The Infinite Dimensions Starting from The Irregular at Magic High School

What had happened was actually very simple.

Because the current trend leaned heavily toward practical skills, very few students developed in the direction of magic engineering technology.

Even if they picked from among the students who were good at magic engineering theory, they could barely find anyone useful.

As a result, they had inevitably fallen into the awkward situation of lacking technicians, which gave both the student council and the Club Federation a headache.

But just then, Mari Watanabe suddenly recalled something Yotsuba Mahiro had said several months ago while adjusting a CAD.

He had said that all his skills had been learned from his landlord, and that he had not studied for very long, yet the tuning ability he displayed had been extremely outstanding.

Who was Yotsuba Mahiro's landlord?

Naturally, it was the Shiba siblings. Mayumi remembered that very clearly as well.

So Shiba Tatsuya had received an invitation to join the team of magic engineering technicians, but after joining, he suggested bringing Yotsuba Mahiro in too.

He dragged him into it on the grounds that Yotsuba Mahiro's skills were in no way inferior to his own.

And so Mayumi, acting as the representative, had staked out the library, which led to the scene before them now.

"That is how it happened."

Mayumi Saegusa curled a lock of hair by her temple around her finger and played with it.

Despite how calm she sounded, she actually felt a little guilty inside.

Although she had known from the start that Mahiro was very capable at tuning CADs, this was not something that should have fallen on Yotsuba Mahiro in the first place.

After all, as a participant, he was already very busy.

But there was no other choice.

Right now, the technician team was seriously short-handed, and they were even less willing to let go of a magic engineering technician whom even Azusa and underclassman Tatsuya praised so highly.

Left with no options, they had resorted to this desperate measure, treating a dead horse as if it might yet be cured.

"So, Mahiro, could you come help?"

Mayumi put on a pitiful, delicate expression. Even he, who was immune to magical beauty, felt a little moved at that moment.

He could not help sighing. "All right, I'll take on the trouble. But my energy is limited, so I can only be responsible for tuning three people's CADs."

"And when tuning a CAD, the relationship of trust between the magic engineering technician and the magician is very important. They have to cooperate wholeheartedly without the slightest resistance, so I must personally choose those three people. Is that all right?"

This was not him shirking responsibility. His energy truly was limited, and on top of that, the work of tuning CADs really was troublesome.

Because for the Nine Schools Competition, magic engineering technicians were responsible for more than just the CADs. They also had to decide on the competitors' training and combat methods.

As for choosing them personally, aside from the fact that he himself was ostracized by the Course 1 Students...

The main reason was that he did not want to tune CADs for men. It was better to make that clear in advance and save trouble later.

Mayumi agreed very readily.

"Mm~ Of course that's fine."

"But still!"

"Even though you're sitting shoulder to shoulder with a beautiful girl like me, Mahiro, you have absolutely no intention of making a move on me."

Mayumi suddenly changed the subject, putting on an aggrieved expression. Her tone was quite exaggerated, and her graceful body twisted slightly as well.

"I'm so sorry! This childish figure of mine simply can't compare to underclassman Mibu."

Yotsuba Mahiro: "???"

He stared in total confusion at the upperclassman, who had folded her arms and was twisting her delicate body.

In the process, their bodies naturally and inevitably brushed against each other.

And that sudden turn nearly threw out his old back.

Childish figure? Not even close!

Mayumi was indeed rather short, true, not even reaching one meter sixty, but she absolutely could not be called childlike. On the contrary, she had the kind of slender yet mature, perfect curves.

But as he looked at his upperclassman's behavior, the corners of Yotsuba Mahiro's mouth suddenly lifted, and he reached out to place a hand on Mayumi's shoulder.

He completely pinned down her constantly writhing body.

Then he met those wine-red eyes.

"Could it be that the president is expecting me to do something to you?"

As he asked, he slowly drew closer to her. The distance between them grew smaller and smaller, until even each other's breathing and the radiating warmth of their bodies could be clearly felt.

"Isn't that the case? A kendo beauty like underclassman Mibu fits your tastes better, doesn't she, Mahiro?"

Mayumi seemed not to notice him drawing closer at all, and even puffed out one cheek slightly as if sulking.

"Even though a beautiful girl like me is sitting right here, you're completely unmoved, Mahiro."

Although he did not know why things had turned out this way, at that moment, he seemed to understand.

Mayumi seemed to be jealous?

Was it because he had been spending time with Sayaka lately and had not really interacted with her much?

He did not know the reason, but that did not stop the urge to tease her from rising in him. Holding her by the shoulders, he whispered softly in her ear:

"The reason is simple. I'm not an exhibitionist, so I won't make a move on a woman in front of a surveillance camera. I'd go to jail."

"Huh...?"

Mayumi froze when she heard that. She turned her head and saw the security camera behind them, then immediately grew restless, her gaze darting around.

"Uh... then, what if there weren't any cameras or other people watching? Let me think... for example, what if just the two of us went to a hotel and booked a room?"

"That really is quite a bold proposal. I never imagined you were carrying such thoughts, Senpai... But when meat is delivered right to your mouth, how could you not taste it?"

"I'd definitely enjoy it without holding back and devour you completely, Senpai."

"Eh... eeeh~~~"

With a clattering sound, Mayumi, her face bright red, pressed herself against the wall, looking so pitifully helpless that she seemed ready to be plucked at will.

She put as much distance as possible between herself and Mahiro in the cramped room.

But Mahiro had no intention of letting this little devil of a senpai off just like that. He closed in on her directly.

While cutting off Mayumi's escape route, he spoke under her astonished gaze:

"Like this."

In the next instant, Mayumi felt the world spin.

Hot breath brushed against her face, and on her soft cherry lips came an unfamiliar sensation.

Mahiro was carefully savoring the mellow wine, tasting within it a trace of sweetness and a faint, refreshing scent of mint.

And in that instant, Mayumi felt her brain explode with a boom.

She could not believe it.

All she had wanted was to tease this adorable underclassman a little.

Yet she never expected him to be this bold!

He had forced a kiss on her!!!

My first kiss is just... gone?

Her fair, rosy face was now so red it looked as if it might drip blood.

"Mmmph, mmmph, mmmph—!!!"

After a long while, Mayumi finally came back to herself. With strength from who knew where, she shoved him away.

"M-Mahiro-kun, h-how could you do something like that..."

She could not even speak properly anymore.

"Wasn't this what you were hoping for, Senpai?"

"Uu... Mahiro-kun, you already have Mibu underclassman... And that was my first kiss, you know... Didn't you say you wouldn't make a move on a woman in front of a surveillance camera?!"

She felt as if she had suffered the greatest deception in the world!

Never mind that she had been able to joke so boldly with Yotsuba Mahiro just now; in reality, she was pure to the point of death.

She was just like those ridiculous netizens who acted like seasoned drivers online, but were timid little virgins offline.

However, Mahiro said nothing, only kept smiling.

In truth, when he entered the individual reading room, he had already used magic to hack the surveillance.

It was not for the sake of doing something that surpassed friendship with this senpai here.

It was simply because he had no favorable feelings toward surveillance equipment at all.

It always made him remember those shitty days in the Fourth Laboratory.

As for a first kiss, he was the same.

That had been his first kiss of the day.

Yotsuba Mahiro successfully joined the magic engineer team.

Although there were not that many people welcoming him, this was something he had expected from the start.

And the three people he chose were Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe, and Kitayama Shizuku.

It was somewhat unexpected, yet also reasonable.

After all, among the people participating in the Nine Schools Competition, there were not many he was familiar with, let alone those who held no ill will toward him.

They could practically be counted on one hand.

However, Mari Watanabe was still rather curious as to why he had chosen her and Mayumi.

After all, among the first-years, Mitsui Honoka and Miyuki Shiba also had good relationships with him.

And the reason was naturally simple.

Kitayama Shizuku's magical traits made her skilled in vibration-type magic, Mayumi's CAD was one he had personally handled, and as for Mari Watanabe, she was simply along for the ride.

All three of them were far easier to deal with than Honoka's light-type magic, as well as Miyuki's specially tuned Casting Assistant Device.

As for Mayumi, her cheeks were still flushed, her gaze drifting slightly as she avoided meeting his eyes.

Damn it, Mahiro-kun, he was really way too bold!

Mayumi was still puffing out her cute cheeks like a pufferfish, but when she thought back to what had happened in the reading room, she could not help blushing all over again.

After a brief rally, on August 1st, the day summer vacation began, the departure day for the Nine Schools Competition finally arrived.

Although the first match was scheduled for August 3rd, the contestants arrived at the dormitory at this time every year to make their final adjustments and training.

First High's buses had already been waiting in the parking lot for quite some time.

They had clearly passed the departure time already, all because they were waiting for one person—

"Sorry~!"

The words came from not far away, accompanied by the light sound of sandals tapping against the ground.

Mari Watanabe, who had taken shelter beneath a parasol, Shiba Tatsuya, who was in charge of the roster, and Yotsuba Mahiro, who had come out for some air and was sitting on the steps by the bus door, all looked up toward the source of the voice.

But the three of them wore completely different expressions.

Yotsuba Mahiro was as calm as ever.

Mari Watanabe sighed helplessly, but a smile showed on her face.

As for Shiba Tatsuya, he silently checked off a name on the roster displayed on his terminal device, then said, "Watanabe-senpai, everyone is here now, so I'll return to the technicians' bus."