Noa and I moved to a place that seems easy to spectate.
There were students and teachers from Euphalia around us. Then, there were those who I assume were family members of the students.
We’re completely the away team. I wished Shia and the other students in the royal capital the best of luck.
Euphalia’s students and teachers were sitting on chairs, perhaps prepared by themselves.
“I think they could at least provide chairs for everyone.” (Yuna)
“I don’t think it’s open to the public, so it can’t be helped. Besides, they don’t know how many people will come to watch.” (Noa)
“Well, if we don’t have a chair, we’ll just get one.” (Yuna)
I took a chair for two from the bear box and told Noa to sit down.
“Thank you.” (Noa)
As we waited on our seats, a sort of opening ceremony began. The teacher addressed the students.
They talked long and endlessly about how they wanted the students to show their strength, how they wanted them to compete with each other in friendly rivalry, and how they hoped everyone would do their best next year even if they were not as strong as they could have been.
Will anyone graduate next year or this year? I put a tsukkomi in the back of my mind. Of course, some people are older than Shia.
Then the long and boring talk was finally over, and the event began.
After that, one of the teachers moved to the center of the ground and used magic. The earth rose from the ground, and a pole-like object appeared. On top of the pole, a square target was also created.
“It looks like they’re shooting magic at that.” (Yuna)
Certainly, a target made of earth magic would be easy to take form. Unlike arrows, magic disperses after it hits a target. It was time-consuming to make a new target every time it was destroyed. However, if the dummy target was made with earth magic, it would be easier to make.
The teacher made several targets at equal intervals, creating targets of different distances and heights.
After the preparations were complete, we were told that the target shooting by wind magic was about to begin. The participants were to start from the target in front of them and see how far they could hit the target within the time limit.
First, a female student from Euphalia released wind magic.
The wind blade was sent flying, and the wind blade cut the target. A small cheer goes up from the surroundings. The girl hit one, then two, one after another smoothly, but missed on the fifth. However, it seems that she can try as many times as she wants within the time limit. The girl released the wind magic again and cut it off. Still, the further away she gets, the lower the hit rate and the lower the power. In the end, it was only until the fifth target that she was able to hit within the time limit.
The distance to the first target was about 10 meters, and the following targets were placed approximately every 2 meters further apart. This means that the farthest the girl from Euphalia was able to hit with wind magic was about 18 meters.
Next comes a female student from the royal capital. It seems they do it alternately. This time, the girl from the royal capital hit up to six.
The girl was happy.
The teacher rebuilt the broken targets, and the male students began. First, was Euphalia.
“Oh, I want to use magic too.” (Noa)
Noa said, looking enviously at the students who used magic.
“By the way, do you practice magic, Noa? Is it something you learn from the age of 10?” (Yuna)
I remember having a talk about that during the school festival.
It was said that in this world, magic was not learned until the age of 10, in order for the magic power to be stable. They said this was because if you gather magic power or use magic while in an unstable state, you may not be able to use magic afterward.
“Yes, I want to learn it as soon as possible, but my father says I can’t learn until I am 11 years old. It seems to be to ensure the stability of magical power.” (Noa)
“Does that mean, the older you are, the more stable your magic is?” (Yuna)
“That’s right. Yuna-san, you’re using magic, right? Why are you asking about that?” (Noa)
“Uh, that’s…” (Yuna)
It seems that my question was so basic, it made me strange that I, who uses magic, didn’t know.
“I learned magic on my own, so I don’t know anything about that.” (Yuna)
“Is that so? Wait, your father or mother didn’t teach you that?” (Noa)
“I didn’t have parents or anyone to teach me magic.” (Yuna)
I wasn’t lying. I don’t have parents in this world. And even if I had parents in my former world, they didn’t teach me how to use magic. It was the NPCs in the game who taught me how to use magic.
So it’s true that I don’t know anything about that.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know that Yuna-san didn’t have parents.” (Noa)
“Ah, don’t worry about it. Besides, I’ve never told anyone, so it can’t be helped.” (Yuna)
Noa made a sad expression, so I answered immediately. I guess I gave her the wrong idea.
However, as expected, I can’t say that my parents were in a different world, so I have to answer vaguely.
“But then again, you are amazing, Yuna-san. I can’t believe no one taught you.” (Noa)
I feel a little guilty, but I have no choice.
In order to change the subject, I’ve invoked my secret technique: Diversion, for the first time in a long time.
“By the way, Noa, when is your birthday?” (Yuna)
When I asked, Noa looked happy.
“Actually, my birthday is just around the corner.” (Noa)
“Is that so!?” (Yuna)