The selection, which initially started as a single intramural selection, drew public attention as it reached the final.
Night Ray is 10,000 students alone.
When including faculty members, related persons, and families, the number of those directly connected reached 100,000.
Naturally, Nightray and the surrounding cities became large cities with a very high fever for swordsmanship.
A game that becomes a hot topic in such a place.
Of course, inquiries from the general public were pouring in.
“Wow, I almost died… … .”
“Are you from the legendary ‘0th Division’?”
“Don’t make fun of me. A rumored intelligence unit, that’s less useful than hot ice cream. It was dismantled. Now I am a teacher of Nightray.”
Kuina, who was in charge of the preliminary match, was meeting Regina in a completely exhausted state.
“Obviously, at first, he told me to do it on my own, but from the middle, it seems that the demands continued to increase, such as responding to private inquiries.”
“You said it right from the start. Do whatever you want in the ‘line that doesn’t matter’. If the citizens are making a problem, shouldn’t I, the school principal, have to solve the problem?”
“I feel like throwing up just hearing that. Thanks to that, in three days, you did all the preparations by yourself, such as recruiting the stadium, selling tickets, and securing security personnel.”
“If I didn’t have that level of ability, I wouldn’t have been selected. If you pick one, you have to pamper it as much as possible.”
At Regina’s words, Kuina looked at her in amazement.
Even when he was playing in the field, his personality, which was cute enough to be stubborn, became surprisingly brazen after stepping down as the school principal.
‘As expected, that incident was a big shock.’
Betrayal of the most trusted person.
It must have been a great shock to Regina, who was called the goddess of the battlefield.
“Anyway, this is the opening speech I prepared separately.”
“There is no need for that. Because today’s main character is not me. What the audience wants to hear is what the princess has to say.”
“You’re saying that Noah can’t win?”
“Isn’t it natural? Veronica has a magical eye and was raised to be the best knight in the best environment. If Noah wins, then only one genius can overturn the history of the empire.”
It was the only way people could see it.
“Even the empire was created by one genius, Shih Huangdi.”
“Look at you just saying that you’ve been discharged. Aren’t you going to talk like that in front of other people?”
“Ah, no way.”
Although they belonged to different affiliations, they were two people who had worked at the same site several times.
Anyway, I wasn’t in the mood to make a joke about it.
“I have to write this down. It will come in handy later.”
“Principal!”
Kuina begged for a long time before receiving a definite answer that she would forget.
* * *
after the semi-finals.
All that was left for Noah was the finals, but according to the selection schedule, the revival match was prepared before that.
The loser’s revival where only 2 out of 8 people, including Felix and Miho, survive.
Noah came to watch the revival game with Veronica.
“To be honest, I didn’t plan to watch the revival match. I might regret it if I had to practice or do more while watching it in the finals.”
“I’m taking a break too, so it’ll be fine.”
The two of them were sitting alone in the VIP room rented by Veronica’s authority.
“But what about Mia?”
“Because we have an official match ahead, they say that we have to focus only on the game and that they will do my job instead. The schedule for the selection was already set, so I prepared everything in advance.”
Veronica said sullenly.
Thinking that Mia liked Noah, she thought that because of her, the two of them had lost a chance to meet.
Mia was intentionally left out so that the two of them could be alone, but she had no way of knowing that fact.
“Hey. I made my subordinate work and came out to play. Even dressed up in a dress.”
“This, this is Mia… … !”
At Noah’s point, Veronica was visibly embarrassed and pulled down her skirt.
The outfit Veronica wore today was a summer dress.
It is also a dress that ends above the knee, revealing the pure white legs.
In Night Ray, where rolling with a sword was a daily routine, a skirt was a fairly rare outfit.
Veronica’s outfit, dressed as if she were going on a picnic, was bound to stand out.
“You said you washed everything except this and said you had to wear this unconditionally… … .”
“… … If you are from the royal family, don’t you have more clothes than your twin seniors? Did you wash it all?”
Noah felt something was wrong, but Veronica was ashamed of her skirt and couldn’t think of anything.
In fact, Noah was staring at her legs on purpose, as if it was fun for her to be shy.
‘Mia boy. You know something.’
In the meantime, the contestants of the loser’s revival began to enter.
“Waaa!”
A special outdoor arena to respond to the fever that started with the match between Veronica and Felix.
This place, which can accommodate up to 4,000 spectators, was almost full.
“Are there many audiences besides students? Most of you came to see Felix, right? That’s great.”
At that, Veronica shook her head.
“no. Noah, you made this.”
“I?”
“yes. It’s true that when a major character’s match in Nightray is held openly, a lot of people gather. But it’s not often that I enjoy it purely as an ‘audience’ in this way.”
“Is it because of the competition?”
All of Nightray’s students are competitors.
Perhaps it was a close match, but most of the matches were to obtain information rather than cheering for someone.
But now, the people gathered here were purely cheering for those who entered the revival match.
“You changed Felix, and you changed the students.”
Veronica looked at Noah.
She tried to change the rules by winning a fair majority to change the current Night Ray.
But Noah changed people.
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With his game, he awakened the pure passion in the students and made them stand out on their own.
‘Like him… … .’
Veronica, who was born with a magical eye, had to train her swordsmanship with everyone’s expectations from her childhood.
I didn’t start swordsmanship because I wanted to.
Of course I didn’t like it.
The person who taught Veronica the fun of swordsmanship.
Belatedly, the benefactor who allowed Veronica to choose swordsmanship with her own will.
Noah’s personality resembled her.
“Well, it looks like the game is starting.”
When the match between the losers started, the two forgot each other and focused on the match.
By the time they reached this point, their skills were already guaranteed.
It’s best to play against each other, but watching other people’s games like this was also a big help.
The first of the two remaining spots in the selection was, as expected, Felix.
The remaining one spot was taken by Miho after a melee.
Surprisingly, all four freshmen who participated in the selection event won the starting spot.
Considering that all the other contestants were top rankers, this was a great performance.
“I was watching and even I was boiling.”
“Shall we break up today?”
As much as I was immersed in the match, my body was itchy.
Noah nodded.
Returning to the dormitory, Noah did basic training as usual.
After training, I washed my body and had a delicious dinner.
The next day, I lay down on the bed and covered the blanket.
“It’s just fine.”
Condition was the best.
* * *
“How is your condition?”
“It’s the worst.”
“yes? Do you have any problem?”
“I never thought I would even dream of wearing a skirt for the first time in a long time… … .”
Unlike Noah, Veronica has been in a bad mood since morning.
“It may be an understatement, but what kind of dream did you have… … ?”
Veronica’s eyes widened at Mia’s question, and then her face turned red and she lowered her head.
‘Oh my God.’
Mia’s eyes twinkled at the sight, but she didn’t ask any more.
‘To be honest, I’m dying of curiosity. If I ask more than this, he will surely never say anything.’
We’ve been together for several years, but if we pretended to be this much, we pretended.
‘I have to create an opportunity to ask questions like this later!’
Unaware of the fact that such a plot was being plotted on the side, Veronica gritted her teeth and adjusted her expression.
“Whoa, calmed down. Let’s go now.”
Veronica opened the door.
——–!
A thunderous roar that drowned out all voices.
The audience, which filled 30,000 seats in the main stadium of Night Ray, cheered as they saw Veronica.
For an ordinary person, the mere sight of such a large number of people all at once was enough to overwhelm them.
However, Veronica, who had seen a crowd larger than this every year for the imperial family’s New Year’s ceremonies, calmly moved forward.
‘Originally, the match wouldn’t have gotten this much attention… … .’
Even if Veronica herself participated in the finals of the preliminary round, it was not something that would gather as many people as this.
At best, an intramural selection.
In addition, according to the rules, the game could have been over in one minute.
‘Students play a significant role, but it wasn’t a match that would attract such an audience.’
As soon as Veronica climbed to the center of the stadium, the reason why such an audience gathered from the other side appeared.
‘Noah.’
New attribute conversion user.
A stormy freshman who caused a stir in the ranking of the current generation, which has become so firm that even the word “the immovable 15” came out.
The appearance of another divinity must have been the real reason why even ordinary people outside the school gathered here.
“What makes you smile so good?”
“I can’t help but feel good about it. Then why are you so dead? On a good day like this.”
“You don’t have to know. Ugh, I’m going to wear pants tonight, so you know that.”
“… … What do you mean by that?”
The distance to the audience seats was quite long and the surroundings were noisy, so I thought I wouldn’t be able to hear it, but even so, it wasn’t something I would say in a public place as a princess.
“Both players, please prepare for the match.”
The two people who gathered in the center and exchanged greetings returned to their designated positions.
“You’ve seen each other’s skills through previous matches, so there’s no need to skimp on it now, right?”
“Declaration of total war from the start? good. It is what I hoped for.”
They raise their swords and point them at each other.
Then tap the bottom of the foot with the tip of the sword to indicate readiness.
Ting!
A clear sound echoed at the same time.
Subsequently, the entire stadium was dyed in pure white and black, respectively.
black and white.
The sword light created by the white night and the dark sky filled the arena.
A thunderclap strikes.
Even special fences installed for safety cannot block wind pressure.
A fight that far exceeded the average level of active knights.
Of the 30,000 people gathered here, only a few could properly observe the fight.
The audience was amazed at the match beyond imagination.
followed by enthusiasm.
Those amazing superhumans were their princesses and would become their knights.
And so, when the battle that lasted for an hour was over.
There were winners and losers.
The audience applauded the winners and losers alike.