Published at 5th of February 2023 10:24 am

Chapter 288: Magic Showdown With Eric

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After the mock battle with Sylvio-niisan is over, Eric came over with a fearless smile on his face.

「Fuhahaha, Alfried. It’s finally our turn. I’m sorry for you, but I will also win in magic aside from swordsmanship, you know?」

「Well then, can I get serious here?」

When I plainly announce that, Eric’s expression immediately turns serious.

「You can’t do that. Especially the magic you used against miss Eleonora, that was too unfair. I will never be able to do anything if I receive that kind of magic」

「Then, what to do?」

「You have to adjust it perfectly. To the level where ordinary people can take it. Do you understand?」

「Okay okay」

After Eric says that as if emphasizing that fact, he turned around and walks back.

Would he be happy if he won assuming that I went easy on him?

Although I feel bad for Eric, I don’t have the plan to cut corners and drag the match for a long time.

I mean, once this match is over, today’s training schedule is over. Let’s finish this match with this guy as quickly as possible and return to the mansion to take a bath.

「Okay then, both of you are ready, yes?」

As Eric and I stand at the designated location and face each other, Elna-kaasan asks us to confirm.

And when Eric and I nodded, Elna-kaasan shouts the starting signal 「Then, start」.

「『I ask thee O blazing flames……』」

Immediately after, Eric immediately starts chanting.

Come to think of it, I didn’t know about Eric’s attribute aptitude but it seems to be Fire magic, I guess it’s because I only saw him circulate his magic power earlier.

So it’s the same with Eleonora-neesan, huh. Then it’s not that hard to deal with.

I can already guess Eric’s ability in magic just by seeing his magic power circulation, but let’s still check it just in case.

And so I don’t use magic to check on his ability and was just staring blankly at him, but Eric's magic doesn’t really finish.

Flames have appeared and gathered on the palm of his right hand, but it doesn’t appear to be forming.

Even though it’s just making a fireball, just how long is he gonna take? Eleonora-neesan was many times faster than this you know.

「『Gather……』」

「Hey?」

「…………」

「I said, hey. Can you cast it a little faste――」

「Shut up! The fireball will be completed soon. Just wait there obediently!」

He unexpectedly snaps back at me when I as him that.

「『……and become a ball!』」

Then, after waiting for some time, Eric finally completed his fireball.

「Eat this! Alfried!」

Eric pushes out his hand while shouting, and shoots the blazing flames.

The fireball flies straight at me――or not, it veers off diagonally a lot and hit the sand.

「……this is why, I hate magic」

After watching the fireball blows up a cloud of sand and turning my eyes back at him, I saw Eric feeling depressed.

Well, he said from the start that he wasn’t good at magic. So he probably put up a brave front from the beginning.

I can roughly guess his skill already, but he should be around the old Eleonora-neesan’s level?

「Yosh, are you done, one-shot? I want to take a bath so I’m gonna end this, all right?」

「Who’s the ‘one shot’?! And I’m not done yet, you think I’m gonna admit defeat with such trifling magic!」

When I said that, Eric recovers and become spirited - perhaps he flared up.

「Even if you say that, there’s no meaning to it if your magic doesn’t hit」

「If my magic can’t hit you from far away, then I will come closer until my magic hit!」

Again with that kind of muscle-brained theory? Is there no decent magician in this place――eh well, there’s none. Like, everyone else is a swordsman besides me. So it’s understandable for the situation to become like this.

As I recall the situation surrounding me - at this late hour -, Eric prepares his fireball again.

I’ve already checked Eric’s ability in magic anyway, so there’s no need for me to obediently wait for him, but I’ve got an idea so I’m going to go out of my way to wait for him.

「『I ask thee O blazing flames Gather and become a ball』」

And then, Eric’s fireball completed a little faster than his previous one.

「Hmph, I don’t know what you were waiting for, but you will come to regret it later, y’know?」

「I will return that line of ‘you will come to regret it later’ in full」

When I answer him with a bold smile on my face, Eric also grins and ran at me while keeping the fireball close to him with his right hand.

Being able to use magic means that, you understand the danger of the said magic and also what you hate about it.

The fact that he’s maintaining the fireball in his right hand while controlling it at the same time and moving his body means that the fireball will also move with his right hand.

And so, I shoot a small Earth bullet at a breakneck speed to Eric’s left temple, aiming to make him self-destruct.

Immediately after that, Eric stupidly held down the painful place on his temple with his right hand that has a fireball.

「Nuoohh! Ouch, it’s hoottttt!?」

Naturally, since he has a fireball in his hand, Eric also experiences the heat from the fireball as he screamed in surprise.

Rolling on the ground as though throwing himself down to the ground, Eric then made a splash into the sea.

Even I’m also surprised that it went that well. I feel bad for the frantically rolling Eric, but it’s a little interesting to watch.

I wonder just how many times have Eric been going into the sea today?

After some time, emerged from the sea dripping wet.

「Haa, haa,......you, Alfried. You crafty guy, aiming for a magic explosion」

「Err, Eric you self-destruct yourself, didn’t you」

You have low awareness of the magic you cast yourself. It’s a typical pattern from someone who is not familiar with using magic.

Although, there was a time in the past when I went through similar experiences.

When I was trying to raise the temperature inside my room by leaving a fireball hanging in the air, I forgot I left it there for an hour, and then I got up and walked toward the fireball and got burned.

And it’s precisely because there was such a mistake, that people can deeply feel it and learn from it.

「Then, can you shoot one more fireball?」

「Eeei, I’m not gonna fire another fireball! I’ll get close to you and throw fire at you directly!」

I didn’t expect him to come up with such an approach since he’s using a fireball.

Judging from his speech and conduct, he’s going to come closer and discharge flames, right? That’s scary.

There’s no way to defend against Eric's magic with magic, right now he has a terrifying look like a beast on the verge of death, I don’t know what he would do. It’s best to not let him get close.

In that case, the easiest thing to use is moving with Earth magic.

Although, they told me not to use the running machine like when I used it against Eleonora-neesan. So I’ll use it in a different manner from that so they won’t complain and outsmart them.

I measure the distance between me and the running Eric, then I cast Earth magic at around 6 meters between us.

The sand underneath Eric’s feet rises, and it continues to move slightly backward.

「You! You used that magic again! But, I’m not someone who got caught in the same technique! I will close the distance between us before the sand reaches its maximum speed!」

Actually, that would be the correct decision if you’re at this point-blank distance. It’s difficult to escape from such a wide area like the one I used against Eleonora-neesan, but when it comes to this kind of small area, you should run through it before it reaches its maximum speed with all your might.

If it’s Eric, I thought he would think like that.

And that’s why, the first backward movement of the sand was a feint, and I moved the sand and make a forward movement in order to pull him in the opposite direction when he start to run.

He extended his right leg to run, but then the place where his right leg landed is moving forward with great speed.

And when that situation occurs, a human will lose their balance, and they will fall over as if they slip.

「Ehh? Haguuh!?」

Eric hit the back of his head as he fell over to the back and he was rolling and fainting in agony in front of me.

Apparently, despite the soft sand cushioning his fall, it was still painful.

Nonetheless, rolling around in front of your enemy is looking down on them too much, right?

「……oi」

When I call out to him, Eric replies with 「Haa」 and comes to his senses.

However, I’m not the kind of person to wait that long.

I cast Earth magic to create arms of sand in order to quickly end this match.

Then I make them grab the falling Eric’s ankle.

Yosh, now then shall I drag him into the sand with this?

When I boldly smile at him, Eric’s face turns pale - maybe he realized what I’m about to do.

「I, I give up! I give up, please sto――nuuuooooooohhhhh!?」

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