Chapter 107: Heart Pounding
"The rules of this round of the punishment game are very simple, exactly the same as the previous dating show."
"The girls have only one goal, and that is to think of a way to move the judge's heart, to make his heart pound as if he's falling in love!"
"Any team that cannot make the judge's heart flutter will be forced to stop permanently at this checkpoint, which means being eliminated from the competition."
"And the judge of this round is none other than Mochizuki Eikou!"
The staff had set up a simple magecraft right at Eikou's heart.
"But considering that the judge is also a contestant, there's a possibility he might deliberately deny the efforts of certain participants for the sake of his own team's victory..."
"So we have set up a heart rate monitoring magecraft on him, it can track the judge's heartbeat at any moment. Once it surpasses a certain level, it will immediately issue a warning. The heartbeat cannot lie, as long as the heart beats faster, it means he has been moved!"
Eikou lightly touched the magecraft on his chest, on which his current heartbeat was displayed precisely.
In other words, he couldn't be like Morgan, denying the contestants' performances purely based on personal mood.
But, this was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
"In theory, I could completely take advantage of this dating show cover to eliminate both Marie's team and Baobhan Sith's team at once! Cleanly resolve two big threats!"
That way, the only ones left ahead would be that troublesome Twelve Paladins team!
Of course, the prerequisite was that he truly had to endure the temptation of beauty, not letting his heartbeat cross the limit...
And those two teams were full of beauties, all of them anime waifu, it was really too difficult not to be swayed.
Then let Jeanne Alter take the stage, she was a straight woman, so she definitely wouldn't be moved by the charms of other women.
Thinking this, he unconsciously raised his hand, speaking toward the magic live screen:
"Finn-sensei, I want to give up the position of judge and let Lancelot be the judge. The draw was done by him, and moreover, he's also a man, fully qualified to take on the role of judge."
However, Napoleon only needed one glance to see through his scheming.
"Haha, don't even dream about it Eikou, this 'Lancelot' has already been Berserked, he can't communicate or think, if you let him join a dating show then what would even be worth watching? Besides, it wouldn't be fair to the other contestants either."
"Damn it, can't refute that."
Eikou could only obediently accept his fate.
"But I do admire how you work, compared to taking advantage of the girls, you seem to focus more on your team's victory. After all, you're not English, so why not decisively transfer to the France Class? Together with Lancelot by your side."
The implication was, as long as he transferred to the France Class, even Jeanne Alter being forced to drop out could be reversed.
"Hey hey, Napoleon-sensei, don't go poaching my students right in front of me."
Finn immediately cut in.
"Meh, just throwing out a suggestion." Napoleon blinked and smiled, "What's wrong, do you have some psychological trauma about people stealing from you?"
"Haha, in any case, it's nothing compared to the feeling of failure when losing the Battle of Waterloo."
"Cuckoldry."
"Waterloser."
"Cuckoldry."
"Waterloser."
"Are you two elementary school kids exposing each other..."
Hearing the two homeroom teachers bickering noisily on the public screen, Eikou helplessly shook his head.
The two of them also quickly realized that this wasn't very proper, so they coughed a few times and spoke sternly:
"Ahem… enough nonsense, let us begin the game directly. The first one to step on stage is contestant Barghest of Team Eikou!"
"Are you kidding me, why does a contestant from my team also have to participate?!"
Eikou asked in confusion.
"I already said, 'all the females present must participate,' Jeanne d'Arc, Marie Antoinette, Baobhan Sith, Gareth… then of course the contestant Barghest from your team cannot be an exception. There's nothing disadvantageous, if the contestant succeeds, she can even receive a reward!"
"But conversely..."
Napoleon slowly added:
"If Barghest cannot make you feel moved, then your team will also be eliminated."
"???"
Oh heavens, to put it bluntly this is still just a punishment game.
Moreover, Barghest clearly has feelings for him, if he accidentally makes her lose in this game...
Then wouldn't that be both losing the match and losing in love, their bond might just end right here...
"Alright, alright, quickly begin the match. I've already asked the staff to support, so that the contestants here can freely adjust their Spirit Origin and Spiritron Dress forms, all skills have also been restored. Each contestant only needs to make the judge's heart beat faster within five minutes to pass."
"As for the degree of permitted physical contact... Eikou-kun, do you have a girlfriend?"
Finn suddenly threw out this question.
Eikou thought for a long time.
If he had to say, then currently his relationship with Morgan was the closest to that of lovers, but because of many reasons (for example Baobhan Sith and family matters), the two still hadn't taken another step forward, and had never gone public.
Therefore, the most suitable answer should be —— "Not certain at the moment."
Finn smiled: "Very good, then the rules place no restrictions, just don't do something like Roland did, making us have to put a mosaic over it."
"Doesn't that mean that except for R18, everything is acceptable?!"
"Haha, don't say it in such an embarrassing way."
"You guys purposely designed such an awkward game!" Eikou complained.
"Rest assured, all the girls here are ladies, how could they possibly do something shameful like that?"
Eikou thought to himself: you really underestimated my network of relationships.
Among these girls not only is there more than one with feelings for him, but also not a few belong to the 'predator' type.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little tense, and the heart-rate measuring spell on his chest also rose a few numbers.
Finn and Napoleon began the live commentary.
Compared to the speed race, they were obviously much more interested in this dating program.
"The first to step out is contestant Barghest of Team Eikou."
"Oh oh, we see our contestant Barghest stiffly walking closer to Eikou, her expression tense and serious, could it be because she's too nervous?"
Barghest, with a stiff face, walked up beside Eikou.
Then, without saying a word, she silently sat down next to him, face blushing red, head lowered, without taking any further action.
"..."
Eikou suddenly realized the situation was bad.
Although he had long known that Barghest's personality was very, very shy, easily moved by him, deep down she was still the type of girl who was bashful and pure.
In front of so many people like this, how could she possibly have enough courage to take the initiative to attack.
Her compatibility with this program was truly too disadvantageous!
"Oh oh, contestant Barghest is so bashful that she's frozen in place, with no further progress? Can such pure silence make the judge feel moved? You must know, the heart rate threshold we set for the judge is not low, if this continues then perhaps Team Eikou will eliminate themselves!"