"And here's the third one."

"..'Sailor uniform'."

"""KINOSHEETA HIDEYOSHI!"""

"""YOSHII AKIHISA!"""

"WAIT A SEC! WHY ARE MY VOTES IN THIS WORD ASSOCIATION THE SAME AS HIDEYOSHI!"

I can't accept it! Hideyoshi's definitely the one if we're talking about cute dress-up, so why am I tied 3 vs 3 with him--eh? 3 votes? Those three are Himeji-san, Minami, and the last one..

"Don't tell me, even Hideyoshi thinks of me this way?"

"Hm? Akihisa, what are you saying? How can I look at my friend "If it's girls' outfit, Akihisa's definitely the one suited for it!" in a perverted fashion, right?"

This is way too scary. Hideyoshi could say a lie without blinking an eye, and didn't even change his expression at all. Is this the ability of being a born actor..

"That's not right, Hideyoshi. I wasn't thinking about girls' outfit. Aren't those types of clothing what Hideyoshi will wear secretly?"

"Akihisa, so that's how you view me..!"

Ku..! I was too careless and said out my true thoughts!

"And now for the next round. Hee."

"..'Pervy stuff'."

"Here's the second one."

"..'Say it secretly'."

"Here's the third one."

"..'To Yoshii'."

Why me!? Why is it that I'm treated as a live target every time this happens!

No, wait, I have to calm down first. It's times like this that I can't fall into disarray. Zen Zen Zen Zen Zen Zen Zen Zen Zen Zen Zen..

"I see~ so I have to say pervy stuff to Yoshii-kun~ Fufufu~ Can I try it?"

"..Un."

"Thanks prez."

Someone save me--the thought came too late as Kudou-san already came close to me. She put her lips at my ears, took a short breath and muttered,

"Hey, Yoshii-kun."

That's something that people could associate, a charming and sexy voice.

Ku..! Kudou-san seems to be really motivated now! Got to endure! I got to endure this! I can only tell me that this involves life and death. Got to endure..

"Akihisa-kun, you can't think of pervy stuff because of Aiko-chan!"

"Aki, I'll definitely not forgive you if you make any strange response!"

They're warnings, but the girls looked like they were ready to send me 6 feet under anytime.

".."

I cleared my soul and prayed for time to tick by faster.

Kudou-san seemed to think that my resistance was rather interesting and deliberately paused for a long time before whisper into my ear,

"..○▲×□ and....▲●※■。"

"Eh?"

The words I've never heard of before made me cry out in a puzzled manner.

○▲×□? ▲●※■? What's that?

"???"

My summoned beast continued to sit down cross-legged and tilt its head in a puzzled manner.

I don't understand what did Kudou-san just say. What was that?

"..○▲×□ and▲●※■....! (PAAAAA)"

"..○▲×□ and▲●※■....! (PAAAAA)"

I don't know which idiot and his summoned beast were nosebleeding like crazy. Since that guy's being so excited, the words must be really perverted..but I don't understand what they mean at all, so I could escape unscathed.

"That's strange? Yoshii-kun, you don't have any response at all?"

"? I don't understand what you mean."

"..Mu~.."

It seemed that Kudou-san was unhappy with my response as I felt Kudou-san puffed her cheeks unhappily in front of the calm summoned beast. That's a pity, Kudou-san. Though it hurts your pride, I win this time. Hurry and give up, return to where you belong--

"--Fuu."

"HYAAAAAAHHHHH!!??"

Just when I was thinking about that, an abnormal feeling suddenly came from my ear.

What? What did she do to me? What am I feeling now?"

"Kudou-san!? Did you just blow into my ear!?"

"What the heck, my ear and back are feeling strange."

"Kyah. What do you think~"

"A, Aiko-chan! You can't do that! If you do that to Akihisa-kun "Akihisa-kun's voice was really cute just now" KYYYYAAAAAAHHHH!!!"

"That's right! You did that to Aki "So Aki's sensitive on the ears and neck" NOOOOOOO!!!"

"Everyone, shouldn't you continue staying in a zen phase instead of thinking about this~?"

"""Guu."""

The summoned beasts seemed like it was about to say something shocking. I hurriedly closed my eyes and steadied my thoughts.

However--

"..(Cling)."

"..(Cling)."

Himeji-san and Minami's summoned beast were clinging tightly onto both left and right sides of my hand. My neck had to hold the weights of two summoned beasts, and to be honest, that's a little tough. It seems like they want to protect me from Kudou-san's demonic clutches. But in that case, I really can't concentrate on my Zen..

"Un. In that case, I can relax a bit."

"..Aiko, don't bully Yoshii too much."

"Okay, let's play another round. It'll end after this round. Here's the card."

"..'Your'."

"Here's the second one."

"..'real'."

"Here's the third one."

"..'Someone you like'."

"""Erm, that"""

"""DOOOORRRRYYYYYAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!"""

Once I recovered, I found Himeji-san, Minami and even Hideyoshi beat their summoned beasts as if they couldn't take it anymore, and finally stuffed the summoned beasts into the dustbin.

☆

“I really can't take it..the feedback's killing my body..”

“I haven't felt this tired for such a long time..”

“..Uncomfortable..”

“Even I'm feeling tired..”

“Uu..if this keeps up, maybe I have to end up confessing in such a weird situation..”

“Me too, I don't want to confess because of such a ridiculous thing..”

Everyone started talking in weak voices.

There's still some time until we're released from this misery. What should we do..

“Speaking of which, why must we be humiliated like this?”

“Yeah! Even if it's unreasonable, there has to be a limit!”

“Yeah, who's the reason why we were treated so cruelly like that!?”

“Yeah, who's the real culprit!”

“Muu, if there's a need to say—”

Immediately, everyone started to think of someone.

White-haired, foul-mouthed, calling us to summon even though she knew this would happen, that damned old granny who's the source of all evil!

“““..”””

Zu, zt, zt, zt..

The next moment, our summoned beasts opened the classroom door and went out on their own.

Ahh, I see. Everyone got the same conclusion.

“But then again, that's how it should be.”

“After thrashing others badly and treating them as guinea pigs, she's too na?ve to think that she won't be involved.”

“I think that's the consequences of cause and effects.”

“..An expected retribution.”

“But I won't let her off that easily.”

Everyone answered in unison. Shouldn't we have done that right from the beginning?

A few minutes later, the old granny's hoarse scream could be heard from downstairs. But that must be because the summoned beasts weren't controlled. Since it's a problem with the summoning system, we aren't responsible at all.