Well, let's get started.

　As he cut that out, Ars slowly pulled the AWR from his waist.
　The single mage's training was about to resume amidst a strange sense of urgency. And now that Tesfia and Alice had also completed their long preliminaries, or rather reaffirmations, they no longer had any hesitation in their eyes.

''Are we going to have a mock battle like before?''
I get a little nervous in front of the underclassmen.

　Alice took Tesfia's question as a half-decision, but Ars's answer that came back was a bit different.

'No, to be honest, it's actually quite difficult to get them to be able to fight demons in three years. Experience speaks for itself in that area.''
'What?　Are you telling me that now?

　Ars scrutinized one eye and gave a slightly nasty smile to Tesfia, who seemed to consciously stop thinking.

'Being able to fight demons is partly proportional to the number of demons you defeat. In short, you can only become as strong as the number of death lines you overcome. You may not be able to realize it, but even if you are thrown into the front line for two or three years in the outside world and come back alive, you will turn into a fierce man. Even if it doesn't reflect in a concrete ranking or fighting strength, that guy should have learned how to survive in the outside world. If that happens, if he's not unlucky, he'll live a long time.

　Tesfia hurriedly put her hand to her forehead at Ars's abrupt words and stuck out her other hand to stop as if to organize it.

''Well, wait a minute I mean we can fight demons, but we can't live long enough to fight them?''
'You want to die. You're really short-sighted, aren't you? You think you're going to find a way to undermine everything I've ever taught you?
'Then what are you going to do? I think I understand that simulated battles are an anti-personnel combat technique. But even so, since it is a training exercise, fighting demons is not something that a student can do quickly.

　Tesfia is right. Of course, there's only so much you can do within this survival zone.
　Alice, who had been watching the exchange between the two of them in silence, is floating a similar question. She must have sensed that the significance of the training was changing from the past.

　She erased her usual cheerful smile from her face and instead weakly raised her hand and asked for a statement. The question she asked fearfully was one that Alice had dredged up from memories she had seen before. The contents of that thick manual that had been left behind so that they could train while Ars was away... it seemed to be written on a page around the end of it.

'You mean we don't do mock battles?　As I recall, the training program you gave me was the next step in the training program, which was knowledge of the outside world and survival techniques and effective strategies.
'Well, we'll have to work on that area for now, but in terms of time, I'm going to change my priorities a bit. I'm sure you guys have gained more power than I ever expected, so I'll be sure to do that.
Oh, it's a compliment.
Compliments.

　Tesfia and Alice both turned their disgusting smiles to Ars. Tesfia put her hand over her mouth to hide her lifted mouth with a grin, but it didn't hide the white teeth that peeked out from the sides. Although it was also meant to hide their embarrassment, it was still an unthinkable line of dialogue for him before.

　However, Ars kicked off such a contained smile. As if to say that the time to say such things is now.

''This drill is still a mock battle.
What the f*ck?
It's a training ground. I've got a feeling about that.
That's what I mean. Except that you'll have to die a few times.
"...........

　Plenty of time for silence to pass.
　What did they think of Ars and Loki, who hadn't uttered a word...they must have thought it was some kind of joke.
　Tesfia snapped her wrists together.

'Oh my God, what's the matter with you? 'I hit my head, I guess I hit my head pretty hard. I know you did.

　Then she put her hands together and gave me a compassionate face, and yet a smile that could not have been more tender for her. It must have looked like admonishing a lost lamb.

''There's only one human life and that's why it's so beautiful...........................ida!

　The farce that had unfolded to escape reality was cut in both directions by the hand sword that Ars had fed to the red-haired brain.
　Ars's cold eyes immediately turned to the brown-haired girl next to him.

''Fia, forgive him, Al is at the age where he says things like that.......sorry...''

　It was Alice, who looked down shrewdly.

'Al, that would be misleading. Although, I'm sure the girls would like it to be a misunderstanding for them.

　Loki's cold words came from his experience in the military, after all. He had a general idea of Loki's training content, as Ars would say. There are things that are difficult to explain in words... so Loki took over for the poorly spoken man.

'What Al is trying to say is. The point is that the two of you are going to have to face death. Fighting demons within the survival zone is a difficult thing to do, but we don't know what will happen in the future since it has to be combined with the start of the association. In other words, ducking under the deadlines before the battle with the monsters will be a valuable experience. The training we're going to do now is, to put it bluntly, a subterfuge.

　Crossing the line of death is like betting your life on the price. Although it's called getting over the line, it's still a dangerous bridge that you're just continuing to win at the gamble, so to speak.
　Ars only makes them aware of this, and there is proof that they won't actually go so far as to take a life. That's too big an advantage.

　But as long as Tesfia and Alice are aware that they won't be robbed of their lives, it's meaningless training.
　In that sense, Tesfia would be able to use a little of her experience of seeing Ars's insane battle up close and personal.

''So that's what I mean.''
What does that mean?
I mean, I know it's a tremendous experience.

　Tesfia, who tipped her red-haired ponytail and still had the same question in mind, and Alice, who interpreted it too vaguely.
　After all, the two of them are still not out of this peaceful world. They can't realize the meaning of the word harshness, not sweetness. The two who have been in the protected world for so long have only now begun to look outward and have not been able to pull their feet out of it.

　That's why Ars stated it once and for all.

''That means we won't take it easy like we have been doing.
What?
Oh, well...
Really.

　In that sense, Ars would be able to crush the yakuza of the other students beforehand, that these two are the only ones who have their eyes on them. If they can still see the relentless training that is about to begin and still want to be taught.......

'I'm going to make you guys aware of the moment of your death until the very last minute. You need to be able to see it for what it is. It's going to be one-sided, so there's only one thing I can tell you.

　This is the only possibility they can cling to for the still stunned pair.
　Holding up one finger, Ars was still forced to choose a threatening word.

'Come to your senses quickly, or you might really die.
You son of a b*tc*!

　Tesfia's weak protestations that she managed to twist out. Alice could only clear her throat, unable to spin out the words. Her damp hands almost missed the golden spear.

　And as proof that there was no turning back now, Ars issued to Loki, "Loki, set the replacement setting here to the lowest.

　Yes, this system is also, in a sense, a nasty one that dulls the senses on the front lines. It's necessary as simple practice and training, but in the outside world, it's a crook when it comes to fighting on the edge.
　It dilutes how fragile humans are. The current replacement system keeps even the things that could have originally killed us at least a headache away. This sensation is sure to scoop up our feet in the outside world and easily snatch our lives away.

　Even in the military, elementary education is given in consideration of damage conversion in this area. However, in the military, where immediate combat power is required, the only way to acquire it is through combat with demons.

　That's why Ars had no choice but to use this subterfuge. It's not that I don't like it, but it's a secret technique only for Ars, which is well versed in the manipulation of magic, in the sense that it's a fine adjustment of magic.
　Even so--.

　It's not that even he wants to hurt you. But if you don't throw away such naivety, the ones who will pay the price will be the girls.
　What an irony that working behind the scenes could be so useful in this way.

　Ars unleashed a bare killing intent on the defenseless girls.

''--!