Magic Robot Aluminare Chapter 4.1

“Today, to those who can come to this place,first of all congratulations. But do not be merry. Those that are sitting next to you are rivals with whom you’ll compete for the few seats”

Academy’s pilot training department. Sitting in that row, While listening to the grateful words of the school president, I was stiffling a yawn.Dressed in the Academy ‘s uniform. Regarding the aluminare’s squad pure white uniform.The Academy’s clothes are different in color. It is a gray school uniform.

When I asked that way, I came to deeply think about this uniform’s color.

“—-Well then, I expect a good fight from ladies and gentlemen.”[not sure about how to phrase it ]

Finally the school president’s speech ended. If you look at the schedule, with this, the greeting association should end. After, we were divided into departments and today’s schedule ends with a recreation.

If I were to secretly peek there, the woman with such pitch black hair that could suck you in, glares at me as if I am her parent’s enemy, I looked upward[to avoid her glare]. Also the time with the maid Setta-san[tn: isn’t it supposed to be Sette-san?] but black hair is still good. It stimulates my previous life.
And, whether or not she noticed my gaze, she looks this way. Those pupils contrary to expectations were red. It’s a different world after all.

“What?”

“Was that so? I apologize”

Oh, she’s suprisingly courteous.
The degree of favourable impression is increasing.

“Don’t worry about it. I strangely can’t stand those around me that are seriously listening. I find that someone like you possess a favourable impression”
“Really”

She doesn’t feel like having any more talk, the woman once again returned her gaze upward.
Apparently, it seems she’s not willing to make friends. Well, from now on, we’ll be rival, is it normal?.

“So, this is the end of the entrance ceremony. After this, please move in accordance with the instructions of your respective department’s teacher.”

In accordance with the voice of the moderator, the surrouding teachers stood up and started guiding.

“Those who are majoring in pilot over here! Follow me without hesitation!”

A handsome body builded man was waving his hand from the auditorium’s entrance,he resembled captain Baudouin. The students who were around me, gathered as they headed there. I also went down toward the man following that flow.

“Good, As we’re going to the classroom don’t get separeted[or drift away]. When you’re separated you’ll be stranded.”

Since it is not an uncommon mishap, I’m troubled.

over there, because classrooms from various department are assembled, the labyrinthine space expandes.
The teacher first advances in the hallway. Climbing up to the seventh floor and proceed further into the hallway, we arrive at the end of thehallway.the Wall at the end of the hallway seems to be part of the outer wall.

“Good, your classroom’s here. It’s the easiest to remember because it’s the most distant location”
“Wh… Why so far away!”

One of the students raise his voice. It would be everyone’s opinion.

“If you aim to become a pilot,it’s because it’s necessary to have a foundation of endurence. In order to train on a regular basis, the pilot’s classroom has been established the furthest. By the way, there’s a special classroom that require movement on the opposite side first floor. We’ll have to run or we won’t make it in time”

Monsters exist …

“quickly enter the classroom. Seats are free.”

THe classroom has of about two classrooms from my previous world, you can say that it has the size of asmall conference room. Over there, All the students whose ambition is to be a pilot were settled. In other words, they is about 50 of them.
I appropriately sit on anavailable seat. Next to me, a woman came along while fommowing the flow.

“Everybody has his seat. Good, I’ll be your homeroom teacher during this one year, I’m Gasoul Orthega. I was an aluminare’s pilot but due to an injury I came down from the machine and now I put effort into leading my juniors. Other than me, the other teacher are also former aluminare pilot. So, if there’s something you don’t understand quickly ask me. And then, here’s a little advice”

THe expression of professor Gasoul that smilled as he talked, turns serious.

“Perhaps all of you enterred into this department aiming to become an aluminare pilot, right? But, next year, The students from this very same classroom are going to be less than a third”

At that phrase, the tension among the students in the classroom runs high.

“And, probably less then 5 people can graduate. Can you tell the reason?”

It is natural. If you include all the currently operating aluminare inside the kingdom, it totals 32, ah no, with the machine I brought in that makes it 33.

So, even if, every year, 10 people or 20 people graduated as a pilot, is there no future assignment.

Even the five people told by professor gasoul, if you look at the annual data there are many of them.

“It’s good if you understand the reason. Today, from this day on, your relationship will not be as simple as rivals. THe one next to you is your enemy. Naturally, they’ll be the wall preventing you from grasping your future. Always closely observe your enemy’s tendency, do not allow your enemy to getahead of you. And, Do not neglect your daily effort and go one step further than those around you. That’s all I want to say. After this, you’ll have your first ability test [or ability examination]. Change into your sport clothes and gather at the ground. Since the locker room is near the entrance of the ground, you’ll change your clothes there.”

Leaving those words, professor Gasoul goes out of the classroom.
As we remainnde, at first we glanced at one another not knowing we could do but we gradually started to move and left the classroom according to our own judgment. I also got up from my seat and headed to the locker room.

I change into my sport clothes I received before entering the school and go to the ground.

As the students from our pilot departments were forming little groups in every direction, I was doing some warm-up exercises alone as I waited for the professor to arrive.
Over there, professor Gasoul comes accompagnied by several teachers.

“Good, gather around me. Don’t especially worry about the shape.”

We gather around the professor according to his instruction. Coincidentally, that black-haired woman stood again right next to me… Is it a coincidence?

“Like I said earlier, what we’re examinating are your basic physical endurence, your sword’s technique and your magic. the written test about aluminare will occur in the afternoon so don’t worry.”

out of nowhere, a strained laugh escape.

“First, it’s the physical endurence test. What you have to do is simple, you ‘ll have to run following me. Your score is determined by how far can you follow along. We’ll depart in 5 minutes, Finish your warm-ups by then”

Just after announcing that, the professor Gasoul starts his own warm-up exercice. As I look at the other professors stretching up their bodies, I wonder if they’re going to determine our score from behind while running after us. I too, in order to do my warm-up exercice I separate from the place we are gathered. At exactly 5 minutes, we are once again called to assemble, the test for basic endurence started.

With professor Gasoul ahead, all the pilot department student started to run on the prairie.

But, it’ll soon be time for drop-outs to drop out [is it a pun? if so,intended].

After all there isn’t any paved road in here, it’s a fierce prairie with grown weeds. There are also places with holes due to aluminare’s steps.

This rough road should easily answer to people that want to train their muscles jut by running. There’s already one person.

From the group, he is little by little relegated to the rear, he comes down right in front of me.

It is better for him to immediately stop.

The expression of the male student as I overtook him was painted with despair. And just like that he stopped his feet. Then, one of the instructors who was running at the end of the line approaches, hit his shoulder whisper something or other to the student. The student collapsed on the spot and bursted into tears.

“Well, as a result of that, work hard next year.”

The slow student is completely eliminated. Although it’s not a failure, but in term of results it’s the worst. We were confronted with quite a harsh reality right out of the gate. Well, I do not intend to fail, though.

Furthermore, the number of drop-outs increases at intervals of 10,20 minutes.

It’s mentally quite hard for me too . I intended to train by hunting, but to become a pilot
I still seem naive.

“Fu fu fu”

While I systematically breathe, I keep running for 30 minutes more in a way that conserve my pace. when six people remained, the professor dropped his speed.

“Good, the basic physical endurence test is over. The present remaining members receive a perfect score.”

“Ah”

“Phew … Phew …”

Those who take the guts pose, those who breathe with hands on their knees, those  limply falling on the spot respectively show their joy.

I recover my breath while I slowly walk in the professor’s vicinity. For this woman to follow me up to here, she seems to have considerable training.

“The Break is 20 minutes. After that, we’ll move to the sword technique test, understood everyone”

If you look well, there are also those that dropped out on the way in the surroundings. Apparently, they came back to the starting place while we were running.

I also strive to recover my physical strength as I sit down on the ground.

“You, you’re pretty capable”

the previous woman came to talk to me.

“Likewise[or You too]. You do not seem that tired.”

Although her sweat is draining, but she doesn’t appear to be as badly out of breath as those around. It looks like she can still go on.

“This much is natural. My resolution is different from such lot. Moreover, you also seem to still have some energy(?)”

“It’s enough to be able to talk to that extent”

“Huh?”

“Oh, Come to think of it, it was indeed the case. Layla. because we were told that everyone are enemies so I did not care.”

Indeed, the professor did say everyone is our rival at the beginning. That’s why, quitea lot of the other students are running solo without any self-introduction. But for me, I think it’s a bad move.

“It may be better if we made a few comrades.”

“Apparently, it also appears to me that they’re inducing us to divide into parts. Perhaps, the probability of also acting as a pair or a group isn’t it zero? Shouldn’t any disavantage in gathering members that we can more or less trust”

After all, an aluminare’s squad is made of five people at a minimum, but there are numerous cases of groups of more than 10 members. I hardly think that a guy that can’t be in group action can pass the exam.
If you don’t firmly put the distinction between allies and enemies, you will not survive this competition.

“There’s one principle, I wonder if it’s all right to move in pair?”

“If so, Let’s move as a pair for a while . But I do not misunderstand, it’s in order to get good results”
“Oh, of course. Thanks”

Taking the hand outstreched by Layla, I stand up.
At the same time, the sword skill test has been started.

Let’s start from the conclusion. I have no sword talent!

So, I’ve never done any sword training so far.

As for the trial, having an weapon that we can use from the various weapon, we fight with the professor in turns, but I got finished without being able to do anything. As it was my first time holding a middle sword, I take a stance without any style [Think no basic stance or fighting style], If I imitate what I’ve seen I’ll gain one blow. Maybe, wouldn’t it be more dangerous if I keep swinging the sword some more?.

And, the one who took the top grade is Layla who superbly made the professor surrender. She made the professor’s sword fly away in one blow, put the blade on his neck this isn’t the skill of an amateur. How many years of pratice would it take to be able to do that…

Well, if you do aim to become a knight, it may be natural to at least train your sword technique. If you are a noble and other such things, it would at least be taught by your parents.

But the next test’s magic.

Once more, I psyche myself up to recover, I was going to challenge the next test.

Chapter end