Chapter 11.1 - Thousand Blade Academy and the Big Five Holy Festival [1] – part 1 (1/2)

11. Thousand Blade Academy and the Big Five Holy Festival [1] – part 1

As I safely repelled the trio, I looked back at my classmates who were quietly watching the battle,

「A-Amazing, Allen!」

「How did you do that last invisible slash! Teach me next time!」

「No, aren’t you more eager to know about the first eight consecutive strikes !? It was too fast to see the swing of the sword!」

「At any rate, this guy is an amazing swordsman!」

「A perfect victory against those three… that is incredible. Congratulations!」

Applause and praise showered me.

「Eh, ah… th-thanks…」

I, who have no experience of being warmly hailed by my classmates, confusedly bowed for the time being.

As I did,

「Good job, Allen!」

「How did you perform that last technique…!?」

Ria and Rose-san ran over to me.

「Thank you, Ria. Err… by the last technique, you mean Hazy Moon?」

When I asked to confirm with Rose-san, she nodded many times over.

「Right, no one except Ria has seen it.」

Then I explained the structure of Hazy Moon in simple terms.

Rose-san listened to it in a deeply interested manner.

「-so, Hazy Moon is an installation-type slash.」

「I see… that was really interesting. Thank you.」

She smiled sweetly with a slightly pleasant look.

「Hmm, but I still think that technique is unfair…」

Ria, who was quietly listening to the explanation beside us, muttered dissatisfied with her arms folded.

Perhaps reminded that she was also defeated in the same manner yesterday.

「I see?」

I personally can find out where the slash is installed by looking closely, and in the first place, distracting the enemy before installing the slash requires too much effort, thus, it is a technique with too many flaws……

Well, each person has their own opinion, so I didn’t expand too much on it..

And while we three were talking happily,

「Uh…」

「I… uh…」

「Wha…」

The defeated trio start to come to their senses.

(So they can already move again…)

As expected of students of Thousand Blade Academy.

In addition to polished swordsmanship, their bodies seem to be well trained too.

「Uhh… are you alright?」

It felt uneasy to simply stand there and watch, so I held out my hand to one of the trio.

And he gave me a sharp look,

「…sorry」

He grabbed my hand firmly and stood up while staggering a little.

The other two somehow managed to stand up on their own – the three gathered and stood in front of me.