Senpensekai no Madoushoshi

"Lou!!

"Iri......"

Lou is breathing on his shoulders because he has put out all his magic for a short time.

There was also sweat on his forehead, which was dripping and passing off his cheeks.

"Sorry, sorry...... I... can't win..."

"What are you talking about! This way, I'm sorry. For me......"

I got my handkerchief out of my pocket and wiped her sweat.

"Ugh, Iri is... my friend, it is. My friend was fooled... me, me... my patience, I couldn't..."

Lou looked down in remorse. Tears flood out of those eyes, mixed with sweat, and disappear.

"... this is not a place to get used to."

Zah... and I heard footsteps behind me. Looking back, there was Mr. Griddiz, looking down at us.

There's something glowing on her forehead, too. The exhalation is also disturbing, and the hair that is always beautifully put together is blurred.

But her eyes keep shining sharply. I saw it and felt some sort of divinity.

"This is where you hone your powers. A place to learn how to live and build strength in the world of aristocracy for decades to come. It hurts my stomach to be friends in that sacred school."

Mr. Griddiz keeps looking down at us in a daze.

"The weak do not deserve to remain on this spot. Mr. Confix, as promised, you must leave here…"

"... wait"

But that's what I said, trying to block Mr. Griddiz's words. And stare back hard at her.

"Mr. Griddiz. I, sign you up for a duel"

"... what?

"Iri, no!

Push your finger against Lou's mouth. I don't know if I can do it, but like Saluena, I smiled consciously at myself like that to calm them down.

"It's okay. I'll never lose."

"... Iri..."

"Mr. Griddiz. I don't know what the aristocratic world looks like. So I'm not going to say anything about whether you're right or not."

I lent Lou my shoulder and let him stand. She looks at me with worrying eyes, but I consciously ignored it.

"But I can't just watch my friends who fought for me go away"

So I say it over and over. Nearly half of all school students are now pushing, in this place.

"Mr. Griddiz Montifi. Me and the duel."

"... I can't even use magic. How do you fight me?

"Don't worry. Because I have my way of fighting."

Mr. Griddiz kept his mouth shut for a while and looked at me suspiciously. Are you trying to spot what's behind your confidence, with your eyes narrowed?

The only way to overturn the consequences of this determined duel is to rely on the duel as well. I will defeat Mr. Griddiz and rescind Lou's expulsion.

But in order to do that, we have to get Mr. Griddiz to take the duel.

But I was confident.

Mr. Griddiz does not reject this challenge of mine. No, I can't refuse. Because she just called this place 'a place to hone her powers'.

"Assuming you do, Daita, you will ask Mr. Confix to rescind his expulsion for the price of victory..."

"Yeah, that's right."

"Iri, here we go! Don't worry about me!! I just ran off on my own!!

"There's no good reason. Lou, it's not good at all. Then I'll regret it for the rest of my life. I want to be friends with Lou forever."

"Ugh... Iri..."

Lou is my first friend to give me a nickname. If I abandon her here and now, every time I remember that name, my chest aches.

I'm absolutely sorry about that.

"What are you offering me?

"... eh"

Oh, shit. I didn't think that far. This one isn't the only one who wants something in return. Something, something... is there anything commensurate with Lou revoking his expulsion?

"Can I say my hopes?

Thinking of it as this, Mr. Griddiz said that he was completely ready to breathe.

"If I win, I will refuse my relationship with Rosalis Aurore in the future."

"- Huh!?

The moment Mr. Rosé's name came out of her mouth, I stifled myself.

"I always thought. You don't deserve that."

Mr. Griddiz's gaze flowed sideways. I looked at it, too, and there was Mr. Rosé. Rosé, who is at the head of the hedge with the Toslins, stares at Mr. Griddiz with a harsh look.

"That woman, who will be revealed as Miss Borderline, will be placed in a key position of responsibility for this country in the future. By your side, I don't know where the horse's bones are, but if you stick around, you can hurt his honor."

"That's it, Mr. Montifi"

"No, no. Not yet, Master Aurore. You know that, too. From the name and blood of the nobles, that they cannot escape. I know that, too. That's why I'll get rid of this one. Instead of you, the same nobleman, in friendship."

Mr. Griddiz turned to me again. I felt a colder glow dwelling there than earlier.

"Next, it's my turn to ask. When you lose a duel, be quiet and leave under Master Rosalis Aurore. If you are swallowed of this, its duel...... take it with all your might and stand up!!

If I win, I can rescind Lou's expulsion.

But if I lose, I won't be able to stay with Mr. Rosé.

"On that condition, I'll swallow."

I snorted shortly afterwards.

I don't have a choice in the first place.

If I were to abandon Lou here, I wouldn't have the right to be near Mr. Rosé.

"... Fine. Dr. Odette, that's what I'm talking about..."

"Okay. Serve as a witness. The duel is tomorrow morning. It shall be executed on this occasion."

I was admitted to Eleonora School, which sounded like sound, and I got to know your ladies, even made friends, and even duel.

I said to Lou, 'Probably this is an amazing precious experience to have or not have in a lifetime,' in a sense that I put it aside.

Then 'Iri's idiot......' and he was pissed off crying.

That's right.

For Lou, I can't use magic. I'm just an ordinary person, right? That's what makes Mr. Griddiz decide to join the White Lily Knights in a duel.

It would be like a kid trying to fight a knight opponent.

But...

"Don't worry, I'll never lose"

There was another whisper in my ear as I stroked Lou's back, crying on my chest.