"Game over!　"Kurt the Victim...

　When the sound of the live feed echoed and the referees approached me to raise my hand.

Wait. It's not over yet.

　I controlled it with my voice and my hands.

'Guhhhhh!'

　Horace's voice ripped through the air.
　An evil black air rushed from that thing.
　Eventually, Horace stopped screaming and fell face first to the ground again.

'Kurt, what the hell happened...'
Lara, don't get too close.

　I also make Lara stop her from coming onto the stage.

'The axe...?'

　Horace stopped moving slightly as he fell to the ground, but the axe spilled out of his hand and floated up into the air all by itself.

　The axe was cloaked in black air.
　The axe wobbles as if searching for its prey.

　And then it found me.....

"Kurt, that's dangerous!

　Lara's voice echoed through the hall.

　The axe out of Horace's hand moved like a demon and came at me.

'Quite an interesting imitation, isn't it?'

　I catch the axe with my wooden sword.
　A spit fight ensues and the axe pushes towards me.
　Hmm, the force itself isn't much, though. As expected, it's too much of a hassle to just use the wooden sword to outrun it, and above all, it's pointless.

　I retreat and get the wooden sword up on the ground.

Come to me. Demon sword.

　After saying this, he made the magic sword manifest in his hand.

It's a good thing that you're so rigid. In any case, they're not my enemy.

　The axe was moving against Horace's will.
　It was possible that he was controlling the axe with magic, but Horace was certainly unconscious, and the axe seemed to be moving with an independent will.
　As I was calmly observing, the giant axe (Kyopu) didn't frighten me and moved straight ahead once more.
　I was careful not to cut it, and used my magic sword to kill the axe's onslaught, being careful not to let it get away.

　His movements are more refined and, above all, faster than when Horace was in control.
　One swing of the axe was also one that cut through the air and created a faint shockwave around me.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make sure that you don't harm your surroundings by deploying your wardrobe magic and then ducking the axe's attack as you walk around the stage.


'Ah, that boy!　You're getting pushed!
I don't know what's going on here, but if that boy gets hit, we're in big trouble, aren't we?
Run, run!


　The confusion slowly spread as I looked towards the audience.

''That's out of mind, though,''

　I couldn't help but let my voice escape from my mouth as I analyzed the chi that the axe was cloaked in.


''I didn't know they thought I was struggling to this degree.


　That's enough.
　I've analyzed the evil that the axe has put on me.
　Let's get this over with.

　The axe is like a shot in the dark, and it swung wide and flashed at me.
　As it did so, a shock wave of wind pressure was transmitted around me.

　But.

"Not even I would allow that to happen.

　The attacker's axe was flashed in the opposite direction.
　The giant axe was broken in half by the demon sword, and the chi it was wearing was also cut in half.
　The axe fell to the ground and didn't move.

''Mm, I knew it was that bad.
Kurt!

　I saw that the fight was over.
　Lara came on stage for the first time and approached me.

'Kurt, what the hell was that all about?　Is that holess human magic?　or something like that, or maybe he was manipulating an axe?　For that, Horace, I don't feel any magic from people.
'Not so. The axe ... no, Horace himself had magical powers in him.
'Magical'?

　Lara nodded her head cutely.
　So the concept of magical energy is not common in this era.

　I look at the fallen Horace and continue.

It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on it. It can take on the form of a demon in itself and move around, or it can take on people and objects and lash out. In the beginning, Horace was possessed by these demons.

　From the beginning, Horace had been too belligerent. Even after the fight was over, he tried to nip Lara in the face with an attack.
　
　This was due to the negative emotions within Horace's mind being amplified in response to the demonic spirit taking over.

The host, Horace, has been killed and the magical energy must have been transferred to the axe. And then it attacked me.
Oh, yeah...

　Lara was surprised.

　Even as she was doing this, the surroundings were in an uproar, and the management of the Demon Sword Tournament seemed to be looking left and right, not knowing how to deal with it.

''But now, that's a relief, right? Because Kurt has beaten the evil spirits.
'No my reading is that the magic is still there.
What?

　Hearing this, an alarmed Lara immediately tried to deploy her magic.

''Don't worry, they're not nearby.
Well, that's a lot of work!　If the magic takes over something or materializes...
Yeah, it's not going to be a school festival, is it?

　It was hard to find such strong demonic thoughts even a thousand years ago.
　It seems that this evil thought contains a lot of negative emotions.
　After analyzing it, I found out that it contained 'jealousy' and 'destructive impulses'. Moreover, they must have been mixed together for a long time and matured to become something powerful.

　As I continue.

Hmm?　But do you mean that magic is someone's emotion?　Someone was extremely jealous, and it turned into a spell.........

　And Lara questions.
　Hmm, after all, Lara is sharp in these situations.

'Lara, you're right. Perhaps you're right.
'But what kind of magic is that strong?　I wonder who the 'thought' was held by who?
It's not a sure thing.

　The spell was generated on the Culture Day. I hadn't felt anything until yesterday.
　And even more old and strong thoughts... from this kind of thing, I had drawn a possibility.

　I looked up at the sky and continued to say these words.

''It's the magic of the Foolish King Aurelian.