The Swordmaster General

"Let's find you a seat first, Mashiro."

"Mm."

Mashiro then said to the male student seated to Luo Yu's right, "I want to sit here."

"Shiina, this is my seat." The boy was still struggling.

"I want to sit here." Mashiro stared at him expressionlessly.

The boy broke into a cold sweat under Mashiro's gaze. He quickly packed up his things, stood, and left, saying, "Please." Then he found an empty seat in the back row and sat down.

With Mashiro's seat chosen, Hiratsuka Shizuka began teaching. But clearly, the students had no mind to study right now. They were all secretly watching the new transfer student.

Finally, the bell rang for break.

"Luo Yu! Do you know Shiina?" Satou Kazuma finally asked the question he had been holding in all class.

Luo Yu said, "We've known each other since childhood."

Meanwhile, Mashiro was surrounded by the girls.

"Shiina, what school did you attend before?"

"Why did you transfer here now?"

The girls bombarded Mashiro with questions.

But Mashiro remained silent, merely staring straight at Luo Yu.

Seeing that, the girls changed the subject.

"Then what's your relationship with Luo? You seem to know each other?"

At those words, Mashiro finally reacted.

"Yu was my first boy."

Mashiro's single sentence silenced the entire classroom.

"I'm so glad Yu was my first." Mashiro continued.

"Huh?!"

"She said first!"

"How bold!"

"Damn it, Luo Yu! Have you already climbed the stairs to adulthood?" Satou Kazuma glared at Luo Yu jealously.

What an entertaining sight. This was the ultimate level of being someone who lived for fun—even enjoying his own spectacle. Still, I had to explain it clearly, or these little brats probably wouldn't let me off the hook. I wasn't afraid of them, but it would be troublesome.

Looking at the twisted expressions on the boys' faces, Luo Yu decided to clear things up.

"Mashiro, speak properly. Explain what you mean by 'first.'"

"Back in the United Kingdom, I was surrounded by girls. Yu was the first boy I was close to."

So that was what she meant by first.

"Oh, honestly, Shiina, you should've made that clear. You made us misunderstand." A female student said with a laugh.

"Misunderstand?"

Mashiro tilted her head.

"Well, never mind that. When did you and Luo meet, Shiina? You call each other by your given names, so you must be close, right?"

"Mm. I've known Yu since I was very young. We were apart for a long time, but recently, we met again." As Mashiro said that, a faint smile appeared on her delicate face.

"Oh! Childhood friends. Then you and Luo must see each other often now, right?"

"Mm. Yu is my owner. He comes to wake me up every day."

"Owner?!"

Everyone turned their eyes to Luo Yu.

"That's right."

Luo Yu nodded in confirmation.

"Seriously?"

"That's some wild play!"

"Luo looks so handsome normally. Who would've thought he was a pervert behind the scenes?"

"Alright, I was just joking with everyone." Luo Yu felt he still needed to protect his reputation. "Mashiro's father asked me to take care of her. I'm currently responsible for her daily life."

"Mm." Mashiro nodded as well. "So Yu is my owner."

"Where exactly did you learn those words?"

Watching the two interact, the students felt that they had probably misunderstood.

"Oh, Shiina, don't talk like that every time!"

"Mashiro lacks common sense," Luo Yu told the class. "I hope you can all be understanding in the future and be friends with her."

"I see. It's fine, it's fine. Shiina is so cute. None of us could dislike her, right, everyone?"

"That's right!" the students answered in unison.

Everyone was such a good person.

"Then I'll be counting on you."

"Leave it to us!"

"Still, from what you said, Luo, you live with Shiina, right?"

Luo Yu said, "That's right. Mashiro is living at my house now."

"Eh, really? Isn't that cohabitation?"

"So Luo and Shiina really are that kind of couple?"

"I'm so jealous! They're already living together."

Amid the students' discussion, the bell for class rang.

The day's lessons ended just like that. After spending the day with Mashiro, Luo Yu's classmates now understood the extent of the lack of common sense he had mentioned. It would not be an exaggeration to say that she could not survive without someone taking care of her.

No wonder Shiina needed Luo to look after her. The students suddenly felt that it was perfectly normal for Luo Yu and Mashiro to live together.

Sword Saint General

"Mashiro, have you decided? Do you really want to join the Art Club?"

After school, Luo Yu asked Mashiro in front of the club building entrance.

"Mm." Mashiro gave a simple reply.

"Hey, Luo Yu, why did you message me to come out here?" Eiri rushed over and demanded angrily. She had just found inspiration while drawing, only for Luo Yu's message to abruptly interrupt it. Anyone would be angry.

"Eiri, don't get mad yet. Look who this is."

Luo Yu stepped aside, revealing Mashiro before Eiri.

Eiri looked at the blonde girl before her, feeling that she looked somewhat familiar. Then Eiri's eyes gradually widened, and she cried out in disbelief.

"Isn't this Mashiro?!"

"Eiri, long time no see." Mashiro greeted Eiri.

Eiri dragged Luo Yu to one side.

"What's going on? Why is Mashiro here?"

Luo Yu said, "Mashiro has taken an interest in manga and wants to become a manga artist. Uncle Shiina and my dad sent her here to me."

"Manga?!" Eiri exclaimed. "You're saying that Mashiro wants to draw manga? That world-class genius painter, Mashiro Shiina?"

"Mm. I don't know what Mashiro is thinking, but we all support her decision."

"What are you people thinking? Isn't this wasting Mashiro's talent?" Eiri crossed her arms over her chest.

"Well, anyway, Mashiro is already learning to draw manga."

"Fine." Eiri sighed. "So why did you call me out?"

Luo Yu said, "Mashiro wants to join the Art Club. I remembered that you're an Art Club member, so I asked you to come out. We've already informed the club advisor, but I'm still worried. Mashiro has spent all these years painting and has no basic life skills at all. I hope that while she's in the club, you can help out and take better care of her."

Eiri said, "Alright, I get it. I'll take care of Mashiro. After all, Mashiro and I are friends."

"Then I'm counting on you, Eiri. I'll leave Mashiro to you. I'm heading off first."

After leaving Mashiro with Eiri, Luo Yu headed toward the Light Music Club.

Watching Luo Yu's departing back, Eiri said to Mashiro, "Mashiro, let's go too."

"Mm."

Having received Mashiro's answer, Eiri led Mashiro toward the Art Club.

But I really can't understand you two! Eiri sighed inwardly. Mashiro was already a world-class painter, yet she had simply given up her previous accomplishments in order to become a manga artist.

Luo Yu was even more outrageous. When he was young, he had been judged to possess even greater artistic talent than Mashiro, and his performance back then had indeed proven it. Yet he had simply decided to stop studying art and did exactly that. Even now, no one knew how far Luo Yu's drawing skills had progressed, but with that extraordinary talent, he surely could not be doing badly.

Still, it would be nice if I had talent like theirs.

"Luo Yu, what's wrong with you today?" Ritsu Tainaka looked at Luo Yu curiously. "You seem absent-minded."

"Yeah, you went off-key several times during practice. That isn't a mistake you'd normally make, Luo Yu." Mio Akiyama asked with concern.

"Sorry for making everyone worry." Seeing the concern in the girls' eyes, Luo Yu apologized, but did not explain the reason.

Knock knock!

The knocking drew everyone's attention in the clubroom.

The door opened, and a somewhat overweight figure wearing a coat walked in.

"I am Yoshiteru Zaimokuza! I have come to pay a visit!"

That was what the newcomer declared.

"Tsumu-tsumu, it's a weirdo." Yui Hirasawa said to Tsumugi Kotobuki.

"A weirdo indeed. Isn't he hot?"

"He really is a weirdo."

That was how the girls assessed the newcomer.

He's just a chuunibyou. Don't say that about him.

Unfortunately, the girls could not hear Luo Yu's thoughts.

"Yukino, looks like you have a job." Luo Yu reminded Yukino Yukinoshita.

Yukino Yukinoshita glared at Luo Yu, then reluctantly said to Hachiman Hikigaya, "Hikigaya, go ask what he wants."

Hikigaya? Feeling uncomfortable under everyone's gaze, Yoshiteru Zaimokuza seemed to have found his savior.

"So you were here, Hachiman Hikigaya!" Yoshiteru Zaimokuza said to Hachiman Hikigaya.

Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Hachiman Hikigaya. "You know him? Is he an acquaintance?"

Hachiman Hikigaya looked away.

"I don't know him. Even if I did know someone like him, I'd say I didn't."

"You would forget your good brother like me? Don't make me look down on you, Hachiman!" Yoshiteru Zaimokuza said, striking a pose as though he held a sword.

"He says he's your good brother." Yui Yuigahama said to Hachiman Hikigaya as well.

"That's right! You remember, don't you, Hachiman? Those hellish days we spent together, those years when we marched forward side by side!"

"We were only on the same team in PE class once." Hachiman Hikigaya sighed. "Why are you here, Zaimokuza?"