Chapter 70

Good morning.

Today's weather is cloudy.

It has been two months since the two-timing girl left, and although it's the middle of winter, the seasons in this world are not that severe, so it's comfortable all year round.

Even in mid-summer, you only sweat a little in short sleeves. In the winter now, you can get by with just one or two extra layers.

It feels like alternating between spring and autumn. Comfortable.

I continue my daily warm-up exercises and my vocal training, which hasn't shown any results.

I had slacked off for a while, but somehow started again.

Since I'm always being carried by someone, I don't really need any preparation, but somehow!

I can fly and move on my own, but sometimes I get captured by curious students along with my barrier, so being carried has become the norm.

It's not that I can't be harmed because I have a barrier, but the people who capture me all seem to be breathing heavily, which is creepy.

They're not sexually excited by me, but I don't like being breathed on, so I'm being carried for both our sakes.

It's also comfortable... but that's not the only reason!

Shel comes and helps me change.

She puts a fluffy jumpsuit over my long-sleeved T-shirt.

There's a large pocket on the stomach where Sora and Haku are happily nestled.

I wear cute, fluffy short boots on my feet.

Alshain is already wearing a camouflage-like uniform for exercise.

Tomorrow is the magic tournament, so today is the preliminary round.

Like the sword tournament, it's a knockout round where many people fight at once.

The young ladies who didn't perform well in the sword tournament are apparently very determined.

When we reach the cafeteria, the young ladies are already wearing exercise uniforms, and the atmosphere is different from usual.

They usually eat delicately and giggle, but today they seem to be eating more and more voraciously.

I take my seat, glancing at the determined young ladies.

Yugram is always expressionless, but his mouth is twitching, and Digray and Joo are completely taken aback, while Alshain and Shel are smiling wryly.

After finishing our meal, we return to the classroom to draw lots for the preliminaries.

We draw lots in order from the front of the class, and the room buzzes when Eliza, Digray, Yugram, and Alshain draw their lots.

Once the drawing is done, we move to our respective preliminary venues.

Since it's a magic tournament, carrying weapons is prohibited.

As expected of a magic tournament, various spells are flying around, but Alshain's barrier is by far the strongest, so he hasn't taken any hits.

Still, Alshain can't use a counter-barrier, so he has to attack on his own to win.

The former student council president, who turns out to be the son of one of the two deputy directors of the magic bureau, is skilled at magic and boasts about it, casting all sorts of spells, but Alshain's power is greater.

One by one, the participants who drop out are carried away by puppets, and when only 20 remain, the teacher signals the end of the preliminaries, and the remaining participants advance to the main tournament.

Alshain successfully advances, as does the former student council president.

The former student council president looks at me and leaves with a "hmm" laugh.

What's with that laugh? It's creepy!

That's the end of the morning schedule.

When we go to the cafeteria, everyone except Joo has yet to arrive, and Joo has also advanced to the main tournament.

Yugram and Digray, who arrive later, have also advanced.

In the afternoon, the teachers are setting up, so we have free time.

Apparently, the training grounds are always occupied by the young ladies and can't be used.

I learn this from the surrounding voices and discuss what to do.

Cavendish and the former student council president appear in the center of the cafeteria.

Both have advanced to the main tournament and are boasting about it, planning to compete again.

They seem to have become good rivals.

Neither of them is particularly strong!

Probably because the goddess chose them as targets, their original specs are high, but they lack the basic, steady effort.

Both like flashy and attention-grabbing things! And they're both overly self-conscious!

The surrounding students just look at them with a casual eye, showing no particular interest.

At the beginning of the school year, just seeing them would make the young ladies scream, but not anymore!

After finishing our meal, we start to move.

Since the training grounds can't be used, we decide to look for other places.

Everywhere is occupied by the young ladies.

Their determination is so strong that we can't even enter.

So we come to the edge of the schoolyard to train.

Specifically, we practice magic control.

We don't use magic orbs but control water orbs, changing their size, viscosity, and shape to improve our control.

We use water magic because everyone can use it and it's less dangerous.

The training grounds have barriers that automatically repair anything that's broken, but the schoolyard doesn't.

The barrier covering the entire school is mainly for detecting and reporting suspicious people.

Digray has a low aptitude for water magic, so he's not good at it, but by training, he can improve his control and use other magic with less power.

Joo, who has knowledge from his previous life, had trouble advancing in magic because of the world's common sense, but as he trains with me, his previous knowledge becomes clearer, and he's now quite skilled.

Yugram, who is originally specialized in magic, has developed skills that can surprise Chief Tailsmya.

Chief Tailsmya and Yugram have learned to use a weak but effective counter-barrier.

They are currently making a cold water fish and a boiling water fish fight, but it just ends up as a warm, large fish.

Alshain, being serious, improves quickly but sometimes gets caught off guard.

I'm the one who catches him off guard.

He is currently practicing making water bullets and piercing frozen targets.

Everyone has barriers up, so we can use simultaneous casting.

At first, they said it was impossible and unreasonable, but now they use it normally.

I just watch with Shel.

We make water orbs and play with Sora and Haku.

The two chasing the water orbs move very quickly, so don't underestimate them.

Over these two months, we've been doing this kind of tedious and persistent training, so our skills have improved significantly.

We've become so skilled that Chief Tailsmya has even scouted us to work at the magic bureau.

By the way, Chief Tailsmya, no longer needing to educate and monitor the two-timing girl, has left the school and returned to his job.

Our intelligent and yakuza-like homeroom teacher, who may have reflected a bit, is secretly continuing to practice magic control.

We train until the evening, sweat, and return to our rooms to take a bath before heading to the cafeteria.

Several young ladies look more haggard than they did in the morning.

They must be participating in the main tournament.

The young ladies who didn't make it to the main tournament look disappointed and the atmosphere is gloomy.

After finishing our meal, we drink tea, and the conversation naturally turns to tomorrow.

We are rivals, but unlike other groups, there's no hostility, and we start deciding penalty games for who will make it to the finals.

Depending on the matchups, it's not clear who will drop out.

Students at nearby tables, listening in, spread the word, and betting on the cafeteria begins.

The favorite is Yugram.

The second favorite is an unknown third-year student, followed occasionally by a second-year.

The members here can use magic as well as Yugram, but no one knows that yet.

The former student council president is a dark horse, and Shel is laughing at it.

Normally, the prince's name would come up, but Alshain is known as a prince who can't use magic, and Cavendish is so out of the question that no one mentions him.

High-ranking nobles tend to have more magic power, but if they can't use it effectively, they are not respected.

Therefore, Alshain, who has been rapidly improving his skills since the long-standing curse was lifted, is secretly getting attention.

Shel says that nobles who were originally on Cavendish's side are switching to Alshain, and she's making a list of the switching nobles, which is scary and troublesome!

That's it for today.