chapter 14
14 – There is no medicine for Pingchang
Marie was confident in this match.
I know that her opponent took down a cadet from Class B like her.
However, sparring using weapons and simulated battles that focus on the use of magic are different.
Moreover, from what I’ve heard, the opponent is an F-class mana manifestation.
Then you should be able to barely use very basic magic.
Against such a novice, she assured that there was zero chance that she, a cadet belonging to Class B, would lose.
‘There’s no supervisor watching right now, so I can harass her as much as she wants.’
Unlike when Bell was sparring with Pareon, there are no spectators or supervisors around now.
Marie, who is strong, saw this situation as an opportunity for a genius.
If there is a supervisor, sometimes there are many cases where the conclusion is warm.
But for now, that means you can procrastinate and harass him as much as you like.
She promised that she would take this opportunity to blow them all up, as she would have to leave the minor wounds from this process to the medical team anyway.
What the hell did she do to her best friend.
As a bonus, I would also like to know what the real story was about this F-class magical expression entering the academy.
“Let them come first. I will give the commoners a special concession.”
“A commoner, a commoner at the end of every word…. I’m going to die of annoyance.”
Marie smiled confidently and wiggled her finger arrogantly.
So Bell stepped forward to her, one step at a time, and she corrected her posture in the place where she should have been at this point.
“My friend!”
Noticing that subtle change, Marie expected her opponent to run straight ahead and immediately let out her cry.
A word that summons familiars who are none other than wizards’ companions and contract with them to lend their strength.
Even in the original work, Marie had a high affinity with familiars, and she was a character with excellent abilities in manipulating them and using magic together.
“Aw!”
Bell’s eyes narrowed as a wolf emerged from the magic circle and let out her cry.
It’s not a situation where you can easily assume that it’s just one more beast.
A spell chant that is inevitably necessary for a wizard to cast magic.
Because the presence of a familiar who buys time for that sometimes brings a power boost like adding two or three people.
“A guy like you would be the first to see a familiar, right? Throw away the prejudice that one-on-one is weak just because you’re a mage.”
“… ….”
Marie didn’t like the way she raised her nose, but Belle had no choice but to admit her skill.
According to her words, there aren’t that many first-year students who can handle familiars well and use magic together.
This is a battle method that is only possible thanks to the high level of intimacy with the familiar that Mari was born with.
‘I have to figure out what to do first.’
I was thinking about it, but when it came out, it was just a thorn in the eye.
Bell relaxed her body lightly, deciding to beat the snarling wolf in front of her for now.
Mari herself is vulnerable to melee anyway.
If it weren’t for that familiar’s interference, I didn’t think he would be an opponent he couldn’t win.
Dig.
“Kong!”
As Bell kicked off her seat and ran in front of her, the wolf guarding her horse also rushed at the same time.
Marie, who was watching this, immediately began to recite her incantation.
Since you can’t leave everything to the familiar anyway, it’s a reasonable way for a wizard to prepare for a big blow from behind.
Pug!
Meanwhile, Bell stopped her fellow wolf by striking the wolf’s body with her bare fists.
The dull sensation that reached through the fist felt more like hitting a stone than the skin of an animal.
Guess who isn’t a familiar, has a stronger body than a shy beast?
“Kreu… !”
Seeing the wolf with her fists punched and her mouth open to reveal fangs, Bell hurriedly removed his arm and slashed his torso with her leg.
Puff. A dull sound rang out again, and the wolf went to the side and fell.
That moment.
“Good job. Beo!”
Mari’s voice resounded, and the spheres of wind gathered at the tips of her hands left her hands as they were.
Wind Wind, 1st class magic.
It’s the most basic, but it’s easy to cast even for a beginner wizard, so it’s also a perfect magic for a quick attack.
Moreover, the characteristic of wind-type magic is that it is difficult to distinguish the form of magic with the naked eye.
In other words, even if the opponent is a fast-reacting warrior, there is no choice but to have some restrictions on evasion.
The time earned by the familiar and wind-type magic that is difficult to see with the naked eye.
At that moment, his posture was greatly disturbed while trying to shake off the wolf.
All of that was comprehensive, and Marie was confident that this attack would work.
Wedge!
Blades of wind cut through the air and rushed towards Bell with a sharp sound.
Although it’s a low-level magic, it won’t have the destructive power of causing parts of the body to fall apart from being cut, but it will be enough to limit movement.
Marie began to energize her magic to prepare for her next spell, intending to use the opportunity to deliver her finishing blow.
It was only for a moment that her familiar Beo, who had fallen to the side, ran towards him again.
Wind blades and familiars attacking from all sides.
In that dilemma situation, Bell calmly stared at the invisible magic until the end.
It’s not very clear, but it’s clearly visible.
A very fine refraction created by cutting through the air.
‘Now.’
Bell’s eyes shone sharply as he found a gap between the wolf and the wind’s coordinated attack, and his body moved.
“Cheung!?”
“This bastard is real.”
Grabbing the wolf’s thick neck as it was, he growled like a beast.
Meanwhile, a puppy-like howl spewed out of the wolf’s mouth, unable to move from his violent hand.
However, Bell’s response did not end there.
Koo-woong!
Placing the wolf’s body on the floor, he quickly kicked the ground to get out of the range of the blizzard.
“Chit.”
However, there were quite a few wind gusts, so she couldn’t completely avoid them all.
Bell lightly clicked his tongue at the blade of the wind that passed by leaving a small scar on his cheek.
A line of blood flowed out, but there was no time to wipe it.
Dodging the opponent’s attack means that the opportunity has arrived.
“…… !”
Without even breathing, Bell ran straight towards Marie.
Her shoulders trembled slightly as she prepared her magic for the next blow.
‘What can I do? Should I cancel?’
I was thinking of taking her magic and reorganizing with the familiar, but Marie shook her head.
Since it was a magic that had already been prepared, there was not much time left until it was cast.
Besides, the distance between each other is quite wide, so it would be better to watch the match here.
‘I have an advantage in terms of distance anyway.’
Right now, the opponent does not have weapons such as swords or spears.
In other words, even though the arrival time is the same as usual, the time it takes for the blow to arrive is inevitably slightly delayed.
Marie decided to take full advantage of this gap.
10 M.
5 M.
3 M.
Marie fervently prayed inwardly as she saw her opponent rapidly closing the distance.
‘A little bit, a little bit.’
Did her wish come true?
Eventually, Mari’s fingertips felt a sense of being torn apart, and a larger magic circle than before appeared.
Blazing sphere, a 2nd-class flame magic.
The casting was successful.
‘I won!’
On the other hand, there is still a little distance from the opponent.
In response, Mari smiled her victor’s smile and swung her hand wide in front of her as it was.
No, I was trying to swing it.
Grasp.
If it wasn’t for the shock of someone hitting her forehead with a fist.
“Uh… ?”
Her head was thrown back and a questioning voice came out of her mouth.
As it was, Marie’s new model tilted backwards, and her eyesight, which had been staring at her in front, slowly went up.
Eventually, when she opened her eyes again, the white ceiling spread out before her eyes.
Without knowing why, Marie lay down on the floor of her sparring room and dazedly blinked her eyes.
‘What is it?’
There was no time to even think about whether I should get up and fight back or not give up.
Because her brain was focused on just that, trying to figure out what had just happened.
How the hell is that street?
Since she used magic, there was no sign that she was reciting a chant or that her mana was gathering.
In the first place, there’s no way that something like F-class magical power could cast magic in that instant.
The bell approached Marie, who was rolling her head while asking all sorts of questions in her mind.
She clenched her fists until they made a loud clang, while holding on to a cheerful smile.
“How is it? Are you going to do more?”
“Sir….”
Despite her apparent provocation, Marie couldn’t help but let out her morose voice.
As she momentarily let go of her consciousness, the link with her familiar was also severed, so there is no way for now.
Although she hates to admit it, Marie bit her lip and admitted her defeat, knowing that not accepting her victory or defeat was an even uglier act as a nobleman.
“… I lost.”
Her humiliation that she lost against a class E cadet from a commoner family did not matter much to Marie.
She said it was just her own inadequacies, that she was careless, that she was able to comfort herself somehow.
It’s just that it’s only one thing that she can’t reveal the tangled circumstances between Elisha and the man in front of her.
“What are you going to do now?”
“What are you doing?”
She stopped at her seat at the sudden question, and Bell looked dumbfounded.
For some reason, she felt very uneasy when she saw her teeth covering her breasts.
Seeing that, Marie thought he was pretending to be innocent, and instead screamed at her.
A drop of tear in her eye is a bonus.
“Don’t pretend you don’t know! She’s going to harass me with the rights she just got… !”
“What? Harassment?”
When her stern words came out, Bell wondered if her own ears were wrong.
The word harassment can be used in many ways, but there was only one meaning that came to mind when it was used between a man and a woman.
“Yes! That’s how she laid her hand on my friend Elisha! Like this low-quality commoner!”
“… ….”
Following that, statements containing all sorts of delusions pouring out of Marie’s mouth.
As he listened to her face to face, Bell felt her mind wander.
‘Am I crazy?’
I hit her on the head and I wonder if she was talking bullsh*t in shock.
Bell looked down at Marie with her eyes full of annoyance, even making that guess with her sincerity.
She doesn’t know what’s going on, but she thinks she’ll have to bring Elisha.