What are you? Hey Miguel, you donât think you can beat my Tia with this piece of crap, do you?â
âYou donât know that until you try!â
Miguel stood up from his seat with a thud at Nashâs condescending words. Then he stood in line next to me and pointed his finger at Nash.
âItâs true that up until yesterday I may have been a failure, but now Iâm not! Iâm different now! And even Eidos is not a failure!â
âHeh, Bold of you say that. Then letâs settle this in class today!â
âSure! Iâll show you what Iâm talking about!â
In front of Miguel, who challenged him, Nash , uninterested, snorted and stood in line for breakfast. Then, when the situation settled down, Miguel once again held his head in his hands.
âAaaahhhhh, What am I going to do? I went ahead and said itâŠâ
âHahaha, isnât that great! Beat the crap out of Nash!â
âDonât make it sound so easy Thomas ⊠Hey Eidos, are you sure weâre going to be okay?â
âOf course⊠thatâs what Iâd like to say, but whatâs todayâs class?â
In the first place, since it was Tia who was following Nash, she could do whatever she wanted as far as winning or losing a fight in a normal fight. However, depending on the outcome of the fight, it may be necessary to be creative. I could not remember the contents of a yearâs worth of classes that I did not take, no matter how much I remembered from the first round.
âNow that Iâve made a contract with Eidos, I too can participate in practical training in the use of spirit magic starting today. But the first thing I have to do is to draw out the power of the spirits.â
âYeah, Iâll do my best to draw out Saranâs power too!â
Saran was the spirit with whom Thomas had a contract. He said that he was currently sleeping in his room, but since ordinary spirits do not eat human food, he would not bring him to the cafeteria unless requested to do so by the spirit himself.
Well, this place was still rather crowded, So if there was no use, that was a good thing. Well, thatâs that.
âSo you mean to say that the class will be a competition between My Lord and that fat boy to see who can better draw out the power of the spirits?â
âThat would be the case.â
âHow will that be decided?â
âEh? Is it like⊠the one who can do something amazing wins?â
âThatâs right! Letâs do it with a bang, Miguel!â
Thomas smacked Miguel, who was tilting his head. HmmmâŠlooks like I should do something fancy, but the evaluation criteria was vague. Well, it was just part of the class, after all, and Iâd consider asking Tia to make some adjustments.
And while I was quietly thinking about this, the time was moving quickly. After finishing breakfast and getting ready, we headed to the school building to start classes âŠ, and finally it was time for the practical training in question.
âSo today Iâm going to have you all practice drawing out the power of your spirits!â
The place was a garden in front of the school building, different from the one where I was summoned. The trampled brown ground covered quite a large area. In addition, there was a grassy area, a water field, and even an area surrounded by a light stone wall where fire could be used, so that spirits of any attribute could exert their power.
And all of the students gathered here had spirits with them. Some looked like ordinary animals at a glance, while others had translucent bodies or floated in the air, or they were so diverse in appearance that they looked like complete deformities and some were nothing more than pebbles.
Among them, the most eye-catching were me and Tia âŠ, humanoid spirits. Well, We were not really spirits, so it was only natural for us to stand out because we didnât look like them.
âIn the classes weâve had so far, youâve learned how to handle the power of the spirits well, havenât you? Then, first try to do it on your own. Then, if you donât understand something, ask your teacher. Okay?â
ââYes!ââ
âGood. Then, please begin.â
As the teacher clapped her hands, the students spontaneously assembled among friends and began to work together to draw out the power of the spirits. Soon after, Thomas came over to us waving his hand.
âHey, Miguel! Letâs do this together!â
âThomas! Yeah!â
The two of them, having quickly joined up, squat down in front of me and start talking. Incidentally, Thomasâs feet were covered in flames and a skink lizard covered in flamesâA Lizard with gills on its face and able to live under waterâwas standing there with a dazed look on its face. From what they were talking about in the cafeteria earlier, this must be the spirit that Thomas has a contract with.
âThen, letâs start with me, shall we? Letâs seeâŠâŠ Saran, Spirit of Fire. Lend me, your contractor, your power!â
With these words, Thomas raised his right hand high into the sky. But nothing in particular happened, and the spirit called Saran remained motionless at Thomasâs feet.
âWhat the hell, Saran! Help me out a little more!â
âKuaaaaaarghhâŠâŠâ
In response to Thomasâ protest, Saran yawned.. Wait, was that even a normal yawn? Either way, he was not very cooperative, or He wasnât even motivated to begin with.
âDamn it, itâs not working. I wish I had a spirit that could speak my language.â
âHahah, But I heard itâs a lot more difficult to convince people if you can talk to them, right?â I said,
âI know, but. Che, Iâll just have to get used to it. Oh well, Next, Miguel, letâs go.â
âY-yeahâŠ. Human spirit Eidos, lend me your power!â
âMm, Alright.â
Miguel raised his hand and I quickly grabbed it. Miguel looks at me with a puzzled expression on his face.
â⊠uh, Eidos? Whatâs this?â
âHm? As My Lord commanded, I am lending you my power?â
âReally? No, but this is âŠâŠâ
âI donât understand, but if this doesnât work, what does?â
âWhat? I donât know about that either, but âŠâŠ Hey Thomas, what do you think of this?â
âEven if you ask me,⊠maybe we should ask the teacher? Atch!?â
Miguel asked with a troubled look on his face, to which Thomas replied while stroking Saranâs body with a disheartened look on his face.
âCome on, Saran, get yourself together. Come on, Iâll prepare another delicious fire next time!â
âKuahhhh⊠âŠâ
ââŠâŠ Thomas seems to be having a hard time, maybe we should really ask the teacher.â
âThat sounds good to me. I donât want to be the one who doesnât know what kind of power I need to borrow.â
âYeah. Umm, Senseiââ.â
âGahahahah! Whatâs that!â
Miguel was about to call for the teacher when a loud laugh echoed from a short distance away. Nash, who had probably been watching the whole thing, approached us with Tia in tow.
âNash!? What!â
âWhat are you âŠâŠ hihihâŠ. thatâs my line! Thatâs how you are drawing out the power of the spiritsâŠâŠ HihihihihihihihiâŠ.â
âS-Shut up! I am sure I am doing it right? Right?⊠Probably?â
Nash laughed, clutching his stomach, but Miguelâs reply was brusque.
Well, yeah. Thatâs true. I too had serious doubts about whether this was an exchange that was recognized by the public as âdrawing on the power of the spirits,â so I did understand the reaction.
And it was precisely because he was aware of this, Nash was unrelenting.
âDonât speak bullshit! Thatâs no spirit magic! If thatâs the case, Iâll show you real spirit magic! Tia, spirit of beauty, lend me your power!â
âBwah!?â
I couldnât help but gasp at the incantation Nash chanted. Beauty? âŠ. Tiaâs calling herself a spirit of beauty? Itâs true that Tia was beautiful, but I never thought she would call herself that. âŠ!?
ââŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâ
Tia stared at me with a terrifying look on her face as I struggled to hold back my laughter. I turned my face away as quickly as I could ⊠Oh, no. Sheâs probably reallllyyy mad. And Nash continued chanting, oblivious to all of this.
âGather round, O Flame! And strike down my enemies! [Fire Arrow!]â
The fire arrow appeared on Nashâs hand and flew in a straight line towards the stone buried in the ground.. Not there!?
âWhat!?â
âWhat!?â
âAArghhhhhhh!!??!?â
A fire arrow, which changed its trajectory mid air, hit me in the face, and as I rolled around in the heat, I could imagine Tiaâs smiling face clearly in my mind.