CH 68

Shin17-9 minutes 09.02.2022

“Huff… Huff… Huff…”

One day after school, a month after the amazing blow. Miguel was swinging his sword with all his heart in the plaza near the dormitory, his body burning so hot that steam was rising from his body.

“Huff… Huff… Huff…”

I only allowed Miguel to swing 100 times a day. That was why Miguel put his whole heart and soul into each swing, taking his time and swinging slowly.

Of course, I was not trying to be mean. A child with no foundation would never learn anything by swinging a sword aimlessly, and more importantly, at the age of 12, if he overworked himself, there would be no way to recover.

But don’t underestimate him. Swinging the sword a 100 times while being aware of the position of the bones in the body and the arm movements to swing the sword straight without losing control of the torso was better than swinging the sword 10,000 times without knowing what you were doing. Especially if the person held the title of “Hero” and possessed exceptional talent with a sword.

“Huff… Huff… Huff… Okay, that’s it for today’s training!”

“Good work, my Lord. You did your best.”

I smiled and handed Miguel a cloth to wipe the sweat off his forehead as he adjusted his breathing. Miguel accepted it with a smile and began to wipe his face and neck.

“Thanks, Eidos. How was your day?”

“Mm, it was good. As far as I could tell, roughly 30 percent of the time, you were swinging correctly.”

“I see. I’ve still got a long way to go.”

“Fufufu, of course. But you’re definitely moving forward.”

An ordinary child might be disheartened and lose motivation if told that after working hard every day for a month, they were only able to accomplish 30% of their goals. But Miguel was different. He was once hailed as a child prodigy, but since then his talent for spirit magic never developed, so he simply enjoyed the fact that the harder he worked, the more power and skill he would acquire.

“How about Nash?”

“Hmmm …what do you think?”

Miguel then turns his attention to Nash, who was practicing spirit magic a little further away. Nash was also inspired by Miguel and practiced here with Tia on a daily basis.

“L-Like this?”

“No! Be more aware of the movement of mana! Simply passing mana to a spirit will change it to its attribute, but if the magician is aware of this, the conversion efficiency will increase dramatically. If you want to be better, you have to pay attention to details like that.”

“Ugh …, I-I get it. …”

Since that day, Tia has been speaking completely normally. I mean, she originally played the silent character so that her existence would not change the course of the world by the time she met me, so after she met me, she was reluctant and said “It is already too late to change my tone”.

But Tia, who was concerned that she had made Nash apologize that day because of her own fault, chose to help him grow up properly, partly on my advice. For that reason, her character of not saying anything extra was extremely inconvenient, “I saw Nash with all his talent, but he couldn’t utilize it, so I couldn’t resist and went back to being myself.” She started speaking normally using that as an excuse… At Least That’s a start.

“How about this time?”

“Oh, that’s good. Now try invoking the magic.”

“All right, …, Gather round, O flames! And strike down my enemies! [Fire Arrow]!”

A fireball gathered at the tip of Nash’s hand, transformed into a flaming arrow and shot out. It hit the rock in front of him accurately and succeeded in turning its surface slightly red.

“How’s that! Fufu, Aren’t I awesome!”

“Yeah, that was pretty good.”

“Fufufu~! See that, Miguel? Unlike some guy who is only able to learn 30% of a sword’s power, I am perfectly capable of using spirit magic, you know?”

“Hey! Don’t say that!”

“Ouch!”

Tia smacked Nash on the head as he said this with a smug look on his face. Miguel, on the other hand, was a bit dissatisfied with Nash.

“What the hell, Nash …, I won’t lose either!”

“Hahaha, I agree. It is easy to say about people.. but feelings are not so easy to divide. Work hard and triumph.”

“Yeah!”

I knew this from the fact that he tried to apologize when he burned my head, but Nash was a jerk but not a bad guy. In fact, the proof was that even though we quarreled like this every time, we trained at the same time face-to-face. If they really hated each other, one of them would have changed places or times long ago.

“Oi, Miguel!”

And then I heard a voice calling Miguel from the dormitory. I turned around to see Thomas there, accompanied by the subtly contradictory presence of a fiery skink lizard.

“I knew you were here. Well, you train every day, so of course I knew it.”

“Thomas? What’s wrong?”

“Amar-sensei is calling you and Eidos. Oh, and Nash and Tia too.”

Amar-sensei was the female teacher in charge of Miguel and the others. She was there when I was summoned, so I knew her.

“Nash too? Oi! Nash!”

At Thomas’ words, Miguel called out Nash. Soon after, Nash and Tia arrived here as well.

“Che, what the heck, that was such a good moment…”

“Ara, it’s Thomas and Saran. Hello.”

“Kuah ….”

Tia, who came to our side, crouched down on the spot and stroked Saran. Its body surface was enveloped in a fire, but of course, Tia was not affected by the fire.

“Che, Why are you so docile when Tia strokes you?… Is it because you’re both spirits?”

“Kuah…”

“Fufufu, you pat her too rough. You have to pet her more gently, okay?”

“What!? That’s a lie! Saran, You were female!?”

“Kuah!”

“Wha!? Wait, wait! All right, I’m sorry!”

Thomas flapped his legs, which were burning hot, as Saran attached his flabby body to Thomas. It looks like the lady got offended.

“So, what?”

“He is saying that Amar sensei is calling me and Eidos, as well you and Tia.”

“Yeah! He wants us to show up before dinner. … Here, you got this, Saran?”

“Kuah …”

“Sensei? Aside from me, who’s super talented, why’s he calling Miguel and Eidos?”

“Who knows? Well, if we’re called, why don’t we just go? Eidos, are you sure you don’t mind if We go back to the schoolhouse now?”

“Yes, I have no problem with that, my Lord.”

“I’m fine, too.”

“Then let’s all go together.”

“Hmph! I don’t like the idea of being with Miguel, but let’s go!”

“Well, then, I sure did inform you!” Thomas said,

After seeing off Thomas who was going back to the dormitory with Saran, we moved towards the school building. The sky was getting redder, but this shouldn’t be a hindrance for us to walk along the familiar paths. We went straight to the faculty waiting room and told them what had happened, and Amar came and took us to another private room.

“Thank you for coming, Miguel and Nash.”

“No problem. So, what can I do for you, Sensei?”

“It was before… but this time I don’t have business with you and Miguel, but with the spirits that you have contracted with. Eidos, the Human Spirit, and Tia, the Spirit of Beauty … No, I’ll call you Eidos-san and Tia-san now.”

“Hmm? What do you want from us?”

I almost laughed when Tia was called the Spirit of Beauty … and Tia’s ears turned slightly red with embarrassment …, but I held it together and asked the faculty lady. The woman then made a proposal that we had not anticipated.

“You know, …, maybe you guys would be interested in teaching a class for me?”