Chapter 83 - Darkness and Sword King Festival [14] (1/2)

83. Darkness and Sword King Festival [14]

As soon as we met, I was called『inhuman』and『monster』. So I decided to introduce myself for the time being.

It’s not too late to clear up the strange misunderstandings.

「Uh… Sebas Chandler-san, right? Nice to meet you, I’m a first-year student.」

When I called out to him,

「Thousand Blade Academy vs. White Lily Academy – It was Thousand Blade Academy that won the fierce match between the two『Five Academy』! Is this finally the year, where the Old King resurrects!!!?」

The commentator declared the victory of Thousand Blade Academy loudly.

Right after that.

「I never thought they’d beat White Lily Academy. This year’s Thousand Blade Academy is different!」

「Allen Rodore, Sie Arcstria, and Sebas Chandler! Their names are worth remembering!」

「That『First-Year of Darkness』was especially terrific! Who would’ve imagined that『Prodigy』would lose!?」

The audience’s cheers and encouragement showered on us.

「Fufufu! We’re amazing, right!」

「No, Lilim… both of us lost though…」

As Lilim-senpai puffed her chest with pride, Ferris-senpai retorted.

Looking at such a normal scene, I chuckled involuntarily.

「-We found you, Sebas Chandler!」

A deep, rough voice echoed, and more than 30 Senior Holy Knights pushed into the venue all at once.

「Don’t move!」

「Sebas Chandler, you are charged with a great number of assaults. We’d like you to come to the Holy Knights Association.」

「If you resist, we’ll have to take you by force!」

All of them have already brought out their soul dress, and they assumed an attack stance so they could rush him immediately if he resisted.

As the venue became noisy by the sudden situation,

「Haa… You guys are really persistent.」

Sebas-san sighed, shrugging his shoulders.

Apparently, he knew why they were here.

And then,

「Mou… Sebas, what the hell did you do this time?」

The president did not look particularly surprised, and asked so exasperatedly.

「No, for some reason, border security was unusually tight, so I broke through in a slightly rough manner. And I couldn’t really explain my situation either…」

The Holy Ronelia Empire is a country that is prohibited from travel.

There is no way the Holy Knights would let him get away easily with a flimsy reason as『To go pick a blood diamond due to a punishment game』.

(Even so… He really isn’t lucky.)

It was only recently that border security had become stricter.

Arcstria House have just recently revised and strengthened their security network due to the invasion of the Black Organization – Zack Bomber and Thor Sammons.

「Haa… Sebas, go to the Holy Knights Association before the problem gets bigger. I’ll pick you up later. Be quiet until then, okay?」

「Understood! Oi, you guys better be thankful to the president. Because of her mercy, you were able to escape from getting hurt.」

Even with this number of Senior Holy Knights, Sebas-san spoke with confidence.

(Wow, he has some nerve…)

Perhaps he has the confidence that he can win against all of them.

However, the president lifted an eyebrow towards Sebas-san’s haughty attitude.

「……Sebas? I said, be quiet, right?」

「Y-Yes!」

Sebas-san, in accordance with the president’s order, was taken away by the Senior Holy Knights.

(Fuu, what kind of relationship do they have?)

I was a little interested, but… let’s ask that another time.

In any case, we won the fierce battle with the excellent White Lily Academy, and returned to the special viewing seat of Thousand Blade Academy.

When I sat down in my seat and finally calmed down,

「…Nee, Allen-kun. Will you be alright in the next fight?」

The president asked hesitantly.

「Well… If my opponent is not at Idol-san’s level, there’s no big problem.」

In the fight with her, I should have consumed all my spiritual power, but…

For some reason, my condition was in a perfect form like never before.

The wound in my chest was completely healed now. Unusual vitality filled my body to the brim from head to toe.

(I wonder what on earth is this?)

It was a strange feeling. Like something other than spiritual power was coursing through my body.

But this is not the first time.

I’ve experienced this feeling once before.

(If I remember correctly, it was around the time when I was fighting against the president in the Club Budget War…)

When I was vacantly thinking back on those old days,

「I-I see… You can still fight even after all that.」

The president smiled bitterly.

「-What about Lilim and Ferris?」

「Ah… I’m sorry. It’ll be a little tough.」

「I’m sorry, but it’s the same for me. My spiritual power is completely empty though…」

The two of them had sad looks and shook their heads quietly.

「I see, it’s the same for me. I overdid it in the Vice General battle a while ago, so I can’t even afford to bring out my soul dress anymore.」

The president, Lilim-senpai, and Ferris-senpai – were totally exhausted.

Sebas-san was taken away by the Senior Holy Knights in the previous incident. So he was absent.

-To be honest, there was no other way out of this situation.

「Fuu… I am afraid we will have to withdraw this time.」

The president heaved a large sigh and made the decision.

「I… see…」

It’s a little unfortunate, but it can no longer be helped.

The match between swordsmen is a serious battle.

If they forcibly fought in a wounded state as they are now, the president and senpais might suffer serious injuries.

In times like this, you should not overdo it, rest the body, and aim for the next opportunity.

「I am sorry, Allen-kun. We senpais are holding you back…」

「I’m sorry, Allen-kun. Today, I was fully made realise that I lack training.」

「……I’m a little sorry too, though.」

The president, Lilim-senpai, and Ferris-senpai apologised.

I bowed my head to the three senpais.

「P-Please don’t worry. Now that I think about it, I’m feeling a little tired, too. So it was just the right decision.」

I told a small lie so as not to hurt the president and senpais’ feelings.

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After withdrawing from the semi-finals, our final placement was fourth place.

We can’t participate in the finals tomorrow, but…