chapter 14
14 – Black, White
It has already been a month since the students risked their lives in training.
Short if short, long if long, during that time, the students showed remarkable growth rates.
Among them, the growth of sniffers in particular surprised me.
He fought by changing his strategy according to the situation.
I moved my gaze to the students who were fighting.
I could see the sniffer charging at Veronica and Tricia with a bow.
To block the approach of such a sniffer, the two fired magic.
However, the sniffer evaded all magic with great speed.
In the end, the sniffer arrived in front of Veronica and Trisha without any damage and entwined the mana around the pole and beat them mercilessly.
Sniffer, an archer, chose close combat.
You couldn’t take them down just by shooting arrows.
Realizing that, Sniffer decided to change his fighting style.
In the beginning, shoot arrows and wait for their health to drop.
When both of them run out of HP, they stop shooting arrows and charge.
Wizards are vulnerable in close combat. The sniffer was aiming for that.
Of course, sniffers are also archers, not specializing in close combat.
Sniffer also knew that, so he researched for close combat, such as entwining mana around the pole in order to overcome it.
It was a remarkable growth.
But compared to him, Gilbert still hid his power and didn’t show his skills.
In the end, Gilbert, who hid his power, couldn’t defeat Zeke, and the match always led to the victory of Zeke’s team.
After the battle, the injured students are rolled up on the red carpet to receive treatment.
“Why, why are you always losing?”
“Keugh… ….”
It’s time to get used to it, but the pain was something I couldn’t get used to even if I tried.
“That, just kill me!”
The sniffer begged me to kill him.
“Teachers don’t kill students.”
In this way, the days of infinite repetition of treatment and battle passed.
But is there no perfect training?
The minds of the students are beginning to show their limits.
After the battle, treatment comparable to that of the imperial family exclusive priest continued, but the students’ minds were not cured.
In the end, the students started to lose their minds.
“Hee hee, can you avoid this too?”
The maddened Sniffer’s arrows easily pierced Veronica and Trisha’s shields and tore their clothes apart.
You must be ashamed of your underwear or bare skin showing through your torn clothes.
They didn’t panic as if they were used to it now, and took out daggers from their waistbands.
And swung them at the running sniffer.
That’s how the close combat between the wizard and the archer unfolded.
“Die you pervert!”
“Hey, you pervert! Are you good? How good!”
No matter how proficient the sniffer was in close combat, it seemed that 2v1 was still too much for him, and he collapsed without being able to dodge their daggers.
“Today is black…… Check…… Cool.”
It was a sniffer who collapsed, saying the color of something he had seen even while he was collapsing.
I thought I knew roughly what I was looking at and talking about.
“You, you pervert! Really die!”
Veronica’s dagger, his face flushed red, was about to plunge into Sniffer’s neck.
Uh, that’s a bit dangerous, isn’t it?
“Hold!”
Luckily, I was able to stop Veronica’s movements before the sniffer’s throat was pierced.
“What, what, let go of this, let go of this!”
“Calm down, Veronica.”
“Unpack this. I have to kill this pervert!”
I told them to fight with the determination to kill each other, but I didn’t mean to really kill them.
‘There is also a problem with being too devoted to training. I’ll probably need a break.’
“It was just an accident that happened during training. Calm down, Veronica. It’s not like the sniffer was trying to see it on purpose.”
At that time, the sniffer who was lying down said something in a low voice.
“Trisha is white… ….”
Um…… Could it be that I was trying to see it on purpose?
Hook!
Tricia approached the sniffer before I knew it and inserted a dagger into his thigh.
“Kuaaa, heal me! Hey, Trisha, what are you doing? I can’t fight!”
Sniffer protested, but Trisha snatched the dagger from Veronica’s hand and thrust it into her other thigh.
Hook!
Sniffer would have reflected a lot if he had done that.
I clapped my hands, drew the students’ eyes to me, and said.
“Everybody stop, the wounded guys take care of themselves and lie down on the carpet.”
Gilbert, who was injured and unable to move, and the sniffer, Zeke stepped forward and laid them down on the carpet.
“Why don’t you lie down?”
“Yes?”
“Me too?”
“We cannot leave scars on students who will grow up to be beautiful women in the future. Lie down.”
“I, I will just live with my scars.”
“I-I’m fine too. If you apply medicine to this extent, it will probably be better.”
I looked at Zeke and said as I saw Veronica and Tricia trying to run away while sneaking backwards.
“Lay down the ashes.”
“Yes.”
“Poetry, I hate it!”
“Don’t come closer, I will attack you if you come closer!”
The two fought fiercely, but they were no match for Zeke.
I ended the class by telling the students that there would be no training for the time being.
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As I always headed toward the teacher’s office, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of wonder at the unusual scenery around me.
That’s because a lot of workers were making a fuss in and out of the Colosseum when there was a big tournament or when the doors were open.
‘Are you going to do some kind of competition? Why are there so many workers passing through the Colosseum?’
I wondered why people were passing by in the Colosseum because I was preparing for a competition, but it wasn’t too late to go to the teachers’ office and check, so I continued walking the way I was on my way.
Then I was able to meet a familiar face after a long time.
As if she recognized me too, she greeted me first.
“Ah! It’s been a while, Mr. Derian. How has she been?”
She was a beautiful girl, Elysia, with her red hair tied back in a ponytail.
“It’s nice to see you again after a long time. Ms. Elysia. By the way, who is next to you?”
Beside her stood a girl who looked to be her age.
Her black hair that fell down to her shoulders and black eyes stared at her, but she was a woman with a beauty that seemed like you would be sucked in even if you looked at her.
“Ah, let me introduce you. I’m Xenia from the upper class of martial arts.”
“Ms. Xenia. Nice to meet you She is called Dere An, who is in charge of the class of the failed student. Feel free to call me Derian teacher.”
“Nice to meet you. Derian teacher. This is Xenia Decaron.”
‘Is it Zeke’s older sister?’
I guessed from seeing her black hair and black eyes, but as she thought, Xenia was Zeke’s older sister.
I knew Xenia’s name because I had heard it several times.
She is a genius rumored to be able to become a sword master sooner or later with the ability to enter the advanced martial arts class.
After she finished her greeting, Elysia said as if she had been waiting.
“By the way, where are you going, teacher?”
“She was on her way to the office.”
At my point, she started telling me where she was going, even though I didn’t ask.
“Ah, I see, I was guiding you because this friend said he wanted to meet her brother.”
“You mean little brother?”
“She said she had a younger brother in her failing class, so she was on her way there, and we just ran into each other.”
“I see. Students will be taking a break now. Feel free to go and see me.”
“Thank you. Please go in too.”
After parting with Elysia, I arrived at the teachers’ office.
As I opened the door to the teacher’s office and entered, Mr. Akon ran to me as if he had been waiting for me.
“Mr. Derian is here. She was looking for it anyway.”
“You mean me?”
“The president is looking for you. I think you should go right now.”
“Are you saying the President?”
The president, who hadn’t visited me for over a month after the entrance ceremony, was suddenly looking for me, and he couldn’t figure out why.
‘That’s right, I can’t help but go when I’m called.’
“Thank you for telling me. Let’s go visit it right now. By the way, Mr. Archon.”
“Yes?”
“I saw the workers going to and from the Colosseum while I was on my way to the office, did something happen?”
“If that’s the case, then Dere Anh has only just entered the school, so she might not be familiar with it. Mars Arena opens in a month.”
“You mean Mars Arena?”
Mars Arena.
This is a big competition held once a year at Arsene Academy where all students regardless of grade can participate and show off their skills.
The one-on-one competition is held until the last five players remain, and the winning student is selected as the best student of the year, and it was a big competition to gain fame.
‘Is that why it was so noisy?’
“Thank you for letting me know. Then I will go to the president’s office.”
I’m sure your question has been answered.
I thought about why the president had called me and moved his steps.