Return to Academy and Civil War [1] – part 1


    After a month of training as magic swordsman, the three of us, who have served the suspension period, gathered in front of the director’s office.


    As usual, I knocked, got permission to enter, and slowly opened the ck door.


    「Excuse me.」


    There was the sight of Leia-sensei who seemed to be lively as usual, and No.18-san who seemed to be more tired than usual for some reason.


    ……He seemed to have been used by sensei very much for the past month.


    「Oh, you’re back! Hou, you three have some strong-willed look on your faces now!」sensei expressed her impression, observing the three of us.


    「A-Ahaha… yeah, a lot of things happened…」


    「Yeah… There was a lot of events…」


    「It was tense too…」


    Calming down and looking back on it, the past month has been quite tense… Perhaps it’s more urate to say『aged』rather than『strong-willed』 face.


    「Fufuu, let’s hear about it then.」Leia-sensei said,ughing happily.「Yoshi, then I’ll dissolve the suspension of you three – and permit you to return to Year 1 ss A!」


    She stamped the director’s seal on three pieces of documents that she had at hand.


    「Thank you very much.」


    「Hooray!」


    「We finally returned.」


    Now we can finally take part in the sses.


    (Soul Dress ss, huh… I’m really looking forward to it!)


    Although the one month dy is worrying, the expectation and joy that came together with it cancelled out the worry. I’ve encountered a number of soul dress in this short period of time.


    Ria’s〈Fafnir〉.


    Cain-san’s〈Hell Hundred〉.


    Sid-san’s〈Vanargand〉.


    Dodriel’s〈Shadow Ruler〉.


    Rize-san’s〈Withered Parasol〉.


    All of them have tremendously powerful abilities.


    (What kind of ability will my soul dress have…?)


    To tell the truth, I was thinking a lot about thatst night, so much so that I couldn’t sleep.


    「Now, it’s time for the first period… Fumu, it’s going to start in 10 minutes, so I guess I’ll go with you three.」


    So we went to Year 1 ss A together with sensei. The corridor that I’m walking through for the first time in a month felt a little nostalgic.


    「There, we’ve reached.」


    Sensei shifted one step sideways without opening the door of the ssroom. Apparently, I have to be the one to open the door.


    「Fuu…」


    「F-For some reason… I’m nervous」


    「It’s been a month after all…」


    Of course, it was the first time in a month… but more than that, it felt kind of difficult to face everyone.


    (I’ve caused a lot of trouble for everyone…)


    The match with Sid-san at the Big Five Holy Festival.


    (If only I was not controlled by the spirit core, and had controlled that power properly…)


    Perhaps, Thousand de Academy would’ve won against it’s fated opponent, Ice King Academy.


    I inadvertently think about that imusible『if』scenario…


    「Fuu… I’m opening it.」


    The two nodded silently. I was prepared for cold looks and abuse from my ssmates, and the moment I opened the door.


    「「「Allen, Ria, Rose! Congrattions on returning to academy!」」」


    Several crackers crackled, and simultaneously congrattions were sent our way.


    「「「…Eh?」」」


    The three of us gaped at the unexpected situation.


    「Ahahaha! Oi Oi, what’s with that face!」


    「Great job!」


    「Allen, Ria and Rose, thank you very much for your work! It must have been hard.」


    Everyone in ss A ran up to us.


    「N-No, umm… everyone, are you not angry…?」


    I voiced out what I was constantly worried about.


    「No, No! The other party went overboard first! Besides, he was a spoiled bastard!」


    「Aa! Rather, it was refreshing to see him get beaten up!」


    「Well, in the end, you did go slightly overboard!」


    That said, everyone weed us warmly.


    (……)


    My eyes have gotten teary…slightly.


    However, it was shameful to cry in front of such arge number of people, so I pinched my thighs and forcefully held back my tears. While doing so, questions flew at me rapidly.


    「Hey, you were a magic swordsman while suspended, right? Tell us that story!」


    「You registered with the Orest branch of the Magic Swordsman Association, didn’t you? There’s a rumor that there’s a super scary『baldy』over there…」


    「Which reminds me. I want to ask about that! The incident during Daido Commercial Festival! In Rize-Dorahain’s interview, Allen’s name came up!」


    「E-Err…」


    While I was puzzled by the rain-like questions,


    「Ahem, hold your horses. Save your stories for during break period. The first period has already started after all.」Leia-sensei said, pointing at the wall clock above the ckboard.


    Looking at it, three minutes had already passed from the start time of the first period.


    「Damnnnn, can’t be helped I guess.」


    「Allen, Ria, Rose! Please tell us the storyter!」


    Then, everyone took their seats albeitining. The three of us also went to our seats – three empty seats by the window.


    Standing on the podium, sensei said something strange.


    「Now then, starting today – we willmence the soul dress ss!」


    「Hooray! I’ve been waiting for this!」


    「This past month has been tough…」


    「Fuu, my spirit core is roaring!」


    At the same time, my ssmates cheered,「I was waiting!」.


    I, Ria and Rose looked at each other dumbfounded.


    「Se-Sensei…? What do you mean by『starting today』?」


    「Nn? …Oh, haven’t I told you yet? It’s been a month since your suspension to your return to the academy. All the students in ss A have been doing only strength training of their own volition. They wanted to undergo the soul dress ss at the same time as the three of you no matter what.」


    「That’s just…!?」


    When I turned my eyes towards everyone, they smiled and nodded.


    (Certainly, I’m very happy to learn soul dress with everyone…)


    It would’ve been okay to learn with just Ria and Rose, but it’s probably more fun to learn soul dress together with the entire ss.


    (But, to waste a month of everyone’s precious time… is not right.)


    I’m far sorry than I am happy.


    Then, as though having read my mind, senseiughed boldly.


    「Oh, don’t misunderstand, okay? They did not waste a minute or a second, okay?」


    「What does that mean?」


    「Fuu, I trained them personally! I closely supervised them and worked really hard! Look properly. You can understand that everybody has leveled up quite a bit, right?」


    ……Certainly.


    As I looked closely, everyone’s body was at a level which can’t bepared to how it was a month ago.


    (They didn’t be like Pa-san or Bons-san, but…)


    The boys’ bodies have swelled up a bit. As far as I can see for the girls, the fat around the legs transformed into fine muscles.


    Strength is the basis of all swordsmanship.


    In an extreme example, if a five-year-old genius swordsman child and a muscr amateur, had a serious match with the sword – no doubt, the amateur will win.


    The foundation of『muscle strength』is that important.


    「Hehe, Allen? Right now, I can keep up with your movements!」


    「After oveing a month of hell, the Iron Cutting Style has developed further – it is now different than how it used to be…」


    「Let’s have a mock battle this time.」


    The trio, who fought with me before,ughed confidently.


    「…! Aa, of course! Let’s have a mock battle!」


    Apparently, I waspletely overthinking it.


    All here are much more talented swordsman than me. They didn’t waste a month of time.


    「Yoshi, let’s start the ss right away! First, we’re changing ssroom – follow me!」


    Then we followed after Leia-sensei to a basement called『Soul Dress Area』.