chapter 10
10 – 1v1? NO 2v1
Entering the training ground, I could hear the sound of swords clashing.
I walked towards the source of the sound.
It wasn’t long before I saw two students sparring.
The identities of the two students were Zeke and Gilbert, students in my failing class.
When I finally arrived, Dalian was coming to an end.
Kang!
The sparring ended with Zeke’s victory as Zeke’s sword blew away Gilbert’s sword.
Missing the sword, Gilbert sighed and said lamentably.
“Ehh, when will I ever beat you?”
At that, Zeke replied with a smile.
“It was only because I was lucky that I won. To be honest, when I fight you, it’s hard for me to guarantee victory.”
Gilbert was dumbfounded at Zeke’s words.
“How many times have you beaten me for saying that?”
“That’s because you always get caught off guard at the crucial moments, you need to break that habit.”
I was eavesdropping on the conversation between the two, and I pretended to be human.
The two of them must have sensed my presence, and at the same time turned their eyes to where I was.
“Teacher?”
“What, why is he here?”
I didn’t even think that the students I was training until this time were the ones I was in charge of, so I looked at those two and said.
“Why are you here?”
Zeke answered my question as if it were a direct shot.
“Can’t you see it? I was sparring.”
Compared to the way he talked to Gilbert, it was a change in attitude that was different from the sky, but he didn’t really care.
“It is late. Please go back to the dorms.”
I had nothing more to say.
But despite my words, the two students did not leave their seats.
“Is there anything you want to say?”
Zeek said as if he had waited for my words.
“I heard you are a magic user.”
“What do you mean?”
“I’m asking if your skills are only magic users.”
“I don’t know where I heard that, but yes, I am a magic user. Are there any problems?”
At my words, Zeke laughed and said.
“Are you talking about a problem? A lot. There are so many that it hurts to say them all.”
Zeke raised his commanding sword and pointed it at me.
“Are you saying you want to teach us with that skill?”
“Do you think it is enough to teach you failing students?”
In an instant, Zeke’s sword flew towards me.
It was a sword that cut me at high speed, but I was able to dodge it without difficulty.
Compared to the sword that Illya usually wielded, it was speed enough to cause a yawn.
It wasn’t even work to avoid.
“Uh, how?”
As for Sieg, he wielded it with sincerity in his own way.
However, the teacher, who was only a magic user, avoided it so easily that Zeke couldn’t help but be surprised.
“What are you doing?”
It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t angry at the sudden attack.
I said in a slightly angry voice.
“We want to see if you are qualified to teach us.”
‘Swinging a sword at a teacher with just that?’
“Does that proof mean a cowardly surprise attack?”
“… ….”
Zeke didn’t answer as if he didn’t deny what I said.
Instead, I could see her face as red as a carrot, perhaps because of a fever.
I sighed and continued.
“What is good? After all, you want to make sure that I am qualified to teach you. Isn’t that what you mean?”
“That’s right.”
“Then, if you and I had sparring and I won, would you accept me as your teacher?”
In my words, Zeke said confidently.
“If you beat me with the skills of a magic user, there is nothing I won’t admit.”
“Good. Then, if you lose to me instead of accepting sparring, you’d better fix that arrogant attitude.”
Zeke spoke as if he would never lose.
“Let’s make a promise with the family’s honor. Instead, if you lose, promise to leave Arsene on your own.”
“Good. I swear to Mana that I will keep my promise.”
In front of me, Zeke got into a position to start sparring.
I looked at Zeke and opened his mouth.
“Let’s change the conditions a little.”
“Are you scared?”
Ignoring Zeke’s provocation, I continued.
“It wouldn’t be fair to have a one-on-one match between students and teachers.”
I looked at Gilbert and said.
“The two of you attack at the same time.”
The moment I finished my words, the two of them shouted at the same time as if they had guessed.
“Are you ignoring us now?”
“Why don’t you do your best to ignore the teacher?”
In their eyes, I must have looked like a loser who had stopped being a mere magic user.
Compared to that, since they are now on the verge of becoming sword experts, it was not unreasonable to think that my remarks were an act of complete disregard for them.
“Ignore you? Do you think I am ignoring you?”
“Are you saying you’re not ignoring me for saying such a stupid thing?”
“What do you mean stupid hair?”
“With that level of skill, it would be difficult for you to deal with me alone, so what if you said that you would fight me and Gilbert at the same time?”
“It’s crazy…… Before that, I want to ask you, what do you see in me that determines that I will lose to you?”
In response to my words, Zeke said with a face that he asked why he asked something obvious.
“That is because you are a magic user.”
“Is there a law that says you shouldn’t beat an opponent with a higher level just because you have a lower level?”
“Hey, that’s it! Don’t deal with him. Let’s stick together 2-on-1 as he wants.”
Says Gilbert, impatient with the minutes.
Gilbert also raised his training sword and pointed it at me.
I looked at him and said.
“Then it seems the preparations are complete.”
I raised my mana to start the sparring.
At the same time, Zeke and Gilbert also raised their auras and drew out their sword skills.
It is a sword that can only be created after entering Sword Expert.
The sword skills of the two were unstable, but they showed enough to fulfill their role as sword skills.
“Then let’s begin.”
The moment I finished my words, the two of them rushed at me at a speed that was hard for the eyes to follow.
‘Simple.’
The two simply ran to me in a straight line.
“Grease.”
I cast a magic that makes the floor slippery.
The two of them rushed recklessly toward me, but suddenly lost their balance on the slippery floor.
However, it immediately corrected its posture and charged me again.
‘Is it the right way?’
I didn’t even expect that I would just fall over with magic.
It was a magic I used to buy some time.
However, without wasting any time, the two calmly corrected their posture and ran towards me.
It was unexpected, but there were no problems.
Immediately I used the following spell.
“Hold.”
For a moment, the movement of the two stopped.
The movement of the two was tied together with bondage magic.
But he’ll soon untie it and run at me again.
“Haste.”
“Strength.”
I cast a magic that increased my strength and speed, and I ran toward them before they were freed.
Someone said.
Wizards are cowards who hide far away and only fire magic.
That was not wrong.
But that didn’t mean that wizards couldn’t fight melee.
I arrived in front of them before I knew it, and I pushed my legs back as hard as I could.
And then he kicked Gilbert between the crotches.
Puck!
“Quaaa!!”
It was a scream that made the entire training ground reverberate.
What is the most efficient way to knock people down?
The answer was simple.
Aiming for vital points.
That’s how I am, one of the vital points that only men have, a place called a man’s second heart.
I kicked the fire egg.
“Bee, cowardly.”
Zeke, who watched it all from the sidelines, called me a coward, but I don’t follow chivalry.
“I am not a knight. It is a wizard to use anything to win.”
I kicked right up to Zeke without hesitation.
“Quaaa!!”
The two sat down as they were.
It wasn’t even a job to tie the defenseless two together.
“Entangle.”
Tree trunks rose from the floor of the training ground and bound Zeke and Gilbert’s limbs.
“Well then, let’s educate him until that cocky attitude is corrected.”
They can’t resist anymore.
No, even if I wanted to resist, I wouldn’t be able to move due to the excruciating pain.
I kicked the place with all my might toward the defenseless two.
“Don’t worry about breaking. If you are healthy, you will be healthy and there will be nothing to break.”
The reason why a man like me could do such a terrible thing without hesitation was all thanks to my ability.
Mae is medicine.
It was an ability that existed just for this moment.
The screams of the two students resounded that evening, later rumors spread that a ghost lives in the academy training ground, but it was not an issue.
“I will educate you until you reflect.”
These students were very disrespectful.
I had to take this opportunity to educate myself.