117 – Dalian Practice
The next practical test subject was Dalian.
Befitting the most popular and caring subject, sparring is considered very important in the practical test.
However, sparring as a practical test had one big difference from usual.
The fact that you have to choose your opponent from another class.
The reason is to prevent cheating, though.
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Just because the class is different doesn’t mean cheating is unconditionally impossible.
In fact, the first reason was to figure out my objective skills more than that.
Simply put, since members of the same class often sparr each other and understand their opponents well, they can prepare appropriate strategy.
In that case, it is difficult for an outsider judge to evaluate properly, so they are matched with other classes with little contact at all.
Of course, even if you do this, there is no choice but to have matching luck.
Thus, although this test is a sparring, winning or losing is only one element of the evaluation, not the whole.
Even if you lose, you can get a good score if you fight hard even though the gap is wide.
On the contrary, if you were swung a lot by an opponent weaker than you, you could get a small score even if you won.
“Rachel. Have you decided on a partner?”
“Eh.”
“Who are you?”
“I don’t know. What about Class C?”
You are very carefree. He must have the confidence to win no matter who comes.
In fact, it was safe to say that Rachel was like that, and there were few people in her class who could beat her. Even if you look at me very generously, should I cross my ten fingers?
Perhaps, if it’s based on simple firepower, it’s probably the strongest in the 1st year right now. The personality of fire is so specialized in that aspect.
“What about Yulia?”
“I was also just decided. Was it Dustin from Class B?”
“I see.”
Seeing that it’s a name I’ve never heard of, it just looks like an extra.
For your reference, the way opponents are decided is in the order of grades.
To be precise, it was a way for students with excellent overall ability evaluations to pick their opponents first.
You are free to choose whether or not to point out, but it is a unique system that you cannot refuse once you are pointed out.
In other words, if you twist it, you must raise your grades and point it out.
“Sharon. You also?”
“Yes.”
“When will I be decided?”
Excluding me, the three people are in the top ranks in the overall ability evaluation.
Rachel is specialized in combat, Sharon is specialized in s*x, and Yulia is comprehensively perfect.
This ranking is based on the grades of the academy middle school and the diagnostic evaluation grades, so I, who was just an extra at the time, was still in the bottom ranks.
Actually, it seems unlikely that the rankings will rise sharply once the midterm exam is over.
Anyway, at the same time as the start of the fight, the opponents of the three were decided.
On the other hand, I have to wait a long time unless someone points it out.
“Huh? I think your name is there?”
“… Huh?”
Already? It’s too early for my name to come out.
At that time, the uneasiness that popped up suddenly.
Wait a minute. Hopefully this…
“·······.”
I wondered if that was the case.
This crazy guy singled out me for sparring.
“Jean Granger?”
“What? I think I’m in first place in class A. Do you know him?”
“Haa… Why did this happen to me…”
Only then did I understand why my name was called so quickly.
Since the first place in the entire school personally pointed it out, I was able to start the sparring without having to wait shoulder-to-shoulder with the kids.
I feel like I’m going to cry tears of joy because it went so well.
“Students below, please prepare for Dalian right away!”
The name was also called Patta for the first time.
“Wow Mr. You finish first and then rest. I envy you.”
“If I was so envious, would you run for me!”
“I’m sorry, but that was cheating. It’s a pity.”
What a pity.
Now this guy knows everything, but he’s deliberately raising drugs.
He still has a very vicious personality. Come back to the neat Rachel that I was pounding for a while.
“Good job. I will cheer you on.”
“Cheer up.”
“···Yes. I’ll come.”
Leaving Yulia and Sharon’s support behind, we moved to the arena.
And I ran into him.
***
“Hey. A long time?”
A guy who casually greets you.
“We met yesterday.”
“Is that so? It doesn’t matter.”
Granger laughed and said grimly, with his hands in his pockets.
“Did I tell you? Even if you want to avoid it, you won’t be able to avoid it.”
Yes. That was a very accurate statement.
I was actually pointed out by him, but there was no way to escape.
Since I was so dumbfounded, I sincerely asked.
“Why did you choose me?”
While it may seem like a trivial happening, it was actually quite a serious problem.
Because today is the day the protagonist and this guy meet for the first time.
Originally, the person who should be here right now is Layard, not me.
The story of the original work was that Grace, who is squeamish about everything, was drawn at random without choosing anyone and accidentally ran into the main character, and from then on became interested in the guy.
That huge flow has now collapsed. I had no idea what this would turn out to be in the future.
The protagonist’s most important rival. The structure that should be kept in check and conscious of each other and grow may disappear altogether.
Of course, after listening to the advice of the goddess, I decided not to obsess too much about the original work.
After all, the flow of an original work is just one of the countless possibilities of the world.
It’s because you don’t bother to divide it into main characters, supporting characters, and extras, and you just have to write your own story.
I’m just curious.
Why did Granger choose me even going against the flow of the original work?
The guy’s answer was very concise.
“Just. Because it’s fun.”
“… Huh?”
“I get excited just imagining you to be beaten and dragged by me.”
The bright red eyes in the three hundred eyes were staring at this side.
It gave me goosebumps, so I involuntarily backtracked and covered myself.
“Dirty.”
“More! Look more frightened! Ha···.”
I must be really crazy. Originally, I knew that he was a crazy psycho, but he was a more crazy pervert than I thought.
Especially, that sigh at the end…
If it had been done by a woman, it would have been unclean, but if it was done by a man, it felt really disgusting.
“Two minutes. Please stop talking and start sparring.”
The examiner spoke in a calm voice.
If I had just heard that, I wouldn’t have been so calm.
Yes. Now that this has happened, I have no choice but to fight properly.
If you sublimate this unpleasant feeling into fighting spirit, wouldn’t it be possible to create a twist?
Of course, it won’t be easy. If a miracle doesn’t follow, I’ll lose 100%.
But I really hated the look on the guy’s face when I lost.
I felt sick to my stomach just imagining it, and I was just about to get frustrated.
So even if I lose, I’ll at least make sure he doesn’t laugh at me to his heart’s content.
We waited for the start sign, facing each other.
“Skinny. Don’t lose and cry.”
“You will regret choosing me.”
I can feel people’s eyes. It is for students who have not yet started Dalian to watch.
Especially since the opponent on the other side is the first in the school, there is bound to be a lot of interest.
So if you create a twist here, rumors will spread quickly.
It means that it is an optimal situation to humiliate.
“Then start!”
I jumped in first at the start.
I shouldn’t be relaxed. Because it is the privilege of the strong.
The underdog must always move hard and aim for gaps. If there is no gap, you have to create it somehow.
But the opponent was full of gaps. Rather, it seemed that he was not wary of my approach in the slightest, as if asking for an attack.
But if you’re not careful, it will end there.
Even though his personality is irritating, his skills are genuine. I knew the guy’s ability through the information of the original work, so I didn’t go in even if I saw a gap.
“Oh. How is it?”
At the same time, a shark appeared vaguely behind him and licked his lips.
Are you really crazy? You took that guy out as soon as you started in Dalian?
If you went in there and got bitten, the upper and lower bodies might have separated.
It didn’t end there. He stretched out his hand and sent the shark right there.
A shark with its mouth wide open looking for prey.
I calmly took out the card and held it between my middle and index fingers.
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Just like that.
I swung the card as if chopping it with a single sword, and soon the shark cut itself without resistance.
If you take this fresh sashimi as it is on a cutting board.
“The finished shark sashimi.”
“Ohh!!”
There was applause along with exclamation among the audience watching Dalian.
If it is cutting magic, you might think it has tremendous killing power, but unfortunately it does not do any damage to life and only cuts off mana.
Of course, it’s a very useful skill against his personality, the ‘Magical Summoner’.
Granger seemed quite taken aback by the battle composition that was different from his own expectations.
It’s only natural that the shark, one of his main weapons that he was proud of, was helplessly defeated.
I’m sorry, but I just don’t have a presence right now, and I’m said to be at the top level among first-year students.
The guy, who was shaken by the unexpected development, immediately let out a barak sound.
“Don’t be ridiculous!!”
The battle has just begun.