Weiss mumbles as he walks zombie-like back to the grounds of Class 1-20.
There, he finds his classmates working to clear away the debris.
When they see Weiss, they all rest their hands and look at him like he is a needle in a haystack.
No one says anything, but their attitude makes it clear, they are clearly blaming Weiss.
He feels a stinging pain all over his body, and he couldn’t help but scream.
“The wall collapsed on me. It’s not my fault that the wall came down!”
“You’re blaming us again,” Monsoon says, as if to nail him.
He was going to do that, but Weiss baits his teeth when he is preempted.
“It’s not your fault, …….”
“Then whose fault is it?”
“Well, that’s ……”
As he is caught, Weiss feels an unprecedented sense of suffocation.
In order to get rid of the suffocation, he immediately mentions a person’s name.
“Y-, yes, Leopin.”
Leopin was so jealous of my success that he secretly broke down the wall. ……!”
It is just a mouthful, but as soon as he says it, Weiss’ breathlessness disappears like a lie.
Yes, for him, blaming someone else is already as good as breathing.
“What?” All of his classmates reacted.
Weiss says again, “That’s it.”
“Is that for real, Weiss?”
“Yes, I did see it. Yeah, I saw it happen. I saw the wall come crashing down at his hands.”
“Damn it, I’m gonna blast that son of a bitch!”
By turning Leopin into an enemy, Weiss has not only made his mistake go away, but has also brought the class back together.
He says with great enthusiasm.
“Wait, Monsoon. Just an iron fist is not enough for him.”
Let’s give him a taste of his own medicine.”
“What? What do you have in mind?”
“Ah”, Weiss looks over at the girl with the flamboyant face musing, she has curly hair and a worn out uniform, she can’t even afford a place to live right now, but she’s wearing a lot of makeup.
“Now is the time to use your magic, Carol, and unleash your ‘Fireball’ on Leopin’s house.”
“Oh!” roars Monsoon.
“If we burn his house down, he’ll know what we’re going through!
“Carol! Burn Leopin’s house down with a bang!”
Then, when he comes out, I’ll beat him up so badly that he won’t be able to stand on his feet!”
“That’s a good idea!” The classmates were excited.
But only Carole remains with a pouting expression on her face.
“I’m not going to do it.”
Weiss frowns, “What?”
“You can’t listen to the orders of the Sage, the leader of the class?”
Then you must have a good reason for that, right?”
And then Carol averts her gaze and says with a pout on her lips
“…… Leopin doesn’t break people’s things.”
“What?”
“I’m talking about Leopin. He is a stupid, helpless guy whose only skill is his dexterity, but …….”
But he was serious about his passion for making things.”
He would never make fun of something that someone else had worked hard to make.”
That’s why Leopin didn’t break any walls.”
“Hmm. Carol, you’ve been making fun of Leopin for a long time.”
What do you know about Leopin?”
Carol’s eyes, which had been strained until then, peeled back to reveal a pair of eye shadowed eyes.
“I know a lot more than you do! I made homemade chocolate for Leopin ……!”
Carole presses her mouth with a look of “oh no”.
She quickly makes up for it, her cheeks turning even redder.
“And anyway! I believe in Leopin and ……!”
Oh, no, no, no! I’m not going to set fire to your house, that’s for sure!”
If you want to do it, Weiss can do it on his own!”
Weiss’s brows twitch.
“Do you believe in …… Leopin more than me?”
This was the most humiliating thing he has ever heard.
The plating on his mind that he has been trying to keep calm is peeling off with a clatter.
“You can’t trust Leopin over me!”
Leopin will have to be alone for the rest of his life!”