Chapter 3: The first lesson of sword and magic

The first-afternoon class started with swordsmanship. Almost all the boys participated, but only a few girls did, including me. The others are watching.

「Okay, we will play mock battles to confirm everyone’s ability. The first one is… you, the one with level 99. 」I can hear the mocking laughter around me.The teacher who taught swordsmanship is the one who came to me at the entrance ceremony. I guess William is a hot-blooded swordsman?「Then, I’ll be her opponent. 」William raised his voice to announce himself as my opponent. The girls cheer with a shrill voice.

We will use a wooden sword for the mock battle. I choose the appropriate wooden sword for me, then went to the center of the training ground.William seems to have chosen the longest thick wooden sword. In the game, he also used a giant sword as tall as his height.

「If you step out now, you can stop this. 」Ignoring William’s warning, I gave him the pre-match bow.「I look forward to our match. 」「Tsk. I don’t know. You can get hurt. 」He insists. And I was desperately thinking about how to adjust for going easy on him.

「Get ready, both of you. 」Now that you mention it, I don’t know the proper stance when holding a sword. This is my first time holding it.When leveling up defeating monsters, I always use magic.If I had a hard time defeating it with magic, I use the wooden stick and stone in the area to attack. I could use my bare hands, but I didn’t use it because I didn’t want to get dirty.

William looked suspicious at me, at the way I hold my sword.「Hey, let’s get this over quickly, or will you surrender without fighting? 」「I’m sorry, I’ve never used a sword before. You can start it. 」You can hear the unconcealed laughter and jeers from the surrounding. William’s face distorted with anger.「How stupid you think you are! I won’t be going easy just because you’re a girl, and I have one or two bones to pick. 」Without waiting for the signal to begin, William rushes straight.In general, he was fast. But with the reaction speed that I have, I can easily deal with it.

William was waving his sword in front of me as I think how to avoid injuring him.Before he can bring down his sword, I dodge it sideways and hold out my sword on his feet.As he swung his sword down with a great swipe of air, his foot tripped on my sword, and he falls flat on the ground. I’m sorry, I didn’t think you will make a fool of yourself to make it exciting.

When that happens, the surrounding fall completely silent.「Sensei, is this over? Or should I continue? 」Swinging his sword and making a little breeze while he looks at the training ground, the teacher returning to his sense and declared my victory.「The winner is Yumiela Dolknes! 」William, who rose from his fall, disagrees with that decision.「Not yet, you caught me off my guard! How cowardice of you pretending to be an amateur! 」It didn’t have any persuasion power when you said that while you bleed from your face.

「Uoooooooooo.」「Stop.」William jumps up with a roar. Thinking that she can’t avoid the confrontation again, their wooden sword clashing as he swings down.The colliding swords make a loud sound that doesn’t come from a wooden sword, blowing William backward. I thought the wooden sword would break, but it’s surprisingly strong.At that moment, the training ground filled with shrieking voices. The reaction is as if someone had died.He was blown backward so hard he flew in the sky, and when his head got hit, he ended up fainting.

「A—, shall we take him to the infirmary?」When the teacher saw I grabbed William’s nape to lift him, he panicked.「No, no. I’ll take him. Hand him over, and I’ll carry him. 」His reaction is as if I’m taking William hostage. Even though I’m feeling exasperated, I let the teacher taking over.「I’m going to take William to the infirmary.Until I came back, do sword-swinging self-practice. Okay? Don’t fight with each other. 」After the teacher said that he leaves the training ground in a hurry.

Even so, I’m an amateur using a sword, so I’m going to imitate the others.I look around my surroundings as I thought, but no one seemed to move, I can see the result of the commotion.The girls who were watching are already gone.They shouldn’t be afraid. I’m going easy on him, and he didn’t become minced meat after our match is the best evidence.

I had no choice but practice swinging on my own with random kataIn the end, the teacher didn’t come back until the end of the class.

The next class is magic practice. The magic training area is lined with scarecrows in metal armor, and the roof only covers the place where you shoot your magic from, like an archery ground.

The teacher arrives on time at the training ground, look around the students, and said.「Let’s begin with everyone’s magic ability demonstration. It’s enough to hit using one of the attributes. 」Like the swordsmanship class, each person will show their magic to measure their ability.There are four basic attributes: fire, wind, water, and earth. People who can use light and dark magic are scarce.

When the students taking turns to show off their magic, not many of them passed, it’s either shoot off the point or don’t reach the target.So far, most of them using two attributes; it doesn’t matter whether the power is insufficient or not.Alicia couldn’t hit the target, but her light magic raises some amazement among the students.

Oswald mastered all the four attributes and hit the mark. The teacher showed a lack of restraint and showering him in praise. Compared to the others, his magic is powerful, but the target didn’t move an inch. Is the scarecrow tough?「As expected of Oswald-kun, how wonderful. You didn’t get called a genius for nothing. 」「This is nothing.She’s the only one left who hasn’t shown her magical abilities. What kind of incredible magic that will you show? 」Oswald raised his glasses with his finger and looked down on me as he said that.I’m sure he wasn’t in my swordsmanship class. I thought that must be the reason why he didn’t know that I sent William flying.The student who takes swordsmanship class took a step back as if expecting something to happen.You don’t have to be on your guard…

To be honest, I can’t use the four basic attributes. I can only use fire attribute for a lighter and wind attribute to make a gentle breeze.But you can bet that I’m a girl with abilities lies in her muscle and dark magic.

「Um, is it okay to break the target?」Instead of the teacher, the one who answered my question is Oswald.「The scarecrow wear specially processed armor. And you won’t be able to break what I can’t break. 」I want you to answer the question of whether I’m allowed to break the scarecrow or not. Ignoring Oswald’s answer, I stare at the teacher.「Only royal court wizard who able to break it, but if you feel like you can do it, you can break the target.」

I took that as permission and fired my magic.「Okay, Dark Flame.」From my fingertip, a black flame in the size of a bean materialize, it shoots straight to the target.「What was that? Are you showing us your bean shooter? 」

You don’t need to be that afraid.