And the time has come. Today is the day to decide on the student selections for the expedition to the First Boundary City. As for the schedule, I thought it would be divided into several days, but they're going to finish it in one day. Right now, there are about 50 or more students gathered in the training grounds. There are 100 students in one grade, and since it's the sixth year, the total number of students is about 600. That's about one-twelfth of the number, but that's less than in previous years, apparently. It seems that the number of participants is getting smaller and smaller every year, or rather, the bar is getting higher and higher.


It's nice to meet you all. I will be in charge of the selection round this time. My name is Cyrus, a special class anti-magician, number one in the pecking order.


　The moment I heard that voice, a buzz spread around me.


''That's the first in the pecking order.......''
The most powerful man in human history...
That's a dignified dignity, but it's also a bit normal...


　My impressions of him were mixed, but today he had more of a vibe than I'd seen before. Maybe it's the fact that he's wearing a suit, but to me it's like he's expecting something........


''Well first of all yes there are a lot of them so let's reduce them.


　By the way, the special class antimagician who comes every year seems to be different, and it seems that this time it was Silas-san by chance. Because of this, the test content is diverse. Even if we try to make a countermeasure, it's determined by the person's discretion, so for us, we'll try to deal with everything.......that's what Shelly told me.


'I'll start when the top person runs about three-quarters of the way down this track. If you can finish ahead of me with that, you'll pass the first test for now. Of course, you're allowed to use enhancement magic. I'll use it too.


　There was a buzz again. But this time it seemed that rather than the test participants, it was the onlookers who had come to watch this that were buzzing.


''Hey, Julia. Isn't this quite an advantage?
...no, you can't be too careful.


　Yes, the track here is for 200 meters around. That means that when there are 50 meters to go, Mr. Silas will start. This would normally be impossible. There was no way we could catch him. But if they were going to reduce the number of people, there would be no doubt that some of them would drop out of the race.


　And each of us will get a starting position. The people who are disgustingly targeting me for bullying are huddled next to me. And since they're looking at me with a grin it's easy to imagine that they're coming. But we're not told not to sabotage them.


　But I'm not going to take it easy anymore. We need to stop being afraid of ourselves in the present situation.


'Yes. Then good. Let's start.


　When Silas-san says that in a slightly distracted voice, they all kick the ground and run out of there. As expected, the guys next to me surround me and even try to pull my clothes and make me fall over...........................but that's not enough to shake me.


''Eh........ha!
Hey, what's going on?
I don't know ... isn't he a grinder?


　Instantly, I turned on the switch as usual and strengthened my whole body as it was, and stepped on the earth. I was in the middle group earlier, but I'm almost in the top group... or maybe I'll just blow it out of the water.


　I move up another gear and by the time I do half a lap, I'm already in the lead. The students around me and those who had come to watch were making some kind of noise, but I couldn't hear anything right now. I don't need the sound now. I just need to move my body and get to that goal before anyone else.


　And I'm just a few steps away from Silas' starting position of a quarter. I'm probably raising the bar because of me, but going into the twilight would be impossible to talk about without this level of physical skill.


''Then let's get started, shall we?''


　Silas said and ran through the ground. Then, in just a few seconds, he's already caught the rest of the field and he's swallowing up the rest of them one by one.

　But in the meantime, I cross the finish line in plenty of time. I'm followed by Shelly and Sophia, who also crosses the finish line.


"Whoa!


　The main male student who would be tormenting me. He was the only one left. He let out one last bullhorn, desperately running away from Mr. Silas, who was approaching from behind.

　By the way, the rest of the human beings have been pulled out and are sitting there with the appearance of something unbelievable on the spot.

　And the matter 《camp》 he managed to slip in and is safe. It doesn't seem like he's on a roll, and he's got a certain amount of physical ability..........I thought.





　Silas, smiling at me, is not tired in the slightest. We had changed into comfortable combat gear, but he was in a suit. But he still managed to run through this track in just a few seconds. I don't know if even I, a serious person, can go this fast.... I don't know if it's a good idea to judge him by his speed, but the impression I had before that he was just a nice guy is gone.


''Hey, why is there a skinny guy left?''
But that transvestite was number one, remember?
''You finished well ahead of Shelly, the first class counterpart, right?



　People were looking at me and saying things, but I didn't care anymore. I decided to move on. So it's okay to move on. Even if others don't frighten me, even if they scare me, I've decided.......to wield this power for someone else.


''Huh.....................Julia, you're fast.
Well, it's a necessary skill to have.
And I'm not out of breath. Gosh, this is so frustrating...


　As the two of us were talking about this, it was Sophia-san who came over.


''Hi, hi~. So you two survived.
You too, Sophia.
Geez, Sofia.
Oh, God, Cheryl, don't make that face.
It's just so depressing because he's always so goofy.
It's a form of communication, that it is.
What?　Get away from me!　I'm sweating right now!
Oh dear. A girl...
No....you're not either...
'But still, Yulia-kun. Have you had a change of heart?　We're all looking at you, you know.
I'm ready for it. Shelly has helped me with a lot of things.
'Hmm. Heh.


　Sophia stares at Shelly with a smirk. As if she misunderstood that, Sherry's face turns red with a bobble.

''Be!　I'm not doing anything weird!
Yeah I know you haven't done that with your reaction, but...
Hmm.


　In the midst of the buzzing and buzzing, someone approaches us. It was that main culprit. He was more than six feet tall with cropped hair. And even through the clothes, I could clearly see that he was covered in thick muscle. If it was me two years ago, I would have just shriveled up.


'Hey it was Yulia, wasn't it?'
This has always been a great help to me.


　He bows his head in a bow. I do so, of course, with sarcasm and irony. I'm no longer the one giving in to him. I meet his irritated eyes squarely.

'My name is Keith. You should remember it. But by the way, you're the only one who seems to be fast on the run.
Yeah. More than you.
You... have no attitude towards your elders.
'It's great that you have a brain that can mistake greatness for age alone. Of course, I respect older people. For those whose inner life is accompanied by....
You're a skinny little transvestite.
No, it's not a cross-dressing session.
Shut up!　You have hair and face like a woman!
Haha you're not very sharp with your swear words.
You'll see. Probably a real fight. You're off and I'm not. See you later, grinder.
Well I hope so.
Tsk.


　I tried to stir it up to the max. It's not that I don't have feelings either. I had to repay him for all the cold water showers I've been having. And maybe it's because I've been rebelling against him, but I could see a bit of agitation in his eyes. But well........I wouldn't like it if the guy who has been torturing me up until now suddenly came at me with confidence. That is.


''Then next........let's have an all-out league. I'll take the top three winners to the First Boundary City.


　What Mr. Silas tells us. It was the content of the final exam.

　A league competition in the form of a real battle. In other words, it was a round-robin tournament with 12 players left.

　And then our battle would begin.