chapter 29
29. entrance exam (3)
Standing at the end of the coliseum-type arena, I look at Koyono.
For some reason, Koyono seems to be avoiding her gaze here and there.
Are you nervous or angry at being ignored in the waiting room?
“The next match is between Waltz Schmitz from the provisional intermediate class and Koyono Torino from the provisional intermediate class.”
The eyes of the judges and students gather in line with the Dalian preparation slogan.
I didn’t move hastily and just looked at Koyono.
She takes a defensive stance with the huge shield she was carrying on her back.
It was a heavy shield that covered almost the entire body.
“… Girl, after gaining enlightenment five years ago, I decided to become a shield to protect everyone.”
Koyono declares that while fluttering her black ponytail.
He was holding a shield the size of his upper body, but it didn’t look heavy at all.
It’s still an entrance exam, but her stats should be strong enough.
But that was all.
‘Because in my plan, she will be terribly defeated along with me.’
My goal in this sparring is for both Koyono and me to fall into the lower class.
If I made a plan for it and if it moves according to my plan…
Theoretically, it would be possible to ‘lose both’.
One snag was that.
‘… Something’s not right.’
The sparring hadn’t even started yet, but my shoulders were already shaking as if I was out of breath.
I thought it was because I was holding a shield, but I don’t think so…
Looking closely, his eyes were blurry and his face was slightly red, as if he had caught a cold.
“Get ready, let’s begin!”
However, it is already too late to revise the plan according to the variables.
As he comforted himself, he immediately threw a dagger at Koyono.
She held up her heavy shield to block the attack,
In the meantime, I approached her and swung a dagger.
The sound of metal clashing echoed through the arena for a while.
Attacks from various angles to open her gap,
It was Koyono who managed to parry all the attacks even though her huge shield would not be able to see her.
‘As expected, the shield technique is unmatched… ‘
Although the period of holding the shield must have been very short,
She was operating the shield as flexibly as her own body.
Of course, the level of the sword was also high, so he must have been active as the youngest samurai…
I also think she has talent as a tanker.
That’s why, the matchup between her and me would have been a tough fight if we fought according to the rules.
‘A battle between a tanker and an assassin.’
Me and I, who see the game with a surprise attack and a first attack,
Her combination of all-round defense is
Truly a spear and a shield… It was a combination that did not win enough to be called a contradiction.
To be precise, it must have been my loss because I wasn’t good against tanks.
Even she remembers that her stamina stat was extremely high.
Even if you’re lucky enough to aim for an opening, you won’t be able to hit anything meaningful with the dagger alone.
This situation was the time to showcase my ‘plan’.
‘The dice… Is it 4?’
Dice skill implemented in my head.
Temporarily increased the luck value by 4 times with ‘Skinny Dice’.
The plan to do from now on had to depend on luck more than anything else.
cuneiform-
I distanced myself from Koyono.
Right after that, he threw all the daggers at Koyono except for the one he had in his hand.
Koyono confirmed my appearance and held out her shield.
“Look, what a solid shield it has become!”
Koyono’s voice full of confidence.
Behind the voice, the sound of daggers hitting the shield echoed through the arena.
I threw the dagger with energy, but it collapsed helplessly in front of her shield.
… I didn’t look good, but my skills didn’t die.
However, the baptism of daggers just now was nothing more than a bait aimed at a momentary gap.
“Now what to do… oops… !”
Koyono poked her head out to the side of her shield and looked at me.
But I was already hiding in the dark.
Confused, she looks around the arena…
“It’s already too late… !”
“back… !”
Moved behind her with ‘Shadow Stepping’.
Koyono turned around and held out her shield towards me.
So far everything was going according to plan.
Why did I even talk to her
that…
“… !”
It was to use Shadow Step once more to occupy her behind once again.
In exchange for using the skill with a long cooldown right away, the whole body’s energy was drained and my brain throbbed with a headache…
Chew!
Fortunately, the attack went well.
An attack that was neither deep nor shallow that penetrated Koyono’s chest.
It luckily rips off her robe and bandages.
“Not yet!”
However, Koyono was not standing still.
Koyono twists her body at superhuman speed and wields her shield.
It hit the shield with a booming sound and flew away beyond the arena.
“Keugh… ”
After rolling several times on the ground, I felt sick to my stomach.
I was insane because of the excessive use of skills.
With his head on the shield, he could see the stars in front of his eyes.
Koyono approached with a squeak.
Still unable to get out of the pain, I was sprawled on the arena floor,
Koyono raised her shield high and prepared for the finishing blow.
“… Girl, you have grown to this extent.”
Koyono smiled and said as if she liked the sparring.
It seemed that my struggles, fighting with all my might, seemed good to her.
But if she hears my ‘plan’, she will never see me well.
Thinking of that, I pointed at her with a trembling finger.
“… Clothes… ”
“… ?”
“Look at the clothes… bandage… ”
Even in a situation where the vision is so dizzy that Koyono standing in front of her looks like two people-
The abnormalities on her body were clearly visible.
no, I just couldn’t see it.
Her femininity, which was strong even though it was hidden with bandages… It was because he was breaking through the restraint of bandages and making a big claim.
“… Big!”
Koyono, who grasped the situation in an instant, put down her shield and covered her private parts.
… No, it’s not a size that can be covered by covering it with limbs.
Perhaps he realized that, a moment later he covered his upper body with his shield.
“This, such a bad thing… !”
“I admit that it is of poor quality. but… ”
Relying on the gradually returning sight, I staggered to my feet.
A dagger was still in my hand, so I aimed it at Koyono.
“I still want to continue the battle. If you are ashamed, please abstain.”
“… big… !”
The good smile you showed me until now is nowhere to be found,
Only a girl with a face distorted by shame and anger was seated.
She has a complex about her great femininity.
Calling it ‘heavy flesh’, it is enough to unconsciously stimulate heroines with small breasts.
Arlott was also a victim of that, so I just hope that the current disgrace is a retaliation and accept it sweetly.
It wasn’t that he didn’t feel guilty.
But me and Koyono also want to go to the lower class-
Both of them had no choice but to show off their ugly sparring.
Without overcoming her shame, she becomes an incompetent sangkae,
I got a low score because I didn’t have ‘courtesy to the other person’, which is important in Dalian.
This was the optimal number I devised.
Chae Chaeng!
“Kuu… ”
I grabbed my pounding head and attacked Koyono’s shield with my other hand.
Bustling around her, desperately trying to get her attention—
Koyono also kept turning her shield towards me, hiding the torn clothes.
“… Fighting is no longer possible. Please surrender.”
“This, such a mean… !”
Until just now, her eyes, full of confidence and enthusiasm, were watery.
I have no bad taste in making women cry.
The moment I waited for her to shout surrender –
fluff-
“… uh?”
She collapsed without even shouting surrender.
My stamina is still great, but why?
As I approached her in bewilderment, I immediately guessed why.
‘… Is it a cold?’
He was shivering lightly and covered in sweat.
When I gently put my hand on her forehead, it was hot like a fire, and she was breathing heavily.
Originally, there was a cold energy, but it seems that the fever has risen properly during the sparring.
Seeing her collapsed, two medics run in panting.
Seeing that their eyes focused on Koyono’s chest, I hurriedly covered her upper body with my coat.
“I’ll move you to the infirmary, so wait for the next fight.”
They are guys with impure intentions who, as if regretting it, will not lick their appetite again.
If I had left it in their hands, nothing good would have happened.
So, I left with her on my back.
… Forcibly erasing from consciousness the touch of something voluptuous that he felt behind him.