will come out?”

The problem was that if you didn’t know the other side’s turn, you would be dumbfounded. Because I could end up facing the other side’s 1st star.

But then, Shiira raised her hand lightly.

“Oh, I know that.”

“… … you? how?”

“Because I am Acacia.”

She proudly declared that she would use the power of her family. There was a lot of laughter, but I felt the determination to win that much.

“… … Okay, let’s do that.”

We faced the test with the determination to win no matter what we did.

And as time passed, it was finally the day of the exam.