Hundred (ハンドレッド)

What...

What the hell is going on?!

A Savage.

D...

Don't!

Yet another dream about that day...

Who was that girl?

So that's the academy city-ship, Little Garden...

My home from now on.

Little Garden

This place is bigger than I thought.

We Cordially Welcome You

Kisaragi Hayato-kun

Kisaragi-kun! Yes, you, with the highest Hundred compatibility score of all time!

Kisaragi Hayato-kun!

Where are you?

Holler if you can hear us!

That's weird.

Maybe he's on a later flight.

I guess this is it.

Um, is this where the entrance ceremony will be held?

Yeah, it is.

Wait!

Are you Kisaragi Hayato?!

What?

So you're the one with the all-time record?

Is it really him?!

He looks completely normal.

Give me your autograph!

Hayato!

I couldn't wait to see you, Hayato!

Ow, ow, ow...

What are you doing?

My name is Emile.

Emile Crossfode.

I'm also a new student here at the Little Garden.

Let's get along, 'kay?

S-Sure.

I'm sorry, Hayato.

I shouldn't have yelled out like that.

That's right, Reitia.

Apologize.

Fritz!

I told you to stop treating me like a kid.

It's your fault for having your head at such a perfect height.

They've been friends since they were kids.

They're really close, huh?

Y-Yeah.

You guys are pretty close yourself, even though you just met.

Yes. It's almost like you're not both guys.

Really?

What should we do, Hayato?

I would like to welcome all the new students here.

We're your MCs for today...

Second-year military arts student at the Little Garden

and student council vice president, Erica Candle.

Likewise. Liddy Steinberg.

The captain of the Little Garden,

as well as our president, Claire Harvey, will greet you.

That's the student council president.

Yeah.

The queen, Claire Harvey.

Sorry...

Sorry we're late!

Those two...

Late for the entrance ceremony, right off the bat?

You two sure have some nerve.

W-We're sorry!

We had gone to the airport to pick up Kisaragi-kun.

But we couldn't find him, and then...

Enough excuses!

Kisaragi Hayato has been right there this whole time.

Huh?

Noa Sheldon. Liu Xuemei.

There is no place in the Little Garden for those who cannot follow the rules.

Collect your things and leave.

I... uh....

I think you're being kind of harsh here!

E-Emile?

Student council president or not,

you can't just kick them out for making one mistake.

That's awful!

Hey!

Don't stop me, Hayato!

I can't stand people who abuse their power like that.

Yeah, but...

You two are in no position to speak here.

W-We're sorry.

I-It's just that... I don't really think they should be expelled just like that.

Kisaragi Hayato.

No, I will say this to everyone here.

You are not just students.

You are fledgling Slayers that will risk their lives to fight the Savages.

On the battlefield, a single mistake can prove fatal

and destroy an entire squadron.

It is not a matter of frequency.

Failure to follow orders will lead to death.

But there are times when orders can prove incorrect!

That's enough, Emile Crossfode.

Claire-sama's orders are absolute. She is the queen of our military arts department.

"Queen," my foot!

Hayato has a higher Hundred compatibility score.

H-Hey!

Emile Crossfode, if you try to demean her any further,

you'll be expelled, as well!

Bring it on!

Just you try—

Hey!

Very well.

As you wish, you will be expelled along with the previous two.

Hey, stop going crazy!

Kisaragi Hayato.

Y-Yes!

Do you object to their expulsion?

Um...

Do you?

I...

I do!

Wha—

Dude!

The two girls were late because they were looking for me,

and if that hadn't happened, Emile wouldn't have...

Hayato...

So I know I'm in no position to say this,

but I ask that you please be lenient.

Kisaragi Hayato, know your place!

Very well.

President!

How about this, then?

Kisaragi Hayato.

I, Claire Harvey,

challenge you to a duel.

If you beat me, I will reverse their expulsion.

We'll do this tomorrow afternoon.

The place will be the main colosseum.

H-Hold on a second. I still—

You're on!

Who asked you to decide?!

Let's do it, Hayato!

Huh?

You can definitely beat her!

Uh... Um...

Hold on...

What?

What were you thinking?

You can't just accept a duel like that.

I'm going up against the queen, the strongest person in the Little Garden.

You'll be fine, Hayato.

I'm sure you can win.

What are you even basing that on?

It'll be fine.

Come on.

Oh.

I'll introduce you to my good friend.

Good friend?

The main technologist on the Little Garden,

the chief researcher of the Hundred.

So you're Kisaragi Hayato-kun.

My name is Charlotte Dimandius.

Call me Char.

S-Sure.

N-Nice to meet you.

Huh?

Sniff sniff sniff.

Sniff sniff sniff.

What is it?

You're from the Empire of Yamato,

but you don't smell like soy sauce.

We normally don't...

You might think she's pretty weird,

but she's actually my talented assistant.

Nice to meet you. I'm Meimei.

Nice to meet you.

And Char over here is smart enough to be called a child prodigy.

Really?

Are you trying to insult me?

I'm actually old enough to get married, you know?

Emil—