When She Becomes a Witch

Some early morning thing, some time after school.

Aoshiro was walking along a tree-lined path in the school he had finally become accustomed to seeing.

The trees are losing a lot of leaves, and it's time to look miserable.

"Damn it, he is. Don't forget the meal. It's important, Rice."

Aoshiro lifts the wrap in his hand to the height of his gaze and squeals.

The same boarding house, Riordo, forgot his breakfast lunch and left for the Archery Club morning practice.

So Madame Therese, who divides the boarding house, asked him to deliver his lunch.

Aoshiro and Riordo are close (rather than always calling from Riordo), which made them the feathers of being appointed lunch couriers by Madame.

"Well, that's good. When I forgot my lunch box before him, I wasn't well enough."

When I forgot my lunch in the morning a few days ago, I remembered the lavish fasting melody and depression by Riordo, and Aoi sighs. The air is cold. I guess this exhalation will also look white and blurred in a little while.

Climb the stairs of the department building - they say clubhouse or something like this here - and look for a room in the archery department. It was actually the first time that Aoi had entered this building, as it was a Western literature department with a room beside the library.

"This is the fencing department... This is the equestrian department... This is the Barritz Research Society...?

Pass the various named rooms and finally find the door where the plates of the archery section were raised.

Now, does it take a knock to enter the room in this case?

As I looked up at the door thinking about it, I heard young men and women arguing from the indoors.

"Isn't this... Why are you...!

"No...... but. In this case……………………"

Very, familiar voice.

Aoshiro opened the door unconstitutionally after knocking, spilling a sigh of awkwardness.

"... what is it, Soujiro?"

"What a greeting. Madame Therese asked me to bring you something you forgot, and I hear you want to play it in a single song in your belly tone."

"Lunch. You delivered my lunch, Thanksgiving"

Hiya, and when he received the lunch brought to him by Aoshiro, Riordo sat down in a nearby chair. And start eating the inside sandwich as it is. It's cash.

"Hey, Rio. I'm not done talking to you yet......!

"Later, please. I was hungry too, so I don't know. Why don't you eat something too?"

"... right"

In all likelihood, Rebecca Leverier, a schoolgirl who was arguing with Rio - her partner, Witch aspirant Rebecca Leverier, also sits in her chair and takes a deep breath.

Not at all.

The pair of seated fourth-place Riordo Ashcroft and Rebecca Leverier were always arguing over small things, as they were just now.

The school pair is based on the appropriateness magically read during the entrance exam, determined by occupiers and others, so compatibility itself should be good, he said.

... then what's going on with this pair?

Teachers say that this year's pair are friendly everywhere, so there may have been still some terrible examples in the past.

"... again, you showed Mr. Souzillo the inconspicuousness"

Sounds like a morning lunch replacement, Rebecca squeaks as she grabs a big cookie.

"Never mind. I'd say... what caused today's"

Then Rio and Rebecca looked at each other and leaned their necks exactly the same.

""... cause, what is it?

... This pair may actually go well together.

With his head in his arms, he was the Ethereal Brother who wanted to think so.

"Hey. Than that, Souzillo"

"What, did you get into the deception"

"Ugh... no, more than that, why don't you touch the archery. The bow itself, you've done it before, haven't you?

Riordo laughs at one of the archery bows.

"Oh. Has Mr. Souzillow ever done a bow?

"Well... when it comes to bows of the imperial kingdom (Sumeri Miku) ceremony, there's something about bows that you've done. Not as long as a sword, but quite experienced. But western bows are inexperienced."

The Scarlet Noah family, which has Takeda's name as its ancestor, is small enough to have a bow alley. But that was just the first time I've ever touched a western bow and seen it up close.

"Then have it."

"Oh... what... heavy...?

I was handed a western bow by Riordo unconstitutionally, so I grabbed it, but unexpectedly...... heavy.

It may be obvious because it is made of metal, but first it is completely different from the bow and balance of the imperial kingdom, so it is different on its own. Too different.

The gripping part - it's a lot of stuck around the middle, and the top and bottom parts are heavy, making it a really fluffy and unstable way to hold it.

"Hey. Isn't it heavy, this bow..."

"Really? But if it's not like this, it's actually useless as a bow."

I mean, Riordo would have been useless as a weapon if it hadn't been for about this.

"I see, is this how the bow of the West increases in power? It's very different from the bow in the Emperor's kingdom, which has been made more powerful by lengthening the bow..."

Aoshiro grunts about that, looking at the western bow in his hand.

"Long bow...... even this bow is about my height...... longer than this, is it?

Rebecca was the one who reacted to that word.

"Oh, I know that answer."

Riordo, who has a rash in the Imperial kingdom with his family, apparently knows the shape of the Wah bow.

"... Oh, I didn't ask you, Riordo"

As Rebecca sprinkles remorse in her red-purple eyes, she dazzles her partner.

Sort of made her feel a little sorry for him, so Aoi revealed his answer early.

"I lengthened the top part from the bow grip. Upper and lower asymmetrical bows. This means you can have a bow over two meters long."

Rebecca kept her eyes open. Apparently, it was an unexpected answer.

"I see... then surely... you can do it for a long time"

"Hey, Rebecca, Smeramikni is an interesting country. You want me to lend you a book about martial arts in that country next time?

"... Fine. I won't borrow it from you. It's quicker to hear from Sauji Row than to read a book."

"Well, I guess so"

Even while they were having such a conversation, Souzillow was looking at the bow. What the hell is this string made of? How to aim. How are the arrows connected?

"Mr. Souzillow, do you actually want to pull the bow?

"Oh, I like that."

"Yes, okay?

Surely pulling it off would be the best way to know that bow.

"I'm an amateur western bow."

"But you've done bows before, haven't you?

"Yes, but..."

"Besides, it's just close range, it's okay."

"You're gonna be okay, maybe. Even bows are for practice, and I'm not making weird adjustments."

While doing so, Riordo has handed over a dedicated arrow.

And show 'targeted'. It is a far bigger substitute than the bow target. Besides, there's not much distance. It's only a few steps away. Exactly. I wouldn't take this off.

"Then I'll teach you how to set it up. It's about the same height, so it would be better suited for nothing than the larger Riordo in the figure."

With that said, Rebecca turned behind Souzillow and took her hand.

"A hand with a bow is just an experience. This is how you connect arrows..."

From Rebecca, the softness of the hands and the temperature of the body are transmitted. And it smelled like a misty flower. I don't know what this scent was, but I think it resembles the blue-like scent of Smiley perfume that was found in a U.S. department store.

"Now, let it go"

……

The bow never broke, and the arrow was released straight and struck brilliantly. Instead, this distance would really make it impossible to take it off.

But the recoil the moment I shot him was awesome. I tried to contain her, but she felt her arms get lightly numb.

"For the first time, you're good. You can't have people who can't even do it at this distance, really."

"Right, that's Souzillow. Samurai Soldier."

"The samurai are no longer in the emperor's kingdom, though. Well, I'm gonna go now...... oh, yeah. I had something to tell you."

I just returned my bow to say that I was ready for it, and I just tried to get out of the Archery Department room, Aoshiro, but Kuru turned to the two of us.

"Oh, what the fuck?

"My partner Chloe wants to have a tea party with you next time."

"Oh, that's good! I can't help but hear it's tea."

Around the pleasant Rio do, Aoshiro looked at Rebecca for a moment.

"Also, of course, I'll go too...... Because French tea is so much better than British tea!

Rebecca burned a flame of anticipation in her red-purple eyes and declared so.