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Chapter 35: Test Ends

“I’m not sure if I’m worthy of your attention. But if you keep looking up ────, you’ll be scooped up soon.”

With a wry smile, I activated the magic circle that had been deployed at ──── Nigel-sensei’s feet.

That magic circle, which was built so as not to get caught while fighting him, was the “trump card for victory”.

The magic circle, drawn with lines as thin as a hair, was tinged with a large amount of magic power, and it appeared.

It was less than two seconds before the time-freezing magic, which was a combination of freezing magic and time magic, was activated.

“… !!”

For the first time, the beautiful blonde man looked down at his feet with a rushed reaction.

“Chi!”

──── He held his wooden sword with both hands.

I opened my eyes to see what he intended to do with a single stick, he turns the tip of the sword straight down and swung it as it was.

And ──── the magic circle, just before the activation, was chopped up with the floor.

“What …!? With just a wooden sword …!?”

In front of me, who screamed involuntarily, there was a chopped floor and a magic circle that was destroyed just before it could activate.

The lines of the magic circle that had been cut before activation gradually became thinner and disappeared like smoke.

The magic circle that I had worked so hard to create was destroyed in mid-stride, and I couldn’t beleive it.

It’s hard enough to cut up a magic circle with a wooden sword but how did he do it without using magic?

I don’t think that wooden sword has the sharpness of a knife.

I smiled bitterly after I screamed dissatisfiedly and gave Nigel-sensei a sneak peek.

He pulled out the wooden sword that he had inserted into the floor and shrugged his shoulders awkwardly.

“It’s sword aura.”

With just those words, I could understand why the wooden sword chopped up the floor and the magic circle.At the same time, I gained some insight into Nigel-sensei’s ability and grumbled, “I can’t win.”

──── The Swordsmanship’s Aura is mainly used for strengthening the body and weapons with energy that comes from magic power mixed with the blood of the user.

It is said that the weapons strengthened by sword aura have overwhelming destructive power and hardness, harder than diamond or mithril.

Of course, that depends on the strength of the user. But there was enough power to turn a wooden sword into a serious weapon.

Sword Aura is dependent on natural talent, and very few people can use it. The ability itself is relatively simple, but its overwhelming power and the convenience of being able to activate it with no chanting is truly a threat.

No way, there was another person who could use the swordsmanship aura in this school besides His Highness Grayson.

I knew that His Highness Grayson had a swordsmanship aura because the condition to become a swordmaster in the Kingdom of Soleil was to “master the swordsmanship aura perfectly”, but Nigel-sensei didn’t say anything about it.

It’s completely unexpected.

“I built a magic circle by putting out a thread of magical power from the tip of my hair so that sensei wouldn’t catch on. I thought it would definitely work, but … I can’t help it if it didn’t work. I admit my loss.”

With a pissed-off expression on my face, I honestly admit defeat.

It’s is a very shameful story, but now that my trump card for victory has been defeated, there was no chance for me to win. I had fought so hard without running away, but I ended up losing. Well, it was a good experience for me… No, it was still frustrating!

Next time, I’m going to make a magic circle to counteract the sword aura and challenge you to a match!

I’m sure I’ll win with it!

This is the first time I’ve lost a serious fight, and I’m desperately trying to bite down on my feelings of frustration.

It was an indoor battle, and there were people around, so I couldn’t fight with all my might… but I was serious.

I tried to defeat Nigel-sensei and lost.

I can make all kinds of excuses, like “I wasn’t in a situation to use advanced magic” or “I didn’t know about sword aura,” but I don’t want to do that.

Having learned through defeat that there is someone stronger, I bowed to bear the tears of regret.

“No, It was my loss when I used the sword aura. I was forced into a situation where I had to use my strongest techniques against a student.”

When I look up to catch the core tenor voice, my eyes meet those of the blonde beautiful man

.

His garnet eyes were so serious that he didn’t look like he was lying.

After lowering his gaze a little, as if ashamed of his immaturity, Nigel-sensei exhaled and walked towards me.

His lips were shaped in a gentle arc, and he quickly held out his hand to me.

“I’m Nigel Lemaire Carter. I am a seeker of strength and beauty.”

I slowly opened my mouth to Nigel-sensei, who was staring at me as if to say, “Now it’s your turn”.

“I’m Charlotte Luna Meyers from Class 1C, Year 1, and I’m on the Disciplinary Committee.”

“Miss Charlotte. I’ll remember that.”

Nigel-sensei smiles as he identifies me as an individual and says he’ll remember me, even though I was just a random person. I shook his hand, feeling a sense of déjà vu at his smile, which was very similar to Silas-sensei’s.

A slightly different feeling from friendship developed, and we recognized each other as rivals.

I simply wanted to become stronger.

“────Now that the martial arts test is over, let’s take a resolution on Miss Charlotte’s alleged cheating.”

Said Nigel-sensei looking around the teachers who had become completely transparent.

Despite a few problems, all eyes were on me as I demonstrated my overwhelming ability.

“Now then, those who still doubts Miss Charlotte’s ability, raise your hands.”

Some of the teachers flinched when the beautiful blonde-haired man hit the floor with the tip of his wooden sword, their gazes darting left and right as if lost, and they made eye contact with each other.

I guess the suspicions haven’t been cleared yet. Honestly, if you can’t do this, I’d like you to come back with some hard evidence of wrongdoing. There are limits to proving innocence. Well, I don’t think you’ll find any evidence, since there is no fraud in the first place.

“I’ll tell you what, if you suspect fraud, you’ll be asked to provide clear evidence and proof. I won’t allow you to suspect her just based on your one-sided assumption. I don’t want to let a powerful person who even made me use my sword aura rot for such reasons. If a rare genius is lost because of your ego, I will not be silent.”

Nigel-sensei, who squints his garnet eyes, just smiled gracefully.

To the threat of one who has a swordsmanship aura, the teachers shake their shoulders and nod.

“We don’t suspect any wrongdoing,” they assured him.

The exchange was more like a threat than a discussion but no one was brave enough to point that out.

When I was thinking vaguely that “Nigel-sensei is feared by the people around him,” I suddenly met eyes with the beautiful blonde man.

“Miss Charlotte, your innocence has been proven. I’m sorry for making you go through this tedious test. On behalf of all of us, I’d like to apologize. If any of the students have any doubts about your innocence, you are welcome to tell them what happened today. If necessary, we teachers will testify.”

“Yes, sir! Thank you……!”

I bowed my head deeply, and Nigel-sensei laughed and said, “No, no, no, no.”

The other teachers agreed with his words, perhaps feeling guilty for having suspected me of cheating.

Well, some of the teachers who still suspect me of cheating are a little unhappy about it.

At any rate, my suspicion of wrongdoing has been cleared.

Even if it was only on the surface.

But I don’t think it will ever be investigated as extensively as it was this time.

That was enough for now.

“So, as of this moment, the test of Miss Charlotte’s abilities and the investigation into her misconduct is concluded. ──── Dismissed!”

────Thus ended the noisy competency test in many ways, and I won the trust of the teachers.

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