CH 63

A few weeks after the entrance ceremony.

I went to the school and found a crowd of people in front of the building.

“What’s going on?”

I called out to Emilia who was nearby.

“I heard that the opponents of the qualifying round are posted on the wall.”

Emilia then pointed to a bulletin board at the end of the crowd.

By the way, Emilia and I have been granted the right to participate in the preliminary round.

“It’s already the preliminary round, isn’t it? Have you seen the opponents yet ……?”

“I haven’t seen it yet. There are so many people here that I can’t watch it at all. Can you please get out of my way?”

Emilia looked annoyed.

There are a lot of people who are taller than me, so I can’t see them even if I tried.

“I guess we’ll just have to wait until there are fewer people here.”

After a while, we finally came to a point where we could see the bulletin board.

On the board, there was a tournament list, and I looked for my name on it.

“There it is.”

“I found it too. What block were you in?”

The tournament table was divided into blocks A through H.

“C block. Where’s Emilia?”

“In the same block….. C Block”

So that means we’ll be facing each other in the preliminary round.

Only the winner of each block, that is, the one who comes in first, can participate in the Four Great Festivals.

“Oh, ……. It sucks that I’m fighting you. Now my chances of getting into the festival are greatly reduced.”

“Please be gentle with me.

“At the very least, I’ll give it my best shot.”

Emilia said, and headed for the classroom.

What?

Aren’t we supposed to go to class together?

Don’t leave me.

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After class, I went to Chris-sensei’s place.

In exchange for letting me use the training hall, Chris-sensei often asks me for favors.

This time, he asked me to buy some baked sweets from a famous store in the commercial area.

I handed the bag of sweets to Chris-sensei.

“I bought you cookies. There was a long line to buy these.”

It seemed to be a trendy store these days, and I had to wait for an hour to buy them.

I asked Natalie to come with me, since most of the people who visited the store were women.

“Who are you buying it for?”

She asked me.

“Chris-sensei.”

And I said.

“Do you like her?”

He asked me if I liked her.

No, of course not.

I can’t say that student-teacher relationships don’t develop, but I don’t see Chris-sensei as that kind of person.

“I know there’s a line at that store, because I couldn’t get one the last time I went there. That’s why I sent you there.”

Chris-sensei opened the bag of cookies I had given her.

She picked one of the cookies and put it in her mouth.

“These are delicious. ……! Would you like one?”

“I’m fine. I bought a separate one for myself. You’re not mixing up your personal and professional lives, are you ……?”

“Ha-ha-ha. Well, don’t worry about the little things. You get to use the training grounds, and I get to eat delicious cookies. It’s a win-win situation.”

“That’s true, but…”

In fact, I’m much more grateful to be allowed to use the training grounds.

When practicing gravity magic or other powerful magic, you need a large space like the training ground.

“So, how’s the night training going?”

She asked, eating a cookie.

“I’m getting better at using magic, little by little.”

The power and accuracy of the same magic is definitely improving.

“I see. As a wizard, you’ve grown more than anyone else, so keep up the good work.”

Chris-sensei slapped me on the left shoulder.

“Oh, and more cookies, please.”

“Eh, again?”

“It’s bad that these cookies are so good.”

Pointing to the cookies in the bag, Sensei said.

“Haa~, ……. I understand.

It was a hassle to have to buy cookies as an errand for Chris-sensei every time.

I decided that next time I would buy a box of cookies and give them to Sensei little by little.