chapter 7
7 – A Death Game Named Entrance Ceremony
After being admitted to the academy, we enjoyed a short vacation as a reward for our hard training.
The reduced sleep time was also increased to about 6 hours, and the time spent studying swordsmanship and studying was reduced to create leisure time such as walking around the neighborhood together.
If I came to the academy, I might not be able to stretch out my arms and rest like this. you should rest now
“If you go into the academy dormitory, it will be difficult for you to return to your family.”
“I guess so. Almost everything is done inside the academy.”
You could say that the academy is almost a small city.
“Even if the dormitory is like that, there is a clothing store in the restaurant area and even a weapons workshop in the training center… I should really call it a privilege.”
“Yes, and besides, everything is solved for almost half the price of living in the city. If you don’t call this a privilege, what would you call a privilege?”
There is even a jewelry store, so I remember going there a lot to see rings in the past.
These are bad memories, but I still want to buy a pair of rings from there again.
“By the way, are you going to live in a real dorm with me?”
“Absolutely.”
If it’s an S-class student’s accommodation, it’s fair to say that it’s a mansion. Not to mention the facility itself, it’s okay for 6-7 ordinary people to live.
“Do you want to be with me that much?”
“Yes, of course.”
Wow, that side is more confident than I imagined, so I’m embarrassed for asking.
I thought he would have some tolerance for women, but seeing him hit it with a straight ball like this is more heartbreaking than I thought. No, is it good that a woman like Lane is talking straight through?
“I’m glad you said that too.”
“Me too.”
My face blushes for no reason as we exchange such unfamiliar conversations. I wondered if it was just me, so when I turned my head, I saw that Lane’s face was getting hotter and hotter, just like her hair.
Yes, no matter how shameless Lane is, she must feel shame when she does something that even a newly-acquainted couple wouldn’t do.
“Then let’s pack our bags. Accommodation will be decided at the entrance ceremony tomorrow, so you should prepare your belongings.”
“Okay.. Can I leave my luggage with Rianne?”
“Yeah, after the entrance ceremony, you will be assigned a lodging.”
No matter how much it is likely that almost all of them are placed in the academy’s dorms, there are quite a few things that are necessary besides the things that have been placed.
Of course clothes, daily necessities, and moreover, things to give them when you meet them later.
No, I wonder if the last one applies only to me… .
“Rain also pack important things. You can only come home again after vacation.”
“All right.
*****
Rain and I got off at the entrance of the arcade academy by carriage and immediately left all our luggage with Lianne.
“Then please. I’ll come pick you up later.”
Excluding the supplies we needed right now, we packed Lane’s luggage and walked toward the first auditorium where the entrance ceremony was held.
“… Okay. young master.”
Rianne walked towards the other side of Auditorium 1, where the entrance ceremony was taking place.
“You looked bad earlier… Would it be okay?”
“Is it Rihanna?”
“Yes, because he was holding onto his chest as if he was in pain after receiving something… Have you ever had a chronic illness?”
“No, there shouldn’t be anything like that, right?”
There’s no way you’ve been cursed, and have you ever been hurt?
“Rain, can you go in and check it out later when you go into the bathroom?”
“All right.”
About Rianne, that’s it, now the entrance ceremony… No, you have to worry about the incident that will happen during the entrance ceremony.
Like the ringing of a bell that announces the start, the madness of the academy principal repeats itself every day.
“This is number one… Is it the auditorium?”
“That’s right.”
It is a bit too grand to call it an auditorium.
The gargoyle statues at both ends and the architectural style reminiscent of the temples of ancient gods were too splendid and magnificent to be suppressed within the framework of ‘auditorium’.
And like the exterior, the interior boasts outrageous sizes and facilities.
It is not for nothing that this arcade academy is called the last defense of mankind, like the imperial palace of the empire.
Later, in front of demons who use ancient magic, it’s the same as opening a door.
“Anyway, let’s go in quickly. It looks like it will start soon.”
Anyway, that happened almost right before I was selected as a hero. And if you think about variables, there is no end.
If you’re not going to grab the holy sword anyway, you don’t even need the grand name of being for the sake of the world.
It’s enough to just keep my body safe, and it would be best if I could protect my acquaintances and loved ones.
I almost laughed at the sight of only about 20 people standing in this large auditorium, but I held on to my spirit and worked hard to heat up the magic circuit.
“Lian Primal and Lane Astral students, right?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“yes.”
After handing over the student IDs we received in the mail, Lane and I were brought to the front of the first and second seats.
Oh right. If you are the senior, you have to stand at the front… .
“young master? Why are you so sad all of a sudden?”
“wait. Because you will find out soon.”
The overheated magical power circuit became rich enough that it wouldn’t be too much to exert a little blue flame like last time.
Of course, it is certain that after this entrance ceremony, there will be chaos.
Basic events and school schedules that are not necessary anyway are overlooked.
Anyway, I’ve heard this a few times, and I don’t want to remember it if I know how many times the schedule has been changed because of the irregular situation.
“Then I have a word from the headmaster!”
come… !
The headmaster, who finished the chant to levitate in an instant, goes on stage… . What a crazy bitch?!
“Hello everyone. My name is Skaya Arinfield, the principal of Arcade Academy.”
The headmaster, Skaja, had the appearance of an attractive woman. From silver hair similar to Ariane’s, to a young appearance that looks like I’m only 5 or 6 years older, and a voluptuous body that doesn’t match him.
At first glance, she looks like a perfect woman, but her heart isn’t quite twisted.
In the first place, now she is different from usual.
To be precise, the staff in her hand is the problem.
“The staff of the World Tree… ?”
A staff made from a sacred twig that has been exposed to strong sunlight from the top of the branches of the World Tree. With that, that principal came up armed now.
“Do you think you’ve heard all the old-fashioned words?”
Sigh, Skaya smiled and pointed her wand at us.
As if some professors had been hit on the forehead from behind, a crackling sound resonated at the same time.
“I’ll go right into the exam.”
When I called out the dragon spear, the magic name, the wind gathered in an instant and began to take the form of a dragon.
The wind imbued with mana glows in light green and rotates. As soon as the madly spinning wind completed the perfect dragon’s head, the magic was launched.
The magic that was fired almost simultaneously with the completion of the magic without an inch of error.
It’s still a monster skill.
“Huh!!”
Even so, it is a specification to be hit and practice health as a group.
It sucks in mana from the surroundings through the heated magic circuit, converts it into magic as quickly as possible, and draws runes with subsequent movements.
Roaring!!!
Quad de deuk!!!!
“This crazy!!”
Did you adjust your strength!?
Grinding his teeth, he chanted a chant with his mouth.
There was no room for drawing runes in the yard, where both hands were barely blocking magic. If you lose your mind even for a moment to draw a rune, your body will explode with magic.
“…Kuh… !!!”
It’s a young song that I’m not used to. My whole body trembled at the power of the magic flying in front of my eyes, and my mana was disturbed in my throat.
Calm down. There’s nothing more unsightly than doing something in a hurry and making a mistake.
He hurriedly calms the mana inside his neck and compresses the blue flame one more layer.
“Ooh, is this jockey okay?”
damn it! It’s hard to hold on to this side, but the other side is doing a good job.
This is why I hate principals!!
“Sheesh!”
Pouring the last mana into the magic circuit that the group had already come from, strengthening the sword at the side and destroying the scythe of the blue flame.
While blocking the magic itself, the cold air collided with the air heated with hot blue flame and flew in various directions… The damn magic is so good.
Even though I suffered like this, I had to rot in a hospital bed for a week… .?
It’s a specification even if you die!!
Kaga gaga go!!!
Knowing this, I was very good at bringing a sword that was more focused on durability than sharpness.
If I had brought a sword that I would normally use to slay monsters, the sword would have already exploded without being able to withstand magic and magic.
“… .”
I try to endure it by biting my teeth, but my body shouts that it is impossible to do more than this.
I made a rune to increase the power of the blue flame and didn’t engrave a new rune of optimization, so I used too much magic. The remaining mana hit the floor because it was almost put into the horizontal slash earlier.
Damn it, I can’t stand this.
“!! young master!”
“Lian!?”
The students who have come to their senses are surprised to see me, but it is difficult for Rain or ordinary students to stop this.
If there’s anything comforting about it, it’s that if it rots in the health room for about three days, you can come out right away.
Whoo!!
I sincerely pray in my heart that I close my eyes and pass out at once without pain from the sound of the wind stinging my ears.
… … … … ?
what. why don’t you come
I opened my eyes thinking that maybe I had already passed out and was taken to the health room. And the familiar golden hair swayed by the principal’s magic, like sunflowers fluttering in the wind.
Serena?
No, Serena is an orthodox wizard. He’s not a magic swordsman like me, and he’s only learned martial arts as a close combat technique.
There is only one blonde swordsman with the skills to stop this.
“Minell?”
“Are you awake?”
Although he was speaking calmly, Minel’s limbs were shaking as if they would break at any moment.
I guess so. It was reckless to try to deal with it only with strength and combat sense while not being able to handle magical power properly.
“I owe this… There is none.”
“Oh yeah… Is it because of that?”
Should I say stupid? Should I say it’s stupidly the same?
Looking around, the A-class students were already sitting down because their legs were weak, and the other S-class students were also trying to do something urgently, but it was too late at the latest.
If it wasn’t for Minel, I’d end up with 3 days, but the wizards behind me would have had to lie down in a hospital room for a week because there were relatively few cases where I was directly hit by an attack.
“Finish… .”
“I’m sorry, but I’m slowly reaching my limit.”
I knew. Minel is the limit.
And that it is me who has to finish.
“The sword… .”
“Here it is.”
After confirming that the sword in my hand had cracks, Lane accepted the sword without a word.
Ha, what the hell did I have to go through so much trouble even at the entrance ceremony?
I held my sword high, averting my eyes from the pain in my head that was throbbing from having consumed too much mana.
At the same time as pushing the Minel who was holding out to the side, he slams down the sword containing magic power.
I really put in all I could, but Skaya’s magic was so great.
Damn it.
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I closed my eyes in exhaustion after confirming that the magic had been completely shattered right in front of my eyes with a roaring noise in my ears.
what the hell… . Even if you win, do you still have to go to the hospital?
There was no one to listen to the small lament that I spat out just before fainting, so I collapsed on the cold auditorium floor.