chapter 32
32 – #32. Swordsmanship Tournament (2)
I didn’t expect to be assigned from the first match.
Should I really say that it’s like an extra…? .
I guess they organized it this way because they didn’t have much performance and their grades were average.
“aaah! Handsome!”
“Please win! “Please win!”
A shout is heard mixed with countless voices.
I don’t know what they were saying, but it seemed like they were just going to fight and win.
‘I have no intention of winning…’ .’
If I stand out like this in front of all the students, the chances of my identity being revealed increase.
So, I thought I should just cross swords with my opponent moderately and then abstain.
Until you see the person in front of you.
“… “Why are you here?”
“…… ?”
As I walked up to the raised stone floor in the very center of the Colosseum, I saw a familiar figure.
Purple hair and purple eyes.
The face is small and pretty, and the lower body is stocky.
“Were you also interested in the first prize?”
The person in front of me said with wide eyes.
… She was Hedy Marigold.
Unlike usual, she put on a lot of makeup and tied up her unmaintained hair nicely.
*
‘No, why do so many unexpected things happen today?’ ?’
It was the moment before the battle began.
Hedy was standing at the opposite end, holding her competition wooden sword and holding her stance.
Why did I wear makeup when I had no interest in self-care?
Is he being polite because he is in front of the public and high-ranking families are watching?
Her I was very embarrassed to see her here.
She never dreamed that she would fight like this.
“Then let’s start the first match of the round of 16 tournament now!”
Without a moment to think, the host announced the start of the battle with a loudspeaker spell.
As soon as the battle began, Hedy quickly got to her feet and came running.
-Taaak!
‘Eek!’
I reflexively blocked the sword she swung at me.
The dull sound of wooden swords clashing echoed throughout the stadium.
“Do you have time to look away?!”
She once again closes the distance and attacks fiercely.
Looking at her foot steps, it seemed like the next herbal move would be Noeungeombeop (雷劍法).
Perhaps a 1-second, rotating stabbing technique using stabbing.
She turns to her left.
– Whirring! Huh!
Soon, she lunged at me quickly and I narrowly avoided her stab.
“What, why do you keep avoiding me!”
After she opened the distance again, she screamed loudly.
… I was planning on crossing swords with my opponent a few times and lying down, no matter who he was.
But things went wrong.
You cannot abstain like this.
In the worst case, it will make you think that you are belittling yourself.
If that happens, her pride could be damaged.
“If you ignore it any longer… !”
The moment she was in trouble, she started running towards me again.
“I’ll take pictures so you can’t ignore them!”
Bloody words.
Similar to her comment, she jumped into the air as if she was planning to crush her skull.
And then the next action. Seeing that the sword’s trajectory was lowered to the end of the ground, it appeared to be a watermill herbivory of the water sword technique.
Seeing that the sword’s trajectory was pulled all the way in the air, I thought it would be even more dangerous, even though each strike was already a strong herbivore.
If you get hit by that, you die.
Even if you try to stop it, the skin on your hands will be torn.
I jumped and rolled to the side with all my might to avoid her attack.
-Tak!
Her attack hit her stone floor.
“What! You could have attacked just now! “Why are you doing that!”
She questioned me.
The voice was so angry that even loud shouts could be heard.
I was really embarrassed.
I felt like I would really get angry at her if I lay down here.
Just like when I was eating her sandwich, if I make any more mistakes with her, there will be no going back.
… I have no choice but to do it sincerely.
I tried to lie down during the first game, but I will have to lie down during the second game.
I guess we can say that we were lucky to win the first game.
During the second game, ‘Ta-da! The first game was a bubble!’
“… ….”
After thinking about it, I composed myself.
“… Have you finally got the heart to do it right? “Have your eyes changed?”
She smiled and took her stance again.
And then he came running towards me.
While she was running, I closed my eyes and opened my dantian.
Magic power flows through the bloodstream of the entire body.
Physical abilities have been raised to the limit. The goal is one shot without the need for a long delay.
There is no need to lie down, but continuing the battle will only attract unnecessary attention.
People shouldn’t have expectations of me.
… Meanwhile, the cheers grew louder.
It also sounds like they are calling me an idiot for avoiding and doing nothing.
‘Yes. I’ll do whatever you wish….’
Hedy also wants me to do my best.
Eventually, I felt her close the distance from me and raise her sword.
I took off.
Probably, the game would have been over by the time people realized that I had stepped up.
There is a difference in cognitive ability between those who can use magic and see and those who cannot use magic.
The moment she was about to strike down her sword, I moved behind her with a strong wind.
-Percussion!
“Uh… ?”
Her neatly tied hair swayed because of the wind.
And then he loses the sword he was trying to swing.
Of course, before she could even swing her sword, I struck her sword handle with all my might.
Herbivorous was not used.
She didn’t want to hurt her body.
-Tuk, tuk.
As soon as I heard the sound of her wooden sword hitting the stone floor of the stadium, I aimed my wooden sword at her confused neck.
No one in the audience, including Headey, seemed to have caught up with the current situation yet.
However, the host seemed to have a good sense of perspective.
“Okay, the game is over… ! The winner of the round of 16 is… “I’m a Xi’an student!!”
At the same time as the host announced the end of the game with a loudspeaker spell, only then could the audience’s voices be heard.
I couldn’t see him, but he seemed confused because the game ended in one match.
It was as I intended.
The audience would have wanted a thrilling and heart-warming match.
If we ended the game like this and lost badly in the next game, we would soon be forgotten by people.
I was thinking about that while looking at the audience.
‘Yes… ?’
I felt eyes staring at me from somewhere.
It was the gaze felt from the audience nearby.
Naturally, his gaze and mine collided.
“… ….”
“… ….”
As soon as I met the owner of that gaze, I froze.
It was a familiar face.
After going through so many things, I forgot for a moment that this person was also attending the academy.
Red straight hair and blue eyes.
He is definitely older than me, so his body gives off a mature look.
The curved center, which is inversely proportional to the slender limbs, naturally attracted my attention.
… Rosaria di Violet.
She, the 4th princess, was looking down at me with her knights escorting her.
***
“As expected… “It doesn’t work for you.”
Hedy, who caught up with me on the way back to the waiting room after the game, said.
I didn’t listen to what she said.
Why had I forgotten this fact?
Since her grade-level tournament is receiving a lot of attention, there is a high possibility that she will also attend….
A lot had happened since I got used to this world and met Hedy, so I forgot about it for a while.
“… Draft?”
At that time, she came to her senses after hearing Hedy’s words.
Should I leave this matter behind for now… She still had some work to do with her, too.
“Ah… no. “If you were me, you would have risen to this level quickly, but I was lucky.”
“Unlucky. “Why is the winner so humble?”
“… ….”
It’s true.
Even if I hadn’t appeared during Twilight Queen, I would have awakened my desire to become a sword master.
At that time, you must have surpassed a level and learned how to manipulate magic power.
This was obvious in the story, and it would definitely have happened if I hadn’t discovered her magic stone and met her first.
Let’s help in enlightenment, even if it means taking responsibility later.
Well, even without me, she will achieve the three-star enlightenment someday.
“You already beat me, so you have to come in first place. Know?”
She smiled and placed her hand on my shoulder.
Somehow, her reaction was heartwarming.
“Uh, okay…” .”
“What? “Why are you reacting so foolishly?”
“… ….”
What is it?
Surely you weren’t as cold as ice until yesterday?
I thought you were angry because I made a mistake.
“That… “Are you okay now?”
“… ? What?”
“Aren’t you angry because I made a mistake with you?”
“… Mistake? Fuha!”
She held her belly button, threw her head back and burst into laughter.
“Mistake! Yes, I made a mistake! Puhahahaha!”
“… ….”
She smiled at me for a long time.
As I was looking at her quizzically, she continued.
“But it’s okay now. “The original plan went wrong.”
“Plan… ?”
“Yes. More than that, how about me?”
“…… ?”
She brought her face closer to me.
As her face suddenly got closer, her heart felt a little hot.
Perhaps it was her body odor or something like a faint sweet smell.
I wonder what’s wrong?
It’s pretty.
Unlike her hair that was usually loose and loose, her hair looked neatly tied up.
Perhaps it was because of the makeup that made her originally milky skin stand out even more, making her fiercely pretty cat-like features stand out.
Who did he come out like this to impress?
Maybe Cain… ? While she’s been hanging out with me, she might have already met him.
Did they ask me for inspection?
I spoke honestly about what I felt.
“It’s pretty.”
“Really?”
She blushed shyly.
And then he said:
“I will correct the mistake I made with my comment just now.”
“… “What was the mistake?”
“It’s a secret. Fool. “Are you trying to hear something like that from a woman’s mouth?”
“…… ?”
It was a time when I became more curious.
“We will start the next round of 16 soon!”
A loud voice was heard using the announcer’s loudspeaker magic.
Hedy and I turned our heads toward the stadium at the same time.
In the stadium, one participant was seen climbing onto the stone floor.
He was an ordinary-looking, muscular student.
As he went up the stadium and received enthusiastic cheers from the audience, he raised one fist high, showing a good performance.
“Game 2 of the round of 16! “That participant is Deus, who is considered one of the strongest members of the first-year swordsmanship club, and whose name is also famous!”
Deus.
I’ve heard of name arrangement.
It was often mentioned in rumors among students.
I heard that, unlike those rock-like muscles, he is attracting attention for his quite agile swordsmanship physique.
Even though I didn’t know who my opponent was, I felt sorry for him that I met him from the first game.
In the meantime, the host introduced the next participant.
“The student who will fight him is the hidden soldier of the swordsmanship club! Only recently has the swordsmanship club achieved good results and is on the rise….”
As the host continued, the next participant, a student, was seen climbing onto the stone floor of the stadium.
For a swordsman, he has a slim, well-muscled body.
The eyes are clear, neither fierce nor soft.
He was a student with white messy hair and bright golden eyes like mine.
‘But I feel like I’ve seen this a lot somewhere….’
Just when it felt familiar, the host finished the introduction and announced the name of the next participant.
“… The dark horse of the swordsmanship club! The name is Cain!”