Then I stepped up. "Alright, stop screwing around. I'm Ebisu Teta, and thanks for having me too."
Everyone turned toward me and said, "Dude—who do you think you are?
You talk like you're the one who started all of this!"
I replied, "Oh? It's not like that. I just didn't want to be the group leader, that's all."
Then Kai said, "Well, I want to be leader."
Zephyr snapped, "No way that's happening!
You're the one always bragging about how to beat everyone who annoys you.
So shut the hell up and drop your bully act."
Kazuki said, "Then maybe I should be leader?"
Noa replied, "Nah. Not even in your dreams."
So we turned to her. "What about you, Noa?"
She shrugged. "I mean, I already have a man.
He should lead, not me. That job's not for me."
I turned to Zephyr. "What about you, Zephyr? You good with leading?"
He replied, "Nah… I don't think I'm suited for that kind of role."
I shook my head. "What the hell, bro?
Aren't you the one who's gonna marry a princess and rule a kingdom someday?
Come on, have faith in yourself!"
Zephyr looked down for a second. "But… do you guys really believe in me?"
We all nodded. "Yeah, we do."
He hesitated. "What if I make mistakes?"
I said, "Then you learn. If you don't, even better. Either way, we're all human. So do it anyway."
Finally, Zephyr smiled. "Okay. I'll be the leader."
We all cheered. "Finally! Let's celebrate!"
The slime brought out so much food and set up a huge table.
It started blasting music—thankfully, it was Brazilian phonk and funk.
Kazuki already knew my taste.
I jumped right in and started dancing.
Even though people from Brazil came here over 300 years ago, their dances kind of got forgotten.
But as long as I'm alive, I'll keep passing it on—even to my future son.
Brazilian phonk and funk are masterpieces to me.
While I danced, a chill phonk track started playing.
Kazuki and Noa changed their clothes and began dancing salsa.
We recorded everything and even edited a video out of it.
Then a hardcore Jersey Club rap track hit, and Zephyr and Kai jumped in, rapping like pros.
After that, we all danced together as a group. It was wild.
Even the slime started imitating us, and the salsa moves were.
Later, I played some bounce-style funk, and we danced one last round. Totally
drained, we finally headed to our rooms and passed out.
He said, "She is the princess of Verdantia Kingdom, Talia Thronvale.
She's so witty and hot. I see her almost everywhere on social media.
She works out a lot, and they have a channel called Verdantia Baddies where they post tons of videos streaming their lives.
That's how I
knew Lyra before she grew older. She's such a total baddie, bro—I can't get her out of my head."
I laughed and said, "Chill, bro, chill out. I can hear your heart beating."
He replied, "Yeah, my boy, I hear it loud and clear—I'm a sound user, remember?"
We both laughed.
Then I asked, "So, aren't you going to meet her at the academy?"
He said, "I'm kinda scared, you know."
I teased, "You're such a crybaby.
You cuddle each other when you sleep and play like that—that's what kids do.
If you didn't meet that one special person there yet, then you'll be even more excited to see how they look.
People like her just make you curious, you know?"
He shook his head, "No."
I asked, "Why not?"
He said, "Because they want you to see that they've changed, bro."
I laughed, "So, just to get noticed by a childhood friend, you get all excited and even fantasize about it?"
He admitted, "I'm gonna be super honest—a million times over."
I said, "Don't let her down, bro.
You already have that glorious aura, that athletic body every man would dream of, and you make clothes look damn good on you.
So you better not disappoint her.
I'm telling you, Zephyr was even worse—but even without trying, he got a girlfriend just because of his looks and how hard he worked.
He looked like a celebrity to her. So yeah, the current you is perfect.
If you want, you can go even beyond that."
Then I reminded him, "Also, we have to submit our introduction videos for the S-class soon.
Everyone else already submitted theirs except us, so let's get ready and send one in."
He said, "Yeah, okay."
I sighed and said, "You don't really know what you're getting into, do you?
We're gonna post it on the school group chat where everyone in the school can see us.
Not only that, but other applicants who submit their videos will see it too.
That means Talia will see yours. Let's check out her video first, bro."
She was damn hot. Look—
She said her name and stuff, bro was so captivated by her beauty.
Then I said,
"If you're like this, you're gonna screw up."
He said,
"How?"
I said,
"Simple. You're gonna make her think you're not a man.
You're more than a man—and your effect on society is greater than hers.
Bro, you need to realize how many eyes are behind you wherever you go.
Believe me, there are eyes on you. Your aura is so magnetizing.
Besides, you carry your mother's title on your head, so you better act like it.
When you meet her, don't overreact, because that's shown as submission and weakness.
You should be the man and make her overreact."
Then he said,
"Nah, I'm just expressing myself to ya. I'm always calm and never react. I react inside and show nothing outside."
Then I agreed and said,
"We're gonna aura-farm next. We all have a meeting.
And we decided to do the introduction in one video.
We put a sofa in front of an empty wall, and we, one by one, sit and talk by turn."
The Video Opened
We prepared the sofa.
Noa walked in like a model, sat down like she owned the academy, and introduced herself.
Then Kazuki walked in like he came straight from a mission, sat figure-four lock style, and gave his introduction.
Then he left the place for Zephyr.