The runaway incident with Laylas machine, eventually it had to be treated as having been caused damaged by parts.

with him did not see him destroy the parts, so we couldnt attack any more strongly.

Well, if its at the level of scratching some parts, its possible to do it the moment the

Professor takes his eyes off of him, the Professor can not be blamed.

my stomach.

Todays machines, are the same as the previous machines, except a one swing sword which has been mounted onto

the hip.

Well then, today were going to practice walking and sword swinging in the forest. At the same

time Layla, who was unable to train last time due to the incident, after shes completed her

training on walking on the prairie, shell directly proceed to training in the forest. Okay?

Eldo, you support her. If its you, you can cover her on various things

Roger. Well, it is a good thing since I get to ride a machine for a long time

When I answer while smiling, while having a dry laugh, the professor goes out to issue instructions

to the students.

While listening to it, Layla came closer to me.

Please take care of me

Ill not do such a stupid thing again. I will not give those guys any opportunity

Layla, secretly glared at Phallas while listening to the professors explanation, clenched her

fist. It seemed that the previous incident was quite humiliating.

Indeed.Fromthis year on therell be many interferences like that, so I also have to be careful

According to the professor, there is the sense that this is also a part of the training. Not giving

your enemy any opportunity, seeing through his skills and furthermore trample on it. If you cant

do that, you cant survive on the battlefield. If thats the case, are they saying its better for

them to drop out here?

Although its a severe opinion, but it might be necessary from the viewpoint of raising an elite

soldier.

The exercices proceeeds safely without any incident, it becomes ours turn.

I immediately embark on it as if it were natural, I press and test the lever, the pedals, the

seatbelt and various buttons before start-up, I furthermore make sure that theres no tricks with a

visual verification. In such a cracked state that it has been put in before, it cannot be noticed

by simply stepping on it.

Excellent, all parts have no abnormality.

Im starting up

Good

Receiving permission the professor Im riding with, Im starting the Aluminare.

Over there, I saw Layla boarding it with a tensed face.

She, is she alright?

I observe Laylas machine through the monitor. Is Layla carefully going through the machines

checks, shes not readily in a position to start up.

And after about 3 minutes, finally the aluminares generator came alive.

Well then, start it up

Roger that

Raising the output of the generator with the usual procedure, shifting it to the start-up state.

Quickly putting into operation the magic of the microphone and the sound collection, I spoke to

Layla.

Hows the machine over there?

Well, Thats great

Well then, get into the walk training

Once both of our machines were in an activated state, Professor Gasoul issues instructions.

Laylas machine will advance on the prairie untill shes close to the wall, Eldos machine will

follow behind Layla. Well then, Professors, the rest is in your hand

Laylas machine is taking-off

Slowly, the machine that Layla is piloting starts to move. Without suddenly running like the

previous time, it proceeded forward at a constant walking pace.

Then, I hear the voice of the Professor from Laylas machine. It seems like the microphone had

picked it up.

Layla-kun, step on the pedal a little bit more. Raise the speed up

Ro, roger

However, there is absolutelly no sign of a speed increase.

Whats wrong? Is there a failure?

No, its okay. Im increasing speed

I hear the anxious voice of the Professor and the flustered voice of Layla. However, the speed

doesnt increase at all.

Whether or not theres some anomaly, I approach Laylas machines.

Layla, Is there something wrong?

To be fine but?

My foot is not moving. It isnt according to my own will

Hey hey, Is it me or has the previous incident turned into a trauma.

Does your hands move freely? what about your left foot?

Layla-kun calm down. Take one deep breath

Following the instructions of the Professor, Leila to take a deep breath. Since the hatch remains

open, the air in the cockpit should be fresh. Although this should more or less calm her down.

This machine is fine. It was also examined by me. Theres nothing abnormal in this machine. So

there is no need to worry. Its fine to do it slowly. Put some strength onto your legs little by

little.

Y Yes.

As expected of the Professor. He accurately crushed Laylas point of anxiety in order to reassure

her.

Then, the speed of Laylas machine rises slightly. It is rising from the speed of a normal walk to

the speed of semi-jogging, I guess from her legs that completely couldnt move to being able to

step on it even a little bit should be enough.

Good. Thats the way to go

The speed of Laylas machine is rising gradually, rising up to a speed nearly close to running

fast. However, it doesnt increase beyond it.

It can be seen from comparing this machines speed, if ones further steps on it the aluminare will

run. It looks like she cannot take that small step.

The origin of her traume is likely to make it run. Well, when it was on rampage, it has been

running the whole time. It cant be helped.

It is impossible I cant move beyong this

Its okay. You can do it! Believe in yourself! Until now, were you the one with the top grades in

all subjects? Even in real machines practices , you should be able take the top!

Move! Move!

Although the Professor is desperately encouraging her, the Laylas machine speed doesnt rise.

Professor, Can I go?

Ill try to forcibly cause her to overcome the trauma using the fact that Im a student thats

aiming for the same position of knight causing an even stronger emotion

Drastic measures

The expectation that the Professors have of Layla is large. Thats why, I shouldnt want it to

collapse in a place like this.

Especially we worked hard together up to here. she also occasionally accompany me for sword

training so its about time to repay the accumulated favour.

To put a pilot with mind problem to the point of being unable to make an aluminare run, this isnt

such a friendly world. While Layla is unable to run, the other students would gain more and more

hands-on training. The gap standing before Layla will turn into an unrecoverable one.

Although Im a little anxious but we have no choice but to try it, huh? What can I do?

Understood.

Removing the seat belt, handing the piloting over to the Professor.

Traveling from the open hatch to the aluminares shoulder, I confirmed that Laylas machine was

running parallel.

If its the speed of semi-jogging, I dont have to take into account the wind pressure. also

because the Professor considerably reduced the distance, I should be able to jump over al long I

move with a little bit of magic.

Thats about right.

Professor, This machine is not equiped with an inter-personal magic cancelling magic right?

Oh, Its okay

Great. If Im defeated by that, as expected I cant deal with it.

For now knowing that that magic is not there, I can jump over without reservation.

AIR THRUSTER

Launching magic, I jump over to Laylas machine shoulder. But I break my balance a little by

landing, catching a protrusion of the face to prevent from being shaken off.

Then, opening the hatch from the open-close lever outside, and jumped into the cockpit.

Eldo-kun!? What are you doing!

Eldo!? What did you came to do?

Layla looked back from the cockpit, trying to look though, although she had plenty of tears in her

eyes.

Those tears, running down, reflecting back on her cheek.

I came to encourage your pityable self

Looking at the current situation, what else is it called?

Just because of just one intentional trick caused the machine to run wildly, through no fault of

your own, turning that into a trauma she became someone thats unable to freely move the machine,

what is it other than pathetic.

Even if I win against such a person, I wont be happy

My final goal is Laylas All Perfect. I will graduate from this academy on the top seat by catching

up and overtaking her. To that end, I even endured Lune-sans training,even studied desperately.

Ill be troubled if she collapses of her own accord in a place like this!

Itll be a little drastic measure

Sliding my body next to the seat, I close the hatch operating the button.

In order to fixate my body, I grip tightly over Laylas hands grasping the steering lever.

Wha What are you doing!?

Ya do it this way!

And then pushing forward the right foot with all of my strength, Layla stepped on with all her

strength the pedal she couldnt step on.

Of course, the pedal is depressed to the limit, the aluminare according to the sense board,

accelerates at once.

As an intense G is applied to the body, Although Ill likely end up falling to the back, I solidly

kept my hands clasped on the lever.

Ha ha ha! Whats do you think, you stepped on it right?

Kyaaaaah! [TN: Ooh such a girly scream but I wonder about the MC and professors eardrums]

If you look at how Laylas is doing, Layla screamed with her eyelids tightly shut.

Hey Hey, Thatll be a waste of my effort in helping you step on it. [TN: He girl, what do you think

youre doing not stepping on that pedal (just step on that pedal) step down on it, step down on it,

step down on it]

Layla, open your eyes! Look ahead!

In response to my voice, Layla is opening her eyelids little by little.

Thats right, thats good. Firmly etch this scene into your eyes. A scene that you can see from the

cockpit, its what aluminares all about.

Hey, Im going to further accelerate!

Layla and I forcibly manipulate the lever we hold together, causing the machine to stoop forward.

To match it, the aluminare changed the way it runs.

the run up till now, if its the case that a posture with a straigthened back is a good thing, now

its a rare running style with the rounding of the bodys back bringing down the air resistance. If

you stick out the should like this, it will also turn into a shoulder tackle.

While making the machine run, I asked Layla.

Anyway you, remembering the aluminare that attacked your village you became afraid right?

That way of being flustered, I guessed correctly

Laylas village has been atacked by an empires aluminare. In the previous rampage, she probably

remembered the fear of when the aluminare attacked the village.

But it is different. The emotions one should be feeling in the middle of piloting, isnt fear.

Is it scary? This is the speed of the weapon you handle!

In addition I can change the direction of movement of the machine, rushing into the forest section.

Forcibly smashing into branches, and mowing down trees, proceeding to trample upon swollen roots.

This is the power of the weapon you handle!

As if I was douly making sure of it, unsheating the sword that has been equipped onto the waist,

with one swing I lop off the surronding big trees.

This is the power of the weapons you handle!

I guess displaying this much would be enough.

I, returning the machine from the forest part to the prairie section, stopping the machine keeping

its feet apart.

How is it? Is it still scary? The power of the weapon you handle

If so, what do you feel?

Its very reliable.

Thats right, thats good.

If thats the case, what you feel is not fear but its trustworthiness and its strength. Sometimes

you feel satisfaction when you realize the strength of your own weapon. A sense of security from

having that weapon in our hand.

This is an aluminare. How is it, do you feel like stomping on the pedal??

Try it

the machine started walking slowly, it gradually increased its speed.

When Layla takes a big deep breath, in order to resolve herself to do something she sternly stare

at the monitor, looking at the approaching outer wall.

Run!

in order to apply the whole body weight, Layla depresses the pedal.

As the vibration is increasing, the top and bottom of the landscape reflected in the monitor became

intense. And, the flowing landscape became even faster.

The speedometer sensing the acceleration, raises the needle of the meter.

I did it!

You can do it if you try. then go to the outer wall like this. Lets wait there for the Professor

to come

Understood

The machine under Laylas piloting proceeds in a straight line to the outer wall.

Advancing straigth through smooth prairie to rugged praire is unexpectedly difficult. Thanks to the

onboard gyroscope, its balance doesnt break but its direction is shifted slightly.

Layla recognizes it it suitable, while checking the instrument, she precisely correct the direction

of movement.

As expect, shes also well endowed with her machine piloting skill. The main problem is her

emotions regarding the machine.

With this, there is enough worth in considering her as my target.

Which remins me, the professor is awfully quiet

While advancing through the prairie,when I came in the Professor was awfully noisy and I noticed

that hes quiet, I look over my shoulder. there was a figure of an ogre behind the smiling

Professor.

Ah, How are you doing?

Unintentionally dripping cold sweat likely from the emitted pressure. Once, I thought the

Professors right hand had moved, he firmly clutch my head and puts the screws on me.

Agagagaga

Th This was my b Be Bes Best

No, I didnt say anything.

As my head is pressed hard, I was robbed from the energy to resist in a moment.

I see. Well then, I have to punish you for performing these kind of unreasonnable things

When you have finished class, youll have the clean both aluminares, it cant be helped with

scratches but youll have wass off the dirt and stains

wellwell!

Its a reward! Gi~ya~aaa ah !!!!

My scream was picked up by the microphone, apparently it was large enough to be heard by all the

students of the pilot department, stationed in the vicinity of the school building.