episode_0044

Dueling classes were held in the training hall on the south side of the academy. I never thought that a duel class would really be held, but since it was an afternoon lecture and a duel class, I cautiously thought that going to work today would be more difficult than I thought. When I arrived at the southern training center with Sharon, the professor told me to take a seat first, and the training director said, As Sharon and I sat on the chairs around us, students slowly entered the training room one or two at a time and sat down.

I glanced at Ceresria and saw that she was sitting with the rest of the group. I thought they were probably the nobles of Araelia. Just when I was thinking that maybe it was because I was cute even if I just looked at it, Ceresria looked at me and smiled, and I nodded slightly.

As the students slowly gathered together and everyone’s attendance was completed, the professor looked at us and opened his mouth.

“Dueling class. Actually, it is not a subject that I will be in charge of, but it is a class specially created by the president due to a lot of ugly incidents recently. Among these, there will be wizards who are already familiar with dueling, but I know that there will also be wizards who are not. There are probably many students who don’t even know the rules of dueling.”

The professor introduced someone with those words, and the student who came in with the professor’s introduction was Andris, a fifth-year student. As we were looking at our senior’s face, which seemed a little familiar to us, he greeted us and we began to applaud in response to the professor’s applause.

“Andris will be helping with the duel class, and he will be joining other classes as well. Other classes will also be arriving soon, so please wait.”

The professor moved to the center of the training room with senior Andris and began drawing a magic circle, and then students from other classes began to enter. Miles and the Thunder Witch came into view. A sigh escaped from my mouth at the thought of being in that class. Miles would definitely challenge me to a duel. Just as I was thinking that, I sat down on a chair in the training center on another peninsula and looked at the professor.

“Then, now that we’re all here, let’s start by introducing the rules for dueling.”

I had already heard about the rules of dueling that the professor had mentioned from senior Leonard. It was no different from the duel rules of Rune’s martial arts system. I guess it’s because Rune’s martial arts system is the origin of all duels. After explaining the rules of dueling, the professor looked for a student with dueling experience, and when I raised my hand lightly, the professor smiled as he looked at the students who raised their hands, including me. built.

“Quite a few students have already experienced dueling, so I don’t need to talk about it at length… … Well, it would be difficult for all students to duel in a dueling class, so let’s have a few students come forward and demonstrate. Who would be better… … ”

And the professor smiled and pointed to Ceresria.

“Ceresria student? Is it okay?”

“Yes, no problem.”

Ceresria carefully stood up and walked forward, while the professor’s other eye searched for someone. Miles was where the professor’s eyes turned.

“Student Miles, do you want to try?”

“Good!”

Miles shouted his answer loudly, picked up his staff, and went forward. The professor cast a protective spell on the two and stood in the middle. Miles and Ceresria looked at each other, bowed, and moved to the end of the training hall.

“The princess of flame and the clown of the wind… … Who do you think will win?”

I answered Sharon’s question with a smile.

“Do you think Ceresria will lose?”

“Well, there is no first year student who can beat Ceresria.”

“But I’m also curious about Miles’ magic. He attacks by surrounding himself with wind, so it’s not magic… … It’s close to fighting.”

“If the distance narrows, Miles might have a chance to win.”

“It won’t be easy to get within five steps of Ceresria.”

At the same time as my answer, Senior Andris took a breath and announced the start. At that moment, Miles wrapped himself in wind and ran towards Ceresria, stretching out his left hand.

As soon as he stretched out his left hand, the wind fired at the same time as the shouted spell flew towards Ceresria, but Ceresria blocked the wind by creating a pillar of fire in front of her eyes without making any movement. Miles saw this and pointed his staff at Ceresria. He shouted the order again.

This time, the wind flew toward Ceresria in the shape of a blade, and Ceresria smiled and snapped her fingers. When she snapped her fingers, the fireball created around collided with the wind blade, causing a large explosion.

In the midst of the loud explosion sound that rang in her ears, Ceresria casually raised her staff forward and aimed it at Miles, and when she lightly uttered a word, a fireball was created around her and gathered in one place, and she shot the fireball, which resembled a blazing sun, towards Miles. He smiled at the fireball flying towards him, wrapped the wind around his feet, and quickly moved back.

The fireball launched by Ceresria hit the floor of the training hall, making another loud explosion sound, and I was inwardly amazed at the sight. I knew that Ceresria was strong. But I never thought it would be that strong. As I was naturally swallowing my saliva, thinking that the fight behind the bar at that time was because they really cared about me, I heard Sharon’s voice.

“Too strong?”

“I didn’t know I would be this strong.”

And when I looked ahead, I saw Miles smiling and talking to Ceresria.

“It was a demonstration duel, but didn’t you go too far?”

“Since it’s a demonstration, you have to show it properly. That’s not your strength either, right? They said he was a clown of the wind, but now he is no different from a dancer.”

“A princess is a princess.”

Then, with a smile, Miles put his wand in his pocket, turned his shoulders once, and spoke a spell.

And as soon as I ordered it, the wind started to rush around me. The wind was blowing so fiercely like a strong whirlwind that it was difficult to open my eyes. The wind that had suddenly gathered wrapped around Miles, and he relaxed his body once and took a step forward.

As Miles took a step, a whirlwind moved towards Ceresria, and Miles started running through the sky using the wind as a path. Ceresria laughed at that, pointed the staff in her right hand toward the ground, and spoke a spell. I put it in.

As the spell was chanted, a magic circle began to form around it. It was surprising that he already knew how to draw a magic circle even though he was only a first year student, but this magic circle felt oddly familiar.

The moment a thought occurred to me, Ceresria, reflected in front of me, aimed her wand at Miles, and then a large flame erupted from the magic circle, aiming at Miles.

The blue flame was familiar. It was similar to senior Isabel’s magic.

The blue snake, moving quickly towards Miles like a snake devouring everything, attacked Miles, and Miles drove the whirlwind forward with laughter right in front of the fire.

When the whirlwind and the snake of flame collided, a loud explosion that could not be heard without covering my ears hit the training ground. I covered my ears and looked straight ahead. The whirlwind was slowly moving forward. And before I knew it, the whirlwind was consumed by the flames and began to slowly erase the wind.

“Winner, Ceresria.”

In the end, the winner was Ceresria. Of course, there was no need to be surprised by the expected results, but I had no idea how to block the magic that Ceresria showed. A person like that said he wanted to duel with me?

For what?

With that in mind, the professor applauded and sent Celestria and Miles back to their seats, and then the professor spoke.

“It was a very good match from the first demonstration duel. At this level, Ceresria wouldn’t be able to compete with a higher grader, and Miles was also good at using magic. Using magic to fire the wind to a desired location and collect it wasn’t easy for even upper grades, so we both had a hard time. Then I’d like to have one more demonstration duel… … ”

Then the professor looked at me and smiled.

“Astan student, is it possible?”

Then numerous eyes flocked to me. Of course, I thought that people would look at me like this since I have never shown any dignity, but why should it be me? As I hesitated to answer, Sharon smiled and stood me up, and I walked forward, scratching my head.

And as I stood next to the professor and looked forward, the gaze directed at me was one of interest. It seemed like he was thinking that he would finally see my magic, but the previous duel had already been so intense that I was sighing inwardly, thinking that I didn’t know how to do that. The professor smiled and called out a student.

“Student Yuria, is it possible?”

As I turned my eyes to see who Yuria was after hearing the professor’s words, a female student with light pink hair stood up and smiled.

“That’s what I want.”

Yuria. I didn’t know her name, probably because we were in a different class, but of course I was calling her by her title, not her name. Long light pink hair, light green eyes, and confident confidence and elegance on the face.

The Thunder Witch was standing there.

Yuria, the Witch of Thunder, approached the professor and stood next to him. The professor cast a protective spell on us and then moved back, and I looked at Yuria. I naturally swallowed my saliva as the light green eyes looked at me and bowed my head in respect.

“This is Astan.”

“This is Yuria, I guess we’ll finally get together?”

“It wasn’t the way I wanted.”

Then we finished talking and stood at the end of the training ground, and I looked at her with my staff in my hand. Yuria, the witch of thunder. Her magic was lightning magic.

As for her personality… …

The first strike will definitely come.

I swallowed slowly.