( Yuuki's POV )
The students in our class had different levels of experience, and in this class, we were going to use practice units, Those of us who had personal units were put in charge of a group of students.
The girls were having trouble getting on the IS so I had to carry them into the units, throughout this class one girl in particular kept staring at me, she had an expressionless face but her gaze was intense, she was a short girl with silver hair and blue eyes, and she was the one who fought against Ichika in the previous tournament I think her name was Origami.
She was the most experienced pilot in my group, so she was the last one I supervised, but when she got into her unit, she didn't move.
Origami: Kurokawa-sama, could you teach me how to fly?
Yuuki: I thought you knew how to fly, and please don't call me that.
Origami: ...Yuuki then, you don't move the same as others, the differences are small, but it's as if you were more comfortable in the air.
Yuuki: You are very observant, it is not something complicated, you just need experience, and you have to stop thinking of the IS as a machine and more as your personal pair of wings.
When Origami heard my answer she just tilted her head cutely, I don't blame her for her confusion, the IS and the pilot share a mental connection, that's why muscle memory transfers very well to piloting, but humans don't have wings, tails or extra hands, that's why there's no other unit like mine, shoulder-mounted weapons, and Cecilia's drones require training to be used effectively but it is also possible to set up automatic movement patterns, but that has the risk that a human enemy could memorize those patterns.
Yuuki: If you want to learn more about my flying technique, you can join us in our training.
Origami: Um, I'll do that.
Yuuki: You're a bit serious.
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After school and when our training was over, Tsukiumi, Cecilia, Charlotte, and I went up to the roof of the dormitories, needless to say, Cecilia and Charlotte were a little confused, so I got straight to the point.
Yuuki: The other day, a lot of things happened that changed the relationship between us and now we need to talk about it.
Cecilia: I understand that but what is Charles doing here?
I shared a look with Charlotte, and she nodded, it was safe to reveal her identity to the two of them, but Cecilia came to an impossible conclusion.
Cecilia: Yuuki, don't tell me you fell into that kind of temptation.
Yuuki: No, of course not, Charlotte is a girl and a very pretty one, you know.
I told them the short version of Charlotte's story and how she was going to be part of our family, When I offered her that, I wasn't referring to the same relationship I had with Tsukiumi, but if that was the kind of family she wanted to have, I was going to give it to her, like I said, I don't go back on my word.
Cecilia: Well, I feel better hearing that, but that's unfair, why did she get ahead of me!?
Yuuki: That's why we're here now, Cecilia, you're someone dear and precious to me.
Cecilia got a little angry when she said Charlotte had gotten ahead of her, but she smiled and blushed when I told her how I felt about her.
Yuuki: but you need about me.
There on the roof of the dormitories, I told our story to the two girls, and I gave them some visual demonstrations for the things that were harder to believe, I also told them about our family's work, at first we only traveled to defeat those who were after our family but now we were an organization that monitored portals and protected worlds from travelers who could cause destruction, that was dangerous work and I told them that they didn't have to take part in that but they insisted that they were going to stay close to me.
Cecilia: Wait a minute, if we're going to keep Charlotte's secret, then she and Yuuki will still be sleeping in the same room.
Yuuki: well yes.
Cecilia: It's not fair, I want to share a room with Yuuki, too.
Tsukiumi: She's right, we should have a rotation.
Cecilia: I completely agree~ so I'll share a room with Yuuki today.
Tsukiumi: That's fair enough.
After that conversation, we made a trip to Kouten, and we gave the girls' IS some minor upgrades.
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Our days at school continued as usual and a few days after the class representative tournament, came the inter-class tournament, which was going to be a short one because there were only four classes, I already saw what Ichika could do so I was more interested in that Lingyin girl, and that was the first fight.
The first to enter the stadium was Lingyin, and I immediately began to analyze her IS, her unit was pink and black, it was clear that it had thick armor, Her weapons were a pair of energy cannons mounted on her shoulders and a long scimitar sword on her back.
Charlotte: That is the third generation Shenlong unit, its specialty is close combat, but those cannons are very precise.
Yuuki: Simple but effective, but it seems lacking in certain aspects.
Charlotte: Are you always thinking about weapon upgrades?
Tsukiumi: Yes, he does that a lot.
When Ichika entered the stadium, the battle began, and of course, the first thing Ichika did was fly straight towards Lingyin, she dodged the attacks, showing that she was not lacking in speed, but after seeing what she could do, I quickly lost interest, and I stood up from my seat.
Cecilia: Something happened Yuuki?
Yuuki: I'm going to go get some snacks, tell me if anything interesting happens.
I left the stands and went to the nearest vending machine, but suddenly, I felt a small earthquake, and some alarms started to sound, there were some screens in the hallways that showed that an intruder had appeared in the arena and interrupted the fight.
Yuuki: duty calls.