An attempt between students at Mariureth Academy. The female investigator, who had been the referee, received a reward from the school and returned to the inn after wandering around the city for a while.
Wait for the sunset and enter the favorite bar, opposite the inn, and occupy one table near the counter as usual.
"Oh, it's early today."
A woman with a second glass of wine looks back to the Lord of Voices.
There was a man there. A woman wearing thin leather armor and a sword on her waist appeared in the eyes of a woman.
"Good work"
Say a regular greeting to a stranger and the woman continues to make excuses.
"I didn't go out and work today, as early as anything. You don't have to bother to find a seat after it gets crowded, right?"
"Oh, yes, was it the school job I talked about earlier?"
A man who knows the situation returns with a convinced face and sits in front of the woman across the table. Apparently we're going to have dinner together.
He is a familiar man and a fellow investigator companion. There is no reason to offend a woman even if she is present without notice.
Attempt "Yes, because I was called as a referee"
He immediately ordered his beer and stewed dishes from the waiter who came to ask for his order, and he asked his question straight.
"What kind of wind does it take for an investigator like you to go to a student's attempt as a referee? A reward isn't a big deal."
"I wasn't reluctant at first, but ... I couldn't refuse if I was so eagerly asked."
It is not the school that asked a woman to judge a trial. It was a girl who was a classmate of a student who actually tried.
At first, the woman was going to refuse.
Of course. It is a request from the party performing the attempt, regardless of the request from the school or a third party. The woman, who thought she had probably asked her for a convenient judge, refused coldly with a faint expression.
I don't like the idea that instead of striking power from the front in a straightforward manner, I would like to turn my hand from the back to carry the game in an advantageous manner. She didn't shout at her because she was still a girl, but she couldn't help cooling her gaze at her face.
When I listened to the story, it was apparently a woman. She says she wants her to be a "just judge without anyone pointing her back."
Guess It seems that the friend of the girl's friend is like the son of the Earl's family, and he wants to go to the school for a referee who takes the first move and does not shoulder either before sending the referee who took his breath.
Certainly, it is difficult for fairies and nobles to test their skills. Nobles, unlike ordinary people, have power and financial resources, and they may use them as tangible and intangible weapons inside and outside the driving range.
Even more so, as the girl says, if the commoners are more capable. A referee who gives a favorable judgment to the aristocracy may dominate the attempt. Concern The girl who does it is not wrong.
That is why the girl had asked the woman to take over the referee.
Certainly, the woman does not want to assume that the tester is noble. With such a personality, a more comfortable way of life should be possible. In addition, women are well-known as skilled explorers. Difficulty If a woman becomes a judge and makes a decision, there will be almost no follow-up. The girl was a little moved by a girl who had not been asked by the tester himself and had bothered to find a woman for a friend and asked for a fair judge.
The girl who named herself the Viscount Princess Eleanor bowed down in silence while she began to think about accepting the referee while continuing silence.
This surprised the woman.
Even though she has no rank, she is still a nobleman. On the other hand, explorers have a low social status.
Speaking of meritocracy, it sounds good, but it's actually the bottom of a society that is dominated by eaters, like mercenaries. They are often hit by ruins and ruins. Disdain Most aristocrats are searchers, and usually go awry from the civilians who live in town.
At first glance, a woman with a track record and reputation will be placed, but still far from equal. A young girl still bowed down to such an investigator and asked with courtesy.
Moreover, the content of the request is "a fair judge that nobody is pointed at the back finger." Remuneration is only the regular amount paid from the school. The truth is insignificant.
But conversely, that's all.
There is no reason for the woman to refuse. Abandoned It would be a woman if you do not raise your hips.
I was going to stay in the royal capital with a rest for a while. She accepted the girl's request if she could return to the beginning after seeing the students fight.
"Why do you look pretty happy?"
A man asks a natural question to a woman's words that she can't help but contract.
"Do you have such a face? ... Well, it was a bit interesting for a student to try."
"What's interesting?"
Aroused by the interest, he drunk half of the mug he received from the waiter and continued his expression.
"Because I was a student and I was listening to both magicians, I wondered if I would shoot each other's magic while standing at the starting point."
Opening the lid was unexpected.
Despite being a sorcerer, a commoner boy rushed straight into the opponent immediately after the attempt. Moreover, as she ran and shuffled away, casting magic and blinding, she saw a direct blow into her pocket.
Even if this alone is astonishing, it is a magical zero range attack without giving time to fight back from there. Rushes and surprises immediately after the start of the attempt, attacks using magical techniques unlike magicians, magic at close range that can be reached, practical ways of fighting that can not be thought of as a student with a head.
"That's certainly interesting. Is that really a student?"
The question of a man is natural.
Certainly, some investigators will do that. A mercenary sorcerer who is on the battlefield with enemy and allies can do the same.
"I don't think it's just a student. I was impressed with the fighting, and it was the difference in the number of places I experienced, not just the ability difference."
On the other hand, the aristocrats only stood up and tried to strike powerful magic, whereas the commoner boy treated magic as a tool for battle.
In fact, I used only rocks and fireballs and elementary magic. But he had a good combination of his strengths, including the arts, to add one to three or more. Persistence Instead of hitting the opponent with attack magic, it is a simple way to create a path to victory. At the same time, I felt a clear intention in how to compose the battle.
With so many magicians tending to be magical, the mercenaries and explorers who were in the battle didn't know and didn't expect boys going to school to show that kind of fight. Moreover, when receiving the reward, the instructor of the school told me that he was the first year student who had just enrolled four months ago.
Because it is a commoner, it is unlikely that he had been educated before enrollment. Probably he has gained some practical experience before enrolling. There are only a few children in the world who grow up while experiencing battles with the mercenary parents.
"And another interesting thing-no, I saw people."
The woman who finished talking about the attempt changes the topic.
This is the story of Cyrill, a commoner boy who unfolds a magic barrier to prevent runaway magic. The game had already taken place at that time, so the woman was trying to protect them while warning the boys. At least noble boys who have lost the protection of the amulet must be safe. The eyes of the woman who thought so caught something unexpected.
In the short time when the woman was caught up in the runaway magic, another noble boy had another magic barrier. The barrier, which seemed to have evolved instantly, was as strong as a woman could see.
A barrier that was developed between the time when the runaway magic took shape and the time when a woman turned her eyes to a noble boy. The person who created it is not an average caster.
A woman looking over the audience in search of the surgeon found a young man with black eyes and black hair in front of her gaze.
Looks like a boy. She looked almost the same as a student, but she saw her runaway magic, but she didn't move, and she felt calm, unlike age. In a strange, short mauve robe of short length, the forehead has a violet-colored cloth that will wrap around your head.
"Young man with black eyes and black hair? Short mauve robe?"
The woman's appearance may have been recognizable.
When he drops the mug he had in his hand on the table, he leans forward.
"Yes. I think it's probably a rumored" sword magician. "
A woman says what a man wants to say. Todoroki I have no direct acquaintance, but it is now the title of a mercenary whose name is known throughout the capital city. It was a monster that defeated the three majors that had long plagued the royal capital for a long time.
"Why is that in the school's driving range?"
"I don't know. I guess it might be that Earl Krassel had put it on his son just in case ... It will not be a violation afterwards. ''
Innocent If you were to ignore the rules and try your hand, even if your opponent was "Three Great Demon Slayers," the woman would have blamed the act for it.
But fortunately, Swordsman did not try to solve the attempt itself. The barrier was developed to ensure the safety of the tester, and since the conclusion has been reached, there has been no difference to the woman who was refereeing.
But-, the woman keeps saying.
"I don't really know if he was the one who developed the barrier."
But the woman had strange certainty. I'm convinced that the barrier was definitely the "sword magician". It is not as powerful as it is, in such a short time, and through the barriers that hold the auditorium and the tester, to deploy magic. Even though it is a royal city with many magicians, such a user is not rolling around.
It was called "Three Great Demon Suppressors" and "User of Sword Magic". She wants to meet and talk about her once, and mutters in her heart while tilting her glass.