Magic Robot Aluminare Chapter 5.3

Nine months elapses since I became a 2nd-year student.
The flow of the day is quite a fast one, while I’m living looking forward to the once in two weeks

real machines exercises, just like that clouds are lowering, the air became cold.

“Phew, as expected it’s cold”

While I’m rubbing my arms, Layla looks up at the cloudy darkened sky next to me.

“The snow my fall down soon. But if that’s the case the exercises looks like they’ll be interesting

ones”

Exercises of a walk on snowy field, combat exercises also looks interesting. Different from usual

footing sensation, causing the performance of the machine to greatly change.
Come to think of it, I wonder if there’s also a machine that’s customized for snow fields. So far,

I have been living in this town, I haven’t ever seen that special custom machine.
Because such magic car type tire has already been developed, I think it would be good if there’s a

machine with about one and two wheels on its feet. Better yet, don’t you say that there’s some

romance even in something like multi-legged type or reverse joint? Next time let’s propose them to

the Professor.

 

“You, can’t you spare a little more thought for others? Concerning the new year festival, this one might turn into the white new year festival?”

We heard a disgusted voice just behind us. Looking over my shoulder, Baptiste and Leon come over walking.

“The white new year festival? What the heck is that?”

Last year,I saw the usual new year festival, but I’ve never heard of that white new year festival. The atmosphere, I feel like it’s ambiance is something similar to the white Christmas.

“When on new year’s eve the city becomes white from snow, that year is the one year one can spend it in happiness, it’s an omen from the old days. I hope it’s meaning has come to change a lot in the present time”

“Oh, that’s why there’s been many spectators these days”

I point my sight to the school building. As for the school building’s windows, a lot of students were looking this way. As they’re wearing a head dress. I guess they’re probably students from the support maid department.

Baptiste and Leon have received a confession from someone almost every day.

“I’d like for you to think about our trouble too. In the first place we don’t have the privilege of freely choosing our lovers”

Leon while correcting the position of his glasses with a worn out look, breathe a sigh.

This sign is particularly strong for the ones that won’t inherit the house such as the second son and the third son. I guess it’s natural because it’s a chance to strengthen the relationship with another family.

I’m so glad I’m not a girl that could be made into the bride of some strange old man.

“Well, you can at least go out with someone, right? Playing with fire is also one of the nobles’s interests, isn’t it? Anyway you can have a concubine, So there’s no problem if you choose from now on”

“That was surprising. No way did I think that I would experience a secne of carnage[TN: She’s referring to the incident] this year”

Once they heard the detailed account from me, Baptiste was laughing but Leon relatively looked like the carnage that happened was no joke.
Baptiste… in spite of his heroic appearance, his personality is quite light.

“If only you could get stabbed, it would be great…”

“I know when to shut up so it’s okay. That being the case, the main topic is the white New Year Festival. Eldo do you have someone?”

“Yeah that’s right. I know about it, That even Eldo’s been pretty much asked out”

Indeed, I too as a member of the pilot department ranking’s top, I’m unexpectedly popular with the female students. According to some kid, it’s precisely because I’m a commoner. Such as the difference of sense compared to a noble, making insecure girls to drift this way. Well, It’s because that segment that aggressively pursue nobles are few and the comparatively weak pressure girls are many and it’s assuredly easier to handle.

“Eh, Eldo’s also pretty popular”

“Hey, What the heck is that? I’ve never heard such a ranking”
“2nd place…”

Layla is grumbling and muttering as she puts her hand on her chin.

As I’m thinking , Leon takes out a thin booklet from his pants pocket, flipping the book pages.

“According to this questionnaire, those sleepy eyes are good. He seems kind and he looks like he’d bring luggage and other such things for me. It seems like he’d forgive you with a smile even if you were a little late. He’s likely to help with housework. He seems to take the initiative in taking care of the children. Etc…”

“Well, it’s about my intense type of pulling and the two main tall towers”

To check its content, I snatch the booklet from the hands of Baptiste. Certainly things like such were written in a row.Inside, there are extreme things in it, there’s even suspicious answers making me question if they really love me or not such as I seems like I’d even forgive an affair and I seems like I’d let myself become their wallet and the like.

As I thought so, I look for the page of Leon.
Leon was in the four rankings you want to lover.

“Leon is 4th place?”
“I heard that it’s also important to refuse categorically”

Although Leon is saying such a thing with a straight face, as long as you see the written questionnaire’s result, isn’t that somewhat meaningless?

– I want him to verbally abuse me with that straight face.

· I want to be Leon’s pet. I want him to put a collar on my neck and pull it.

It’s to the degree of being a den of M.
Do not think just because it’s an anonymous questionnaire no matter what you write it’ll be tolerated! ?

“So, it’s surprising for the 3rd place.”
“~n? Oh, well Speaking of surprising it’s indeed surprising”

Certainly, speaking of surprising, on the 3rd place there’s a surprising person. But, as for me for some reasons or another only this was expected, I’m not that much surprised.
I point my line of sight to Layla while she’s still grumbling and thinking even now. Then, Layla noticed my line of sight and looked this way.

“W… What?”

“What’s that!?”

This time, Layla snatches the booklet from my hands.

– That sharp gaze is lovely. I want to be stared at.

– I don’t want children. As long as I have love.
It’s such thing. Well, If you act like a knight[TN: It might mean to act manly] regularly it’ll turn this way. But only I know! The softness of Layla’s buttocks!

“So, in what way is it practical. Does that disgusting kid exist?”
“He does not. First of all, even during the New Year festival I have fencing training.”

Although I continue to train with Lune-san for more than 1 year, it’s done 365 days without rest. If I neglect it for even 1 day, and I’ll take me 3 days to regain it back.

“So the New Year’s Eve is with that person. Be happy”

“What a college life without flower, right!?”

hey stop. Most of the students live while letting the flower dry!

“By the way, what about your home?”

“Even listening to the breakdown?”

“Of course. Why must I participate in such a racket. The household has already determined that I’ll spend the New Year festival with my family.”

Yeah, I guess that is the correct way to spend the New Year’s eve. By the way, Baptiste will really be stabbed someday.

The machines already on standby, the exercise with real machine can start at any time. Anyway I’ll be the last one to be put on a turn.
While being slightly lazy, I listen to the professor’s explanations.

“Well then, today will be the culmination of all we’ve done so far. I’ll have you do some combat practice”

Yes, I shook off the tension! Finally it came the combat practices.

This, at the same time, shows that the test is close.

I turn my gaze to Layla. Layla also turned my way. It mean that we’re thinking about the same thing.

“Layla, this time I’ll gain the victory”
“I’ll crush you in the same way as last year.”

Well for starters, I’ll let take the perfect score in this exercise.
refocusing my mind by lightly tapping my cheeks, I listen to the Professor’s explanations while concentrating.

“The combat practice is, targets have been installed in both prairie and the forest, I’ll have you destroy them by using the sword and magic while passing through a prescribed route. Then, recover the data from the analysis device placed on the machine you’ve ridden, examining the machine’s maximum capacity utilization and operational efficiency, it will determine the future direction of each one’s training. Therefore, this time a Professor from the sense board department is coming. Each one act without discourtesy”
“”Yes! “”

Hmm, in other words, mounting something similar to an airplane’s black box to the machine and recover the data? It’s a valuable opportunity to be able to find out how the aluminare experiences your operation.

While displaying the machine’s maximum capacity, move it without making unreasonable moves. The highest piloting skill is required. I’m itching to put my skill to use.
Then, having received explanations concerning the recorder from the sense board department’s Professor, receiving explanations about the course and the set up magic, preparing the sortie arrangements.

“Well, the general explanation is finished. If there’s something you don’t understand say it now. If it’s now I can answer a question——–. If there’s particularly none, let’s go into the real machine exercise. The called person will embark and await orders in startup condition. Wel and Lesta ”
“Yes!” “Roger!”

The called two people jumped into the machines, the students that were not called were disappointed and dropping their shoulders, retreating to the school building.

Oh, from here on out the time just gazing will go on…

The exercise proceeds, the remaining number became small. Baptiste and Leon have already finished the exercises, discussing their impressions. I’m feeling envious to the limit. I also want to join in quickly.

“Then next, Layla and Phallas”

The moment when the names are called, the students atmosphere froze.

Since then, these two never did exercices together. Of course, in number order they shouldn’t even line up. So, I thought the Professors are taking that into consideration, but was it my misunderstanding?

Phallas is conversely giving the feeling of hate. I wonder if there is also such a large grudge against Layla? But Layla met Phallas, it’s because when she came to the Academy, she didn’t particularly talk to him.

The two machines started walking slowly, each one went to their starting position.

Noticing me as I approached , without minding it, gives out instruction to both of them.

“Well then, beginning the combat exercises. Ready—–… Go!”

Along with the start signal, the two aluminares vigorously started to run on the prairie.

After some time, the first destruction target comes into view.

The first magic is to generate a shock wave, it’s a destruction by means of Shock Burst.

Looking at Layla’s machine and wondering about how she would do it, she put up the left hand towards a target destined for her machine on the left side of Layla’s machine. It looks like she going to shoot without stopping.
“Zudon~~~” A firmly squeezed Shock Burst is emitted from Layla’s machine, a heavy sound reverberates. The shock waves destroyed the carefully aimed target. Immediately after, the same sound emitted at the Layla’s machine’s right-hand side in the back.

“Wha…!?”

But of course Phallas’s machine shot it. But still, with the distance of Phallas’s machine, it shouldn’t be within the range of effectiveness of the Shock Burst.

Immediately after Phallas’s machine fired his magic, the Layla’s machine that was supposed to be on the left front was thrown off balance.

“He, No way!”

“Isn’t that a clear interference ?!”

Although I raised my voice, Professor Gasoul has been observing the movements of the two machines in a calm manner.

“However the target has certainly been destroyed. He didn’t apply any direct interference aiming at the opponent’s machine. It may be tough for Layla, but this trial should be just right”

“We are expecting a lot from Layla. That’s why, no matter how small her weak point is, we want to smash it as much as we can”

“That’s right”

The fear of machines, has been completely removed with my drastic measure. However, toward Phallas who started the incident, Layla certainly was aware that he’ll be hard to deal with. She did as much as she could to not make any eye contact with him, they were separated to the point one could say that even her classroom seat was diagonally aligned.
It seems the Professor also noticed it.

“Overcoming a fear regarding a person. Although it’s not easy, if she can do that, the possibility that she can win over fear even on the battlefield will be dramatically improved. That will lead to the improvement of her survival rate as it is.”

“No, Phallas will probably be cut off in this test”
“Heh? But that guy looks like only his grades were good”

As far as I remember, I feel that Phallas’s grades was at the 6th place following our top group. If so, he should perfectly be able to remain up to the 3rd year but…

“You can’t determine a pilot only through his grades. Throughout these 2 years time, we also easily examined your life attitude and so on. If it’s the living part then there’s normally no problem, however he has too many questionable conducts. Besides interfering a student of the same department,regarding the students of other departments he has an attitude of looking down on them, I hear he has many troubles in the dormitory. We can’t afford to raise that kind of a person for 3 years”

“You can say so. Don’t tell anyone about this conversation, if it’s known by the students the consequences will be serious”
“Although I’m also a student…”

Despite making a wry smile, I’m following Layla’s machine with my eyes while encouraging her in my heart.

In the forest section, it has been indicated that the main method of target destruction is by the sword. As for the Shock Burst, because of the trees it cant put out the desired power.

Immediately after, at the place where Layla’s machine was, a sword flies there.

And, a frivolous voice is heard through the microphone.

“Sorry sorry. My grip was too soft”

The owner of that sword, Phallas’s machine had stopped its movement remaining in a pose that brandished a sword. Of course there is no sword in that hand. I guess he’ll want to say that at the time of raising the sword, it slipped out of his hand.

“Don’t worry about it. I expected it”

“Oh, a compliment”

Layla’s machine takes off again by using the crouching start.
Phallas’s machine crushed the target in front of it with the reserve sword it had, once again it followed Layla’s machine.

“Isn’t that also an interference?”

“Character is important, right?”

Really, I really thought so. However, the fact that Layla also expected that attack, means that she was properly watching the movements of Phallas’s machine. Layla is likely worried.
Rather worry, in this state…

“Today’s exercise, is likely to be expensive”

“Oh, those kind of agreements actually do exist”
“Well, Kind of…”

What we are worried about, is the High Magia Liquid of Phallas’s machine. In order to forcibly increase the power of magic, consuming large quantities of High Magia Liquid, in order to catch up to Layla’s machine, it should put quite a burden onto the machine.

While I’m thinking of such a things, the exercises is coming to it’s end.

Layla is preparing to use the sword in her hand in a way to him off if they pass each other. And as expected, Phallas machine selected the Shock Burst.

However, that magic hasn’t been fired.

“The High Magia Liquid has expired, huh?”
“It’s because the Sense Board is forcibly maintaining the flow toward basic maneuvers”

Even if it can possible to run, it can’t fire magic.
In the meantime Layla’s machine is destroying the targets while passing through and cutting them in two. Then, she crossed the goal line as it was.

We greet Layla as she came down the machine.

“Good job. It was difficult for you”

“That’s great”
“Come to think of it, what about that guy? I was thinking of giving him one final punch but…?”

As she says so, Layla is restlessly looking over her surrounding. However, the machine that Phallas was riding is not there. Well it’s natural.

“Over there”

I point to the direction in which the machine came over running, behind Layla. Over there was Phallas’s machine sluggishly walking, aiming for the goal.

“Pff, What’s that over there?”

“OH DEAR, poor him. Everyone from the school building are looking”

I wonder if it’s between classes, a lot of women wearing maid clothes are lined up along the school buildings windows. Walking slowly within that kind of situation would certainly be a torture.

“Next,will be Eldo’s turn. Since I’ll be properly watching”

“Yeah yeah, Do your best”

exchanging high five, Layla receives the recorded data and heads down to the Professor.
I followed that with my eyes and looking up at the kneeling machine, I close into a fist the hand I used in the high five.

Chapter end