The Teachers Who Abandoned Me Are Obsessed With Me

21 – Will we see you in the finals?

The Colosseum after the preliminaries.

Those who seem to be professors or teachers come running and exchange feedback with the participants.

Are you reminding yourself of what was lacking in the game and fixing it?

This is good. It is a foundation upon which to develop.

I went outside to take off my disguise.

But I couldn’t get out easily.

A dense crowd rushed towards me as if setting up a camp.

“Boy Knight! A boy knight has appeared!”

“Can I interview you for a minute!?”

Men pushing small crystal balls and asking me to speak.

I saw they were holding a crystal ball and a video recording device, and they were newspaper reporters.

‘It’s annoying.’

That’s why I hid my identity.

How annoying the fallen nobles and royals after catching the Witch King in their previous life.

I made my way outside, breaking through the arms of the reporters.

“Wait a minute! Just say something!”

“Boy Knight! Are you interested in the Big Snake Mercenary Corps? A prominent mercenary group in the west. If you pass a simple entrance exam, I promise you a position as an executive officer!”

“Where are the mercenaries stepping in!”

Crowds of chaos.

They push each other with their arms, fall down, and there is no way out. It is difficult to pass without stepping on the head.

‘Now I’ll have to try it.’

『Steps to Open the Darkness (0 Star)』

I can’t use this yet, but I can imitate it.

I used it like the sword of Gaebyeok.

I raised my magic. Originally, it was a flashy burst of light, but I got rid of it… I killed my presence and leaped a long distance at once.

“…… Uh?”

When I suddenly disappeared, the reporters looked dumbfounded.

“…… Where did the boy knight go!!”

I heard a voice looking for me in the distance.

The place where I jumped is deserted, so I checked the presence and took off my helmet and clothes.

As a test, I imitated the steps to open the darkness, and it went well. I might use it next time.

My legs were reddened, but luckily the tendon didn’t break. I glanced at the device.

『Skill street: Sword of Gaebyeok (1 star), Steps to open the darkness (0 star)』

My proficiency didn’t go up enough to imitate it.

There is no need to be impatient.

You can raise your skill level as much as you want.

I have mastered the sword of Gaebyeok and the steps that open darkness.

You can reach it again as long as you have the ability.

‘Let’s go back now.’

I checked my clothes and went back to the meeting place.

The reporters who were flocking to me went to Sias. They are like migratory birds, so if you have good abilities, they will rush at you.

Some of the crowd were in tears. Participants who have lost an arm or leg. Some participants died in accidents. People who seemed to be family gathered and made a sound of music.

That is the fate of a swordsman.

To live with the fear of not knowing when to die.

I’ve lived a long time, so that fear has blunted, but young swordsmen will be different.

A fight against fear.

A fight with myself.

Only those who overcome it will be true swordsmen.

I arrived at the meeting place.

I see Selene sitting in a simple chair. Next to him, the polite Gramberge magician was using healing magic, and on the right, Lily was giving advice.

“Selene’s reaction wasn’t bad. From Lily’s point of view, the opponent was just bad.”

But I don’t like Lily’s advice.

The opponent was bad. If you say such a thing on the battlefield, it’s perfect for a slap.

I approached the party and looked down at Selene.

“How much have you prepared for this competition?”

Selene, with a Parisian complexion, was drooping. When she saw me, she frowned.

“…… Why are you asking that all of a sudden?”

“You were terrible in the preliminaries.”

“Be quiet if you want to get into a fight. It’s hard to accept now.”

“However, it was okay to not let go of the sword.”

“…… ?”

Selene looked up at me with her puzzled face. As if I didn’t know what to say.

“Are you complimenting me?”

“Think freely. But next time close the distance. It’s basic when facing spears.”

“I know…… ! But Shias never gives up!”

“You didn’t try to approach me. This is because once it is pierced by a window, it is eliminated. Am I right? You were afraid of dropping out.”

Sias is quite good, but it can’t cut out all of the Winter Queen’s sword that unfolds in melee.

It was a fight that you wouldn’t know once the distance was close.

“… ….”

Selene, stabbed to the point, shut her mouth.

Lily stood beside her and got angry instead of Selene.

“Evan what are you doing! Selene, I was trying to pass the preliminaries safely. Thanks to that, Selene advanced to the round of 16. But if Selene jumps at Sias and she drops out, will she be responsible for Evan?”

Lily is a professor more like a scholar than a swordsman.

She was invited to the academy because she knew how to embody the world of images.

I don’t know the mind of the swordsman.

“If she was going to be stable like that, she should have become a scholar, not a swordsman.”

Scholars value the stability of logic.

Selene raised her hand to stop Lily.

“It’s okay, professor. So you mean you had to keep your distance from Shias even with the fear of getting stabbed?”

“Yes.”

“It’s not that I didn’t miss the opportunity. However, there was always a spear blade of Sias at the corner of my path.”

Swordsmen also know that they will be at a disadvantage if the distance is reduced.

So skilled spearmen are masters of distance maintenance.

“So, how prepared have you been?”

If I had enough strength and agility, I would have been able to cut through Sias’s spear and see an opportunity.

If the strength wasn’t enough, it would be better to use her mana to increase the strength.

Are you ready for either of these?

“…… Not enough.”

Selene answered while avoiding my eyes.

In the end, neither side is ready.

I expected it after seeing Selene’s prayer.

It is a joke to show off to the strong with insufficient skills.

Except for the inevitable encounter with the strong.

Still, it was okay to admit it.

“You can go back and practice.”

When I said this with a big smile, Selene’s face went blank.

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Selene was unfamiliar with Evan like this.

What is this man who is always cynical and immersed in his own training?

In some way, Selene gave her information about the tournament, and she teleported her, so Evan compensated, but Selene didn’t understand.

‘…… Even though I abstained.’

Evan was nowhere to be seen at the end of the preliminary round. Said he was eliminated.

Seeing that his limbs were intact, he must have withdrawn. If that’s not the case, like Evan said, did Evan fight with the determination to be eliminated?

Selene felt a big wall in the battle with Sias and was depressed.

‘You’re saying the same thing as that boy.’

Selene remembered the preliminary match.

Selene, who was confidently waiting for her next opponent after eliminating 5 contestants, was caught by Sias. A strong candidate for the championship and a disciple of Changsung.

As the first disciple of one of the four planets that protect the empire, the reputation of Sias hurt my ears.

Selene gritted her teeth and defended herself. Sias was an opponent without any gaps. Even if I tried to stomp my feet even a little, the spear of Sias came in check.

‘Be strong!’

The path of the window cannot be predicted at all.

Sias quickly took down other contestants even if they aimed at him, and immediately dealt with Selene. A man like a big castle wall. His attacks were fierce, like a rain of arrows on a castle wall. Selene managed to block the dizzy incoming spears, and he felt himself cornered on the defensive.

Significant difference in class.

In front of Sias, Selene was just a child.

‘Ah……….’

Selene felt defeat. It’s a shame he ended up in the qualifiers, but he learned how weak he was. How strong is Shias?

Seeing the spear shot at his own shoulder, Selene prepared her last defense. At that moment, a sword strike that cut off Sias’ spear.

Chang!

It seemed that the clear and clear metallic sound made the world quiet.

Selene was dumbfounded. He clearly sensed defeat, but there was no sharp pain in his shoulder. What fills his eyes is a small-sized knight.

It was a participant who appeared to be a boy.

A normal impression, wearing a great helmet and leather clothes. As the boy raised his sword and slashed the spear, Selene realized that the boy had saved her.

‘…… Why?’

It would be nice if the same contestant fell, but Selene couldn’t understand why the boy had saved her.

The boy was only looking at Sias without looking at Selene.

Like a prince who saved a princess.

It was the first time I had such an experience, so the back view came to me in a cool way.

“You need to close the distance when dealing with spears.”

The words he spat out weren’t that cool.

At the sound of basic talk, she would normally refute, but she couldn’t refute.

She just asked why he saved her, and the boy wouldn’t tell.

“Okay, go to the corner.”

With the words to just go to a safe place.

If the boy was as cold as his voice, he wouldn’t have said that.

Selene heard the sound of her own hot heart.

Is it hard to hear, or is it because of this child?

Selene went to a safe place and her qualifying round was over.

Shias and the boy seem to have leaked steam.

Selene approached the boy and tried to ask her name. But she disappeared like the wind and the boy was nowhere to be seen.

I wanted to say thank you… Selene felt sorry for not being able to tell her.

‘…… Will I see you in the finals?’

He’s a contestant too, so he’ll make it to the finals. Selene felt a little better.

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