CH 126

“Okay! Urka, let’s get back in the game here!”

“Yeah, I have a secret plan, so you can count on me.”

We were beaten in the magic combat competition by C-Class, but the obstacle race with Jack and Urka, especially Urka’s motivation was even greater than usual.

“Now, it’s the first years’ turn! For us assistant teachers, this is the most fun part! The older students don’t have flowers anymore, after all.”

“Don’t fuck with me! Do your job!”

“Yeah, yeah!”

“Ufufu, I’m sorry♪ but the first years are cute, after all.”

“…… Well, if Verna-sensei says so, then ……”

“It can’t be helped ……”

“A surprising change of mind!? You’ll have to remember that later ……!”

“What is that teacher going to do …… Oh, well, I’m off!”

“Try not to get hurt!”

Verna-sensei was a little later than them, but this treatment.

We saw off Urka and Jack after witnessing their virtue. It was literally a dead heat for the upperclassmen’s fight, even though Kudelica had told them not to get hurt.

“Now then! In this competition, there are two contestants and the points are for two people. If you get first place twice, you get 10 points, so I really hope you do well!”

“The current top freshman class is by far the A-class, and I’d like to win this one.”

“Shall I go first then?”

“Okay, good luck.”

“Yeah, fufu ……”

Urka stood at the starting position with an unpleasant smile on his face. This is a ridiculous competition that allows you to use magic to obstruct others, and if you can use magic like Water Jail, it’s not hard to take the lead. 

“The players are all here! A-Class is Urka-kun, B-Class is Naru-chan, C-Class is Fara-chan, D-Class is Reiss-chan, and E-Class is Comber-kun!”

“Class C and D don’t seem to be good at sports, but I’m looking forward to seeing how they attack.”

(T/N: I guess the names with -chan is a girl, right?)

“Begin!”

Yulin-sensei, the homeroom teacher of D-Class, gives the signal and they all start running at once. What? Where did Tigre-sensei go? When I was looking around, Ryuuze called out to me.

“Ah, Urka is in last place, isn’t he!? W-Will he be okay ……?”

“Urka-kun said you had a secret plan, so let’s trust him.”

“Kuu-chan is right, Ryuuze-kun.”

“Right, now then, if he’s going to attack, it’s about time.”

“First up, Comber-kun of E-Class! Great, just go ahead!”

“Damn …… what an embarrassment ……!”

“Well, why don’t you lose in style? With my invention?”

She’s …… Reiss, right? She’s the one who had the same name as me and said some suggestive things. She seemed to be more athletic than she looked, and she started second to the side. She took something like a tube out of her pocket and poured the liquid inside onto Comber.

“Uwah!? …… wait, nothing is –no, it stinks!? What the hell is this!?”

“Uhahahahaha! It’s the bodily fluids of the Dark Stinkbug, my friend!”

“She’s the worst!? Wait for …… It stinks~ ……!”

“That’s one hell of an attack! It doesn’t hurt, but the psychological damage is huge!”

“Girls shouldn’t do that, okay?”

“All I have to do is win! Oh ……!?”

“Yeah, It’d be nice if you win.”

“Now, it was Naru-chan from B-Class who caught up with her. She simply grabbed her by the neck and threw her backwards! No, wait, Fara-chan from D class is running alongside her!”

“Fufu, I’m not going to lose if it’s only leg speed! But just in case, [Sand Manipulation].”

“Uwaaphhh!? A-A smokescreen!?”

“I-I can’t see in front ……!”

“Ahaha! A-Class is slow, so I got this!”

Oh, a skill to manipulate sand, huh. I’m sure it can be used in many ways. I’d like to use it too …… And then a skill popped into my head. Oh, it’s the same as the appraisal and the auto-protection, because it’s visible, so I remembered it. At any rate, Urka is still running with a cool face …… oh no, he’s mumbling something ……?

Just when I was about to speak out…

“Uwah!”

“Kyah!?”

“Hyaa!? I can’t believe you made me scream like this!”

“Ouch!? It stinks!”

“Eh? What? …… Bwah!?”

Everyone running in front of Urka fell forward. Urka grinned and ran with ease.

“Eh? I can’t move!? Wai-, something’s grabbing my leg!?”

“OI oi oi oi, what is it!?!”

“What’s going on-? Everyone except Urka-kun from A-Class has suddenly collapsed and stopped moving!”

“Ahhh. That’s because of Urka-kun’s skill.”

“You mean?”

“His skill is called [Spiritual Arts], and he can talk to ghosts.”

“Wha- ……? N-No way ……”

“Yes. I think it’s probably the ghost that’s dragging them down.”

“Hyiiiiii!? Seriously!?”

“Oh, my legs are being squeezed! No!? Don’t pull me!?”

“Fu, fufu, you’re good, Urka-kun ……! I’m not going to let my experiment …… Ah, wait, that tickles !? …… Ahahahahaha!”

“Well, and that’s goal.”

“You can do some pretty scary things, huh ……”

“Well, since we’re at it. Haha.”

“In the midst of all the screaming and shouting, Urka-kun scored a goal! Even though his classmate, Jack, thinks he’s crazy, he’s still smiling!”

“He has grown up since the fight the undead, isn’t he?”

“What? The undead!?”

“It’s nothing, really?”

After Urka crossed the finish line, he seemed to have undone his skill, and the other classes were able to move right away. The results were A, C, B, D, E.

Reiss poured dark stinkbug bodily fluids on Comber like he was his parent’s enemy, and the teary-eyed last place got some sympathy from the audience.

“D-Damn it …… I wonder if I can get the stink off ……”

“Hmm, fourth place. Leave the rest to me! I think the smell will be gone in a day?”

“So it’s going to take a day ……!?”

“The smokescreen is hurting my eyes!”

“I’m sorry, okay? The world of competition is tough, you know? …… Second place is okay, right?”

Fara looked at the class, and Lux nodded in satisfaction. Is it because of the proximity of the point? In the meantime, as Comber were kicked out of the tent, E-Class had a rare sight in this academy, but it was now the turn of the second runner.

“All right! That’s 10 points!”

Jack hits his cheeks in enthusiasm, and the two men next to him chimed in.　

“No, I don’t think so, though?”

“I’ve learned from the Nemigo fight that Jack’s skills are tricky.”

“Ha~! What about it? My skill are unbeatable!”

“Begin!”

When the second runner started, Jack was easily separated from the others, as if he was too proud of his legs.

“Eh!? Damn it! Wait for me!”

He hurriedly chased after him, but he couldn’t catch up at all. In general, Jack’s abilities are average, both good and bad, so it’s standard practice to make up for it with collaboration. But the rule says that you have to grab it, so when this happens, it’s literally out of your hands.　

“Oh …… that’s no good ……”

“He got carried away …… Jack is.”

“Normally he would have touched someone at the start, but I guess he got carried away with the combat competition earlier.”

Makina and Yogus scratched their heads, and I couldn’t help but say something like this.

“Uooooohhhhhhh …… I’m sorry ……!”

“Fufu, you can’t help it. He’s an important person if you think he’s on the lookout for Jack.”

“O-Only Lars would say that ……! Look at the cold stares of Ryuuze and Makina!”

While Jack hides behind me, Urka starts talking while high-fiving Nora and Kudelica.

“I did my best!”

“Yeah, yeah! Spiritual Arts are interesting!”

“Isn’t it? I recently learned to call skeletons, I’ll show you later.”

“Hyiiiii …… skeletons!? No!?”

It’s not hard to see why Jack, who came in last place, and Urka, who came in first, had completely opposite expressions on their faces. And when Makina heard the word “skeleton”, she crouched with her hands holding her head. I mean, so Urka is able to do that now. 

Anyway, 6 points for first and fifth place.

I thought we could win with no problem, but there are so many people who don’t want to lose. I wonder if we can catch up to them before the indiscriminate combat competition ……? Well, It’s not like we’re going to die if we lose, but since we’re at it, you’ll want to win, right.

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Urka is becoming a more and more dangerous child ……!?

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Now he looks like a Necromancer.”

Maybe he was on to something when he fought the Emperor ……