Episode 6: Academy Tournament Begins
One day, in the royal palace of the Gilbert Kingdom, in the private chamber of the Third Princess…
“–Excuse me. Ojou-sama, may I have a moment of your time?”
“I’m exhausted from riding practice right now… What is it, Irene…”
Luna-Lindeza-Gilbert, the Third Princess of the kingdom, replied to the maid standing at the entrance while lying languidly on the sofa.
“I apologize for disturbing you while you’re tired. …Well, the thing is, Ojou-sama. There’s going to be an academy tournament between Alvarez Knight Academy and Crawford Magic Academy soon. Are you aware of this?”
“Between where and where…”
“The knight academy is right nearby, isn’t it… Well, anyway, every year members of the royal family are invited as guests of honor to this tournament. Usually, First Princess Aira-sama or Second Princess Fiona-sama would attend, but this year both of them have scheduling conflicts and cannot attend… So, we’ve received an inquiry asking if you could attend this year.”
“That tournament thing—what exactly is it?”
“Well, simply put, it’s one-on-one battles between knights and mages.”
“And what am I supposed to do watching that…”
“You don’t have to do anything… It’s just that they’d like you to present the certificate and trophy to the representative of whichever academy wins at the end. Your older sisters have done this every year.”
“That sounds like something I have to do properly as a princess… How troublesome…”
“Well, you are a proper princess after all.”
“Would Father be angry if I declined?”
“Well… honestly, this time there wouldn’t be any real disadvantage to the royal family if you don’t participate. You might get scolded a bit, but I don’t think you’d be seriously angry at.”
“Then I’ll decline.”
“Are you sure? It seems quite exciting, you know? Honestly, I’d like to watch it. Besides, Ojou-sama, regardless of your personality, you have a beautiful face, so the students would surely be delighted when you appear for the award ceremony.”
“I have absolutely no interest… Wait, did you just say ‘regardless of personality’?”
“If you charm many promising knights and mages now, you might eventually meet a wonderful marriage partner, you know?”
“Hey, you did say ‘just the face,’ didn’t you?”
“You’re being persistent… Rather than that, what do you think? Won’t you go watch?”
“You just called me persistent, didn’t you?! Honestly! I’m not going!”
“I see… Well, I expected you’d say that, and I’m too tired for further discussion, so I’ll give up.”
“Lese-majeste! Lese-majeste!”
“Well then, I’ll go decline this proposal. …Excuse me.”
With that, the maid Irene left Luna’s room.
“Really, Irene is… And what’s this about a wonderful marriage partner… As if I’d fall for knights or mages, students no less… …? Magic…, students… …Ah!?”
At that moment, the events of that day flashed through Luna’s mind.
–[I’m really just a C-rank magic student.]
“…A-aah!! Irene!! Wait, wait a moment!”
With that, Luna frantically rushed out into the hallway…
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The day of the joint classes between Crawford Magic Academy and Alvarez Knight Academy, as well as the tournament between representatives of each academy.
The joint classes and tournament were to be held at Alvarez Knight Academy, located in the royal capital. Therefore, all 640 students of Crawford Academy rode the magic-powered train for approximately two hours to travel to the royal capital.
After the Crawford Academy students and faculty arrived at Alvarez Knight Academy, all students and faculty from both academies assembled in the vast auditorium, where opening speeches were given by the top students of the fourth year from each academy and the academy principals.
After the opening speeches concluded, under the direction of their respective homeroom teachers, each class moved to their assigned classrooms and training grounds.
In these classrooms and arenas, students from each academy were grouped together by the same grade and class.
There, depending on the classroom or training ground, they learned about topics such as “Tactics for mages against close combat,” “Cooperation and joint formations between mages and close combat fighters in group battles,” “Standard tactics and formations that change according to small, medium, and large scale battles,” “Tactics that change according to terrain and environment,” “Actions that must be avoided according to each scale, terrain, and environment,” and “The strengths and weaknesses of mages and close combat fighters respectively.” Students from the knight academy and magic academy exchanged opinions, and practical demonstrations were conducted by teachers and students.
Each class moved between classrooms and training grounds in turn according to the lesson content, and thus the approximately four-hour joint classes concluded with a lunch break in between.
And then, the main event of this occasion began preparations… the tournament between representative players from each academy.
The ten representative players moved to the contestant waiting room first, while the other students moved to the arena spectator seats under the guidance of their teachers.
A vast circular arena with 2,000 spectator seats. Currently, more than 1,500 students from both the magic academy and knight academy combined had gathered there.
There was a 50-meter by 50-meter competition field in the center, with 2,000 spectator seats arranged in a semicircle surrounding that field.
Cheering, anticipation, excitement, tension, victory predictions… including casual conversation, the spectator seats buzzed continuously.
Gradually, many students began directing heated gazes toward the flat field in the center of the arena, and breathtaking tension and excitement overflowed everywhere.
–Finally, the annual academy tournament was about to begin.
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