First cla.s.s (1)
âFirst off, let me congratulate you on your enrollment.â
They were at the Knight Schoolâs practice field.
Since the vast field was originally used by the royal palace, the school repurposed several gardens to build the training field.
A stone wall separated the field from its surroundings, and many wooden training dummies were lined along the wall.
At several points, sheds were built, containing practice swords that would be available when needed.
In a corner of the practice field.
Gathered there, were 20 of the new freshmen.
They stood around a gigantic man, who began to speak.
First off, Iâll introduce myself. I am your instructor for the first year, Aldo. I donât care who you are or from where you came. Either way, be prepared to train until you can stand on your own two legs.
Aldo surveyed the students that encircled him.
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He looked at the cla.s.s register in his left hand.
The register contained all 20 names listed, but rather than their given names, their full names were listed. full or given names?ããã®åç°¿ã«ã¯å½¼ã®æ å½ãã¦ããçå¾äºååã®ååãããã«ãã¼ã ã§è¨è¼ããã¦ããã
Within Knight School, one was not allowed to use their family name, or call themselves acquaintances of the house, the school didnât care about the studentsâ origins.
However, the faculty was an exception, and so, such a list was prepared.
Scanning the list, Aldo singled out two names from the list.
Looking up from the list, he once again looked at the students.
âFirst, I want to see your ability. divide yourselves into groups of two.â
At his words, the students stood by their partners, promptly forming pairs.
âAs I thought, it turned out like that.â
Seeing the course of events, Aldo gave a slight nod,
As he had expected, the two students he noted were the last ones remaining unpaired.
Though they were standing idly to the edges of the group, the other students merely avoided them, and in the end they were left alone. end imprecise?ããã®äºäººã¯ããããããå³ã¨å·¦ã®ç«¯ã®é ã£ãã®ã»ãã§æå¨ç¡ããã«ç«ã£ã¦ããã®ã ãããããã¢ãçµã¿å§ããã¨ãä»ã®çå¾ã«è©±ãããã¦ãçé¿ããã°ããã§ãçµå±èª°ã«ãçµãã§ããããªãã£ãããã ã
One of those students was Knight Cadet Wynn.
Having entered school for four times, and being of lowly origins, he was a boy with an unusual background.Need to word the school process better. Thereâs a selection test at the end of first year, that makes them knight apprentices(lit: quasi-knight). Wynn failed 3 times, and has to restart.
And the other person was a female student â Knight Cadet Corneliaã³ã¼ããªã¢â¦ bets on whether or not sheâs a love interest? triangle or harem? tragic backstory, or actually an important person? predicting the cliches before you all do. TL rights.
Among the students, those two stood out.
The reason being that they were both at least two years older than the other students.
At sixteen, they just barely met the age requirement of enrolling.
Since most of the students were between 12 and 14 years old, their ages would obviously stand out.
It was natural for the other students to avoid those two.
Moreover, Knight Cadet Wynnâs reputation as a four-time repeater may have influenced their actions.
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âYosh, the pairs should spread out, so that I can see your individual abilities. Show me both martial arts and magic. Each partner should take enough distance from each other.â
The students spread out in the practice field.
Among the students, Aldo especially observed Wynn and Cornelia, while crossing his arms.
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After confirming that there are ten pairs, Aldo issued orders with a clear voice that had been tempered by many battles as a knight.
âYosh, First off,â
With this, the Knight Cadetsâ first cla.s.s in Knight School began.
To the left of the group fanned out before Aldo, there Wynn stood. Wynn was on Aldoâs left.
Compared to every other student, he was one or two heads taller.
Of course, being two years older than them also didnât help.
âFirst, I want to see your ability. divide yourselves into groups of two.â
At Aldoâs words, the cla.s.s began to make pairs, and Wynn also called out to a few people. However: ãã ãããã¢ã«ãã®è¨èã§çå¾ãã¡ããã¢ãä½ããã¨åãåºããã®ã§ãèªåã声ãããå§ããã®ã ãââã did he call out to some of them?
âUmmâ¦â
When he called out to one of them, the student would hurriedly flee, and partner up with somebody else.
Apart from the age difference, the paired students were whispering something behind his back.
Since none of the gazes directed at him contained favourable impressions, it seemed that they all knew Wynnâs background as a four-time-repeater and commoner.
âIâve had itâ¦â
Since there were twenty students, ten pairs would need to be made.
Hence, n.o.body should be left out.
If it ends up like that, then he would just find somebody who was wandering around aimlessly aloneâ Even if he made a pair in that way, he didnât know if they would enjoy it.???enjoy it?ãã¨ãªãã°ãä¸äººã§ãããããã¦ããçå¾ãæ¢ãåºãã°ããã®ã ãââãã®èª¿åã§ã¯ä¾ããã¢ãçµããã¨ãã§ããã¨ãã¦ããç¸æãæ¬æ°ã§èªåã®ç¸æããã¦ããããã©ããããããªãã
Although he didnât get a partner because he didnât talk, he first searched the students around him. Helpâ¦ãã¨ã¯ãããçµã¾ãªããã¨ã«ã¯è©±ã«ããªããªãããã§ãã¨ããããèªåã¨åãå¢éã®çå¾ãæ¢ãââããã
âAs for somebody who is the same ageâ¦â
Wynn spotted a girl in a similar situation.
âIt would be better if it were a male partner, but it canât be helped.â
âAno, excuse me.â
He approached her, and called out to her.
âIf youâre alone, would you like to form a pair with me?â
âAh, yes. I would be happy to, if thatâs fine with you.â
The girl smiled, feeling relieved.
âThatâs great. My name is Wynn.â
âIâm Cornelia. Please take care of me.â j.a.panese politeness: Yoros.h.i.+ku onegai s.h.i.+masu⦠I think this is the usual translation⦠suggestions?
It seemed that the girl named Cornelia did not know about Wynnâs circ.u.mstances.
Rather, it seemed to Wynn that she was also avoided by the other cla.s.smates.
Her looks were not ugly.
With shoulder-length pale blonde hair, good looks, rather than a beautiful woman, she would probably be described as lovely.Any synonyms that fit better for beautiful person (ç¾äºº) sentence means that itâs a different sense of beauty.
For this reason, Wynn thought that it was strange that she hadnât been called out.
Perhaps, Wynn thought, the reason she was avoided was that she was older than the rest.
Following the instructorâs directions, Wynn followed her, moving from their location, but, for some reason, Leticiaâs figure overlapped with hers, and he stopped paying attention. badly wordedâ¦
âLeti.â
While he walked, he recalled the morningâs events when he left Leticia.
He had suddenly lost his cool, and he regretted it.
He was aware that he had acted harshly.
He selfishly distanced himself, even though her att.i.tude after revealing that she was the Brave didnât change.ãåæã«å¼ãã¦ãã¾ã£ãã®ã¯èªåã®æ¹ã ã£ããã彼女ã¯èªããåè ã§ãããã¨ãæããã¦ãæ 度ãå¤ãããã¨ããªãã£ãã
Even soâ¦.
If he thought about how he should act around Leticia, he couldnât think of what was best for her.
She was the âBraveâ, and the âThird Daughter of a Dukeâ.
âThere had to be a more fitting partner for her, who held those t.i.tles.â
âEither way, it wouldnât be good if I hung around her.â
âUmmâ¦â
âCome to think of it, I also left Locke behind at that place, but I have to apologize to him tonight at the dorm.â
âAhem!â
âOopsâ¦â
Turning his head, he saw Cornelia pulling at Wynnâs right sleeve.
âMou, donât you think weâve taken enough distance?â
While he was deep in thought, they were already far enough from other pairs to spar freely.
It seemed that they were now the furthest from instructor Aldo.
âAh, yeah.â
They stood, waiting for the instructorâs directions, and soon after, Aldo raised his right hand.
âYosh, I will observe the mock battles in pairs!â??
Although they were so far away, Aldoâs voice reached where Wynn and Cornelia stood.
âToday, no special restrictions were prepared. Fight freely. Only, do not inflict grave injuries on your opponent! Well then, Begin!â
Wynn drew his sword when the instructor signaled the beginning.
The the edges of the swords used for training were dulled.
He gripped his sword while observing Cornelia, who had drawn her sword and began chanting her magic.
âStrengthen me!â
She was instantly wrapped in a faint light.
It was the most basic spell of the Enhancement System Magic, Self Strengthening Magic.I am open to suggestions for names of magic. Canât recall the cliches right nowâ¦
Among the other students scattered across the field, it wasnât only Cornelia who was wrapped in a light.
Only Wynn was the exception.
âAre you not going to use magic?â
Cornelia was doubtful of Wynn, who didnât chant magic.
Using Self-Strengthening Magic to increase speed and strength was the foundation of a knightâs combat style.
In spite of this, Wynn, who invited her to pair up, only casually held his sword.
âUn, Donât mind me. When youâre ready.â
âIf you say soâ¦!â
She stopped hesitating.
While calling out, Cornelia kicked the ground, springing towards Wynn.
The difference in strength between somebody strengthened by magic and somebody who is not was like the difference between an adult and a child.
Closing the distance, she thrust her sword at Wynn.
However â
At the same time Cornelia leapt, Wynn also leapt forward.
âIt canât be!? Fast!âliterally: Uso(itâs a lie)!? Hayai(Fast)!
At about the same time â No, Cornelia was quickerâ despite this, Wynn closed the distance faster than her.
Before Cornelia could think, Wynn had taken the initiative.
With a horizontal slash, his sword locked with hers.
Then, Wynn was able to gradually push Cornelia back.
Cornelia thought it seemed unlikely that Wynn had used strengthening magic. impreciseãã©ããããã³ã¼ããªã¢ãè¦ã¦ããªãã¨ããã§èªå·±å¼·åã®éæ³ã使ç¨ããã¨ãããã¨ã¯ãªãããã ã
That meant that his speed was his own ability.
Deciding to power through the resistance,Wynn pushed aside the sword with a burst of strength.
At the moment Cornelia lost her balance, Wynn leapt back.
Cornelia immediately fixed her stance and prepared to attack, but at the next moment, Wynn closed the distance and attacked again.
Without being able to react to his speed â
âAhâ¦â
Her sword had been sent flying to the ground.
Cornelia looked at Wynn with amazement.
Wynn took one step, two steps backwards, and lightly sheathed the sword in his right hand.
It was so sudden, she was unable to believe it.
Cornelia didnât think that she excelled compared to the other students.
No, rather, she believed that compared to the others, she was slightly weaker.
However, she didnât think that she would lose to an unstrengthened person.
Especially that slash that disarmed her.
Far from being able to react, she was unable to see the swordâs movements.
âWhy is this person on the cadet level? Couldnât he actually be an instructor?â
She looked at Wynn with suspicious eyes.
âAh, well, sorry. Though I intended to aim at only the sword, did I hurt you?â
Misunderstanding her gaze, Wynn worriedly asked her.
With enough strength to leave both her hand numb, she was sure that ?ã確ãã«å¼·çãªä¸æã§ä¸¡æã¯çºãã¦ãããããã®ç¨åº¦ã§é³ãä¸ãã¦ãã¦ã¯ãã®å¦æ ¡ã§ã¯ãã£ã¦ãããªãã?
Without responding to Wynnâs question, Cornelia picked up her sword.
As she picked it up, she saw that the other students were still fighting.
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âUmm, If you would like, we could have another match?â ???
The other students had not yet finished.
There was still time left.
âThere is an overwhelming difference between our abilities.â
âWynnâs abilities are definitely not on the level of a cadet.â
âIn that case, then I want to test my full abilities.â
âYes please.â ãããã ãããã£ããã ããããä¸åº¦ãé¡ããã¾ãã
Wynn once again prepared his sword.
From there, he stopped moving, seeming to wait for Cornelia to chant strengthening magic once again.
âIf thatâs the caseâ¦â
âStrengthen me!â
She once again cast strengthening magic.
But that wasnât all.
âI, who understands the flame and the sword, show on my blade!â I must find my inner Chuuni to make a cool chant⦠not yetâ¦
The blade became wrapped in red flames.
âEnchant magic!?âstandardize names
Wynn raised his voice in surprise upon seeing a magic rarely used in Knight School.
â Thatâs not all!â
âI, who understands the way of humanity, bind him!âAnd, completely lost⦠ãæã人ã®çãç¥ãã¦å½¼ã®è ãæããç¸éãæ¾ã¤ï¼ã
âUgh!â
Now, his swift movements felt heavier.
Enchantment magic âEnchantâ was a magic in the Enchantment system.
The Enchantment magic system involved strengthening the casterâs body, or influencing other objects and people with magic.
However, few knights liked to practice enchantment magic.
First of all, the effective duration of enchantment magic was short.
At the longest, it lasted 10 minutes.
Engraving magic words onto the blade of the sword made the blade a permanent magic tool, but its lethal effective time was too short to be used on the battlefield.
Enchantment magic could also be used to strengthen others, but that also has cons.
Compared to using it on oneself, the effectiveness of enchantment magic was 3-5 times weaker when used on other people.
Even if the targeted person was willing, they would still unconsciously resist the effects.
Since the townâs adventurers did not have enough time to study both magic and swordsmans.h.i.+p, and not many n.o.bles and wealthy people favored Enchantment magic, there were few experts.
Therefore â
Although it was impractical on the battlefield, it is effective in a one on one battle.
Holding up her flaming sword, Cornelia once again attacked Wynn.