Chapter 45

Chapter 45

The Heroine of the 1st Playthrough Remembers My Training.

Episode 45: How To Train A Brat (4).

‘So they found me…’

I scratched my head.

I thought I had hidden well enough, but sure enough, being a strong character from the beginning, she figured out where I was while fighting.

I stood up and bowed my head to Bianca with a grinning face.

“Hello.”

Even if Bianca hadn’t found me, I would have come out first.

In that case, it might be better to get caught to lower her guard.

“…”

Bianca frowned, seemingly displeased with my confident attitude despite being caught hiding, but I didn’t wipe the smile off my face.

When it came to Bianca, I planned to be shameless.

“What is a first-year doing here? You know this training room is for second-years only.”

Bianca asked, putting on the coat she had taken off after briefly checking the color of my tie.

“Well, it’s nothing much. I just came to see if I could have a sparring match with the esteemed senior Bianca.”

“What? You still want to spar after seeing that? Oh, is it that? Do you like getting hit? Ugh, disgusting, gross. I feel like throwing up.”

“….”

Bianca exaggeratedly refused.

But as I kept smiling, she quickly changed her expression to a cold, stern one.

“Get lost. You idiot.”

“Hmm… can’t we make it work somehow?”

“Ha, are you brain damaged? If you want to play those games, find someone else. I’m not interested.”

With that, Bianca turned around and started to leave, showing she had no intention of dealing with me any further.

Stomp, stomp-

“Senior…?”

“…”

“Ah, can’t you hear me?”

“…”

“Ahhhhhh!”

I even shouted with my hands cupped around my mouth, but Bianca thoroughly ignored me.

‘I guess I have to use that.’

But I had a magic word to grab Bianca’s attention.

“…Such a pity.”

I muttered softly, almost as if to myself, towards Bianca’s back.

“…Vivian talks a lot about her sister…”

Stop-

At that moment, Bianca’s steps halted.

“Wow, so you can hear. I was worried you might be deaf…”

“…What is your relationship with her?”

Bianca’s eyes shot daggers at me, as if she would kill me if I answered wrong.

But I still smiled shamelessly and pushed forward.

“Are you curious? Hmm… should I tell you? Or not?”

“You’re really out of your mind, aren’t you?”

“Senior, that’s not an answer.”

Crack-

It sounded like something cracked.

A cross-shaped vein bulged on Bianca’s cute, white forehead.

“Shut up and answer my question.”

I shrugged.

I couldn’t tell the truth now.

If I did, I’d have to say, ‘Through training, I’ve made Vivian enjoy public exposure, took her virginity yesterday, and plan to mix bodies with her daily from now on.’ I couldn’t say that.

“Don’t get so mad. We’re just classmates.”

“….”

Bianca frowned, as if trying to gauge the true meaning of my words.

For Bianca’s sake, I added one more sentence.

“…Well, for now.”

“…You… No… Ha…”

Realizing I was toying with her, Bianca let out a hollow laugh and stomped her foot.

Thud-!

The floor cracked, and the sound echoed throughout the training room as if it had been hit by a cannonball.

‘Wow…’

I started to wonder with regret if I had gone too far.

“…I’ve changed my mind.”

Bianca threw off the coat she had on and beckoned me with her finger.

“Come at me, I’ll play with you.”

“…”

It’s clear.

I went a bit too far.

“Then, please teach me a lesson.”

I lightly bowed my head and took my stance.

Silence settled over the spacious training room.

Bianca Beatrice was loosening her wrists while observing me.

Just moments ago, she was erupting with anger like an active volcano, but the instant the fight began, she reverted to an extremely calm expression.

‘Phew…’

…Still, things were going according to plan so far.

Bianca’s unique ability was ‘Body Enhancement’.

To elaborate a bit more, it granted her physical abilities that an ordinary knight would need over a decade of training to achieve.

It’s a simple yet incredibly powerful ability.

Especially in the early scenarios like now, this one ability allowed her to rank among the top in Class 1.

“Don’t worry… I won’t kill you.”

─Boom!

As soon as she said that, Bianca sprang off the ground.

Her speed was indeed hard to predict, but my magic was faster.

「Wind─Blade」

With the incantation, wind blades shot from my fingertips.

I had used it so often that now I was unsure whether I was a unique ability user or a magician.

Whoosh-!

Bianca dodged the wind blades aimed precisely at her by bending her waist backward.

No surprise there.

I expected her to dodge at least this much.

Bianca immediately straightened her bent waist, using the rebound to accelerate her temporarily halted movement.

「Wind─Blade」

“Ha, are wind blades all you can shoot?”

「Wind─Blade」

“…Unfortunately, yes.”

And another [Wind─Blade].

Bianca dodged my magic with minimal movement and reached a few steps in front of me in no time.

“Ugh..!”

I bit my lip and desperately shot out wind blades.

「Wind─Blade」

When Bianca struck the side of the blade with her enhanced fist, the wind blade shattered and scattered into the air.

“…Hmph!”

At that moment, Bianca, confident of her victory, laughed as if she was enjoying herself….

But it wasn’t over yet.

「Wind─Blade」

A near double incantation speed casting.

The reason I had been casting wind blades at a steady pace until now was precisely for this.

“….!”

Even Bianca was momentarily startled by the magic fired at close range, her eyes widening…

But she quickly regained her composure and dodged by spinning her body.

─Shhh.

In the end, all my trump card achieved was sending a few strands of her light purple hair floating in the air.

“…That was a bit interesting. So, is it over now?”

Bianca, who had reached me literally right in front of my nose, said.

A duel with Bianca…

I knew from the start it was never going to be fair.

Bianca was one of the top ten second-year students, and I was just at the level of a first-year in Class 3.

Defeat was inevitable.

“…Yes.”

“Then, I guess you have to take a hit?”

“…Um… Please go easy on me.”

“You won’t die.”

I still had some mana left, but Bianca spoke casually.

She knew.

That no matter what I did here, my defeat was certain.

In a wizard’s fight, the most important thing is maintaining distance.

Loreos, our professor, once said that when a wizard and a knight of similar level fight, the further the distance, the higher the wizard’s chances of winning.

In that sense, I had already lost by allowing her to get close enough to feel her breath.

“Clench your teeth.”

Following my kind senior’s advice, I clenched my teeth tightly.

Bang!!

My waist bent into an L shape.

“Gah…!”

I couldn’t breathe.

Although I accepted defeat, I wasn’t planning to just take the hits without doing anything.

From the start, I had secretly set up a telekinetic shield between my clothes and skin.

But even so, the impact felt like it would burst my organs.

“…Hmm. You didn’t pass out from that?”

“…Ugh…Bi..anca senior… J-just a moment.”

“No. I don’t talk to losers.”

Thud-

Bianca swung her fist, and sparks flew before my eyes.

I got beaten to the brink of death….

I said it as a joke, but there was no mercy at all.

No matter how much I provoked her, beating someone up like that and just leaving them on the floor…

If it weren’t for the World Tree’s recovery effect, I’d still be groaning on the ground.

‘…I’m gonna die.’

My bones ached, and my whole body was covered in bruises.

I’d probably suffer for a while.

…But I got the most crucial information.

The reason I sought out Bianca Beatrice wasn’t because I enjoyed getting beaten or because I was bored.

To properly train Bianca, I had to overpower her first.

That’s why I came to see if she had a different attack pattern from ‘Academy Trainer’.

‘…Her pattern hasn’t changed.’

Just knowing that was enough of a harvest.

Of course, even if I knew her pattern, it didn’t mean I could beat Bianca.

‘It’s doable.’

But I started to form a vague picture in my mind of how to deal with Bianca.

‘…I’ll think about that later.’

For now, I planned to go back to the dorm and rest without doing anything.

As I passed through the school gate, I heard someone’s voice.

“…Yujin Calliope.”

The moment I heard the voice, chills ran down my spine.

The man who had hidden himself in the shadows wasn’t emitting any mana at all, but the murderous intent he radiated made Bianca’s seem like child’s play.

Suppressing my trembling body, I turned my head in the direction of the voice.

“…Professor Loreos.”

Loreos slowly walked out from under the luminous stone, staring at me with an emotionless face.

“Didn’t I say there was a special class after school?”

“…Professor, I think there’s a misunderstanding. If you just listen to my story first…”

I desperately racked my brain to come up with an excuse.

“…It’s going to be long.”

Loreos didn’t allow it.

“Pardon?”

“…Tonight’s special training will be long.”

Ha.

It was the moment when the damn special training with Loreos was confirmed.