17-2. Rivals are rivals because they resemble each other.

The day of the grade exam has dawned.

[Grand Hearts Academia’s grade exam finally begins!]

“Waaa!!”

With the exception of Mardol, we were all waiting for the upcoming game as we were caught in the middle of a cheering crowd that filled the arena.

“Mr. Mardol is first order.”

“Tomorrow was me, and the next day was you, Licht?”

“Kai..! Tomorrow I am too!”

The first order was Mardol, followed by Kainel and Ariel. I was decorating the last one. It is a good opportunity to check the potential of the party members.

‘After all, I’ll have to take these guys and catch the demon king.’

After graduating from the academy, if you form a party to defeat the demon lord, you might be able to meet our saintess at some monastery.

“…”

But the producers said that catching the Demon King is out of date. Wasn’t that why connecting the love line?

I put my hand on my chin at the contradictory sensation. If that’s the case, you don’t need to go to the academy. To complete the love line, catching the head acre must be the top priority.

No matter how I look at it, there seems to be something I’m missing.

From the beginning, the word ‘contradiction’ itself is strange. There must have already been a lot of things called the butterfly effect because of my possession.

To call this a contradiction, the premise was wrong from the beginning. I am a person who did not exist in this world. Because he was like a foreign substance.

‘..A world where heroes are summoned from the beginning.’

So it would make sense if it went through without any strange parts. But I have no intention of exposing this part to others.

There were so many reasons. Someone who knows about Licht the Black Knight might show up, revealing to them that this world is inside a game.

“Hello junior Licht!”

It was then. A woman with a familiar voice approached us and interrupted our thoughts.

“..Chartines senior?”

A vampire nun who maintains the color black from head to toe. She was Saint Mary of Chartines. Did you come to see her close brother’s match?

“Ah.. Hello!! Second generation saintess!”

“Ariel, is that the one you were talking about before?”

“Yes! Kai!”

Her red ponytailed elf smiled brightly. Also perfect intimacy. I don’t know how you can be a tsundere to someone you like.

“Oh, these are junior Licht’s friends. Nice to meet you!”

Small fangs and sparkling red eyes showed the characteristics of a vampire without filtering. It’s amazing every time I see it.

“I have heard a lot about the saintess! I’ve been wanting to see you for a long time!”

“Is that so? I am delighted!”

By the way, is it okay to date even if this person is here right now? She was concerned about the shame that had been dripping from her status window before, so she asked the senior female a question.

“Nex-senpai, I know it’s a match today, but….”

“Nex will definitely win, so it will be fine. The opponent is a young girl who uses the killer whale spirit, so she told me not to come.”

Oh, is she the bad guy I heard about last time? Perhaps, with the pretext of this match, he can completely suppress it.

‘It’s an opportunity to introduce myself to the family head, so he’ll do his best.’

Even if it has the attribute of water, you can vaporize it. An adult phoenix is strong. The phoenix’s flame even melts magic, swordsmanship, and divine power.

“If you said so, I am relieved.”

There was also the northern spearmanship I taught him, so he had an advantage to some extent. The Elementalist’s weakness was to rely on emotions,

In , He was a character who rarely took out spirits and only used spears, so maybe the 2nd year winner would be Nex?

The news may reach the north where Asha Aureus is. She might even allow her to marry Chartines, if that were the case.

I nodded her head as a sign of understanding. At that moment, I looked ahead and saw two figures walking out into the center of the arena.

“Ah, let’s start!”

“..I look forward to it.”

This test will change many people’s evaluations and determine the strong and the weak. Will I be able to get Mana Rose here?

[The first match of the grade exam! Mardol and Windy students!]

Looking at the shiny glass armor in the distance, I tried to ignore the uneasy feeling for some reason.

***

Two women stood in the center of the arena.

The blue-haired sorceress and the glass knight looked at each other and exchanged greetings.

“I am a wind wizard. It’s windy In this year’s test….”

“..Mardol.”

A cold attitude that doesn’t even need an explanation.

After saying his name briefly, Fine immediately pulled out the sword behind his back and took a combat stance, which made the opponent nervous as well.

[Start the match!!]

It wasn’t long before the sound of horns echoed through the stadium, and the game began.

「Wind Cutter..!」

Windy fired her wind magic at the glass knight with her staff. Wind-pressure blades crashing into her with the sound of her chain-relief.

‘Compared to Licht’s empty space…. It’s not even the wind.’

However, Fine did not care and endured the beating. I had to cut the opponent’s will to fight and create a gap.

“Oh, what? Is this a rock-cutting technique? How hard is the armor….”

Tumble. The knight in heavy armor took a step forward, enduring between gusts of wind. Although they were moving slowly, they were getting closer to each other.

[Wind magic doesn’t work at all! Gee! It would have been nice if I had targeted the gap in the armor and attacked..!]

Master piece equipment has durability and characteristics that can block most attacks.

Among them, Fine’s glass armor has increased magic resistance so that it can counter Magic Hat’s magic as much as possible.

‘I’ll have to use something other than magic.’

To be precise, he was the demon king of truth who uses magic to perform magic. Because of that, he was able to fight longer than the hero in the previous battle.

“I’m sorry, but the opponent is bad.”

With only a few distance left, the wind mage was breaking out in a cold sweat while devising a countermeasure.

“Cyclone Impact..! What, this doesn’t work either..?!”

Too bang, boom! The sound resounded, but it could not harm Fine. As the glass knight gradually approached, Windy only rolled her feet.

“Are you done?”

At that time, a shadow fell over her face. Same height as an adult male. A huge knight aimed at his opponent and raised his sword.

“Kyaaah! Wind shield!”

In response, it was a wizard who created a shield to protect her body from the raging wind. Her skein of protection wrapped around her.

“Even you can’t get through this! The sword won’t go in with the wind, which is my main skill… !”

Windy, not knowing what to say, let out an exhilarating noise from inside her shield. As she was, she was only defending herself and was aiming for a timeout.

A structure where the outside cannot be seen from the inside. Therefore, she expected that Fine’s sword would be deflected by the wind she made.

“One serving of Drake.”

But Fine’s attitude didn’t even move. The golden eyes in the helmet glisten coldly,

“..Shadow cutting.”

I just cut the ground from top to bottom and cut the shadow like someone else.

In that moment, pakan! A sound was heard, and the sound of the transparent protector made of mana breaking rang the arena.

[The match is over!! The winner! This is Mardol!]

“Uh..?”

Windy sat down with her shield broken in two like an apple cut in half. He looked up at Fine, not understanding the exact situation, with a dazed expression on his face.

“..I lost? To the prosecutor…?”

Shadow Slash is a swordsmanship that uses shadows to inflict damage on the entity.

Even if you hide behind a shield, it is meaningless if you see a shadow. Thanks to the transparent wind, the new model of Windy could be seen even better.

“I won. Windy.”

“Are you bragging?! Wearing such fraudulent armor!”

Finé stretches out her hand and tries to lift her up. The wind wizard then bit his lower lip to express his resentment.

“…”

In the end, the glass knight stood still on the spot as he watched his opponent stand up on his own and trudged out of the arena.

‘As expected, if I wear this armor, am I stronger than others? But… He’s weaker than the Demon King…’

The white wolf ears and tail in the helmet went down, and in vain he turned his gaze toward the crowd.

Then, far away from her in the audience, she saw her close sister Chartines.

‘Ah, this is Char. Licht is next to me too.’

I waved her hand to the two characters as an expression of okayness. After all, she was a trustworthy person who knew she was weak.

***

The glass knight’s battle ended too quickly and simply. I continued to break out in a cold sweat inside the black helmet.

“Isn’t that your skill, Licht?”

“..Yes. Mr. Cainell.”

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Didn’t you learn the shadow slash? I am now killed by Master Drake. I was dumbfounded when I saw the prince victoriously waving his hand toward me.

“I ate one of these.”

The main character is severely corrected. Does this make sense? Swordsmanship is the study of will. Did Mardol have a will that was strong enough to cut through the shadows?

‘Perhaps it grew from the duel with Magic Hat.’

Coming to think of it, my parents were also taken hostage and then recovered, so it makes sense.

“…”

It was rather good. To get Mana Rose, I had to deliberately lose to him. I saw enough of the power of master piece-class equipment.

‘Possibly a property that negates magic. I won’t be able to block spirit magic, swordsmanship, or divine power.’

Even though he was hit with wind magic several times, Mardol’s movements did not change. The shield made of mana didn’t even break.

As expected, human efforts equal to artifacts. It’s a master piece It was a pity that perverted dwarves made it, but I smiled at the performance of a fraudulent item I hadn’t seen in a long time.

“Mardol!! Awesome!!”

The ignorant female senior was beside her, shouting her cheers.

Seeing such a bright appearance, I suddenly thought that even if Master Drake scolded me later, it would work out somehow.