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"How could you do it in one go? Did you get private tutoring at the academy? Which professor was it? What's their name? Is it a prosecutor I know?"
"No. You just taught me."
"You did it after seeing it just once?"
"Yeah. Starting from the soles of my feet. Erasing all senses and focusing on the tip of the sword. And tracing the sword path you showed me."
"Oh my god..."
Although it was a short time, Bonita's help played a big part in Davian's realization.
And the reason he was able to copy Mons' horizontal slash after seeing it once was thanks to the 'Eye for Sword Path Skill Lv.2' he gained from the sparring with Brenton.
He had distributed the mana points he had gained from several events to his inner strength, and the skill level had increased by one level.
Excited, Mons straightened his sword and took a stance.
"Then how about this!"
This time, a continuous attack.
Mons' sword tip embroidered the air concisely yet splendidly.
After the demonstration, Davian, who had been watching closely, took a stance to trace the sword path as it was.
Davian closed his eyes and recalled the movement of the sword tip he had just seen.
.......
After a while.
"I can't do this yet. Since I can't perfectly picture it in my head, I can't even move the sword."
"Ah! I'm sorry, Young Master. I got too excited. That's right. You can only move with this swordsmanship if you perfectly understand the sword path. You just awakened it, so this kind of continuous movement is definitely too much. I got excited. Let's increase the steps slowly..."
Mons quickly explained, blaming himself for pushing the progress too far.
But Davian was lost in other thoughts.
'I need to raise the Eye for Sword Path skill level quickly.'
Davian almost perfectly read Mons' demonstration earlier.
It was thanks to the Eye for Sword Path Skill Lv.2.
If he strengthens his inner strength even further and raises the level of this skill, he will be able to grasp even more complex sword paths in one go.
"No, Mons. It was perfect. I'm learning simpler movements at the academy anyway, so there's no need to show me those. Show me swordsmanship that is difficult to follow each time I grow and come back like today. I also need practice reading it well."
"You already understand swordsmanship this well, Young Master. Why haven't you been doing swordsmanship all this time?"
"That's what I'm saying."
The next day.
Davian finished his morning training with Mons and went to pick up the school uniform he had ordered last week.
Uniform shop 'Elite Club'. It was an affiliate of Elton Academy that made school uniforms with fabric embroidered with defense magic.
The magic fabric was provided directly to the uniform shop by the academy.
Mons smiled brightly as he looked at Davian, who came out wearing the school uniform.
"Wow, it suits you really well, Young Master."
Beige pants and a navy jacket.
Inside was a white dress shirt. It was a pretty and neat design that could be seen in a high-teen drama.
However, it wasn't completely modern clothing.
The design was somewhat in harmony with the clothing of the people here, which was based on European modern-era fashion.
Davian moved his body around and asked the clerk.
"Is the glove I asked for in advance finished?"
"Ah! You're that customer. Just a moment."
The clerk quickly went to the back and came out with a small paper box.
"Here it is. As you ordered, we used fabric embroidered with ice attribute defense magic. Since our uniform shop doesn't handle that kind of fabric, we went all the way to the capital to get the fabric and make it."
It was a hint to ask for a lot of money.
Davian took out the glove from the paper box and put it on without showing any interest.
It was a design that applied the color and stitching of the school uniform to make it look like a set.
Splash.
A large water droplet appeared on Davian's hand and froze as it was.
Only after touching the ice bead here and there with his gloved hand did he nod in satisfaction.
"It's better than I thought. Pay them enough, Mons."
"Yes, Young Master."
At that moment, someone opened the door of the uniform shop and came in.
"Welcome!"
Davian unconsciously turned his head at the clerk's shout.
Sky blue hair and blue eyes.
A woman with a mysterious appearance.
"Huh?"
It was someone he didn't know, but it was a familiar face.
The woman with the familiar face greeted him in a bright voice.
"Hello. Davian."
"Do you know me... Oh? Glacie?"
He almost didn't recognize her because she didn't have wings on her back and was wearing human clothes.
But that face was definitely the ice spirit Glacie.
Davian looked at the ice bead in his hand.
Is it because of this?
"You bought gloves? Let me see."
Glacie, who approached slowly, took off the gloves from Davian's hand and looked at them here and there.
"It's not the best quality, but it's decent enough. Did you buy it because your hands get cold when you hold the ice sword?"
"Yeah. But are you originally able to walk around in human form like this?"
"Yeah. Isn't it new? It's all up to me how I appear. Kehehe."
Mons nudged Davian's arm.
"Young Master, who is this mysterious person?"
"Oh, introduce yourself, Mons. This is Glacie. She's a spirit."
Mons was surprised and looked back and forth between Glacie and Davian.
"S-Spirit? What kind of spirit walks in like a person... Wait a minute. Young Master, then you've made a contract with a spirit?"
"Yeah."
Glacie asked.
"What's your name? Are you Davian's swordsmanship teacher? The aura I feel is quite something."
"Ah, I'm Mons, the Young Master's attendant."
"Our Mons is quite good. But you can see that at a glance, Glacie?"
"Well, about the size or quality of the aura it contains? But he's just an attendant? It doesn't seem like he's just a little good."
"Oh, that's right. He's good enough to lead our family's private army. Mons isn't just an ordinary attendant."
Glacie scanned Mons up and down.
"No matter how I look at it, it's not an ordinary aura. And you're just working as an attendant?"
Mons replied urgently.
"Ah, I've been watching the Young Master since he was very young. I've been telling the Lord since a long time ago. If the Young Master goes to the academy, I'll definitely be his attendant."
"Is that so? Well, everyone must have their own circumstances. Anyway, Davian. I'll give you a pair of gloves as a gift soon. Use these temporarily until then. See you later."
As always, Glacie appeared and disappeared as she pleased.
Mons, who had been watching Glacie's back as she opened the door and left, turned to Davian.
"Amazing, Young Master. Suddenly you're using magic freely, and yesterday you awakened how to draw the sword path. And now you're making a contract with a spirit?"
"Yeah. That's how it happened."
Monday morning. Common class.
The entire freshman class came out of the academy and moved to the northern mountain of Elton City.
Under the guidance of Professor Mateo, much more assistants accompanied today than usual.
After climbing the mountain to some extent, a training ground with a cliff in front appeared.
A long pit was dug straight in front of the cliff.
The depth was enough to have only the upper body sticking out when someone entered the pit.
Professor Mateo stood in front of the students holding a fist-sized iron ball.
A thin, long stick was stuck on the top of the iron ball.
"There is a way for people who are not mages to unleash magic attacks. Does anyone know what this is?"
There were over 200 freshmen gathered, but no students stepped forward this time.
That was because what Mateo was holding was a new product made with great effort by Elton Academy.
Of course, Davian knew the identity of that iron ball.
But he wasn't the type to step forward and announce it.
"This is a magic weapon developed by our academy. It is called a Mana Bullet because it is a bullet infused with magic power."
Professor Mateo grabbed and pulled out the thin iron rod on the iron ball.
"The inside of this iron ball is empty. And right now, that space is filled with a dense magic power infused by a mage. It's so full that it'll explode just by touching it."
Professor Mateo threw the iron ball far over the cliff.
A moment later.
Kwaaaang!
A sound like an explosive exploding echoed from below the cliff.
The surprised students began to stir.
"This Mana Bullet is made of lead. Everyone knows that lead has resistance to magic, right? So, can any student answer why this is made of lead?"
After pondering for a moment, Latia raised her hand.
"Latia."
"Yes. It's to avoid being detected by the enemy's magic power."
"That's correct. And one more thing. The lead fragments that spread in all directions with the explosion easily penetrate even the most common protective magic."
Another student raised his hand and asked.
"What is the iron rod you pulled out at the beginning?"
"This is a safety pin. It is a device that balances the magic power trying to burst out and the lead ball. If you pull this out, that balance is broken, and then the magic power inside this lead ball explodes within seconds."
"Th-Then what if we can't throw the Mana Bullet inside?"
"You die. On the spot. Alright, let's practice. Come out ten people at a time from the front and go into the pit dug in front of the cliff."
Thus began the Mana Bullet throwing practice.
This was the reason why so many assistants were participating in the class today.
The assistants were attached to each of the throwing students to teach them how to use the Mana Bullet and prepare for any emergencies.
Most of the students, even in a state of great fear, succeeded in throwing the Mana Bullet off the cliff following the instructions of the assistants.
"I... I can't do it. I'm too scared."
One student majoring in archery was reluctant to receive the Mana Bullet, trembling.
Professor Mateo strode over.
"Take it. And just pull the safety pin and throw it. In a possible emergency situation in the future, the outcome of the battle may depend on whether or not you can throw this Mana Bullet. Think of the lives of countless allies hanging on your Mana Bullet throw."
The student reluctantly accepted the Mana Bullet with trembling hands.
The assistant's voice was heard.
"Pull out the safety pin."
He grabbed the safety pin with trembling hands.
At that moment.
Soook.
He didn't intend to pull it out yet, but the safety pin came out easily because his hands were shaking so much.
'I, I didn't know the safety pin would come out this easily!'
The panicked student stood there fidgeting with the Mana Bullet with the safety pin removed.
His pupils were greatly dilated even in broad daylight, showing how nervous he was.
"Throw it quickly!"
The assistant's shout.
"U, u, uaa!"
The student closed his eyes and swung his arm with all his might.
Thud. Degeureureu.
The Mana Bullet was thrown too low.
The Mana Bullet, which hit the upper corner of the pit, flew back and fell near the group of students waiting behind.
Then it rolled down the slope towards where Davian and his party were standing.
"Everyone, duck!"
Davian shouted loudly.
And he operated water attribute magic to create an ice barrier.
An incredible reaction speed.
At that moment
Hwiing.
A whirlwind containing tremendous magic power was created above the Mana Bullet.
The whirlwind instantly blew the Mana Bullet far away.
It was an even faster reaction speed than Davian's.
Kwaaaang!
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