122 – Easy come, Easy go – 2
Of course, it would be quite arrogant to talk about their skills in this way. Why, isn’t there a saying in the world that it’s an eye-opening opponent? It is not that there are no examples of suddenly breaking an egg one day and achieving rapid development. Originally, it’s a law to grow up in the middle of the day. Their swordsmanship is still in the development stage, and of course one day it could suddenly grow.
Also, the talent of this body is literally the best talent ever, and I don’t know, but I’ve put in countless efforts anyway, and I’m literally destined to become the world’s strongest, but I’m still a student. I’m not a master swordsman anywhere, and it’s not like I can see their growth potential or current abilities just by looking at them.
However, to dismiss it like that, their growth rate, or even to say that it was a growth rate, was not enough. Their sudden change was rather extreme.
First of all, this is not the first time they have shown their skills this semester. If this was the first class of this semester and the girls showed such a different ability there, I would have just said that they worked hard during the vacation.
But, of course, today’s class wasn’t the first class, and I’ve already seen their skills with my own eyes in the past class. And at that time, I didn’t feel this kind of incongruity. If I said that I improved during vacation, I would have understood it, but if I said that my skills improved that much in a week, especially in a week while attending the academy, that’s a bit….
Besides, Cordelia also looked very flustered. Not to brag about her, but she took regular one-on-one tutoring from me. Perhaps thanks to that, Cordelia didn’t get too far behind them even though she was a latecomer. Of course, she couldn’t win against the girls who had devoted most of her short life to the sword, but at least sparring was established.
But now? It hadn’t been long since they had just started sparring, but the sound of her rapid breathing spoke for her situation. Cordelia’s arms trembled. She lost her grip due to her excessive shock and used the strength of her arms to hold her sword.
Cordelia was literally out of breath and being lopsided. She was only in a hurry to block the attack, and her mediocre attack was not even attempted. Her question marks seemed to float above her head as she barely raised her knife to block her opponent’s stab.
There is a degree to sudden realization. Reality is different from games, so no matter how fast you grow, there are limits. But, well, isn’t that the level of eating strange candy somewhere? Besides, it’s not just one person. This was the case with the entire small group of schoolgirls who often hung out with Cordelia.
To be honest, it would be good for your mental health to simply consider yourself awakened as a group. It’s not that the improvement of their skills will have a negative effect on me, and it’s not something I should be so nervous about.
However, just a few days ago, she felt threatened for her life, so she decided to be a bit sensitive. Besides, this time, I felt something. It smelled stinky. It’s not that I smell sweat.
I had a hunch that this was not going to be a simple happening. It is true that there is a feeling that the result is decided and the reason is somehow put together, but what about it anyway. It’s not that I’m going to do anything bad.
I took a step back and pondered. All I can think of right now is the pill that the person who attacked Cordelia in midterms took. A magical drug that any unmanned person would have thought of at least once, which dramatically improves physical ability and magical power by exploding the user’s magical energy.
A rise in physical ability can lead to an increase in skill. To be precise, it can look like a rise in skill. This is especially true when it comes to female students who lack discipline. This is because areas such as a shaky knife tip and sloppy posture can be sufficiently covered by strengthening muscle strength and flexibility. With a more stable posture, you can wield a sword with more power and faster speed.
However, I soon dismissed that possibility. They were too fine to have taken the medicine. The terrible side effects that accompany the medicinal effect were not seen at all. For example, symptoms such as red bloodshot eyes, leaking saliva, and complete disintegration of reason. They looked no different than usual.
Actually, that wasn’t the only side effect of the drug. The recoil of forcibly drawing power was devastating. The most serious side effect is that the original magic power and physical abilities cannot be recovered after the effect of the drug has expired. This is because the mana passages and muscles of the whole body are in tatters. It’s too big a price to trade for a moment’s power. It would be fair to call it the devil’s drug in that its essence lies in unfair trade.
The other prime suspect is um… Magic? I know nothing about this side, so I can’t say anything. However, remembering that Hestia and Lyra forced each other through a contract last time, there would be nothing strange about having such magic. It seems that magic is being used in a wider area than I thought. Not to mention the increase in physical ability, there is likely to be enough magic to increase swordsmanship.
I quietly looked for other possibilities, never taking my eyes off of them. But one thing is for sure, there is nothing I can know right now. Irresponsible? Can’t you help it? All I can do now is sit here and watch them quietly. First of all, it seems that we need to watch a little more.
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Jesse was the second daughter of a knight family. Susan was also the daughter of a knight’s family, and Carly was the third daughter of a viscount in the southern part of the country. When people say that they dream of becoming a knight with a woman’s body, they tend to disregard her. Stronger than men, erratic, and generally not interested in what women like, things like that.
Jesse thought all those prejudices were bullsh*t. Jessie was also interested in cute and pretty things. However, she was just as interested in sharp swords. So did Susan and Carly. They also like sweet desserts, and made a fuss over other people’s love stories. That much, I liked the saga of great heroes or the sweat shed after exercise.
In her opinion, they were far from the third gender that others thought they were. They’re just ordinary girls with a little bit of a wide range of interests. And as such, it was natural for them to be sensitive to the gaze of an extraneous man shooting at them.
During a short break after her practice sparring, she whispered to Cordelia, who had crossed her sword with her.
“Cordelia, the archduke was staring at you earlier. Did you see it?”
“Oh, really?”
Cordelia widened her eyes. Those are big, beautiful eyes. She seems to have been friends with Cordelia for half a year already, but she is still startled by her pretty face. She’s even more so in the fact that she’s pretty serious about her sword.
“That’s right. I think, after all, Cordelia has been looking at you all along.”
Actually, she wasn’t Cordelia, she was looking at them, but she never thought of that possibility. Although it was his introduction, or it might be okay to call it an introduction, anyway, it is true that they and Cordelia became close after he talked to them with her stubbornness and greeted her. However, he put a wall with them as if his role was just there. Why would he bother to observe them?
“Ehehehe.”
Cordelia put her hand on her neck and laughed her foolishly. She is very insoluble and is dripping. Whenever he saw her expression like that, Jessie felt stuffy as if her chest was clogged up.
I like Mikhail so much, but why is there no progress between the two? It seemed to her that her Mikhail was not completely unlikable to her either. This wasn’t just Jessie’s opinion, it was a fact Susan and Carly agreed on as well. There was no way that a person who kept a distance from other students and couldn’t even see a smile would stick around like that every day to someone he had no crush on and play silly pranks.
Jesse pressed Cordelia, who was floundering.
“Ehehehe, this is not the time to laugh! Did you try what I said before?”
“… No.”
“Why?!”
Jesse screamed. Cordelia had a rare look on her face that was a little dejected.
“When a man is alone, a couple of cute acts are enough! It’s not a face you fall for anywhere.”
“That doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a proud face.”
Cordelia made a sullen expression. Jessie was about to be furious at the deception that was as natural as flowing water. If that’s not a handsome face, then what about his own face?
But when I thought of the other women near Mikhail, that anger subsided a bit. If she was among them, she would be the best in the world, no, the best in the world, but she was the owner of her beauty, who was not inferior to Cordelia at all, even when compared to Lady Gracia, who was Mikhail’s fiancée, and Lady Adamas, who he often hung out with. A handsome man pays for his face, and all three of the girls he goes with are S-class beauties in the empire. Maybe it’s because it’s a different world story, so I wasn’t too angry. I just feel sorry for Cordelia, who is walking a difficult path.
“So you have to work harder.”
In fact, she, who speaks so passionately about her, has never been in a relationship with her. Let alone dating, she has never even been close to a complicated and subtle atmosphere with a man. It is only natural that she has undergone rigorous training since she was a child. She had no time to meet men. Even the men who came to see me like beans sprouting from a drought were often frightened when they saw something like a palm full of calluses.
The advice given to Cordelia now is also just what I saw in her books and stories I heard somewhere. But Jessie didn’t think that what she had learned was wrong. If anything, he would have told a story that wasn’t in the book.
Cordelia pouted at Jesse’s nagging.
“I am also working hard….”
“It’s now or never, you know that, right?”
She knows that Mikhail has a fiancée of hers, but she prioritizes supporting her friend’s love. Besides, as she said, it is true that there is no other chance unless she attends her academy now. The beating of a young day is permitted only when a student.
“Oh, I don’t know! I’ll take care of it!”
Cordelia shook her head quickly and touched her hand. Pushing further against Cordelia in this state would only backfire. Jessie obediently raised her hands and backed away.
“Okay, okay.”
“Rather than that, what the hell happened over the weekend?”
Cordelia hurriedly shifted the conversation elsewhere. Jesse pondered for a moment, what the hell was he talking about?
“It’s a bit different than usual.”
“Awesome! Look at my grip here.”
Cordelia showed her hand, red and swollen. Her own hand, on the other hand, was fine. Rather, she was full of her strength. Even until the last class, there was a fairly large gap in the skills of the two, who had not had a big difference.
Well, to be precise, it’s closer to the difference in strength than skill. When Jessie recalled the “It,” Which she had sealed with a padlock deep in the drawers of the dorm, she immediately felt better. She let out a pleasant laugh at her involuntary elation.
Other people would never have told me…. After all, I’ve already given Susan and Callie a little bit of ‘it’. It might be okay to tell Cordelia. Because we are friends.
“How I became strong… , Curious?”
The corner of Jesse’s mouth drew an ominous arc.