'Hey, Julia. Did you really survive two years?　In that twilight.
'Well Mr. Shelley is skeptical, but it's true.
'Just Shelly, that's fine. So ... I'm assuming you're just a paranoid person who went out into the twilight and hit your head. From the way you behave, your expression, everything about you doesn't speak to your strength. I can tell at a glance that the special class of anti-magicians I know are strong. But you don't have that. I........I trust my own eyes. Besides, I have more than fifty hours of twilight combat time, you know?


　Before the game. Me and Sherry facing each other.......not Sherry, Sherry. Since it's already nighttime, there aren't many people in the exercise area. The only ones present are the headmaster and a few others.

　The money aspect of it, but in many ways I felt that I needed to show my power here.


'Shelly. I've been willing to die for the last two years. Every day I thought I was going to die tomorrow. But I've lived and lived and lived and lived and lived and came back. Not that I doubt your eyes, but I'm going to win this time.
Hmm. You're right.


　It's not hubris. It's a simple fact. I'm not going to lose. I don't feel like losing, and I can't afford to lose.

　Does that come from pride?　Or is it the financial aspect?

　I ask myself, but I don't get an answer. Then I face her.


Then let the game begin!


　The Dean seemed to be the referee this time, and when she said that, we began to fight.


''........''


　Instantly, I closed the distance between us in one fell swoop and thrust the knife at her. There was no need to use the Invisible Blade, just a normal attack and I won her. Perhaps she didn't expect me to move so fast.


''Sho, winner........Yulia.......''
What...?


　She was stunned. What is this, why on earth?　You have a look on your face. But I don't know if he's gradually regained his composure, but he suddenly raises his voice loudly.


"Mo, once more!
Are you going to fight again?


　I asked the headmaster.


"...as long as you agree to it, that's fine.
I understand.


　After that, I fought her many times. But I was never defeated.


'........I got it!
.....


　The last game. She had already lost nine in a row and started the match by saying this was her last. As expected, she had gotten used to it, and she was able to handle my knife handling. But still........I didn't think there was any need to use the Invisible Sword 《Invisible Blade》 to attack. That Invisible Blade is imperceptible. Because if you use it, it will not only end the fight there, but at worst kill you.


''........I got it!


　She aims for the slightest opening in me, but.......it's still too late. But as expected, it's too much trouble to avoid her, so I use the Invisible Blade, activated from my left hand, to pass it off, and the knife in my right hand faintly touches her body first.


''Ha........ah........!
...Winner, Julia.


　The tenth call is announced.

　She's flustered. It would be the same. Because she was suddenly swept away by a sword shot in an empty space. The truth of it is this.

　My Invisible Sword, the Invisible Blade, always needs a starting point. In other words, it's impossible to create an invisible sword or blade in an empty space. It must have a hilt. It was possible to create a wall, but it was difficult to recreate elaborate things like swords and swords with Invisible. That's why it's a starting point.



　The starting point can be anything. I can activate the Invisible Blade as long as it's a stick-shaped object. Wooden sticks, pencils, combs, and even hands, fingers, and feet can become my swords.


''I've lost ... it's a complete defeat ...''


　Shelly finally admits defeat. But well I thought that was the only thing that was amazing about that part of her that hated to lose. That spirit that keeps coming at you no matter what you lose. That's something I've never had. I honestly admire that.

　The will to steal something from the overwhelming difference in ability... and grow.


　I was genuinely envious. Because I didn't have that, and I still don't have it.


'Yulia you're really strong.


　Sherry then asks me to shake his hand. Of course, I comply.


"Well, it's the only thing I've got going for me.
Humility. It's really something to be proud of, being that strong. I didn't even come close to being a step ahead of you...
But Sherry was strong, too. I thought we were on the right track at the end.
''Well don't flatter me. It just made me realize how inexperienced I was. I'll have to start all over again....
Sherry is strong.
What, are you being sarcastic?
No, not in a spiritual sense.
Well, my competitive side is second to none.
'Haha you're certainly a moderately competitive guy for ten matches.


　And so it was decided that as soon as I defeated Sherry, I would be enrolled in this academy as a special student.


　I'm glad that all the money is free.


''Then, Yulia-kun. I'll register you as a first-class antimagician, if that's okay with you.
What?
''It would be strange if you won against a first-class demon, but you don't become a first-class demon. There are many conditions to become a special class versus demon, but this time I'll use my discretion to make you a first class versus demon. Can I just get your signature?
Okay, yes.


　The boy who had wandered for two years in the twilight returned and defeated the strongest Sherry in the Academy of the Seventh Ward City and became a first class anti-magician. The news would spread throughout the academy the next day... I had no way of knowing that.