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C254: My Class / Nagisa
“Nagisa. This is Rafishal, our mechanic. Rafishal, this is Nagisa, she’s Yuta’s childhood friend.”
Alana introduced me to Rafishal, who I thought was a young woman, but was surprised to hear that he was a man.
“Yuta reacted that way at first, too. Well, gender doesn’t matter to me as a mechanic, so don’t worry about it.”
Yuta must have been surprised when he found out Rafishal was a man, considering his appearance.
“So, what are you all doing in the hangar in the morning?”
We were brought to a place full of machines in a corner of the hangar, saying it was part of their morning routine. The riders of the Iron Knights had all gathered there at this hour.
“Men, working out

.”
A man with a big body, I think he’s called Lorgo. He informs me.
“Do you work out?”
I was wondering if he was going to do some strength training, but I guess not.
“I’m working on my Ludia value. We’re going to have to fight a hell of a lot of opponents in the future. I don’t want to put too much pressure on Yuta.
“Ludia value can be trained? I thought it was a fixed ability.”
“We thought so, too, until a little while ago. Well, what was it, Rafishal?”
“Dimension class. You should learn that, Alana.”
“Yes, yes. Dimension class means that you can train and increase your Ludia value within the range of your potential.”
You can develop your Ludia value

.If I can do that, maybe I can help Yuta and Ranelle, too

.
“‘I want to improve my Ludia value too! Can you tell me how to train it?”
“I knew you would say that. I knew you’d say that.  You just have to go into this machine Rafishal made and concentrate on the Ludia, so there’s nothing to teach.”
“I see.”
“I just need to check your dimension class before you can use this machine.”
Rafishal added.
“Yes, that’s fine.”
I said lightly, but Alana smiled wryly and told me a shocking fact.
“Nagisa, you have to be naked to have your dimension class measured.”
“Really?”
I don’t like the idea of being naked in front of everyone.
“Sure, you need to get naked, but you don’t have to do it here. Liza. Liza, can you measure Nagisa’s dimension class for me? Liza is the same gender as you, so I’m sure she won’t mind.”
A woman named Liza appeared and took me to another machine in the back. The machine was in a small room that was hidden from view, so I took off my clothes.
“You have a nice body. Not so big breasts, though.”
“That’s none of your business!”
“Come on, get in there.”
What I was directed to was a capsule that was connected to a machine, and I did as I was told and entered the capsule. Once I was inside the capsule, the lid was closed and water started to pour out of it.
“Hey! The water’s flooding in!”
Don’t worry, it’s not water, it’s a liquid called Elixir, and you can breathe through it.”
I was a little worried about the breathing

but once the capsule was completely submerged in the liquid, I knew she was not lying.
After floating dazedly in the liquid for a while, it seemed that the measurement was finished and the liquid began to drain out of the capsule.
Liza showed Rafishal the measurement results that came out of the machine. Rafishal looked at it and changed his expression.
“It’s amazing

I had high hopes for you since you are Yuta’s childhood friend, but I didn’t expect you to be class 3

.”
“Class 3! Do you mean she’s better than me?”
Linnecarlo shouted in surprise at my results.
“No, your class 4 is great enough. By the way, Viktor is a class 4 magicraft, and if you work hard to raise your Ludia value, you can even ride that.”
“You say I should work hard to raise it, but I’ve been training my Ludia value for two months and it’s only gone up by 5,000! There’s no quick way to raise it?”
“I told you before, there are ways to increase your Ludia value in a short period of time. However, Ludia value is an important element of the human mind. If it were to change too rapidly, it would put too much strain on the body and mind, causing serious damage. If you’re not careful, you’ll become a cripple, and I can’t let you do that.”
Linnecarlo was bewildered by the correctness of Rafishal’s argument, unable to say anything back. Just because it’s easy to strengthen your mind doesn’t mean it can’t be broken. Slow but safe growth, I agree with Rafishal’s words.