episode_0010

At 1 p.m., the freshmen of Class A were lined up in three rows in the sparring hall.

One-on-one sparring. In other words, person-to-person combat training.

It is a simple class where cadets pair up and spar with each other.

“Brackets are decided at random on the spot. Individual compatibility is not taken into consideration at all. You can’t fight only opponents with favorable compatibility throughout your life. There are only a few opportunities to safely fight against opponents with unfavorable compatibility, so it would be nice if an opponent with a disadvantage gets caught. ”

“yep!”

Perhaps because they are freshmen, they are all disciplined at times like this.

“But I will give a special challenge to the person who comes forward to spar for the first time. I will give you the right to nominate whoever you want.”

It’s not a bad idea to step up and build relationships with key people, but it’s still unknown how well I’ll do in person. Let’s move on quietly from today’s class.

“Can I name one?!”

“Okay, point it out Lucy.”

Lucy stood next to the instructor and scanned the students. She frowned and turned her head as if she couldn’t see the person she was looking for, and then her eyes met mine.

“I will nominate Lee Ho-yeon!”

Yes? Me?

“Lee Ho-yeon? Why are you suddenly looking at her?”

“But when I looked at the morning class, it seemed a bit unexpected, didn’t it?”

“You were praised by Professor Lim Sol before.”

“Aren’t you just confessing? I’m going to punish you by confessing in front of everyone.”

“Wow, Lucy is unexpectedly aggressive?”

I fell for it to sound like a public confession.

“Both of you, come up to the sparring hall. Bring your own weapons.”

After all, both Lucy and I are wizards. Bringing a weapon you have never used will only make your body heavier.

So, I tried to cover myself with my bare body, but there was a dagger that looked light, so I picked it up and went up to the sparring room. Maybe I could find a place to use it.

A strong gaze is felt from the front of the circular spatula.

I looked up and saw Lucy glaring at me with a smile.

Actually, the glaring itself was cute, but I could see a beast in those eyes glaring at me.

As the two handsome men and women were facing each other, an uproar broke out in the unsuspecting crowd.

Everyone’s eyes are fixed on the two of us.

It was something I expected. I thought that I would meet up with Lucy at some point at Victoria Academy, where there were many sparring classes.

I didn’t know it would be this fast.

Lucy is also one of the heroines and is incredibly talented.

Her younger sister Rumi specializes in defensive magic, and her older sister Lucy specializes in offensive magic.

Her late-stage combat abilities are focused on attack, but the sight of her burning enemies with overwhelming firepower on the battlefield is a beast that contrasts with her cute appearance.

Of course, at this point, she was still a pretty strong prospect, but she was not an opponent for me to beat since I had no real-world experience.

‘At first, I wanted to gain experience with extras… haha.’

★Heroine status window

[Lucy]

-[Likeability: 20]

-[Sexual drive: 5]

-[Appetite: 40]

-[Fatigue: 20]

Since I apologized yesterday, my favorability rating has gone up from 2 to 20.

I don’t understand. You don’t seem angry, but why did you request a sparring match?

“Are you ready to apologize?”

Lucy spoke first from the other side.

“I guess it’s trendy these days to apologize in Dalian.”

“Actually, I’m not that angry. I saw your condition back then. I thought your apology yesterday was sincere.”

“I would be grateful if you thought so.”

Lucy slightly raised the corners of her mouth.

“But, if you’re sorry, you’ll have to pay. I’ll accept your apology after we spar.”

It seems like he intends to receive an apology, but even under the circumstances, are you saying he should be punished for touching his chest because he was upset?

Even if you are attacked in the mana field of the sparring hall, no physical damage is left.

However, for the sake of practical experience, the pain is still felt. In a real situation, pain should not prevent you from performing your skills.

I don’t want to be hit by magic if possible… but it seems like it would really hurt.

“Okay, there’s no problem with the mana field, and we’re all ready, right?”

———————-

『Subquest has been sent.』

[Now we’re targeting my sister too!]

Don’t let your guard down just because you’ve become friends with Rumi!

Lucy’s likeability cannot be increased by saying a few words like her younger brother. How about winning overwhelmingly in sparring and becoming a bad guy?

-Reward: Lucy’s favorability increases slightly.

———————-

I was relaxing for the sparring that was about to start, when a quest window suddenly appeared in front of me.

No, does winning overwhelmingly in sparring make you a bad guy? I don’t think so.

“Lee Ho-yeon! Answer me when you’re ready!”

“Ah, yep!”

The instructor’s yelling brought Ina to her senses. Well, it seems there is no penalty for failing, so shall we give it a try?

I tried stretching here and there to try to relax my body, but it didn’t seem to help.

The dagger hanging on my belt taps my thigh every time I walk.

It’s quite uncomfortable. I don’t think I’ll ever use it, but I brought it for no reason.

“3,2,1. Start!”

pop!

The barrier that was blocking each other was broken and the sparring began.

As soon as the start signal was heard, mana was implemented.

Lucy uses fire attribute mana. I also mainly use fire attribute mana, so the compatibility is 50/50.

Of course, you can use other properties as well. I tried it at the training center and it was easy.

But it is very noticeable that it shows various properties now.

‘It’s too early to show too much interest.’

Lucy embodied mana in the form of fire arrows. Later, she could easily shoot hundreds or even thousands of such arrows.

Shoo shoo shoo!

About 10 fiery arrows are shot towards me.

I blocked the arrows with the fire barrier I had built in advance.

The arrows lost their power and disappeared after hitting the wall.

A light exploration battle-like attack room.

“It’s pretty, isn’t it? I heard you’re turning into a wizard, so I thought you were aiming for an official from the association.”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

In the workshop just now, the casting speed was similar. The difference was that I did my best to block Lucy’s fire arrows.

However, Lucy still seemed to have a lot of energy. For her, the workshop was a really light exploration.

He was definitely calmer than me, who had no experience, and was more skilled at magic. If I had more experience, I would have used the magic sphere to shoot down the fire arrows efficiently, but I still don’t have the ability to divide and control more than 10 magic spells.

“Let’s finish quickly. There are a lot of people waiting behind us.”

Grumble-!

Dozens of fire arrows float above Lucy’s head.

This cannot be stopped. This time, Lucy did her best to implement the magic.

An overwhelming number of fiery arrows. Their majestic appearance and the pressure of them coming towards me.

I thought for a moment that I should just hit him once and be done with it, but I can’t just give him a hit.

If that would restore my relationship with Lucy, I would hit her again and again, but I don’t think hitting her and apologizing will help improve the relationship.

Really, it might be better to be a bad guy as the system says.

Okay, let’s do something.

Exciting!

As soon as I made up my mind, my heart began to beat faster. My body would not leave ‘Lee Ho-yeon’, the ‘main character’ of this world.

Exciting!

Blood circulates quickly from deep within the chest and spreads vitality throughout the body.

My power is slowly rising. [Sense of battle]

It was my first time using it properly, but I got used to it quickly.

Kneeling [combat sense] gave the body appropriate tension and sharpened the senses.

My head became cool. [Clear mental power] erased the feeling of giving up and began to look for a way to break this situation.

[Mana Sensitivity] tried to analyze and understand the fire arrows in front of it as much as possible.

My whole body is filled with a sense of elation. I feel like my condition is better than before I started sparring.

‘You can win. No, you have to win.’

Lee Ho-yeon’s talent is [Battle Sense]. In the game, this power alone creates ridiculous variables. It is also combined with [Mana Sensitivity] and [Clear Mental Ability] received as perks.

The meeting of variables that would not have occurred originally gave rise to another variable.

『Unique skills are blooming.』

『Unique skill: [Opening Eyes] has been acquired.』

———『Open Eyes』———————————-

▶Unique skills

▶Concentrate mana in the eyes to increase eye power to the maximum.

The ability to recognize and distinguish beings or shapes imbued with mana is maximized.

——————————————–

“Open eyes…?”

“Have you given up? I thought you had spirit, but you’re boring.”

Lucy looked at me as if I was standing still, shrugged her shoulders, and fired a fiery arrow at me.

A fiery arrow flew at me, and I activated [Open Eyes].

As I focused my mana on my eyes, I felt a slight pain.

“Tsk.”

The pain in my eyes got worse. Unable to bear the pain, I closed and opened my eyes for a moment.

Jiing-

At the same time, mana began to become visible, and the moment I recognized the visualization of mana, my vision broadened.

As if an additional eye had been added to each side of the face, the angle of view became abnormally wide, and the mana dissolved in the atmosphere could be observed through the inner zone.

Before I panicked at the sudden change in vision, I had to deal with the flying arrows of fire.

Arrows of fire flying towards me.

Jiing-

As I gazed at the magic properly, a distortion occurred in my vision. I understand the principle of the magic coming at me and the structure of mana.

It is forced into my mind where this magic is coming from, how much damage it inflicts, and how much destructive power it has.

It is already too late to respond with magic. You must avoid it.

The moment I thought, “Then how should I avoid it?” the optimal route naturally came into view.

A fiery arrow flying towards me. I could see the magic path.

Shuuuk-.

I can see about 30 red lines. Of those red lines, about 15 pass through me. The remaining 15 are blocking my main escape route.

However, it is easy to avoid it if you can see the way.

I ran forward in the direction with the fewest red lines.

Most of the arrows missed me, and now all that remains are three red lines.

He quickly creates mana spheres in his left and right hands to counter them, and then dodges them by turning his head to the left.

“You’re lucky!”

An arrow of fire is created above Lucy’s head again.

Arrows of fire fly one by one. There are fewer of them than before, but the speed is fast because you have to pay more attention to control.

But, that wasn’t enough. I saw a path in my eyes.

I ducked slightly to the left to avoid the arrow, and then slowly concentrated mana on my toes.

‘I can see a gap…!’

Another 20 fire arrows flew in. There were fewer of them than the first time, but they narrowed the gap between the arrows. The intention was to prevent me from escaping.

Magic flying in. It seemed like there was no gap between the magic, but I could see it clearly. The gap was a little wider than the width of my shoulder. I had to jump into it.

With the momentum gained by exploding mana at the tips of my feet at once, I jumped right into the gap in the red line.

Grumble-!

Lucy widened her eyes for a moment at the magical sight, then bit her lips and used magic again.

However, the next magic, and the one after that, approached Lucy while avoiding the magic with minimal movement and defense.

“W-what!”

When the distance between me and Lucy was almost close, she tried to create a barrier and widen the distance.

But before she could chant the magic, it arrived in front of her.

Sigh

I put the dagger I had packed earlier to her neck.

I could decide the winner with magic up close, but I didn’t want to attack Lucy.

And, performance is also important for overwhelming victory.

dump-

Lucy sat down as if her legs had lost strength.

When I looked outside the sparring hall, students were looking at me in shock.

Even the energetic homeroom instructor is opening his eyes wide.

“Instructor, please judge the winner.”

“Uh, okay. Winner Lee Ho-yeon. Let both of you come down.”

They won the sparring match, but there was no applause, and their attitude as spectators was poor, these guys.

Lucy is still sitting down in a daze.

『Quest completed! Lucy’s favorability increases by 3.』

★Heroine status window

[Lucy]

-[Likeability: 28]

-[Sexual drive: 5]

-[Appetite: 40]

-[Fatigue: 20]

Favorability has increased by 3. But why is it 28? It was clearly 20 earlier, but it has increased by 8.

You didn’t fall for a bad guy because you overwhelmingly won the real sparring match, right?

First, I approached Lucy, who was dazed, and held out my hand.

“Lucy, are you okay?”

“Ha, I tried to get revenge, but it ended up being broken.”

“I can say this after winning, but it was really dangerous.”

Lucy stood up holding my hand and patted her butt.

“Ha. So, what are those gorgeous eyes?”

My eyes? What’s wrong with my eyes?

I checked my face using the smartwatch’s mirror function.

My eyes were shining brightly in soft gold.