114 – Operation Light and Shadow

Operation Light and Shadow

“Louette in the lead! Will the straight fight continue like this? Looking for the timing to beat Diana! Who will be the first to hit?! Diana! Diana gets out! Diana, lead by one length! Diana!”

The academy student in charge of the relay jumps up and shouts, but the cheers of the people gathered at the finish line are louder and they are buried.

Diana, who chased the lead from the start, climbs up at the end and crosses the finish line leisurely, widening the distance with the runner-up Luette.

“Wow!!”

Diana, who won her victory and drew a V-ja at people, smiles brightly.

“As expected, Miss Diana has nothing she can’t do.”

Zeroa claps her hands and speaks out of envy.

From the preliminaries to the finals, she did not miss the first place even once and went smoothly and won the championship.

Whether she’s comparing herself with her self, or whether she’s frustrated seeing her talent that can’t keep up with her, Zero Ah’s expression isn’t that great.

In a way, Diana and Zeroa have many similarities.

The most similar part is that there is nothing you can’t do.

However, Diana says that she is good at anything, and there is nothing she does not know, and she is not good at anything.

“If you practice, that’s easy.”

Ray is talking about Kara, who has come to the academy to play, on her shoulder.

“If you practice and you’re done, are you saying the other kids didn’t practice?”

Athlan, who is carrying Senna, who is living in his house with Agnes just like Rai, speaks in a disgruntled voice.

It is an unusually sharp word that represents the feelings of the academy students gathered around.

Rye reacts indifferently as he accepts and eats the snacks Kara gives him.

“It must be the difference in the amount of practice.”

Everyone stares at Rai at his words.

Diana showed her great skills in her martial arts competition last year, and she is now called a genius, comparable to Violet and Sozeta.

The only downside is that she is not very interested in improving her skills, so she is always lazy to hang out after her academy lectures.

She is busy as well.

However, unlike Violet and So Zeta, who spend their entire day solely on her training, Diana likes to hang out with her academy students, and she often takes on various chores.

No one has seen her train other than during lectures, such as accepting requests from academy students, going to play with them, or helping instructors with chores.

At the same time, she does not miss out on her personal strength, grades, leadership, tactics, or any other aspect.

That’s why her nickname is Genius without effort.

She is a nickname that frustrates many academy students, but few academy students are jealous of her sociable Diana.

Many people predicted that if Diana made up her mind and devoted herself to her training, she would overwhelm Violet and So Zeta.

When Diana is said to be the difference in her amount of practice, the academy students around her are simply dumbfounded rather than dissatisfied.

“Instructor Rai is strict with Miss Diana.”

“It can’t be.”

She thinks that Diana, who has great talent but doesn’t try hard, could not like her if she was in his position as an instructor.

“No matter what choice you make, the result is for you to prove. Think about what you lack. What happened to the other guys? Did you do well?”

When Lai turns around and asks about her grades, the class A academy students avert their eyes and murmur.

It’s not that I neglected training, but there were few academy students who achieved good grades.

“I made it to the semi-finals.”

Aslan is the only one who speaks confidently.

Although it was a low grade, Asran, who became confident in his horse charge after riding Black Horse, easily reached the semi-finals.

Except for the fact that Black Horse sometimes didn’t listen, the momentum was good enough to make it to the finals.

“The horse race is over, so I have to go now. Karaya, listen carefully to Instructor Lai.”

“Yeah, show me.”

“Ahahahahaha… I don’t know what will happen because everyone is doing well. I’ll come anyway.”

Zero Ah leaves first while preparing for her group exhibition.

“Zero, you’re late!”

Sesset is wearing a stern expression, smoking a pipe she doesn’t even smoke, perhaps imitating her commander.

Wearing even her sunglasses, which Rai discarded, she says to her academy students who are gathered with her arms crossed.

“Gentlemen. Our dividend is 5.1 Times. Do you know what that means?”

She nods five questions, but no one answers her.

“Nobody thinks of us as favorites!”

“Nobody else… 5.1 Times that means a few people bet on us. Even less.”

“Reverse traitors don’t expect anything from us!! They’re just a hangover!”

As Cuthbert raises his hand and speaks, Sessett shouts.

Rin, who was behind her, naturally catches her dripping pipe tobacco and puts it back into her mouth.

“Aren’t you mad?! You’re making fun of us! Let’s show them our potential!”

She is shouting to win, and Zero knows that she bet her money on class C. It’s a complicated expression.

She doesn’t mean to disturb Sesset, who is boosting her morale. When her academy students shout at her, she follows her.

The voices of the academy students, who shyly make noises, are so cute.

“Our slogan is one! Jojo-uh!! Throw it away!”

“…… No… That’s kind of…”

“…… Isn’t it a little bit here after all?”

No matter how energetic she is, the family members of the academy students are also gathered, but the reaction is not cool because the slogan is too radical.

“Let’s win!”

“Win!”

In the end, shouting a safe slogan, the class A academy students drive their horses into the stadium.

The 10-man small-scale cavalry battle is Capture the Flag.

It was a simple game where the winner was determined by who first captured the flags in each other’s camp.

“Goddess fighting!”

“Bigger!”

“Goddess!! Fighting!!!”

“Is that all you can do? My daughter is not satisfied with that!!”

“Goddess!!

Arya hangs her head in embarrassment as fanatics cheer from her audience and her Andreth, who suddenly interjects, encourages her.

Illyana approaches with a firm smile, crosses her Andreth’s arms, and pulls her out.

Even though she is a Duke who eats raw meat, she is caught by her wife, so she doesn’t say anything and only looks at her.

“Cheer up.”

“… Yes. Cheer up.”

As Zeroa cheers her up by her side, Aria nods her head and strengthens her fighting spirit.

Class A’s opponent is Class B. They also had a winning dividend of 5.4, So few people expected it.

But the reason why the dividends in other classes are low is because of Violet and Sojeta. The academy students are all talented people who have passed the academy.

As if to prove him, he competes fiercely as soon as the match begins.

From the academy student trying to infiltrate the enemy camp with a big turn, the academy student riding a horse to stop him, and the fierce push and pull battle in the center, the confrontation between the two classes flows without knowing who will win.

Sesset, who has been watching nervously as she chews on her pipe, jumps up and puts her arms around her chest to make her X.

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It was a trump card, but it was her judgment that she could not prepare for the next game if she consumed her stamina.

“Light and Shadow!”

“Line up your ranks!”

As Class A rearranges their ranks, Class B tilts their heads.

“Light and shadow? What is it?”

“There must be something prepared. Looking at the ranks, it seems to be breaking through the center.”

“Is it a one-point breakthrough centered on the goddess?”

Class A puts her aria in front of her and lines her up behind it.

Looking at the triangular pendulum formation, make the central row thicker as you practiced for Class B, and place one academy student at the back to turn around.

The idea is that only one person will get out and claim the flag while blocking the breakthrough.

“Aria is cool!!”

She seems embarrassed by Andreth’s shouting, but Arya comes out in front of her and raises her sword like a captain commanding her troops.

It’s a thin sword that doesn’t suit her mount, but when she’s holding it, even her branch looks like a sacred object.

As Aria’s sword, which draws everyone’s attention, goes down in front of her, everyone in Class A drives like crazy.

“Ughhhhh!”

“Aww! Throw it away!!!”

Perhaps because of the heat, Sesset shouts the slogan that they first thought of and Class A rushes at them, and Class B also drives forward to prepare for the shock.

The momentum is stronger than expected, but the center is thick enough.

– Kwaaang!

The two halves collide and a fierce scuffle takes place reminiscent of a battlefield.

Even though the protectors are filled with magic to protect the body, the management team leading the game watches the fight of the academy students nervously because they don’t know when the magic will be released.

People cheer when Aria comes out through a melee that is no different from a dog fight.

But as if her B class had already expected it, the two of hers surrounded her and blocked her.

“Goddess, sorry. We won.”

The class B academy student who participated in the first melee, but fell right behind, was already running towards the flag of class A.

No one in Class A cared about him because he was putting everything into the center breakthrough, and he was able to reach the flag without any hindrance.

As the class B academy student who had escaped leisurely reached out to the flag of class A, the referee shouted loudly.

“Class A wins!!”

“What?!”

Class B academy students are taken aback by the incomprehensible sound, and the smirking three-set points their flags with their fingers.

When the class B academy students looked back, there was Zeroa holding the class B flag.

Although she looked exhausted, Zeroa’s face was bright, perhaps thanks to the joy of her victory.

“What? How are you there?”

“That’s the light and shadow tactic!!”

As if Sesset was thrilled with the victory, she climbed the fence that divided the arena and the spectators and exclaimed proudly.

“The stronger the light, the stronger the shadow! You guys were blinded by Aria’s light, so you couldn’t see the shadow called Zeroa!”

I say it plausibly, but the bottom line is that I drew her attention with Aria and Zeroa hit her in the back.

“Aria with a strong presence and Zeroa with a weak presence are an invincible pair. It’s called Shadow Assassination!!”

“Kuh, shadow assassination…”

“I was attacked… Using Zeroa’s colorless and odorless…”

Even if she adorns it with any kind of rhetoric, it meant that Zeroa was a person who would not be noticed or paid attention to.

The reaction is so good, the more people oh-oh, the sadder Zeroa is.

“I won. It’s thanks to Zeroa-kun.”

But as soon as she sees Aria, her eyes shining as she clasped her hands tightly, she seemed happy that she had won, and Zeroa smiled brightly.

She was a zero kid that she would do anything if she was happy no matter which way she won.

“Eh- A guy like that is tsk-“

“hehehe, it suits you well.”

“Does it look good? Arya’s toenails… No, there’s no such thing as Arya’s. That’s it.”

When she sees Zeroa, who succeeds in ambush because her presence is light, Andres kicks her tongue, but Illyana laughs a little when she sees the two of them getting along unexpectedly.

The arena is emptied for the next match, and Sessett walks next to Rai.

It is a showdown between Class C, who is expected to win, and Class E, who received similar dividends as Class A.

“What the hell did Class C prepare so that they are good at strategy?”

“I know when I see it.”

Regardless of Sessett’s question, Rai does not give spoilers.

Class C has a genius named Violet, but the dividend is much higher than that of Class D, the other candidate for the championship.

It is said that the chance of winning is smaller than that of Class D, where Sojeta is located, but that is because Violet is not good at riding horses.

In a real battle, you can get off your horse and fight, but in a match, you are eliminated the moment you substitute a horse.

There were many opinions that she couldn’t show her ability as overwhelming as hers on horseback.

Seeing Violet poking out to the side of her because she couldn’t even align her ranks to greet her, Sesset tilted her head.

“You can’t ride better than me, can you?”

“Not only you, but also the worst of anyone here.”

Rai predicts class C’s victory and answers calmly.

As soon as the match begins, each class organizes its ranks.

“What…”

The E class academy students frown at the strange ranks of the C class.

As if they were trying to break through to the right, the academy students from class C gathered on one side and formed a formation.

The problem is that 9 people are gathered ignoring defense.

And the other one, Violet, stood by the flag.

Standing literally.

Standing on top of a horse with short legs and a flat hip resembling a hippo, Violet is guarding the flag with her sword drawn.

“This is another novel tactic.”

Three-set admires.

Since she is the most skilled, Violet, who thought she would come on the attack, defends the flag.

And the rest of the crew charge without leaving a single defender behind.

It’s an embarrassing tactic, but Class E immediately splits the number of people, leaving six to defend and the rest to attack first.

It was the judgment that no matter how much Violet was, she would not be able to fight all four at the same time while defending the flag.

“The winner is Class C!”

It was a rather quick response, but it was a pointless defeat.

Violet dealt with the four who came to claim the flag without difficulty, and rather knocked them off.

It was a scene where you can see why she chose a horse with zero mobility like her hippo.

Moving casually on top of a broad back, Violet swung her sword in all directions to deal with the E class academy students and eliminated the E class assault team faster than C class captured the flag.

It ended so quickly that while the fierce battle was taking place in Class E’s camp, Violet’s idly look on was the best part.

“As expected, I should have brought Diana with me, but it’s a pity.”

Three three laugh at their overwhelming skills.

“The dice have already been rolled, and if you are a commander, you should use everything you have.”

“I know. Even if I’m a favorite, I don’t want to lose even if I bet on it.”

Sesset stared at her Violet and replied.

She looked blank as if she was serious, her eyes were on her violet, but she was thinking about how she could win with her head.

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