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Chapter 83 : Routine, Part 2
🕑 Added 2022-10-02 03:51:18 +0000 UTCTL:SummerPeanut
Foresight -> Vision because the author included the English/katakana name. Thanks for the support Cooper Schmidt, Robert Apgar, Jean Clinet, Christian Toia, and all the patrons. There’s bonus chapter this weeeek too for everyone as thanks.
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March 1, 2030
It's afternoon and magic class has started.
Being taught by Sasha four years ago she knows that I can use Firestorm so I don't have a problem with Sasha knowing that I can use magic to some extent but......
I haven't told any of the students yet.
However, I decided that it would not be a problem to tell them that I can use Fire magic so we have been focusing on practicing Fire magic in the classroom.
The reason for this is that my older brother Ike is one of the best Fire magic users in the school, and I thought it would be no surprise if his younger brother could use it.
I practiced Fire magic exclusively with Karen.
We are practicing Fire magic together while being taught by an expert.
By the way, Clarice, Ellie, Misha, Baron, and Dominic practice Wind magic together.
It is said that Wind magic is the most unfavorable out of the rest but I think that’s no longer the case these days.
In fact, I even think it is essential magic for close combat.
Minerva mainly practices Water magic with Sasha. Joseph and Johan are still practicing various kinds of magic together.
I called out to Sasha who was practicing magic with Minerva.
Lorenz is not included in the team so he is doing something else during magic class.
"Sasha, or not...... teacher. Can I ask you a question?"
“Yeah? About me from the other day? Are you interested in me?"
Oh right, there was that thing too about Sasha's husband ......
“No, it’s about the new S class assistant teacher. About that Teacher Ryner."
Sasha laughed teasingly and said.
“I'm joking. Just a joke. I knew you'd ask. About Teacher Ryner, I've never been in a party or a large-scale subjugation(raid) together him but I haven't heard any good rumors about him. I think you know already about his nickname of ‘Sword Hunter’ but none of the current vanguards want to team up with him... But I think he was just stripped of his adventurer registration quite a while ago......”
“Why was his adventurer registration revoked?”
“When you become a B-rank adventurer or above, you are obligated to respond to quests offered by the country and the nobility but Teacher Ryner didn't respond at all. And his ominous nickname of ‘Sword Hunter’ is definitely not a plus so he was stripped of his adventurer's registration. I think he was said to be the closest individual to an A-rank adventurer among B-rank adventurers. But there could only be 100 A-rank adventurers in the world. It must have been tough even for Teacher Ryner since he has to win against one of those monsters.”
Huh? He is not an A-rank adventurer?
“Is Teacher Ryner that strong?”
"Ummm... He's a lower B-rank adventurer in terms of status...... he might even be considered a C-rank adventurer in the worse case...... but his swordsmanship is apparently that overwhelming, and it’s an instant loss if the opponent can't handle that. I don't know the details…just be careful in the class after this one. You know about Ike and all, I've heard that Teacher Ryner only held himself back to a certain extent."
“Let me ask you one more question. For example, is there a stronger weapon similar to Teacher Cyrus’s Ice Blade?”
“I heard that they do exist. But Value A usually means that there is only one in the world...... there’s no way to know the actual truth.”
The Ice Blade of Cyrus is indeed not of Value A… So there is a possibility that it is another Ice Blade ......
Then magic class ended and it was time for the martial arts class.
Lorenz and Ryner arrived right on time.
And for some reason, even Duke of Regan came into S class with them.
“We are going to start the martial arts class. Duke of Regan wants to observe with us today. Let's all put our best foot forward, shall we?”
As soon as Lorenz said this, martial arts time began.
Since today was Ryner’s first day, they decided to have a simple mock battle.
First, Ryner instructed the five rear guard members Clarice, Karen, Joseph, Minerva, and Johan one by one.
The order was from lowest to highest, starting with Johan.
Johan, Minerva, Joseph, and Karen were instructed with wooden swords by Ryner, who was polite and enthusiastic, and everyone was very satisfied with his instruction.
Only Clarice was different.
The moment he noticed that Clarice was quite skilled in swordsmanship, he greeted Clarice's Defender with the bright red sword I had seen the other day.
Once their swords crossed, I noticed that Clarice looked a little strange.
I can't use appraisal in front of Ryner......not to mention the Duke of Regan is here too......
I kept my eyes on Clarice, and she suddenly said.
“Excuse me, I think I'm a little tired. I'll ask for your guidance another time."
After saying so, Clarice walked toward me.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes. But be careful, maybe it's the sword you need to be careful of...... I felt something absorbing me when I crossed the sword with Defender......”
There's something wrong with the Magic Sword Bram...... I'll try to appraise it from a distance next time so I don't get caught......
But Ryner also seems to be in bad shape...... or rather it's better to say Ryner is in a worse state......he stared at Clarice with a very pale face.
Then it's me, Ellie, Baron, Dominic, and Misha’s turn.
Misha is a spear user so Ryner is teaching her with a wooden spear.
…He is also good with the spear. Misha was also surprised at how well he teaches.
After that, they had a mock battle with Dominic, Baron, and Ellie.
Dominic's wound was still a little sore, so he only taught him how to hold his stance and so on.
When it was Baron's time, that red sword came out again and Baron also complained of feeling sick so the mock battle ended.
This time Ryner’s state did not worsen...... but instead he got better.
Baron soon came to me and said the same thing as Clarice.
And the next fight with Ellie was over quickly.
Ellie, perhaps sensing the danger, did not attack at all.
She had to hit the teacher in a mock battle but Ellie wouldn't attack at all.
“What's the matter, Ellie? Go ahead and attack?"
“......who? Why do you give off a strange feeling.......?"
As Ellie said this to Ryner, Ryner started mumbling to himself.
“Well, that’s fine. Ellie, we’ll practice next time. Next is Mars. To be honest, you are the one that I want to cross swords with the most. Please enlighten me on the depth of Sword Saint’s prowess. Don't let me down.”
I nodded and stood up while Ryner was already holding the red sword.
I will fight with the intention of using everything except my trump card. I'm sure Duke of Regan came to watch me fight. But if I don't do it seriously, I will be sent to the infirmary too. The moment I think it’ll get dangerous, I'll use my trump card too.
"Teacher Ryner. The classroom is a little cramped so could we fight in the hall? I would like to fight with all my might......"
When I said that, Ryner nodded.
Duke of Regan said ‘Fine’ and headed for the hall.
While we were heading to the hall, Baron turned to me.
“Mars. Be really careful. Teacher Ryner is on a different level. I know you are strong but there is always someone better than you. Don't overdo it. I don't want to lose Mars. Of course, I understand your feeling of not wanting to let him quit while he’s ahead but I also don't want to lose a classmate, and a friend of mine.”
Baron said something that makes me happy.
Wait? Isn't this called planting a flag......?
When I arrived at the hall, I immediately faced Ryner.
In my hand is the Salamander Sword, and in Ryner's hand is that red sword.
When Ryner said to come at him anytime, I drew my sword and faced Ryner in his direction.
I used Sylphid, Foresight(Vision), and Mana Eyes from the start and rushed at Ryner.
Ryner seemed to be surprised by my speed and immediately pulled out his sword. The red sword crossed with the Salamander Sword.
Then, I heard a surprised voice from Ryner.
“What!? What's going on!?”
I didn't care and kept on attacking.
Ryner was on the defensive and did not seem able to go for a counterattack.
He would sometimes counterattack in between my attacks but my Vision showed me Ryner's attack 0.5 seconds later.
But this is absolutely strange...... my status should be able to completely overwhelm Ryner.
Moreover, I'm also using Sylphid and Vision. I know Ryner is a Sword King boasting level 10 Swordsmanship. I know but...
The surrounding students and Duke of Regan are very surprised.
Especially Duke of Regan who would have read the power of my Wind magic.
After more than two minutes of swordfight, a weird thing happened.
He attacked differently than what’s shown by my Vision! Ryner's sword suddenly took an impossible trajectory and grazed my cheek.
After that, we switched turns and Ryner attacked continuously.
This is quite the tough turn of events.
Up until now, we were evenly matched thanks to Sylphid and Vision but when my Vision is blocked, I can't attack him anymore. However, conversely, I am able to keep up with Ryner's sword as long as I don’t attempt to attack him.
And most importantly, I never felt sick after crossing swords with Ryner.
“That's enough!"
Duke of Regan said and I put my sword away.
But Ryner did not seem to want to put his sword away.
Ryner sheathed the sword with his whole body and when he turned around for a moment, the red sword was no longer there......
“You have incredible sword skills. Mars. I'm interested in a talented young man like you. We will continue tomorrow.”
Ryner said, and the martial arts class ended without incident.
Duke of Regan asked me to come to the principal's office during tomorrow morning's class and left the hall with Ryner.
Everyone except Clarice and Ellie was flabbergasted by the battle just now.
When I said "Well then, let's go back for homeroom", Lorenz suddenly came to himself and said "Right, there’s homeroom", and we all went back to S class.
Needless to say, I was bombarded with questions until we got back to class.
It was 3:00 p.m. and we were all getting ready to leave the school.
Incidentally, although it is a bit unusual, only S and A classes finish at 15:00 while the rest of the classes finish at 16:00.
The S and A classes have only a one-hour lunch break but the other classes have a two-hour lunch break so they end at 16:00.
As expected with 2000 students their lunch break needs to be stretched a little. If they all come to the cafeteria at the same time, not everyone will be able to eat their food.
Normally, I would have shown up at the student council meeting but today I went to visit Ike.
Eight of us, excluding Joseph and Johan, decided to go visit him.
Huh? Do you think it's better to have a small group of people when you go to visit a sick friend? That's not true in our world apparently. It is better to be as lively as possible.
There was already a visitor in the doctor's office.
It was Duke of Regan.
She was talking about something but when she noticed us, she left.
At that time, she reminded me again, "Be sure to come tomorrow morning.”
“I heard you managed a draw with Teacher Ryner, Mars.”
“Yes, Teacher Ryner still has a lot of composure to spare though despite my side giving everything I have.”
"So he’s that much of an opponent...... then it’s inevitable that lost......"
“Brother Ike, did you feel any discomfort when the red sword and your spear touched?”
"Yeah, I felt like I was losing strength when that happened...... That is not something anyone should touch and I tried to evade it but failed, so here we are.”
It seems like Ike is going to stay in the infirmary today.
Fortunately, there are no lingering wounds and there’s no need to use Heal on him.
We left the infirmary, not wanting to stay too long.
After that, Baron, Dominique, and Minerva left us, and we went out to the city as usual.
Whenever I go out to the city, there is something I always do.
That is to train my detection ability.
I have been training ever since I was followed by Misha’s parent-child combination a few months ago.
And finally, I created the magic called ‘Search’ which is a combination of Lightning magic and Wind magic.
I’m the one that gave it this name, and it means what it says for better or worse.
It consumes a certain amount of MP so it is a good magic to deplete my MP.
It also serves as training for Lightning and Wind magic.
And as usual, we headed for the Adventurer's Guild.
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Author’s note:
I was going to write the routine stories in two chapters, the first part and the second part.
But it somehow turned out as three chapters...
