27 Preparing to Defeat Episodes (1)
The 1st Practice Field where the Red 1 class and the last battle were fought.
There, Serine was biting her lip, feeling humiliated.
It was because the black class 6 recorded disastrous results in the three-day ‘outdoor survival training’.
‘I had to lead the Black 6th class well in place of Ernas… … !’
In a tent visible in the distance, the wounded were being treated.
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Most of the injured were black class 6 classmates.Schmitz injured his leg and Chloe injured his wrist.
Even Viola, who had the strongest body among her classmates, was lying on the field bed and moaning.
“Hey, what are you doing here alone, Miss Serene?”
“… … !”
Serine flinched at the voice from behind her.
A giant with brown hair was approaching this way.
“Are you being bullied in the Black 6th class? There is no way the temporary representative would do that.”
“Gort Waldfeld… … .”
The representative of the Yellow 3 class, Gort Waldfeld.
He is the heir to the Waldfeld family, one of the six great swordsmiths.
As you can see by looking at the large body reminiscent of a bear, he is a northern style swordsman that emphasizes power.
It is said that if you spread the Waldfeld heavy sword technique, you can even break rocks.
“What happened?”
“Can’t we talk to you when there’s nothing special? yes?”
Gort smiled vulgarly.
“You should respond to light chatter with a smile. Isn’t it?”
“I have no intention of chatting with you.”
Serine looked at Gort and said.
“After doing that in this practice, Yongke is talking to you too.”
“Haha, like that.”
This practice was a survival practice of surviving on an island full of rocks.
This is a training for when you go out to the backcountry to subdue monsters or magicians, and you have to survive for three days with just a little bit of food.
the problem is… It is also permissible to ‘steal’ food from other students.
“We didn’t really do anything against the rules, did we? Is it against the rules to take food from another student?”
“Don’t take the shichimi!”
Serine raised her voice.
“Because I’m working with the Green Class 4… While attacking our Black Squad 6!”
On the first day there was no sign of anything.
However, when dawn came, the Yellow 3 and Green 4 groups stormed the Black 6 camp.
The watchdog was standing still, but it didn’t mean much.
The black class 6 students were helpless in the joint attack by the two classes, and many groceries were robbed.
After that, the Black 6s tried to regain food, but the yellow 3rd and green 4ths were unable to resist.
“Even this morning… I attacked Black Class 6, which was depleted of stamina, and injured several students! I have nothing to take anymore!”
“Because I went out in the morning. They came in to see if there was any hidden food.”
“What nonsense! You just wanted to ruin the black 6th graders!”
“To break it, you’re exaggerating too much.”
Gort shrugged.
“Has anyone been disabled? Has anyone ever had a broken bone? A few people have bruises, and a few have sprained their wrists or ankles.”
“It’s so easy to say… … !”
Some students suffered injuries that prevented them from swinging their swords for at least two weeks.
This was obviously overkill.
“If it sounds like a rule violation, how about telling the instructor, Serine?”
“… … !”
Then, a cold female voice was heard.
A blonde girl with a gorgeous appearance was approaching this way.
“Berisrize Schreier, you… … .”
“Am I wrong? If you think there’s a problem, tell the instructor, Serene.”
The representative of the Green 4th class, Berithrize Schreier.
He is the heir to the Shreière family, one of the six great swordsmiths.
In contrast to Gort, he is a southern-style swordsman who values speed.
His special skill was the Shreière Swordsmanship (細劍術), which made a high-speed stab attack with a rapier.
“It would be great to see. Seeing Serine Bastian whining while clinging to the instructor for being beaten by another class is so unsightly that it will be fun.”
“Berrys Rize… … !”
Seeing Berrys Rize smiling while covering her mouth with her hand, Serine raised her eyes.
“Hey, Berrys Rize, you’re too harsh. I apologize on my behalf.”
Gort raised one hand as he intervened between them.
“But Serene-san, we did survival training in preparation for a fight against monsters or magistrates. If this had been a real battle, you wouldn’t have ended up losing food and getting injured. My neck would have blown away.”
“that… … .”
“That’s why the instructors didn’t stop us. This is such training.”
At first glance, it sounded reasonable.
So Serine didn’t say anything and just bit her lip.
However, I could never comprehend it.
“We were just training hard. So don’t be too upset, Miss Serene.”
“… … .”
When Serine was feeling depressed.
Suddenly, a familiar voice was heard.
“If you were just training really hard, we wouldn’t have anything to say.”
I turned my head to see Chloe approaching with a bandage on her wrist.
“Yellow 3 and Green 4 have been attacking us with malice from the start. I didn’t train hard, I just abused the training rules and harassed the Black 6th class.”
“… … !”
Hearing those words, Serine realized why she could not understand.
If you were injured after a fair competition, it’s understandable.
However, if the lynching was done by abusing the rules, it would be unfair for Serine to accept.
“Sir, there is no need to listen to this sophistry. These people are just cowards.”
“Chloe… … .”
“Haha, you coward… … .”
As Gort was scratching her head with a bitter smile, Berrys Rize looked at Chloe and opened her mouth.
“Who were you?”
“This is Chloe Jusburg, Berrisrize.”
“Ah, is it the daughter of the Viscount Jusburg?”
After checking the opponent’s ‘title’, Berrys Rize made a disinterested expression.
As a woman with high self-esteem as a master swordsman of the 6th generation, she doesn’t try to mix things properly unless she’s at least a Marquis family.
If Serine had not come from the Marquis family, the conversation with Berrislyze would not have been possible.
“Hmm, Miss Chloe.”
Instead, Gort stepped forward and smiled.
“To be cowardly, isn’t it too much?
“I apologize if I was too harsh. But this is my honest opinion, and I will not withdraw it.”
“I apologize, but I won’t withdraw, haha.”
Gort smiled and turned his gaze to Serine.
“She’s such a smart girl. Isn’t that right, Miss Serine?”
“Gort, you mean… … .”
“Hey, don’t feel bad. It’s a compliment.”
As Gort smiled while looking at Serine, Chloe opened her mouth again.
“If you don’t want to be called a coward, please try again when Ernas-sama is present.”
“… … .”
At Chloe’s words, Gort’s expression hardened.
Even Berrys Rize, who had pretended not to be interested, looked at Chloe with a startled look.
“If Ernas-sama had participated in this practice, you wouldn’t have come out like this.”
“Hey, Miss Chloe… … .”
“After knowing that Ernas-sama would not be able to participate in this practice, did you not plan this attack in a hurry?”
“Hey, that’s not even funny.”
Gort frowned.
“Are you saying we wouldn’t have been scared and attacked if it had been there?”
“is not it?”
“Sure! You can subdue such an idiot at once! Isn’t that right, Berrys Rize?”
When she was suddenly pointed out, Berrys Rize flinched.
“Yeah, that’s right. That swindler can be easily subdued. I used to be afraid of me and ran away.”
“Yeah, Ernassu even ran away from the battle with Naha! Do you think I would be afraid of such a guy?!”
Gort raised his voice.
“So Miss Chloe, please withdraw what you just said. It’s just hard to get past.”
“Then, if there is an opportunity to face Ernas-sama in person in the future, you are saying that you will fight head-to-head.”
“Sure! The same goes for Berrysly!”
Berrys Rize frowned as if he was answering her own question, but Gort didn’t care at all.
“All right. If you say that, I will withdraw my previous statement.”
“Heh heh, that’s right!”
“When Ernas-sama returns later, I will tell you that Gort-sama and Berisrize-sama showed such enthusiasm.”
After saying that, Chloe turned her gaze to Serine without hearing an answer.
“Serin-sama, treatment is over, and I think I will have to leave soon. Let’s go.”
“Oh, yes, I see.”
Leaving Gort and Berrysrise alone, Serine followed Chloe.
I heard something behind me, but I couldn’t answer because I was following Chloe.
* * *
“Serine-sama is a little weak at improvisation.”
“yes?”
“If you can’t respond properly to the provocations of those people, you can’t do that.”
On the boat going to the dormitory, Chloe said in a cold voice.
“If you have that kind of personality, you will have a hard time dating later.”
“Hey, why are you talking like that?”
“Even if a man does something unexpected, he will be overbearing and only blush. I’m the type of person who will always suffer in a romantic relationship.”
“Hey, Chloe, you know a lot about dating, don’t you?”
“It’s okay. I have no practical experience.”
“what… … .”
Serine smiled involuntarily.
The expression on his face, which had hardened in an instant, was released.
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Maybe Chloe brought this up to ease Serine’s mood.“Gort-sama seems to be interested in Serine-sama.”
“yes?”
“The look in Serine-sama’s eyes was sinister. The way he looked at me wasn’t very healthy either.”
“Well, it can’t be… … .”
“Serine-sama is as beautiful as Ernas-sama’s fiancee, so it is only natural for Gort-nim to have a black heart for Serine-sama.”
“Hey, why are you talking about Ernas? And if I’m a beauty, Chloe… … .”
“Well, whatever it is.”
Chloe interrupted Serine.
“The problem is that Gort is not a kind person to a woman he likes. Rather, he seemed to be the type to get excited about seeing women cry.”
“yes? that, what… … .”
“I mean, it would be difficult to take advantage of Serine-sama’s liking.”
“Is that what you were thinking?”
“I have to wring my wisdom. That’s my role.”
“Chloe… … .”
In the meantime, Chloe has been an assistant, coming up with several ideas.
It is no exaggeration to say that it was thanks to Chloe that Serine was able to perform her role as interim representative well.
“Still, I think we need Ernas-sama’s power. To break 3 halves of yellow and 4 halves of green at the same time.”
“Chloe, then… … .”
“There is no point in destroying the Yellow 3 and Green 4 groups individually. A victory like that will not be able to heal the wounds of today.”
“… … .”
Serene looked around.
The injured black class 6 students had a gloomy expression on their faces.
“Three-and-a-half yellow and four-and-a-half green… The only way to make up for this defeat is to beat Gort Waldfeld and Werisrize Schreier at the same time.”
“… … .”
That’s right.
It is not enough to destroy one side individually.
As in this exercise, you have to face both sides at the same time to win.
Otherwise, you cannot give a real sense of defeat to those people who looked at you and laughed at you.
“so… ah!”
“Why, Chloe?”
The island where the black class 6 dormitory was located was approaching.
However, there was one person waiting on the side of the pier.
“That person… … .”
“… … !”
Realizing who it was, Serine took a deep breath.
And before the ship even reached the pier, he jumped off before anyone else.
“Ernas… … !”
He ran without hesitation that his shoes were wet.
His former fiancé and the heir of the Landsstein family, representing the Black Six, were waiting there.
“Ernas, why now… … !”
“I’m sorry, I’m late for work.”
The moment you hear a calming voice.
Serene felt tears welling up in her eyes.
And I realized
Since when did this man… I came to think of him as the most reliable person in the academy.
“Then, Serene.”
To Serine, who bowed her head to hide her tears, Ernas said calmly.
“Let’s prepare to defeat Gort and Berisrize.”
He already knew what Serine and Black Class 6 needed to say.