Chapter 14: Infiltration Rastock Garrison/Daytime
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The morning after I met Klaus-san, the lord of Volzard and a choosy old man, I sank into the shadows on the back street on my way to the guild, as usual.
Of course, I have Reinhardt and Basten watching over me so that no one can see me.
As I sink into the shadow space, I move all the way to there, looking for Fred.
''Fred, then, I'll move over there, so please take care of the landmarks.''
Copy that... this one is okay.
During last night's training, I practiced last night to see if I could move not only to places I've been in the past, but also to places where Reinhardt and the others were.
As a result, as long as Reinhardt and the others served as landmarks, I was able to move to places I've never been before.
Yeah, this is super~convenient.......and the place I moved to is Rastock in the Riesenburg Kingdom, and now it's time to infiltrate the enemy's hideout.
Yesterday, after talking with Klaus-san over dinner, we decided that if the Riesenburg Kingdom and the Landshelt Republic were to go to war, we would side with the Landshelt Republic... or rather, Volzard.
The reason is the difference in the way we think about people.
'Idiots! Look, Kent. There are people who can't make it, but there's no one who can't make it forever. Even if a person is not good enough right now, from a different point of view, he has a lot of room to grow!
When I told him I was a clunky kid, Mr. Krause yelled at me.
It's the job of the person in charge to figure out how he can grow, and to help him reach his potential. It takes 15 years for a human being to be able to work as hard as Kent is now, and another 10 years to become a full-fledged human being, so you can't just cut him off because he's not good enough at a glance, can you? To train a new human being, we have to spend all that time, effort and money again, what a waste of time and money!
Volzade is said to be called 'The Farthest City' in the Landsholt Republic.
It is protected by solid walls, but it is also in danger of needing that many walls.
Every few years, the number of demons can suddenly increase, and it's not uncommon for the guard and adventurers as well as the general public to be killed.
That's why Klaus-san feels the preciousness of human resources in his mind.
''Look, Kent. It's true that you don't have any magical talent, but you've made it out of the Devil's Forest alive, so be confident, there's still a lot of talent inside you. You have to do a lot of work to find it. If Donovan and Gillik say they'll put you in training, then go out there and hit them to the death like you did today. And make a lot of mistakes and learn a lot. Then you will find a way to shine, I promise you! Do you understand?!
'Yes ... yes ... yes ... okay ... um ...'
I am ashamed to say that I burst into tears in front of Klaus and Mueller.
When I was in Japan, I was always falling asleep, always getting scolded, and every time I was told that I was no good, that I was no good, I was labeled a clunker.
I don't think I've ever had anyone acknowledge my existence so squarely, not even once.
With Klaus-san, who assured me that I would still be able to shine even though he knew I was judged a failure in The Crystal of the Magic Eye, or the s*xist princess who tried to get rid of me without getting her hands dirty after paying good riddance, I don't need to tell you which side to take, do I?
I decided that I would eventually get all of my classmates to escape to Volzard, but I couldn't make that happen.
But it's not easy to achieve that.
I can use my shadow transport to get back and forth effortlessly, but I don't know if I'll be able to travel with anyone else.
Then, in order to get everyone to Volzard, we'll have to traverse the Demon Forest.
Of course, if we use Reinhardt and the others as our guards, our chances of crossing the forest will increase dramatically, but even so, it's hard to protect nearly two hundred people.
Of course, there's also the worry that we'll be pursued by Riesenburg.
Therefore, we decided to assess the current situation first.
Klaus-san also had some discrepancies between the impressions he had heard only from the information before we met, and the impressions he got when we met and talked to him in person.
It's not that I don't trust Fred's report, but I thought I would actually check out the current situation of everyone with my own eyes.
The city of Rastock is a city that didn't exist when Reinhardt and the others were alive.
In the past, it was just grassland and wasteland, but now the city is in the middle of the wheat fields that have been harvested.
It seems that the land and the city were reclaimed after the death of Reinhardt and his friends.
The garrison that the classmates were taken to is located on the outskirts of that city, between the river that runs along the edge of the Demon Forest and the city.
It's surrounded by sturdy-looking walls, which may serve as a preparation against the demons that cross the river, and a thick iron gate, which is open now, with guards standing guard at the entrance.
But the shadows of trees, buildings, and people...we who can hide in the shadows and move through the shadows, have managed to sneak in without difficulty.
Mmmmph, dark-attribute mage, that's a real cheat.
Inside the spacious military facility, the classmates, divided into groups of sorcerers and knights, according to the type and level of their attributes, were being trained.
I decided to take a look at them in order from the end, and the first one I saw was training to become a knight.
The two groups are divided into two groups, like me yesterday, you're facing each other with leather helmets, bodies, basket hands, and holding a wooden sword.
There are about twenty people in one group, and forty people in both armies are staring at each other.
''Both armies, begin chanting!
'Manna, manna, manna who governs the world, gather, gather, run to me, run, run, run, run, manna, be a force!'
Begin simulations.
Ooh!
After chanting at once, the two armies rush into the other side with a yell.
I wondered if there was some kind of formation or strategy, such as the Crane Wing Formation or the Fish Scale Formation, but they just charged straight into the enemy, and it was a very forceful battle.
Both groups, boys and girls are mixed in, but they don't seem to be taking it easy on the girls at all.
I mean, the girls are doing more than evenly, and it's kind of scary, like they're really killing each other.
''What's the matter! You don't need useless people in Riesenburg, do you want to be demon food in the Devil's Forest?
If you want to live, kill them! If you don't kill him, he'll kill you!
You'll be eaten by the devil! Kill, kill, kill!
"Reinhardt, was that the chanting you did before when you used your physical enhancements?
''That's right, your reputation as a knight will change depending on what percentage you can strengthen, how long you can maintain it, and so on.''
How much can you enhance it?
''Well, a person with a weak magic level can increase it by up to 50 percent, but a person with a high magic level can have their body strength increased by three to five times.
I see, the s*xually evil princess who poached that boat mountain with one hand must mean that she's a knight type and has a high amount of magic power.
While I was thinking about that, it seems that the majority of the mock battle was decided.
Apparently, the rules of victory and defeat are that you fight with the opponent you bumped into, and if you win, you go to the opponent's position, and the group with the most people who reach the position wins.
It doesn't matter if it's boys or girls, the winner and the loser are both ragged.
I've never seen a girl screaming while bleeding her nose before, it's too scary.
''Reinhardt, if you're working this hard, you'll be a soldier in a year or so, won't you?''
"No, Master Kent, this style of training will teach you to fight, but it won't teach you how to fight and make sense of things, which is a bad way to train, just as it was in our day.
'Really? Isn't this what you were talking about the last time you were training for your life?''
"Risking one's life means pushing oneself beyond the limits, not by recklessly engaging in dangerous training.
'Hmmm ... I mean, it's like a meaningful risk of life and a meaningless risk of life?'
I suppose so.
In another place, training is being held for the surgeons.
This one feels like the same as the guild's sorcerer training, and seems to be an exercise in releasing magic at a target.
Yah, yah!
The magic the schoolgirl released dissipated as soon as it left her hands, didn't it?
''No, no, no, chant more accurately, imagine exactly what you're chanting, don't turn into a fireball with such faltering chanting, you fool!
I'm sorry!
Chanting to use magic is, of course, a language from this world.
Under the influence of the summoning, I can speak, read, write, and understand it, but only the pronunciation is foreign to me........
That's why everyone seems to have a hard time with chanting, they can't activate it very well and the knight kicks them in the face.
I don't think I need to chant, but I guess I can't.
When I was observing while thinking about it, a handsome guy from the basketball team appeared.
Mana, mana, mana that governs the world, gather, gather, gather into my hands and become fire, dance, dance, fire, dance, fire, become a fireball! Uh-oh!
Whoa, the guy who took the course at the guild had a fireball that was about the size of a softball, but it's about the size of a basketball, and the speed of the ball is about 150 kilometers?
The Riesenburg surgeon who was watching over the straw man that was hit, reduced to ashes in a matter of seconds, is also clapping his hands in praise.
When I was lightly pissed off, a beautiful blonde woman walked up to me with a towel in her hand, saying, "d*mn, you should have struggled more with your chanting, that's why handsome guys are.......
''As expected of you, hero-sama.
'Thank you, Shelia, but this is about as easy as it gets for me.
No, no, no, I didn't do anything to wipe the sweat off my face.
I mean, Mr. Brave? Oh, I thought we were just soldiers?
According to Fred, this blonde beauty is the handsome man's personal maid, and she sleeps and eats with him to take care of his personal needs.
What the hell? That's a total honey trap, isn't it?
How enviable no, no, no, scary, but if it were me, this cheat mage, I'd be completely trapped and boned out.
''My hero, do you still continue to train?
'Of course, I have to get stronger, I have to get stronger for those who are not strong enough to make any more sacrifices!
Wow, it's obvious that you're forcing a sense of grief that you're not expecting.
I mean, that sacrifice guy is lurking at your feet~.
I left the training camp of the surgeon with the idea that you should just explode on your own already, and I found some kind of place where they were doing some kind of civil engineering work.
If you look closely, it looks like it's my classmates here too, or rather, that bastard from Funayama.
''Kent-sama, this is the training ground for earth-attribute magicians, isn't it?''
"Earthly training...?
All the people there were covered in mud and were shaping the kneaded soil into a mold.
I thought they were all students, but then I saw Ms. Ayako Sugiyama, a trainee teacher, was in the mix.
When Ms. Ayako finished filling the mold with clay, she started to chant.
She started chanting, "O mana, mana, O mana who governs the world, gather, gather, gather into my hands and let them soak into the soil, soak, soak, soak, soak, soak into the soil and harden!
Okay, next!
When the chanting is done, it looks like the Riesenburg knights are going to hit it with a hammer to inspect the workmanship.
The one that gets the OK seems to be a U-shaped gutter.
Apparently, they are being made to make materials for civil engineering work as a training exercise.
It's the plainest thing I've seen so far, and since it's going to be muddy, every face looks exhausted.
...soak into the soil and harden.
Wow.........how faltering Funayama's chanting was......is that okay?
Which one is it, no, it's not sticking, what are you doing, Gigantor, you want to be demon food?
I can't do this shit...
Quite a few times, can't you see the front end is incapable of learning?
Oh, Knight-san is also neck-hanging Funayama with one right hand.
Ayako-sensei, she's awaiting to stop him, but she can't find the right moment to do so.
It's a tense scene, but it's soothing and heartwarming.
Obedience or death, choose whichever you like, Dekabutsu!
Clothes.......
What? I can't hear you. Speak up, for God's sake, speak up!
Oh, you can't talk like this, hmm...
Yeah, they threw Funayama away like garbage again, shoving him out of his face and into the mud, it's starting to feel kind of pathetic.
The knight grabbed the coughing Funayama by the hair and dragged him up.
'So, which is it, obedience? Death? Do you want to be demon fodder too?
I'm going to obey no, sir.
'Hmph, if you say that from the beginning, you won't be needlessly sore and miserable, do you understand?
Funayama nodded wordlessly and gawked while looking dissatisfied.
Uhyahya, Funayama weak! Shed!
I mean, the guy from Funayama, he's not a knight, he's a surgeon.
According to Reinhardt, the candidates gathered in this way are first made to take a physical fitness test, and after that they are taught body strengthening chants, and those whose strength hasn't grown much stronger than the initial measurement are trained as a jutsuji type.
Funayama's strength is strong even without the enhancement, but his strength isn't as strong as someone who can use body-enhancement magic, and he's not as agile as someone who can use body-enhancement magic, so I guess he had no choice but to become a surgeon.
Knight of Riesenburg, please rehabilitate Funayama with a gulp.
By the way, I don't see the chairman of the committee, but I wonder where our, our chairman is.
"Our saint is in the infirmary...
According to Fred, the chairman of the committee is in the facility's infirmary, treating not only his classmates who were injured in training, but also the people of the city of Rustock.
If that's the case, let's go take a quick tour.
Using the shadow transfer, it's easy to get inside the building.
The infirmary is a little different from the Japanese hospital, and besides the examination table, there is a bathtub-like structure set up.
This bathtub is said to be used by water-attributed mages who can heal, and it is filled with water that contains the power to heal, and people will soak the affected areas in the water.
However, since the chairman is a light-attribute mage, he seems to heal exclusively at the examination table.
He said, "O mana, mana, O mana who governs the world, gather, gather, gather in my hands and be healed!
The chairman of the committee chants cheerfully and puts his hands on the waist of a man sitting on the examination table.
After about three minutes, the treatment seems to be over.
'How are you feeling, sir?
Yes, I'm feeling much better, thank you, Your Highness.
Okay, well, I'll see you tomorrow.
Yes, thank you, my saint.
After about ten people had been treated for about three minutes each, the chairperson huffed out and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Seeing the chairperson, a woman who seemed to be working as an assistant called out to her, "Saints, take a break.
''Saintess, we need to take a break........''
No, I'm still fine.
"There are still many waiting to be healed, my saint, and I hope you will take the time to rest properly so that we can treat as many as possible.
'Huh ... well, okay, I'll take a break.
The chairman sank down on the sofa in the corner of the room and let out a deep sigh.
''After all, Fred is right, Master Kent is a better healer than you are.
''Hmm ... but we didn't strictly compare, and I think the chairman is doing a great job.''
"Master Kent, he's not chanting and has more time to heal.
I think that's because I've been trained in leave-in farms and self-healing.
But I feel like the chairman of the committee is tired in some way.
'Please, please my son, my fever hasn't come down for three days now, please, please, please saint.......'
'No, no, no, don't push it, even the saints have their limits...'
There was a lot of noise outside the infirmary, so I went to take a peek and saw a woman holding a boy of about three years old and a soldier arguing with each other.
The boy the woman was holding looked pale and earthy despite the fact that he was said to have a fever.
That was pretty poorly done, wasn't it?
'Come inside, we'll treat you in a minute!
'Oh my dear saint, thank you, thank you.
It's all right. Come on, come on, get in there. Put him down.
Oh, Chairman, you have truly been elevated to an angel, haven't you?
After laying the child on the examination table, the chairman chanted and addressed his hand to the child's chest and began to treat it.
However, the child's complexion did not improve even after chanting two or three times.
On the contrary, the blood seemed to be draining from the chairman's face.
"Mr. Kent, the situation doesn't look good for you.
'Yeah, I guess I'd better help you out a bit.
The chairperson may have some pride as a healer, but for now, I'm going to make the child's recovery a priority.
Without the people around me realizing it, I put my hand on the child's back from the shadow cast by the healing table and imagined the healing effect spread throughout the body.
'Oh, the child's complexion is going to get better in no time...'
His breathing has stabilized. His pulse has stabilized.
That's a saint... it's a miracle!
'Thank you, my saint, thank you, thank you.
The child's condition seems to have stabilized, so I've decided to stay in the shadows and watch it happen.
People are praising him, but he is staring at his hands with a surprised look on his face.
'Good, the kid seems to be doing better.
"Master Kent, I hope I'm not too bad.
"What? Why?
'That woman who is called a saint might have thought she was a force to be reckoned with,'
'Yeah, I don't need to take credit for it.
"Master Kent, I've had a few glimpses, and it seems to me that the woman is quite responsible.
'Yeah, well, the chairman of the committee is a very responsible man.
"What happens when he cannot do what he once thought he could do?
"What?
"Yes, I hope they don't start pushing it even harder.
The chairman of the committee is on break again, but even as he sits on the couch, he looks at his hands and smiles, looking a little teary-eyed.
A-hah, perhaps you're impressed with your own achievements?
Actually, it's hard to say "I was helping you...
I thought it was for the best, but I feel like I've created a spark of trouble, and I don't like the aftertaste.
Hmmm........what should we do about it?
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The morning after I met Klaus-san, the lord of Volzard and a choosy old man, I sank into the shadows on the back street on my way to the guild, as usual.
Of course, I have Reinhardt and Basten watching over me so that no one can see me.
As I sink into the shadow space, I move all the way to there, looking for Fred.
''Fred, then, I'll move over there, so please take care of the landmarks.''
Copy that... this one is okay.
During last night's training, I practiced last night to see if I could move not only to places I've been in the past, but also to places where Reinhardt and the others were.
As a result, as long as Reinhardt and the others served as landmarks, I was able to move to places I've never been before.
Yeah, this is super~convenient.......and the place I moved to is Rastock in the Riesenburg Kingdom, and now it's time to infiltrate the enemy's hideout.
Yesterday, after talking with Klaus-san over dinner, we decided that if the Riesenburg Kingdom and the Landshelt Republic were to go to war, we would side with the Landshelt Republic... or rather, Volzard.
The reason is the difference in the way we think about people.
'Idiots! Look, Kent. There are people who can't make it, but there's no one who can't make it forever. Even if a person is not good enough right now, from a different point of view, he has a lot of room to grow!
When I told him I was a clunky kid, Mr. Krause yelled at me.
It's the job of the person in charge to figure out how he can grow, and to help him reach his potential. It takes 15 years for a human being to be able to work as hard as Kent is now, and another 10 years to become a full-fledged human being, so you can't just cut him off because he's not good enough at a glance, can you? To train a new human being, we have to spend all that time, effort and money again, what a waste of time and money!
Volzade is said to be called 'The Farthest City' in the Landsholt Republic.
It is protected by solid walls, but it is also in danger of needing that many walls.
Every few years, the number of demons can suddenly increase, and it's not uncommon for the guard and adventurers as well as the general public to be killed.
That's why Klaus-san feels the preciousness of human resources in his mind.
''Look, Kent. It's true that you don't have any magical talent, but you've made it out of the Devil's Forest alive, so be confident, there's still a lot of talent inside you. You have to do a lot of work to find it. If Donovan and Gillik say they'll put you in training, then go out there and hit them to the death like you did today. And make a lot of mistakes and learn a lot. Then you will find a way to shine, I promise you! Do you understand?!
'Yes ... yes ... yes ... okay ... um ...'
I am ashamed to say that I burst into tears in front of Klaus and Mueller.
When I was in Japan, I was always falling asleep, always getting scolded, and every time I was told that I was no good, that I was no good, I was labeled a clunker.
I don't think I've ever had anyone acknowledge my existence so squarely, not even once.
With Klaus-san, who assured me that I would still be able to shine even though he knew I was judged a failure in The Crystal of the Magic Eye, or the s*xist princess who tried to get rid of me without getting her hands dirty after paying good riddance, I don't need to tell you which side to take, do I?
I decided that I would eventually get all of my classmates to escape to Volzard, but I couldn't make that happen.
But it's not easy to achieve that.
I can use my shadow transport to get back and forth effortlessly, but I don't know if I'll be able to travel with anyone else.
Then, in order to get everyone to Volzard, we'll have to traverse the Demon Forest.
Of course, if we use Reinhardt and the others as our guards, our chances of crossing the forest will increase dramatically, but even so, it's hard to protect nearly two hundred people.
Of course, there's also the worry that we'll be pursued by Riesenburg.
Therefore, we decided to assess the current situation first.
Klaus-san also had some discrepancies between the impressions he had heard only from the information before we met, and the impressions he got when we met and talked to him in person.
It's not that I don't trust Fred's report, but I thought I would actually check out the current situation of everyone with my own eyes.
The city of Rastock is a city that didn't exist when Reinhardt and the others were alive.
In the past, it was just grassland and wasteland, but now the city is in the middle of the wheat fields that have been harvested.
It seems that the land and the city were reclaimed after the death of Reinhardt and his friends.
The garrison that the classmates were taken to is located on the outskirts of that city, between the river that runs along the edge of the Demon Forest and the city.
It's surrounded by sturdy-looking walls, which may serve as a preparation against the demons that cross the river, and a thick iron gate, which is open now, with guards standing guard at the entrance.
But the shadows of trees, buildings, and people...we who can hide in the shadows and move through the shadows, have managed to sneak in without difficulty.
Mmmmph, dark-attribute mage, that's a real cheat.
Inside the spacious military facility, the classmates, divided into groups of sorcerers and knights, according to the type and level of their attributes, were being trained.
I decided to take a look at them in order from the end, and the first one I saw was training to become a knight.
The two groups are divided into two groups, like me yesterday, you're facing each other with leather helmets, bodies, basket hands, and holding a wooden sword.
There are about twenty people in one group, and forty people in both armies are staring at each other.
''Both armies, begin chanting!
'Manna, manna, manna who governs the world, gather, gather, run to me, run, run, run, run, manna, be a force!'
Begin simulations.
Ooh!
After chanting at once, the two armies rush into the other side with a yell.
I wondered if there was some kind of formation or strategy, such as the Crane Wing Formation or the Fish Scale Formation, but they just charged straight into the enemy, and it was a very forceful battle.
Both groups, boys and girls are mixed in, but they don't seem to be taking it easy on the girls at all.
I mean, the girls are doing more than evenly, and it's kind of scary, like they're really killing each other.
''What's the matter! You don't need useless people in Riesenburg, do you want to be demon food in the Devil's Forest?
If you want to live, kill them! If you don't kill him, he'll kill you!
You'll be eaten by the devil! Kill, kill, kill!
"Reinhardt, was that the chanting you did before when you used your physical enhancements?
''That's right, your reputation as a knight will change depending on what percentage you can strengthen, how long you can maintain it, and so on.''
How much can you enhance it?
''Well, a person with a weak magic level can increase it by up to 50 percent, but a person with a high magic level can have their body strength increased by three to five times.
I see, the s*xually evil princess who poached that boat mountain with one hand must mean that she's a knight type and has a high amount of magic power.
While I was thinking about that, it seems that the majority of the mock battle was decided.
Apparently, the rules of victory and defeat are that you fight with the opponent you bumped into, and if you win, you go to the opponent's position, and the group with the most people who reach the position wins.
It doesn't matter if it's boys or girls, the winner and the loser are both ragged.
I've never seen a girl screaming while bleeding her nose before, it's too scary.
''Reinhardt, if you're working this hard, you'll be a soldier in a year or so, won't you?''
"No, Master Kent, this style of training will teach you to fight, but it won't teach you how to fight and make sense of things, which is a bad way to train, just as it was in our day.
'Really? Isn't this what you were talking about the last time you were training for your life?''
"Risking one's life means pushing oneself beyond the limits, not by recklessly engaging in dangerous training.
'Hmmm ... I mean, it's like a meaningful risk of life and a meaningless risk of life?'
I suppose so.
In another place, training is being held for the surgeons.
This one feels like the same as the guild's sorcerer training, and seems to be an exercise in releasing magic at a target.
Yah, yah!
The magic the schoolgirl released dissipated as soon as it left her hands, didn't it?
''No, no, no, chant more accurately, imagine exactly what you're chanting, don't turn into a fireball with such faltering chanting, you fool!
I'm sorry!
Chanting to use magic is, of course, a language from this world.
Under the influence of the summoning, I can speak, read, write, and understand it, but only the pronunciation is foreign to me........
That's why everyone seems to have a hard time with chanting, they can't activate it very well and the knight kicks them in the face.
I don't think I need to chant, but I guess I can't.
When I was observing while thinking about it, a handsome guy from the basketball team appeared.
Mana, mana, mana that governs the world, gather, gather, gather into my hands and become fire, dance, dance, fire, dance, fire, become a fireball! Uh-oh!
Whoa, the guy who took the course at the guild had a fireball that was about the size of a softball, but it's about the size of a basketball, and the speed of the ball is about 150 kilometers?
The Riesenburg surgeon who was watching over the straw man that was hit, reduced to ashes in a matter of seconds, is also clapping his hands in praise.
When I was lightly pissed off, a beautiful blonde woman walked up to me with a towel in her hand, saying, "d*mn, you should have struggled more with your chanting, that's why handsome guys are.......
''As expected of you, hero-sama.
'Thank you, Shelia, but this is about as easy as it gets for me.
No, no, no, I didn't do anything to wipe the sweat off my face.
I mean, Mr. Brave? Oh, I thought we were just soldiers?
According to Fred, this blonde beauty is the handsome man's personal maid, and she sleeps and eats with him to take care of his personal needs.
What the hell? That's a total honey trap, isn't it?
How enviable no, no, no, scary, but if it were me, this cheat mage, I'd be completely trapped and boned out.
''My hero, do you still continue to train?
'Of course, I have to get stronger, I have to get stronger for those who are not strong enough to make any more sacrifices!
Wow, it's obvious that you're forcing a sense of grief that you're not expecting.
I mean, that sacrifice guy is lurking at your feet~.
I left the training camp of the surgeon with the idea that you should just explode on your own already, and I found some kind of place where they were doing some kind of civil engineering work.
If you look closely, it looks like it's my classmates here too, or rather, that bastard from Funayama.
''Kent-sama, this is the training ground for earth-attribute magicians, isn't it?''
"Earthly training...?
All the people there were covered in mud and were shaping the kneaded soil into a mold.
I thought they were all students, but then I saw Ms. Ayako Sugiyama, a trainee teacher, was in the mix.
When Ms. Ayako finished filling the mold with clay, she started to chant.
She started chanting, "O mana, mana, O mana who governs the world, gather, gather, gather into my hands and let them soak into the soil, soak, soak, soak, soak, soak into the soil and harden!
Okay, next!
When the chanting is done, it looks like the Riesenburg knights are going to hit it with a hammer to inspect the workmanship.
The one that gets the OK seems to be a U-shaped gutter.
Apparently, they are being made to make materials for civil engineering work as a training exercise.
It's the plainest thing I've seen so far, and since it's going to be muddy, every face looks exhausted.
...soak into the soil and harden.
Wow.........how faltering Funayama's chanting was......is that okay?
Which one is it, no, it's not sticking, what are you doing, Gigantor, you want to be demon food?
I can't do this shit...
Quite a few times, can't you see the front end is incapable of learning?
Oh, Knight-san is also neck-hanging Funayama with one right hand.
Ayako-sensei, she's awaiting to stop him, but she can't find the right moment to do so.
It's a tense scene, but it's soothing and heartwarming.
Obedience or death, choose whichever you like, Dekabutsu!
Clothes.......
What? I can't hear you. Speak up, for God's sake, speak up!
Oh, you can't talk like this, hmm...
Yeah, they threw Funayama away like garbage again, shoving him out of his face and into the mud, it's starting to feel kind of pathetic.
The knight grabbed the coughing Funayama by the hair and dragged him up.
'So, which is it, obedience? Death? Do you want to be demon fodder too?
I'm going to obey no, sir.
'Hmph, if you say that from the beginning, you won't be needlessly sore and miserable, do you understand?
Funayama nodded wordlessly and gawked while looking dissatisfied.
Uhyahya, Funayama weak! Shed!
I mean, the guy from Funayama, he's not a knight, he's a surgeon.
According to Reinhardt, the candidates gathered in this way are first made to take a physical fitness test, and after that they are taught body strengthening chants, and those whose strength hasn't grown much stronger than the initial measurement are trained as a jutsuji type.
Funayama's strength is strong even without the enhancement, but his strength isn't as strong as someone who can use body-enhancement magic, and he's not as agile as someone who can use body-enhancement magic, so I guess he had no choice but to become a surgeon.
Knight of Riesenburg, please rehabilitate Funayama with a gulp.
By the way, I don't see the chairman of the committee, but I wonder where our, our chairman is.
"Our saint is in the infirmary...
According to Fred, the chairman of the committee is in the facility's infirmary, treating not only his classmates who were injured in training, but also the people of the city of Rustock.
If that's the case, let's go take a quick tour.
Using the shadow transfer, it's easy to get inside the building.
The infirmary is a little different from the Japanese hospital, and besides the examination table, there is a bathtub-like structure set up.
This bathtub is said to be used by water-attributed mages who can heal, and it is filled with water that contains the power to heal, and people will soak the affected areas in the water.
However, since the chairman is a light-attribute mage, he seems to heal exclusively at the examination table.
He said, "O mana, mana, O mana who governs the world, gather, gather, gather in my hands and be healed!
The chairman of the committee chants cheerfully and puts his hands on the waist of a man sitting on the examination table.
After about three minutes, the treatment seems to be over.
'How are you feeling, sir?
Yes, I'm feeling much better, thank you, Your Highness.
Okay, well, I'll see you tomorrow.
Yes, thank you, my saint.
After about ten people had been treated for about three minutes each, the chairperson huffed out and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Seeing the chairperson, a woman who seemed to be working as an assistant called out to her, "Saints, take a break.
''Saintess, we need to take a break........''
No, I'm still fine.
"There are still many waiting to be healed, my saint, and I hope you will take the time to rest properly so that we can treat as many as possible.
'Huh ... well, okay, I'll take a break.
The chairman sank down on the sofa in the corner of the room and let out a deep sigh.
''After all, Fred is right, Master Kent is a better healer than you are.
''Hmm ... but we didn't strictly compare, and I think the chairman is doing a great job.''
"Master Kent, he's not chanting and has more time to heal.
I think that's because I've been trained in leave-in farms and self-healing.
But I feel like the chairman of the committee is tired in some way.
'Please, please my son, my fever hasn't come down for three days now, please, please, please saint.......'
'No, no, no, don't push it, even the saints have their limits...'
There was a lot of noise outside the infirmary, so I went to take a peek and saw a woman holding a boy of about three years old and a soldier arguing with each other.
The boy the woman was holding looked pale and earthy despite the fact that he was said to have a fever.
That was pretty poorly done, wasn't it?
'Come inside, we'll treat you in a minute!
'Oh my dear saint, thank you, thank you.
It's all right. Come on, come on, get in there. Put him down.
Oh, Chairman, you have truly been elevated to an angel, haven't you?
After laying the child on the examination table, the chairman chanted and addressed his hand to the child's chest and began to treat it.
However, the child's complexion did not improve even after chanting two or three times.
On the contrary, the blood seemed to be draining from the chairman's face.
"Mr. Kent, the situation doesn't look good for you.
'Yeah, I guess I'd better help you out a bit.
The chairperson may have some pride as a healer, but for now, I'm going to make the child's recovery a priority.
Without the people around me realizing it, I put my hand on the child's back from the shadow cast by the healing table and imagined the healing effect spread throughout the body.
'Oh, the child's complexion is going to get better in no time...'
His breathing has stabilized. His pulse has stabilized.
That's a saint... it's a miracle!
'Thank you, my saint, thank you, thank you.
The child's condition seems to have stabilized, so I've decided to stay in the shadows and watch it happen.
People are praising him, but he is staring at his hands with a surprised look on his face.
'Good, the kid seems to be doing better.
"Master Kent, I hope I'm not too bad.
"What? Why?
'That woman who is called a saint might have thought she was a force to be reckoned with,'
'Yeah, I don't need to take credit for it.
"Master Kent, I've had a few glimpses, and it seems to me that the woman is quite responsible.
'Yeah, well, the chairman of the committee is a very responsible man.
"What happens when he cannot do what he once thought he could do?
"What?
"Yes, I hope they don't start pushing it even harder.
The chairman of the committee is on break again, but even as he sits on the couch, he looks at his hands and smiles, looking a little teary-eyed.
A-hah, perhaps you're impressed with your own achievements?
Actually, it's hard to say "I was helping you...
I thought it was for the best, but I feel like I've created a spark of trouble, and I don't like the aftertaste.
Hmmm........what should we do about it?
The morning after I met Klaus-san, the lord of Volzard and a choosy old man, I sank into the shadows on the back street on my way to the guild, as usual.Of course, I have Reinhardt and Basten watching over me so that no one can see me.As I sink into the shadow space, I move all the way to there, looking for Fred.''Fred, then, I'll move over there, so please take care of the landmarks.''Copy that... this one is okay.During last night's training, I practiced last night to see if I could move not only to places I've been in the past, but also to places where Reinhardt and the others were.As a result, as long as Reinhardt and the others served as landmarks, I was able to move to places I've never been before.Yeah, this is super~convenient.......and the place I moved to is Rastock in the Riesenburg Kingdom, and now it's time to infiltrate the enemy's hideout.Yesterday, after talking with Klaus-san over dinner, we decided that if the Riesenburg Kingdom and the Landshelt Republic were to go to war, we would side with the Landshelt Republic... or rather, Volzard.The reason is the difference in the way we think about people.'Idiots! Look, Kent.There are people who can't make it, but there's no one who can't make it forever.Even if a person is not good enough right now, from a different point of view, he has a lot of room to grow!When I told him I was a clunky kid, Mr. Krause yelled at me.It's the job of the person in charge to figure out how he can grow, and to help him reach his potential.It takes 15 years for a human being to be able to work as hard as Kent is now, and another 10 years to become a full-fledged human being, so you can't just cut him off because he's not good enough at a glance, can you?To train a new human being, we have to spend all that time, effort and money again, what a waste of time and money!Volzade is said to be called 'The Farthest City' in the Landsholt Republic.It is protected by solid walls, but it is also in danger of needing that many walls.Every few years, the number of demons can suddenly increase, and it's not uncommon for the guard and adventurers as well as the general public to be killed.That's why Klaus-san feels the preciousness of human resources in his mind.''Look, Kent.It's true that you don't have any magical talent, but you've made it out of the Devil's Forest alive, so be confident, there's still a lot of talent inside you.You have to do a lot of work to find it.If Donovan and Gillik say they'll put you in training, then go out there and hit them to the death like you did today.And make a lot of mistakes and learn a lot.Then you will find a way to shine, I promise you! Do you understand?!'Yes ... yes ... yes ... okay ... um ...'I am ashamed to say that I burst into tears in front of Klaus and Mueller.When I was in Japan, I was always falling asleep, always getting scolded, and every time I was told that I was no good, that I was no good, I was labeled a clunker.I don't think I've ever had anyone acknowledge my existence so squarely, not even once.With Klaus-san, who assured me that I would still be able to shine even though he knew I was judged a failure in The Crystal of the Magic Eye, or the s*xist princess who tried to get rid of me without getting her hands dirty after paying good riddance, I don't need to tell you which side to take, do I?I decided that I would eventually get all of my classmates to escape to Volzard, but I couldn't make that happen.But it's not easy to achieve that.I can use my shadow transport to get back and forth effortlessly, but I don't know if I'll be able to travel with anyone else.Then, in order to get everyone to Volzard, we'll have to traverse the Demon Forest.Of course, if we use Reinhardt and the others as our guards, our chances of crossing the forest will increase dramatically, but even so, it's hard to protect nearly two hundred people.Of course, there's also the worry that we'll be pursued by Riesenburg.Therefore, we decided to assess the current situation first.Klaus-san also had some discrepancies between the impressions he had heard only from the information before we met, and the impressions he got when we met and talked to him in person.It's not that I don't trust Fred's report, but I thought I would actually check out the current situation of everyone with my own eyes.The city of Rastock is a city that didn't exist when Reinhardt and the others were alive.In the past, it was just grassland and wasteland, but now the city is in the middle of the wheat fields that have been harvested.It seems that the land and the city were reclaimed after the death of Reinhardt and his friends.The garrison that the classmates were taken to is located on the outskirts of that city, between the river that runs along the edge of the Demon Forest and the city.It's surrounded by sturdy-looking walls, which may serve as a preparation against the demons that cross the river, and a thick iron gate, which is open now, with guards standing guard at the entrance.But the shadows of trees, buildings, and people...we who can hide in the shadows and move through the shadows, have managed to sneak in without difficulty.Mmmmph, dark-attribute mage, that's a real cheat.Inside the spacious military facility, the classmates, divided into groups of sorcerers and knights, according to the type and level of their attributes, were being trained.I decided to take a look at them in order from the end, and the first one I saw was training to become a knight.The two groups are divided into two groups, like me yesterday, you're facing each other with leather helmets, bodies, basket hands, and holding a wooden sword.There are about twenty people in one group, and forty people in both armies are staring at each other.''Both armies, begin chanting!'Manna, manna, manna who governs the world, gather, gather, run to me, run, run, run, run, manna, be a force!'Begin simulations.Ooh!After chanting at once, the two armies rush into the other side with a yell.I wondered if there was some kind of formation or strategy, such as the Crane Wing Formation or the Fish Scale Formation, but they just charged straight into the enemy, and it was a very forceful battle.Both groups, boys and girls are mixed in, but they don't seem to be taking it easy on the girls at all.I mean, the girls are doing more than evenly, and it's kind of scary, like they're really killing each other.''What's the matter! You don't need useless people in Riesenburg, do you want to be demon food in the Devil's Forest?If you want to live, kill them! If you don't kill him, he'll kill you!You'll be eaten by the devil! Kill, kill, kill!"Reinhardt, was that the chanting you did before when you used your physical enhancements?''That's right, your reputation as a knight will change depending on what percentage you can strengthen, how long you can maintain it, and so on.''How much can you enhance it?''Well, a person with a weak magic level can increase it by up to 50 percent, but a person with a high magic level can have their body strength increased by three to five times.I see, the s*xually evil princess who poached that boat mountain with one hand must mean that she's a knight type and has a high amount of magic power.While I was thinking about that, it seems that the majority of the mock battle was decided.Apparently, the rules of victory and defeat are that you fight with the opponent you bumped into, and if you win, you go to the opponent's position, and the group with the most people who reach the position wins.It doesn't matter if it's boys or girls, the winner and the loser are both ragged.I've never seen a girl screaming while bleeding her nose before, it's too scary.''Reinhardt, if you're working this hard, you'll be a soldier in a year or so, won't you?''"No, Master Kent, this style of training will teach you to fight, but it won't teach you how to fight and make sense of things, which is a bad way to train, just as it was in our day.'Really? Isn't this what you were talking about the last time you were training for your life?''"Risking one's life means pushing oneself beyond the limits, not by recklessly engaging in dangerous training.'Hmmm ... I mean, it's like a meaningful risk of life and a meaningless risk of life?'I suppose so.In another place, training is being held for the surgeons.This one feels like the same as the guild's sorcerer training, and seems to be an exercise in releasing magic at a target.Yah, yah!The magic the schoolgirl released dissipated as soon as it left her hands, didn't it?''No, no, no, chant more accurately, imagine exactly what you're chanting, don't turn into a fireball with such faltering chanting, you fool!I'm sorry!Chanting to use magic is, of course, a language from this world.Under the influence of the summoning, I can speak, read, write, and understand it, but only the pronunciation is foreign to me........That's why everyone seems to have a hard time with chanting, they can't activate it very well and the knight kicks them in the face.I don't think I need to chant, but I guess I can't.When I was observing while thinking about it, a handsome guy from the basketball team appeared.Mana, mana, mana that governs the world, gather, gather, gather into my hands and become fire, dance, dance, fire, dance, fire, become a fireball! Uh-oh!Whoa, the guy who took the course at the guild had a fireball that was about the size of a softball, but it's about the size of a basketball, and the speed of the ball is about 150 kilometers?The Riesenburg surgeon who was watching over the straw man that was hit, reduced to ashes in a matter of seconds, is also clapping his hands in praise.When I was lightly pissed off, a beautiful blonde woman walked up to me with a towel in her hand, saying, "d*mn, you should have struggled more with your chanting, that's why handsome guys are.......''As expected of you, hero-sama.'Thank you, Shelia, but this is about as easy as it gets for me.No, no, no, I didn't do anything to wipe the sweat off my face.I mean, Mr. Brave? Oh, I thought we were just soldiers?According to Fred, this blonde beauty is the handsome man's personal maid, and she sleeps and eats with him to take care of his personal needs.What the hell? That's a total honey trap, isn't it?How enviable no, no, no, scary, but if it were me, this cheat mage, I'd be completely trapped and boned out.''My hero, do you still continue to train?'Of course, I have to get stronger, I have to get stronger for those who are not strong enough to make any more sacrifices!Wow, it's obvious that you're forcing a sense of grief that you're not expecting.I mean, that sacrifice guy is lurking at your feet~.I left the training camp of the surgeon with the idea that you should just explode on your own already, and I found some kind of place where they were doing some kind of civil engineering work.If you look closely, it looks like it's my classmates here too, or rather, that bastard from Funayama.''Kent-sama, this is the training ground for earth-attribute magicians, isn't it?''"Earthly training...?All the people there were covered in mud and were shaping the kneaded soil into a mold.I thought they were all students, but then I saw Ms. Ayako Sugiyama, a trainee teacher, was in the mix.When Ms. Ayako finished filling the mold with clay, she started to chant.She started chanting, "O mana, mana, O mana who governs the world, gather, gather, gather into my hands and let them soak into the soil, soak, soak, soak, soak, soak into the soil and harden!Okay, next!When the chanting is done, it looks like the Riesenburg knights are going to hit it with a hammer to inspect the workmanship.The one that gets the OK seems to be a U-shaped gutter.Apparently, they are being made to make materials for civil engineering work as a training exercise.It's the plainest thing I've seen so far, and since it's going to be muddy, every face looks exhausted....soak into the soil and harden.Wow.........how faltering Funayama's chanting was......is that okay?Which one is it, no, it's not sticking, what are you doing, Gigantor, you want to be demon food?I can't do this shit...Quite a few times, can't you see the front end is incapable of learning?Oh, Knight-san is also neck-hanging Funayama with one right hand.Ayako-sensei, she's awaiting to stop him, but she can't find the right moment to do so.It's a tense scene, but it's soothing and heartwarming.Obedience or death, choose whichever you like, Dekabutsu!Clothes.......What? I can't hear you. Speak up, for God's sake, speak up!Oh, you can't talk like this, hmm...Yeah, they threw Funayama away like garbage again, shoving him out of his face and into the mud, it's starting to feel kind of pathetic.The knight grabbed the coughing Funayama by the hair and dragged him up.'So, which is it, obedience? Death? Do you want to be demon fodder too?I'm going to obey no, sir.'Hmph, if you say that from the beginning, you won't be needlessly sore and miserable, do you understand?Funayama nodded wordlessly and gawked while looking dissatisfied.Uhyahya, Funayama weak! Shed!I mean, the guy from Funayama, he's not a knight, he's a surgeon.According to Reinhardt, the candidates gathered in this way are first made to take a physical fitness test, and after that they are taught body strengthening chants, and those whose strength hasn't grown much stronger than the initial measurement are trained as a jutsuji type.Funayama's strength is strong even without the enhancement, but his strength isn't as strong as someone who can use body-enhancement magic, and he's not as agile as someone who can use body-enhancement magic, so I guess he had no choice but to become a surgeon.Knight of Riesenburg, please rehabilitate Funayama with a gulp.By the way, I don't see the chairman of the committee, but I wonder where our, our chairman is."Our saint is in the infirmary...According to Fred, the chairman of the committee is in the facility's infirmary, treating not only his classmates who were injured in training, but also the people of the city of Rustock.If that's the case, let's go take a quick tour.Using the shadow transfer, it's easy to get inside the building.The infirmary is a little different from the Japanese hospital, and besides the examination table, there is a bathtub-like structure set up.This bathtub is said to be used by water-attributed mages who can heal, and it is filled with water that contains the power to heal, and people will soak the affected areas in the water.However, since the chairman is a light-attribute mage, he seems to heal exclusively at the examination table.He said, "O mana, mana, O mana who governs the world, gather, gather, gather in my hands and be healed!The chairman of the committee chants cheerfully and puts his hands on the waist of a man sitting on the examination table.After about three minutes, the treatment seems to be over.'How are you feeling, sir?Yes, I'm feeling much better, thank you, Your Highness.Okay, well, I'll see you tomorrow.Yes, thank you, my saint.After about ten people had been treated for about three minutes each, the chairperson huffed out and wiped the sweat from his forehead.Seeing the chairperson, a woman who seemed to be working as an assistant called out to her, "Saints, take a break.''Saintess, we need to take a break........''No, I'm still fine."There are still many waiting to be healed, my saint, and I hope you will take the time to rest properly so that we can treat as many as possible.'Huh ... well, okay, I'll take a break.The chairman sank down on the sofa in the corner of the room and let out a deep sigh.''After all, Fred is right, Master Kent is a better healer than you are.''Hmm ... but we didn't strictly compare, and I think the chairman is doing a great job.''"Master Kent, he's not chanting and has more time to heal.I think that's because I've been trained in leave-in farms and self-healing.But I feel like the chairman of the committee is tired in some way.'Please, please my son, my fever hasn't come down for three days now, please, please, please saint.......''No, no, no, don't push it, even the saints have their limits...'There was a lot of noise outside the infirmary, so I went to take a peek and saw a woman holding a boy of about three years old and a soldier arguing with each other.The boy the woman was holding looked pale and earthy despite the fact that he was said to have a fever.That was pretty poorly done, wasn't it?'Come inside, we'll treat you in a minute!'Oh my dear saint, thank you, thank you.It's all right. Come on, come on, get in there. Put him down.Oh, Chairman, you have truly been elevated to an angel, haven't you?After laying the child on the examination table, the chairman chanted and addressed his hand to the child's chest and began to treat it.However, the child's complexion did not improve even after chanting two or three times.On the contrary, the blood seemed to be draining from the chairman's face."Mr. Kent, the situation doesn't look good for you.'Yeah, I guess I'd better help you out a bit.The chairperson may have some pride as a healer, but for now, I'm going to make the child's recovery a priority.Without the people around me realizing it, I put my hand on the child's back from the shadow cast by the healing table and imagined the healing effect spread throughout the body.'Oh, the child's complexion is going to get better in no time...'His breathing has stabilized. His pulse has stabilized.That's a saint... it's a miracle!'Thank you, my saint, thank you, thank you.The child's condition seems to have stabilized, so I've decided to stay in the shadows and watch it happen.People are praising him, but he is staring at his hands with a surprised look on his face.'Good, the kid seems to be doing better."Master Kent, I hope I'm not too bad."What? Why?'That woman who is called a saint might have thought she was a force to be reckoned with,''Yeah, I don't need to take credit for it."Master Kent, I've had a few glimpses, and it seems to me that the woman is quite responsible.'Yeah, well, the chairman of the committee is a very responsible man."What happens when he cannot do what he once thought he could do?"What?"Yes, I hope they don't start pushing it even harder.The chairman of the committee is on break again, but even as he sits on the couch, he looks at his hands and smiles, looking a little teary-eyed.A-hah, perhaps you're impressed with your own achievements?Actually, it's hard to say "I was helping you...I thought it was for the best, but I feel like I've created a spark of trouble, and I don't like the aftertaste.Hmmm........what should we do about it?
