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Chapter 110 : Clan
🕑 Added 2022-12-22 05:04:09 +0000 UTCTL: Wish you a early merry christmas and happy new year! This will be last batch of chapters for this year! Thank you for all the support from readers and patrons for reading this series .
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“Hey. Can I talk to you for a minute?"
Baron spoke to me after he'd finished his lunch.
“Yeah, sure. Just the two of us?"
“Please. Hang out with me for a bit."
Baron took me to the gym, away from the others.
“Mars. The strength of Reimei is extraordinary. And we all agree that you are the strongest. Can you show me your real strength? I feel like I'll never know our actual gap if you don't....please!"
Baron bowed his head and asked me.
“Yeah. I don't really mind. But I won’t use my all. I really want to show you but I don't want to kill my best friend. I can only use my full strength when I'm alone or with Clarice together. But I think you will be convinced if you see my true style."
Baron wasn't too convinced but when he saw the serious look on my face, he nodded.
“So, what do you want me to do?”
“I want you to slowly increase the level of your attacks.”
Yeah...this is difficult...
“All right, I'm going to do the fastest move I can do right now without putting too much strain on my body so try to follow it with your eyes.”
I deployed my Sylphid at full power and ran around Baron. I showed up right in front of Baron's eyes and then immediately behind him, and... Baron didn't seem to be able to follow me right away.
“Hey, is this... this wind... Wind magic?! Didn't you specialize in Fire magic?"
I deactivated Sylphid and stood in front of Baron.
“Actually, I'm also a four-major magic user. My specialty is Wind magic. And moreover, I'm a rearguard magician. Well, I can do swordsmanship so I can also contribute as a vanguard but what I'm good at is magic. And to top it off, I have the title of Wind King."
Baron's mouth was like a goldfish.
“Ke, you're even called a Sword Saint but you're a magician?...”
“It is what it is. I've let you know half of my real strength. Let’s go back now since the magic class is about to start.”
When I said so, Baron replied.
“It may be very selfish of me but... would you let us Genesis join Reimei’s clan, we want to become A-rank adventurers... Dominic and Minerva are both in favor to do so. In fact, they both requested this. It's just that my vain pride has delayed me approaching you..."
Baron said while biting his lip.
“Of course it's fine. I'd have liked to join up with you if I could. But I don't really know what a clan is. Tell me next time how it's different from a party.”
Good! Thanks to Misha, I was able to get the Baron’s group to become comrades. I'll ask Ryner and Bram to follow up with Genesis.
In the afternoon, I thought it was going to be a magic class but Ryner and Bram are with us.
It seems that martial arts and magic classes will be held together from now on in order to make the classes more practical.
The teachers wanted to see how much the S class members had grown so Ellie and Misha decided to have a match first.
Of course, they moved the place to a rather large gymnasium-like place.
The three teachers and the Genesis members, i.e. Baron, Dominique, and Minerva, were surprised to see the runaway elf, who normally would never be able to catch up with Ellie, was actually able to chase after her by hitting herself with Wind.
Even so, Ellie's dominance did not shake. She easily avoided the ice lance attacks and her gaze did not wander away from Misha. Misha finally gave up and the match is over, as she is still not strong enough to defeat Ellie head-on.
“I can't beat Eririn after all. But don't you think I got a bit closer to you?"
Misha asked Ellie.
“...Misha...got so much stronger...”
Ellie admitted honestly. Misha is very excited by that comment.
Even when the air in the room froze, it was decided that Karen and I would have a match this time. Karen picked me.
“I wanted to whip Mars once, didn't I?”
Karen said something scary with a smile on her face as she flexed her flaming whip. Then Sasha interjected.
“Karen... this is a school, okay? That kind of play can be done later or...after you grow up alright?"
I knew they would interpret it that way. The boys were all staring at Karen, swallowing their bated breath.
“N-no! I got this whip from Mars to fight properly! Because Mars said I have a talent with the whip!”
Karen raised her voice as she slammed the whip into the ground. Is it just me or does she look like an angry queen?
“O-okay. Let the match between Karen and Mars begin.”
As soon as Ryner said that, Karen immediately swung her whip at me. I tried to duck just in time and get out of range of the whip but...
“Ouch!"
For some reason, Karen's whip just barely reached me. Everyone thinks she can't hit me so they thought that I'm letting her hit on purpose. I felt Clarice's cold stare...
This is, if I don't take this seriously, my credibility will be at stake. I use Vision to predict Karen's whip attack. Then, the result of Vision is a longer reach than the trajectory I had predicted... I wonder why... When I look at Karen with that question, the position of the whip handle had changed.
Karen was holding the whip shorter before attacking and holding it longer during the attack, thereby deceiving my prediction of her attack.
The biggest weakness of Karen's whip is right after it is swung. Even though she can't attack from a distance, Karen's whip itself is quite long. So if I managed to evade even once, it would take time for the next attack to come.
Normally, the Fireballs flying around Karen would fill that gap but my Mana Eyes and Wind block the manifestation of Karen's Fireballs. I took advantage of the gap to get close to Karen and held Karen's hand holding whip.
“Sigh. As expected, I still lost but I think I did decently well. After all, mastering this whip is probably the fastest route to becoming strong.”
Karen said this with a very sunny expression. Sasha, who was paying attention to Karen earlier, was also surprised by Karen's whip handling.
After that, Baron and Dominic fought and made the teachers groan. Clarice and Minerva were out of action this time. Minerva also has good talent but it's a shame that she hasn't realized it yet. I'll tell her properly next time.
While I was thinking and looking at Minerva, Ellie, who was standing next to me, said
“...next...Minerva?..."
She asked me with an anxious expression on her face. In a way, it's Minerva next, but she definitely meant something different.
“It’s not that... Only how Minerva hasn't developed her talent yet. Like Karen's whip technique, Minerva has something she's good at so I thought I'd tell her next time. And we're going to be in a clan together from now on.”
Clarice asked after hearing my words.
“Together in a clan? What do you mean?"
“Baron wanted to see me in action so I told him that I'm a magician and that I can use all four of the major magics and that my specialty is Wind. Then he asked me to form a clan with him."
When I replied to Clarice, she looked happy and said
“Yes! Then Minerva will be one of us! Minerva is the only girl who isn't a member of Reimei so I was concerned."
Thank goodness they didn't say...5th person or anything like that...
“They've all improved tremendously in the past month. Especially Reimei, some of them may have already surpassed me. Ryner, can you believe this? Despite all this I'm still in the middle of the B-rank, remember?"
Ryner added to Sasha’s words.
“Because I and Bram lost to Mars despite the two-man effort before. But even then, Ellie's moves are amazing as usual. It’s hard to believe she’s only ranked third. She moves faster than the old Barnes."
Ellie hearing Ryner’s words, she asked more.
“Tell me more about... Papa...”
Ryner told her that he and Barnes graduated from this school together, that Barnes was ranked one in the ranking and Ryner was number two. Plus, he told Ellie about the old Barnes’s saga.
Eventually, the teachers left to think about future teaching methods, and the afternoon was spent in self-study.
I decided to do some sword training with Baron and Dominic. The two-on-one combat is a great way to train for dual sword style.
Some of the other students were training too, but just as the self-study period was coming to an end, the three teachers and Duke Regan entered the room. Duke Regan looked at our self-practice for a bit and then said.
“I have something to say to you all. Please rest your hands and listen."
When Duke Regan said this, everyone stopped and turned to Duke Regan.
“You are all quite capable for first-year students. There are several among you that Ryner, Bram, and Sasha can no longer teach.
Therefore, although it is unusual, I would like to ask you to start doing nomination quests including Reimei in the next few days. As for the Warrior Gods Festival, I am very sorry but you will not participate this year. From next year onwards, we will adjust your schedule so that you can attend the Warrior Gods Festival."
That’s unfortunate, I would have liked to see what the fifth-year students are capable of...
“Although it’s a bit rushed, I would like Reimei to take the nomination quest of the Count of the Isaac Frontier now.”
When Duke Regan said that, Baron interjected.
“Duke Regan! We, Genesis, request you to let us join them! We Genesis will be joining the clan created by Reimei! If things continue at this rate, the three of us will be left behind in the S class!"
Desperately, Baron begged Duke Regan. Duke Regan looked at the teachers and then at me. I nodded silently.
“Understood. Then Baron and the members of Genesis will be allowed to accompany them. However, there is a condition for Genesis to participate. That is, Ryner and Bram must also accompany you. Is that clear?"
Oh! A good idea came from an unexpected source. Duke Regan must have realized that Genesis alone is not enough.
“Yes! Thank you.”
Baron said as he bowed neatly.
“If only Gysahl was like you... Karen, we will take care of Gysahl. You go on without any worries. Mars, come to the headmaster's office tomorrow."
Duke Regan said with a smile and left the gymnasium with the teachers. When Minerva confirmed the teachers left the gymnasium…
“Are you sure we can join the Reimei clan?”
I see, Baron hasn't told Dominique and Minerva yet.
“Yeah. We're going to form a clan. So both you and Dominic will be the same clan members from now on. Everyone, looking forward to working with you.”
After the afternoon classes, we decided to go to Regan city for a banquet.
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