81 – 081 – My name is # 2
081 – My Name is #2
“Enter the players!”
At Akasha’s cry, students from the left and right began to walk out.
“That guy is Magna.”
“I heard you’re about to be promoted to class B? I think you said that it goes up by subjugation points, not written grades.”
“In today’s world, the half rises with subjugation scores instead of handwriting. Are you a little bitch?
In the midst of people’s whispers, I also looked at Nike’s counterpart.
Her purple hair was short for a woman.
The face is cool and cold.
Her eyes are like snakes, and her red lips are like thorny rose petals.
Her overall appearance was beautiful, but her face was somehow eerie.
Is that a whip on your back?
That person is Magna Delos.
The ace of Class 2 C-1.
The guy who came up with a strategy like uniting Class C into a large colony at the last forest school, right?
It seems that he is a warlike person enough to go out to the outdoor field alone and hunt some of the army ant soldiers.
It seems that he has his own skills.
Otherwise, you won’t be able to show off your confidence in this huge crowd.
“Magna, I trust you.”
“Nike guy, can’t you ask Victor for help this time?”
Next to Magna, I saw faces that were quite familiar to me.
These are the female students who harassed Nike behind the hotel during the forest school.
they are the problem
Somehow it seemed so.
“There are so many people. Go a little further to the side.”
Then Victoria pushed me on the side. So I had to sit down a little bit more.
Next to me, Victoria clings a little closer.
“Don’t get too attached.”
Your body temperature is high, so it’s hot.
Then Victoria blushed and got angry.
“Do you know that I stick because I want to stick? There are no seats… ! If someone hears it, will they mistake me for sticking next to you on purpose?”
“No one is mistaken like that.”
Victoria, right next to me, smelled like peaches.
What is it, did you hide it in your pocket?
anyway.
As Victoria said, there were a lot of people.
More and more people were coming to this small playground as time passed.
“Domina-sensei, I heard it was a duel between class C students? I heard that you are a student of the club that the teacher is in charge of?”
“Ah yes. And the friends scheduled for the next match… . It happened that way.”
“It’s that Akasha-san’s duel.”
Some teachers came to let the students free after school.
I don’t think you came here to see Nike, a student in class C, fight.
It looked like he had come to observe the Akasha Keeper’s duel that would follow immediately after that fight.
Since the teachers have come as observers, neither Nike’s opponent, Magna, nor my opponent, Akasha, can’t use cowardly moves.
“Chef Victor listens… ! I already sold out all the popcorn I prepared yesterday… !”
“This Ariole wants to eat at least a basket of this popcorn… ! That’s why Ariole bought it herself with the pocket money she received yesterday… !”
To think that the basket of 5,000 Renée’s popcorn that had been prepared in advance had been sold out.
You must have prepared at least 100 servings?
The number of people gathered in the small playground far exceeded my expectations.
If I had known it would be like this, I would have prepared more ingredients even if I stayed up all night last night.
No, to say the least, it would have been better for me to take care of my condition.
Then Akasha said.
“Then the player on the left also enters.”
Soon Nike appeared from the left.
Nike was an ordinary Nike without any explanation.
But there was something hesitant about that attitude.
These days, the ridiculous witch’s conical hat that I used to wear around my neck is also worn tightly on my head.
Are you scared because there are more people than you thought?
“Is that Moke Mokey?”
“I heard you were with Viktor when he was hunting the bull?”
“The other day, I heard that you brought the ‘bright energy of play’, which is a token of an advanced dungeon. What ant did you catch?”
“Bright energy? A student in Class C? how?”
“do not know. It may have just been lifted up. There are Enio and Victor in the cooking club, right?”
People whispered in many ways while watching Nike.
As so many people say one word at a time, the conversation is like a crashing wave.
Most of the conversation was about Nike’s recent performance, unlike a student in Class C.
“I was in the same class as him in first grade. He was a kid who didn’t talk to the other kids and didn’t do well with group assignments. I was a kid who was always left alone. How about a kid like that?”
“There were rumors that he cheated. They colluded with Viktor’s group through some kind of deal.”
“transaction? He must have been a poor kid who couldn’t even pay interest. With what?”
“That’s the rumor that Viktor is dating him… So break up… .”
There were somewhat rude stories, but I think people who don’t know anything can feel these questions enough.
It’s only natural to think, “Something must have been done” when a student who is usually in the 50-70% position in the school suddenly starts to get into the 20% or 10% position.
However, Victoria, who heard this conversation, frowned.
“These guys talk rudely without dignity. How is the deal and how is the breakup? Why do people like other people’s stories?”
“Leave it alone. No matter how much the beomgol talks, the result doesn’t change. Nike will shed its stigma today and bloom.”
Did you notice my support?
Nike looked at me in the crowd.
Nike once said, “I can easily find Viktor even if he is mixed with many people!”, but it seems to be true.
“Win what you have to do.”
Did you know the shape of my mouth?
Nike nodded.
* * *
Nike was an alley boss.
The friends of the forest were close to each other, but they could all be said to be Nike’s subordinates.
Nike valiantly ran through the forest, picking forest heads, and sometimes jumped off the back of a running roe deer from a tree and rode it at once.
Sometimes, when I found a nice stone and collected it at home, or found a nice secret place and introduced it to my friends, they all looked at Nike with sparkling eyes.
-Nike, great!
-That’s right! I’m great!
Then one day.
Nike became a student of Ludens.
Although Nike had many talents and had many subordinates.
Ludens’s students know how many pebbles Nike has in his house.
I didn’t wonder how to get on the back of a running deer.
They were just busy talking about what a great person their father or mother was and how great they would inherit it.
Nike’s brilliance in their story was of little value.
Because to them, a nice and shiny stone was just a stone after all.
So Nike became a loser at some point.
It just happened that way.
As I keep losing, I lose my confidence.
I didn’t feel like I could do anything well.
That’s why the Magna in front of him was even more frightening.
“Nike, it’s been a while since we met like this, right? I went to class C-1 and you went to class C-3. Sooner or later, I will be going to class B again.”
Magna was someone Nike met in first grade.
I don’t really want to think about the things of that time.
“Nike, I know you well. To think that you were preparing to be promoted to class B ahead of me. You must have done something, right?”
“… … .”
Nike was able to notice that Magna in front of him was the center of those who framed him and gossiped about him.
I muster up the courage to ask.
“Did you hate me trying to be promoted to class B before you? Is that why you bully me?”
“No, I just hate you. I’m hesitant. Even in first grade, they talked about rocks that no one cares about. Do you know how much the kids hated it?”
“… … .”
“But, well, it doesn’t matter anymore. I’m going to beat you in front of so many people and prove my skills. Then step on it for me like you did in first grade, weed.”
it’s weed
At that, Nike was furious.
“There is no such thing as weed… ! Every grass in the world has its own name—.”
However, the reason why he couldn’t finish his words was because Akasha, the host of the match, said, “Now go to your respective positions.”
“Winning is simple. No doping. Use of items other than weapons is prohibited. And if you become incapacitated or if you accept surrender, you will be defeated or won.”
Nike stood up.
And look at your opponent.
‘I don’t want to lose to that guy no matter what.’
“Then, after praying for a free and fair duel before the god of order, we will begin the duel. May the God of Fair Order observe this match.”
At the end of Akasha’s simple prayer.
The match has begun.
Seruk.
Magna pulled out a whip from behind her back.
When I pull it up and pull it, it makes a rather menacing sound.
“Aren’t you taking out your weapon? No, you didn’t even have money to buy weapons, did you?”
“No, only weak people rely on weapons!”
Nike exclaimed with willful courage.
Something flies at a high speed towards Nike.
phut-!
Something very painful struck Nike’s body.
If he hadn’t raised his hand to defend it, his face would have been seriously scarred.
“Ugh!”
It hurts even if you block it.
“Did you know that the tip of the whip is at the speed of sound? Will it hurt if I block it?”
Whoa, mate-!
A whip that flies without hesitation.
Nike crouched down, holding her head with both hands.
“Pink buds!”
It was like a flower surrounded by a hard shell before blooming.
Looking at that, Magna peek-smiled.
“Pink what? It won’t be over soon. With so many spectators, it’s good to show everyone who this Magna is! So don’t ruin it soon!?”
Whip whips flying non-stop.
It was like the harsh language and bullying that has been flying at Nike for the past year.
‘it hurts… !’
It hurt a lot.
At the same time, the accusations and sarcasm that I had forgotten these days seemed to ring in my ears.
– He said he lived in the forest.
– I heard that your father is not human.
– What is it, it’s strange… ! Is your dad Moke Mokey? that strange beast.
– Ugh.
But.
It was more tolerable than I thought.
Among the many voices that sounded like auditory hallucinations, Nike was able to focus on one voice.
-Adjust your HP as much as possible. Until then, your attacks won’t work on your opponent until the middle anyway. But when HP drops below half. That’s when it’s time to raise your fist.
Victor’s voice stood tall like a strong wick in Nike’s heart.
‘For now, I’m going to put up with it.’
Compared to the agony, debt, and interest, this whipping was bearable.
Rather light.
「HP: 23/41」
「HP: 22/41」
“do something! No fun!”
Huung, mate, mate!
“Ugh, ugh… .”
HP gradually decreases.
But.
Nike’s motivation was increasing in inverse proportion to the decreasing HP.
‘still, … With an attack like this, you won’t be able to defeat me… !’
It was clearly heard in Nike’s ears.
“Now.”