Chapter 264: Luke-kun, Please Come to the Student Council Office!
"The 'Sword Eater' is always sneaking off to other schools to start private fights, or going around challenging and destroying martial arts dojos."
"Dozens of dojos have been ruined by his hand, and the number of unfortunate students who have suffered because of him is countless."
"His methods are extremely radical. Once he sets his sights on a prey, he'll use any means necessary to provoke them into fighting him. He's a rather violent man."
Toutokubara Kanata's tone also sounded somewhat helpless.
Clearly, Kurashiki Kuroudo had caused her no small amount of trouble on ordinary days.
"Once he starts making trouble, someone is bound to get hurt. There was even once a student who ended up on the verge of death."
"So when I heard that he was wandering around our school, I hurried over. Still, I didn't expect the person he picked this time would actually be you, Luke-kun. I suppose this can be considered evil receiving its due."
"Thanks to you, I probably won't need to worry about his problem again for a while."
"Thank you very much!"
As she said this, Toutokubara Kanata bowed slightly to Luke, and the abundant fullness of her chest also bounced twice along with the movement.
After hearing her explanation, Luke scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.
This time, he really had misunderstood.
From the moment he sensed Misogi Utakata and Toutokubara Kanata, Luke had thought they had come with ill intentions.
Because of that, his tone had faintly not been very polite.
"Well, there's no need to thank me… I didn't really do anything worth thanking me for, Toutokubara-senpai."
"Kurashiki Kuroudo was the one who came after me. I was only defending myself."
At this point, Luke paused for a moment before continuing somewhat embarrassedly,
"Sorry for misunderstanding you. I thought you had come to cause trouble for me."
"After all, from just now, Toutokubara-senpai's body had been giving off a strong bloody smell."
"With such heavy killing intent while hiding nearby, I thought for sure…"
In truth, Toutokubara Kanata had already hidden herself very well.
Neither Kurashiki Kuroudo nor Stella had noticed anything when she was concealed.
Even when Toutokubara Kanata walked out to greet Luke and Stella, in Stella's senses, that bloody aura had only flashed by for an instant.
But who could blame Luke for being extremely sensitive to this kind of aura?
The concealment of presence that seemed perfect in other people's eyes was extremely obvious to him.
When you were fighting, having someone hidden nearby constantly giving off a dangerous aura was no different from a blatant provocation.
That was why he had asked whether they had specifically come to stop him from using his Device.
However, Luke's explanation did not help ease the atmosphere.
The instant Toutokubara Kanata heard Luke say that the smell of blood around her was strong, her entire body stiffened.
Her cheeks quickly turned red.
Without anyone noticing, she quietly took two steps back and opened up some distance from everyone.
Using the parasol in her hand as cover, Toutokubara Kanata secretly sniffed herself.
At the same time, she said to the boy in a somewhat flustered voice,
"H-How rude. H-How could I possibly have that kind of unpleasant smell on me…"
"It's true that I just finished a mission and came back, but I was not splashed with the enemy's blood, you know!"
"…And I even sprayed perfume specially to cover the scent."
She spoke the last sentence in a very small voice.
The Toutokubara family was an aristocratic family with a long history, one far older than even the Kurogane family that Ikki and Shizuku belonged to.
Their extremely strict, even rigid family education had made Toutokubara Kanata develop the habit of maintaining a perfect image whenever she faced outsiders.
This time, she had done the same.
After completing the task the chairman had given her, the first thing Toutokubara Kanata did was tidy up her appearance.
But there was no helping it. After all, she was outside. Being able to make herself look as clean and neat as she did now was already quite perfect.
Originally, she had planned to return to the dormitory and immediately clean herself up, but on the way, she was found and stopped by Misogi Utakata.
Worried that the "Sword Eater" would cause trouble, the two of them had rushed to the scene without stopping.
So the moment someone pointed out that she had a "bloody smell" on her, the girl was shaken.
Unable to confirm whether she really had picked up some strange scent, Toutokubara Kanata hesitated for a moment before saying to Luke and Stella,
"I-I still have to report the mission situation to the chairman. Since the matter has already been resolved, I'll take my leave first."
After saying that, Toutokubara Kanata did not wait for their reply. She turned around and hurriedly left.
Before leaving, she even glared fiercely at Misogi Utakata.
Clearly, she had put this debt on his head.
"Uh… I meant 'aura,' not 'smell'…"
The girl who had already run off naturally could not hear his explanation.
Misogi Utakata, meanwhile, complained to Luke with an expression that was somewhere between laughter and tears.
"Oh my, oh my. Now Kanata is going to hold a grudge against me."
"My days from now on are going to be hard. Kouhai-kun, look at what you've done. How are you going to compensate me?"
"…You can't blame me for that, can you? Toutokubara-senpai was clearly the one who misunderstood."
Luke was also somewhat helpless at this moment.
He had only told the truth. How had he offended someone for no reason?
"No way~! Kouhai-kun, you have to compensate me!"
"Oh, right!"
"There just happens to be something I needed to talk to you about. As punishment, I'll have you find some time to come to the student council office."
Luke did not pay attention to the "punishment" in Misogi Utakata's words.
He knew Misogi was using this opportunity to say that the student council had business with him.
"The student council has something to discuss with me?"
"What matter is so mysterious? Misogi-senpai, can't you just tell me directly now? If you need help, I won't refuse."
Of course, Luke would not refuse a request from the student council.
Leaving aside the fact that, in most Japanese schools, the student council held extremely great authority, offending the student council was definitely not a wise move.
Even just from Luke's own perspective, he would not refuse the student council's request.
Ever since that one meeting when he first entered the school, Luke had never had another chance to meet that swordswoman who interested him so greatly.
Student Council President, Toudou Touka!
Her "Raikiri," the electromagnetic quick-draw technique praised by countless people, was something he had always wanted to witness with his own eyes.
If possible, he wanted to personally experience it as well.
But as the student council president, Toudou Touka was usually extremely busy with work.
On top of that, she had to train and manage the representative selection battles, so she simply could not spare time to meet him.
Luke had also watched her selection battles.
So far, none of her opponents who had appeared had been worth using "Raikiri" against.
After looking for videos of the previous Seven Star Sword Art Festival and watching them, he found that they still felt different from seeing it in person.
Moreover, this year's Toudou Touka was definitely stronger than last year.
It was hard to say how much reference value last year's "Raikiri" still had.
So if there was a chance to approach the student council president, Luke definitely would not refuse.
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