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The moment I jumped up into the sky, cheers erupted.

—Whoa, whoa, whoa!

—It’s flight magic!　I’ve never seen it before!

Gradually gaining altitude, I stop around 20 meters from the ground.

From here, we can see the entire venue.

“Let’s go ……!”

As I circled the venue, I would make a turn or stop suddenly in front of the audience to liven things up.

While I was going around the venue for a while, a circle of ice suddenly appeared in front of me.

It was a stunt I had asked Chris-sensei to do.

The ice circle was about two meters in diameter, with a hole big enough for one person to fit through.

It fell to the ground in free fall.

As soon as I dove through it, the ice ring shattered into sparkling particles.

Then the ice ring appeared in front of me again.

Like a lion in a circus diving through a ring of fire, I dove through the ice rings that Chris-sensei had created one by one.

After the last circle, I was back in the center.

“…… oooooohhhh…”

I let out every breath I had in my lungs, and then took another big breath.　

Then I thrust my hand toward the sky.

“Fireworks ……!”

I shoot magic from my right hand.

—The magic bursts in the sky.

The magic that shot up in the sky shone brightly and bloomed into a full flower.

Orange fireworks.

I’ve seen this happen many times.

I set off the fireworks over and over again.

Each time, a cheer went up.

Wha-ha-ha.

Isn’t that great!

It’s a big fireworks!

And finally, I shot magic from both hands into the sky.

“Cherry blossoms in full bloom!”

The magic popped, and cherry blossom in full bloom flew into the sky.

And when I came down to the ground, I heard a loud cheer.

“Yes!”

I struck a gut pose.

All that practice had been worth it.

I felt like a star, and I walked off the stage to a huge cheer.

■　■　■

After that, while the audience was getting excited about Chris-sensei’s magic performance, I started preparing to be a participant in the Four Great Festivals.

Then, the entrance of the competitors began.

The first team to march was Sanzar Academy.

Led by a flag bearer holding a flag depicting a dragon, 24 students from Sanzar Academy walked to the center of the stage.

Following them were the students from Central, Waltz, and Haramatta schools.

In the center of the stage, the students from each school lined up in two rows each and stopped.

Then, the headmaster stood on the stage prepared for the event, and the opening speech by the headmaster began.

The head of the headmaster’s skinhead shone brightly in the clear sky.

The light was shining in my eyes, and I could barely hear what the principal was saying.

And then…

“This is the tournament schedule!”

The headmaster turned his hand to the back of his head.

At that moment, the curtain at the back of the hall came down at once.

However, what was thought to be a curtain was, upon closer inspection, a screen.

On the screen, the tournament schedule was being projected.

—Ohhhhh!

A groan went up.

“This trick was created by one of our graduates.”

The headmaster said with pride.

The same person who made the magical device that reduces the swaying of carriages, which we secretly call suspension, made this screen.

I suspect that the graduate has memories of a previous life.

Because almost all of his works are things that were used on a daily basis in a previous life.

I wanted to meet him once, but unfortunately, he disappeared.

With this in mind, I look at the tournament schedule.

I checked my name, and then looked at my opponents.

“If all goes according to plan, I’ll face Thor in the second round.”

I glanced at the Central Academy players and saw that Thor was among them.

“Huh?”

Looking at the Central Academy players, I felt a sense of discomfort.

Then I turned my attention to the tournament table.

“As I thought. There’s no …… Monet.”