155 – Acceleration
After the free time, the members returned to their rooms. Aria and Kane seemed to have stopped by the hot spring again after sweating while playing table tennis 2:2 with an unknown couple.
Lakar, who used the gym, simply took a shower to erase the traces of intense exercise like we did.
As I returned to my room, the waitress knocked on the door, as if Arya had already said it.
As soon as Aria told me to come in with a happy face, the door opened and a delicious smell wafted into the room.
On the tray of the waiter, there was a simple soup with trimmed barbecued meat piled up in the form of a rice bowl for travelers to eat.
But after that, another waiter ordered tomato-cheese gratin, herb-crusted lamb ribs, and more. I brought several foods.
Aria spoke in a lively voice when a lot of food was served on the table that had been laid out in the room as if it were a buffet.
“Eat whatever you want!”
She said that everyone would eat well in Aria’s words, and she brought food for each of them to eat.
What I brought was a barbecue rice bowl. Spicy peppers were used, adding a spicy taste to the sweet barbecue seasoning.
While I was playing with the spoon, Kane, who was eating lamb ribs, suddenly asked.
“There was nothing wrong with the club room during the vacation, right? Oh, and my alchemy table is still there?”
Kane’s words reminded me of the alchemy table that I was not interested in. I said with a smile.
“It’s just as messed up.”
“Think of it as my style.”
Ignoring Kane’s sly voice, I transferred the meat from her rice bowl to Luna’s bowl.
While she was smiling at Luna, who nodded her head slightly and thanked her, this time La Car asked.
“When you go back to the academy, the manager will be busy preparing for the triathlon, right?”
“Huh?”
It was a completely unexpected question, so I answered a little stupidly. The eyes of the staff gathered on my face.
I moved the spoon as if nothing was wrong, but I couldn’t ignore the blatant gaze.
“… I forgot.”
It sounds like an excuse, but I really forgot. Learning intangible breathing during vacation, solving the secrets of the lighthouse, and more.
Because of my busy life, I haven’t even thought about triathlon.
Thinking about it now, it seems that Lycan often thought of triathlon and said things that seemed to be looking forward to it. At the time, she just laughed it off….
“You forgot the most important triathlon in the second semester?!”
If Aria, with sauce all around her mouth, makes a fuss about her like this, then I guess it’s my fault.
I apologized and corrected my attitude that I was about to slip away.
“I forgot to focus on training.”
“As expected, is it the manager? To be so serious about training….”
Ignoring Lacard, who was moved by the apple as an excuse, I ate a salad to soothe my spicy tongue.
I felt Luna, who was sitting next to her, staring at me with her fork suspended in the air, and she turned her head.
For some reason, Luna looked a bit dissatisfied. Is forgetting the triathlon such a problem? Should I apologize? Kane said while thinking about it.
“Still, our 1st year senior and secondary seats are trustworthy. We can carry on the reputation of last year.”
At first, she didn’t understand what Kane was talking about. As the meaning of the words was slowly deciphered, I began to be agitated.
The condition for participating in the triathlon is the first and second place in each grade. And the top of the first year… It was none other than Ellie.
I suddenly felt sick to my stomach, so I drank the hot tea that was on the table.
Aria, who was eating cheese, said in a pleasant voice that was different from my mood.
“That’s right, Ellie is also a very talented wizard, so if she works with Ross, she can easily defeat other academies! Ellie and Ross are the pride of the Ministry of Magic and the Ministry of Combat!”
Kane secretly looked at Luna and said in a sly voice.
“The Ministry of Pensions and the Department of Magic should keep their mouths shut.”
Luna smiled bitterly at Kane, who pretended to close the zipper. Luna, who slightly turned her head and looked at me, leaned her body towards me and whispered.
“I also believe that Ross will do well.”
I stopped handing over the bread and smiled and said thank you. Like a lie, her drowsiness disappeared at those short words.
I looked at Luna as if she had something to say with her lips pursed, but seeing her gently shake her head, I focused on eating again.
***
After the meal, we headed to the top of Bald Snow Mountain to digest our food.
It is a dangerous act to enter the mountains late at night, but the mountains of the resort were packed with streetlights that pushed away the darkness.
I’ve heard that people sometimes stray and go missing, but that’s because they put themselves in danger.
From the beginning, the name is Snow Mountain. If you wander carelessly and get lost, only a cold death awaits you.
My evaluation was that it was like a promenade full of uphill roads. There were many people like us heading to the top, and there was a reason why everyone was slow because there were so many attractions around.
Pink snow mountain flowers that spread like fireworks when touched with a finger, and beautiful bold flowers that seem to attract the moonlight and emit light caught the eye.
After walking for about an hour, we finally reached our destination, the summit.
I said it was the top, but it didn’t feel like the top of a mountain, it felt like I could only go up to this point.
There were shops selling simple food and places to stay. At Aria’s strong recommendation, we ate a fresh fruit mochi with a single strawberry intact.
She ate deliciously, but Luna invited me to take a bite, which she refused because she was full, and I happily accepted and ate it.
If Luna gives it, she can eat it even when her stomach is full. The strawberry flavor was intense and even more delicious.
Arya, who had disappeared for a moment at Luna, smiled brightly, holding firecrackers in her arms.
“Let’s set off firecrackers!”
Arya’s schedule also had firecrackers set off. She nodded her head coldly, thinking that if she refused even this, Arya would raise her thorns and puff out her cheeks like a puffer fish.
“I am the biggest one.”
“Eh?! No! The biggest one is mine!”
Unexpectedly, Kane, who seemed to be bothered, actively stepped forward. Leaving the two fighting over the biggest firecracker, I took the firecracker and handed it over to Lakar and Luna.
To see if there is a separate space for setting off firecrackers, we headed to an empty lot in front of a shop that sells firecrackers.
From the fact that Arya had the biggest firecracker in her hand, it was clear that Kane had lost.
Is it losing, or is it really losing? Seeing Kane grumbling while holding a small firecracker, I thought it might be the latter.
“Let’s set off firecrackers one by one and say what we want to say! Well, things are going smoothly!”
I don’t know if there really is such a superstition, but we nodded.
First was Lakar, who was holding the smallest firecracker.
I set fire to the fuse with a match attached to the side of the firecracker, and when I set it down, something shot toward the sky.
As the Milky Way unfolds in the night sky with a bang, the lights twinkle and embroider the sky. Lakar put his hands together as if he were putting his palms together and said.
“I hope everyone is healthy and not sick in the second semester.”
Isn’t Lacard more suitable for a manager than me?
Lacard will surely be a good article as he wants. He might be the leader of the Imperial Knights.
The next turn was Kane. Kane’s firecrackers were shot in the sky one after another. Kane shouted as he joined his hands together with Lakar.
“Let’s lead a boring, normal life without any incidents!”
It was a Kane-like statement. Arya, who was chubby cheeks twitching next to me, hurriedly rushed forward and set firecrackers on fire before it was her turn.
Pang!
It sounded different like a huge firecracker. Everyone on the snowy mountain looked up at the sky and clapped their hands at the beauty of the fireworks.
Large and beautiful lights embroidered the sky, making one feel as if night had changed into day in an instant.
“Let Kane’s words be reversed!”
“Yumma! Cancel!”
That’s why you didn’t keep your turn. It was also a mischievous Aria.
Leaving behind Kane, who rushed to cancel immediately, I looked at Luna scratching her head.
The firecrackers that explode after Aria’s firecrackers will definitely be the target of comparison.
Originally, it was Luna’s turn, but I thought about it and decided to explode it first.
My firecrackers are hand-held, so I lit them and aimed them at the sky.
The firecrackers flew into the sky with the sound of cutting through the air and began to disappear, giving off pretty flower-shaped lights.
I said whatever came to mind before the lights completely went out.
“Our precious members, I hope everyone is happy.”
When I turned around, I put my hands in my pockets because I felt embarrassed to see the members smiling at me.
When I came back, Luna, who was the last to turn, walked forward. The firecrackers that rose high into the sky disappeared as if they were raining down pretty lights.
“I hope you will continue to be as happy as you are now.”
I smiled at Luna’s voice as if she were praying. There will be no incidents this second semester.
Even in the novel, Roel was enjoying life at the academy while spending time with the heroine. At least the second semester can be passed without incident, as Kane said.
You can take it easy and prepare for the fight against the church next year. With a satisfied smile, I grabbed Luna’s hand as she returned.
***
The man rolled on the floor. It was because he lost his balance due to his severed left arm.
“At least, barely at the academy… !”
The man whose blood vessels were prominently protruding from his face as he pulled up his mana sputtered out in a voice full of rage.
“You have no skills, but do you have pride? He is a strange person.”
At Flavia’s contemptuous voice, the man stood up and screamed in a fit.
“Shut up! You guys know who you touched! I am Confsion Number 8 of Confsion, the direct subordinate of the headmaster… ! This body is Nerda of despair!!!”
Magic energy surged from Ner’s fingertips as if boiling, and a black flash split the ground, heading towards Flavia with terrifying momentum.
Flavia couldn’t react at all to the sudden surprise attack.
Ugh!
It was Ner’s last struggle to gather the remaining mana in his body and shoot it out, but Roel lightly swung his greatsword to block it.
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Ner let out a desperate scream at the sight of Roel looking down at him with an arrogant face, showing no signs of getting tired of fighting with himself. I wanted to vehemently deny Roel in front of me.
“You, what the hell are you!!! Why, why can’t my attack work… !!!”
Roel responded with a calm face to Ner’s cry of vomiting blood.
“The younger brother you bullied… Brother.”
Roel moved her hand, and Ner’s head, which had been crying out, rolled on the floor.
Without even looking at Ner’s head rolling on the floor, Roel held out her hand to Flavia.
“Let’s go, to the academy.”