95 Thirteen, attributeless magic. (1/2)

When the unannounced test was over and Ms. Herondas had gone missing: .......

The female teacher who was to be in charge of our magic instead of Mr. Herondas had introduced herself.

It's nice to meet you ...... no, you guys are different. It's a test. Allow me to introduce myself again, my name is Rees' Finissey. I spent the year before last studying magic at the school. I'm pretty sure I know more about magic than anyone else, so feel free to ask me anything.

Mr. Rees has long blonde hair and a slender body that looks good with a smile.

She's the kind of teacher you can't help but cheer up when you see a student who's feeling down.

I thought about this the other day when I was watching her.

”Now, let's go back to work as usual.

At the teacher's command, everyone started to move towards the target.

I'm going to practice my attributeless magic, away from the others.

I'm just practicing some light hand-to-hand combat using helmsman and non-attribute magic.

''Master ......''

Hmm?　What's the matter?

As usual, as I moved to practice at the edge of the training grounds, I heard Hermann's voice behind me.

When I turned around, Hermann had stopped for some reason with a dark look on his face.

'Don't you think Master should practice using targets too?　Since you have the ability to use magic, you can practice your own magic without having to deal with me.

Huh?　Is that what you've been worrying about?

'What?　I don't like it . It's more useful and fun to practice unattributed magic with Hermann.

'Yeah, right: ......'

After I rejected him so bluntly, Hermann was at a loss for an answer, as if his reaction wasn't what he'd expected.

All right, I'll give you some more details.

I wasn't practicing with Hermann because I felt sorry for him, you know?　The only person who can practice my unattributed magic is Hermann, so I'm just asking him to do it for me.

Master: ”Master ......

I guess he was convinced by my answer, but Hermann was getting teary-eyed.

Come on, man, don't cry.

Come on, let's practice. Come on, let's go ahead and give it your all, like you always do.

'Yes!　I'll do my best, even more than usual!

Herman wiped his eyes with his hand and flew at me with a powerful right fist.

I dodged it cleanly.

Herman, knowing he could avoid me, quickly threw his left fist and kicked, firing off a series of fists at full speed as he approached.

When I couldn't avoid him anymore, he stepped back a little, and threw a kick.

'Oh!'　That was a close one.

He spoke to Hermann, keeping his distance as he managed to dodge Hermann's kicks with a thrashing motion.

Hermann, on the other hand, was on his knees, breathing on his knees, as if his breath was running out .

Ha, ha, ha, ha ...... but I still couldn't guess. Next time, I hope to be able to at least snatch it.

I can do that. If you had one more attack on me, I'm sure it would have hit you.

If another kick or something else had come to that one, I probably wouldn't have been able to avoid it. .......

'I can't hold my breath. ...... I'm at my limit with that last kick.

So we need to practice more.

It's just a matter of practice. But how do we avoid Hermann when he's faster?

Maybe one day you'll have to use non-attribute magic at all costs: ......?

Yes, I'll do my best.

All right, I'm going to attack now. Let's go!

How many times can we avoid it today?

Hey!　You guys!

To wit: ...... Yes?

Just as I was about to put up a fight to set up Hermann, I was pinned down by a voice that called out to me.

It was the teacher.

'What are you doing?'

''What do you mean ...... practice unattributed magic?''

I've got a bit of fighting practice in there too, but .......

'Unattributed magic ...... unattributed magic!

The doctor looked surprised.

'Yes, you do?'