Chapter 68 – Episode 68. It’s Not Even a Boy’s Manga (6)
“One thing to be aware of is that the magic bracelet’s effectiveness varies depending on the owner’s mana sensitivity. In addition, depending on how close you are to magic, the intimacy with it also rises. It’s not that a heavy-duty knight can’t use a magic bracelet, but it’s less efficient than a magic knight who always uses magic.”
Professor Anafrey looked around at the cadets and said. There is no rule against using a magic bracelet for a heavy knight, but a heavy knight who values physical firepower rather than magic is somehow less efficient.
Magic knights who always wear magic bracelets, practice magic, and learn swordsmanship at the same time naturally deepen their connection with magic bracelets, and the gap with armored knights is bound to widen.
“Then, let’s practice. It would be nice to see for yourself how powerful the defensive magic in your magic bracelet is. Let’s take the time to feel the effectiveness of defense magic that unfolds instantaneously without even chanting. Well then… “
Professor Anafrey looked around and met Emily’s eyes. Emily’s gaze staring at horse dung and horse dung was rather burdensome, but she did not suit Emily to deploy defensive magic using a magic bracelet, which could be said to be a beginner among beginners, a basic level.
“Professor?”
Looking at Professor Ana Frey, who was lost in thought for a moment, Emily tilted her head and asked. She couldn’t understand why the professor kept looking at her, even though she was just listening intently.
“Cadet Emily, come forward here for a moment.”
“Yes, Professor.”
When the sky-like professor told her to come out, she followed Emily without a word. After going to her desk and standing next to her, Professor Ana Frey opened her mouth as she looked around at the rest of her students except Emily.
“Now, come forward in groups of five and defend Cadet Emily’s magic. Don’t worry, I’ve already explained enough, and I’ll make sure you don’t get hurt if the defense magic fails. Cadet Emily, please fire the ice picks in a very small size.”
“All right.”
Only then did Emily understand why the professor had summoned her. Anyway, Emily was not lacking in the slightest to activate this magic bracelet for practice. She was rather overflowing. So it would probably be more helpful for her to come forward like this and act as her assistant rather than such wasted years.
Not a bad suggestion, Emily stood still and cycled her mana. Her mana in her body circulated through her legs, her arms, and up to her head, eliciting a feeling of refreshment in her.
Cool refreshing feeling. Whenever I felt it, the circulation of this mana was truly a pleasant feeling.
“Ice pick!”
Five or six small skewer-shaped chunks of ice appeared in the air and flew away with a sizzling sound. The ice pick should have flown at an imperceptible speed for the purpose of killing, but this time, on the contrary, it flew slowly at a remarkably slow speed because the purpose was to never kill.
“Wrap it up!”
A golden aura instantly appeared and wrapped around the bodies of the cadets along with the predetermined drive command. The golden light soon disappeared, but the golden aura appeared everywhere where the ice picks flew in and collided, drawing concentric circles.
The ice pick could not pierce it and it crumbled. Seeing that look, the voice saying Oh Oh for a while.
“What’s wrong with everyone saying they’ve seen it at home. What are you pretending not to learn?”
The cadets laughed at Professor Anafrey’s playful words, but Astrid couldn’t. Because I saw it for the first time Like Wolfgang and Ashley, they were all lieutenant knights and extremely haters of magic.
Their logic was that if they were warriors, they should be able to fight at the cost of their lives, and why they would hop around behind them and shoot magic, but Astrid, unfortunately, thought that way too.
As a result, I didn’t really see any magic. So, it was the first time I saw magic directly like this, and attack magic at that.
But I didn’t bother to show it off. Apparently, among the cadets around him, he seemed to be the only one who had seen this kind of magic for the first time, so it was clear that if he showed it off, he would contribute to his reputation as strong and ignorant.
“Now, next… “
As the turn passed like that, it was Astrid’s turn. Astrid stood up casually and went out to the front of the auditorium.
Emily made a strange expression when she saw Astrid standing in front of her.
“Professor, since Astrid cadets can’t activate magic bracelets, shouldn’t they be included in the practice?”
“Um, yes. Cadet Astrid doesn’t do that… “
I feel bad about that.
【If you just attack and break that thing first, it’s over.】
‘Yes, I agree with you.’
Astrid snapped his wrists and made a crunching noise. Since it was a sorcery class, everyone was not carrying weapons, but Astrid was different. Since her whole body is a weapon anyway, even if she said she didn’t have a greatsword, saying that she had no weapon didn’t work.
【Let’s change it for a moment. It’s dangerous against wizards.]
‘Okay. That would be better.’
It’s a pity, but it’s as the real Astrid said. It’s still a bit early.
When she closed her eyes slightly and relaxed her body, her vision went dark.
“I just do it. Now, I’m going to show you how pointless it is to rely on magic.”
【Are you okay?】
‘Are you okay? You’re asking strange things.’
Astrid gave a relaxed smile.
“True power comes from the body. Tools are just by-products to help the body. I will show you true strength.”
“… If you keep provoking me like that, nothing good will happen.”
Emily’s face was visibly hardened. Emily was not in a good mood at Astrid’s continued selling.
Even in war, the crossfire of military wizards pouring from the rear proved its firepower. While heavy-duty knights shook the enemy camp in advance and magic knights entered from the rear or from both sides and cut off the enemy’s back, the military wizards bought time to sing and devastated the enemy camp to the end.
As a wizard who is the flower of firepower, the incarnation of the battlefield, and the representative of crossfire, it doesn’t make sense to just ignore the grinning of these heavily armed knights.
“… Well, good Then let’s raise the ring.”
As Professor Ana Frey snapped his fingers, a fence began to rise from the space between the teacher’s desk and the cadets’ desks. It was the same fence that appeared when she fought Variant, so she knew what role it played, but the real Astrid didn’t look nervous at all.
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– The instructors seem confused.
“Okay?”
Vera Shien smirked as she caressed her crystal ball. It was the crystal ball that predicted the relationship between Leopold and Astrid at the night market.
“How did you ask me to find out with him?”
There was obviously no one in the prayer room. During her theology class, Vera Sien, who came out for a while to go to the bathroom, went to the prayer room, not the bathroom, but she was sitting alone in the prayer room and muttering something.
– We are still investigating… Nothing has been revealed yet.
“Okay? I’m more curious about why that girl looked like two people.”
– Mr. Haona Beraya. Isn’t that what Astain-nim told us to prioritize?
Vera Shien removed the expression from her face and flicked the orb lightly with a thump. As her crystal ball slowly disappeared, the soft light in her prayer room also disappeared.
“I just wanted you to summon Helvey. She couldn’t even use it properly, what more to do. Thanks to that, we also confirmed how insanely powerful that girl was.”
The memory came back to me. The appearance of Astrid holding on to the molars of the Helvey family and competing head-on. That strength that made me want to be human.
“Helvey is about the same as calling the neighborhood dog, but in the human world, it’s a fairly strong monster. To handle it alone, what a crazy force it is.”
Berashien glanced up at the sky.
“Go and tell Astain. I’ll do anything you ask me to do, but if there’s something that looks interesting, I’ll prioritize it.”
– … Astain-sama won’t stay still.
“You are laughing. What are you going to do if you don’t stay still? Even break the contract? Then she’ll kill herself or I’ll kill her. Look at the unfortunate guy and tell him to dig a well. Or bring me something more fun.”
– I see, Mr. Veracian.
I could feel her voice disappearing. Vera Shien snorted lightly and leaned back in her prayer room chair.
Astain’s proposal was quite interesting, so she accepted. It was like that, but now, it is common for him to give instructions to do this or that, as if he were the master of Veracien. Verathien didn’t like that.
I don’t know what she’s trying to do with all the blessings of the stars, but Vera Shien is losing interest in Astain.
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“Whoop, whoop.”
“How about it, are wizards stronger?”
Astrid’s form wasn’t very good either. Many of the cloaks of the uniform were torn and tattered, and the uniform was also torn in places, revealing bare skin, but only that pure white face was unscathed.
And with that hand, his left hand was gripping Emily’s collar, and his right hand was tightly clenching his fist.
Emily’s appearance was even worse. Her excuse is that space is limited, but she is also a military mage, so she has learned various skills to deal with her warriors. She, of course, had no real combat experience, but even Emily had no idea that she would be pushed this far.
She obviously had almost no resistance to Astrid’s magic. But she had one target, and there was a reason why she couldn’t afford to use wide-range magic.
“Are you saying you couldn’t use range magic?”
Astrid, who was holding Emily by the collar, let go of her hand with excitement.
“There are no excuses on the battlefield. He died without being able to use range magic, so please bring him back to life. Creating conditions is also a skill, so I won anyway.”
【… That’s great.]
Magic is dangerous if it hits you directly, even if it’s Astrid. If you’re carrying a weapon, knock it off, otherwise avoid it. Astrid did just that. Since she didn’t have a weapon, she avoided it, and even though she avoided it, it was clear that Emily was a great wizard in that she suffered this much damage.
But the opponent was Astrid, and when she finally reached out and caught her, Astrid grabbed Emily’s collar instead of his fist.
“I had the upper hand in combat experience, skills, and improvisation. Don’t be resentful, Emily.”
At some point, Astrid was treating Emily badly.
“Because there is no shame in losing to the strong.”
Emily bit her lip until it bled.
