41 – #041 How to walk (2)
After saying that it didn’t matter if I told her, Vivian didn’t teach me the contents of the class until the end, leaving me with only words to look forward to and leave.
When I first heard about walking, I was taken aback by the unexpected words, but when I thought about it carefully, I guessed what kind of class it was based on the name.
Of course, it’s not that I’m certain, it’s just a rough guess based on the name, so you’ll have to see it for yourself, but you’ll find out soon.
Since Vivian’s classes cannot be conducted indoors, we gathered at the first training ground.
There were several other classes besides the valor class at the training ground, but everyone was staring at the valor class while they were training.
Probably not because I’m interested in someone in my class, but because Vivian is coming soon.
Vivien hadn’t even come yet, but seeing that flies like that twisted around her, I was able to realize the level of Vivian’s status in the academy.
“Sorry!! Did you wait?”
After a while, Vivian came with a basket full of orange-sized balls, waving one hand and smiling carefreely.
Maybe it’s because everyone didn’t have a chance to see Vivian up close, but while I was staring at Vivian with flashing eyes, I laughed out loud because I was dumbfounded.
‘How can a late human being be so confident?’
I wasn’t the only one who thought so, but Louise was also slightly frowning when she saw Vivian.
“Then….”
Placing the basket full of balls to her right, Vivian looked around at her students.
The student who met Vivian’s eyes shyly lowered his head, but it seemed that he had a slightly different feeling than respect for the high-level swordsman.
‘I’m a strong human like a gorilla, so I’ve never seen it with those eyes… Vivian is also one of the most beautiful.’
As for strength and status, it was still in a place that I couldn’t reach because I was ugly even from the looks of it.
Thinking of being friendly with such a person made me feel an unknown sense of superiority.
“There might be people who don’t know me, so shall we start with a self-introduction?”
Vivian didn’t mean to joke, but the students seemed to have accepted it as a joke, and laughter began to bloom at the training ground.
It was a natural reaction.
Even I, who wasn’t interested in her worldly affairs, didn’t know her Vivienne’s face, but I knew her name.
Although Vivian was a bit taken aback by the unexpected reaction, he started explaining what kind of class he was going to teach from now on.
“Today we are going to learn how to walk, that is, footwork. Even if you follow the path to magic rather than the sword, there’s nothing wrong with learning how to walk.”
Saying that, Vivian quickly cut through the students with her unique footwork and reached me at the very back.
Everyone stared at Vivian, who was standing in the back, with their mouths open, seeing that there was no other way to express it other than to say that it was like the wind.
“If you train your footwork, you will be able to do this lightly. Of course, at the level of you guys, this is impossible, but it is.”
“You are proud of yourself, so how will you train your footwork?”
Everyone thought so in their hearts, but when I said that, they glared at me with the eyes of a traitor who even thrust a sword at a certain king.
But those guys just glared at me no matter what I did, so I didn’t mind when they said they’d come back and glared at me like that.
“Good question. Wait a minute….”
Vivian drew a large circle a little far away, and then drew several small circles at regular intervals within the circle.
Then, as I stood in front of the large circle and chanted a spell in a small voice, the circle began to glow blue.
“Today is the first time, so let’s start with something easy. It’s simple to do, because it’s a drill that just needs to step on that little circle and catch the ball.”
With the help of the spirit, Vivian took out all the balls from the basket and threw them into the circle.
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Then the ball did not fall, but floated upward and began to fly freely.
“You don’t have to catch them all, you just need to catch one. Who wants to do it first?”
“… ….”
To be honest, the training wasn’t that difficult. Even if I roughly counted the balls, there were more than 10, and the speed of the balls was not so much that I couldn’t track them with my eyes.
Besides, it was a training that I could have done well even when I was young, since I only had to bring one without having to bring all of them.
However, no one dared to step forward, probably because they were afraid that they would not pass the training and be humiliated for nothing.
“I will do it first.”
Then she said that Louise, who was worse than her, would try first.
When Louise stepped up, cheers erupted from her students, but if a stranger heard it, she would think she was a general willing to go to the front.
“Didn’t you say you only need to catch one?”
“Yes, extra points for catching a lot… Oh, since it’s not a test in the first place, there’s no such thing as a score, right? Just go and grab one.”
“Okay.”
It was Louise who entered the circle confidently, but the moment she took her first step, she suddenly bounced out of the circle.
While everyone including me was looking at Vivian wondering what the hell was going on, Vivian pointed to the small circle where Louise was standing a moment ago and said.
“See the slightly protruding footprints over there? If you come out even a little bit, you will fail, so be careful.”
“… You are too strict.”
Even as she complained, Louise entered the circle again.
And this time, in order not to fail, I lifted my tiptoe and minimized the area where my foot touches the ground.
Louise, who was well aware of that fact, gathered her mana as much as she could to finish her training as quickly as possible, and started running while stepping on her circle.
She bounced out of the circle a few times as if she couldn’t afford to keep her eyes on her feet because she was chasing the ball with her eyes, but she soon caught a ball and came out of the circle.
Everyone cheered again as Louise handed the ball to Vivian, wiping the sweat from her brow with her sleeve.
After several failed attempts, he only managed to succeed once, but when he heard such loud cheers, Louise blushed and frowned as if she was ashamed.
Hey, even if it’s like me. It’s not strange to cheer when you’ve accomplished something, but that should be done with a degree. Cheering even when you poop on the street is not praise, it’s ridicule.
Perhaps because Louise, their master, showed her a demonstration, after that, her students started raising their hands in front of her, saying that they would do it first.
She must have calculated that Louise, who stepped forward confidently, failed several times, so she would not be ashamed of herself if she failed.
After that, all the students except me challenged Vivian’s training in turn, but no one was able to catch a ball and bounced out of the circle.
When the other students’ turn was over and my turn finally came, everyone’s eyes turned to me.
“You don’t have to, but… Will you still do it?”
Vivian, who was well aware of my skills, said there was no need to do it, but this is also a commemoration.
I stepped into the blue glowing circle without hesitation.
The ball is fast, and since I’m taller than the others, the circle felt unusually small, but it didn’t stop me from standing.
After all, it’s not that difficult training as you can see from the outside. There was no moving circle on the floor, so I just had to keep an eye on the position of the ball.
I threw myself aiming for the moment when the positions of the balls floating in the air overlapped, and I caught 3 balls in each hand and came out with a total of 6 balls.
But, of course, no cheers or applause came out. Vivian also didn’t seem to be very impressed because the training itself was like child’s play.
I’m not a child, and I didn’t really want to receive compliments, but I was a little annoyed because it was so blatant.
“I know, but you do it easily. I’ll give you another drill later.”
“Yes, then is this the end of today?”
“Um… It’s about time, so let’s end this. Everyone disbanded now!! Enjoy your lunch and see you next month!”
*****
After all the schedules were over, on the same day that I said that I would give you another training, as if I had prepared in advance, Vivian called me to the first training ground.
There was quite a bit of a sense of speed, but I didn’t hate it. Rather, I felt grateful to Vivian because I wanted to become a little stronger as soon as possible.
“You called sooner than I thought. Were you prepared in advance?”
“This is a training I’ve been doing since I was little, so I didn’t have anything to prepare for.”
“I see… But it doesn’t seem to be any different from breakfast, does it?”
The only thing that has changed since morning is that the circle has become a little bigger and there are more small circles to serve as a stepping stone?
Other than that, not much has changed. As he tilted his head, Vivian held out his open palm.
“Hmm? Why are you like that?”
“Look above his hand.”
Looking closely, there seemed to be nothing in particular, and on top of Vivian’s hand were two orange balls the size of slightly smaller peas.
I looked up at Vivian with a foreboding feeling at the ball that was so small compared to the morning. Vivian said with a smile.
“This time we will do it with this little ball. And….”
After a moment of silence, Vivian blew magic into the circle, and the small circles engraved on the ground began to move nonstop.
“This time the circle moves on the floor.”
“…Are you crazy?”
How do people do this?