119 – Watching the fight
“Looking at it, it looks like it’s fighting with Cro again. Are you just going to go?”
“Ha. Why don’t you get out of here and not get in between us?”
Hey guys.
It’s good to fight.
Why are you guys doing this with me between you guys?
And especially Granger you bastard.
I wonder if I can express myself in that way no matter how I speak.
Don’t get in between us. If someone hears it, they’ll think we’re fighting for love.
Anyway, I was afraid that if I left it like this, it would turn into a real fight, so I had no choice but to intervene in the middle to stop the two.
“For now, both calm down…”
“You are missing.”
“Cro. Leave it to me.”
I’m really going to turn around.
Layered That bastard is talking as if he wants to trust something. I mean, notice that you’re making things worse in real time.
Of course, those two people are famous for being dog mates because their personalities don’t match in the original work.
In other words, they are not good-natured rivals, but are close to real life-or-death rivalry.
If there is a problem, there is only one. Unlike the original work, it’s just that I’m still stuck in the middle of the two.
What I’m worried about is more than right now, I’m worried about the future, lest I get involved whenever something happens between the two.
When the point of view enters the second half of the story, whenever the two fight, the aftermath spreads out very greatly.
To handle it all by myself and deal with it?
It was a terrible future that made my mind dizzy just thinking about it and darkened my eyes.
I can never let that happen.
So, from now on, it was necessary to suppress it in the early stages so that I would not get involved.
“Hey countryman. It would be better to turn it off right away when you say nice things. Don’t cry and scream later.”
“That’s what I’m talking about. You look like a girl, but the things you do are not manly.”
“What?”
Damn it. It’s a big deal.
Of course, Layered had touched the opponent’s biggest wrath.
What Granger hates the most is referring to her appearance, saying that she looks like a woman or that she looks pretty.
When I hear those words, the switch is turned on immediately and I will never let it pass.
As if rabies had broken out, he literally trembled and tried to retaliate at all costs.
As expected, I had already been neatly forgotten in Granger’s gaze for a long time, as I feared.
The bastard glared terribly, staring only at Layered with three bright red eyes.
“What did you just say? Say it again.”
“They say you look like a girl and act like a girl.”
“···Good. I know what you mean.”
Wait a minute. Surely he’s not planning on using magic here, is he?
No matter how upset I was, I wouldn’t be able to discern that much. As the examiner warned earlier, if you recklessly use magic, you may be expelled for cheating.
But why are you so anxious? It would be better if he exploded in anger, but since he was so calm, it felt more ominous like the night before the storm.
While I thought it might not be the case, after a while, I felt a weak magic power around him.
I was startled and looked around, but no one seemed to notice yet.
Anyway, it seems that I, who is sensitive to magic detection, noticed it first, but in the end, it’s only a matter of time before everyone finds out.
In the first place, the fact that mana was released in such a public place was a problem that could not be overlooked. It’s like a declaration of war to use magic.
It would be a big deal if the examiner who was nearby noticed it. It’s not bad that he’s being bullied, but it’s better to block the variable altogether because it might spark even me.
In the end, he had no choice but to approach Granger and warn him in a whisper.
“Hey…! Calm down for now! Then what if the examiner gets caught!”
“Do not disturb and get out.”
“If you get caught doing this, you will be expelled!?”
“Then what do you say to me? Are you just going to see what that bastard did and put up with it?”
No, it’s not something to be so angry about in the first place. If it was someone else, it wouldn’t have been strange if he had taken it as a compliment.
Still, I guess I didn’t completely lose my sanity, but I saved up my mana, but the bloody atmosphere was still getting worse instead of being relieved.
It seemed obvious that if I left it as it was, the same thing would happen again.
What should I do? Should I really just pretend not to know and run away by myself?
As I was immersed in such serious thoughts, another person intervened.
“Huh? What are you guys doing here?”
Rachel came over to me with her hands in her pockets.
“Oh, Rachel.”
“The guy who went to sparring as my first friend still hasn’t come, so I did something.”
She passed the layered next to me and slowly glanced over to Granger.
“What is the atmosphere? If it’s a fight, will you join me too?”
Perhaps at this point, Rachel and Granger are raw grass noodles with no contact.
However, the two surprisingly have a lot in common.
He has a strong spirit and rough personality, has a firm pride that he is the best, and has a considerable temperament for fighting.
Of course, if you dig deep, the differences are quite obvious, but it means that the characters are similar enough that there is no sense of incongruity even if they are grouped together in a major category.
“What are you? Stop interfering and get out.”
“Huh. Look at what you’re talking about. This is a funny guy.”
Suddenly, what else? Why are you two fighting a war of nerves again this time?
Do you know what tag match this is?
Even Layered, who seemed to have calmed down, jumped out again and joined the fight.
“Hey. The conversation between you and me isn’t over yet.”
“···Yes. Even if the other bastards don’t know, you can’t just move on.”
As the two rivals ignited again, Rachel looked this way, asking what the situation was.
“Try to dry yourself too.”
“What nonsense. Fighting isn’t stopping, it’s watching. Stupid.”
“If you use magic like that, it won’t end just by watching the fight…!”
Hearing my words, she burst into a snort and said,
“Did you just struggle with that problem? Cute.”
I wonder if it’s time for you to say such things leisurely right now?
From what she says, Rachel sounds like she knows how to do it.
“If you’re going to be so proud, don’t just watch, do something!”
“That’s easy. Can’t we just arrange a fight legally?”
“… Huh?”
You fight legally?
Rachel happily intervened between the two and mediated the situation.
“Two there! I don’t know what it is, but if you’re going to fight, do it coolly over there. How is it?”
The place she pointed to was the sparring arena, the place we had just come out of.
“Is that possible?”
“Of course not. There are so many guys who sparred while saying they were warming up before exams. You just need to get permission from the examiner and fight in an empty place.”
At Rachel’s suggestion, the two talked while glaring at each other.
“You’re not going to get scared and run away, are you?”
“Ha! I? What about you? I’m so full of energy that I can only snort!”
In the end, the relationship between the two collapsed to the worst.
But maybe it’s not that bad.
This is something I thought about before, but if it was skipped without such an event, there would be no incident in the original work about the two facing each other.
Even if the flow of detail is different, it might be better to fight each other in the arena like this.
It’s better than fighting outside and getting caught cheating.
So I turned around and went back to the arena with the decision to make a decision through legal sparring.
But why do Rachel and I have to follow each other?
Since the problem has been solved, shouldn’t the two of them just finish it properly?
I’m tired and want to rest. I want to go back to a peaceful class instead of this bloody atmosphere and be healed by Yulia.
Rachel’s reply came back after I carefully conveyed my thoughts.
“What nonsense. I need to watch the fight.”
Yes. You used to be that kind of kid
I miss the neat and clean Rachel who was like a midsummer night’s dream for a while.
Anyway, we sat next to each other and watched the couple fight.
Layered and Granger.
The first clash between the two rivals.
“Hey. Which of the two do you think will win?”
“Of course…”
This turned out to be a lot easier than I thought.
“It must be Granger.”
A genius rival who is number one in the school and a protagonist who still needs to grow.
Of course, it is a losing trend at first. It was like that in the original original as well.
Of course, when the main character grows rapidly and changes the composition, he will receive that much shock and inferiority, but that is a long time later, and right now, Granger has no choice but to win.
“Hmm…”
Rachel sighed at my firm answer.
“Why? Do you think differently?”
“Okay. If I had to ask, I’d be that unlucky guy. Surprisingly, you seem worthy of opposition, don’t you?”
Is that so? I don’t think Layered has much of a chance to win.
For the main character right now, even defeating me may be difficult at this point.
Of course, her intuition is pretty sharp, so we’ll have to wait and see.
That’s how Dalian started.
“… Huh?”
The flow went against my expectations.