episode_0086

The wind was blowing. It wasn’t easy to tell by looking at it whether it was the wind brought about by Miles or not, but seeing as Astan had deployed defensive magic, perhaps that was also a type of magic.

Wind magic was not easily distinguishable with the naked eye. If the wind was really strong and not visible to the eye, the direction of the wind could not be easily confirmed because it exists everywhere and appears everywhere.

And, Astan, who deployed a protective shield in line with the wind, seemed to be thinking of ending it quickly, summoned several swords made of ice around him and sent them flying towards Miles, and Miles was hit by the wind around his body from the ice flying towards him. He made a , and started swinging his staff to strike away the ice sword.

I don’t know if the destructive power was stronger than I thought, or if it was really magic to block, but Miles, who had parried all the attacks, was about to attack again when the cold began to gather around him.

No, the cold was already there. The floor of the stadium was slowly freezing, the temperature dropped, white breath was leaking from the corner of Astan’s mouth, and Miles’ body was seen trembling.

Astan’s magic is ice, and the basics of ice are freezing. At that moment, Astan’s staff was aimed at Miles, and at that moment Miles also raised his staff and was about to utter an attack magic spell, Astan’s spell was activated.

The term “ice sculpture” or “ice sculpture” was funny. A piece of ice large enough to be called a small hill of ice was created around Miles, trapping his body. Astan then took a step forward, holding the staff in his right hand, and spoke a second spell.

Numerous ice arrows created at the same time as the spell began to fly into the ice prison where Miles was imprisoned, and at the same time, senior Leonard’s voice rang through the stadium.

“Up there!”

To some extent, this was not an unexpected result. I was confident I would win, but I didn’t think there would be a difference of this magnitude. The Astan I knew wasn’t this strong, so I thought there would be a certain level of difference, but seeing him be this overwhelming made my heart pound.

You are strong, Astan.

It seemed like he was going to applaud as those words came out of his mouth, but looking at the reactions of those around him, everyone was frozen with their mouths open, which made me think that Astan’s magic may have affected this place. It was like watching Ceresria compete, the same feeling it felt when she created the sun-like fire she showed in dueling class.

There were definitely wizards who manipulated ice around here, and it was natural that there were users of ice magic older than Astan, but was there anyone among them who could perform at this level?

Naturally, if there was such a person, rumors would definitely spread, so Sharon slowly smiled, applauded, and shouted out Astan’s name.

“Astan!”

And to Sharon’s applause, everyone around her began to applaud as well. Amid the loud applause, Astan slowly turned his head and looked at Leonard.

“Revert the magic, if it’s difficult, I’ll melt it.”

“I don’t know how to do that yet.”

“You can only release the power, and if it cannot be restored, Erica will laugh.”

At my words, Senior Leonard walked up to the ice and placed his hand on it, and the ice began to melt in an instant, and Miles, who was standing in the middle of the ice, looked at me and laughed out loud.

“ Hey, I didn’t seem to be that strong in the last dueling class. What happened? At that time, I thought I could win, but is genius really different?”

“I’m not a genius, so I’m not sure.”

“What about Yuria now? It doesn’t look like she’ll lose easily even if she fights against Celestria, isn’t that great? We should change the title. Instead of Academy Rebel, how about Ice Conductor or Ice Sculptor? Although it’s not up to me to decide.”

“I don’t think it’s a difficult title. I don’t like rebels.”

“Then, now that it is somewhat finished, everyone please take your seats.”

As Leonard stood in front of Miles after hearing his words, Miles also stood and looked at me. I defeated the Wind Clown. Of course, among the current first years, there is no other mage who can beat me other than Celestria.

I thought about trying with the Thunder Witch next time, but I think I’ll probably be rejected. I didn’t think I was a fool to compete again with an opponent I had already beaten once.

“Greetings.”

When I bowed my head and greeted Miles in response to what Leonard said, Miles also greeted me, and when the greeting was over, Leonard had disappeared somewhere. I thought about whether I should go eat lunch now, but it seemed like it would be difficult to make it in time for lunch, so I thought I should just starve. The moment I looked around, there were countless eyes on me.

I couldn’t help but understand the emotions and thoughts contained in those gazes. Because that’s how I have been. Wasn’t that the way I looked at Ceresria? Envious, fearful, cool, yet filled with fear.

At that moment, my eyes met with Ceresria. The red eyes staring at me were shining beautifully even from this far away. I turned my head and slowly started to leave the stadium as he looked at me as if nothing had happened and as if he had worked hard.

“I couldn’t eat lunch.”

“You learned why seniors duel after lunch. It was because I couldn’t eat lunch if I made a mistake.”

“Still, you’re glad I have you, right?”

Sharon waved the bread in her right hand with a smile, and I nodded at that and took a bite of the bread she handed me.

“Sharen gets along well with everyone. I think this is the first time I’ve heard of a wizard becoming friends with a restaurant fairy.”

“It could be because of the mana of light. It is said that spirits and fairies like people with mana of light.”

“Well, Sharon’s mana is different from others. If you want, you can easily learn other types of magic, and it is an enviable talent.”

Sharon pointed her finger at the two of us when she said those words.

“I don’t think this is something you two should talk about. That’s not something the two strongest first-year students at the academy should say.”

“It is wrong to say that I am the strongest, because I am the strongest.”

I slowly nodded at Ceresria’s words. That was also true, the strongest mage was Ceresria. Next to that person is the country… … Well, I wasn’t sure since I hadn’t faced Yuria yet, but I think I could win. I thought I could win if I pushed ahead before Yuria’s lightning strikes.

And Yuria probably knows that she will win the moment the lightning strikes. There is probably no one among the first years who can block Yuria’s lightning strike, not even Ceresria.

“I’m not second-in-command yet either, sorry.”

“Even if you fight against Yuria, you will win.”

“That’s what I think, but Sharon would probably be ranked 4th to 3rd among the first years.”

“I’m not that strong.”

“You are strong.”

Sharon scratched the back of her neck in embarrassment at my words, and at that moment, she looked ahead and saw Yuria walking. Yuria was glaring at us, as if she had heard our story. He had long, light pink hair that I was not used to, light green eyes, and anyone could see that he was a person who gave off the feeling of nobility.

“It’s more unpleasant than I thought to hear my story come out in a place where I’m not present. Are the princesses of Araelia and the nobles of Photon disparaging the nobles of other countries like this?”

“I didn’t mean to do that.”

“I don’t think there is any wizard who wouldn’t be angry after hearing that story.”

And then I made eye contact with Yuria. I naturally swallowed my saliva as I looked at those bright eyes looking at me.

“I already beat you… … It might be different now, I’m curious too. Will you compete with me like Miles?”

“Before that.”

Sharon opened her mouth while looking at Yuria standing in front of me with a smile.

“Would you like to hang out with me? The Thunder Witch.”

“I don’t have enough mana to use on the Embodiment of Light, I’m sorry. And so do you, Flame Princess. When Astan is over, you are next.”

“You’re going to lose?”

“Ha.”

I noticed Yuria’s expression distorted, so I slowly coughed and opened my mouth.

“I don’t mind, I don’t mind competing, but the person you want to fight against is Sharon, so why don’t you try fighting against Sharon first.”

“I’m not stupid enough to fall for an obvious trick, so I want to fight the rebel from the academy.”

“You already won, right?”

“It’s different now from then.”

In the midst of those conversations, I heard the bell announcing the start of class, and I opened my mouth.

“We’ll talk about this later, because it’s rude to be late to lecture.”