Despite the white bison fiasco, it was a peaceful time in the village.
　As for me, I hate boredom, but peace is not a bad thing.
　Long live peace.

　I'm a pacifist, despite my appearance. You won't believe me, but.....

"Well, I'm going to go out for fun today.
Hmm. It looks like a girl about your age, Cyril, has just moved in. You should be his friend.

　Despite this exchange, I was about to leave the house today and head into the forest.

''Hey, defective magic!''

　........Oh, this guy again.
　When I turned towards the direction of the voice, Cyril approached me shamelessly, holding a wooden sword in both hands.

''What's the matter?　Do you want me to show you the magic of defective magic again?
What are you talking about?　The last one was ... well ... just ... a fluke, right?

　You're the one who said that.
　You're not going to be able to activate it on a whim.
　You have to set up a magic formula exactly and then pour the magic into it.
　I'm sure Cyril is a wizard too, so he knows how to do that.

Then what the f*ck do you want from me?
Today I'm going to challenge you to a duel!

　And Cyril held out a single wooden sword with a gui.

'Duel?'
'Oh!　It's not like before, because whimsy could happen to you. I'll show you how strong I am in a one-on-one fight!

　Cyril's expression is confident as he says that.

　A wooden sword.........
　I took it from Cyril.
　It's been a long time since I've held something like this.

　Oh well, it's good.
　It must be good exercise.

Okay. What are the rules?
Until one of us gives up!

　Another sketchy rule.

　We then headed to the village square.

"Master Cyril?　What the hell are you going to do about it?

　When I got there, I saw Cyril's cronies that were there before.

"We're going to fight this guy. Just in time. You'll be my witness.
But... this guy killed a monster that big in the past.
'What?　Am I going to lose to this guy?
But....
'And the last one was just a fluke!　There's no way I'm going to lose to this guy!

　Cyril continues to be irreverent.
　I don't admire him for making himself look bigger than he needs to be.

''Hey, hey, let's get on with it.
I know!

　And we faced each other at a certain distance.

'Heh, it's no fun to surrender so soon. Let me have a little fun with you.
Me?　You?

　That's a line over here.

"Well, are we allowed to use magic?
'Of course!　I'm a wizard by trade!　Though ... there's no way I could lose to you in swordplay.

　It's good to see if you can use magic it's good to see that.
　Plus, we can see the swordplay of this era, and it looks like we're going to have quite a meaningful time.
　Or rather, I need you to become so.

''Then--let's get started!

　The signal to begin was released from Cyril's mouth.

　Well let's see what Cyril has in store for us.

'Let's go. Woooooooooooo!

　Cyril raised his wooden sword and attacked me.
　Seeing that, I'm astonished.


　--Without using any body-enhancing magic, you're calling it a suicide attack?


　This is impossible.
　I'm sure it's not surprising that he's a wizard in his own right, so it's normal to have a physical enhancement or two on top of that.
　It's just a matter of time before they foolishly go into it.

　It's a good idea to be careful.
　With that in mind, I activated Quick Move and Eyesight in duplicate while holding my wooden sword.
　Quick Move is a magic that makes its own movements faster. Eyesight is a spell that makes it easier to see the opponent's movements.

''Whoa!　........Huh?

　When he swung his wooden sword down.
　I had already come around behind Cyril.

'What's up?'　Is that what you're serious about?
What...

　When I tapped him on the shoulder, Cyril turned around with a jolt.

'What the hell did you do?
What are you talking about? You just piled on a couple of body-strengthening spells, didn't you?
Body ... enhancement?　What are you talking about? I've never heard of such magic. And there's no way you can use two different types of magic at once!

　You've never heard of body-enhancing magic?

　And it's only two at the same time, so why am I surprised?
　It's a good thing that I'm not the only one.
　I'm not sure if this is the "common sense" of this world.

I'm not sure if it's a good idea.　As usual, I don't understand what you're doing!

　As I was stunned, Cyril back stepped and kept his distance.

'I was going to show you my swordsmanship too, but I changed my mind!　I'm going to kill you with magic!

　As expected, Cyril threw the wooden sword on the ground.

''Hey hey, why are you letting go of the wooden sword?''
'It's a distraction!　You don't need to be holding a wooden sword to use magic, do you?

　Cyril looks annoyed.

　Could it be - is this world declining in swordsmanship as well?
　In my time, it was common to combine swordsmanship and magic.
　No matter how distracting it was, it was only reckless to let go of the sword in the middle of a fight.

''Let's go!　Gather round these hands, and let the flames--

　--slow.
　If I had time to mumble and mutter like that, I should just release my magic quickly.

　I made my Quick Move magic even stronger and ran to Cyril.
　It wouldn't take me more than 0.0001 seconds to reach him.

　I continued to draw my sword with a tenth of my strength.
　Cyril is a wizard too.
　I'm sure he's developing a defensive magic or two.

　The sword I drew out was a direct hit to Cyril and--

''Gubboo!

　He was blown backwards.

'Huh?'

　I was so surprised that I couldn't help but gasp.

　He hadn't deployed defensive magic?

Hey, Cyril.
..........

　I shook Cyril on the ground, but he didn't answer.
　Apparently, he's fainted.
　He's a guy who faints a lot.

　From the looks of it, it looks fine, but let's cast a recovery spell just in case.

''Cyril-sama!　Are you okay!
I couldn't see the faulty magic in action...

　A group of cronies come running up to Cyril.
　I scratch my head and watch them.

　Even so, it helped that my strength was still no better than it was in my previous life.
　No matter how much of a tenth of my strength, if I had swung a wooden sword at a person who hadn't deployed defensive magic, I would have crushed every bone in my body.

　This is also because I'm still a 'child'.
　Children are the best!