· War of the Races!

"Am I seeing things?"

On the field, a loli-sized girl stared, dumbfounded, at the figure seated in the very center above them. That perfect bearing made her little heart start pounding uncontrollably. That was one of the supreme leaders of the Cursed Children Empire.

As students of the Cursed Children Empire's highest academy, it was not as if they had never seen the empire's supreme leaders before. Quite a few of them even had photos with one of them—but almost all of those were with Chizuru Kasuga, who bore the title of the empire's imperial brain.

But now, she had actually seen Kuri up there, the supreme leader who was almost always on the front lines, expanding the empire's territory. And on the platform, there was even a banner welcoming the newly appointed principal. Could it be that I still haven't woken up today?

"Hey, hey! Hana, what's wrong with you?"

Just then, a hand reached over from the side and patted the loli-sized girl on the shoulder. Then a spirited, heroic-looking face appeared in front of her, wearing an expression that was both helpless and amused.

"Lina, hurry and punch me. Don't hold back. I think I'm dreaming!"

As the loli-sized girl named Hana spoke, she raised her tiny fist and smashed it straight into the face in front of her. With a tremendous boom, a human-shaped crater appeared on the field. Hana paid it no mind, merely staring blankly at her own fist.

"Sure enough, it doesn't hurt at all. I must still be dreaming right now. But that makes sense. That person has always stayed on the front lines and is the faith of all the empire's warriors. How could she possibly appear here and even become the new principal?"

After saying that, Hana nodded hard, then