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XCVI.

Catherine spent the morning today seeing off her father at the academy and tending the garden with her mother. Then, a thought occurred to Catherine.

The idea is that the plants in this garden seem to grow late, just like you. I don’t know why that thought suddenly occurred to me.

okay. Maybe it’s like puberty that my dad once talked about?

No, no.

I thought it might be because of my cute and pretty sister who greeted me a few days ago when she said she had moved.

uh? Why did it suddenly occur to me that it was because of that sister?

lol. I don’t know.

“Oh my? Kit Kat? What are you doing?”

“Woong? Oh, no. Will that sister come today too?”

“Well~? Does our KitKat like her?”

“Wow… … . Well.”

Catherine had no reason to say ‘I don’t know’ to her mother at that time. In some ways, could ‘just’ be the reason?

Catherine thought that she was too young to answer easily. Catherine’s feelings for her sister were neither good nor bad.

And then, like magic,

“Hello. Aunt Poppy. Hello Catherine too!”

The older sister appeared.

“Oh my. Is May here?”

“Sister May, hello!”

Catherine greeted me so warmly that it made no difference to the fact that she had just answered ‘yes’ when asked if she liked Sister May.

Now that I think about it, I think he might like Sister May.

The first words she said when meeting her sister were words she could never have imagined.

It wasn’t the words ‘angelic’ or ‘cute’ that my dad always used to say.

One day, after a few days of just looking at each other, May said.

[hi? You come out at the same time every day and plant the same flowers every day? Are you diligent?]

Catherine thought it was strange to see her sister sparkling in the sunlight for the first time.

huh. okay.

It was strange.

If that older sister didn’t happen to be as pretty as glass that sparkles when the sunlight shines for long periods of time, it would have been so strange that I would have snorted, ‘Hmph!’ and not paid any attention to it.

And for several days.

Catherine felt a little something was strange.

Dad leaves home at the same time every day, heads to the academy, and returns home at the same time.

I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the same time every day.

Why doesn’t our garden grow even though we water and tend it every day?

Such thoughts.

“You know. Sister.”

“Huh? Why?”

Katherine couldn’t help but ask May why her sister came to our house at different times every time.

If I did that, I was afraid that something would break.

“No. Sister.”

“So… … ?”

Perhaps because she thought she was glad her sister had passed over it, Catherine didn’t see May silently clicking her tongue and moving her fingers.

The movements of the hands are as if they are manipulating a puppet connected by strings.

Another few days passed, and then it suddenly happened.

Black shadows that appeared out of nowhere. They rushed at Dad, Mom, and Catherine, giving off a scary and eerie energy.

“Huh!”

“… Ah, ahhh!”

Catherine looked at her father and mother in pain, as if something had occurred to them.

It was as if I was recalling a memory that I shouldn’t remember, a memory I didn’t want to recall.

Was that why? In Catherine’s opinion, there was something strange about her mom and dad.

That scary person? existence? Anyway, Catherine was very surprised that even though such a thing was getting closer and closer, they had no thought to take care of not only their bodies but also their daughter Catherine herself.

“Noo―Trāma (Dark Chain)!”

The shadows that were about to attack Mom, Dad, and Catherine were tied up in black chains and destroyed and disappeared.

“Are you okay? Catherine? Are you okay, ma’am?”

“Uh, sister?”

This is May. A sparkling, amazing and pretty sister who lives next door.

Wow! That girl is cute and pretty, but does she also use magic?

At that moment, Catherine thought it was cool.

It was as if the memory of almost dying just now had completely flown from my mind. Maybe I thought that way more to forget the dark memories.

From that day on, there was a change in Catherine and her family’s regular life.

And often, black shadows would appear, and each time, pretty May, or the cool ‘older brother’ who lived in May’s house, would appear and take down the intruder.

◈ ◈ ◈

As I said before, there are more people than I thought who think that the power I received as a candidate is spear skills. Among them there are even academy professors who are said to be quite laid back.

And I usually looked down on their analysis, but today it suddenly occurred to me that that might be the case.

How about a simple example?

Candidates except me who are now alive.

Among them, the five candidates I recognized were at a fairly useful level.

Among the five candidates, there are two who have reached the highest level and are running at full speed.

First, Lina was looking at the Circle 7 master. This is really amazing, but Lina was promoted to Circle 7 just three months ago, right before the candidate competency evaluation.

In just three months, we are on the verge of ‘mastering’ a wide area of magic called Circle 7. In terms of martial arts, it is the level of master top level play.

Of course, there was support in the form of 1:1 guidance from Dean Tughungi and Hu, but even so, the fact that he was aiming to become a Circle 7 master in just three months, or less than 100 days, is beyond praise and surprising.

It’s not just Lina

Katniss, renowned as an excellent archer and hunter, was a woman with the exact opposite appearance to Lina.

Slender, tall, but on the contrary, flat chest, slim waist, healthy light brown skin, body like that of a fitness athlete, and flat chest.

why? what?

To be honest, she is a woman with a solid body like an Amazon warrior, but she is so surprisingly flat that she feels like a male friend. I’m not 100% sure since he’s wearing leather armor, but that’s what he looks like anyway.

Should I say that it remains in my memory for a long time in another way?

Katniss is known to be a low-level bow master. Moreover, she had not simply reached the level of a bow master; it seemed as if some invisible force was at work in every act of shooting a bow. As if I had the unique power of being a card master.

when?

In assessing candidate competency.

Other candidates have emerged as opponents who have the advantage of their matchmaking qualities. Of course, there were exceptions like me, but most people were like that.

Liches appeared for candidates who specialized in hunting undead, and mercenaries with little opportunity to experience intermediate or higher spirits appeared for candidates who handled spirits.

Katniss is a demon who has a disadvantage like me and is difficult to deal with with a bow.

Devil Bee.

This magical beast, the origin of which is unknown as to when and where it appears, is truly a creature best suited to the name ‘demon beast.’

This magical beast, which resembles a bee in appearance, does not chase honey like a bee. What they like is blood.

Hundreds of them gather together like a colony and pounce on monsters or humans alike to suck blood and sap from living things.

Hundreds of them rushing at the same time.

It sucks up all the liquid in the body.

Blood, brain water, bone marrow, and all the liquids that make up the body!

This magical beast is definitely at a disadvantage to Katniss, whose main weapon is ‘arrows’. Maybe it’s a wizard who mainly uses explosion magic. Or something like the spirit of wind and flame.

However, Katniss waited silently with five arrows drawn. Five arrows shining with vivid blue light were fired at Dean Hu’s signal to start.

Just five arrows.

Everyone thought Katniss would immediately throw more arrows at her and quickly retreat. So most of the attention was focused on Katniss.

However, Katniss comfortably lowered the bow she was holding at chest level as if she was done.

And the five arrows rewarded their owner’s faith. The moment the five arrows covered in strong energy reached the group of devil rain, they burst and split into hundreds of pieces like fluttering cherry blossoms, scattering in all directions.

As if a grenade had exploded.

The difference from a grenade is that it was not splattered metal fragments, but arrow fragments filled with energy.

In that way, Archer’s natural enemy, Devil Bee, was annihilated before he could do anything.

If you’ve heard this far, you might think it’s because Katniss’s skills were great, but it’s important to note that not a single animal survived.

There are hundreds of bees performing random three-dimensional movements. Even if the grenade was thrown, there would have been some bees that survived, but not a single one survived and they all died. And Katniss was ‘sure’ of the result in advance and lowered her bow.

Katniss’ actions prove that luckily not all Devil Bees are dead.

Considering that she only uses a bow, she probably has at least some power such as accuracy correction.

Moreover, Katniss is the candidate who hangs out with Lina most often, excluding our group. Lina is loved by all women because she is cute, but the reason Katniss gets along with Lina is more because of her training.

It is not a training that is advantageous to one person, but a training that is suitable for both of them.

I saw it once, though.

Katniss’s preparations begin when Lina uses her magic to launch dozens, maybe even a hundred, magic missiles.

Katniss carries a quiver containing exactly twenty arrows on her back, takes out one arrow, puts it on the bowstring, and the two’s preparations are complete.

With Lina’s magic expression of ‘Fire!’, pure white magic missiles leapt up like a flock of birds startled by something and attacked Katniss.

And at the same time, the bow in Katniss’s hand goes out of control. At least two magic missiles hit one arrow and break it.

One, four, eleven, twenty-two.

The number of magic missiles disappearing increased exponentially, and Katniss’s left hand was firmly holding the bow, and she quickly moved her right hand behind her shoulder to hold the arrow, then placed it forward again to draw the string.

At the same time, he dodged the magic missiles that came close, and sometimes used the arrow in his right hand like a dagger to break the magic missiles.

And when the last remaining arrow was loaded onto the string, there was only one magic missile summoned by Lina left.

In the battle between the magic missile and the arrow, which collided in the air like cars rushing toward each other, the arrow naturally won. Not only that, the arrow Katniss shot broke the magic missile and rushed towards Lina.

The day’s training ended with Lina catching the arrow with one hand, which was unbecoming of a wizard. Considering that Lina’s movements became several times faster the moment she caught the arrow, she must have used something like Haste magic.

What surprised me about Katniss in this scene, which seemed to be the highlight of the movie, was the unique atmosphere of using a bow and arrow, the ability to control subtle spiritual power by storing magical power only in the arrowhead, and the strange feeling of the act of shooting the bow.

Lina, who is known to have the fastest development rate among the candidates, is looking to become a Circle Seven Master, a level similar to the highest level of Master. Katniss was also a bow master and was currently between intermediate and advanced level.

In other words, even Lina and Katniss are at a lower level than me, who have reached the pinnacle of the highest level of Master and are clearly looking at the wall leading to Grand Master.

I didn’t bring this up because I wanted to be told that I was talented or something like that.

Although he received authority as a card master, the special martial art 『Byeokhae』, which was given as a reward for sealing, also meant that it was a martial art so great that it could be called an authority.

As I said just now, I would like to emphasize again that the reason I am talking so hesitatingly and verbosely about how I have reached the ‘top level’ is not because I want to brag.

You are not a semi-superhuman, and if you have reached Master level, you can naturally reach the highest level of Master if you train without resting with effort and passion.

As soon as I reached the master level, I checked my body information. And I had a hot night with the clown. It was a night like a beast.

And now I, who escaped 140 years of virginity, am beginning to taste sex for the first time.

A clown with a painful past of being betrayed by those he trusted before his wedding.

We coveted every inch of each other’s bodies every night. The man’s pride was ‘established’.

It became day and night. at las.

Some people will say that. What can a couple who has just shed their virginity and virginity labels do?

You don’t know!

I have a confessional memory!

This is the memory of the guy who went through all the carefully selected and densely packed 2TB external hard drive!

He is an expert in all kinds of plays, at least in theory!

Are you bragging?

There is something to be proud of.

This is why, after staying up all night, I was so tired that my dark circles did not go down to the bottom of my chin.

“Are you here? Master.”

“Yes. Side♡ Please take care of me today as well.”

“Yes, yes. Well, don’t worry, you can sleep comfortably.”

“Yes. Not long left, right? Now?”

The two hours or so in which the witch and May cooperated with Dean Hu’s family’s dream was a very efficient break.

Another thing I like about this efficient relaxation time is:

“Oppa!”

Dean Hu’s family was able to see May, who had been sleeping for nearly a month for treatment, in their dreams.