Yeah, they've won it all...

　Lyna's voice quivered.
　So did the other students.
　Soon, the trembling was felt all over her body.

　She opened her mouth wide and began to wiggle her body.

　She began to laugh.

''Hahahahahahaha........ What's the point of winning it all. Do you know your position?

　Yeah?
　Do I sound that weird?

Aren't you a [villager]?　A guy like that is going to win it all?　What kind of a joke is this? I can't help but laugh in disgust.

　The same goes for the other students.
　Iolada's mouth relaxes as she looks at me a little sympathetically, too.

　But I laughed, and so did I.

'You can let your guard down, fine. That way, the odds of winning will be higher. In the first place, you're the one who brought a joint fight to the school that that [villager] is representing, right?

What--!

Do your best not to let this [villager] get in your way.

　He spun around.
　He looked at Sheila's face, who was standing behind him.
　Her white skin was red and she was staring at Lyna.
　Muffled and puffed out her cheeks.
　I felt bad for Sheila, but I thought it was kind of cute.

'Sheila, let's go.'

Are you sure you want to do this, my brother?

You'll find out tomorrow, like it or not.

　I held out my hand.
　Sheila took my brother's hand, a little confused.
　As it was, she escorted her sister out of the room.

'Hey!'　Vael!　Are you okay?　I represent your place!

　Lyna bit into Vael.
　She stared at the Chairman's icy eyes from a low position.
　In response to the spirited gaze, Vael plainly dodged with his eyelids down.
　Eventually, a cruel smile appeared on his face.

'Hey what?'

　He looked like a fool.
　Buzzy Lyna's mouth twitched.

'I'm sorry. I just thought I'd miss it.'

Nostalgic...?

I had a similar reaction to Lyna when I first met Lacelle.

Well, of course he does. He's a villager. I'm still afraid that the threat is against Vael...

Maybe it's half true.

'Huh...'

We're under threat, Lyna.


　To the absolute strength of Lacelle Singh Stark.........



　◆◇◆◆◆


　Just as Chairman Vael had met his childhood friend, my siblings and I were reuniting with someone we had missed.

'It's been a long time, Sheila. And Lasel Singh Stark.

　He is a young man with pure white hair and round glasses.
　His back is slightly rounded, and his dim black trichrome eyes glow from behind his glasses.

　Fambro Girel Marcal.
　He is a third year student at the Senior School of the Military Academy of the Kingdom of Vila Amst.
　At the age of fourteen, he is known as "The Strategist" and has been awarded the rank of Viscount.

　He's a student of the military academy we fought for in the national election.
　And he is Sheila's senior.

　But the clothes you are wearing are not from a military school.
　The design is the same as the uniform I wear.
　But the color is different.
　It's yellow.

　It was from the fourth branch - the Adventurer's School of the Sow Trading States.

　I've been curious about it since the rules were explained to me.
　I didn't expect Fanbro to be attending the Adventurer's School of the Sou Merchant State....

''It's in the form of a study abroad program due to his knighthood, though. But to think that I would be fighting you guys again in this way?　Of course, Sarasa Vogarde is here too, right?

You know what I mean, Fangbro. With your eyes."

　Fanbro's eyes glow with a blinding light.
　It seems that he activated his signature 【Future Vision】.
　Nii, and an ugly smile appeared on her face.

You don't know what kind of humiliation he put me through...

　As for Fambro, I heard about him through the grapevine, too.
　After being beaten by Salasa, Fambro was carried to the medical center.
　The wound was swollen to the size of his fist.
　He was then hospitalized for about five days.

　He painfully returned to military school, but he was in a big hurry to get back to work on Sheila.
　Whenever he met his fellow students, they would laugh at him just for looking at him.

　That didn't lead to severe bullying, he says, but it hurt Fangbro's pride so badly that he decided to study abroad in the Sow Trading States.

'I'm going to remind that woman of that. Of course I'm living with my brother(s) in plain sight, I'm living with my brother(s) in plain sight, you too!

　He also takes his anger out on Sheila.
　I'm not afraid of recrimination.
　My sister was one of you, you know.

　Declaring unilaterally, Fambro turned his back to her.
　He walked towards the exit.


　◆ ◆ ◆ ◆


　Finally, the first day of the Kowloon Cup.
　The party game begins.
　An outdoor amphitheater that looks as if it has been cut out of a circle.
　The spectator seats are lined up around it with [Warding] stretched out.
　As the crowd cheers, they applaud the students who have appeared.
　It's super packed.

''Wow. I'm getting kind of nervous.''

　Cecil rubbed his own two arms.
　The climate wasn't cold, but rather hot.
　And yet, he had goosebumps.
　Even Cecil, who is strong in actual battle, seems to be unusually nervous.

　Both Salasa and Rowan's expressions are a little stiff.
　The loudest cheers should have been given during the national election.
　But the atmosphere at the Kowloon Cup was different again.

　The opponent in the first round was the third branch - the Senedina Spirit Kingdom.
　A forest kingdom inhabited by many elves.
　In terms of magic technology, it is a country that competes for the first or second place even in Galveer, and it is a country that is particularly dedicated to the study of spirit magic.

　Naturally, the opponents are all elves.
　It's also 【Mages(Wizard)】.
　They probably intend to annihilate it all at once from a long-range attack.

''In the last tournament, they're a powerhouse that came in third place after eliminating the fifth branch.

You don't just get lucky with a guy like that.

　Cecil scratched his red hair at Sheila's explanation.

　Then I took a step forward.

'I'll take the first round by myself,'

'What?　Brother.

Lacelle?

I'm sorry. Racel. I didn't mean to be a jerk.

　Cecil hurriedly tried to correct his earlier weak words.
　But I only moved my head and smiled at my companion.

''It's not like that. If possible, I'd like to keep your abilities under wraps until the final.''

'In that sense, it's better to keep your powers under wraps, Racel.

Rowan has a point. --"Rowan's right," he said, "but it seems that people here are very skeptical of my abilities. I appreciate the insult, but I don't like having to make trivial claims later.

　If I had known, I would have been serious from the beginning.

　It's an excuse often barked at by the weak.
　An excuse is an excuse........
　It's not nice to be called that, even though you've never won by putting your mind to it.

　So why don't we just say hello first so that you can show your true colors?

　That's just what I thought.

''Hajime!

　It has finally begun.
　At the moment, the third branch kneaded the magic power.
　The amount of magic power, the amount of output, and the wavelength.
　Probably, but it's an intermediate scale magic of the wind genus system.
　As expected, they seem to annihilate it from a long distance at once.

　[Bakke-Breeze Splitting Formation]

　Activate the magic.

　It's brilliant.

　But it's too late.
　Your magic activation was too slow...

"We've activated six layers of advanced magic!


　[Long Emperor's Great Fire]
　[Long Emperor's Great Fire]
　[Long Emperor's Great Fire]
　[Long Emperor's Great Fire]
　[Long Emperor's Great Fire]
　[Long Emperor's Great Fire]


　Flames like a dragon's flaming breath leap out from around me.
　Six red lights flashed and struck the third branch.
　The intense flames pierced even the magically made blast.
　As it stabbed further into the ground, a huge explosion occurred.

　

　Along with the smoke, sand rolled up.
　It filled the dome-shaped [ward].

　The auditorium goes silent.
　This is despite the fact that they were making so much noise.
　The sixfold activation of advanced magic.
　The audience must have felt as if their cheeks had been lidded by that fact.

　The smoke cleared up next.
　A student from the third branch had fallen.
　His eyes rolled up and he was passed out, but he was almost unharmed.

　By all accounts, the winner was clear.

'We have a winner!　Winner Chapter 5 ooohhhhhh!

　The winner comes forward.


　Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!


　The crowd, which had been quiet as if it had been hit by water, stood up in full force and cheered.