episode_0085

“But I’m not saying we should do it now. If we compete this late at night, the 5th grade seniors will come running and arrest us, right?”

“I have no intention of being arrested this night, nor do I have any intention of competing. I want to beat you in front of a lot of people. Since you recently went to Araelia, you probably aren’t in perfect shape yet. How about tomorrow lunch time? I might go to work tomorrow evening.”

“Yeah, I don’t have a problem.”

When I answered Miles’ words, he smiled at me, stretched once, slowly placed his wand in his right hand, and lightly chanted a spell.

As soon as I ordered, I opened my mouth as the wind blew lightly around me.

“Wind magic is amazing. It doesn’t feel like an attack, nor does it feel like a strong defense. Maybe it’s because it’s always around.”

“That’s why it’s endless! Because there is no place in this world without wind, but that is why it is not strong. No matter how strong the wind is, the wind is ultimately wind. High-level wizards mix different types of mana with the wind, but I’m not of that level. All I can do now is call the wind and surround it.”

“Ice magic is not much different. After all, ice is all about freezing. It is difficult to combine with other magic.”

When I arrived at the dormitory, Miles waved and left first, and I also waved lightly and walked towards my room.

Morning came and I washed my body and changed my clothes. I carefully put on my academy uniform, put my cane in my pocket, and looked out the window. It was darker than I thought. It didn’t look like it was going to rain, but since it was a cloudy day, I thought there wouldn’t be many customers in the store today, and as I was heading to the restaurant along the familiar road, Sharon came up to me and placed a hand on my shoulder.

“Why are you leaving in such a hurry?”

“Same as usual.”

“It looks like something is going on?”

“Same as usual, although there is one thing we decided to compete for at lunch.”

“Winning?”

At that moment, Sharon’s eyes turned sharp. Well, it’s not something you shouldn’t say, so why are you reacting so sensitively? Why is it strange that you always refuse to compete and then suddenly say you will compete?

“With Miles.”

“You’re not forcing it, right? It’s not like you discovered a weakness or anything like that, right?”

“It’s a match I asked for, it’s not like that, so don’t worry.”

“You?”

I nodded slowly at those words. It was a match I asked for, and I didn’t even think I was going to lose. If you look at it this way, isn’t it really funny for me to ask someone who I think will win a match, just like the person who bet on me.

Is there no difference in the end? As I was thinking that, Sharon slowly touched her chin and spoke.

“Did something happen?”

“Senior Isabel said that I had to beat 10 wizards before the end of this semester, and that was the task.”

“Did you meet senior Isabel? You must be in the Sea of Charon, right?”

“I don’t know, I don’t know what kind of magic it is, but I met Isabelle-senior and told her that if I want to grow, I should keep dueling and keep seeing other people’s magic.”

“Then will you compete with me too?”

“If I get the chance.”

Sharon smiled at my words.

“I won’t lose easily.”

“I don’t plan on doing that either.”

And since you are the main character, you have no intention of losing easily and no reason for you to be weak.

The morning lecture was a familiar alchemy lecture. The test for the magic potions class was probably to create medicines or substances, but I didn’t focus too much on it, perhaps because I felt that the person who would get the best grades in the alchemy class had already been decided.

After this lecture, we’ll have a duel, but I haven’t decided where or anything like that. Well, Miles will come find it on his own. If Miles’s personality is anything to go by, he’s someone who will come to you even if it means screaming.

As I was thinking that, Ceresria whispered something softly.

‘What are you thinking?’

That’s why I spoke carefully.

‘There is such a thing.’

‘… … ‘I’m curious.’

Not long after speaking, as soon as the lecture ended, I slowly walked down the hallway among the numerous students heading to the cafeteria, looking for Miles.

And at that moment, as I was looking at Sharon and Ceresria who had come next to me, Sharon spoke to me with a smile.

“Are we going to fight now?”

“Fighting?”

“Astan decided to duel with Miles.”

“It’s strange to compete with the Clown of the Wind. The Astan I know is someone who refuses all duels. Is something going on?”

“There is such a thing.”

“Same thing as before, are you a little upset?”

As we were talking like that, someone walked towards me waving and I spoke to him.

“You’re not saying we’re going to fight here, are you?”

“Of course not! If we fight here, do you think professors or seniors will come and try to stop us? therefore… … Well, the training ground is too far away, how about the academy’s garden? Because we usually fight a lot there.”

“I like the training center.”

“Then let’s go to the training center, um.”

With those words, Miles raised his cane towards me and shouted loudly.

“Astan, challenging a duel!”

At the sound of the voice, I felt many students walking down the hallway looking at us. Didn’t Miles say that he would beat me with so many people watching, so I answered as well?

“Good.”

“There are a lot of people.”

Celestria sat down in the training hall and spoke to Sharon, who slowly nodded and answered.

“If the person who always refused to duel said he was going to duel, anyone would come to see it.”

“Hasn’t Sharon already had a duel?”

“… … How do you know that?”

“If you are a princess of a country, you will hear various things, ah. That’s not what Astan said, so don’t worry.”

“This is the first time that the status of princess sounded so scary.”

“You are also a noble. A noble is more than a princess, not less.”

“I’m not a person who is that interested in status.”

“Do you want someone like that to take Astan to Photon?”

Sharon shrugged her shoulders at Celestria’s smile.

“It is not difficult to accommodate a friend. Photon is probably a better place to live than Araelia.”

“Doing that in front of me, well, that’s not a very good story.”

“What Astan wants is a peaceful place.”

As I was talking like that, Sharon coughed once and continued speaking.

“Well, stop talking like this, who do you think will win?”

“It’s Sharon. There’s probably no other first-year wizard who can beat Sharon at the academy right now other than me.”

“I heard that a martial arts event was held in Araelia, but I haven’t heard any details.”

“He got stuck with me, and the game was eventually stopped… … Well, if I had made it to the end, I would have won, but Astan is not a very weak wizard.”

“You’ve become stronger, Astan.”

Ceresria nodded slowly and looked at Astan and Miles standing in the middle of the training hall. Fighting with so many people around you might be something you’re already used to, but you knew the end anyway.

Astan could not lose.

“After a while, you might become similar to me, Sharon.”

“I’m not the kind of person who stays still, Ceresria.”

“Then, would you like to compete with me later?”

“Right now. What wizard would resist the opportunity to be taught by a skilled wizard?”

In the middle of the training room, Miles was looking at me. It was a familiar face, but the eyes didn’t look like that now.

His eyes were more confident and confident than usual. I knew it. How important your attitude toward a duel is, Miles was going to fight me with all his heart, so it was natural for me to show my sincerity accordingly.

When the other person is sincere, it would not be polite to not receive it sincerely.

As I carefully inhaled and exhaled, Miles spoke to me.

“Are you nervous?”

“If you can’t do that, you’re not human.”

“But don’t worry too much, I didn’t risk my life.”

That too was true. It wasn’t a life-threatening battle, so there might not have been any pressure, but in front of so many people, even though he showed his mettle in the last dueling class, he was one of only a few people, so this was his first chance.

The first match where I can show my level.

And at that moment, someone appeared at the training center, and I cautiously said hello.

“Leonard senior.”

“When I asked who the wizards were going to compete against, they said you and Miles.”

“Yes, I am.”

“Okay, permission is given.”

Senior Leonard swung his staff along with his words, and at that moment, a protective shield was created around our bodies and the training ground. As I slowly grasped the wand in my hand at the familiar feeling, Senior Leonard looked at the two of us and opened his mouth.

“Mutual courtesy.”

Hearing what his senior said, he bowed his head towards Miles and saluted him.

“Mutual preparation.”

He strongly grasped the cane in his right hand and aimed it at Miles. A familiar sensation, an intuition rising from the body.

Miles’ magic was wind magic, the direction of which was difficult to read, freedom, and hand-to-hand combat using his body was possible.

Therefore, it is difficult to strike first from the beginning.

The correct answer popped into my head. First, it was Miles who went first.

“Start!”