When he gets to the school building and breaks up with Wendy, who started talking to the Lilties, Almark finds Nelson in the classroom and speaks up just now.
"Nelson, tell me something"
"Whoa, what's up?"
Nelson smiles.
"Next time, I'm talking about three sets against each other at a martial arts tournament..."
Saying, Almark sits down in the seat next to Nelson.
This is a seat for a girl named Curimet, but she hasn't come yet today.
"When you invited Morgen to practice, you gave him the names of some tough opponents. I don't know anything about them, so why don't you tell me?"
"Oh, right. Fine."
Nelson nods and starts talking.
"First of all, it's Colen you have to be most careful about. He's got great motor nerves, and he's tall, so he's got a long reach. He'll be the strongest in three pairs."
"You're Coren. I see."
"Then, Eston and Polois. These guys are strong too."
"That name sounds familiar."
Almark pinches his mouth.
"Was that it? He said he used to bully Norish"
"Oh, that's them"
Nelson nods with a bitter face.
"It's them. More than the torque we had before Almark stuck us."
"You're a nobleman."
"Oh. All three of them I just gave you names are nobles. I don't remember the last name of any nobleman."
That's what Nelson says, heh, laughs.
"I used to be in the same class as Colen, and we played hide-and-seek together when I was a year old, so I know he's a good guy. I've hardly spoken to the other two properly."
"You seem so great."
"You should talk about it. Well, these two aren't as tall as Colen, but they're big and powerful. He's a nobleman, so he'll be getting some training before school."
"I see. Eston and Polois. I remember."
"And then the class commissioner Lux is pretty strong... I don't know, some games with one pair, so I guess all four of them won't be in a game with us"
"Nelson, you want Eston and Polois to be in the game with us."
When Almark points it out with a laugh, Nelson agrees with the break-up.
"Well, yeah. This is my chance. I don't like it anyway. It burns better if you fuck him."
"Norrish's Enemies"
Don't be silly.
Nelson hastily denies it.
"Nothing about that..."
Nelson looks at Norish's seat and tells him to make excuses.
"They don't care. There's just one more reason why they don't care."
"Right. Because that day, you seemed a lot angry."
In Sir Boluk's maze, Almark said, remembering Nelson's flames, which were making noises and shaking.
Nelson leans down and stares at the floor under his feet with sharp eyes.
"... I listened to Norish and he fell all over me."
As Almark looked at Nelson's face, Nelson raised his gaze from the floor and smiled shyly when he glanced at Almark.
"Almark. I'm dumb, but I'm not dumb enough not to realize he was crying in that maze."
"... yeah. I never thought you were stupid."
As Almark nodded, Nelson nodded.
"You, you don't have to be ashamed to say that. Stop it, it's embarrassing."
"I guess so."
Almark twists his neck.
"... Almark"
Reluctantly called from behind, Almark turned around.
A little girl stands about awkwardly.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Curimet."
Almark stood up in a hurry.
"That was your seat."
Curimet shook his head tending to lean down.
"If you need to talk to Nelson about something important, you can still sit down. I'm going somewhere else."
"Yeah?"
Almark shakes his head in surprise.
"No, no, I'm almost done, and I'm fine"
"... right?
Curimet sees Almark in his ascendancy, but as soon as he meets him, he leans again.
"Yeah. Thanks, Curimet"
"Yeah. That's fine."
That's what Curimet said and reluctantly lowered his back to his seat.
"See you, Nelson, again"
Almark raised one hand to Nelson, and Nelson responded, "Whoa."
Then, after school, life began under Illmis: the magic practice of fog, and in the morning the four of us practiced martial arts.
Sometimes at night Wendy and Leila and I went home together, but most of the time, Almark was slower and we were supposed to go home alone.
After school one day like that.
Almark was able to leave the magic practice field in the bright hours yet, as Illmis declared an end at an unexpectedly early hour that day.
I'm sure Wendy and the others will still be martial arts at this hour.
I think I'll take a peek.
With that in mind, Almark was called his own name from behind when he tried to turn his foot to the martial arts field.
"You were early today."
That's what I'm saying. A big boy approaches me.
"Torque"
"... lend me some face"
Torque shrugged his jaw.