CH 171

Ch. 171: The Quest and the Wizard

It was the end of summer break, and as the 2nd semester just started, Igni held a letter handed to him by Miru, and he read the contents aloud.

Igni: “The Rolmod Wizard Academy Competition?”

Miru: “Yup! It’s the No. 1 event of the 2nd semester!”

President Miru raised her hand as she spoke up in the Student Council’s meeting room.

Miru: “There’s 2 types of competition: a class vs class competition and an individual’s competition. They’ll be fighting each other with Spells!”

Igni: “A competition of Spells….. Wait, so how does that differ from the recently held [Tournament]?

There was only one [Tournament] that Igni could refer to.

It was the same [Tournament] where he fought Fray.

Miru: “Well, anyone could join the one before, right? But this time, it’s different! You have to be from this school to participate, and we’ll be competing against each other’s classes.” Igni: “That sounds like fun.” Miru: “It is! …….but it might not be as exciting for you, Igni.” Igni: “Since it’s separated by grade, I can only fight against the 1st Years?” Miru: “Yup, that’s how it is.” Confident in being one of the [Strongest], from Igni’s perspective, there are still many promising Wizards in the 1st years. But if you ask him if he believes that he will be in danger of losing to anyone there, the answer is no. Igni would unabashedly state that he would win.

Yoori: “What do you do for the class vs class competition?” It was Yoori who spoke up next.

He had also received the same printed notice from Miru, and even after reading through the contents, there were still some questions that needed to be answered.

Miru: “Hm? Oh, this is going to be Capture the Flag.”

Yoori: “A flag? What is the goal?”

Miru: “Let me see. First, the school will prepare the field, and each class will receive 3 flags. If your class loses all their flags, that class loses!”

Yoori: “WーWait, that’s all?”

Miru: “Yup. That’s all. The only rule is you can’t kill the other team.”

And Miru said, “Kill” without any hesitation or concern.

It is a competition where Spells will be flying around. No one can absolutely guarantee the safety of the participants.

In other words, the risk of death will always be right around the corner.

Miru: “If anyone is killed, the class responsible automatically loses. But besides that,

CHONKY TL Pivot

Estea's Wizard Title is "Yorozu" (万) (よろず). The word is a very old, archaic term (think of Old English for American English speakers). The most common use of the word comes from The "Yorozu gods" (万の神). Here, "yorozu" means "all"; "too numerous to count"; "everything". The character used for "yorozu" is "man" (万) (まん) which is literally 10,000. The 10,000 Yen is the Ben Franklin, $100 U.S. Dollar bill of the Japanese economy. So, all in all, her title is something like "a lot" of something. The translation is tricky since there's been no hint of what her title stems from. Because of that, I went with a literal, numeric translation "Legion" but that may change in the next couple of chapters. Sorry in advance!