The morning of the next day.

While the meeting was taking place in the large library, I, Kazuki, and Inugami-senpai were doing some preparatory exercises while exchanging light chats at the training ground near the inn.

 

"So, what kind of format do you use for mock combat?"

"Well, I can't do anything so radical because it's coming up in the afternoon...... I don't know what I'm going to

「…… Kazuki, do you have any good ideas?"

 

Didn't you think about it?

He puts his hand to his chin and shrugs his shoulders as he thinks about it, and asks Kazuki for his opinion.

Kazuki, who compared me to my senpai, thought for a while and then smiled as if he had come up with something.

 

"Well, if you touch it like a game of tag, you win, right?"

"I'm not confident that I can win a game of tag with my seniors."

"I don't want to be told by Usato-kun, who has all his physical abilities......"

 

If you come at full speed in Thunder Beast mode, I ...... that I won't be able to escape.

Kazuki nodded at the reaction of me and my seniors, "Which one is which?"

 

"In the first place, what kind of mock battle are you going to do with me? Are you practicing Thunder Beast Mode?"

"Well, to be honest, there are very few people in the castle who can handle my speed. Kazuki-kun ...... With magic, you can fight evenly, but there ...... too much damage to the people around you."

"And me......

 

Well, it's okay because I'm more confident in my reflexes than most people.

I don't know if I can keep up with the speed of my seniors...... You don't know until you try.

 

"Okay, let's do it for now. The format is ...... As Kazuki suggested, we ...... it in the form of a game of tag."

"If I touch your right shoulder three times, I win, and if I hold you for three minutes, you win?"

"Okay, let's go with that."

 

If I can defend my senior's hand for three minutes, I will win.

It might be a little tough, but I'm excited.

 

"Oh, what if my hand slips and goes somewhere else...... I hope you laugh and forgive me."

「……」

"Hey, you're kidding! So don't look at me with such a blind eye!"

 

- A senior who is impatient with me who has become a cold eye.

After exchanging such exchanges, my seniors and I faced each other in a part of the training ground.

Kazuki is the referee, so you don't have to worry about the people around you.

 

"The time limit is one hundred and eighty seconds, and if one of the two of you moves, it counts, and both of you can start at any time."

 

He nods at Kazuki's words and shifts his gaze to his senpai.

All she has to do is touch me three times, so she's all I have to do.

While keeping a close eye on their every move, they take a stance.

 

"Don't hesitate."

"Oh, let me do that, because it's the first time I've faced you like this...... I'm going to go really hard so that I don't waste it."

 

The next moment I recognized that my senior's whole body was sparkling——、 my senior's hand was placed on my right shoulder.

While being stunned, when I looked at the senior in front of me, I saw a face that was no less than Kanoko's Mr./Ms..

 

"First time, you're a great enemy, Usato-kun."

「…… That's what I expected."

 

The senior wears lightning for a moment and distances himself from me.

It's faster than expected.

It was ridiculously fast enough to wear lightning, but it wasn't completely impossible to follow it with your eyes.

I stretched my cheeks and fully woke up, and I unfolded a gauntlet on my right arm.

 

"Can I use a gauntlet?"

"I don't care if you can get out of my hands!"

"Excellent......!"

 

Again, he takes a stance to pull his right arm to his senior, who has been moving at high speed for a moment wearing lightning.

I know it's my shoulder!

The moment he recognizes the faint shadow in his vision, he releases a healing acceleration fist to the right and accelerates to the left!

 

"Oh, it's off!? Again!"

 

I jumped further backwards to the senior who was chasing me.

Naturally, at the moment when the hand of the senior who was chasing me approached me, I changed direction in the air with an accelerating fist released to the side, and I thought that I was going to flutter and ——— it, but my fingertips touched my shoulder slightly.

 

"Damn, it's a failure......! It's too fast, senior......."

"Wait a minute, it was obvious that you were moving strangely, you slid sideways in the air without warning!"

 

While looking at the fingertips that touched me with a complicated look, my senior said something like that.

It's pretty frustrating because I was going to avoid it completely before my seniors got used to the Healing Acceleration Fist.

 

"Healing Accelerated Fist...... It's a method of locomotion that takes advantage of the outburst of system strengthening."

"I'm starting to feel like it's a different technology from system strengthening, if I dare to name it...... Systematic blasting?"

 

Blasting and such noisy .......

Considering the process of activation, the blasting is not wrong...... Well, that's good for now.

He pulls his right arm back and uses his magic to unleash a healing acceleration fist.

 

"Now, time is passing while we are talking like this, right? One more touch and you win. Will I be the first to get used to your speed, or will you be the first to touch me...... It's a game."

"Hehe, that's interesting, let's attack more!"

 

Lightning flashes through the field of vision.

At that moment, three electric shocks released by the seniors approached us.

 

"Sweet!"

 

I reacted immediately, and without moving from the spot, I brushed it all off with a gauntlet.

At the same time, when he hesitated with a hand that stretched out from the side, the senior let out a startled voice.

 

"What!?"

"Okay!"

 

Successful guessing evasion!

As long as you can see where you're aiming and the slightest movement, you can't avoid it!

The bran joy was short-lived, and the senior, who immediately returned to himself, stretched out his hand without taking a distance from me, wearing the thunder as it was.

Oh well! That's already factored in!

Stick your fist into the ground with the momentum of crouching and unleash your magic power as it is!

 

"Nun!"

"Whew!?"

 

The resulting shockwave of magical power directly hit the senior's leg and caused him to lose his balance greatly.

This is the improvised technique I just came up with, the healing fist!

It's a haphazard move that starts with a fist driven into the ground and fires a system-strengthening outburst that releases a shockwave of magical power to knock the opponent over!

Chances are, you'll never have the chance to use it again!

 

"Hahahaha! I got this win!"

 

While keeping his seniors in sight who have lost his posture, he takes a backstep and runs away with all his might.

I involuntarily let out a high laugh like a villain, but the senior who received it smiled with joy.

 

"After all, you're the man I expected!"

"Huh!?"

"It was no use trying to keep you in the middle of the two! I ——— to beat you."

 

As soon as he said that, the senior clearly wore more electric shocks than before.

The electric shock, which was already dazzling, bounced on the ground with a jerk, illuminating the training ground, which should be bright in the daytime.

Apparently in full force mode, she screamed at me as my cheeks twitched.

 

"I should have gone full power from the beginning!"

「…… Hey, hey, tie——"

"I'm going, Usato-kun!"

 

As it is, it disappears from view, and tremendous pressure is approaching from all directions.

I don't know what to do, but it seems that my seniors are too fast and have an alter ego.

　……。

 

"yes, I'll run away if this happens!"

 

I held up a gauntlet to overcome the onslaught of my seniors.

…… Or rather, the seniors are completely excited and enjoying .......

 

●

 

"Oh, I couldn't escape!"

 

Lying on the field near the training ground, relax your shoulders.

The result of the tag game was that the senior wined.

As expected, it is impossible to run away from a senior who is in a state of full power.

I only kept it for about 5 seconds......

 

"yes, but I was pretty close to it, and I only had a few seconds left to put on the blitzkrieg."

"It's only a few seconds."

 

I lost because I couldn't get past those few seconds.

I still had plenty of magic and physical strength, but it was a very nerve-wracking match.

It feels like a different experience from Rose's training, which unleashes attacks that you can't avoid.

 

"Well, both of them were amazing, and the seniors had a lot more time to wear the electric shock."

 

Kazuki's words are a little excited, and the senior laughs shyly.

 

"I've tried a lot of different things, and the amount of time I can stay in Thunder Beast mode is gradually increasing, but it's still not good enough to use in actual combat, so I'm only activating it for a moment or reducing the power."

 

Suppress the output, ?

 

"I was wearing lightning for a moment and saving time, so I was able to move at high speed many times in a row."

"yes, I feel like I'm making do with it right now."

 

My healing acceleration fist is also a technique that uses a certain amount of magical power.

If you ask your seniors for tips on how to save magic, you might be able to handle it better.

 

"Usato, what did you do with that?"

"What's that?"

"It's a technique that knocked the senior out of position, maybe he was punching the ground and shaking it normally?"

"Oh, I'm curious about that too, because I was really surprised that I suddenly lost my balance......"

 

No matter how much you train, you can't hit the ground and cause a shaking that causes a person to fall......

Since there is no special reason to hide, I will explain to the two of them about the healing fist.

 

"Well, you can improvise a move like that, and I say this because I've actually been hit by it, but I think it's a technique that can definitely upset an unsuspecting opponent."

"It's tough to have to worry about your feet in the middle of a fight."

 

Somehow, the healing fist seems to be a more troublesome technique than I think.

…… Next time, I'll think about how to use it.

 

"Hmm, a healing fist...... Wouldn't it be nice to call it a healing fist?"

「! I've been thinking about it for a long time, but seniors have a bad sense of naming. I respect you."

"Eh, eh, is that so?"

 

In fact, I thought that if I was a tumble fist, I might be told that Nea would me.

No, I don't think the tumbling fist is such a bad name, but from now on, I'm going to call this technique the healing tumble fist.

The tumble fist is too direct and has a coolness that is soaked in the change ball.

 

"Ah, Usato-kun, did you notice anything after the fight? I'd like to hear your shortcomings and advice. Oh, and I have a compliment——"

"Usato-sama, would you like some water?"

Thank you, Eva."

 

Get water from Eva, who is next to you.

I took a sip of water, took a breather, and shifted my gaze to my seniors again.

 

「…… From my point of view, I thought it was a bit monotonous and easy to understand."

"Is that so...... That's what happens when you go too fast...... Hmm?"

 

Hmm? I wonder what happened?

He tilted his head, looked at me and Ava alternately, and then pondered for a few seconds before speaking up.

 

"Why is Eva here!?"

 

With that one word from my senior, I finally realized the presence of Eva next to me.

I was there as a matter of course, so I didn't notice it.

 

"Oh, by the way, Eva, how long have you been here?"

"That was before Usato-sama and Suzune-sama had a fight."

"I didn't realize it, but I was having a natural conversation!? And you've been around for quite some time!"

 

Even if you regain your body and soul from the curse in Luxvis, the only thing that doesn't change is that you're still nearby. If you really notice it, you feel like you're "there."

 

"It's amazing, I didn't even notice it. Um, Usato, the princess of Samaria that this child was with before?"

"Yes...... Eva, he's my friend Kazuki."

"Oh, I'm going to see you for the first time! My name is Eva Ould Samariar from the Kingdom of Samaria! It's Mr./Ms. the brave! I've heard from Usato-sama that he's his best friend!"

"Oh yes, best friend...... It's kind of embarrassing."

"Hey, I was able to say it properly this time......"

 

Kazuki nods happily at Eva's explanation.

Feeling a little embarrassed that she remembered talking to Kazuki in Samaria, she turned to Eva, who had successfully introduced herself.

 

"Oh, the fight between the two of you just now was so amazing! It was so fast that I couldn't see it at all, but I knew it was amazing!"

"Oh, oh, thank you."

 

I don't know what it is, but I'm intimidated by this child's straight words.

As I was returning the thanks with an ambiguous expression, the senior called out to Eva.

 

"Are you alone?"

"No, there are knights nearby."

 

I didn't go out alone, but with an escort.

I'm glad it's not like Ava got out on her own.

While I was relieved, I spotted a suspicious sky-blue figure looking at me from near the entrance of the training ground.

 

"Hmm?"

"A princess who jumps into the whirlpool, a brave ......!"

"Youth is strength...... Huh."

"Casual kindness to the tired prince, princess, ...... perfect!"

 

…… I didn't see anything.

I didn't see more than one sky-blue knight staring at me.

That's what he tells himself, turning to Kazuki to change the subject.

 

"Kazuki, let's get back to training, Eva is going to stay here?"

"If it doesn't bother you, ......."

"Senpai and Kazuki don't care, do they?"

"Of course."

"I don't care."

"Kazuki Mr./Ms. Suzune Mr./Ms....... Thank you!"

 

Eva joins the team, and training resumes when it becomes lively.

The first time I played a game of tag called a mock battle with my seniors, it might not be a bad idea to change the combinations next time.

 

"Usato, would you like to accompany me to sword practice? Oh, I hope you're tired......"

"I'm okay with my physical strength, I can't use a sword, is that okay?"

"Usato can fight the way he is good at it, and I don't mind using that gauntlet."

 

Then don't hesitate to use it.

Or rather, for normal use, this is just a hard gauntlet, so it's like a shield.

Sword training with Kazuki, I don't know how skilled he is yet, but if I'm going to do it, I'm going to be as serious as I was when I was a senpai.