Since When Did You Have The Illusion That You Don't Have Magical Powers?! Chapter 77

Published at 23rd of May 2023 05:35:13 PM

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Sapphiras Perfectio, 2nd son of the Earl of Aldridge

Percival Belisario, 3rd son of Margrave of Vanderwall on the Eastern Frontier

Dylan, 4th year student, Percival's childhood friend

Gideon Harvard, the redhead who wants to challenge Percival in the swordsmanship tournament

Marshal Hastings Fels Worstitters, the King of Worstitters' older brother

“Oi! Gideon, wait!”

Dylan shouted in a panic, but there's no need to worry. There are no enemies or magical beasts that will wait until the opponent is ready.

Clang! A hard sound echoed when I stopped the sword swinging down with my wand. Whether it has power or not, it's a rather heavy sword. Even if I say that, it is still light compared to the former Marshal Hastings' sword.

Gideon had a surprised look on his face for a moment, perhaps because it was unexpected that I was able to easily block his whole blow, but he immediately regained the distance and continued to swing his sword. I guess he's trying not to give me a chance to chant. I parried all the attacks that are unleashed with a single wand.

The opponent is someone who hasn't even become a knight's apprentice yet. It is enough to reinforce the arm strength just a little with magic, but even that little bit of magic power is being circulated around the body of the Tricon wand without wasting any of it. In addition, the golden light is also overflowing well, as if it is sprinkling gold dust every time the sword is struck. The Tricorn wand seems to go well with my magic. I wonder what would happen if I waved this wand and unleashed a great move. Just imagining it makes me feel excited.

It's amazing. From now on, I'll always wave my wand when I use magic. I wouldn't mind being called a wand magician in this life.

“Damn it! You! You move around so much!”

Gideon is swinging his sword with force, revealing his irritation. The opponents he has faced so far must have been sunk with a single brute force blow.

However, the movement of the sword is too big, and it's easy to read, and it's easy to dodge. With this level of strength, wouldn't you be defeated before you could hit Percival? Or is this normal for this age group? Because of his large body and strength, he can defeat some opponents with just that, but he won't stand a chance against opponents who move in a slightly eccentric way.

At any rate, now that I know that the Tricorn wand and I are a good match, and I have a general idea of what the red-haired guy is capable of, there's no point in striking at each other any more. It's time to end this, isn't it?

As usual, I caught the sword that was being swung down with strength, and then I entangled it with my wand and threw it up into the sky. The red-hair's sword flew around in a circle in the air and stabbed into a distant place. Of course, I thought about it so that it would not fly towards the spectators.

“Nah!”

“Game over.”

“No, not yet!”

The red-haired man extends his swordless arm towards me. I'm not sure if he's trying to grab me by the bosom or not, his competitive spirit isn't bad, but he's still very simple in his movements. I quickly avoided the red-haired arm that reached out to grab my collar and put my leg out.

“Nah!”

Losing his balance, the red-haired man falls face-first into the ground in spectacular fashion. I wish someone would tell him that his linear movements are quickly read by his opponents.

“It's over! The winner, Sapphiras!”

Dylan's voice echoes through the training grounds! The crowd cheers.

“You're a little overconfident, so I'll tell you this, almost as soon as Percival learned to stand and walk, he went out with the Margrave and his older brothers for subjugations the Magical Beast Forest.”

“……What does that matter?”

When he got up, redhead stared at me, face contorted in pain or shame, but the tip of my nose was scraped. Because he shoved his face in as hard as possible.

“If you think about what you were doing when you started walking away, wouldn't you understand why Percival didn't participate in the tournament? Well, I guess Percival wasn't interested in the tournament in the first place. Anyway, you lost to me, so don't pester Percival anymore.”

I turn on my heel and head towards Percival.

“Percival! I won, so don't let him pester you anymore.”

“Sapphiras is awesome as usual……but you saved me. Thanks.”

Percival smiles a sun smile. A young lady in the audience let out a screams. I know. I can see it. I'm looking at that smile up close, and it's a dazzling thing that I can't help but scrutinise.

“It's really amazing. You're a magician, but you win without using magic.”

Dylan-san slaps me on the back.

“Uwawah!”

No, this, it's not Kingsleigh-san's workmanship, is it? Not restraining the amount of force is exactly the same.

“Dylan, Sapphiras is in pain.”

“Oops, my bad.”

Percival stopped him and I was freed from Dylan-san's attack. A sturdy Vanderwall man probably won't budge, but it's a lot of damage for the delicate me.

“Now, come on, the show is over.”

Dylan-san clapped his hands and dismissed the assembled crowd. Following that, everyone returns to the school building. I leave the training grounds with Percival. I glance back and see the redhead still standing there, glaring at me. Sometimes a painful defeat is necessary. It can lead to growth.

But don't hold a grudge.

“Your manipulation of magic was really brilliant. There was no wasted movement, it was a great simulation.”

As I return to the school building, a well-built man applauds and calls out to me.

Let's see, I remember seeing this man recently. He's the Commander of the Order of Magicians, as I recall. He's really big when you see him up close. He's a magician, so he really overturns the impression of a magician that I have. But why is the Commander of the Order of Magicians in a place like this?

“You must be Sapphiras-kun, right?”

“Yes, but……you want something from me?”

“Yes. I rented the salon to have a chat with you. I was wondering if you could join me for a cup of tea?”

“……I don't have anything in particular to talk to the Commander of the Order of Magicians about, but”

I don't like to be invited to tea parties with someone who holds a certain position. It's because I have a premonition that it's going to be troublesome for some reason. I love interesting things, but I don't like troublesome things. Percival took a step forward, perhaps sensing that I was not very enthusiastic.

“Ufufu, there's no need to be so cautious. Of course, you can come with us too.”

……Hello, there is a discrepancy between the way you speak and the way you look. I think he spoke normally at the star awarding ceremony.

But I'm told he's a nice person, so I don't mind talking to him for a bit. I conveyed my acceptance to Percival with my gaze, and the two of us decided to accept the invitation to a tea party at the salon.

“I'm sorry, it was a tea party I decided on at short notice, so the snacks are from the school cafeteria.”

No, no. I think the cafeteria snacks are pretty good, too. Oh, today's tea cakes are Cherazos1I tried looking this up but couldn't find anything on it, so maybe it's a fictional place in the story? cakes? I ate a lot of lemon sweets earlier, but I've worked out, so it's ok to eat them.

“……Actually, today I came to see the representatives of Class C who won a star at the magic performance the other day. Until now, magic has been either attack or defence. That was the norm. But they were so wonderful, and on top of that, they showed such a brilliant coordinated performance, didn't they? So I wanted to ask you how you came up with that idea. And then the representatives told me that it was Sapphiras-kun who suggested that act.”

I see. So that's how it was. So he is interested in a different kind of performance?

“But we all agreed on the performance. It wasn't just my idea.”

“I heard you also taught them magic.”

“Well, I didn't really teach them, I just told them what I try to do when I use magic.”

“I see……but it was a really dreamy and wonderful performance. It reminded me of the first time I used magic.”

The Commander of the Order of Magicians then spoke enthusiastically about how harmonious and beautiful Class C's performance was. The Commander of the Order of Magicians must be a flexible thinker to know how good that performance was. I bet the magic he uses is amazing too.

I nodded my head and stuffed my cheeks with a piece of Cherazos cake. I like the fact that this cake tastes slightly of alcohol. It also goes well with the generous amount of cream that accompanies it.

“From now on, I thought, our Order of Magicians needs magicians like that. Wouldn't it be nice to have a magician like that performing such wonderful magic at celebrations and festivities?”

Indeed. If the Order of Magicians had a celebrations department, the range of magic would expand.

“I wonder if you're interested in the Order of Magicians, Sapphiras-kun?”

“Not at all. I'm going to be an adventurer.”

That's a quick answer. Even if it's not, the Order of Magicians is the one that the Earl is involved with. It's the last place I want to be.

“……I see, adventurer, you think very differently from your father.”

Having said that, the Commander of the Order of Magicians suddenly relaxes his eyes.

What, the Commander of the Order of Magicians know that I was the Earl's son?

“My name is Gabriel McMillan. If you need any help, don't hesitate to come to me. My position might be of some use to you……but it seems you already have a knight you can trust, so I wonder if you'll call me.”

The Commander of the Order of Magicians, Gabriel-san, turned his gaze to Percival. It's true that Percival is the Knight of the Sun, but to me he's my party mate.

Even so, for Gabriel-san, whom I've just met for the first time, to talk like this, is the Earl finally on the edge of a cliff? In any case, that man and I are already strangers, so it doesn't matter what happens. I just don't want the people I'm indebted to to be inconvenienced because of the Earl, though.

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