Almark – Northern Sword, Southern Wand

When he got to the school building and broke up with Wendy, who started talking to Lilty, Almark found Nelson in the classroom and immediately called out.

Nelson, tell me something.

"Oh, what's wrong?"

Nelson smiles.

"This time, I'm going to play three sets in martial arts tournament....."

Almark sat down next to Nelson.

This is a girl's seat called Culime, but she hasn't come today.

"When you invited Morgan to practice, you named some tough opponents. I don't know them at all, so please tell me."

"Oh, I see. Fine."

Nelson nods and starts talking.

"First of all, the most important thing to watch out for is Koren. Excellent motor nerve, tall, long reach, probably the strongest of the three."

"That's Koren. I see."

"Then Eston and Polois. They're strong, too."

That name sounds familiar.

Almark clasped his mouth.

"That's it, I used to bully Norish."

"Oh, there they are."

Nelson nods with a bitter face.

"I don't know, they are. It's more torque than Almark had before."

You're a nobleman.

"Ah, all three of the people I just named are nobles. I don't even remember the last name of the nobleman."

That's what Nelson said and laughed.

"I used to be in the same class as Koren, and I knew he was a good guy because I played hide-and-seek with him a year ago. I've barely spoken properly with the other two."

"What a great attitude."

"Just talk to me for a second and I'll see. Anyway, these two aren't as tall as Koren, but they're big and powerful. He's a nobleman, so he's probably been trained a little bit since before he went to school."

"I see. Eston and Polois. I remember."

"Next thing I know, class councillor Lukes is pretty strong... but I don't know, there's a match with one group, so I don't think all four of them are going to play with us."

"Nelson, you want Eston and Polois to come to our game."

Nelson agreed, laughing and pointing out.

Well, that's true. This is a great opportunity. I don't like it anyway. It burns better with him. "

"Norish Enemy"

Idiot, that's not true.

Nelson hastily denies it.

"Nothing about that....."

Nelson looks at Norish's seat and asks for an excuse.

"There's just one more reason they don't like it."

I see. You seemed a lot angry that day. "

Almark said, recalling Nelson's flame, which was shaking loudly in Sir Boluk's maze.

Nelson leans down and stares sharply at the floor under his feet.

"... when I heard Norish's story, I fell into my heart."

When Almark saw Nelson's face, Nelson raised his eyes from the floor and glanced at Almark with a shy smile.

"Almark. I'm stupid, but I'm not stupid enough to realize he was crying in that maze."

"... yeah. I didn't think you were stupid."

As Almark nodded, Nelson leaned forward.

"You don't have to be ashamed to say that. Stop it, it's embarrassing."

I guess so.

Almark twisted his neck.

"... Almark"

Almark turned around, reluctantly speaking from behind.

A small girl stands uncomfortably.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Curime"

Almark got up in a hurry.

"It was your seat."

Culime tends to shake his head.

"If you need to talk to Nelson, you can still sit down. I'm going somewhere else."

Yeah?

Almark shook his head in surprise.

"No, no, I'm almost done. I'm fine."

"... is that so?

Curime sees Almark on the lookout, but as soon as he meets him, he leans again.

"Yes, thank you, Curime."

"Yeah, that's fine."

Curime sat down reluctantly in her seat.

See you, Nelson.

Almark raised one hand to Nelson and Nelson answered, "Oh."

Then, after school, I started practicing fog magic under Ilumis, and in the morning, I started practicing martial arts with four people.

Sometimes at night, Wendy and Leila came home together, but most of the time, Almark was slower and decided to go home alone.

Such a day after school.

Almark declared the end of Illmis unexpectedly early that day, so he was still able to leave the magic practice area at a bright time.

I'm sure Wendy and the others will still be in martial arts at this time.

Let's take a peek.

With that in mind, as he tried to reach the martial arts arena, Almark was called his name from behind.

You're early today.

With that said, a big boy approaches.

"Torque"

"... give me a face."

The torque snapped his chin.