Vol. 4 - Ch. 19 - The thing you ought to do before the apology
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Eight changes after that student called Shi • Take blurted out something to Pluto.
The attacks of the Eight are the improved version of 一一[Compressed air bullet], a top level magic that compresses the air and fired them like a shell.
Eight had stabilized the [Compressed air bullet] magic by just chanting once. Moreover he reaches the domain of chantless in several dozen. This is the first I have seen such an extreme chemistry, even if they are compatible. In the beginning, I was so surprised that my eyes nearly popped out of my head.
Anyway, that [Compressed air bullet] is a top level magic more or less. It's not just about firing the compressed air. It is possible to compress and manipulate the atmosphere of any place within a certain range from the caster. Not only it can't be sensed because of its transparency but it's firing range can be changed too. It should be understood that it is extremely difficult to avoid.
It's impossible for the inexperienced A-3 class members to avoid it. Therefore, it's better to say this result is nothing surprising as Eight has brought out his Trump card.
If anything, the match earlier wasn't Eight like. Normally, Eight would have kept the trump card hidden until a crisis arrives. Though saying that, even in the sense of restraining S class, it's a fine enough tactic for Eight to expose only his Trump card. Above all, even if S class dislikes it, they don't have any choice but to be vigilant towards Eight.
"This is definitely cheating!!"
Amidst the cheers, the hustle voice of Matthew Muru echoed surreally.
Far from being worrying about his injured students, Mathew, who didn't even rush over here to help and kept insisting at the loud voice that I and G class had cheated in this match, was finally taken out of the examination venue by the test prep department.
Now...... I don't even care about small fry characters like him at all.
Above all, the evaluation of class G improved a bit with this. Of course they are still bad guys without doubt but at the very least, some of the label of incompetent cheater should have been removed from them. The rest depends on the students.
After I finished casting the recovery spell, Shi • take was still pale and slumped over.
"Are you okay?"
I walked over to him, patted him on shoulder gently and asked about his well being.
"I-I...... "
He looked up at me in daze, his body shuddering and, only saying "I!!", began to cry.
The eyes of the green haired host, including the referee, became point size as they looked at his crying appearance.
It's not like he's crying from being scared or that he's finally safe. If he's crying for this reason, they still have room to grow. They can grow. It should be useless to worry about this.
"This is not a setback for you. It's just experience. You have done well"
I whispered in the voice only he could hear, patted his shoulder once again and left the venue. The development after that was just as I expected.
In the second league, Class A-2 and Class B-2 took one point each. Afterwards, they fought each other, with Class A-2 advancing to the final.
In the third league, the S class came out on top with three points. In the representative members, Stella wasn't there and neither Roland nor Alan, who were considered to have top abilities. It seems to be a policy to conceal the information as much as possible until the decisive match against G class.
In regards to First league, G class fought with class B and class C, which they winned easily thanks to the martial arts skill of Teresa and Mia before the enemy teams could even complete chanting magic and advanced to the final with three points.
After coming so far, there's no one who doubts the ability of G class. Or rather, no one doubted that the match would become a one on one battle between S class and G class.
And now, the final match.
[Next up is the third round of the final league, a clash between the S class and the G class in the final!!]
Both G class and S class defeated A-2 class, and the final game was next.
I was just about to head to the venue when,
"Shirabe Sensei, can I take a bit of your time?"
I turned to look when someone called out to me to see a blonde haired young man with a swept black hairstyle standing there.
I remember this man. I think he was in the charge of class A 一一 Renox Laflaris.
"Yes, I don't mind"
When I turned to Renox,
"I am deeply sorry"
He bowed his head deeply.
When I looked at him blankly, not knowing what's this apologize is for一一
"I am talking about the assault on Mia Cyrus. As the result of questioning students, I confirmed it was something they fired on her. I'm embarrassed to say, it's my students who did that"
"I see"
From the looks of it, the students of class A are also the aristocrats of this academy for better or for worse. They are so full of pride that, even if it's their blood relative, they will no talk about the truth.
In other words, Renox has earned the trust of his students that much.
"I doubted your words. Moreover without even confirming the facts. I just trusted my students blindly. This is a disqualifying factor for a teacher."
"If you truly believed your own students when you said that, then there is no need to apologize. It's better to believe your students than to doubt them."
I'm not talking out of concern for Renox. People's words come with responsibility. If you like, you are forced to act on your words. However, children often don't understand this. Hence, they sometimes lie. That is why there are times when the teacher must simply believe.
"Wrong! It's wrong!!"
I frowned at Renox, who interrupted my words and raised his voice,
"Wrong?"
I asked him directly.
"That's right! I didn't believe you at that time just because they were the words of my students! I just assumed it based on your reputation!!"
However you think, he's the professor from a pure bred aristocrat faction. He must have held prejudice against me after hearing all kinds of ill words about me from his associates. I don't have the intention to condemn them one by one. I'm fine with that. The biggest problem is that he's making a huge misunderstanding.
"Even if that's the case. Isn't this problem about our trifling reputation? If you really want to do something about this, you should have something to do before you apologize to me."
"You're...... right. It's just as you said. I'll talk it over with the students once again."
Hmm. I was expecting you to be a more hard-headed man. He's a much better teacher than a pseudo-teacher like me. If there's a man like him, I guess the future of this academy may not be bleak unexpectedly.
"That's it"
I turned my back to Renox and walked to the venue of my student's last match.