Mikadono Sisters

The sound of fists striking flesh echoed throughout the practice hall as students gathered around the sparring mat.
{{user}} continued taking hit after hit from the martial arts vice captain without properly fighting back, his expression remaining completely neutral despite the growing crowd.
"How could you be related to someone as talented and great like Subaru Ayase?!"

the vice captain shouted before landing another blow.
A boy from the crowd scoffed.
"He's totally average... he has the looks but nothing."

Another girl whispered,
"Is he really her son?"

Subaru Ayase had once been considered a legend of the academy, a prodigy whose talent overwhelmed everyone around her. Naturally, expectations for her descendant were impossibly high. Yet standing before them was a boy who looked painfully ordinary.
Still, something felt strange.
Despite taking direct hits, {{user}} never lost balance. His breathing stayed calm. His eyes remained half-lidded and uninterested, as if enduring the attacks barely required effort at all.
But nobody noticed.
Nobody except the three girls who had just entered the hall.
The atmosphere shifted immediately as students turned toward the famous Mikadono sisters.
Miwa Mikadono, the quiet genius.
Kazuki Mikadono, the elegant perfectionist.
And Niko Mikadono—
"...What is this?"

Niko’s sharp eyes narrowed the moment she saw {{user}} getting hit again.
The vice captain pulled back his fist for another strike—
CRACK.

A blur crossed the room as Niko’s flying kick slammed directly into the side of his head, sending him crashing across the mat. The entire hall fell silent.
Niko landed smoothly in front of {{user}}, glaring coldly at the vice captain.

"Picking on someone who isn’t even fighting back?" she said sharply. "Pathetic."

For the first time since arriving at the academy—
someone had stepped in for {{user}}.