-1243- Beginning of the entanglement

Later on, no matter what others said, Shizuku remained indifferent, with her eyes fixed on Ikki, ignoring everyone else.

This not only puzzled Ikki even more but also kept Stella Vermillion in a constantly explosive mood, frequently losing her temper and causing a scene.

The princess seemed to have never encountered such stimulating situations before, appearing quite innocent but perhaps inevitably prone to fantasies about such matters. Being stimulated by Ikki and Shizuku, her mental state became unbalanced, leading to feelings of shame and indignation, which were both amusing and exasperating.

As a result, it escalated to Stella constantly yelling things like "shameless," "how could you," "you're obviously siblings," and so on. Perhaps she made some embarrassing associations in her mind, but who knows.

Maybe this princess unexpectedly has a bit of a hidden side.

On the other hand, Shizuku remained cold and indifferent, insisting matter-of-factly, "It's been four years since my brother and I last met, and we used to get along well in the past. Now that we've finally reunited, it's natural to have some overly excited words and actions. But this has nothing to do with you, so please don't disturb our reunion, okay?"

The seemingly indifferent girl continued to assert this, leading to a situation where she and Stella argued with each other, turning the entire dormitory into a noisy place dominated by these two girls. As the owners of the room, Rozen and Ikki became bystanders, not knowing whether to comment or what to do.

To make matters worse, Shizuku unexpectedly had a sharp tongue and was adept at arguing. Despite Stella's straightforward personality, she couldn't trip her up with her fallacies, and even those who were seen as hindrances by Shizuku thought she was meddling too much.

"Just a bunch of nosy people, please don't interfere too much in our sibling matters, okay?"

Facing anyone other than Ikki, Shizuku always seemed so indifferent.

"Fine! I don't care anymore! Do whatever you want! Just don't bother me!"

Stella, who had run out of words, gave up and prepared to leave on the spot.

Unfortunately...

"You can't escape being bothered."

Rozen, on the side, sighed and presented the interface of his student handbook to everyone.

Earlier, Rozen had already accessed the school's official website via his student handbook and found information about Kurogane Shizuku.

And then, Rozen found this.

...

Name: Kurogane Shizuku

Class: Year 1, Class 4 of Hagun Academy

Age: 15

Nationality: Japan

Blazer Rank: B

Title: Witch of the Deep Sea

Attack Power: D

Defense Power: B

Mana Quantity: C

Mana Control: A

Physical Ability: E

Luck: C

Character Profile: Daughter of the Kurogane family, inheritor of the blood of heroes, ranked third among the incoming freshmen of this generation, surpassed only by two A-rank knights. She is a natural interference-type Blazer capable of manipulating water, belonging to the type with lower attack power but higher defense power. However, she possesses excellent mana control at the highest level, enough to compensate for the lack of attack power. Whether it's stealthily freezing the ground or manipulating water spheres to suffocate opponents, she is completely adept at controlling her abilities, demonstrating versatility and talent that rivals even A-rank knights.

...

Seeing this personal information, Stella Vermillion, not to mention Rozen and Ikki, was completely stunned.

"You're a B-rank knight? And you're third among the incoming freshmen this time?"

Stella Vermillion was completely surprised.

If, during their school days, A-rank knights were not supposed to exist, with only one in each of the seven knight academies across the country, if they did appear, they would undoubtedly be the chief knights of that year's students. Therefore, B-rank knights were the highest-ranking student knights expected to appear during their school days.

A-rank knights were extremely rare, so B-rank knights were considered representatives of outstanding Blazers. Generally, during their school days, the highest pursuit was to become a B-rank knight. Even the winners of the previous Seven Stars Sword Art Festivals were mostly B-rank knights, proving that B-rank knights were the mainstream of student knights during their school days.

So, in previous years, newcomers like Rozen and Stella Vermillion, who were A-rank knights, should not have appeared, while newcomers like Shizuku, who were B-rank knights, would have undoubtedly been the chief knights.

Indeed, that was the case.

Even so, Shizuku's excellence was evident to the naked eye.

Leaving aside everything else, just the fact that her mana control could reach A-rank was something even Stella Vermillion couldn't achieve.

Such a person...

"Judging solely by strength, besides me, you should be the closest person among the freshmen this year, right?"

Rozen said to Stella with a half-smile.

And Stella understood the implication of this sentence.

Since she was close in strength to Stella, then the identity of the roommate Stella mentioned earlier, who would arrive today, shouldn't need guessing, right?

"Are you my roommate?"

Stella was once again astonished.

To this...

"...The chairman did indeed inform me and tell me that my room is Room 406."

Shizuku showed a very reluctant expression.

Because Shizuku's dormitory was next door to Room 405, knowing that Ikki was living here, this girl couldn't resist knocking on this door immediately, even before entering her own dormitory.

In other words, Stella couldn't avoid getting involved.

As Shizuku's roommate, this princess was destined to deal with the Kurogane siblings.

Naturally, Rozen was the same.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the entire dormitory room became subtle.

Rozen, Ikki, Stella Vermillion, and Shizuku, the four of them could only look at each other, and in the end, with various thoughts in mind, they all sighed together.

This was the beginning of the four's entanglement.

It just happened to confirm Rozen's previous thoughts.

Things were getting more and more complicated.

In such a situation...

"Can I still fulfill the chairman's request?"

Looking at Ikki still stiff as a board being hugged by Shizuku, who looked happy and intoxicated, and Stella Vermillion watching this scene beside her unable to accept it, all three of them seemed to be led by the nose by this matter, Rozen sighed for who knows how many times.

"Never mind, let's take it one step at a time."

In the end, Rozen chose to give up.

What happens next can be dealt with later.