There Is No Spring in the Stolen Field

55. bet (2)

Arin and I stood facing each other in the middle of the gymnasium.

The homeroom teacher sat on a chair far away and explained the rules to us.

“You win when you make the other side incapacitated. It’s a magic battle after all, so be careful not to destroy the next gymnasium or other academy facilities too much.”

Arin just glared at me while listening to the homeroom teacher.

The time has come for legal retaliation for striking me with surprise magic during the last evaluation.

Don’t instill politeness.

little boy

“Now. Are you ready? So, let’s start now!”

As expected, Arin started casting magic without casting.

As she stretched out her hand, a magic circle spread out in front of her, and a pillar of flame attacked me.

“Ugh. It’s hot.”

I raised my hand and created a corresponding column of water.

The fire and water mixed together, and the steam became smoke and filled the gymnasium.

We couldn’t see each other even though we were only a short distance away due to the smoke that was created.

You never know where an attack might come from.

Arin did something cute.

Beneath my feet, plant vines stretched out from the ground to tie me up.

This kind of magic could easily be avoided due to the slow speed in the situation where the sight was caught, but in the case of lack of quickness in the case of the lack of sight. It could have been beaten in an instant.

The plan wasn’t bad. The opponent was just me.

I didn’t avoid the approaching vines and slammed my palms on the ground.

The vines lost their power and couldn’t reach me, as if they were blocked by an invisible wall.

And just by gently touching the vines, I was able to locate Arin.

I prefer mana rather than destructive power. disarm the magic circle. Because these things are amazing.

It was thick with smoke, but the mana he sensed shaped her location and let him know.

In the battle between wizards, the easiest thing to be vigilant for was, of course, close combat.

Usually, the concept of approaching a battle between wizards was unfamiliar because they depended more on the use of magic than on physical abilities.

However, that was the story of guys who chanted spells while sucking their fingers in the Mage Tower, and I was much more used to training close to real life.

I ran towards Arin at the maximum speed I could.

Arin seemed to be preparing some kind of magic, as if he had heard my footsteps.

But the moment you allow access, it’s your defeat. this child

Her shadow began to appear through the smoke.

I prepared about five magic missiles in advance.

Of course, compared to what I showed in front of Seria earlier, I prepared a little stronger power.

Any clumsy attack would be blocked by her barrier anyway.

This was also a story that I recognized Arin’s skills in some parts.

Eventually, as I got closer, I could see her with the naked eye.

As expected, her face was shocked.

“…Is it close combat for a wizard?”

It was Arin who screamed in a tone as if I were blaspheming.

let me tell you one thing then.

“The demons are faster and stronger than this, and they use magic a lot?”

She was the one who predicted my approach and cast multiple layers of barriers in advance.

To create such a solid barrier in such a short moment. You’ve definitely passed the warrior party.

I put the prepared magic missile straight into the barrier.

Layers of barriers were shattered one by one, making her more and more defenseless.

“…What magic missile power…!”

As soon as I saw it, it seemed that I immediately grasped the type of magic, but the power was unexpected.

Still, Arin is still a genius. My Magic Missile didn’t land her an effective hit.

My magic couldn’t keep up with the barrier’s regeneration speed.

In the end, my mana sphere lost power first and disappeared as the wind.

But the magic missile did its job well enough.

It was clear from the beginning that he was not an opponent that could be defeated with such low-level magic.

Because it’s not magic that knocks you down.

“hahahaha…”

Arin took a deep breath.

It would have taken quite a bit of concentration to block the previous attack.

All I needed was a moment when her concentration was distracted. That was enough.

In a state where the distance had already been considerably reduced, I leaped towards her once again.

She tensed again and straightened up.

I prepared magic missiles on her again in the same way.

“Do you think you’ll get hit twice?”

she snorted.

“No. I don’t think you will.”

My missile flew with me and she started creating thick barriers again.

The orbs of mana all seemed to be flying towards her in one direction, but in fact, one orb was me launching into the sky above our heads.

The confrontation between destruction and creation began again.

In the same way, my attack seemed to be dispelled, but I shot a single magic missile that I had set aside from the sky, aiming it at Arin’s head.

She hurriedly deployed the barrier above her head, as if she hadn’t realized it too late.

And I caught the moment when her posture was disturbed.

Leaping at breakneck speed, I was able to reach her in an instant.

“Oh, no!”

Arin’s scream echoed.

I raised my right arm.

She seemed already perplexed enough to have granted me access, but did not seem to understand my subsequent actions.

Did I really think I would pop her head out with magic or something?

Arin was an important person to me.

With you, I don’t have to be by Seria’s side.

Making a circle with my middle finger and thumb, I gathered enough strength at my fingertips.

When I was a kid, it was something Yan often did as a penalty for defeat, and I was very excited to do it.

I wonder if Yan felt the same way.

“Learn more, kid.”

My thumb, which acted as a suppressor, gave way, and my middle finger mercilessly struck her forehead.

f*ck.

A refreshing sound echoed through the gymnasium.

A red mark was clearly left on Arin’s white forehead.

oh… that hurts…

Arin grabbed his forehead and sat down.

I saw tears welling up in her eyes.

“Bye…”

She looked up at me with an indignant look.

I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw her like that.

It felt like all the stress I had been feeling lately was disappearing.

“Ohhh! As expected! My eyesight was right!”

The homeroom teacher walked towards us with a smile.

The homeroom teacher was the one who bet on my victory from the beginning, but when the results came out like this, I didn’t feel so good because it seemed like everything the homeroom teacher said was true.

“Look at that. Ariana. You can’t even deal with Sirius, so it makes sense for you to try to beat me.”

The homeroom teacher booed Arin.

This is an adult with a lot of age, but what he did was childish.

His words made Arin’s cheeks red even more.

it will be embarrassing

Being slapped on the forehead by a man who called him a jomuraegi, and being teased by the homeroom teacher.

Even when I thought about it, it couldn’t have been a scene that hurt my pride.

“ha…”

I sighed.

I won for the sake of information, but I thought that the relationship with Arin could get worse in the future.

“The information we promised. Let me know.”

Gotta get this one too If he couldn’t get even this, the loss was not insignificant.

“Oh right. Information. Yes. A promise is a promise.”

The homeroom teacher burst out laughing.

“I’ll tell you the story, but there is one condition. Sirius.”

I was already frowning.

It’s not a condition. It wasn’t like that when I started.

“What is it?”

“I will reveal to the other students that only you know the hint for this test.

what nonsense are you talking about this person.

If that word came true, it was obvious that I would be the target throughout this evaluation period.

Seria and Luna. It was too much to be bothered by two people, but it was not acceptable to bother me even with severe people.

“Haa… that’s all right. Then I think it’s better not to listen.”

“Hmm~ Doesn’t Sirius have much interest in winning?”

“It’s not like that.”

“What if. Even if this information is like insurance that can prevent your team from losing?”

“yes?”

“I don’t quite understand. The condition I put forward is that as long as you keep your mouth shut and share with your party members, there will be no problem, right?”

It was a theory.

In fact, it was a problem that would solve everything if I put up with the annoying things.

Arin, who was still holding his forehead, also looked at me with an expression that I did not understand.

The faces of the people who already bullied me flashed through my mind.

Except for our party, Luna first. Kane. glass. Raven doesn’t seem like that, pass.

Maybe students I didn’t know could approach me.

“Are you really not going to listen?”

The homeroom teacher asked in a final tone of asking for confirmation.

“…I will listen.”

It would be very difficult for me to fall if I was ranked last in the evaluation with only one probability in real life.

It’s a warrior’s party, but I thought that our party would finish last.

“That’s right. Then come over here for a while.”

The homeroom teacher took me to a corner of the gymnasium.

“This evaluation… It’s easy to think of it as a skirmish.”

The homeroom teacher grinned.

“If you defend the given item to the end, the status quo is maintained. If you take someone else’s item, you score a point. If you lose it, you lose a point.”

It was a simple rule.

However, it was unlikely that victory or defeat would be decided based on pure force.

“How is it easy? Good luck. Sirius.”

After tapping me on the shoulder a couple of times, the homeroom teacher left the gym with slow steps.

Arin covered his swollen forehead with the palm of his hand and approached me.

“You… don’t leave me alone next time. I really won’t leave you alone. Cee…”

After saying that, she also ran out of the gymnasium.

I’d really appreciate it if everyone could just leave it alone, but…