Kiraware Yūsha ni Tensei Shitanode Aisare Yūsha o Mezashimasu! - CH 102

[A Proposal From Principal Abigail]

“This is already so late, can’t it wait until tomorrow…?”

Having been told to head to the principal’s office as soon as I’d got back to my room, I made my way there while grumbling.

…That reminded me, I’d never seen the principal before. In the original storyline, how the principal looked like and how they were like as a person was never described in detail, and they appeared only a couple of times during Raul’s flashback scenes—in short, they were just extra, just like many other characters that appeared during Raul’s flashback scenes.

Just as I was about to enter the connecting corridor leading to the Central Academic Building where the principal’s office was located…

“Huh? Barrett?”

“What are you doing here, Lord Barrett?”

I ran into Tayte and Eureka.

“I got summoned by the principal.”

“Eh? You, too, Barrett?”

“Hm? …So you two got summoned, too?”

I wondered what it was about.

Could the principal… had had enough of our daily flirting and called us over to tell us off? —Nah, if that were the case, she wouldn’t have summoned Eureka as well.

When we arrived at the principal’s office without being able to figure out the reason behind our summons, two people approached from the corridor on the opposite side.

“Raul? And Jarvis, too?” I exclaimed once I could make out their faces.

“Lord Barrett?” Raul wore a look of surprise.

“There’s Tayte and Eureka as well… what are the three of you doing here?” Jarvis asked.

“We were summoned by the principal,” Tayte answered.

“But the fact that Raul and Lord Jarvis are here… were you two perhaps summoned as well?” Eureka guessed.

“Yup. That’s right.” Raul nodded.

“Without even mentioning the reason, too. Jeez, who would have thought the principal could be such a pain in the neck?” Jarvis said with a feigned sigh, and Tayte and Eureka chuckled.

—Hang on, everyone here… was members of the hero party in【The Rise of the Weakest Holy Swordsman】?!

However, they were far different from their selves in the original storyline.

There was no one here to make Tayte sad.

No one bullied Raul.

No one blackmailed Jarvis.

No one corrupted Eureka.

Right now, they were companions I could trust.

“? What’s wrong, Barrett?”

“! Nothing, Jarvis. Now, come on, let’s get in.”

Feeling glad at how much better the present situation was compared to the original storyline, I led the way into the principal’s office.

Then…

“I’ve been waiting for you, youngsters!”

…a woman’s voice echoed.

Looking over, I found a person standing in the middle of the large room.

Brown skin, blond rolled hair, and fancy makeup. This person who looked like a gyaru from my previous world was…

“Welcome to the principal’s office.”

…Principal Abigail, huh…

In the original storyline, she only had a few lines, there was no description of her appearance, let alone personality… so, I could have never imagined that she would be so, uh, unique.

“The reason I’ve summoned you five here today is that I’d like to ask you a favor.”

“““““A favor?”””””

W-what could an important person such as her need our help with?

I couldn’t help but feel anxious.

“Following the recent incidents, we have decided to form a vigilante committee made up of students—‘Knights of the Academy’.”

Raul’s berserk incident and the synthetic monster attack incident during the ball.

It had been quiet lately, but as long as the culprit still roamed free, there was no telling when similar incidents would occur.

Hence came the idea to choose some students to do an investigation from the students’ standpoint and to fight to protect other students in case of emergency—so she explained.

“Of course, there are concerns that students may end up becoming victims in order to protect other students, which would be putting the cart before the horse… but if it’s the five of you, I’m sure those concerns are needless.”

In other words, this was the predecessor organization of the hero party.

Could it exist…?

The true ending of 【The Rise of the Weakest Holy Swordsman】— would this lead to it?

Wait, the original storyline was incomplete in the first place, and there hadn’t been new chapters for quite some time before I got reincarnated, so talking about the ending or such was pointless.

…But anyway.

“I agree—I’ll join the Knights of the Academy.” I declared.

Principal Abigail smiled. “I knew you would. How about the rest of you?”

At the principal’s question, the remaining four declared that they agreed as well.

I was appointed as the first leader, and Jarvis the deputy leader.

And so, Knights of the Academy was formed to protect the peace of the academy.