CH 66

“Go all the way, Lars.”

“Of course I will, Tigre-sensei.”

“Tigre, is it all right? I’ve heard so much about Lars, but ……”

“It’s fine! if you mess up, even you won’t win either, okay?”

I nodded and replied as Tigre-sensei helped me put on my gear. Makina was still unconscious and laying on Verna-sensei’s lap as a pillow. The audience, or rather everyone in class A, came close to talk to me.

“G-Good luck, Lars-kun!”

“If it’s Lars-kun, it’ll be easy. Right, Dedite-kun.”

“Oh. To be honest …… even though my brother calls me an idiot, I don’t see myself losing.”

“I’m just looking forward to seeing how I’m going to kick your ass.”

“Right.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

Luciel, Ryuuze and the others who have seen me fight are like this, and my classmates who know me from my stories are like.

“This will be our first time seeing it. If you can, don’t end it with a single blow, but do it little-by-little.”

“Wah♪ …… Smash him, Lars-kun.”

“Whoa!? Helena, your face!?”

And that’s about it. Yogus and Helena say scary things, but I’m glad they’re not thinking about me losing. So I put on my armor and stand in front of my opponent with my sword, which has its blade smashed, and my shield.

“I’ve kept you waiting. Well, let’s do it then.”

“How old are you?”

As I prepared, my opponent suddenly asked me how old I was.

“I’m ten years old. The Makina you just did was a classmate of mine, but isn’t that too much for a girl?”

“So a first-grade brat, no wonder you’re so cocky. Ha! What does a guy who wants to be a knight care if he’s a boy or a girl?”

“I agree with that opinion? …… I’m just saying that you’ve gone too far.”

I narrow my eyes, calmly and nonchalantly saying so. I thought of that and asked him one question.

“That’s right, what’s your name?”

“So you’re an underclassman with a big mouth, I’m Gong. Well, it’s okay if you don’t remember that.”

Gong said his name with his sword in front of him, perhaps because he was a knight. The teacher decides it’s time to go, and opens the door between us.

“…… Let’s get started at shall we? You remember the rules, right? Begin!”

He crossed his hands and the match begins! I’ll give you the first shot …… there’s no way I’ll do that!

“Cocky first-grader! …… Uburowa!?”

“Tah!”

(T/N: The man got hit, but I don’t how he made that sound.)

Klunk! A dull thud reverberates in the field. I slammed my sword into his helmet, and it cracked a little. Against Gong I’m stepping on the abdomen, I continue my attack. 

“Hah! This is it!”

“Gah!? Ugahhh!?”

“Not enough! Makina’s pain won’t end there ……!”

“W-Whoa …… Lars is ……”

“He’s angry ……”

I could see Ryuuze and Luciel gulping down their spit. I’m just as angry as I was that day. 

“Take this, this, and this!”

“Geuk!? Ugh! D-Damn it, it won’t hit him!?”

“What are you doing, Gong! Get rid of that underclassmen as soon as possible!”

I slammed his helmet again and again, and the shape of Gong’s helmet kept changing. Gong became filled with rage and he swung his sword blindly, and it’s as if he had a bump on his forehead.

“I said, my head hurts!”

“You can’t hit me!”

“What!? I-It can’t be!? I, who’s five years older will lose against a first-grader brat ……!? Uuuoooooooohhhhhhhhhhh!”

“Oops! There you go.”

“Puah!?”

You’re tough, thanks to your armor. I slammed my sword into his side with all my might and he groaned, but there was no need to rest my hand. I slammed my sword down with even more speed.

“This is what you did, taste it well!”

“Agh!? Ugaahhh!?”

I slammed his sword down on his arms, legs, and torso without a break, trying not to let the sword and shield fall off.

“I-Impossible ……. Gong, who will make it as one our top five is ……!?”

“Heh~, so that’s what it is.”

“Ha!? N-no, that was–“

“Didn’t you want to give our students a confidence boost? …… Well, it looks like he got what he deserved.”

I overheard the teachers talking about this, and I started to put the finishing touches on it.

“Don’t do anything stupid like bullying the weak! !”

“G-Geuk …… M-Magic!? And it’s this powerful –“

Splash!

Gong was swallowed up by the current and rolled on the ground before he could finish his sentence. His sword and shield were out of his hands and he was rolling his eyes. Well, if I went all out, every bone in his body would shatter, so I held back, but did I make an impact?

“W-Whoa ……”

“That’s it! The winner, Lars-kun!”

“Phew……”

I took off my helmet, took a breath, and everyone gathered around me.

“Wow, wow!”

“Whew, that felt good. Thank you, Lars.”

“Yogus is surprisingly …… no, nothing ……”

“You’re really strong, Lars-kun!”

“Isn’t that the magic you used back then, as I thought, you’re amazing”

“Oh, Luciel was watching, right.”

While we were having a good time, I listened to what the teachers were saying.

“Gununu …… H-Hey, keep it together, Gong”

“The injury was nothing serious, right? He was fairly holding back on him”

“That is ……?”

“Now that we have three men left, what do we do from here?”

“Gunu ……”

Samuel-sensei, with a stern look on his face, asks Gurudo a question. Gurudo faltered for a moment, but quickly regained his composure.

“…… There are no changes to the members! Continue!”

“Very well. Then, I’ll go along with you and replace you with a senior student, okay? Since we’ve accepted Lars-kun, we can switch, right?”

“…… Do as you please! Gong was tired from a series of fights, it must be so!”

Oops, surprisingly, Samuel-sensei took the piss out of it, and the other guy responded. Well, it was a reckless order to begin with, at least that’s what I thought. At any rate, Makina was avenged, so that was good, right?

The game continued, and the third person was the girl who Makina said was her senior, and the last person was the captain.　

“Yah!”

“Kuh …… I give up ……!”

“Yes! We’ve won!”

The game ended with Tigre-sensei raising his fist in joy. Two wins in a row after three losses. If you leave Makina’s fight out of it, it’s a draw, and if you add my fight into the mix, it’s a win, but that’s not the point.

“Guh……”

“Damn …… us from the land of knights ……”

When the other party was muttering grudges, the head of Oblivion Academy opened his mouth.

“That’s what happens when you think you’re going to fight in a sneaky way! You guys have the skills, but I think your ambition is not good. Next time we fight, I look forward to a head-to-head match.”

“Tsk …… I’ll remember this.”

The student who was the captain of the other side who smiled while saying that seems to be not a bad guy at heart. If that’s the case, then I guess the cause is the teacher.

“Damn it, we’ll be a laughing stock after getting home …… Move!”

“Kya ……!?”

“Oh! Verna-sensei! Watch where you’re going!”

“Shut up, you’re wandering in front of me …… Hmm? I feel like I’ve seen your face somewhere before. ……?”

“Kyah!”

When Gurudo looked at Verna-sensei’s face and wondered, Verna-sensei ran to Tigre-sensei’s back.

“Hey, let me get a better look at your face! …… Uh!?”

“If you want to pick up girls, why don’t you do it somewhere else? My assistant homeroom teacher just started and she’s nervous.”

“Tsk …… Every single one of you …… Let’s go! I’ll retrain you after we get back!”

” ” “Usu ……” ” “

(T/N: I think this is the same as “Osu!”, but they said it quietly or in a low voice, so that must be why it’s “Usu”)

I plan to stay at the dormitory today and return tomorrow. He said the cost would be ours since we had him come all the way.

“……”

As I was leaving, Gong bared his teeth at me with a look of resentment in his eyes.

“Uwah!”

“!?”

I startled him and he rushed off to his quarters. It would be nice that he know that there is a higher power, and to become stronger, but I wonder if it’s possible under that teacher? I went back to the others with this thought in my mind.

When Kudelica, Nora, and Jack excitedly told Makina that I had avenged her, she grabbed my hand and said.

“Thank you!”

She thanked me straight away. I was tickling feeling that I had done all I could, but what she said next stunned us all.

“Experience is the key to becoming a knight! I’ve decided, I’m going to make one!”

“Make what ……?”

“A club! The name will be “Guild club”!”

” ” ” “What!?” ” ” “

I was worried that Makina might have hit her head in a strange way. What is that guild club?

Makina …… Poor Makina ……

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“She’s somewhat my favorite.”

Makina is easy to use ……