Chapter 28 - Just before the battle

"Hey, are you really going to school today?"

In the morning, my younger sister, who had recently become more kind to me, came all the way to my house for asking that."

"Yes, I'm going."

"I don't think you need to force yourself into a duel, your girlfriend will be worried."

That's why Crocell is not my girlfriend......

"Nene, just between you and me, I've learned to use magic."

I told Nene secretly, as if it was a private conversation.

"Oh, okay......."

Nene looked at me in surprise.

"Well, so there's nothing for you to be worried about."

If you make your sister feel worried, you're not a good brother.

So I decided to tell my sister in advance.

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"We're going to school now, but before we go, there's something I need to tell you both."

I was talking to Orobas and Crocell.

"What is it you want to tell us?"

"I'll take any word from my master."

Both of them responded in different ways.

"Well, to be clear, I don't have a very good reputation at school. I'm not very popular at school because I couldn't use magic. So I'm sure I'm going to be teased by a lot of students today, but I need you both to be quiet."

In short, I want to tell them to leave the other students alone.

"Master, with all my respect, if someone makes fun of you, I'll kill this person because I can't stand it!"

"Yes, that's why I'm telling you not to do anything like that. This is an order." "Haha, if Master gives me an order, I will carry it out with my life."

Orobas said and knelt down.

At this point, it's probably a good thing I told him beforehand.

I just have to tell him in advance. I'm sure Orobas would protect me.

"I'll do my best, too!"

Well, I think Crocell will be fine, so there's no need to worry about her.

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"Hey, Norman is at school."

"I thought he wouldn't come to school today."

"He skipped school yesterday. I thought he was going to skip school today again."

"What is he gonna do, come all the way to school?"

"Maybe he's here to get beat up by Rikal."

Every time I walked by, the students would start gossiping.

Orobas didn't seem to like it and was shaking his fist at all the students who were gossiping about me.

It was a pointless act, since the students couldn't see Orobas, but he was going to keep his word.

"I'm not sure why everyone is talking about Mr. Norman."

"Well, yeah."

He responds briefly to Crocell's comment.

If I talked too openly with Crocell, she would turn into a weirdo talking to herself.

"It looks like you didn't run away."

I looked up and saw Rikal in front of me.

"Yes, I'm here."

"I'll forgive you if you apologize now. 'I'm sorry, but I really can't use magic'."

Rikal said with a laugh.

"What's wrong with this guy? He's not nice!"

Crocell said in an angry tone.

Orobas was staring at Rikal without saying anything. He probably thought he was staring at him. If possible, please don't do this, because it almost makes me laugh.

"I told you. I told you that I would be able to use magic in a week. If you're so skeptical, why don't I show you right here and now?"

"Haha, this is fun. Let's save the fun for the duel."

"I'll see you after school," Rikal said as he left.

"Master Norman! Let's beat that bastard to a pulp!", Crocell said.

But in reality, it would be difficult to beat Rikal.