36 episodes non-radio (1)
Heinrich Agrippa.
At the time of admission, he was considered to be on par with Leicester Lancaster, who was called the ‘gifted’, but after that, the ‘prodigy’ showed a marked difference.
He was now standing in front of me.
‘It’s the first time we’ve seen each other face to face.’
I’ve seen them in the gym, but this is the first time I’ve seen them so close.
As described in the novel, he was staring at me with blue eyes that had no emotion.
“Is it Ernas Landsstein?”
Checking my face, Heinrich nodded slowly.
“Yeah, was it like this?”
“That sounds strange, Heinrich.”
Then Rufus intervened.
He was about to fight Berris Rize a while ago, but he had already withdrawn his wooden sword.
“After hearing Ernas’s name from me during the battle, didn’t you go north to check Ernas’s face?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“Did you not check back then?”
“Because I saw it from afar.”
Heinrich answered in a cold voice.
“It was difficult to tell who Ernas was on that street. I’ve only seen a glimpse of it before.”
“… … .”
“But now it definitely recognizes faces. Next time, don’t forget it.”
It was provocative, but it wasn’t really my intention.
Heinrich does not remember the face of a person who is not worth remembering.
In the meantime, Ernas Landsstein had been that kind of person to him.
‘and… Now that’s not the case.’
It is at this point in the novel that Heinrich properly remembers the face of the protagonist Akandel.
In that respect, it could be said that he was not lagging behind the protagonist of the novel.
“Hey, Heinrich.”
Gort shrugged and walked over to Heinrich.
“If you say it like that, Ernas will feel bad. Even if Ernas had been an insignificant scoundrel all this time.”
The subject of losing even his magical powers after being defeated by that idiot… He’s a guy with really thick skin on his face.
“… … .”
But Heinrich didn’t answer, just stared at Gort’s face.
And after a while he mumbled briefly.
“Who was it?”
“… … !”
Gort’s face turned red.
The successors to the master swordsman are all proud of themselves.
It would be hard to bear with this kind of treatment.
“Hey, Heinrich!”
Gort tried to grab Heinrich’s shoulder.
Unlike Gort, who is tall, Heinrich is tall and skinny.
So, at first glance, it seemed that Gort was on the verge of smashing Heinrich’s shoulder.
“I remembered.”
“Ugh… … !”
Koo!
Gort fell and rolled on the floor.
Because Heinrich broke Gort’s arm at an invisible speed.
“That vulgar and wild act, Gort-Waldfeldt.”
“Hey, this kid… … !”
Raising her voice, Gort got up.
But Heinrich didn’t seem to care about Gort.
“Shut up. I’m here to check the schedule.”
“ね… … !”
Gort sharpened his teeth.
But he couldn’t run to Heinrich any more.
If he continued, he realized that only he would be humiliated by rolling the ground.
“Mr Heinrich.”
Then, a cold voice called out to Heinrich.
A black-haired boy with glasses was approaching Heinrich.
“Heinrich-sama was in group 4. I confirmed it.”
“Is it group 4?”
Heinrich nodded briefly.
“Good job, Camillo Fabrice.”
“No, Heinrich.”
Camillo Fabrice.
A member of the Blue Class 2, like Serine, she is the heir to the Marquis family.
Immediately after entering the school, he challenged and defeated Heinrich for a representative position, and became an ardent admirer of Heinrich.
In fact, it was a character that could be called Heinrich’s right arm.
“I am in group 3. I will make sure to advance to the finals and shine the name of the Blue 2nd class… … .”
Camillo was talking loudly in front of Heinrich, but Heinrich didn’t listen at all.
Instead, he looked at me.
“Ernas, we will be dealing with you after the finals.”
“I will.”
“There is no guarantee that we will play against each other just because we make it to the finals… I hope I don’t fall out of the qualifiers anyway.”
After saying that, Heinrich left without answering.
Group 4 has moved to the place where the preliminary rounds will be held.
“Heinrich said something like that… It seems that you are really counting on you, Ernas.”
Rufus looked at me and said.
“But, I agree. I want to humiliate the loss last time, so please don’t fall out of the qualifiers.”
After exhaling like that, Rufus also left.
They moved to the qualifying place of the 1st group to which they belong.
“ttt, unlucky children… … .”
Gort, meanwhile, was sent off grumbling.
He, too, would have moved to the group 2 qualifier location.
“then… Shall we go too?”
As soon as I spoke to Berrys Rize, who was left with me, a cold voice immediately returned.
“Why do I have to accompany you?”
“Then let’s go separately… … .”
“I didn’t say anything like that.”
Berrys Rize stood next to me, brushing her golden hair.
“Where is the place for the group 3 qualifiers? guide me.”
“… … .”
As described in the novel, she is a ruthless young lady.
I was too lazy to respond, so when I was just about to walk away, I heard a hard voice.
“Wait, Ernas.”
“… … .”
Camilo was staring at me.
Looking at the cold eyes through the glasses, I opened my mouth.
“If you don’t even know where the preliminaries are, follow me.”
“Not like that!”
After screaming, Camilo looked at me and said,
“Ernas, don’t be ostentatious just because you’ve been recognized by Heinrich-sama.”
“… … .”
“Heinrich-sama is only doing that because he is curious about your skills. Once you’ve checked your skills, you won’t pay the attention you do now.”
Camilo doesn’t seem to like Heinrich’s interest in me.
This guy has excessive piety to Heinrich, and he often shows this attitude.
“Camillo.”
“What.”
“If you don’t like me, what if I get eliminated in group 3 of the preliminary round?”
As I said that, Camillo’s eyes widened.
“what?”
“It’s a rule that the last two people advance to the finals, so if you knock me down early, I can be eliminated.”
“… … .”
“In that case, Heinrich would no longer pay any attention to me.”
It’s natural to be disappointed because you’ve been defeated by your subordinates, not yourself.
“I would rather appreciate you more.”
“… … !”
“Think about it.”
After exhaling like that, I left immediately.
Leaving Camilo with a surprised expression on his face.
“Eh, Ernas? Why did you make such a provocation?”
Berrys Rize hurriedly followed me and asked.
“Camilo Fabrice is a famous guy. I once won a youth swordsmanship contest hosted by the imperial family before.”
“It was a competition that the successors of the 6th great swordsman did not participate in.”
“Still, I am sure he is a talented guy. If he targets you, it might make it difficult to pass the qualifiers. Why did you say that?”
“Then you will protect me.”
“What, what?”
Hearing my words, Berrys Rize raised her voice.
“Why am I protecting you? it’s crazy?!”
“If you don’t want to protect me, even help me.”
“What else do you mean?”
“I want the other students around me to be organized so that I can fight one-on-one with Camillo.”
“… … !”
Berrys Rize took a breath.
“When the qualifiers start, I will take Camilo, and you will take over the rest of the students. What do you think?”
“Why would I do that… … .”
“That makes it easier for the two of us to break through the qualifiers.”
“Uh, the two of us?”
“Like you said, Camillo is a talented guy. If that guy is eliminated, it’s almost certain that the two of us will make it through Group 3 qualifiers.”
Only two players in each group can make it through the qualifying rounds.
There are no more named characters in Group 3, so if Camillo is eliminated, our progress to the finals is almost certain.
“that… Are you saying you want to go to the finals with me?”
“What?”
“Oh, I can’t help it. If you say so, I’ll take care of the little ones.”
Berrys Rize said as she ruffled her golden hair.
“Instead, you must kill Camillo. Okay?”
“okay, thanks.”
“Heh, keep the promise we made to go to the finals together. If you hit me in the back again, I won’t let you go.”
“… … .”
I didn’t make a promise with my mouth, but… It’s cumbersome to make corrections, so I’ll have to keep my mouth shut.
‘This makes it easier to deal with Camillo.’
The preliminary round is a battle royale format in which 50 players fight at the same time.
It’s difficult to properly fight Camilo in such a brawl, so I made this offer to Berrisrize.
‘Before playing against Heinrich, I wanted to practice against Camillo.’
Camillo’s fighting style is similar to Heinrich’s.
It wasn’t like that from the beginning, but after entering the academy and following Heinrich, that changed.
A chance to play against Camilo in the qualifiers will help quite a bit before they face Heinrich in the finals.
‘of course… I don’t plan on dragging it too long.’
From the preliminary rounds to the finals, the non-radio show is completed in one day.
You have to keep playing even after the qualifying round, so don’t waste your stamina fighting for a long time.
The fight with Camilo will be over quickly.
‘Then, was it possible to roughly predict the finalists with this?’
I reviewed the group composition.
Group 1 is highly likely to be passed smoothly by Rufus and Serine.
Group 2 will have a winner among Gort, Chloe and Viola.
Group 3 pushes Camillo out and me and Berrys Rize advance to the finals.
Finally, in Group 4, Heinrich… … .
‘Oh, I see.’
There were people who did not check which group they were assigned to.
It was Schmidt, who was very motivated by my side right before I arrived at the match.
‘I remember that it was clearly not in the 1st and 2nd groups… … .’
If it was a group of 3, I would have continued to flirt around me.
The fact that he didn’t show up at all right now… … .
“Ernas? Is there any problem?”
“No, nothing.”
I shook my head, as Berrys Rize looked into my face and wondered.
‘Schmitz, I’m going to have a hard time.’
Saying goodbye to Schmitz, I headed to the qualifiers.
* * *
The competition hall where the 4th group of preliminary students gathered.
There, Schmitz uttered abusive language in his heart.
‘Damn it… … .’
A male student with long blue hair was standing in front of him.
As if he had no interest in Schmidt, he kept his cold eyes.
‘In all likelihood, with this guy… … !’
Blue 2nd class representative, Heinrich Agrippa.
Unfortunately, Schmitz ran into the prodigy from the start of the qualifiers.