Chapter 7


Chapter 7 Strongest Sage, Cautious of his Elder Brother


"So you chose mock battle . Alright then . As for the rule . . . . the winner will be decided when either of you give up or from my discretion as a referee, okay?"


My father Castor asked Biffgel, not me .


He continues on while ignoring my will .


But well, I think I can somehow win if it"s just against Biffgel, as long as there"s no some weird rule in place .


"Wait a minute Father . "


"What is it?"


"A referee has their limit . You can"t say that they never misjudge . "


Biffgel said such a thing .


Aa . I know what Biffgel is thinking somehow or other .


He"s probably worried if our father Castor be partial to me in his judgment . Father doesn"t think too well of Biffgel after all .


It"s not surprising for him to say that if he"s aware of it .


"Okay then . Let"s go without a referee . "


Father withdrew quite easily .


Looks like we"re going to have a mock battle without a referee . I don"t understand what father is trying to do now .


"And also, Mathias probably won"t be satisfied with just one match . How about five matches?"


"Got it . Then let"s make it five matches . "


"Also, I"m confirming just in case, there"s no need to hold back right?"


"Yea . 『Both』 of you need not to hold back . "


Father told Biffgel that .


Or rather, our father Castor"s face began to look eviler every time Biffgel suggested something . He"s already all grin now . At the same time, he also looks like he can"t believe it .


If there"s anything remarkable about what he said, it was probably how the 『Both』 part was emphasized I guess?


. . . . Not good . I genuinely don"t understand what father is thinking .


Father made a sidelong glance at the dumbfounded me, gave a training sword to Biffgel and moved to a position a bit away from me .


And then he declares the starting signal for the mock battle .


"Are you both ready? Mock battle, begin!"


"ORAAAAA! DIEEEEEEEE"


Biffgel made his move with the signal .


He readied his sword on the front while saying something inappropriate for a mock battle, rushing in toward me .


No need to hold back was it . Guess I should get serious right from the start too .


Biffgel"s strength isn"t comparable to father anyway, his swordsmanship is also terrible . I can probably win with a frontal attack .


I hit Biffgel"s down-swinging sword from the side, turning it away to the left .


"Owa!"


Biffgel lost his balance . You can"t be telling me that he didn"t think how to cope if he got blocked .


. . . . That can"t be . If that"s the case then that means his skill is really poor .


This must be a trap . He must be planning to counter me with magic or something when I let my guard down by the obvious chance .


Once I saw through him as such, I decided to get on it .


These kinds of plans become a folly once you read through them .


An action that deviates from the textbook is not efficient, that"s why they"re not in the textbook .


I swing my wooden sword toward Biffgel while paying heed of any sign of magic .


0 . 3 seconds remaining until it hits . There"s no movement .


0 . 2 seconds remaining . He still hasn"t made his move . He won"t make it in time if he doesn"t activate the magic right about now though . . . . ?


At the remaining 0 . 1 second, Biffgel showed a movement .


Biffgel is actually closing his eyes at my sword .


It"s as if he fears the sword that"s coming at him .


Really, there"s no way one would take such an action even in a mere sword training .


Did I perhaps overlook something? Did I get myself caught in Biffgel"s trap without realizing it!?


Even though that thought flashed in my mind, there"s only one action that could be taken in this situation either way .


I throw my hesitation away and swing my sword with all my might .


BAM .


"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"


Biffgel got hit by the wooden sword, he screamed and writhed .


There wasn"t a trap or anything . My wooden sword made clean hit on Biffgel without a hitch .


Too weak . . . . No wait .


The victory condition for this battle was 『If either give up』 .


In other words, Biffgel hasn"t lost yet .


Moreover, his writhing in pain . It"s obviously not normal . It"s not something a trained person would do .


Perhaps he"s pretending to be in pain to buy some time .

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