CH 18

“Good morning, Carol.”

“Good morning, Makoto.”

Mmm, Carol is cute today, too.

“Did you read the wall newspaper?” I asked.

“I read it, and it seems that the attempted poisoning hasn’t been reported yet,” Carol said.

“The problem is the Noble’s New Bulletin that only writes lies, I want to go to the club room of that biased newspaper, but where is it?”

“They don’t have a club room,” Carol said.

“Well, their hangout then? Where’s this newspaper based?” I asked.

“The Noble’s New Bulletin is a completely anonymous wall newspaper, and it is completely unknown who is making it,” Carol said.

Fuck, it’s totally like 2chan, an anonymous bulletin board.

You cowards.

“I can’t hit back at them like this,” I said.

“You can leave them alone when they’re only doing this much,” Carol said.

She’s like an adult here.

“Today is our first martial arts class, what will you use, Carol?”

“A morning star, what about you, Makoto?” Carol asked.

“A dagger, I’d like to try a long sword too, but it’s too cumbersome to carry around all day,” I said.

This Academy has dungeon training, so girls also have martial arts classes.

Young ladies usually choose iron fans.

You can bring it in at a night party, and if it’s a luxurious item, it won’t feel out of place.

An iron fan is, as the name says, a fan made of iron, and when opened, it becomes a shield, and when folded, it becomes a club.

In the final battle of Prince Kevin’s route, Vivian-sama used an iron fan.

As expected of a villainess, she was a stronger enemy than a dragon with the strength suitable for the final boss.

Well, when I’m about to lose, Prince Kevin comes to my rescue and defeats her with the power of our love.

By the way, the morning star that Carol said is a blunt weapon with a handle and a ball connected by a chain. Or the one Re:Zero’s Rem has.

Isn’t it heavy for Carol’s physique? That’s what I think, but in the game, her style was definitely like this.

I wonder if Chain-kun’s animating magic is applied to reduce the weight of handling it.

A girl who wants to become a female knight should use a sword or a spear, and a girl who wants to become a magician should use a wand.

Anyway, school martial arts is only the beginning, so it would be nice to have a sword or a wand.

Moving on, after completing three classes in the morning, the fourth class is martial arts.

I go to the girls’ locker room with Carol and change into gym clothes.

Gym clothes are from an otome game, so it’s a normal modern-looking jacket and shorts.

If this was a game for men, I’d be wearing bloomers, knock on wood that doesn’t happen.

Ah, but I want to see Carol and Corinna in bloomers. But they won’t want to wear them.

While thinking about such things, I glanced sideways at Carol’s state of undress and was scolded for my erotic gaze.

Well, isn’t that much fine? Isn’t it good?

By the way, Carol hasn’t worn a bra yet, and neither have I.

I burned Carol’s bare breasts into my eyes.

Let’s go to town and buy matching little bras while we have a kuku, fufu fun time next time. It’s a plan.

……Somehow, I’m like a TS protagonist, someone who switched genders during the transfer.

No, I was a girl in my previous life, it’s true.

The fault is that Carol is too cute.

From the locker room to the training ground, the girls of Class A move one after another.

A refreshing breeze is blowing from the window in the corridor, birds are chirping, and the sun is shining. Now is the best season in the royal capital.

“Ladies of Class A, it’s a pleasure to meet you. My name is Battenmeier, your martial arts teacher.”

Battenmeier-sensei is a busty martial arts teacher.

Originally, she was a member of the royal knights, but she took an arrow in the knee on the battlefield and quit the service to become a teacher at the Academy.

Among the Light Sky fans, she was called Batten-sensei.

“Some of you in Class A may think that you will become a bureaucrat in the future, so martial arts is useless, or that you will get married immediately after graduation, so it will also be useless,” Battenmeier says. “It’s not a waste of your time and effort, so let’s all do our best. Even if you’re attacked by a villain at a night party, knowing how to fight back with an iron fan is a massive difference, and even if you’re married to a nobleman, there can be marital disputes as well. At such times, if you remember how to swing your weapon, you can make your husband regret messing with you.”

A classy laugh arose from the group of young ladies.

Humor is important in speech, it is also written in the Kojiki text.

“Jokes aside, there is dungeon practice from the 2nd year,” Battenmeier said. “When you get lost in a dungeon, the last thing you can rely on is your physical skills. I want you to do your best in martial arts so that you can increase your success rate, so with that said, let’s start the class.”

We bowed while saying to Batten-sensei, onegaishimasu, we’re in your care.

Students are grouped according to the weapon they use, given a wooden training weapon, and first taught how to swing it.

It’s not as bad as the iron fan group, but even in the dagger group, there are a lot of people who feel like they’ve never used a weapon since they were born.

As for the types of weapons, ½ of the class had iron fans, ¼ had daggers, and the rest were battlefield arms like long swords and spears.

I thought Carol was the only one in the morning star group, but there was another one.

I’m surprised that there are other people who use such a minority weapon.

Among the rarest weapon types weapons, there were the Sledgehammer Student, the Great Sword Student, and the Katana Student.

I swing the dagger as Onii-sama taught me to, hyun, hyun.

“You’ve got good muscles, Kimball-sama, the sound is nice,” Battenmeier said.

“Thank you, Batten-sensei,” I said.

“It might be good to have a buckler or a parrying dagger in one hand,” Battenmeier said.

The buckler is a mini-sized shield that can be worn on the back of the hand.

The parrying dagger is a type of defensive blade that can block enemy attacks.

“Am I good for dual swords?” I asked.

“No, both hands would be occupied with twin swords, so you can’t use that amazing Light magic, I guess you could with a buckler on your left hand,” Battenmeier said.

No, I can use Light magic without holding out my hand.

In the Magic Academy News article, it was written that a flash came out as I raised my hand, so maybe that’s their misunderstanding.

Well, isn’t that something I don’t need to correct?

Batten-sensei brought out a buckler about the size of a bowl lid.

It seems to be something that is gripped with the handle on the back and blocks the opponent’s weapon over the front of your fist.

It’s a shield, so it’s a buckler made of real steel.

Heh, it’s not a practice weapon, it’s the live thing. That said, I’m getting nervous about it.

Hold the dagger, hold the buckler, swing.

Yeah, when you’re swinging, the buckler doesn’t contribute anything.

It’s the weight in my left hand.

Suddenly, I felt a presence, so I thrust the buckler sideways for some reason.

GAH-KIN….!

It seems that the young lady who was swinging the wooden sword next to me came over here.

Hmm.

There is a possibility of a missed swing from her first time using it.

“It’s dangerous, so please move away from me,” I said.

“I will not, that was impressive of you, Bejeweled Reijou-sama!”

I see a tall young lady with short black hair and a feeling that she will definitely become a female knight in the future, she swings her wooden sword again.

And seriously, at that.

Gashan!

“That was dangerous, what the hell?” I asked.

Gasshin! Gah-gah-gah, gakyan!

Kuro-kami didn’t even reply and continued to unleash a series of moves.

She’s pretty good at this.

Swing down, close the gap, three quick slashes, take a step back, and round slash up from the bottom.

This is a solid skill that she has cultivated over the years by swinging a longsword with all her might.

I receive all of those attacks with my buckler and deal with them.

Hm, am I, unexpectedly, compatible with a buckler?

“Makoto Kimball!!” Kuro-kami yelled. “Cattleya, the eldest daughter of Baron Pickering, challenges you to single combat!!”

Shin, the voice cuts through the air and the training ground fell so silent you could hear a drop hit water.

“… Sensei, there’s someone who keeps catching me in her practice swings,” I said.

“Ba-Bastard!” Cattleya yelled. “Are you running away!!?”

“No, I’m in class right now,” I said.

“However! A knight does not run away when challenged!” Cattleya yelled.

“Cattleya-san, I’m not a knight,” I said.

“Bu-But, even still! You have the skill of one, that’s it,” Cattleya said.

Batten-sensei came and looked at me and Cattleya-sama.

“You should go ease on her a bit, stop antagonizing Cattleya-san,” Batten-sensei said.

“Huh, am I the one at fault here, I’m the bad guy?” I asked.

Batten-sensei approached me and whispered in my ear.

My ears are tingling.

“Cattleya-san is the younger sister of Michael Pickering-kyou…”

Mike’s little sister huh, she certainly looks a bit like him.

That’s why it’s not a good thing to suddenly attack me during class.

“I, I, Cattleya Pickering, I want to wipe away the shame you brought my older brother with that cowardly victory of yours!! In this place, I hope to have a one-on-one mock battle with swords!!”

“I don’t wanna do it,” I said.

“What the hell are you doing, you bastard, just what do you think, uh, uumm, that’s, co-cowardly, yeah, that’s cowardly!” Cattleya yelled.

“Isn’t it cowardly to strike from behind during class?” I asked.

“Uh, ah, um, that’s it’s just that when I saw you swinging your dagger, I remembered how my dear onii tried to hold back. Oh, it might be a little cowardly when you look at it like that, but it was just a little bad.”

Cattleya-sama lowered her head just a little.

This is a swordsman who swings her sword single-mindedly and acquires wonderful skill, but throws away all social skills in the process, so it’s a very unfortunate thing.

Indeed, she is Mike’s sister.

“I’m just saying, why don’t you give into her a little, Kimball-sama?” Battenmeier said.

“Because Cattleya and I can’t compete on fair ground,” I said.

“Arrogance I’ve come to expect of you, Bejeweled Reijou-sama!” Cattleya said.

“I’m normal, n-o-r-m-a-l,” I said. “I’ve never properly learned how to use a sword.”

“If that’s true, then you have quite a talent for the sword, Kimball-san,” Battenmeier said.

“And if you haven’t trained, then you couldn’t have kept intercepting all my slashes,” Cattleya said.

“Ah, that’s your misunderstanding, Cattleya-san, that buckler is a magic weapon with an enchantment that automatically defends against enemy attacks.”

What, didn’t I have a talent for bucklers?

“Why are you lending such a treasure to the training ground so casually…?” I asked.

“It’s what the current Headmaster used when he was an adventurer,” Battenmeier said. “He donated it. Surprisingly, there are a lot of fans of this buckler, but of course, it can’t be used in official events.”

It’s a pity that it can’t be used for official events.

But it’s nice to be able to automatically learn the correct way to block with a buckler.

I will love it too.