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After that, Fang Li devoted all of his remaining time entirely to Sylvia, planning to spend the rest of the Daihasei Festival together with her.
Having come to this world for a year now, Fang Li and Sylvia had often been apart more than together because of the Main Quest. For a couple still in the throes of passionate love, they truly lacked enough time to spend with each other.
So Fang Li genuinely wanted to leave as much of the Daihasei Festival as possible for Sylvia. For that reason, he only attended a few competitions, helped the school win first place several times, and then spent the rest of the time wandering around everywhere with Sylvia, fully immersing themselves in this grand sports festival that felt more like a massive celebration.
Because of this, Fang Li got dragged into trouble by Fukiyose Seiri several times and was also pestered by his classmates.
Especially the idiot trio. They had spotted Fang Li and Sylvia hanging out together outside on numerous occasions, and even somehow guessed that Sylvia was in disguise. After finding out that Fang Li had been constantly fooling around with Sylvia, their envy drove them to secretly sneak into Fang Li's room one night to "punish" him.
Unfortunately for them, Fang Li happened to be getting cozy with Sylvia at the time, doing certain things not suitable for outside eyes. Noticing the idiot trio trying to infiltrate the room, he could only helplessly stop what he was doing.
Naturally, all of his pent-up anger was vented onto the bodies of the idiot trio, leaving the three idiots with pale, ashen faces whenever they saw Fang Li the next day. No one knew exactly what had happened to them, and for a while, it gave some of the school's fujoshi plenty of room to let their imaginations run wild.
Afterward, Fang Li also attended the competition against Tokiwadai at Misaka Mikoto's strong insistence.
That match successfully became a psychological shadow in Fang Li's heart.
"Isn't that Fang Li-sama?"
"Fang Li-sama!"
"Fang Li-sama!"
A considerable number of young ladies from Shokuhou Misaki's faction had also attended that match, and the moment they saw Fang Li appear, their eyes lit up.
As for the other Tokiwadai young ladies, they had also successfully learned of Fang Li's existence through gossip and curiosity.
And then… well, there was no "then" after that…
"I'll hold Fang Li-sama back!"
"B-But that's Fang Li-sama!"
"I can't bear to attack him!"
"Me neither!"
"But this is a competition! There's no helping it!"
"T-That's right!"
"We have no choice!"
"Please forgive me, Fang Li-sama!"
Thus, the moment the match began, Fang Li was tackled to the ground.
Tackled to the ground by a large group of Tokiwadai young ladies right in front of all the spectators.
If it weren't for the fact that participants were allowed to interfere with one another during that match, it would absolutely have terrified quite a few people.
The audience all thought Fang Li was some contestant whom even Tokiwadai had to regard as a major threat, which was why so many people were trying to restrain him. Some even believed that the young ladies had gone so far as to sacrifice a bit of their dignity and charm just to pin him down, directly plunging him into a paradise of warmth and softness.
That day, Fang Li genuinely felt as though he had been thrown into a pile of fragrant cotton. No matter what he touched, it was soft, springy, and full of elasticity, with all the rubbing and pressing nearly making him explode on the spot.
And that wasn't even the scariest part.
There were two even scarier things.
One of them was the reaction of the young ladies outside Shokuhou Misaki's faction.
"W-Wow! They really all rushed him!"
"S-So the rumors were true! Members of the Queen's faction are completely infatuated with that guy!"
"W-Who exactly is that person?"
"I-I'm kind of curious now…"
"L-Let's go too!"
"O-Okay!"
That was probably the most ridiculous and attention-grabbing competition since the start of the Daihasei Festival.
The spectators watched helplessly as the usually untouchable Tokiwadai young ladies, normally as lofty and pure as alpine lotuses, either bashfully or courageously gathered around one after another, continuously pouncing onto Fang Li.
In no time, they were all tangled together in a pile around him, leaving only one of Fang Li's hands sticking out while his expression became indescribably colorful.
Fang Li could even imagine what the parents of these young ladies would think if they saw this scene.
Yet Fang Li was completely unable to exert any strength. Just like that time when he had afternoon tea with Shokuhou Misaki, no matter how he moved, he would inevitably touch something soft and fluffy, which immediately triggered waves of girlish screams. As a result, he didn't even dare resist and was directly pinned down by a group of young ladies.
The Murdering Demon, said to be capable of killing even gods, had actually been subdued by a bunch of rich young ladies.
It truly was a scene too absurd to look at directly.
"A-Anyone! Hurry up and save me!"
It was the first time Fang Li's survival instinct had been fully awakened, causing him to cry out for help in a thoroughly miserable state.
And sure enough, a savior appeared.
"What! The! Hell! Are! You! Doing?!"
The Railgun, her whole body crackling with electric sparks, completely exploded in rage. A bolt of lightning crashed down onto the field, instantly turning everyone present into charred black lumps.
Since using superpowers was permitted within the rules, Misaka Mikoto, being the only one left standing on the field, became the final victor, securing the win for Tokiwadai.
When Fang Li finally left the arena and met up with Sylvia, what greeted him was his girlfriend's half-smiling, teasing expression.
"So you've become this popular already? Should I make some time available for those young ladies too?"
As if.
Fang Li absolutely did not want to encounter those young ladies ever again.
Otherwise, he was genuinely about to develop psychological trauma.
Unfortunately, things still weren't over.
The next day, for some unknown reason, word had spread everywhere. The moment Fang Li went out onto the streets and ran into a young lady from the School Garden, he was immediately met with excited screams.
"Isn't that Fang Li-sama?"
"The Fang Li-sama everyone's been talking about lately?"
"It really is him!"
"Kyaa!"
"Fang Li-sama! Please look this way!"
Without even realizing it, it wasn't just Tokiwadai anymore, even the young ladies from the five prestigious girls' schools within the School Garden now treated Fang Li like the prince of their dreams. Some squealed in excitement, some blushed shyly, and the bolder ones even directly chased after him.
To be honest, it was the first time Fang Li felt that Academy City was such a terrifying place.
As the saying goes, everything has its natural enemy. Fearless and unstoppable as Fang Li usually was, he had finally encountered his own nemesis.
And that nemesis was young ladies.
For the next several days, whenever Fang Li heard even a single excited shriek from a School Garden young lady, he would immediately grab Sylvia and run in the opposite direction.
Sylvia completely turned this entire matter into a source of amusement. Almost every night, she would bring it up just to tease Fang Li, only to end up being "dealt with" by him night after night.
From a certain perspective, this could also be considered a joyful academy life, right?
So Sylvia was fairly satisfied as well.
And so, day by day, the Daihasei Festival passed by.
In the blink of an eye, the competitions on the seventh day of the Daihasei Festival also came to an end after sunset, and the rankings for each school were determined.
Then, as night descended, flames lit up every corner of Academy City.
It was the glow of bonfires.
"The After-Festival has started?"
That was the final event of the Daihasei Festival.
"It's started?"
Sylvia grabbed Fang Li's hand as though she had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
"Then let's go over there!"
With that, Sylvia pulled Fang Li along toward the direction of the bonfires.
(End Of This Chapter)