While the sky is covered in dark clouds, we went out to the garden after we changed back into our regular clothes. We wait for Abe-senpai’s dad. The sound of a horse could be heard from the gates, something abnormal is approaching us! The one who appeared while releasing a dangerous atmosphere is…..a man of large build, with a stern look! He’s riding on a large wagon, wearing a cape and a helm with a horn on it! His eyes glow sharply! Which parallel world did he teleport from!? He can only be seen as someone strong, who came from a world where violence is the law! This man, who looks like the Fist-King from the world of the end of a century, is Abe-senpai’s dad…….? “So you are the insolent one dating my daughter?” His voice is thick and he glares at me! Scaaaaary! He already thinks I’m an insolent guy! Abe-senpai puts her arm around mine. “That’s right, Otou-sama. He is my boyfriend, Hyoudou Issei-kun.” U..Umm, Abe-senpai’s oppai is touching my arm. S..Soft…… BIRI! When I felt a mysterious pressure, I looked that way and saw Buchou smiling, while wrapped in red aura! S..She’s mad at me~! Weren’t you supposed to back me up!? Abe-senpai’s dad says, without even getting off his horse. “Very well. I will test you myself, to see whether or not you are fitting to become a groom for the Abe family.” FLASH! Weird lightning flashes in the background, behind senpai’s dad! Then finally, the match began! The first match is the land monster battle! There is a rectangular battlefield, created by making lines in the garden! The battle begins inside it! “The one I will be sending first is this one. Come out!” The one which appeared is……a Snow Gorilla that is much bigger than Christie! Uoooooo, the whole body is covered in scars! It seems like a strong one, with a historical background! The aura coming from its body isn’t normal! “Abe-senpai, that male yeti has amazing intensity…… Can Christie defeat it?” I ask Abe-senpai, but she shook her head. Eh? What does that mean? I became doubtful and Abe-senpai answers me clearly. “That is Christie’s older sister, Stephanie.” ……..Yes? I thought I had misheard her, so I asked again. “…….Older sister? …….Stephanie? T..That’s a female?” “Yes, a maiden.” Wait, it’s a battle between sisters!? What is going to happen!? “The referee will be me, Kiba Yuuto.” Kiba is standing at the centre of the field. He makes the two snow gorilla’s come inside the battlefield. Senpai’s dad and I stood at the edge of the field and we started the battle by giving orders from there! “Begin!” The land monster battle began at the same time as Kiba’s call! “Stephanie! First do the drumming!” “Hokyoooooon!” DON DON DON! The opponent gorilla started to hit her chest after the order senpai’s dad gave her! “The Yuki-onna’s drumming has the ability to increase its attack power!” What!? It has an effect like that!? Thank you for the explanation, dad! “Then we will also do the drumming Christie!” “Uhohohohohoho!” DODODODODO! Ignoring my order, Christie suddenly started to run across the field! What is that girl doing!? Seeing that, Koneko-chan mutters. “That is……Yuki-onna’s special technique, the snow-clone.” Snow clone!? As I looked on in bewilderment, Christie increased its number to two, then three, then four and without realising it there are many gorillas on the field! So it’s a self duplicating technique! Snow cloning! Man, there are only gorillas! This is the worst scenery ever! “Did you know that, Koneko-chan?” Koneko-chan gave an explanation to Akeno-san who asked her! “…….It’s a high level secret technique, which can only be attained by Yuki-onna that live in the Japanese Alps. They say clones can make different movements to that of the original self, once mastered.” There are things like this!? The World sure is filled with mysteries! “Ngh! You are quite good! To do the snow-cloning while giving the order to do a drumming!” Her dad started to groan! You are wrong! It’s just that gorilla started to act on its own, going beyond my imagination! “Stephanie, we can’t lose either! Counter it with the “Freezing Beat-to-Death Stick”! What’s that scary sounding technique!? Stephanie started to take something out of the bag she has on her back! It’s a banana! Buuuuuuuu! She throws the banana into the air after freezing it with her freezing breath! Please look everyone! These gorilla’s can do freezing-breath! “Uho!” Christie who has her eyes focused on the banana jumps into the sky together with her clones! So it reacted to the banana! It can’t be helped since it’s a gorilla! Wait, that’s the “Freezing Beat-to-death stick”!? It’s just a frozen banana! Christie started to jump towards the banana! This is bad! Her clones also disappeared! She’s defenceless! Without any hesitation, Stephanie tackles Christie’s body! DOGON! “Ubo!” Christie, who received the tackle head-on, gets thrown outside the field and she lands violently on the ground! “……..To attack by using the frozen banana as bait, which is the favourite food for Yuki-onna, to make its attention go there…… Normal Yuki-onna wouldn’t be able to resist and eat the banana on the spot. But it used that as an item…… The opponent Yuki-onna who can overcome its greed towards the banana has been trained very well…..” Koneko-chan explained, like a commentator. Huh? Was this girl always like that? Perhaps she’s a secret fan of monster battles? Christie who is on the ground is laying there flat down. Ah, this is over. “The winner, Stephanie! So the winner of the first match is Abe-senpai’s father.” The referee Kiba declares! Shit! They got one victory! I never knew a gorilla battle was so complicated! So we have to include a banana among our strategies huh! Goristie, your death won’t be in vain……Perhaps! Also she isn’t dead! “Fufufu. Absurd. I won’t be able to permit you dating my daughter at this rate.” Senpai’s dad showed a fearless smile! Can I win against this person? I only feel uneasy about it! But my fighting spirit also raised! Since we came this far, I’m definitely going to win! “The next match will be the sea monster battle. So that pool is going to be the stage huh. Now, I shall show all of you my monster.” While lightning flashes, a giant fish-type monster appeared! It has the form of a shark…..a creature with legs! Uoooooo! It’s a shark-version of Estleena! But it’s filled with a dangerous atmosphere! It looks strong by its appearance! After all, ours looks like a tuna! No matter how you think about it, the shark is stronger! But…..the shark shows no sign of movement. It’s just standing there while its mouth is wide open. “……………” When senpai’s dad thinks it strange and touches it, while mounted on his horse……DROP! The shark dropped to its side! Huh? This shark isn’t responding. “Ah, since it’s a shark it would die if it doesn’t continue to swim.” …………….Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!? I was shocked at the stupid reaction of senpai’s dad! Kiba approaches it, and confirms it's status. After a while, he shook his head and then declares. “The winner of the second match is Ise-kun.” I attained a victory which I cannot describe. I won without doing the match! Incidentally Estleena, who was also waiting for us by the poolside, died from dehydration without anyone realising it. Later on, there were tuna and shark fins on the dining table. Well that’s a story for another time. And finally, the last match was about to begin! Part 4