My Dear Hero

Chapter 17

It was impossible to verify what happened on the training ground that day. The only news that the outside world got was that two students fought on the training ground after school one day. Fortunately, the cement teacher in charge of guarding arrived in time and forcibly isolated the two before the fight escalated. After that, both of them were punished to clean the training ground for half a month. Due to the imminent Sports Festival, their punishment was postponed until after the competition.

When it came to Class A, the news became more authentic. The next day, Bao Hao came to class with his left arm wrapped in bandages, and Setsuna had gauze around her neck. Although the healing girl was amiable, she was not so tolerant as to treat people who openly violated the school rules with gentleness. After making sure that they would not die, she threw them out of the infirmary. As for whether it would affect the competition?

Why didn't they think about whether it would affect the competition when they fought on the training ground?

Setsuna was in the wrong, so she silently swallowed her anger and sat in the classroom all morning to release black resentment. However, Bao Hao was obviously not so easy to deal with. He was like a lit oil barrel the whole day, exploding whoever touched him. He was so lively that people could not help but suspect that the bandage on his left arm was actually a decoration.

As the only person in the class who had some contact with both of them (although one of them was negative), Midaya Dehisa was very nervous. He tried to ask several times, but the two of them rolled their eyes at him. He was used to receiving Bao Hao's disdain, so he did not care. However, even Setsuna was like this...

Midaya Dehisa was also running all the way with a stomachache today.

Fortunately, as the sports festival was approaching, no one had much time to waste on trivial matters such as quarreling. Moreover, the two of them had recovered from their injuries. Therefore, on a fine day when the two of them were taking off their bandages and tearing off their gauze, this matter, which could have been big or small, was temporarily put on hold on a beach somewhere before the sports festival.

On the day of the Sports Festival.

Perhaps the day of a large-scale event would always give people a special feeling. Cha Na woke up exceptionally early that day. She stared at the ceiling for a long time before she remembered to get off the bed. Then, she stared blankly outside the window for a while. She did not know what to do for a while. After all, she could not exercise. The amount of exercise that she would have to do for the rest of the day would definitely be more than usual. Moreover, there was an irreversible physiological difference between men and women.

But if it was just a warm-up, it was fine.

With this thought in mind, she jogged out of the door. It was the beginning of autumn, and the morning breeze was particularly refreshing when it hit her face. When she passed by the park, she could see some passersby doing their morning exercises. In the serene atmosphere, a tall figure sitting quietly on a bench stood out.

Her footsteps gradually slowed down until she finally stopped in front of that person.

"Teacher Ormet."

The person was the thin version of Ormet. After knowing that the first hero had such a form, the chances of him being noticed on campus had increased a lot. When there were no other students around, he could talk to them.

After a while, Ormet was not a stranger to her. At this moment, he just raised his head slightly, his eyes calm and gentle. "Miss Chisaki, you're so early … Are you out for morning exercises?"

Setsuna nodded gently and sat down beside him. Ormet's form always gave her an indescribable sense of intimacy. Just sitting quietly together could calm her down.

"Are you nervous about the Sports Festival?" Ormet asked again.

Like a magnanimous elder.

"Yes."

She replied softly and quickly shook her head. "Not really."

Setsuna turned to look at the man beside her. He had always been as dazzling as the sun in front of the camera, but now he was as gentle as the first ray of sunlight in the morning. The premonition that seemed to melt in the air made her unconsciously reach out and grab his sleeve. Then she realized what she had done and suddenly felt so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole to hide in.

Fortunately, Ohrmatt had a lot of experience in dealing with fanatical fans. His eyes swept over her seemingly clinging fingers, and a look of understanding appeared on his face. He didn't move his arm that was being held, and only reached out his free hand to touch her head.

"There won't be a problem, if it's you."

It seemed as if he was comforting her, but also as if he was encouraging her.

Setsuna did not know whether to laugh or cry. "I'm really not nervous!"

After pausing for a moment, he added another sentence as if he was possessed.

"I was a little nervous before, but I'm really not now."

Ormet stared at her for a long time and suddenly smiled.

His smile was always easy to give people strength. Whether it was bright on the publicity posters or in daily life, there was a unique warmth. However, there was obviously something different about his smile at this moment. It was too obvious that he was indulging her, as if she was bewitched by this smile. She did not know where the courage came from, but she further grasped his sleeve.

"If I get first place," she said expectantly.

"Teacher Olmut, can you tell me your real name?" she asked with a hopeful look on her face.

In fact, the real names of professional heroes were not really a secret. Although most people would not look into it, there were still traces that could be traced if they were to investigate. Even if Ohrmatt was one of the more mysterious ones, it would not be impossible to find out about it.

But at this moment, she wanted to hear it from him.

Ormet was still smiling with that expression, and the hand on her head moved twice.

"Okay."

He said in a casual tone, as if he had not agreed to anything important.

This small conversation that happened early in the morning finally ended when the sun had completely risen. Setsuna returned to the apartment and woke up Sunny Day next door. After changing into her sports clothes, she walked to school.

This kind of school-wide competition obviously could not be handled by the stadium's locker room alone. Anyway, her home was not far away, and it only took her five minutes to teleport there.

When she entered the class, it was not too surprising that she bumped into a group of boys who lived far away and could not get a spot in the locker room. They were changing in a hurry in the class. When they saw the two of them pushing the door open without saying anything, they were startled and screamed. The decibel was so high that even Team B next door poked their heads over, thinking that there was a tragedy of classmates killing each other.

After the commotion, the two retreated to the corridor, chatting while waiting for the people who came later.

Although it did not sound right for two girls to guard the door for a group of boys, since it was the Hero Section where the girls were better than the other, this kind of small problem could be ignored with the wind.

It didn't take long for the entire class to gather. After moving collectively to the stadium, there was a long wait. There were more than three hundred people in the first grade of Hero Hero Academy. Just the opening ceremony for everyone to recognize their faces would take a while. Outside, Teacher Mike took on the role of emcee. His high-pitched voice was amplified by the loudspeaker, and even the backstage waiting for the stage could be heard clearly. It wasn't easy for him to wait until he said, "Next, let's welcome the first grade Team A from the Hero Division!"

Setsuna raised her hand to pat her cheeks and walked out with the rest of the group.

Class A, which was unfortunately involved in the incident after USJ, was in the limelight. Not to mention outside the school, even inside the school, there was endless gossip.

However, going out in a group always gave people incredible courage. When she was standing in the line of Class A, she was exceptionally calm. Even the dazzling flashes in the auditorium did not seem so dazzling. She could faintly hear the young man beside her complaining about the high decibel level in a low voice. Cha Na secretly poked her and pointed at the cameras all over the stadium.

The discordant voices disappeared in an instant. Erlang straightened his back and gave a stiff smile to the camera (and perhaps to his parents who were watching the broadcast).

There were a total of three events in the sports festival. If they wanted to complete them within the allotted time, they could not afford to waste any time. Therefore, after the introductions, there was no boring segment like the principal's speech, and they went straight to the main topic.

No one knew which genius teacher came up with the first event. It was an obstacle course with all kinds of traps. For Setsuna, it was like a fish in water. If there were obstacles on the ground, she would walk in the air. If there were obstacles in the air, she would move higher.

Although it was only the first round of the knockout round and there was no need to put in too much effort considering the exhaustion that would follow, her personality was too much of an advantage. She ran and observed her possible opponents all the way, and in the end, she managed to sneak into the top ten.

Setsuna helped Erlang and Sunny Day, who arrived later, to catch their breath. Her calm appearance attracted a lot of murderous gazes from other classes. She felt that she had attracted a lot of hatred in the first event, and that the following events might not be easy.

Just as he was thinking, someone patted him on the shoulder, accompanied by a familiar yet unfamiliar address. The indifferent tone was exactly the same as in his memory.

"Chisaki."

She subconsciously turned around and saw a head of purple hair and a familiar face.

"… Xin Cao Kun …?"