“Eh? Y-y-you…”
Who are you calling big-breasted and brainless!
The priest big sister puffed out her cheeks in anger, then immediately started to retort:
“I-I-I’m just happy, is that not allowed? Hmph… What’s wrong? Why are you suddenly so upset… Hmm, hehe, didn’t expect this, did you?”
“My Mother-Girlfriend Plan is starting to take effect, Keti is going to start being gentle with me~ On the other hand, little Sylvia, who doesn’t have a character setting, can only get all worked up, jealous and frustrated on her own.”
“You really don’t plan on going home tonight, do you?!”
As she was talking, Layla, who had been unconsciously getting a bit too cocky, was immediately silenced by Sylvia’s eyes, which had lost all their light. Ugh.
***
After a while, the priestess could only obediently bow her head to the elf girl, who was shorter than her, and listen to what she had to say.
“I’ve already told you, I’m not jealous of you! Hmph… In fact, you’re the one who’s a real idiot! You’re going to drive me crazy, what do I have to be jealous of? And you still haven’t realized what’s actually happened.”
“Umm… Then, what exactly happened?”
Layla frowned helplessly, a little fed up with Sylvia’s cryptic way of talking. What exactly is going on? Sylvia has been like this ever since she said a couple of sentences to Keti just now, head down, clearly unhappy.
Hmm… Could it be that what Keti-chan said made her upset? Tsk… What a little grudge-holder~
If there’s something making you uncomfortable, just say it! Why keep it bottled up inside?
“Is Sylvia-chan upset because Keti made you unhappy?”
The elf girl let out a depressed sigh on the spot, and after a moment, lowered her head in frustration. Then… her tone gradually became aggrieved as she said:
“She, she wouldn’t let me help. I even took the initiative to offer. She… can’t she rely on me just a little? I… ugh… I was even willing to meet that person for her…”
“Uh…”
Layla was also completely lost, unable to make heads or tails of what Sylvia was saying… But seeing the elf girl crying like this, after a moment, the priest big sister still took out her handkerchief to wipe away her tears, then said:
“Alright, alright, you’re crying just over such a small thing? Don’t cry, Keti-chan is probably just afraid of bothering you… Don’t overthink it! In fact, I think Keti-chan, who wants to solve everything on her own, is really cool~”
“Heh, you really are naive, aren’t you? Just think about it—if that stubborn idiot doesn’t come to us for help, who else is she going to turn to?”
The eye-patch girl’s face darkened as she suddenly asked Layla this question.
The purple-haired jellyfish-head big sister was stunned for a moment, then showed a look of confusion before suddenly gasping in shock.
“Uh… Don’t tell me… Lynn?!”
“Of course! After all… Keti-chan is such a socially anxious idiot, even after transforming she’s just a shut-in. How many connections does she have? The only one who could possibly help is that Lynn, right?!”
“Hiss—!”
The elf girl’s mouth twitched at once, watching Layla finally have an epiphany at this moment. She felt so exhausted—how could this person just be realizing now!
“T-then… what should we do? No, we can’t let Keti-chan go to that guy, or Lynn will definitely… ‘If you want my help, you’ll have to offer something in return~’—hiss—He’s definitely going to say something like that!”
The purple-haired jellyfish-head big sister had even imagined the tone and whole scenario. That scene… was a little too realistic, to the point where Layla was trembling all over!
But… In this situation, for once, Sylvia didn’t have a good solution either.
The elf girl just lowered her head full of resentment, then shook it, “I don’t know, and I’m not interested in stopping them anymore. I can’t think of a solution, and every time I tried to help before, it ended up boosting those two anyway. I might as well do nothing…”
“Uh… It-it’s not that bad, right? Ahem… I think, even without the training facility, the two of us helping Keti win should still be promising, right?”
“That’s two event championships! Can any other class win two events? Not likely… That’s why Keti-chan is so confident about betting with that old man!”
The purple-haired jellyfish-head big sister quickly tried to reassure herself, analyzing the competition, and then hurriedly made a plan:
“Tomorrow I’ll talk with Keti again, try not to let her feel like things are bad enough to go to Lynn for help. Really, we can just practice in the classroom, or, if that doesn’t work, rent a venue for half a day… That should be doable, right?”
“It’s useless…”
Sylvia shook her head, then spoke coldly, “Aside from the two of us, the other three brats—I’ve watched them.”
“I think they’ll all probably end up at the bottom… Without proper training, the chances of messing up are high. They’re just too much of a drag.”
“Ah, is it really that bad? I thought those three boys looked okay… Er, at least they have motivation!”
“Motivation isn’t enough. If you want to improve quickly to the point where you can win, you need a proper training ground, and it has to have equipment like the underground facility earlier.”
“Keti is definitely thinking that way. Renting a venue would’ve been fine before the bet, but now, Ebert will probably mess things up…”
“Uh… That… that does sound about right.” Layla scratched her head, and after a while, couldn’t hold it in anymore. Just thinking that Keti might go to Lynn, she immediately pleaded anxiously with Sylvia:
“Um, how about… Sylvia-chan, you go find Director Richard, I-I-I… I think, even if Keti doesn’t agree, if you fix the problem in advance, won’t that accomplish our goal? If everything’s fine, why would Keti go to that guy! She’d naturally have no reason to, right…”
“Why… should I do that?”
The green-haired elf suddenly tilted her head, then asked coldly. Layla was stunned for a moment before blinking and saying:
“Because… isn’t this to help Keti-chan?”
“But she refused my help… She’d rather go to that guy than come to me, hehehehe… I really am…”
The little elf grudge-holder slowly lowered her head, then shook it again, letting out a cold laugh as she said:
“Besides, from my perspective, seeing Keti lose this bet and leave the Magic Academy is what I want most, isn’t it?”
“Ha?! No, it’s not… Sylvia-chan, how can you say that?!”