After another day, it was time for the "practicals".

"Okay!　Today we're going to challenge you to throw an iron ball!

　Mr. Desmond stood in front of everyone and said boldly.

"'Iron ball'?

　Everyone's head snapped up when they heard the word from Desmond.

"You don't know what an iron ball is? It's not that common. Hold on a second.

　Desmond held up a round, black ball in his right hand.

"Hey, student. Take it.
Yes, it's ...... heavy!
"Of course it is. Of course it is. It's a steel ball.

　It's heavy, but not so heavy that you can't hold it.

　I see. .......
　I wonder if the content of this class is to throw the iron ball.

　That sounds interesting.
　In a previous life, there was a competition to hold a dragon's tail and throw it, but this will be the basic content of that.

"Why would that be useful to a wizard?
The headmaster agreed with the idea, saying, "Well, ......, you need physical strength to be a wizard.　The principal agreed with me, and that's why I became a teacher here. You have to train your body before you can do magic.　Magic is important, but so is muscle strength!　If you neglect your physical strength with all the magic you do, you'll never be able to move your body.
Haha. ......
Of course!　You can't use magic to make iron balls fly far.

　I generally agree with Desmond's words.
　It is important for wizards to have magic, but without physical strength, they are useless on the battlefield.

　But at the same time, ...... I felt compelled to interrupt.

I'm sorry, can I talk to you for a second?
"You. What is it?

　I raised my hand.


I raised my hand and said, "I was just wondering, ...... why do you need to separate magic and physical strength?


"...... What are you talking about?

　Desmond's face became dubious.

Of course I understand what you are saying. But ...... magic and physical strength - physics. In the end, it should be ideal to combine them.

　Well, I can understand the policy of ...... trying to throw without magic first to train the fundamentals.
　However, Desmond's words seemed to exude the idea that magic and physics should be considered separately.

　Desmond's face turned curious.

"Combining magic and physics?　Is that really possible?
"Yes, it is.

　Just when I was thinking of demonstrating it, he said.


"Hey, hey!　Don't get carried away with your defective magic!　There's no way you can do that!


　You can't do that!

　Oh dear.
　Looks like there are people like Cyril who despise defective magic at the academy too.

I'm saying this because I can.
"Then do it!　If you're so sure, why don't you throw a ball at me?
Oh, yeah. If I lose, I'll apologize or something.
Don't forget what you said.

　"Don't you ever forget that?" - A boy comes at me like he's in a fight.
　Didn't you see how I fought in the entrance exam?
　And I was just about to.

"Okay, Mr. Desmond. Can I have the ball, please?
All right.

　I'll take the ball from Desmond.

　Wow, ...... looked reasonably heavy, but it was much lighter than I expected.
　I might have misadjusted the force and sent it off in the wrong place.
　I'm in trouble. .......

Yeah, .......

　I look behind me and make eye contact with Lara and Marise.

"Lara, Marise. I want you two to try it.
What, me?
I'm not very ...... strong, am I?
Come on. I'm sure you two can do it.

　I'm sure you can do it.
　I taught them how to use magic to make a steel ball fly farther.



"Hey, hey!　It's not worth it if it's not you!
Don't worry. I'll do it later. And you're not sure you can beat two women?
"Don't be ridiculous!

　The boys turn red.

Don't regret it. ...... I'll go first, okay?　Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

　The boy quickly grabs the ball with his right hand and sets it on his shoulder.
　He then pushed the ball out of his hand.

How did it go?
"Well, ......10, it's a total. That's pretty good.

　Desmond measured it with a tape measure, and the boy sniffed with pride.

If you're not familiar with this sport. You know this game of iron ball throwing, don't you?　The throw is different.
"Hmmm. I wonder.

　Desmond asked, to which the boy replied.

　I see.
　He didn't say yes, but he knew about the iron ball throwing from the beginning.
　That's why he was so confident in fighting with him.

　But he may have known how to throw, but he still threw it with all his might.
　I'm not going to be an enemy to either of you.

"Well, ......, I'm next.

　This time, Lara holds the ball.
　It looks heavy. She's got such thin arms. No wonder.

"Lara. Magic, magic.
Oh, yeah!　I forgot!

　Lara sets up a magic formula and activates the Rise power.

　...... Mmm.
　I was a little worried about whether or not I could teach her the magic formula and have it work on the first try, but apparently it worked.
　It was a distorted magic formula, but it seems to have been able to activate somehow.

"Yes!

　And then he threw the iron ball straight into the air: .......

I'm sorry.　What's going on?

　I'm not sure what to do.
　The iron ball that Lara threw was clearly twice as far as the boys.

"And 20 mittal ...... you. You're pretty strong, aren't you?
"Thanks to Kurt.

　Lara was jumping up and down with joy. Cute.

I'll go next.

　Marise stepped forward.
　She seemed to have activated her Rise Power from the start.

　Lara, who had trained yesterday, was better at manipulating magic power.
　But her magic formula is far more complete than Lara's.
　This is the first time I've taught her. ...... It seems that she didn't really have the nickname of "genius".
　There are still many improvements to be made, but the direction of the magic formula is not wrong.

"Yeah!

　Marise shoots an iron ball with a similar call.

　With a similar call, Marise releases an iron ball.
　The iron ball arced as if it were a normal ball.

"Twenty-five martals on ......?　Nonsense. That's more than I've ever done.

　This is the first time I've been able to do this.

"Is this the ...... magic of physical enhancement?

　Marise was surprised herself and clenched and spread her right hand.

"No, that's ridiculous ......!

　The boys' eyes widened in surprise.

　Well.
　Thanks to Lara and Marise, I think I've got the hang of it.
　Now it's my turn.