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“Here you go, it’s done! That was the last one you needed from me, right?”
“Yep, sorry ’bout the trouble… It’s ’cause the prefectural tournament is next. From this point on, I gotta go all out.”

I had produced a new mechanical judo training partner for Shuu. I made it by creating a list of past judo athletes, which I used to gather videos from both male and female fighters who won gold at the Olympics, from which I extracted all kinds of data.

At the start, creating a training partner with the strength of an Olympic finalist was meant as a joke, but Shuu ended up with a 50% win-rate, which meant he already started to move on the same level as those top-athletes. Moreover, this was without using Secret Martial Techniques at all.

That was the reason I now provided him with a training partner that was a chimera created by combining stronger data, which also had a huge advantage in physique.

Well, it seemed that Shuu was a genius when it came to martial arts, just as my brother was a genius in intellect. My best friend would probably participate in the Olympics before long and attain the gold medal in a flash.

He’s already able to beat top athletes without using his skills, so just how strong would he be in Earth terms if he did? Well, I’ll probably find out once I watch him at the prefectural tournament.

“Rir also helps you train, doesn’t she?”
“Yep, she does.”
“By the way, what did she mean when she said she’d ‘give you a reward each time you win’?” I asked in a mean-spirited way.

He grimaced in apparent embarrassment.

“Uhm, how do I put it… guess I can tell you since it’s just us.”
“Go on.”
“Well, we’re sleepin’ together.”
“I assume not in the meaning of just sleeping next to each other?”
“Y-You got it.”

Makes sense, this is probably the best reward Rir can give him, with his proclivities. Come to think of it, did he throw away that erotic magazine? Not that it matters at this point.

“Geez, she’s a shrewd one.”
“G-Guess so… She’s waitin’ for me, so I gotta go back.”
“Alright, see you!”

He stored the training puppet in his magic back and left for his room.
Hm, at this rate, he’ll really win the national tournament.

While they made it there last year, he regrettable had to face the one who’d end up champion in the semifinals and ended up in fourth place. In the team competition, they reached eight place, if I remembered correctly. This year, he should be able to win it.

“Ayumu, are you done talking to Shuu?”
“Yes, I am.”

My loving wife greeted me as I returned to our room. Ten days had passed since we went to harvest grapes, and nothing out of the ordinary had happened so far. We hadn’t even been interrupted by King Rama during our intimate times¹.

“Come to think of it, it will be almost Christmas once Shuu’s tournament is over.”
“Now that you mention it, you’re right!”

Christmas was getting closer… We’d probably spend it very differently than in the previous years. It made me look forward to it. And New Years would be hot on its heels.

“Will we go on a Christmas date?”
“We could go to a chic restaurant.”
“…What about money? It’s a bit tight for me, so maybe we should pick a normal place instead.”
“Hm~, it’s a special day, so I’ll pay.”

Recently, Kanata had taught me how to trade stocks and I split the time when Mika wasn’t with me between playing video games and making money. At this point, even if I spent 10 to 20’000 yen on Christmas, I’d be able to manage.

“Alright… I guess I’ll just let you spoil me!”
“Eh-heh-heh.”
“Eh-heh-heh~.”

Since we made such plans, Shuu and Kanata and their partners likely did too. Thinking of it, pretty much everything was different from last year.

“That reminds me, we have regular exams a bit under a week before Christmas,” I mused.
“…What are you thinking?”
“Can I be honest?”
“Yeah, don’t hold back.”
“At this point, I feel like we’d end up the best in our year even if we don’t study at all.”
“I agree.”

Well, we seriously overdid it when we studied in Anazumu. Though we hadn’t had any practice or regular exams since then.

We were at the point where we got a passing mark even when solving questions for the world’s most demanding university (Kanata got full marks, which was even scarier), so I felt like it would be enough to do a quick study session in Anazumu a day before the regular exams. Putting it like this sounded rather arrogant… In any case, it wasn’t a good thing. From society’s perspective, we were pretty much cheating².

Well, to get here we once were on the brink of death…

“In any case, Ayumu… will we be going to bed now?”
“Huh? You want to do it today, too?”
“Yeah!”

Having this sloppy attitude towards exams… it feels like we’re going in a dangerous direction for high schoolers. Well, can’t change the facts!

“Alright, to the bed, then…”
“Eh-heh-heh… Ayumu~.”

I picked up Mika in a bridal carry. And that moment-

⟦Alim, Mika! It is Us, Rama! We found out the identity of the last guide³!⟧

We looked at each other.

“I was afraid this would happen.”
“Same.”

1. Don’t tell me, did the author finally drop this worn-out joke?
2. They’re still studying for stuff and aren’t using tools during exams that are considered cheating. If you argue like this, every student going to cram school would be cheating.
3. Nevermind, still the same stupid joke.

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