Chapter 10: The New Semester and the Wizard!Igni~!

I~gni!

Igni!

Ocean! Im at the ocean!

Girls in swimsuits are calling Ignis name.

Hey! Ignis going to play with me!

What?! No! Ignis coming with me!

What you talking about! Igni is mine!

Oh, the 3 are fighting over me.

I need to intervene very coolly.

Igni, in an exaggerated fashion, exhales and catches their attention.

He shrugs and looks at each of them.

Igni: Its simple, why dont we all play together?

Oh Igni! Youre such a genius~!!

Y-youre right! I never would have thought of that! Igni, youre so smart!

Youre so cool, Igni! Youre so awesome~

Igni: Fufufu, yeah, yeah, I know. I know Im super cool.

With the burning sun behind his back, Igni has a conceited smile stretch across his face.

(IGNI!!)

Igni hears a distant voice from somewhere.

But he ignores it.

Igni: (How could I abandon these ladies?! What kind of man would I be if I leave now.!)

(IGNI! ITS MORNING!)

But the voice keeps nagging and annoying Igni with multiple attempts.

Igni: What do you mean morning?! Its noontime here!

Igni, whats wrong? Yeah, cmon, Igni. Lets go play.

Igni?

The 3 look at Igni curiously.

(IGNI! WERE GONNA BE LATE! CMON ALREADY!!)

At that moment, Igni woke.

Yoori: Oh thank goodness! You finally woke up!

Yoori breathes a huge sigh of relief.

Igni: ....huh? Wait wheres the ocean...?

Yoori: Ocean? What are you talking about? Hurry up and get dressed or youll be late!

Igni: ..........

Realizing what just happened, life fades from Ignis eyes as he steps off his bed like a dead man walking.

Igni: .....thanks.for waking me up, Yoori.

Igni thanks his roommate.

Even though Igni is not a morning person (understatement), Yoori has been diligent in waking Igni up every morning.

Even if that was the best part of the dream that Yoori was interrupting.

Yoori: Hey, dont worry about it! Back at home, I had to take care of my little sisters.

Yoori is cute with a smile.

The morning light reflects on the white hair, and it almost looks mystical. Even though hes a guy. The beauty almost matches that of the supposedly extinct fairy race. Even though hes a dude.

Igni: ....no, thank you.Im really not a morning person

Yoori: You had a great expression on your face. What kind of dream were you having?

Igni gets dressed into the school uniform, and Yoori sits in his chair and swings his legs around. Every movement is really, REALLY cute. Even though hes a man.

Igni: .....the ocean

Yoori: Oh yeah, you mentioned something about that.

Igni: ...Yeah, it was .a dream about .fighting at the beach

My lies have been getting more refined and extreme lately.

But even so.

Igni understands that the man who broadcasts that he wants to be popular with the ladies IS the man who WILL NOT be popular with them.You cant be a hungry, ravenous wolf, and you cant give off the aura of a ravenous wolf.

So thats why Igni decided on a school persona on someone whos constantly obsessed with fighting.

Secret to Popularity No. 5 --- Women love a man with a core character.

Yoori: Even though you were fighting, you were smiling

Igni: It was an easy victory.

Yoori: Ah, got it.

Igni finally felt awake, and took the bread that Yoori brought from the school cafeteria and went outside.

Yoori: Finally! Its the first day of classes!

Igni: Yeah, time really flies.

Yoori is shorter than Igni.

So when they walk next to each other, Igni has to look down to talk to him.

And even though Yoori is a guy, he stands very close. He says its a habit he picked up from his rural country town, and seeing his face up close just confirms how cute his roommate is. UGH, but Yoori is male.

HES...A...GUY!!!

Yoori: Because you helped me with my moving boxes, we got the room organized a lot faster.

Igni: Well, its my room too.

Yoori: Fufu, were going to be together for 3 years.

Yoori blushes a bit.

THIS...GUY.REALLY?!?!

Igni: Hey, Yoori.

Yoori: Whats wrong, Igni?

Igni: Why are you a man...?

Yoori: What?! What a deep question!!

Well, as we talk, we arrive at the school.

Because we live in a dormitory on campus, the walk is less than 5 minutes which is a huge plus.

The downside is that we cant invite girls to our rooms.

Igni: Hey, look over there. They posted all the class rosters over there.Yoori: Youre right! Everyones checking it out! Lets go!

Yoori pulls on Ignis hand, and they both run.

Yoori grew up on a farm in a rural area, but his hands are incredibly soft. Theyre soft, and theyre warm.

Igni: (.....sigh)

Yoori: Huh? Igni, you okay? What was that sigh about?

Igni: Oh, no, that wasnt a sigh! It was nothing!

Igni: (.....sigh.)

Anyways, I let out a huge, disappointed sigh inside my heart. Im sure its well deserved.

Yoori: HEY! LOOK IGNI! Were in the same class! Were Class D!

Igni: WHAT?! D?!?!

Igni could not ignore this fact and stands up.

Igni: Thats 4th from the top!!

Igni: (Th---this is bad! Women like strong men so!!)

But this is Igni, were talking about.

His genius mind had a sudden, well-timed epiphany.

Igni: (Y--yeah, even if Im Class D, I just have to move up to Class A next year, and the girls will see my hard work with results.!!)

At this moment, Ignis motivation climaxed as he anticipated this upcoming year.

But Yoori kindly smiled and let Igni know.

Yoori: Igni, youre class is irrelevant to your grades the first year. You didnt know?

Igni: What?! Is that true?!

Yoori: Yeah, they start rating you by classes starting your second year. The teacher at the entrance exam said so.

Igni: Oh...d--did he?

At that time, all Igni could think about was murdering Lucas.

He feels a pang of guilt which shows on his face.

Alicia: Oh? Isnt that Igni?!

Talking with Yoori, Igni hears a voice from above.

Igni looks up and sees a witch on a broom.

.I---I can! I can see inside her ....sk...!!

Igni: Oh, its you, Alicia. Its been a while.

Since its a girl, unlike Yoori, Igni goes full throttle on the charm.

Alicia: You dont have to be so dramatic. Im in the same Class D. Good luck in the class.

And she brushed it off completely unaffected.

Yoori: Oh! Youre Class D too? I am as well! Its nice to meet you!

Alicia: A...a boku-girl?!

Just like Igni, Alicia is reacting to Yoori in exactly the same way he did with just as much curiosity as she takes Yooris hands.

Alicia: Im Alicia. Its nice to meet you.

Yoori: Hi, Alicia. Its a pleasure meeting you too.

Both shake hands with a smile.

Later, Alicia approaches Igni.

Alicia: (How did you get to know a boku-girl like her!)

Igni: (Were in the same dorm.)

Alicia: (The same dorm?! Does this school have a co-ed dorm?)

Igni: (Of course not)

Igni couldnt help but laugh mischievously.

Hes already forgotten about what happened to him a few weeks back.

Alicia: (Yeah, thought so)

Alicia was thinking about this for a while.

Alicia: (WAIT! ARE YOU IN THE GIRLS DORM?!)

Igni: (Of course not. Its a simpler answer.)

Alicia: (...........?)

Igni: (Yoori is a guy.)

Alicia falls to her knees.