「 Please keep it a secret 」
Ceres-mama gave me a pendant and I wore it under my clothes. After that, I put on the clothes Lina-chan and Nasha-chan gave me and I’m done waking up.
I was spoiled a lot last night so my body feels light. I’m in perfect form.
Ceres-mama said that I could come anytime to play, so I promised to come again to drink milk and left the room.
Breakfast in the cafeteria has the usual members. Lina-chan and Nasha-chan were glaring so I laughed it off. It feels like a husband who’s cheating on his wife and arrives in the morning.
Once we were back in our room before school, the two embraced me from both sides. They must’ve been lonely as I wasn’t with them for one night. I gave them the usual creampie and reassured them.
It’s been two weeks since we entered the academy.
I’m used to the classes and it has become a routine. I also turn the tables to the boys who come at me during gym class without breaking. It’s good training to try defeating them without relying on magic.
The boys also try to be creative, shooting saturation attacks like a barrage, or trying to intercept in close combat, so it’s nice to be able to fight without getting bored.
After I put the boys to sleep as usual, Mira-chan called me out.
「 Hey, look, do you want to have a mock battle with me too? 」
Timidly, yet unable to conceal her interest, Mira-chan challenged me.
「 Sure. Want to do it here? 」
「 We don’t have that much time left, so how about we do it in the dorm instead? 」
「 Got it. Let’s do it after class 」
「 Okay, that’s a promise! 」
Naturally, I answered “Yes” Now it’s decided that I’ll have a mock battle with Mira-chan.
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The duel grounds in the Dorm. Last time, we fought during bath time of the ladies, but Mira-chan said that she couldn’t wait so we decided to do it right after school.
Because of that, there’s a gallery watching. Most of the ladies were watching with interest. I gave Ceres-mama a smile as she peeked anxiously through the door at the entrance of the duel grounds.
「 Ready? 」
「 Always 」
「 Me too. Then, let’s go! 」
Unlike her usual look, Mira-chan is filled with fighting spirit.
「 I’ll go all out!! 」
Mana erupts from her entire body and envelops the duel area. It contains even more mana than the thunderbolt that rounded up the boys back then.
Zugaaaaan!!!
A powerful blow with no escape. After the flash and shock, the sound stopped, and I was still standing on the ground, battered…
「 Wow, you can even defend against that? 」
「 Mira-chan’s really strong, you got my clothes torn up 」
The clothes Lina-chan and Nasha-chan made using their mana are filled with holes now. It wasn’t even damaged by Aaron-kun’s attack…as expected, the magic quality is different.
I wasn’t injured because I defended myself by increasing my mana, but I’m still slightly numb from the lightning. This is a nasty attribute.
「 I’ll go from this side now! 」
Spare me from doing this over and over again. She closed the distance, putting strength on her legs.
「 How about this? 」
Mira-chan’s hand gathers mana in her hand and shoots out a thunderbolt towards me. It has a smaller range than the previous one, but this one’s a quick trigger. For a moment, I saw the preliminary movement and I moved to avoid it, but I couldn’t. So it grazed my left arm and I flew backward.
I ignored the impact and closed the distance, but I took several more shots after that.
I felt the sensation of my body slowing down, and I frantically stepped forward to close the distance.
「 Here I go, Mira-chan 」
I slammed as hard as I could with my right hand!!
Kaaaaan!!!
That sounded like metal slamming against metal.
「 Wow, amazing! You can even last this long! 」
Mira-chan whose cheeks are flushed in excitement, used a lightning spear…created to prevent my attack, and she turned the tip of the blade and attacked me.
「 Woah, that was close! 」
「 Did you just dodge that? That’s amazing! 」
I backed away and took distance, and Mira-chan pulled back her purple lightning spear and assumed a hunched-over stance.
This isn’t something I just learned recently. A stance of a martial artist whose years of training are visible.
Hey, I’m only using my hands here! If my hands touch that lightning spear would cause a lot of damage you know?!
「 This is unfair! Geez! I wish I had some magic iron rod too!! 」
「 You can prepare one next time! But before that, this is the finisher!! 」
The lightning spear extends with a strong step. I could smell the burning air as I side-stepped the tip of the spear that was mercilessly aimed at my face. The slashing plus high voltage currents and the killing intent were too high.
「 Haa, yaa! Taaa!! 」
I avoid Mira-chan’s spear while reading her breath.
–Now!@
As she finished extending her spear, I stepped in as she pulled back!