lengthy post ahead! inspired by today’s chapter, the part where suo mentioned something about nirei being a beast tamer so i thought, why not?? though instead of beasts we have—
where in nirei, a student of the prestigious and only academy in the empire is beloved by the summoners— the summons, rather.
summoning is the most popular, or well-known and favored magic of all, as it shows that not only the gods but also the spiritual beings and deities favor you. and nirei, the son of the marquisate family known for producing powerful summoners have been having a hard time in his third year in the academy for his lack of ability to summon.
to compensate for his inability to use summoning magic, he utilizes his magical power to an extent to keep him from passing. maybe that’s also why his parent’s have not been scolding or paying him any mind. after all, he passes the written examinations with flying colors thanks to his great memory, while he does decent scores in his practical tests.
however, that didn’t stop other students from picking on him. the same old, you’re not welcome here or you don’t belong here.
he knows.
he most definitely knows his position very well. that’s why he’s making a use of what little he has now.
so as to not become a waste of space.
nirei felt a flick on his forehead. he raises his gazes to suo, his friend and classmate, but also his magic study buddy who teaches him how to utilize what little of magic he has in him. they’re currently sitting on one of the long tables in the library, spending the remaining of their lunch time there.
“you’re thinking of bad things about yourself again, aki-kun. what did i tell you?” nirei could swear that he was almost pouting from beside him. flustered, nirei shook his head and waved his hands in denial.
“no, suo-san! i’m just thinking of the upcoming exams! i didn’t do well in studying on my own you see.” nirei laughed awkwardly.
“you’re doing well already. and suo will help you anyways, so don’t worry about it. i can also show you how i do it.” sakura reassured him from his other side.
immediately smiling from ear-to-ear, nirei felt a light tap on his shoulder, and it was from kiryu who is sitting from across him.
“i can come with you nire-chan, right? i’m kinda struggling to study on my own too, you see.” kiryu said with a lazy smile.
“eeh? but kiryu-kun, didn’t sensei praise you for your magic already?” suo asked innocently. direct translation: the study session only involve me and nirei, stay out of it.
“ah, but he still told me to practice more to hone it better. shouldn’t i practice it with nirei-chan so we won’t be alone?” kiryu asked, just as innocent. direct translation: as if i’m going to leave him alone with you.
“yeah, nirei-kun! we should study together so you can have a stronger magical power!” tsugeura chimed in before nirei could respond.
nirei turned his attention to the other student who tugged on his magic robe, it was sugishita. “i’ll also help, study.” he promptly said, leaving no room for arguments before laying his head down on the book he was reading to nap.
“y’all are deciding this on your own, shouldn’t nirei decide for himself?” sakura loudly interrupted the banter around the table, before finally turning to look at nirei again. a blush slowly crept up from his neck to his face, “n-nirei, don’t you want to study j-just the two of us?”
with that, the table was rowdy once again.
chuckling to himself that let up the tension from the table (not that he noticed), he smiled warmly at them. “maybe we should hold another big study session again, so we can give pointers to each other? i think i’ll learn a lot from all of you, you guys are the top students in our grade after all!” he excitedly suggested.
though disappointed, the men in the table grunted their agreement before being annoyed again seeing some newcomers from another table.
“oh, so nirei is here. i heard some things about studying, do you also need our help?” kaji cooly suggested, eyes only focused on nirei. somehow, that was even more annoying for them, than his act of butting in on their conversation.
“i don’t mind, but is it okay senpai?! i heard about how you aced the practicum last year!” nirei asked, with stars in his eyes.
showing a small smile in his face, kaji assured the blonde, “i should be free around this time. i’ve done my preparations for my practicum anyways.”
“count me in as well!” enomoto stated, wanting to also be included.
kusumi then appeared beside him out of nowhere that no longer startled nirei, but rattled the shit out of sakura and suo (though he didn’t show it), showing nirei a paper that says “i’ll also come with you! we can exchange techniques since we have the same magic type! we can talk more about it after our shared club activities!”
nirei agreed, happy that he’ll get help from the academy’s best of the bests!
they all decided to go back to their respective buildings for their next classes, all walking back together.
from afar, tsubaki giggled and umemiya watched them with a smile of his own.
“isn’t our kohai just so cute and well-loved!” tsubakino stated, a gleeful smile on his face.
“mhm, it’s always so warm and happy around him.” umemiya agreed. chuckling a bit when the walking group encountered another who basically blocked nirei’s way to greet and chat with him.
if umemiya remembers it correctly, it was the top students from tsubaki’s group who are the same year as them. seems like they also took a liking to that cute little monster.
hiragi sighed, not knowing himself if it was from disbelief or the opposite. he stares at the kid at the middle of the big group loudly chatting on the school yard. eyes focused on the glistening crystal necklace on nirei’s neck.
“i still can’t understand why you gave them that idea, ume.” hiragi blurted out.
“what? oh, the ‘safekeeping’ of summons?” umemiya laughed, “hiragi, you have to remember that i only gave that away to sakura because he asked. other than that, the others figure it out on their own.”umemiya stated, implying that he had no hand in it.
hiragi could remember that day as clear as today. in nirei’s first year, second semester where he met the top students after becoming one himself.
the school segregates students based on their generalized academic and practical performances. nirei was on one of the lowest sections during his first semester because of his lack of ability to keep up on admission’s examination. but after managing to adapt and keep up during his first semester, he was rightfully given a spot on the top sections in furin.
hiragi, kaji, enomoto and kusumi are the witnesses to nirei’s hardwork. after all, umemiya made the right call to monitor the kid after noticing that the blonde seems to attend his classes with bags under his eyes. being a part of the student council, hiragi obliged. monitoring the kid on his training and studying after classes. and in times where he is unavailable, he made the three students mentioned, monitor nirei in his stead. and thus, their fondness for the little monster— as they would like to call him.
while that kid has no penchant for taming summons, you can’t say the same for the prodigal summoner students that–that kid brought on his side. after securing a spot on the top class, he managed to immediately befriend or should hiragi say: charm? the top students in their grade.
and then the next thing that hiragi knew, the blonde could already summon high grade spirits, and mythical beasts. when interrogated, he honestly told him that his friends temporarily gave him their second most strongest summons for him to safe-keep while they train the summon they’re most compatible with.
bullshit. hiragi thought since day one. an individual can never summon any mythical or spiritual being that they are not compatible with. obviously because they wouldn’t have any magical powers to draw while summoning them.
and so nirei has, since his first semester of second year in the academy, been walking around wearing the most scary artifact (supposed mana stones turned necklace) known to mankind. it was necklace made out of several different mana stones with shards of the summons infused in them, so that the wearer can also call for the beings aside from their summoners. and the summons in the necklace are not just from his new friends at that time, hiragi almost barfed his insides in distress after knowing all the other top students who have taken a… liking to nirei after several interactions with him— and also given him some artifacts to have access to other strong spiritual and mythical summons.
it was scary. and what’s more scary, is that tsubaki and umemiya has been keeping this under the wraps for almost two years now. if the council and the noble court have heard of this, nirei would be in danger.
he sighed once again. well. it’s not like he can do shit about it now. after all, those kids who have given the blonde a huge portion of their ability (summons), have also showed their ways of taken accountability. his stomach churns at the thought alone.
their generation is quite unnerving, if hiragi might say.
hiragi wishes the selfish nobles and magicians peaceful death, if they ever wanted to covet this generation’s most loved treasure.
or— nirei’s down to earth and earnest personality have earned him good friends in some, and… more, on others.
where we see his journey forging genuine friendships, mentorships, and some blooming romance encounters?!
this may be due for some part two since i love writing with so many details. also, thinking of writing some update on my yakuza series, but i’m also considering posting another rough idea. who wants some omegaverse sugitsugekiryu ?!?? i do and i might post about it if it plagues my mind long enough for me to write about it. but anyways, another silly and self indulgent shit from yours truly!!
was talking with oomf about Pink Lemonade arcade date (PLEASE HELP US MAKE PINK LEMONADE KIRYUNIREI'S SHIP NAME!!!!!!)
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