"Yi, Yi-Han. Wouldn't it be better to hear Moradi's explanation?"
Dolgyu, who noticed Jijel's gaze, called out to Yi-Han, who was swimming ahead.
"Ah. Right. There might be something I missed. Sorry, Moradi. I was in a hurry. Explain it."
"...If you go around the opposite direction and approach, there's a lot of debris drifting in the water near the Logging Tower... Forget it. Screw you. You bastard."
"?!"
Yi-Han, who suddenly got cursed at, was dumbfounded.
"Why is she doing that? Could it be because I punched the White Tiger Tower guys a few times yesterday for not studying?"
"I think you did the right thing..."
Dolgyu muttered.
The White Tiger Tower students grumbled, 'Why does Wardanaz hate us so much?' but in Dolgyu's view, this wasn't Yi-Han's fault.
If they didn't want to be nagged, they shouldn't have done things to deserve it.
"By the way, Moradi. There's one thing I'm curious about."
"Speak. I'm listening."
"Shouldn't you tell the other friends too?"
"?"
"?"
Yi-Han and Jijel looked at Dolgyu as if asking what nonsense he was spouting.
Then the two exchanged glances separately.
"Shall we leave?"
"Let's leave."
"Let's go, Dolgyu."
"Ah, no... to the friends...?"
Yi-Han and Jijel started moving in the opposite direction, pulling and pushing Dolgyu.
—
"The students have amazing stamina."
The knights of the White Wood Knight Order on the warship admired the students swimming from far away on the horizon.
When people heard that someone was studying at Einroguard, it was easy to imagine a sickly mage who locked themselves in a room and indulged only in magic books, but as expected, the students were tough as they were from knight families.
"It seems they are not forgetting to train their bodies even at Einroguard."
"Hmm."
Professor Ingurdel didn't bother to mention Einroguard's harsh environment where the body was trained even when standing still.
"Fire."
"Ge, General. If we keep shooting like this and they drown..."
"Tsk. Since when do you sympathize with the enemy? Did I teach you that way?"
"Ah, no. I'm sorry."
Originally, the young squires of the White Wood Knight Order were not on good terms with the White Tiger Tower students.
Starting from the difference between being purely affiliated with the knight order and being affiliated with the magic academy, they had competed several times this year, so there was bound to be a competitive spirit.
However, even those squires felt too sorry for the White Tiger Tower students to coldly attack them now.
'This is too much...!'
'Do we have to go this far?'
The White Tiger Tower students swimming in from the stormy sea in the rain looked precarious like leaves drifting here and there.
"But can the students climb onto the warship with their bare hands without using magic?"
One of the knights suddenly became curious and asked.
It would take time for them to scatter and approach, but climbing the slippery outer wall of the warship in this rainy weather was no ordinary feat.
Knights who had broken through the wall of aura could climb the outer wall using superhuman physical abilities and mana, but it was still too much for students.
"Of course it will be difficult. But this exam was not prepared to simply test physical abilities."
Professor Ingurdel pointed around the warship.
There were pieces of equipment floating among things that looked like fragments or debris.
"Aha! You scattered boarding equipment!"
"That's right. The students will surely be able to find them."
"I also misunderstood, thinking the professor would just tell them to climb with their bare hands! Haha!"
"...Did, did I seem like that?"
Professor Ingurdel was slightly flustered.
Unlike other professors at Einroguard, he thought he was teaching quite rationally.
Splash!
"?"
Hearing a sound coming from behind during the conversation, the professor and the knights turned their heads.
Yi-Han's group, soaked in water, was glaring at them from the deck of the warship.
—
"Wait. Is it possible to climb up without using magic?"
"...!"
Yi-Han was startled when a piece of plank fell off, perhaps because he released mana too strongly.
Although he didn't have to worry about mana depletion, seeing this made him feel the need to pay attention to circulation.
'I need to reduce the force.'
Yi-Han took a deep breath and circulated mana inside his body. With a stable flow, the amount of mana released from his fingertips began to be controlled.
Yi-Han felt amazed.
'Have I improved?'
It was a much more stable flow than what he had done in the swordsmanship class before.
Come to think of it, it wouldn't be surprising if he had become accustomed to this circulation since he had gone through countless real battles since then.
Moreover, at some point, Yi-Han had given up on circulation and relied only on a crude amount of mana, just releasing it...
"...!"
Jijel, who was climbing up below Yi-Han, was startled.
A faint mana light was flickering all over Wardanaz's body above.
To think that a boy of Jijel's age was showing a phenomenon that was only seen when knights gathered their breath and drew out mana before using aura.
If she wasn't mistaken about that phenomenon, Wardanaz was now in a situation close to the wall of aura.
A situation where he could break through the wall once he gained enlightenment!
Jijel had to feel an endlessly complicated feeling.
She was jealous, but at the same time, she couldn't help but cheer him on as a knight.
Falling into such a state of immersion was a tremendous fortune. Depending on how long he stayed in that state, the time it took to break through the wall would differ...
Thud!
"It's done! Come up!"
As soon as he arrived on the deck, Yi-Han released his mana and threw his body, then pulled up the rope.
He had to hurry and pull up his friends since he didn't know when they would be discovered.
Of course, the mana light he had shown earlier had long disappeared.
"Hey...!!! You crazy bi...!!"
Jijel almost fainted for real.
What kind of opportunity did this crazy mage boy just throw away?
"You right now...! You...!"
"What's wrong with you? Are you crazy?"
"■□○●☆◆!!!"
"Be quiet. We'll get caught! Dolgyu. Come up."
Yi-Han quickly pulled up Dolgyu as well.
Then he lowered his posture and approached. Fortunately, it seemed the people on the deck hadn't noticed yet because of the distance.
'Thank you. White Tiger Tower guys.'
Yi-Han was grateful for friendship and tried to approach closer...
"...scattered boarding equipment..."
"...the students will surely be able to find..."
"?"
"???"
Yi-Han, Jijel, and Dolgyu fell silent at the same time.
Dolgyu looked at his friends with a resentful gaze.
Splash!
Yi-Han threw off his coat. He had to make his body light anyway since he had to fight the squires on the deck.
"Ah, no, why from that side?"
"...Going around was not the proper... Ah. Forget it. Moradi. Take the left. Dolgyu. I'm counting on you for the right!"
Yi-Han started the attack right away, thinking that if he talked more, it would only lower his friends' morale.
Jijel must have had a similar thought as she moved immediately.
'Wasn't going around the right answer?'
'I thought it was obvious to tell us to go around...'
Yi-Han ran out, feeling bitter.
The squires of the knight order, who were aiming crossbows at the bottom of the warship, were startled and took a stance.
"How the hell did you guys come around?! No, how did you climb up? You don't even have equipment!"
"..."
Instead of wasting unnecessary emotions, Yi-Han decided to approach as efficiently as possible.
"Cou... cough. Cough, cough! Cough cough!"
Yi-Han coughed like a patient with lung disease. He looked like a patient with hypothermia from staying in the sea for a long time.
"Wardanaz! Are you okay? I told you this was dangerous..."
"You fool! Turning your back on the enemy!"
The squire turned around to call the knight but was startled by the shout and turned his head.
Yi-Han, who had been coughing as if he was about to die until just now, was fiercely rushing in.
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