Chapter 82 - Darkness and Sword King Festival [13] (1/2)

82. Darkness and Sword King Festival [13]

I gained a spectacular victory in the first battle, and dragged my heavy body down the stage.

And then,

「A-Amazing, Allen-kun! I never thought you’d beat that『Prodigy』Idol Luxmaria!」

「Way to go! You’re pretty much on par with us!」

「Lilim, no matter how you look at it, he’s better than us though…」

The excited president and senpais quickly came running to me.

「Thank you very much. It was a tough fight, but I somehow managed to win.」

When the four of us were having such a conversation, the president put her hand to her mouth as though remembering something.

「Ah, sorry… Your treatment comes first before talking.」

When she turned towards the infirmary,

「…No, there is no need for that though.」

Lilim-senpai said, looking at my body.

「Both of you, take a good look at Allen’s body. The wound is already healing.」

「「「Eh?」」」

The three of us raised our voices at the same time.

「What… on earth?!」

「I-It has already started to heal?!」Ferris-senpai said.

「Oh, it really has…」

The deep sword wound that should have been on my chest was almost completely healed.

Even the bleeding had stopped completely. It looked like a wound that was sustained a few days ago.

「A-Allen-kun… Are you really human?」

「This resilience and that physical ability, that’s completely not human, no?」

「It‘s at the level where it would make more sense if you said『inhuman』though…」

「A-Ahaha… Please stop with the jokes. No matter how you look at me, I’m just a normal human.」

When I smiled bitterly saying so,

「Mumumu… Even so, you have a good body after all…」

「Let’s see! These muscles have good elasticity! You’ve trained it well!」

「It’s feels so good to touch though.」

The president and senpais ran their slender fingers on my pectoral muscles and abs.

「S-Senpai… It’s ticklish!」

As I was enduring the ticklish feeling,

「Now that the grand Vanguard battle has come to an end, let’s move on to the Second battle!」

Idol-san was taken to the infirmary, and the commentator resumed the Sword King Festival in a loud voice.

At the same time, the audience, who warmed up in the previous battle, boiled with excitement.

「Yoshi – I’m next! I definitely won’t waste this winning flow that Allen-kun created!」

「Good luck, Lilim-senpai!」

「Lilim, I won’t accept it if you lose!」

「You have a serious responsibility though…」

Cheered on by us,

「Fufu… Aa, leave it to me!」

She gave us a thumbs up and went up to the Second battle in high spirits.

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After that, in both the successive Second and Center battles…

Lilim-senpai and Ferris-senpai were defeated.

White Lily Academy line-up was solid, and the swordsmen entrusted with the Second and Center position, were absurdly skilled.

Then, the Vice-General battle began.

The president, without putting the『Arcstria』name to shame, won splendidly with a magnificent battle.

The results were two wins and two losses.

The outcome of the match was carried forward to the General battle.

However,

(Is this as far as we go?)

The crucial『General』- Sebas Chandler-san, vice president of the student council, was not here.

Sebas-san had left for the Holy Ronelia Empire and was missing.

So we had to settle the match at all costs before we got into the General battle.

「Now then, from now on it will be – Thousand Blade Academy vs. White Lily Academy『General Battle』!」

The commentator declared the opening of the General battle.

「General of Thousand Blade Academy – Sebas Chandler! According to the information at hand – contestant Sebas is the vice president of the student council of Thousand Blade Academy! In addition, it is said that his ability exceeds Sie Arcstria who displayed a magnificent battle earlier!」

Sebas-san’s introduction was read out.

Of course, there was no one to go up to the stage.

An indescribable silence enveloped the venue.

「……Oh? Contestant Sebas Chandler! Please go up to the stage!」

The commentator made the announcement again, but the loud voice simply echoed.

「P-President… This is already…」

「Yeah, we have no choice but to withdraw…」

The moment the president called out to the Sword King Festival Executive Committee on behalf of Thousand Blade Academy – a small jet passed high above the stage.

「U…OOOOOHHHH!」

A man in tattered clothes fell from the sky at tremendous speed.

(Wha!? H-He threw himself off!? He won’t survive that height!)

Pulled down by gravity, he was falling faster every passing moment.

「Ga, ha…!」

The mysterious man fell directly onto the stone paving, and a huge crater was formed in the center of the stage.

The sudden situation plunged the venue into silence.

And then,

「…Fuu, that was close. The parachute didn’t open. I almost got hurt…」

The mysterious man stood up as if nothing had happened and dusted off his clothes.

(W-What a crazy guy!)

He fell from a height of several hundred meters – unharmed.

That tenacity reminded me of Leia-sensei and No.18-san back at the summer training camp.

As I was staring at his body, my eyes widened in shock.

(That black cloak! Is he from the Black Organization?!)