32 – Before the curtain rises.

The holiday period is over and it’s the first day of academy classes. Maybe it’s because the holiday is over, but the academy students look a bit drowsy. They were sitting together or talking to each other.

“Oh…Hello?”

“Ah, Emida! Hi!”

“Hello.”

Entering the classroom, Emilia finds the two of us sitting in the back seat and greets them awkwardly.

After a brief conversation with Riel, Emilia returned to her seat as her homeroom professor entered.

Emilia’s seat was none other than the seat across from me to the left, so she was not too far away.

At that time, she felt a gaze and her eyes went there.

The owner of the gaze is, of course, Alan Ludwig.

As soon as I looked at him, he looked strangely suspicious and averted my gaze, which bothered me.

“Now, everyone pay attention!”

A word from the homeroom professor, Leonora, turns everyone’s eyes on him.

The professor took one look around and opened his mouth.

“As soon as the holidays are over, we have very sad news… Student Liliana Edwin has left us.”

No, I just quit the academy, so what if I say that I’m dead?

Look at that, there are kids who get agitated all over the place as soon as they finish talking.

“Seo… Her professor!? What happened to her?!”

Look at that, even Alan looks visibly flustered.

“Yes? Ah!”

Professor Leonora only then realized that she had made a mistake.

She waved her hand in embarrassment.

“Oh…No! Ms. Liliana quit the academy! Hey, look at me!”

It was only then that I saw students who were relieved after understanding the situation.

However, there were students who couldn’t understand it with just that. It was Alan Ludwig, of course.

“Uh…Why did she quit her academy…?!”

“Yes? It’s just family circumstances…”

“A family affair… Then where did she go?”

“I can’t tell you that.”

Professor Leonora said firmly.

“There was a request to keep quiet about her whereabouts, except for those related to her.”

This is a story I’ve never heard of, but I can only speculate that it may have been requested separately by Baron Edwin.

As I guessed that myself and sat still, I saw Alan glaring at me.

…You’re probably assuming that I’m involved again.

It doesn’t matter anyway.

As a slightly dark atmosphere prevailed, Professor Leonora clapped her hands and said, as if trying to evoke it.

“Now! Attention everyone! It’s sad that Miss Liliana has left the academy, but you still have two years left at the academy!”

Then she grinned and continued.

“And you all know that the ‘God of War’ will be waiting for you soon, right?”

At those words, a buzzing voice rose in the classroom.

“God of War…! It’s the first time I’ve seen it in person!”

Riel also said that in a slightly excited voice.

Musinjera.

Musinje. The official name is Mutuje, the royal road to commemorate the birth of a military god, but it is a bit long, but for convenience, everyone calls it Musinje.

As the right-hand man of Queen Olivia, the founding queen, ‘God of War’ Kalidos boasted god-like prowess.

It is a traditional martial arts tournament held in the royal capital on his birthday as an anniversary.

Originally, since it was the birthday of a god of war, it was a contest to compete in various martial arts such as swordsmanship, martial arts, and spearmanship.

The God of War is a story that also appeared in the original work, and the main character, Alan, went to the God of War and won first place, and it became a signal that his name, which was close to being unknown, was announced to the royal capital… It was a part.

As the saying goes, the Musin Festival is held by dividing the participants into classes, and among them there is a competition for academy students.

The competition is a perfect place for influential people to spot talented people from among the students, so students can show off their skills there and get a job later.

“I’ve been wanting to see Musinje for a long time!”

“Contests are competitions, but the stages and stalls that are held at the same time are amazing!”

“Who will come to this invitational performance?”

“I heard that Illina Nortier came last year!”

From here and there, voices inflating expectations for Musinje were heard.

As the professor intended, it seems to have succeeded in refreshing the atmosphere.

Leonora’s expression is bright as if she had accomplished it.

Then, Riel from her side let her poke at me, she said.

“Is Kyou going to the martial arts festival?”

“Huh? Uh…Maybe I’m going out?”

Well… To be honest, I’m in a position to learn swords diligently, and I thought I’d like to go to the Musin Festival.

…I’m a bit reluctant to say this, but I’m a bit confident.

“Yeah! Kyou, if you go out, I’ll cheer you on!!”

“That… Is it?”

“Yeah! I’m looking forward to it!”

……

Okay, let’s go!

‘God of War…’

Alan, whose mind was complicated by the story of Liliana, thought of the Goddess Festival when he heard the noise around him.

And the whispers of conversation from behind.

“Work hard…Cheer…”

“…Yes.”

“…Looking forward to…”

I can’t hear it in detail, but the voices of Kyou and Riel.

As expected, Kyo Wentos seems to be planning to go to the Goddess Festival.

‘The opportunity has come…’

After that duel, he was always looking for an opportunity to fight for revenge.

However, due to the ban on approaching him after the duel in the first place, there was no opportunity for revenge.

However, if they were to fight in the godless world, they could get a chance to take revenge on Kyo Wentos regardless of the approach ban.

‘I will definitely… I will definitely defeat you. Kyou Wentos.’

At that time, thanks to someone’s interference with magic, none of his attacks were effective except for one hit.

For Alan, who was diligently walking the path of the sword, it was truly nothing but humiliation.

The flames of vengeance blazed in Alan’s heart.

‘If I… Beat you… If I beat you, I will tell Riel…’

Aside from that flame of revenge, other dark emotions were blooming as well.

I made up my mind to go to the martial arts festival, and after telling Professor Leonora about it, I came to the training ground.

Riel said he was taking Emilia to a secret room in her library.

I felt a little lonely because it felt like it was a secret place for the two of us, but Emilia thought it was okay because she was Riel’s first friend of the same s*x.

More than anything, she seemed like she could be trusted.

Perhaps because of the martial arts system, the training grounds were full of people, but there are plenty of seats in the spacious training grounds.

“Kek”

In there, you can see Alan Ludwig wielding a sword while sweating.

It’s not just Alan Ludwig, Ferris and the girls following him all make a loud noise whenever Alan swings his sword.

If you think about it, you should look at them while frowning.

“Well, it’s not my part-time job.”

After spitting out like that, I found an empty seat and started training.

From the basics I learned from my father when I was young, to the applications I learned while training with Her Highness Aine.

I swung my sword in the mood of reviewing each one from the beginning.

After swinging the sword in a trance like that, I, who was holding my breath, felt their eyes on me and turned around.

‘Yes.’

Looking back, honestly, I was greatly shaken.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Did I interrupt you?”

“Oh…No. I just finished one set.”

A woman with long black hair tied down from above.

Saying training clothes… It’s more like a gym uniform, but judging from the color of the pattern, it’s a senior in the second year.

“It’s an interesting sword. I don’t think it’s kingdom-style swordsmanship. Can I ask what school it is?”

But I knew who this woman was.

Of course, she is one of the sub-heroes who, like Emilia, meets Alan during the holidays and builds a bond.

Gransen Academy 2nd year, Iris Likenair.

“There’s nothing called a school… It’s a swordsmanship I learned from my father when I was young. …Senior.”

…Anyway, out of all the sub-heroes I’ve met so far, except for Emilia, they’ve been a bit like that, so I was a little wary.

“Hmm… I felt like it was a swordsmanship oriented towards combat, excluding all useless movements…”

Upon hearing my words, senior Iris lowered her head and began to ponder alone.

Well, this looks like the original.

Iris Like Nere feels like a senior swordsman who trains her swordsmanship diligently among the sub-heroes, and her first appearance is meeting Alan, who trains his sword diligently for the Musin Festival during the holidays.

There, she sees Alan’s hard work and her honest swordsmanship, and begins to be drawn to him… But it feels like…

“Ah, I lost my thoughts in front of people. I’m sorry.”

“No, that’s fine.”

“…Okay, may I ask your name?”

“This is Kyou Wentos.”

“Aha, Count Wentos…”

…First of all, I don’t think there’s anything very strange about it.

“…Yes, Kyou Wentos-kun. I have a favor to ask of you.”

“If you ask…”

“It’s a bit awkward to ask right now, right before the martial arts festival, but… Can I ask for sparring later?”

Iris Likenair.

Alan, who went to the Musinje in the original work, meets in the finals and narrowly wins.

In other words, she’s saying that if I can’t beat her, then I can’t win either.

…Isn’t there anything to lose by sparring?

“If it’s okay with me, please.”

“Okay, then I’ll ask you next time.”

Senior Iris smiled and said goodbye and then turned around and walked away.

Alan Ludwig is on her way.

Hmm…Has the meeting with Alan already happened?

I thought so.

‘…What?’

She didn’t even look in Alan’s direction and passed into the training grounds.

……

I wonder if the situation has changed for her as well as Emilia?

I had no way of guessing, but for some reason I felt that way.

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