162 – transfer student at academy – 10
“after… … I will live. It’s to the point where I feel that my life in the human world until now is all a loss.”
Through a contract with Rose, the 5th circle summoner, Paimon is able to use the power of the 5 stars himself. Just like when she first met Rosé, she rolled the magic in her hand and began to test her magic.
“As expected, since there is a summoner, the use of magical power has become much easier. I like it very much.”
Kwak. Remnants of magical power disappear into the air as soon as you clenched your fist. Rosé looked at Paimon’s hand as if she were amazed at the splendid appearance.
“You are amazing too. Paimon!”
“I thought you would recognize it as well. Roger. That’s right, now I must have become my summoner, no one else. How about learning the sword from me?”
“I-I am Paimon-sama’s sword?”
“Yes, my swordsmanship is very different from that of old Marvas, but… … I believe that if you are talented, you will be able to fully digest our swordsmanship with your own. how about Would you like to learn it?”
I didn’t know that Paimon would teach Rosé swordsmanship first. Rather, I was going to ask for a favor first, but I never thought I would bring up the story first.
At Paimon’s words, Rose glanced at me, and I nodded to accept Paimon’s proposal. Rosé nodded sharply at this.
“yes! I really want to learn!”
“Feel so good. Then, shall we move right away?”
Whoops. When Paimon stood up with a loud sound and clapped his hands lightly, the surrounding scenery changed rapidly and changed to a place that looked like the inside of the old castle.
“Here… ?”
Rosé looks around and is perplexed by the sudden change of location. Yukel, who had been quietly sitting in the back, also stood up at the sudden change and looked around. Paimon waved his hand as if it was nothing.
“It’s one of the spaces I’m using as a storage room. Having reached the level of 5 stars, this level of magic can be used. Oh, it’s not a strange place, so you shouldn’t worry too much.”
Saying that, Paimon walked to the wall, picked up a sword from the display case hanging on the wall, weighed it, and stood in front of Rose.
“Rosé, do you know what you and I have in common?”
“What do you have in common?”
“Yes, something in common. It is a commonality that cannot be found between Marvas and you.”
“It’s the same as Paimon-nim, but it’s different from Marvas-sama… … . ugh… … . Is it your gender?”
“… … Of course that’s the case, but it’s not the right answer.”
“oh! what a waste! Then what is it?”
“Magic. It means that he excels in both magic and swordsmanship. As you know, Marvas is a demon who focuses on swordsmanship rather than magic. So, from now on, I want to teach you about combat using magic and swordsmanship.”
Paimon picked up a sword called Zweihander, a sword that was bigger than his own height, and aimed it at Rose. Rosé trembled at that intimidating appearance and stepped back.
“Well, you don’t have to be too scared. For today, we have prepared here like an academy’s arena.”
Somehow, I heard that Prism Stones can be seen in every corner of the building, so I wonder if it was the intention of teaching Rosé here from the beginning.
Rosé relaxes a bit when she hears that the academy’s gymnasium-like facilities are ready.
“uh… … . Then, is it okay to fight Paimon-sama?”
Rosé slowly backed away while holding her hand on the “indomitable” dance of her waist.
“By the way, I was exhausted from sparring with the dragon earlier in the morning, right? So later———”
“Have you forgotten that I became your summoned beast? Rosé, it is a fact that I know that your magic power is wide.”
“Ugh——!”
“Now then, where will you try to attack me in your way? and… … Gregory. Don’t just hang out there, stay with Yukel over there and watch. After taking care of Rosé, I will take care of Yukel.”
“… … do that.”
A confrontation between Paimon and Rosé, who are no one else. If it was Yukel, there should have been a lot to be gained just by looking at it. And I… … I’m not a person who uses a sword in the first place, so I just need to check how good a 5-star Paimon is.
“Okay then, Rose. I’ll let you go from this side first.”
“Ah! It’s really hard!”
“ruler! let’s play Rose!”
Holding the Zweihander with both hands, Paimon raised the sword above his head and swung it in the air, accelerating it.
A technique that uses centrifugal force to increase destructive power, just like when the imperial family showed battles in the past. Since it was Paimon’s swordsmanship that she had already seen once, Rose, holding the indomitable hand, immediately lowered her body and seemed to examine Paimon’s wrist to find a gap.
“In this case, don’t block it, avoid it!”
The centrifugal force of the sword falls on Rosé’s head. At first, he tried to block it, but after hearing Paimon’s words, Rose immediately rolled aside to avoid the sword. However, Paimon’s onslaught does not stop.
“If you block it even once, it will crack your bones at least, so overcome it on your own!”
“It’s too much from the start Oh!”
The speed of the sword gradually increased, and now a sound like tearing the wind began to be heard in the air. As Paimon said, if you properly block an attack like that, you could at least crack your bones.
“Haste, strength, power up!”
Rose, who activated the basic 3-stage strengthening magic, raised the sword above her head and let Paimon’s attack flow.
“Hoo?”
“what… … ! My bones seem to tremble even when I use strengthening magic… … !”
“Nice try. Just like you did, try to use your magic as much as possible.”
At the same time as Paimon hits the ground, bright red flames rise from the ground. As a result, Rosé’s forward vision is limited by the flames. However, Rosé did not panic and immediately rolled her body, dodging Paimon’s sword that fell in a straight line from beyond the flames.
“How did you avoid it?”
“Even if I had covered my eyesight with magic, I would have attacked right away!”
“That’s right. That’s the difference in experience. But, aren’t you still too complacent?”
Paimon rolls on the ground once more. Bang this time! With a sound, bright red flames began to wrap around Rosé.
“That kind of magic is really just for blinding. It should not be forgotten that it can be used continuously.”
“Then, I can suppress it with magic too!”
Rosé took out a cane from the pouch with her left hand. Immediately, as she swung her staff from top to bottom, the wind that blew from above began to blow as if crushing fire. And then, Paimon appeared from within the wall of flame.
“I won’t miss it this time!”
Rose slightly leaned back, using the counter-elastic force, to bounce back toward Paimon. The place where her indomitable end is headed is Paimon’s chest. However, Paimon, who cut off Rose’s sword with his left fist, showed his teeth and proceeded to headbutt Rosé.
“Don’t forget. Roger. For now, I am the hunter. You are the prey.”
“If the prey is a carnivore, then it also hunts the hunter!”
Rose, who was pushed back by Paimon’s charge, immediately kicked her feet up to block Paimon’s attack. However, Rosé retrieves her feet with a frown on her face, as if the shock was considerable.
Seeing that, Paimon spoke first.
“It’s also a good way to block the opponent’s attack with your feet. But, would there be a better way left for you?
Paimon immediately threw away his sword and stretched out his arms toward Rosé. At the same time, purple magic power began to gather in her hands, creating a loud wave of magic power.
“I am stronger than I thought!”
“It could be your own thoughts!”
Paimon tries to embed a mass of magical energy into Rosé. In response, Rosé also applies flames to his indomitability and then swings his sword at Paimon, who reaches out.
“It is also important for a swordsman to understand his sword. Then, what is the wisest course of action for you to fight now?”
Rose’s indomitable sword belongs to the broadsword. As it was a one-handed sword, it moved faster than Paimon’s sword, and it was designed to take advantage of stabbing that occupied a small space.
Did he realize something after hearing Paimon’s words? Rose, who had been moving mainly on cutting until now, gradually started to change into a stabbing movement.
Rosé’s movements are getting faster and faster, as if she had applied strengthening magic to herself.
Paimon, who had still been dodging all of Rosé’s attacks with ease, reaches back to retrieve his own Zweihender, then deflects the indomitability that stabs toward his chest, spinning his sword once above his head and swinging it toward Rosé.
“Sorry in advance!”
Realizing that the reach of Paimon’s sword was beyond imagination, Rosé went straight into Paimon’s body and wrapped her fist in flames.
“Fire Rosé Punch!”
Rosé sublimated my skills into my own. Paimon was pushed back by a fist of flame that suddenly flew towards her body, but her expression was very bright, as if she was already satisfied enough.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen a summoner who’s this good at close combat! Ahahahahaha!”
“I’m still struggling to death!”
“Come in using what you learned from Old Man Marvas!”
“aaang!”
“Don’t cry! One more go!”
“Oh no!”
Unlike Marvas, who slowly teaches the basics, Paimon forcibly beats the experience by acting directly. Seeing Rosé suffering like this made me feel proud.
You are getting stronger! Rosé.
Can I just stick it on for another 30 minutes? while I was leisurely appreciating the two of them.
“check.”
The sparring between the two finally came to an end when Paimon placed his sword under Rose’s neck.
That is the real skill of Paimon, who is called the sword demon along with Marvas.
Watching Rosé exhaling a rough breath and holding her tongue out to catch her breath, I thought that the teacher’s blessing was truly amazing.
“… … Heeing. I lost.”
“Don’t worry too much. It was difficult for you, who had not yet held the sword properly, to be able to defeat me.”
After sticking his sword into the ground, Paimon takes out a handkerchief in the air and wipes the sweat from his forehead.
Evidence of exhaustion from just the brief sparring.
“After a 10-minute break, I’ll take care of Yukel next time.”
Really, I felt like I had a strong support group.