CH 65

“Guah!? I-I give up ……”

“You’re not training hard enough, are you? How can you lose to a weakling like me? Hahahaha!”

“Kuh ……”

“Ahhh, Niburu!”

A boy who is a classmate of my brother’s falls to the ground without being cheered on.

The rules of this holy knights club are simple, but there are many restrictions, so it is difficult to win. You lose if you drop your weapon or shield, and if your helmet gets popped off, you lose.

You can use skills and magic, but you basically don’t have time to use them when you’re in a melee situation.

The basic pattern of the opponent is to use his large body to hit and throw you off balance before attacking you, and even if you manage to hold on, the other side will have the advantage and you’ll be out of luck. I knew this was not an opponent they could win against by fighting in the dark.

“Damn it! They’re big, so their body is also strong!”

Pow! Ryuuze, clasping his hands and fists together as he stared at the field in frustration. Beside him, Yogus was checking for any irregularities in the [appraisal]. 

“You can’t help it, Ryuuze, they’re all fourteen or five years old, but there’s nothing wrong with their equipment. We haven’t had any fourth or fifth graders except for Tori, so I feel like we’re losing from their strength.”

“Tsk, how dirty of them. Oh, don’t you think the next one can do it?”

“Wow, big guy.”

“He’s a third-year. I’ve seen him before.”

The next Oblivion Academy side boasted a massive physique that won’t lose from their opponents. Won’t they be able to do it with this? The game started with the hope of winning the second match.

“Please do your best!”

“You there, the spear under your feet!”

“Watch out!? Ohhhh! Good grief, give it back to him!”

In the second battle, our supporters were even more enthusiastic. All the students of the academy came together to cheer on the unknown, mild-mannered but aggressive student.

And then–

“Yeah!”

“He did it!”

“Hey, Tigre-sensei, your hand is ……”

“Oh, ohhh …… I’m sorry ……”

“Fufu, you teachers are really close, huh♪”

The teachers blushed as Helena made fun of them. However, Verna-sensei seemed to be restless and fidgety.

“Ah, the next one is Makina-chan.”

“It’s true, uhhhhn, her opponent is a boy, I-I wonder if she’ll be okay ……”

“Makina fights with her speed, but her armor might get in the way. Unless, of course, you’ve been practicing with the armor on for a few sessions ……”

It’s hard to show off your abilities when you’re suddenly equipped with armor in a real battle, or rather when you do something different than usual. I wonder which one is Makina?

“Go for it, Makina-chan!”

“Fight!”

Even the quiet Luciel raises her voice in support. Makina noticed me for a moment, smiled and waved at me. I wonder if the [Kaiser Knuckle] can be used with a sword ……? When I was thinking about this, the match began.

“Hey!”

“Haha, that’s a cute shout. Ora!”

“Aaah!?”

Makina’s weapon is a sword, and her opponents also a sword. But it’s going to be tough for Makina, who is completely inferior in reach and weight, to overturn it. I have to say, I’m impressed she didn’t lose it. 

“It’s not over yet! With the [Kaiser Knuckle] ……!”

Makina thrusts out her fist with her sword still in her hand. I see, I’m impressed that you can use your fists like that. But the other party smirks with a face full of confidence.

“Oh! Is that the kind of skill you have? If so, this is my skill, [Defensive Wall].”

Gong!

(T/N: This is an onomatopoeia.)

“Ow!?”

“My body can be made quite hard thanks to my skills, so I guess your skills aren’t up to par yet. There, there!”

“Ahhh!? Ugh ……”

Makina picks up the sword she almost dropped with her left hand, which has a shield, and uses it to block her opponent’s attack. She steps back and breathes on her shoulder, but then she notices something strange.

“…… Hmm? Why aren’t you changing how you hold your sword?”

“Now that you mention it, that’s right.”

“You …… Kuku, then–“

“I-It’s coming!”

Clang! Ding!

“Come on!”

“Uhh!?”

“Not yet!”

“Kyah!?”

She was in a cold sweat as she was hit by the sword, but halfway through the attack, she was hit by a kick and a shield, and she started to get hit one-sidedly. It was at this point that I finally understood what they were trying to do, and I became enraged.

“That guy ……!”

“H-Hey, is that Makina okay?”

“She’s not okay! Her right hand is cracked, or worse, broken!”

“Oh, Lars-kun!”

I run as soon as Jack said that. The other male student, realizing that Makina’s right hand was useless, changed the direction of his actions to bully Makina.

Even if she was hit by the shield, the vibration would be very hard on her right hand. It’s hard for Makina’s small body to take it, even though she has armor.

“Teacher, stop them! Makina’s can’t do it anymore!”

“You’re in Makina-chan’s class …… the game will continue until you either surrender or drop your weapon, and I can’t do that if she hasn’t lost the will to fight.”

“T-That’s right …… Makina! That’s enough, it’s over!”

“No …… since I got to have a match …… Guh ……!?”

“What will you do if you overdo and break it! Drop the sword!”

“How noisy …… An audience should shut the hell up!”

Gah! And then, the male student’s attack hits Makina in the knee, and she collapses. Immediately afterwards, she drops her sword and the match ends.

“Tsk, it’s over now because of him.”

“!?”

Thud, and he kicked the fallen Makina in an unseen position. I saw it.

“You!”

“What the hell!? Ugh!”

I found myself dropkicking the boy in the face. I secretly used buoyancy in levitation to get a clean hit.

“Lars-kun!?”

When the teacher was surprised and held my shoulder, the other teacher fixed his glasses and said in a sarcastic tone.

“Are the students of this academy not disciplined enough to interfere in a match?”

“…… The signal to end the game was given. Then it was his fault for kicking the unconscious Makina! That’s right, recovery!”

I went underneath Makina and cast a healing spell on her, which made her wounds go away. But she didn’t wake up staying unconscious, so I laid her down on a mat nearby.

“Ouch …… Hey, you! Now you’ve done it!”

“That’s my line. I doubt your nerve if you bully an injured girl when you know she’s weak. Are you still a knight?”

“It’s wrong for a weak person to try to fight, hehe!”

I was thinking I’d like to punch this guy so hard he’d be unconscious.

“Lars-kun, was it? We’ll avenge you.”

“Yes. This is unforgivable!”

The girl Makina had called her senior, and the older boy, maybe a fifth year? A mature male student taps me on the shoulder and glares at the other academy. Then, the boy who was fighting Makina opens his mouth.

“Sensei, I want to fight this guy who kicked me, is it alright? He seem to be able to use physical skills, so we’ll fight in a form of a match.”

“You can’t do that! Gurudo-sensei, you have not forgotten our agreement, right.”

He put his hand on his chin and chuckled.

“No, that boy kicked him suddenly, didn’t he? If so, I’d like you to accept our claim. What do you think about settling the matter with him? That boy seems to be quite angry too …… So, how about it?”

Hmmm …… So that’s what you’re doing. Maybe he saw my size and thought he could beat me. When I was about to reply…

“I don’t care. Lars, do it.”

“Tigre-sensei, you can’t! But I can’t forgive him for what he did to Makina-chan!”

“Why do teacher have to answer to him …… Well, because that’s what I’m going to do, too, it’s okay, isn’t it?”

The cheeks of the boys who beat Makina twitched as I glared at them.

“These guys ……! You, it looks like you want to be in an even worse state than that woman!”

Lars stands up for his tattered classmate.

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“What about restrain?”

Do I have to?

“Alright!”