Became the Idiot Young Master Who Tormented the Main Character

31 – #31. Swordsmanship Tournament (1)

As soon as I opened the door, I froze.

“… ….”

“… ….”

As I bruise her, the girl sitting in her chair looks puzzled.

Of course.

When someone you see for the first time is staring at you, you can’t help but feel puzzled.

If you ask me why I am like this or if I am doing this because I fell in love at first sight, I would like to tell you that it is absolutely not like that.

Then what on earth is the reason?

It’s a little difficult to say.

You know someone very well.

You know roughly what someone likes, what kind of speech they use, and what they prefer.

But what if that person doesn’t know you?

… Isn’t that just a stalker?

Wrong. Isn’t that a common reason?

… Not common?

Be quiet.

Compared to my current situation, this is just a general reason.

I’ve been working hard to build up her favorability by watching her in 2D.

The characters we had been interacting with for some time in the story suddenly appear before our eyes in real life! If so what would you do?

My feelings are complicated.

It was a long heroine strategy quest that I briefly completed just because of her quest reward, but I couldn’t hide my embarrassment when I saw her, even for a brief moment, as her 2D ex-girlfriend.

Long blonde hair that looks as if it were made of silk, and bold red eyes.

And that familiar playful looking expression.

… She was right. She is the woman I know.

Lucy Amelia.

As the head of the alchemy department, Lucy Amelia, one of Cain’s heroines, was right in front of me.

*

“… “This is a magic stone.”

“Oh!”

He calmly changed his expression and greeted me as if nothing had happened and handed me the magic stone.

I can’t believe the person who introduced me was Lucy….

Well, he is a master alchemy genius, so he must be an expert in complex magic stones. My thoughts were short.

… Lucy, who was handed her magic stone without a doubt, carefully holds it in her hand with her eyes sparkling.

“This is the rumored magic stone… !”

Has it even become a rumor?

Lucy looked here, looked there.

I looked at the magic stone, stroking it with interest.

Every single action was the same. Lucy, the Ariel heroine I knew.

It was a really strange feeling to encounter her easygoing and noisy personality in real life.

“It’s really non-attributed?!”

“Yes.”

“Could you please inject some magical power? My magical power bounces off… ! “Is it because it is perceived as a foreign substance?”

“… ….”

Without saying a word, he handed her the magic stone back to her and placed it in her hand.

Then, the faint blue light absorbed my magic power and began to shine strongly again.

“Wow!”

Lucy opens her eyes wide as if curious.

She handed me her magic stone again, looked at her magic stone quietly for a while, and then opened her mouth.

“I don’t know if it will succeed, but I will try to process it first. No, please let me process it!”

“Thank you. “If you need anything, please let me know as I will fully assist you.”

“Yes! “It’s still there.”

She spoke as if she had been waiting, her eyes filled with interest as if her stars were twinkling.

“I need a magic scroll! If I deflect my magic like this, I won’t be able to process the magic stone… “You need to fill the magic scroll with Cyan’s mana!”

“It’s a magic scroll… ?”

Magic scrolls are among the more expensive scrolls.

It is not a scroll that is used once and then discarded. It is a scroll that can contain or extract magical energy, so it is carried like an auxiliary battery to replenish magical energy during battle….

I believe it costs about 5 gold per sheet.

The amount I shared with Heady after defeating the Twilight Queen and the Giant Ent was 30 gold….

It wasn’t to the point where I couldn’t live, but it was a little burdensome.

Lucy seemed to sense my hesitant thoughts and spoke again.

“It’s very expensive, right? I knew that would be the case, and there’s something else I found out… “Are you a prosecutor, Mr. Xian?”

“Yes. “For now.”

“hehehe, it’s perfect. “Do you know that the Ariel grade-level tournament will be held next week?”

Is it already that time?

A tournament for each grade held annually by Ariel Academy.

This is a competition held every year to determine the strongest student in each grade.

It consists of two types: swordsmanship tournament and magic tournament.

There are various rare rewards you can receive depending on your ranking.

High-ranking nobles and members of the royal family come to watch every year, so many talented people are scouted and participate to show off their power in order to flourish in life.

But I know the reality of this competition.

A show to encourage the main character, Cain.

The competition is merely a process for Cain to prove her abilities before being selected as her hero. It’s as if 1st place is predetermined.

But why are you asking this?

“I know, but… “Why the tournament?”

“They say there will be a participation prize for this competition.”

Are you saying they will give you a prize just for participating?

“Is the participation prize a magic scroll?”

“Ding dong deng! “You’re quick-witted.”

I roughly understood.

They just ask you to participate and get a magic scroll and then bring it back.

“Are you going to participate?”

“I have to do it. Well, there is no other way…. “It wouldn’t be a bad idea to measure my own strength at this time.”

“hehehe, it’s probably going to be hard to get first place. “My friend is also participating in this competition!”

… You must be talking about Cain.

By now I had sensed her talent with the sword myself.

I don’t want to stand out and have Cain discover her identity, so I’ll have to stay away from her in the 1st and 2nd matches.

The perpetrator of the school violence is the former Sian who was possessed… I don’t know why I should care.

Wait a minute. Come to think of it, before the possession, Xian had attacked Lucy as well… ?

“… ….”

“Huh? “Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Oh, no. Anyway, I understand. We’ll be back in touch with Seria’s Stitches next week. “Then I’ll leave.”

“Huh?”

Now that the business was over, she quickly said hello and turned around to leave the club room.

You might not recognize me because I lost so much weight and became a human, but I still didn’t want to give it away.

What an embarrassing situation it would be to be caught.

I didn’t do anything, so my heart has to tremble like this… !

Lucy looked puzzled when she saw me disappearing so quickly, but I ignored it and continued walking down the hallway.

You may run into Lucy often, so you should refrain from going to the alchemy club from now on.

***

I wasn’t particularly nervous.

Anyway, I’m going to do it in moderation and abstain from the early to mid-stages.

The day before the swordsmanship competition was held.

Even after completing the preliminaries for the competition, I behaved no differently than usual.

“Coq au Vin, oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, is it delicious! “Why am I eating this now?!”

“D-Has Lloyd finally opened his eyes to the world of shikigami?” ?!”

“It’s not that bad, Bobby.”

After listening intently to the lecture, I had lunch with Lloyd, Bobby, and Louis as usual.

After finishing lunch, I went to the training ground as usual and swung my sword before doing strength training.

In the evening, I go down to the village and jog and do aerobic exercise.

He really behaved no differently than usual.

‘Yes… ?’

Now that I think about it, I’ve been seeing Hedy infrequently these days.

These days, even if I bump into him in the classroom, he doesn’t act like I know him.

The last time I ate a sandwich, it seemed like he was strangely avoiding me afterward… ?

Did you really make a mistake at that time? I’ll have to go into the dorm and think about it carefully. If I did something wrong, I have to apologize….

Thinking like that, I was walking down the hallway with Lloyd, Bobby, and Louis in the middle of the night.

“Hey, hey! Draft! Isn’t that him? “You tried to seduce me by asking me to do stitches, but I failed!”

“…… ?”

When Lloyd pointed forward, a figure was walking towards us.

When I looked in the direction Lloyd pointed to see more clearly, I saw a woman walking with soft-looking blonde hair.

“Ah! Mr. Sian?!”

It was Lucy.

She pretended to know Lucy and she was coming towards us.

“Lucy… ?”

“I thought it was Sian, but it was really Sian! “Is practice for the swordsmanship competition going well?”

“Uh… ? Uh… ?”

When she sees Lucy greeting her warmly, she is embarrassed as if Bobby is making no sense.

“Poetry, Xi’an… ! I succeeded in seducing you… Town!”

This crazy guy… !

I covered the boy’s mouth as he tried to speak.

Then Lloyd, who was quick to notice, understood the situation and quickly dragged Bobby to the back.

Louis followed suit, leaving Lucy and I alone.

“Yes… ? “Who is Sian flirting with?”

“Ah, it’s about a same-s*x friend. “I have a friend who is good at swordsmanship, so I asked him to spar with me.”

“Ah~.”

He improvised skillfully.

Because of her bossy, I almost found out that I was the pig Young master that she had treated.

“Then I have a friend waiting for me, so I’ll stop…” .”

“Ah! Wait a minute!”

Lucy grabs my arm and stops me from turning away.

“Just like before, why do you keep trying to rush to go! “I have a question for you, Mr. Xian!”

“I’m curious… ?”

“Yes. Among the rumors going around in the family these days, there is someone who is being called a promising warrior….”

I had a gut feeling that it was 100% mine.

Well, not everyone can become a hero… I’m sold out because of the exaggerated rumors.

“They say that he entered an unidentified labyrinth that no one could escape from, and came out single-handedly defeating the leader of the labyrinth’s demon beast… “It seemed like he was around our age and attending our academy.”

“… “You are an amazing person.”

I played it off, opened my eyes wide, and pretended to sympathize.

“That’s right. But his name… “You say it’s Sian, but you’re not Sian, right?”

“That can’t be right. It must be someone with the same name. “I’m not strong enough to be called a promising warrior.”

“I see… hehehe, my question has been resolved! If it had been Mr. Sian, I would have been worried about my friend….”

Even if it’s true that it’s me, you can never win against your friend.

How can I win when I, who is a Munchkin, is possessed by an extra villain and the main character has all the Munchkin elements removed?

“If the business is done, I’ll just leave. I have work to do….”

“Mr. Sian, you are always busy. Yes, please enter carefully! Fighting swordsmanship competition!”

After sending Lucy away, I went back to Lloyd, Bobby, and Louis and explained the situation.

Bobby apologized to me, but I said it was okay and went back to the dorm after a walk with her friends.

And to prepare for the competition, I went to bed earlier than usual.

*

On the same day that the swordsmanship competition was held.

After the preliminaries exams were over in the morning, countless preliminary registrants left.

The test was nothing special.

A professor was testing his agility and strength against a long line of preliminary registrants one-on-one… Based on my judgment, I passed the preliminary round participants.

Honestly, I didn’t have much difficulty passing the preliminaries because I was stronger than my peers by using my knowledge from my time as a senior.

I became one of the final 16 participants,

I entered the Colosseum player waiting room, a facility inside the academy.

It was a private waiting room.

The students’ cheers echoing from outside could be faintly heard in the waiting room.

I wonder how much they are shouting at the top of their lungs from beyond.

Once again, I didn’t realize that I was a participant. Is it because I prepared too roughly? .

“The pride of Ariel Academy soon! An event held every year! Right… Grade-level swordsmanship tournament right now! Let’s start from the round of 16!”

I was surprised.

The host’s loudspeaker magic rang loudly throughout the waiting room.

Is this just about to begin?

“Tournament participants, please come out of the waiting room and wait at the entrance to the Colosseum!”

When the host spoke, I slowly got up from my chair.

I think this is the real beginning.

… When I played the game, it was an event that didn’t have any special rewards, so I skipped it without participating even if I died.

I never thought I would participate in this way.

How did this happen? .

I burst into laughter.

I cleared my frowning throat and walked towards the entrance where the shouts were slowly getting closer.