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The cafeteria is a large hall.
There are six sets of long tables, stretching from one end of the hall to the other, and long chairs without backrests.
It's easy to imagine if you picture the Great Hall of a certain magic school. It's like that.
Around the four sides of the Great Hall, cafeterias are lined up, divided by type of cuisine.
It's like a food court.
Each person orders what they want to eat and carries it to their seat on a tray.
Everyone shares one long table and chair, so if you shake them or mess around, you'll get really angry.
Well, I've never done that.
The food itself isn't that different from "my" world.
Of course, there are differences such as the ingredient names being based on the standards of this world.
Also, it's not Japanese-ized pseudo-world cuisine, but authentic cuisine like you'd eat in each country.
I end up choosing a familiar Japanese-style set meal in a large serving.
Shirou basically gets set meals from two to three countries in large servings.
Artur chooses a country depending on his mood that day, but like me, he only gets one set meal.
And the tableware is a spoon, knife, fork, and chopsticks.
This is almost the same as in "my" world.
I thought that even if the world changes, what humans think about is the same.
"Well then, let's have a strategy meeting while talking!"
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Since I teamed up with Artur, Mr. Müller has been actively working on team battles of multiple people versus multiple people in addition to the initial one-on-one battle format.
The basic pairs are decided by Mr. Müller, but in the end, we're free to form pairs, so it's the three of us, Al, and Shirou, and the other classmates.
We're increasing the number of people one by one, wondering how many people we can win against.
By the way, this afternoon we're up against six people.
"In effect, Shirou and Artur have to defeat three people each, so we'll lose."
"Trash."
"Who do you think was able to win last time thanks to whose magic, huh?"
It's almost a promise now, and even though me and Artur start arguing, Shirou knows it's just a formality, so he lightly brushes it off.
"It's getting impossible for me to fend off the enemies like I used to."
"You're probably right, you're weak."
"Rai is hopeless when it comes to swords..."
"Ah, my glass heart is wounded. I'm suing."
Well, it's actually true, but.
Three people versus six people. If we're going to face twice the number of people, what should we do?
The battlefield is a vast space in the training grounds.
We can't lure them in and defeat them individually.
"Hmm. If we were forming a party, I'd want to manage aggro."
"Aggro management?"
Usually in RPGs, enemy characters, mob characters, have a hate gauge (aggro value).
For example, when you attack, that value accumulates, and the mob character preferentially attacks the player with the highest aggro value.
There are quite a few skills related to aggro, such as skills that intentionally raise the aggro value towards yourself, or skills that take over the other person's aggro value.
The tank role willingly buys aggro and tries to prevent attacks from going to other party members as much as possible.
Conversely, the other members are careful not to exceed the tank's aggro value.
Because the attacks are intentionally focused on one person, the others who aren't being attacked are easy to move around.
Simply put, that's it.
"Can't we concentrate the attacks by having someone provoke the opponent, or by making a big move at once and making them think that they'll be wiped out if they're left alone?"
If we could do that, it would be easier for me to support.
"Wouldn't it be good if Al provoked the opponent like crazy?"
"That's a possibility."
Al buys aggro and concentrates the enemy's attacks. Then, because his durability and HP aren't high, he avoids them and continues to collect aggro.
In that gap, I give Shirou buffs.
Wipe out the enemies swarming around Artur.
That's the ideal.
"But some of them will definitely flow to Shirou and me."
"Then, I'll become the second breakwater so that they don't go to Rai's place?"
"Yeah. But what if they still flow to my place?"
Assuming that Artur will buy the most aggro, there's definitely someone who will try to defeat me first, who's going to give buffs with magic.
Especially since we've been losing because of that until now.
"I'll defeat them. They'll definitely be careless because they'll be drawn to Al first. I'll hit that spot."
"If the aggro goes to Shirou because of that, I'll beat them so that the enemies don't go to your place."
"Am I some kind of princess?"
Oh no, I'm being protected by two different types of handsome guys.
This is a misunderstanding, stop it.
"A princess? You're not that type."
"That's right, Rai is more like a unit commander. Do you know what the kids who fight us every time call you?"
Shirou, chuckling, put up his finger.
"Command Tower"
He put up his second finger
"Conductor of the Battlefield"
Third finger,
"Rewriter"
"And then there's Brain, Captain, Key of Tactics............"
"Oh, there were some of those too."
Eh, what are those nicknames? I'm hearing them for the first time?
"I want you to stop because it's embarrassing."
"Why? For adventurers, nicknames are the object of longing! Like Mr. Clovis's 'Dragon Knight' and Cyrillos-san's 'Blood-Soaked Sword Emperor'! When you say Dragon Knight, it's Mr. Clovis, and when you say Sword Emperor, it's Cyrillos-san!! No one has reached that level, so that's why it becomes a pronoun that refers to an individual!! There's no greater honor as an adventurer than that!!"
I'm sorry to Artur, who's talking with excitement, but wait?
What's Cyrillos-sensei's Blood-Soaked Sword Emperor?
Sword Emperor. I understand. Cyrillos-sensei is strong. I also understand that no one has reached that level.
But what's blood-soaked? What did Cyrillos-sensei do? Was he naughty?
I'll ask him when I go home next time.
"So, I'm a Rewriter, Conductor, and Command Tower?"
"That's right. With one magic of yours, with one strategy, the battle situation changes in an instant. No matter how disadvantageous it is, it doesn't matter. You always lead us to victory. You're the team's brain, you're the command tower, you control the battle situation, and you even overturn the victory or defeat."
I've been given a pretty big name.
I'm always doing it on the edge, and this is the evaluation.
As for swordsmanship, you can only imagine what my ability is.
Damn it.
But if I'm given such a great name, it might be okay to have the aggro directed at me?
"I don't know about others, but at least the guys who have experienced your effects at Clovis-sensei's place will definitely listen to you."
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