When Madelia Page returned to the mansion with a tired body, the butler and maids immediately came to wait on her.
“It took a very long time.”
When the young butler, Kenneth, cautiously said, Madelia nodded.
“It is a murder case. During the final exams, the magicians of the special forces department were beaten.”
“You mean the special forces and magicians… … ?!”
“It’s a bit late because I had something to report to the Magic League… … By the way, could you call Cassena for me? I want to have dinner with him.”
Despite her tired and exhausted face, her face lit up as soon as she thought of her daughter’s laughter.
However, as if he was sorry for not living up to his expectations, Kenneth put on a troubled expression.
“Why?”
“That is… … Sir, the lady hasn’t come back from school yet.”
“What? What time is it now?”
Kenneth hesitated for a moment, but then, while Madelia was away, he gave a concise report on a series of disturbances at the school.
“Rain Ludwig quit the student council? And Cassena is watching the match right now?”
“Yes, Your Excellency.”
“Who the hell approved of this ridiculous prank?”
Kenneth was silent. Madelia let out a low sigh and called back the maids who had left.
“Bring a new applicator. I have to go to school right now.”
* * *
Logan looked at the screen while feeling the weight of the magic ball in his hands.
Set score 17:22.
The right to strike that Gongja-nim barely snatched away, now a very important mission has come down to me… … .
‘And a chance among chances to show Lily a great side!’
It makes me happy just to think that if I score 5 consecutive points as a sub ace here, Lillian might fall for me properly.
“Good. Shall we go!”
Then, while leaping with all his might and completely breaking his abdominal muscles, Logan’s spike serve struck with terrifying force–
“Oops… … ?!”
──Rather than being narrowly out of the opponent’s court, it flew far away, and the assistant referees decided it was an out.
‘That f*cking monkey… … .’
Owen rubbed his forehead with an intense headache, while Ilyin, Tsaihak’s classmate, wiped away tears of emotion.
‘Damn it, I believed it, Logan!!! Pretending to help a genius, Confucius, and openly f*cking him!’
Regardless, Logan was under intense fire from the late exponents of all schools on the court.
“Logan you muscle idiot… … It’s a set point soon, what are you doing!”
[There is no answer hahahaha]
“Whoa, even Logan, if you joke around at such an important moment, you won’t have anything to say even if you die★”
Lillian, Caden, and Nora each expressed their dissatisfaction, but only Lane gave Logan a pat on the shoulder.
“So close. Let’s put it next.”
“Huh, Gongja-nim… … .”
It may seem like the calmest of the six, but Lane was the most pushed out of the six right now.
Breathing is not in order
The cold sweat won’t stop.
It was all because of Griffin Valor’s persistent mark on Lane Ludwig, and whether he scored or lost, at least three rallies continued to eat away at the boy’s physical strength and mental strength.
“It is as the professor said.”
“uh. The attack method cannot escape the framework of the textbook.”
“A while ago, I couldn’t believe that it was my first time playing magic volleyball, but heh, it’s clear that I’m a beginner.”
There was also a limit to filling the lack of experience with skills. More than anything, especially when the other person knows that flaw.
“Here, it must be C-Quick again, just like before!”
Unlike the first half, which was evenly matched, Krista, who was watching the situation of Lane, who was starting to be overwhelmed, quietly bit her lip.
“Finally, the limit has been reached… … .”
As Christa said, Rain had no choice but to hit his limit.
It was because I was able to play with almost 4 people from the beginning. To be precise, I had to do it.
I don’t know if Lillian and Cayden are opponents of other clubs, but as long as Griffin Valor is their opponent, it’s nothing more or less to fill in the numbers.
‘And not to mention Hubert, who has been showing only sluggish movements since before.’
Whether it was offense or defense, I had to touch the ball more than anyone else… … .
He must have already hit the bottom of his mental and magical powers by continuing to make that ridiculous toss.
Magic volleyball is a sport in which you have to constantly and momentarily solve mathematical formulas ordered by opponents, and the resulting fatigue is beyond the criminal’s imagination.
‘You’ve already done enough, Lane.’
The thought that came to mind while looking at the limp, gasping Lane was not only in Christa’s mind, but also in Elin Ludwig’s head.
‘No one will point a finger at you even if you fall out of exhaustion right now. Stop now.’
There is no point in continuing to bite and hang on like that.
Because the outcome of this match was decided from the beginning… … In the first place, the difference in weight class between the teams makes no sense.
‘But why?’
It was the same question that popped into Hubert’s mind as he glanced at Lane from the side.
‘But why on earth is this human still not giving up?’
Really, was it all sincere?
Quitting the student council, saving a team member from the Eight Great Schools, it wasn’t just for a prank to face off against Griffin Valor… … .
“This is very unfortunate, Gongja-nim.”
It was then that Maya Snark spoke to her from over the net. Lane reacted to it and even raised her head slowly.
“I know that his skills are genius, and I know that his leadership is outstanding. It is a sincere compliment.”
“… … ?”
“That makes me even more sad. If you hadn’t rushed at us and had enjoyed your life in the student council, you would have been able to rise to the position of student council president without difficulty and have had a pleasant school year.”
everything was sincere.
Praise for the skills of Ludwig’s successor, and sarcasm for hindering them.
I still couldn’t understand why this human was protecting Valencidis.
“It’s unfortunate that you guys are.”
Then, Lane made an unexpected voice.
Unlike usual, there was no air of grandiosity in those eyes, only glacial coldness.
“Don’t you know the meaning of magic… … They only know how to use it to trample weak opponents. And they know that they are good.”
“What does magic mean? What is it?”
“I don’t know either. That’s why I’m looking for you.”
The meaning of magic is the truth, and even though he once rose to the ranks of the great wizard, he did not know. There is still something at the end of the road, one that is faint, blurry, and distant.
“But I know you guys are wrong.”
Like a lantern, I had a milestone in my heart to guide me along the way.
“My aunt said that. Magic has meaning only when it is shared with others.”
The smile on the boy’s lips when he said that was surprisingly similar, although he himself was not aware of it at all.
– Always remember, Rin.
Dean Atlante, who shared the light of magic with the boy, and Lista, the hero who showed the world and the possibilities of all things spread throughout it.
– Magic is like a torch, and it only becomes meaningful when you share it with others.
Seeing Lane’s smile then, Hubert felt the pain of something hitting his head.
It was a heart-breaking smile.
It was a smile filled with endless yearning, a smile that was confident in the path he was walking… … It was a smile that anyone who looked down on others could never smile.
“That’s why guys like you can’t be recognized as wizards.”
“What are you going to do if you don’t admit it?”
“I’m here to fix that rotten way of thinking because I can’t admit it. I didn’t even know how to play magic volleyball.”
Maya Snark’s eyes narrowed.
He’s a really nasty guy.
Whether it’s when we first met or now… … .
I don’t like those eyes, those eyes. Neither belittling nor belittling, those eyes that sway with pity.
“There is no point in talking like that. In the wizarding world, skill always comes first, and Confucius lost to us.”
The current set score is 17:23.
Now, with just two more points, Griffin Valor wins. But where does that leeway come from?
“Gertrude, nice serve!”
As Gertrude is also a wing spiker, her specialty was a powerful spike serve.
Although her accuracy was low, she was superior to Sandra in terms of physical strength due to the nature of her family training in martial arts.
‘It’s not a strange situation even if I fell out a long time ago… … .’
If a normal magic volleyball player had been playing like Rain, it would have been normal for him to have collapsed due to exhaustion of physical strength and magical power by now.
‘I don’t know how I’ll hold on, but I’ll make you feel at ease just by thinking of Lady Christa!’
A soft toss as if touching the water, four light runs as if walking on water, and a quiet leap as if creating ripples on the calm water’s edge.
Puff—!
With a heavy hitting sound, the ball hit right in front of me all at once, hitting Cayden’s arm and flying backwards.
“… … .”
Tong, Tong, Tong… … Only the sound of the ball bouncing and rolling across the floor resounded inorganically in the dark hall.
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The sound of cheering for the challenger team had already subsided, and the gym was as quiet as a cemetery on an autumn day.
Professor Owen swallowed a sigh and closed his eyes.
‘Match point, now you’re really on the edge… … .’
Even the current rotation position is the worst, I can’t think of a way to reverse it.
Logan, who is strong in blocking and spikes, is in the back, and Nora, who is strong in receiving, is in the front.
I had to quickly score points and rotate the rotation, but it seemed like it would be faster for the game to end.
‘If you score 1 point, Logan will be in front, Nora in back, and Lane will have the right to serve. If only I could score one more point… … .’
However, even cheering for it now felt so cruel that no one could open their mouths.
‘The reason why magic volleyball is a one-set match unlike volleyball is that the mental fatigue is ridiculous… … .’
As everyone stared at the situation in despair and silence, Gertrude, who received a new ball from the referee, jumped up again.
‘now… … !’
‘With this… … !’
‘It’s over… … !’
At the moment when all the players of Griffin Baller were certain of victory, someone suddenly jumped out of the trajectory of the ball’s descent.
“Ha, that again… … !”
Because it was a rotation that went out to the front, Rowwinbelt, who returned to the bench, caught the back goal.
It was Lane, Lane Ludwig.
The eyes of such a rowinbelt opened wide the next moment. No, not just Rowwin Belt, but everyone who watched it.
“… … ?!”
“… … ?!”
“… … ?!”
When receiving the ball, Lane rolled his body lightly backwards. Just like Rowenbelt and Nora did.
“Oh, oh, oh oh oh —-?!”
The best receive that completely reduces the power of the ball and makes it look like a light toss.
“──── Uploaded aaa!”
Nora whistled lightly.
‘I’m pretending I’ve seen that a few times… … ?’
Even Griffinvalor’s director, Elin, was similarly shocked and let out a big laugh.
Really, really, it’s absurd.
I’m so dumbfounded that I just… … .
But that’s it. The setter made a receive like that, so now there is no setter in the offense. The attack becomes monotonous, so it’s no different from a chance ball.
“Turn, turn!”
Logan urgently signaled to send the ball to the enemy setter.
A barely seized opportunity, if only Griffin Baller could get the setter involved in the first touch… … !
Rein must have thought of the situation as well, so she stood up and stretched her feet towards the center of the net. I did.
“My ball.”
Someone was already in the setter’s seat. There was someone who no one expected to be there.
The eyes of everyone who came to this first gymnasium widened.
No, if anyone knew the circumstances of the challenger team even a little, the eyes of those who knew the personality of that ‘someone’ were trembling at all.
It was Hubert.
Rofinum’s late exponent, Hubert.
As if he came out reluctantly, he acted like a player filling up the number of people. The guy who said he would never make a toss.
“Hubert, that guy… … ?”
“I’m already in the setup motion… … !”
The eyes of the Griffin Valor players, who were preparing for blocking in the front line, moved busily.
‘Who are you? Who are you going to upload it to?’
To disrupt it, Lillian and Nora jumped up from the vanguard. Sandra is attached to Nora and Maya is attached to Lillian.
At that moment, half a beat behind the attack tempo, Lane Ludwig jumped up.
‘Time difference back attack? No, I can’t imagine making the guy who just received hit the spike… … .’
Before the question had time to cross Maya’s mind, in the annoyingly slow time, the ball that had been piled up on Hubert’s fingertips flew.
Slightly above Lane Ludwig’s highest jump, who jumped from the rear of the setter, to the boy’s spike course.
Unlike Lane’s sharp toss, this is a leisurely and gentle toss that all spikers can hit comfortably.
‘How can I be a little impressed… … .’
Thinking so, the moment Lane hit the ball more powerfully than the spike serve.
“——?!”
“——?!”
“——?!”
All noise is cut off.
Everyone’s eyes twinkled.
In the silence where time seems to have stopped, only the sound of the ball hitting the end line in an instant and bouncing far away echoed through the gym.
“… … .”
“… … .”
After landing after the spike, Rain gasped and faced Hubert.
At that moment, when the silence of complex emotions intersecting with each other seemed to continue, the two of them crossed their hands and broke the silence that flowed in the hall.
As if they had waited, cheers erupted so fierce that the glass in the gym trembled.
“Waaa!”
Amidst the turmoil of excitement, the challenger team exchanged good wishes, not good words, with each other.
“Are you awake now? I was thinking about how long I would sleep and if I slept any longer, I would hit my head.”
“Shut up, you muscle monkey.”
[Over talking;]
“It’s okay because he stepped up once when it was important.”
“Thanks to you, I lived, Hubert.”
Looking at Lane’s outstretched hand, Hubert recalled the distant past.
since when The point at which I came to hate someone simply because they were nobles.
When you were young, you might just want to be acknowledged because you were excited. The point of being able to take lessons in the same classroom as those noble nobles and use the same magic.
However, the reality Hubert faced was not so easy.
– People like the lowly don’t even know where to go… … .
– Did you think that knowing how to use some magic would change your humble roots?
In the meantime, in Hubert’s mind, the nobility had solidified into incompetent beings who were only jealous of those who tried.
His bright and sociable personality has changed to a cold and sharp one… … .
Nobles are all the same. Pathetic things that only live for their own good taste. Obviously it was
“… … I only helped once because I could see that you were trying as hard as you said.”
This guy is different.
Lane Ludwig, this person is different.
Maybe it’s the very image of the aristocrat I longed for as a child… … .
‘I can’t believe it.’
Professor Owen, who was watching the unreal scene, had to shudder with inexplicable emotions.
‘How did you change Logan, who was a lump of blood, Nora, who was prone to plotting insidious plans, and Lillian and Hubert, who were like sharp blades? In just this half a year?’
When the final exams were over, I thought the assistant professor was making a fuss… … Lane Ludwig, that guy is real.
‘The day that guy becomes an adult and becomes a leader in the magic world, magic… … No, the world might change.’