The next morning.
When the talks were taking place in the Great Library, Kazuki and I were preparing for a light chat at a training ground near the Inn.
"So in what form do you do simulated combat?"
"Hmm, I can't be that radical because I'm just holding back this afternoon... I don't know what to do"
"... does Kazuki have any good ideas?"
Haven't you thought about it?
Ask Kazuki for his opinion as he drops his shoulder to a senior who thinks with his hand on his chin.
Kazuki, comparing me to his predecessors, smiles after thinking about it for a while to see if he came up with something.
"Right. Do you think it would be better if you touched it like a pussy?"
"You know, hanging out with seniors, I'm not sure I can win."
"I don't want to be told by you, Usato, full of physical abilities..."
If I can get here at full speed in Thunderbeast mode, I won't get away with it either...
"That's both of them," Kazuki nodded to my reaction and that of my senior.
"In the first place, what kind of mock fight do seniors have with me? Are you practicing Thunderbeast mode?"
"Right. Honestly, there's hardly anyone in the castle who can handle my speed. Kazuki... with magic, we can fight each other, but there's too much damage around..."
"So it's me..."
Well, I don't mind because reflex nerves are more confident than crowds.
I don't know if I can handle the speed of my seniors...... I don't know what I won't try.
"Okay. Shall we just do it once? The format is... just like Kazuki suggested, in a sneaky format..."
"If I get touched on your right shoulder three times, how about my win, if I beat you for three minutes?"
"Nice. So let's go."
If I only keep my senior hands off me for three minutes, will I win?
I have myself excited, though I may be a little tight.
"Oh, if, when my hand slips away... I hope you laugh and forgive me"
……
"Just kidding! So don't look at me with such a missed eye!"
Seniors in a hurry at me for getting serious and cold eyes.
After such an exchange, me and my senior will face each other in a painting of the training ground.
The referee has Kazuki, so he won't have to worry about being around him.
"The time limit is one hundred and eighty seconds, and if either of us moves, we count. You can both start whenever you want."
Nodding at Kazuki's words, he shifts his gaze to seniors.
She has a round back because she just wants to touch me three times.
Keep an eye on that every move, and take the stand.
"Don't hesitate."
"Oh, let me do that. What do you care? I've never been relative to you like this before... so I'm serious too so I don't waste it"
The next moment I recognized that my entire senior body was brilliant--, my right shoulder had my senior hand on it.
Suddenly, looking at the seniors in front of him, he was no less of a doya face than Mr. Canoco.
"The first time. You're a great enemy, Usato."
"... just fine"
Seniors only wear lightning for a moment and distance themselves from me.
Faster than expected.
It's just a hell of a speed to wrap thunder around, but it wasn't completely out of sight to chase.
I strained my own cheek and woke up completely. I unfold my cage hand on my right arm.
"Can I use the cage hand?"
"I don't care if you can get out of my hands!"
"Superior……!"
Again, I take a stand to pull my right arm at a senior who has been carrying out a moment of high-speed travel wrapped in thunder.
I know the aim is the shoulder!
The moment you recognize the shadow that you capture slightly in your sight, you release your healing accelerating fist to the right and accelerate to the left!
"Huh, off!? Again!"
Jump further backwards to the seniors who have been chasing this one.
As a matter of course, at the moment the following senior's hand approached this way, he changed direction in the air with an accelerating fist released beside him, flickering his hand --- but his fingertips slightly touched his shoulder.
"Damn, you failed...! I knew it was too fast, seniors..."
"Wait, you're obviously weirder. I was on the move. I slid sideways in the air without touching it!"
Seniors have said that, looking at the complicated fingertips that touched me.
Pretty regrettable because while seniors were unfamiliar with healing accelerating fists, they were going to be able to avoid them altogether.
"Healing acceleration fist. This... is a mobility method that uses outbreaks of system strengthening."
"I'm starting to feel like that's a different technology than system strengthening. If you dare to name it...... system breaking?"
Discovery and all that noise......
Considering the process up to activation, I haven't made a mistake in breaking it either... well, that's fine now.
Take the stand to pull your right arm again and cage your magic so that you can get a healing accelerating fist out.
"Come on, time's running out while we're talking like this, right? One more touch and you win. It's time for me to get used to your speed or for you to touch me... battle."
"Hehe, funny. Then let's attack more!"
Thunder shines all over my sight.
In a moment, here comes the three electric shocks the seniors unleashed.
"Sweet!"
I immediately reacted, paying off everything with my cage hands without moving from the spot.
At the same time, the seniors leaked their dismay when they glanced at the hand that had been stretched from the side.
"Become!?"
"Wow!"
Successfully dodged!
As long as we can see where we're going and the slightest movement, it's inevitable!
While the joy was at hand, the senior who immediately returned to me reached out without distancing himself from me, wrapping his thunder around him.
Shit! That's woven. No!
Stick your fists to the ground with your crouching momentum, and let the magic burst!
"Nun!"
"Yikes!?"
The resulting shock wave of magic struck the senior's foot directly, causing a significant imbalance.
This is the improvisational technique I just came up with, the healing rolling fist!
It's a go-to move that uses a fist punched into the ground as a starting point to perform a system strengthening outburst, which can cause the opponent to fall by unleashing a magic shockwave!
Maybe I'll never get to use it again!
"Ha ha! I got this fight!"
Thoughtfully backsteps and escapes with all his might while keeping his disoriented senior in sight.
I accidentally make a high laugh like a villain, but the senior who took it gave me a smile like full joy.
"I knew you were my prospective man!"
"Mm!?"
"I couldn't let them keep you for two minutes! To beat you---"
I'll put it that way. No, no, obviously more electric shock wrapping seniors than ever.
At the earliest, the dazzling electric shock jumps on the ground with a gizzard, illuminating even brighter the training ground that should be bright during the day.
No matter how she saw it, in full force mode, she screamed at me with fried cheeks.
"I should have gotten all the output from the start!"
"... hey, hey Thai--"
"How dare you, Usato!"
Scratch it out of sight as it is, and tremendous pressure looms from all directions.
I don't know what to do, I don't have a heart or the seniors look too fast to split up.
……
"Eh, if this happens, I'll run you off!"
I set up a cage to outrun my predecessor's onslaught.
... rather than seniors completely tense and enjoying themselves......
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"Ah, I couldn't escape -!"
I pull out my shoulder as I fall asleep in the plain by the training ground.
The result of the mess was seniors winning.
It's just impossible to get away from a senior with a full output state.
I only kept it for about five seconds......!
"Yeah, but I was pretty critical, too. There was only a few seconds left to wrap up the electric shock."
"Just a few seconds."
I lost because I couldn't get past those few seconds.
Although there was still room for magic and strength, it was a battle where people used their nerves very much.
It feels like Rose's training with an attack that he won't let him avoid has gained a different experience.
"Hey, we were both amazing. Seniors had an extraordinary amount of time to wear electric shocks."
Seniors laugh lightly at Kazuki's words, which are somewhat exciting.
"I've been trying to figure things out for myself. The amount of time I can spend in Thunderbeast mode is growing a little bit, but I'm still not allowed to use it in action, so I'm only activating or holding down the output for a moment."
Suppress the output, huh?
"You only wore lightning for a moment, you were saving time, so you were able to travel fast multiple times in a row"
"Right. It feels like I'm hanging up and putting it on right now."
My healing acceleration fist is a move that uses no less magic.
Maybe if I asked my senior about the trick of saving magic, I could handle it better.
"Usato, what did you do?"
"What's that?"
"It's a move that's disfigured seniors. Could he have hit the ground normally and rocked it?"
"Oh, that bothers me, too. I was so surprised when I suddenly lost my balance..."
No matter how much you work out, you shouldn't be able to hit the ground and shake enough for people to fall......
There are no special circumstances to hide, so explain to the two of them about the healing rolling fist.
"How dare you improvise and think about such moves? I say it because I actually ate it, but I think a defenseless opponent is a sure move to induce agitation."
"I have to worry about my feet in the middle of a fight because they're plain tough."
Kind of sounds more like a healing tumbling fist than I think.
… Next time, think about how to use it.
"Hmm, healing rolling fists?... Wouldn't it be okay to call it a healing fall fist?"
"! I've been thinking that seniors don't have half the sense of naming. Respect."
"Oh, hey, I guess?"
Truth is, I thought Nair might tell me to bolt my fist.
No, as far as I'm concerned, I don't think a falling fist is such a bad name, but from now on I'm going to name this move a healing falling fist.
A falling fist is too direct and has a changing sphere stained cool.
"Ah, Usato. Have you ever wondered what it's like to fight a war? As far as I'm concerned, I'd like some flaws, some advice. Oh, there's also praise --"
"Dear Usato, would you like some water?"
"Oh, I'll take it. Thank you, Eva."
Get water from Ava next door.
After a sip of water and a sigh of breath, I once again move my gaze toward my senior.
"... it was only from me that I thought that the movement was a little monotonous and easy to understand."
"I knew it... that's what happens when you get too fast... huh?"
What's the matter?
The senior tilted his neck and raised his voice after thinking about a few seconds after he alternated between me and Eva.
"Why is Eva here?!?"
With that seniors word, I finally realize the presence of Eva next door.
You didn't notice the other way around because you were there as a matter of course.
"Oh, speaking of which, yes. Eva, how long have you been here?"
"About before Usato and Suzune competed."
"I didn't realize you were talking naturally!? Besides, you've been around for quite some time!"
Getting your flesh and soul back from the curse in Lukvis doesn't change just where you are nearby at some point. I feel “there” when I really realize it.
"Wow. I didn't even notice. Um, Usat, the Samaritan princess this child was in front of?"
"Yeah.... Eva, he's my friend Kazuki"
"Ah, here you go first! My name is Eva Uld Samarial from the Kingdom of Samarial! You're Mr. Kazuki, the brave one! We have heard from Usato that he is your best friend!"
"Well, my best friend... don't be kind of lit up"
"Now I can say it right..."
Kazuki nods happily at Eva's explanation.
I turn back to Eva, who was able to successfully introduce herself, feeling slightly embarrassed by what she remembered talking about Kazuki in Samarial.
"Ah, the battle between you two earlier was so amazing! It was fast and I didn't see it at all, but I knew it was amazing what it was!"
"Oh, oh, thank you"
I don't know, I get twitched by this kid's straight words.
A senior spoke to Eva as she was thanking her with an ambiguous expression.
"Are you alone?"
"No, there are knights nearby."
You didn't leave alone, you're with the escort.
Good, I'm not talking about Eva getting out on her own.
So relieved, he discovers a suspiciously empty figure looking at this one from near the entrance to the training ground.
"Hmm?"
"Princess jumping into the vortex, brave......!"
"Youthfulness is strength...... fu"
"Subtle kindness to the tired lords. Princess, it's perfect...! '
... I didn't see anything.
I didn't see the sight of multiple empty knights asking this one.
Yes, I tell myself and turn to Kazuki to change the subject.
"Kazuki, let's resume our training. Do you want to see Eva here?"
"If it's not an inconvenience..."
"You don't mind seniors or kazuki, do you?"
"Of course I am."
"I don't mind, either."
"Kazuki, Suzune...... thank you!"
New Eva is also added, and training resumes where it has become busier.
It was the first time I did a trick named Simulated Combat with a senior, and next time it might not be a bad idea to try to change the combination.
"Usato, will you accompany me in my sword practice? Oh, I hope you're tired..."
"Your strength is better. Uh, I can't use a sword, okay?"
"Usat is fine with the way he fights. I don't mind using that cage hand."
Then don't hesitate to let me use it.
Instead, this is like a shield because this is just a hard cage hand in normal use.
Practice the sword with Kazuki, I still don't know how many sword arms he has, but let's be as serious as when we were seniors to do it.