Hey, what's going on here?

　The morning before the tournament tomorrow.
　As expected, Eizem woke up early.

"Oh, Eizem. I fixed it for you.
Fix it?

　Eizem looks around the dojo and is stunned.

　The dojo was destroyed by Metta Metta and was a shadow of its former self until last night.
　What a surprise.
　The dojo has been transformed into a Japanese-style swordsmanship dojo by the playfulness of a master swordsman who is concerned with the taste of Japan, just like in fantasy.

　Of course, it was remodeled by Craft Cheat.
　Eizem mutters, stunned.

''Rather, I have a feeling it's become more splendid than before...''
Really?　Well, I'm glad you liked it.

　As expected, I thought the hanging scroll with "sword star" written in calligraphy was a bit much.

After all, it's different when you can use magic.

　Oh, shit.
　I gouged Eizem's sense of inferiority.

"I'm not really a magician, though.
It's all the same to me. I can't do it.

　Oh, it's a heavy heart.
　Ummm, I wish I could teach him magic.
　However, he's told me that if I give a cheat to an otherworldly person who isn't my wife, I have to collect it, so even if I feed her chicken, I'll just make her soggy and happy....
　Oh, that's right.

Then why don't we play with swords?
Sword?　But I'm hurt...
I don't need it.

　He used the wooden swords provided to mend the safe ones appropriately.
　I tossed one over to Eizem, who was still confused.

''I'll do it on the same terms as you. I won't use my left arm and I'll close my right eye.
If that's what you mean...

　Eizem, who was in position, held up his wooden sword.

''Is that the stance of the Sword Star School?''
Yeah, here's the bottom of the single-handed bunk

　Hmmm ... I see.
　Apparently I thought that the pledges whose names I can't even remember usually bothered me so much, but I guess that's what happened.

"Well, I'm going to have to--

　Just as he was about to take a stance, the dojo door was suddenly and violently opened.
　The door to the dojo opened suddenly and violently.

What?

　Eizem turns toward the door.
　There are three rude people who stepped in staggeringly without knocking or greeting.
　The man and his two cronies.
　All of them are wearing luxurious robes.

　Azeem opened his eyes and shouted at the man.

'Hulam!

　Oh, well, hmm.
　Well, this guy.
　If you just look at his face, he's beautiful.
　But he's ruined by his condescending eyes and the smile on his mouth.
　He's just as I imagined he would be, a vile-looking man.

　I activate my appraising eyes.
　Sure enough, it was a reincarnation. And his true name is a Japanese name.
　However, the golden magic waves characteristic of the Japanese are not present at all.
　The people around me couldn't see the magic waves either.

　If that's the case, then these guys........　

''Ho, I thought there was a dojo breaker in the Sword Star School.

　Hulam looked around, deliberate and provocative in his arrogant tone.
　He looked straight at Eizem.

'You've changed a lot, haven't you?
What the hell do you want, Hulam?

　Hey, hey, relax, Eizem.
　We don't screw this up here, they'll be doing exactly what they want.

Hey, hey, hey. We came all the way down here to see how you're doing. I did.　You should look up to the heavens and be thankful.

　Azeem gritted his teeth and tried to move towards Hulam, and I stopped him with my wooden sword.
　He was a little surprised, but he nodded, knowing what was on my mind.
　'Oh yeah, just let the best of my world handlers say it.

'You're...'

　Here, for the first time, Hulam shifted his gaze to me.
　His blue eyes flickered in astonishment.

''I'm Ryouji Sakahagi. How do you do?

　I smiled and waved him off.
　He'll know I'm a normal Japanese - that is, someone from a previous life.
　If he had the knowledge, he would realize that I was an otherworldly tripper.



　Ah, I knew it.
　An enlightened Hulam smiles arrogantly.

''For the sake of my hometown, I'll give you some advice. It's best not to have anything to do with this dojo.

　Oh, yes, I see.

"Listen, this is my world. It's not yours ... if you're going to be quiet, I'm going to leave you out of it.

　Oh, I see.
　That's great.

'Let's go home. Amalia, Lelis.
Yes, Master Hulam.
Yeah, brother.

　Oro.
　I thought there would be another agony, but Hulam and the others left without a hitch.
　I've been using my connoisseur's eyes, but it doesn't seem like they did anything in particular.
　I wonder if they were wary of me seeing their magic and cheats?

I'm sorry.
What?

　Azeem bows his head.
　I really don't know why he apologized.

''Normally I wouldn't take a cheap provocation like that...''
Oh, you know what? I don't mind. It's because of the magic he cast.
What?

　Well, it's a very weak magic.
　It's as simple as making eye contact and pissing off the opponent.
　It was only broken by me blocking my view with my wooden sword.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this as well.

'Magic on me ... when ...'
No chanting, no movement. Well, that's what the cheat wizard promised.

　Eizem shouted again in astonishment.

'Nonsense!　I've never heard of that!
Hmm. Then I guess he's hiding that part from me. To keep his superiority from being known by others.

　It's common for cheat reincarnations with memories of their previous lives to hide their powers.
　It seems that Hulam-kun, who is like a lump of approval-seeking, also knows it by heart.

''Oh, I see... you meant to offend me... and because you knew that, you didn't listen to him either.
Well.

　I cowered my shoulders at Eizem's point.

''You're the founder of the Demon Warfare Tournament, so you have a certain amount of authority, right?　If they suspend me from competing, I won't be able to fulfill my pledge to you.
Yeah, that's for sure.

　And you know what?
　You can't understand the language that the garbage cheat guy speaks, even if you use a translation cheat.

　Leave him alone?　Yeah, fine.
　It's fine to claim that this is your world, you can do whatever you want with it.
　It's not my business if another world has been overrun by cheat reincarnators.

　I'll forgive you for not being a good talker.
　I look like a college student in a good way, and if you add that to my past life, it's not surprising that people think I'm more senior in life than they are.

　But if you're going to stand in front of me, that's a different story.

　Don't get involved in the dojo?
　I can't do that.

　If you are in my way, I will move out of your way, and if you are an enemy, I will kill you.
　I don't care if it's a reincarnation with a Japanese soul.
　If they don't see the difference in power, I'll just send them off to Gaff.

　The reason I don't kill him is because I don't want the demon warfare tournament to be postponed or even cancelled because of the death of the VIP.
　There is no more reason to do so.

It's a good thing that you're not going to have to worry about it, Eizem. I'll make sure that I'll make sure that Ken Seiryu wins.

　...and I've found another reason to fight besides the pledge.



　The last practice match is being held in my presence, since tomorrow is the real deal.
　On the way, Eizem was about to go out to buy something, but I had a feeling that Hulam was going to lure me in and set a trap for me, so I stopped him.
　I've set up wards around the dojo so that I don't have to worry about what they're going to do.

　There are no words between Ituna and Sianne.
　I'm the one who told them to fight if they don't have time to talk.
　Their match was epic, but thanks to the protection of the wards, the dojo is completely unharmed.

　Since then, Sianne hasn't been able to defeat Ituna even once.
　But this was inevitable.

　First of all, the dark spheres that Sianne uses for defense have the property of absorbing magic power and matter.
　But it can't protect against Ituna's thunderstorms, which are neither magic nor matter.

　Secondly, Cyanne's boasted speed was also completely useless against Itsuna.
　Ituna has something like electric shoes on her feet and moves around at super speed. And his small turnaround is also higher than Cyanne.
　This seemed to be the most shocking to Sianne, who was proud of her speed.

　Lastly, the dimensional transfer, but that didn't work either.
　It seems that Itsuna's pigtails aren't a joke, but rather serve as search antennas, allowing her to accurately strike down lightning, even if she gets behind it.
　I'm sure the dog-like sense of smell is helping, as Itsuna's nose twitches and twitches. Can he also smell the ion smell?

　There is no longer any pride left in Sianne to hurt her, and the only thing that comes through her sweaty good looks is her desperation.
　Nevertheless, Cyanne is definitely getting stronger.

　Her strength, which does not depend on cheats such as technique, intuition and fighting skills, is growing.
　The strength that was dormant in the first place is about to wake up with intense training.
　He will be able to feel his strength after the race.

　Ituna, on the other hand, was breathing on her shoulder.
　Although only slightly, Itsuna's thunderbolt also drained his strength.
　The fuel consumption is the best if you consider its effectiveness, but it still can't be used without limit.

''That's as far as it goes.''

　It's a bad idea for tomorrow's tournament.
　It's time to stop.　

Hey, you two, come and get it done at the tournament.　

　Maybe it was because he heard those words.
　They both collapsed slowly as they indicated to each other.
　They must have fallen asleep from exhaustion.

　As I was about to put him down in the main house and go back, I found Eizem in the garden looking at the night sky.
　The sky was full of stars that seemed to be falling at any moment.
　There's something nostalgic about it.

"Yo.
Yeah.

　When I called out to him, he only replied, and Eizem was left looking up at the heavens.
　I thought he must be fascinated by the starry sky, but he wasn't.

''Watching those kids' matches made me realize that the sword star school we've been doing was nothing more than a chambara game.

　He looks terribly discouraged.
　I wonder if he has lost his confidence.

'I see,'

　If that's what you think, then it must be so.
　A poor consolation is useless.

''Wield your sword with the intention of slaying the stars of heaven. The Sword Star Toris teaches us this.

　Ah..........

''My dad learned the sword under Toris and established Ken Sei-ryu. The dojo grew so big that he even became an instructor for the kingdom soldiers.
It's amazing.
'But my father died, Hulam rose to prominence in my generation, and the days of the Sword Star School are over. But maybe that's just the way it is.

　Eizem sighed and his shoulders slumped wide.

'You and Hulam are in a different dimension. You can't compete with a sword.

　It's not.
　That's not true.
　You can only get common sense strength like that.
　If you're going to compete with the insane strength of your cheat ability, you can't think like a loser.

"Do you want to be strong?

　So I ask.

　Are you willing to move on?
　Are you willing to step in?
　Are you willing to leave your worldview?

"....I want to be. I want to be stronger than I am, stronger than Hulam.
That's good.

　I don't know how much spirit I'm talking about.
　I might take a bit of a bite out of it and stop right away.
　But that's fine with me.
　That's the kind of territory we're talking about.

"Swinging your sword as if you were slaying stars in the sky...
What?

　I stand next to Eizem and look up at the sky.

'I'm going to tell you what the sword star failed to tell your father.