With the signal to begin, the figure of Thor in front of me disappeared.
And then.
“Guhaha……”
I felt a pain in my stomach.
I was punched by Thor.
I put some magic power into my stomach by strengthening my body, but it was too late.
Then I was kicked in the left side of the body and rolled over to the side.
“Hey, you. Don’t fall asleep.”
Thor said, glaring at me.
Is this really Thor?
I’m sure he’s not the only one.
“We were messing around a while ago, but you’re a small fry, aren’t you?”
Does Thor have a violent personality when he gets into a fighting stance?
I thought we could get along with each other, even though we are both commuters.
“I’m sorry for being a …… small fry.”
I stood up, performed magic power circulation, and strengthened my body.
And then I started running towards Thor.
“Oraaaa–gghh……”
I tried to hit him, but he dodged and countered.
I was blown backwards.
‘It hurts!’
You bastard.’
I was not sure what to do.
“Ren-sensei! This is too much of a disadvantage! At least give him permission to use his magic!”
Natalie started to protest.
“No, you can’t. That’s what this class is about.”
“It’s not …… unreasonable.”
“Natalie, there is nothing unreasonable about the rule that you can’t use magic here. Let’s just shut up and watch Owen.”
Berg said, stepping in between Ren-sensei and Natalie.
Natalie gave Berg a quick glance.
“I understand.”, she nodded reluctantly.
Berg was right.
Why can’t we use our hands in soccer, except for the keeper? If you can use your hands, no one can beat you! It makes no sense.
If I wanted to play soccer, I had to use my legs.
“Hey, hey, this isn’t the end of the world, is it?”
…… Of course not.
There was no chance of winning.
But I didn’t want to be beaten all the time.
I didn’t like to lose.
I got up and glared at Thor.
“Oh, good. You’re on fire! That’s right! I’ll only let you take one hit. It can come from anywhere. Come at me.”
‘Hey, don’t be a dick.’
I have a special move for you.’
Concentrate your consciousness and start circulating magic power.’
While circulating magic power, you could concentrate on a specific part of your body and put magic power into it.
All you had to do was to loop the magic power in the area where you wanted to put it.
For example, if you wanted to put magic power into your right hand, you could do two rotations with your right hand and then circulate the magic power.
“I’ll show you something special.”
With my body strengthened, I put magic into my right hand.
“Come on, Thor. I mean it!”
I ran in, and…
“Iron Fist ……!”
I ran in and thrust my right palm into Thor’s stomach.
—But…
“You idiot!
My blow struck out cleanly.
“……!”
Then, as I bent forward, I felt a shock on my back.
He kicked me in the stomach as hard as he could, and I cowered in place.
“Gah…… gehogehogeh……”
It was hard to breathe.
“Hey, you! Were you lying when you said that?”
“Shut up you outsider! What kind of idiot would let his opponent hit him with one in the first place?”
Damn, I was fooled.
In the world of juvenile jerks, they would let you take a hit in this situation.
“The game is over. Owen. If you’re hurt too badly, I’ll take you to the infirmary.”
“No, no, I’m fine.”
I’m in pain, but not bad enough to go to the infirmary.
“I understand. Then let me just give you a simple treatment.”
As Ren-sensei touched my body, I felt a warm sensation flowing through me.
After a while, the pain in my body eased.
“I’m sorry. I seem to have overestimated you. I thought you were a disciple of Miss Katherina.
“Do you know Katherina-sensei?”
“Yes. I was very much indebted to her when I was at school. Recently, when I met Ms. Khazarina, your name came up. I was expecting to see what you were like, but …… I’m sorry.”
It was kind of frustrating to hear someone say that.
“Oh, Owen-san. I’m sorry. I can’t control myself when I’m in a fighting stance. …… I didn’t mean to do it like that.”
‘Don’t do that.’
Don’t apologize.’
“It’s okay. I don’t care.”
I smiled at Thor.
That was a lie.
If I could use magic, I could have done more.
It was just an excuse, but I couldn’t help but think that.