Munchkin of the Summoning Academy

Summoner’s Cup (7)

Was it because of Essha’s struggle?

After the short speech that was a little futile, the preparations for the match began immediately.

The first sport is horseback riding.

Although it lacks popularity compared to sports such as Summoner Swordsmanship, it plays an important role in signaling the start of the Summoner’s Cup.

Medusha, who refused to go up to the spectators and followed him to the players waiting room, asked, unable to hide her impatience.

Even the waiting room is at the level of a rather spacious stable.

“Louis. When is your turn?”

“The archery event is the third. After horseback riding and pet healing.”

Since this is an unpopular event, the turn is ambiguous.

Maria and the unicorn are relaxing.

Seeing the two of them, the dean returned to the waiting room with a happy smile.

“The bet is over. Now all you have to do is win.”

“Are all your competitors arrogant?”

“Among the famous guys, there is a team of foreign mercenaries, a team of excavators specializing in relics… There is also a team of nobles. All of them are the eldest son, the second son, and the second daughter.”

Ersa, who seemed to have just skimmed through the competitor, muttered without tension.

As I stiffen up my body a little, addictive words fly in as if not to worry.

“You don’t have to worry about it. They’re all crap.”

“That’s right?”

“Entrance of participating athletes in the equestrian division!”

Eventually, when a signal was heard outside the waiting room, the unicorn stood up with its head upright.

Maria looked moderately nervous.

But when he actually goes out to the stadium, he smiles lightly.

The players waiting room was equipped with a relay device using summoning techniques, so you could see the situation of the stadium clearly.

Equestrian competitions end after three rounds of the race track.

Of course, the point is that you can interfere with your opponent at will.

“Even so, it’s not a very cowardly technique, but…”

“What is the standard for a cowardly technique?”

“Yeah, it’s up to Eshas. I didn’t even show my nose when I was there, but this time, he personally came.”

While Ersa showed a strange smile, the contestants headed towards the special seats and lined up at the starting point.

Most of them are veterans much older than Maria.

The summoned beasts also look pretty brutal.

It looks like it was chosen for combat power rather than simple movement speed.

Race summons like ghost horses are also common.

“Hey. There is a slight difference in visuals because they stand side by side.”

“It’s definitely noticeable. I’m not sure if I’m going to get a concentration check…”

“Would you do that to the Westwall lady?”

While we spit out our own feelings.

Maria’s name was already ringing in the audience.

Almost everyone from Westwall as well as from the capital city is cheering for her.

As the unicorn grinned and muttered, the race start signal rings.

“To each position! Then until the beginning 5, 4, 3…”

The dean gathered his hands together as if praying in the seat next to him.

As soon as a loud trumpet sounded, the earlier fears became a reality.

The players on either side of Maria tried to head butt.

Unicorns are thin and fast even if you pretend they are, so you can’t leave them alone.

However, as if the unicorn knew in advance, he used his phase out ability to dodge attacks from both sides.

After evacuating to another dimension for a while, he came back and started running.

In the phase out state, the movement speed is not very fast, so it lags slightly, but catches up quickly.

It was an explosive acceleration, like being thrown off the ground.

“Slurry!”

A high and long cry, as if teasing other opponents.

The player on the ghost horse tried to block the path… but once he swings his horn once, he is easily reverse summoned.

The rear end, where many players are left, is a battlefield.

He’s also busy hitting and running quickly, but he can’t keep up because he’s been hitting and hitting while using summoning skills.

“Wow, this was a bloody contest…”

“After all, it was right to hire a unicorn.”

While the student council secretary clenched his fists and rejoiced, he passed one lap at once.

There is no competitor nearby, so the 2nd lap is comfortable.

However, in the last 3 laps, I was faced with the guys who were far behind.

The track is quite wide, but it’s hard to avoid if you’re determined to run.

“Damn, because I’m already at the top…”

“I’m sorry, Westwall young lady!”

They gave up on crossing the finish line and attacked Maria.

At first glance, it looks like he’s trying to get angry with her, but…

In fact, it is a very strategic move.

Horseback riding should be the first sport.

There are still eight items left.

Our team is a strong contender for the championship in this competition.

It is difficult to make up for 1st place already.

Therefore, it is right to leave the rest to the colleagues and check Maria first.

Fortunately, Maria and the unicorn easily dodged their attack.

She jumped sideways while lying on the back of a horse to activate the spell.

The smoke created by summoning alchemy spread thickly.

“great!”

“So, who is the summoner…”

While Sylvia, the original owner of the unicorn, reacted sadly, Maria and the unicorn escaped from the smoke screen.

The following players collided with those left behind in the smoke screen, creating a terrible sound.

Most of them are Summoners with abundant practical experience, so they may not have died, but it would be impossible to continue the race.

“City, referee!”

The players on the track asked the referee for help, but he only looked at Eshas.

When Esshas arrived, the contest turned into a banter for her.

In fact, she smiles and says nothing.

“Okay, the match continues!”

“hehehe!”

Eventually, the unicorn, who had almost finished the remaining tracks and approached the special grandstand, suddenly stopped and roared upwards.

The place where the guy’s chin was headed was none other than Princess Elena.

Unfortunately, the princess perfectly met the guy’s strict evaluation criteria.

“Hey, my. Unicorn…”

“Why is that? Let’s go fast. There’s not much left to the finish line!”

“Purple, purpure!”

Maria comforted the unicorn, but he did not listen and let out a courtship cry.

Even Princess Elena herself was perplexed. Elfriede closes her eyes tightly and shakes her head.

“Wrong. No one knows who will carry it when it’s in that state!”

“Gee, really?”

“Because my father’s vassals carried them like that.”

Eventually, the rivals come out from the smoke screen.

Maria bit her lip at the unicorn’s journey, put her head on her thigh, spread her palms out, and started hitting her.

Thanks to you, the unicorn wakes up and changes direction.

However, that too is more likely to be due to the thigh than the pain caused by the beating.

“Heh heh!”

“He’s a very consistent kid.”

“No, I’m late!”

“You bastard bastard child!”

While the angry dean was screaming.

The unicorn accelerated again to catch up with the runners ahead.

However, it is impossible to overtake because the body is too late to turn.

The referee at the finish line announces the results.

“Second place, Maria Westwall and Unicorn!”

“aah!”

As he felt the blood draining from his face, a desperate scream from the side.

The white-bearded dean was making a face that looked like he was about to have a heart attack at any moment.

In fact, it might actually be better to fall.

We blew up all military funds from the very beginning.

“Chief, maybe a bet…”

“…”

In the waiting room of the players, which had heated up in a good mood, he immediately froze.

Maria, who participated in the awards ceremony, looked completely stunned.

The unicorn, who broke through the unpleasant silence, received the wrath of Medusha, Ethel, and Laurie.

“Louis! Tonight’s dinner is unicorn sausage. Do you have any complaints, Sylvia?”

“No. There is no need for a pet that neglects its mission because it is obsessed with women.”

“I should have slaughtered them all on the ranch.”

“Heh heh? Heh heh…”

At that moment, the unicorn, who understood the atmosphere, fell flat on the floor.

Maria apologizes for nothing, and Michael is attempting CPR on the fallen dean.

Elfriede with a faint smile stepped forward.

“It’s just like winning.”

“What?”

Everyone turned their heads, wondering if even the manager was talking nonsense, and he summoned a heavy bag of gold coins from the air.

Then, when the sound of money dripping resounds, the dean wakes up.

“Do, Don? Where else is this…”

“Let’s just pretend we won. I’ll lend it to you.”

“Wait! Are you really okay?”

Have you prepared the money in advance in case things go wrong?

When Michael, who had come to the same thought as me, asked a question while suppressing the maddening dean, Elfriede responded leisurely.

“Anyway, the principal is so small, so there is no problem. Even if you win the previous bet, it’s still my pocket money. You can return it with interest later.”

but. They haven’t won a single game yet, so the total is not even that much.

At least it was at the level of raking up the dean’s slush funds.

Rather, I’m glad I failed from the beginning.

If he had won three or four times and ate them all, it would have been difficult to lend even Elfriedera.

“Sa, I lived!”

“Long live Princess Beltern! Immortal loyalty to the Duke of Beltern!”

“That’s an insult to royalty, you idiot!”

After all, people with money are the best.

As a nominal manager, Elfriede quickly became a team hero.

Thanks to the warm atmosphere, the execution of unicorns was also suspended.

The guy who managed to save his life again bowed his head to Sylvia.

“Heh hee hee hee hee hee hee!”

“There’s no second chance. If you taint Elcloud’s name once more, I’ll cut it down as it is.”

“Next, players participating in the field of summoned beast therapy!”

A call that flew at the right time.

A student from the student council who was in charge of the summoning water therapy event rushed out.

Although Ersa gave a special lecture… it seems that it’s still not enough.

So no money was bet.

Not surprisingly, he finished third in a close fight.

Not bad for an undergraduate student.

Ersa nodded her head as if she had expected it in advance.

“As expected, I don’t know the knowledge, but I’m behind in my skills and experience… If I stayed for another three years, I would have been number one.”

“I can’t help it. Now, next! Please take care of me, El Cloud!”

The dean, who was sending a bet signal to the professors in the stands, tapped me on the shoulder and said:

I wake up feeling like I’m suffocating under the pressure.

As I was wearing a wrist guard and equipped with a bow and quiver, the contest manager placed a protective spell and a reminder spell for me.

It is a magic that is supposed to be activated when the opponent’s arrow hits.

“Um… Orders are fine.”

“Louis, come and crush it nicely!”

“Don’t overdo it.”

“don’t worry.”

In response to everyone’s support, I heard loud cheers as I went out to the stadium.

The force is different from what I heard indirectly in the players waiting room.

Archery, an unpopular sport, is like this, but how about summoning swordsmanship?

I was worried about Sylvia again and took out the handkerchief that Princess Elena gave me.

As Ersa expected, the game was played in a battle royale.

It’s a game where you eliminate each other in a space-limited arena.

However, the means of attack are limited to bows and arrows.

In this game, Summoning is an assistant role.

Due to the busy schedule of the tournament organizers, the shape of the stadium was completely changed from the 1st and 2nd rounds.

As if keeping in mind an archery match, there are columns that can be used as cover.

Next, players with faces that look like they are 10 years older than me come up to the stadium one after another.

I unfolded the handkerchief I had taken out beforehand and wiped away the sweat that had not shed.

‘Can you see this? It was given to me by Princess Elena. It can be seen that I am being protected by the royal family. So please don’t touch me.’

It was a gesture that roughly contained such a feeling, but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to have much effect.

In fact, it’s even more interesting to know.

I glanced at Princess Elena, who held both hands together, and then straightened the bow in my left hand.