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　The voice that echoed in the compartment was an angry voice that anyone could hear and read the emotions contained in it.
　Of course, they were free to enter and exit the compartment. If it had been a hinged door, it would have been opened with such force that it would have creaked open.

　In fact, it's a boy with a frail-looking physique who came into the compartment where Ars and his friends were training.
　Even from Ars's point of view, he has a slender body. Still, the boy's eyes had a strength in them that seemed to prove he was indeed a man.

　While holding Tesfia, Ars's legs had been stopped in their movements by the intruder 《Chinnyasha》. This was the first time someone had entered the compartment during training, and most importantly, he hadn't thought that anyone would still try to make contact with him even after seeing the current training. Many students would already be aware of the fact that Tesfia and Alice were being hand-solved by the first place.
　Eventually, some would say that it was unfair. Either the two of them will turn to that complaint, or they will turn to Ars for pointers.

　That's why he expected that the current training would discourage him from doing so, and he was almost certain that he would abandon it.
　In other words, this boy was not what Ars had expected.

''Let go of my senior!

　Magic power gushes out from all over the main body as your emotions take over. I'm not sure if it's unconscious, but that magic power has begun to resemble the sword-shaped AWR at my waist. It was a hostility that could be called intimidating. Even so, the translucent magic power still flickers thinly like a haze.

　The way he said it was intimidating, but as Ars, there was nothing wrong with it as long as it saved him the trouble. In his arms, Tesfia didn't seem to realize it was him right away, due to the unexpectedness of the boy's forceful appearance.
　But after a little while, the shame of being seen in this situation by a junior seemed to hit him, and Tesfia lightly tugged on Ars's clothes and implored him to drop them off.

　Ars met the piercing gaze that shot straight at him, and he suddenly thought he had seen the face from somewhere else. I don't know his name, though.
　It shouldn't be a serious oversight that he would be particularly concerned about. That's exactly what makes it meaningful, there's no way that Ars would forget it prematurely.
　Therefore, Ars only felt that way when he put Tesfaye down and did not think about it any more deeply.

　Immediately afterwards, "What's the matter, Maine? And Tesfia asked about Maine's anger, which she didn't usually see. At least the Maine Tesfia knew was more passive than aggressive, and he was serious and mild-mannered.
　So she didn't immediately understand what he was really angry about right now.

　The main person in question hurriedly rushed over to Tesfia, as if he had been drained of his venom by Tesfia's beatific, and that was exactly what his usual voice sounded like.

''Are you alright, Tesfia-senpai.......''
Uh, yeah it hurts a little bit.

　Perhaps it's because they are shorter than Tesfia, but they don't look like sister and brother when they are side by side.
　The main gaze is poured all over Tesfia's body. The face gradually becomes bitter and tense. A wound that is too painful. There were raw wounds running through the skin that are not similar to the healthy whiteness and not a single scar or stain.

　The crimson and cracked wounds among them were impossible within this training ground. No, it was only a serious injury within this academy, which was fortified with the protection of safety.
　Main grabbed Tesfia's arm as he said, ''Let's show it to the insurance doctor right away.

'Hey Main, wait!　Ts!　

　Tesfia frowned and resisted the junior who tried to take her out forcefully, frowning from the pain of the wounds that ran through her from the sudden movement.

''Oh, I'm sorry. Are you okay?''
"It's all right, it's all right, so just relax a little bit, okay? It's just an exercise.
"--!　What are you talking about!　That can't be a training exercise, can it?
'No, so that's not...'

　In truth, neither Tesfia nor Alice know the truth about this training. Loki said it's a secret technique, but it's hard to realize how effective it is. That's why I couldn't say it back well. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most of it.
　For the first time, what I can say is that I can remember a little relief - to the seriousness that was false. However, I also felt a definite change. It felt as if a haze had cleared deep in his consciousness, and it was clearer.

　Perhaps the same should be true for Alice, who remained seated. Never in the past had she felt life and death as much as she had in the past.
　I can see it now, but in the extracurriculars of my freshman year, I clung to life, and it seemed to me that I was somehow numb to the idea of death.

　I guess that's why the two of them were able to face those fundamental fears now. The view was clear, as if a filter had been removed from their vision for a little while.
　The breaths they emit, their breaths, the movement of every muscle in their bodies, the circulation of blood and the flow of magical power. Such commonplace things that should be overlooked were now perceptible to his keen nerves. It was difficult to describe this in words.


　The main passed Tesfia and walked to a position that hid it just behind his back, and sharply bumped his gaze to Ars.

'Are you saying that's the training that the first rank, the one who is considered the pinnacle of magicians, does? To me, it looked like you were just teasing your seniors.
You're teasing me. Well, you're not wrong.

　The main gaze became even steeper at the way he said it, and his clenched fist continued to put more force into it.
　Behind him, Tesfia said, "Another way to say it! And so on.

　However, even this irregularity is not much of a problem for Loki as he continues to walk towards Alice. It's hard to say that he's at peace inside when he's firmly listening to you.

''Don't be silly!　One wrong move and even my senior wouldn't have been able to get away with this.
Maybe....
"--Huh!　Don't put your seniors in harm's way with your daoism!

　Seeing the color of the eyes he'd seen one day gave Ars a headache, but he also listened to the words he couldn't miss. If he had heard this when he entered the school, he would have been able to tap the boy on the shoulder with pleasure.
　But now.........

''Maine!
--!

　It was Tesfia who strained her voice. But her words seemed to come a little too late.
　For a moment, Ars was transfixed. A figure moved in an instant to the front of his eyes, and with the momentum of the figure, he struck the boy hard on the side with his fist.
　The boy, who had been punched so hard, rolled unceremoniously on the ground and came to a stop with a cloud of dust. Dumbfounded, he quickly raised his body and turned his attention to the position he had been in.

　There was a silver-haired girl with a small fist drawn out.
　Ars wanted to answer her with a normal dialogue. It was not an answer to the boy, but to himself. Now, the answer and also the answer was blown away somewhere else.

　It seems that because of the extent of the fist clad in magic power, even if the replacement setting is low, it was converted to a headache.
　This may no longer be enough to lightly mock it. I don't want to think that this is also going to be called out by the chancellor as a struggle.

　Ars's headache was not due to replacement, but definitely due to mental damage from worry.