“We’re necromancers, so wouldn’t it be hard to tell them apart? We can see souls.”
So, even if there was a ghost among her friends, no one would know. Jane quietly chewed on Simone's words.
'I've never even thought about that.'
It's not that Jane is dull. Probably no one except Simone has ever suspected anything like that.
These are Serk's necromancers who have lived lives no different from others until now.
People who have never been possessed or experienced by a ghost, but the soul is just a means to attack.
Would such people be wary or suspect that someone among their friends is not human just because he or she behaves strangely?
It must have been a strange feeling that Simone, who was always suspicious and wary of everything for fear of being attacked by ghosts, would feel.
'Reina is a ghost?'
Oh no. That can't be true.
She had been with Reina longer than Simone thought for her to think of her as a ghost.
Even though they didn't talk much and there was an invisible wall between them, they spent a long time laughing, talking, and hanging out together.
It would be wrong to doubt Simone, who just entered school today, based on her words.
'It's probably just what Simone thinks. They say there's a cursed mansion in the Luan Empire. It's the country of Anasis.'
Anasis is also famous in the Serk Empire. She was once a woman who cursed the people of the Empire until the moment she was executed after devouring the great empire of Luan.
For that reason, since the Luan Empire is said to be particularly prone to psychic phenomena, Simone would probably have suspected Luan and Serk on the same level.
'But this is Serk. That can't be.'
So, don't be suspicious of people for no reason. That won't do.
Jane then looked at Simone and her sparring partners while her thoughts about Reina were drawn.
Jane's face, which had been showing signs of reflection, distorted slightly.
'No matter how much I try, this is just too much!'
Even though there is a generation gap, why do so many people flock to Simone at once?
A whopping eight people lined up to spar with Simone.
'Even though Simone told me to do so.'
That's too much!
“Please...I hope Simone doesn’t get hurt...”
Simone, standing opposite them while Jane watched her anxiously, smirked at their sleazy behavior.
'The kids have strong pride...'
I guess you don't know shame.
Simone looked at the eight students standing before her and laughed in disbelief.
Did they really think that just because they had more numbers they could defeat one giant monster?
Absolutely not.
However, if she fights eight people, she will probably be quite out of her mind, so she might not be able to control her strength without realizing it.
Simone turned her head slightly and looked at the professor in charge of the training.
If the professor doesn't raise an issue, it's not her responsibility if something happens because she can't control her strength.
Then, the professor, who was already feeling uneasy in this strange and unfair situation, finally stepped forward.
“Lady Tierra, and you all, what kind of behavior is this?”
The professor stood in front of Simone as if guarding her. The name of that bold-looking girl seems to be Tierra.
“The principle of the match is that it is a one-on-one match. Except for one person, everyone...”
“Isn’t that more fair?”
Tierra spoke in a loud voice.
“She’s a first generation. If we were to fight her one-on-one, it would be obvious that she would lose, so who would want to fight her? That’s why it’s much more fair for us, who have great skills, to attack together. Don’t you think so, Professor?”
“What the heck is that... !”
“Why are you telling us that, Professor? It was Simone who suggested this sparring.”
"...Yes?"
The professor turned his head and looked at Simone. His eyes seemed to ask, 'Is that true?'
The professor said he was a follower of the God of death. He would probably believe and follow the words of Saintess Simone, who was chosen directly by the God of death, more than the words of Tierra, a high-ranking noble of Serk.
Because the words of an adult are the will of God itself.
“She said she was going to show us how strong she is. She said we should come together as a group because of the generation gap, right?”
Tierra gave the professor a look as if telling him to hurry up and talk. Simone sighed and nodded to the professor.
“I told them to do so. So we can continue the sparring like this.”
“But, Saintess...”
The professor's face was filled with worry. Is Simone in danger? Of course, he knows that the first generation is strong. The professor has seen the power of the first generation quite a bit so far.
But is it right to have Simone, who has not even received proper training, spar with well-trained 3rd or 4th generation necromancers?
But Simone nodded as if it was okay and motioned for him to quickly leave the training ground.
'That's because she's different from other first-generation people.'
They say there is a difference in experience and strength.
Of course, Simone is not without her weaknesses. Unfortunately, compared to her ability to handle mana, her physical strength and physical combat skills are weak.
But, isn't it similar that they can't fight? If you look at Orkan, no matter how good the academy they went to, if they're people who handle mana, they all seem to have poor stamina.
“Well, then...”
The professor looked at Simone, who was expressionless to the point of being calm, with anxiety until the very end, and headed out of the training ground.
Is it really okay? If it's Mana, Simone would have the upper hand, but since she's received some physical training at the Necromancer Training Institute, he couldn't help but worry.
'If you get hurt, it'll be a big problem.'
Not only because she is a first generation, but also because it is imperial to the point of hurting a guest from another empire...
When the professor who had gone out hesitated again and said nothing, Simone and Tierra looked at him at the same time, and the professor reluctantly raised his hand.
“Then... Let’s begin the sparring. Begin!”
As soon as the signal left the professor's mouth, the two male students on either side of Tierra split off to the right and left and started running toward Simone's side.
At the same time, six others, including Tierra, reached out towards Simone with mana burning in their hands.
“Oh...”
I guess you didn't just come here without thinking.
Simone let out an exclamation and, like them, raised her mana.
It seems like they've already planned out a strategy for dealing with Simone before the duel.
“What did the first generation say! Die!”
“You’re going to take it without being able to move a finger!”
“...”
The two men who rushed in held Simone's arms in place, giggling.
Simone frowned and tried to pull her arm away. Their strength was so strong that she couldn't move at all.
'Huh? It's a bit strong?'
This could get pretty difficult?
The moment Simone crumpled her face, six necromancers formed a wide circle with Simone in the center and began pouring mana all at once on her.
BANG!!!!
A powerful attack that could hardly be called a mere duel hit Simone. A frenzied explosion, the ground splitting, and dust and black fog covering the training ground.
“Whoa!”
“Wh, what...”
“Isn’t she dead? Crazy...”
“What kind of sparring is that...”
The students who were watching this looked at the training ground with expressions of shock. No matter what, isn't this too much? This was an attack that would have resulted in death.
Even Simone, who was being attacked, had both arms held so she couldn't even defend herself.
Everyone except Tierra and her group, who were mocking each other, whether or not they knew the gravity of the situation, looked seriously into the fog.
“Wh, what were you thinking...”
The professor also walked towards the training ground with a pale face and groping without realizing it.
“This is driving me crazy. If you’re really dead, why are you attacking like this? Do you really want to die? Look at these guys passing out.”
The professor's steps stopped as he heard a calm, unperturbed voice coming from within the fog.
Soon the fog cleared and Simone was revealed.
“You guys are crazy. Seriously. This is violence, not sparring. Who said we should fight to the death here?”
Here and there, exclamations of surprise came out.
Within the opaque black mana barrier, Simone, unscathed and calm, was glaring at Tierra while holding the collars of the two unconscious male students.
“I almost got in big trouble!”
It's not her, it's these two boys!
The moment Simone was grabbed by the arms of two boys, she realized something surprising.
'You're just using your brute force, but you don't know how to properly restrain someone?'
The force holding her arm was definitely strong. However, if she turned her body just a little, or even just pushed herself down and sat down on the floor, there was enough of a gap that she could easily release it.
Simone realized that the fights had not only improved her abilities as a necromancer but had also developed her ability to physically engage in actual combat.
'There must have been a lot of near-death experiences.'
In particular, fighting inside the Occult Society building would have greatly helped her physical fighting abilities.
As attacks poured in from all sides, Simone quickly put up a barrier and fell to the ground, while the two students who had taken the many attacks instead of her passed out, spitting up blood.
“Why is it like this... You, you... How did you get away without a single scratch...”
Simone shut her mouth tightly at Tierra's bewildered words and threw the two unconscious students to the floor. Then, she filled her entire body with mana.
“Stop using such trivial methods and just block hard and attack. From now on, you won’t be able to do such cowardly things even if you want to.”
“What is that...”
At that moment, the black manas that had been swirling around Simone's body rose up all at once and began to cover the six students.
So, even if there was a ghost among her friends, no one would know. Jane quietly chewed on Simone's words.
'I've never even thought about that.'
It's not that Jane is dull. Probably no one except Simone has ever suspected anything like that.
These are Serk's necromancers who have lived lives no different from others until now.
People who have never been possessed or experienced by a ghost, but the soul is just a means to attack.
Would such people be wary or suspect that someone among their friends is not human just because he or she behaves strangely?
It must have been a strange feeling that Simone, who was always suspicious and wary of everything for fear of being attacked by ghosts, would feel.
'Reina is a ghost?'
Oh no. That can't be true.
She had been with Reina longer than Simone thought for her to think of her as a ghost.
Even though they didn't talk much and there was an invisible wall between them, they spent a long time laughing, talking, and hanging out together.
It would be wrong to doubt Simone, who just entered school today, based on her words.
'It's probably just what Simone thinks. They say there's a cursed mansion in the Luan Empire. It's the country of Anasis.'
Anasis is also famous in the Serk Empire. She was once a woman who cursed the people of the Empire until the moment she was executed after devouring the great empire of Luan.
For that reason, since the Luan Empire is said to be particularly prone to psychic phenomena, Simone would probably have suspected Luan and Serk on the same level.
'But this is Serk. That can't be.'
So, don't be suspicious of people for no reason. That won't do.
Jane then looked at Simone and her sparring partners while her thoughts about Reina were drawn.
Jane's face, which had been showing signs of reflection, distorted slightly.
'No matter how much I try, this is just too much!'
Even though there is a generation gap, why do so many people flock to Simone at once?
A whopping eight people lined up to spar with Simone.
'Even though Simone told me to do so.'
That's too much!
“Please...I hope Simone doesn’t get hurt...”
Simone, standing opposite them while Jane watched her anxiously, smirked at their sleazy behavior.
***
'The kids have strong pride...'
I guess you don't know shame.
Simone looked at the eight students standing before her and laughed in disbelief.
Did they really think that just because they had more numbers they could defeat one giant monster?
Absolutely not.
However, if she fights eight people, she will probably be quite out of her mind, so she might not be able to control her strength without realizing it.
Simone turned her head slightly and looked at the professor in charge of the training.
If the professor doesn't raise an issue, it's not her responsibility if something happens because she can't control her strength.
Then, the professor, who was already feeling uneasy in this strange and unfair situation, finally stepped forward.
“Lady Tierra, and you all, what kind of behavior is this?”
The professor stood in front of Simone as if guarding her. The name of that bold-looking girl seems to be Tierra.
“The principle of the match is that it is a one-on-one match. Except for one person, everyone...”
“Isn’t that more fair?”
Tierra spoke in a loud voice.
“She’s a first generation. If we were to fight her one-on-one, it would be obvious that she would lose, so who would want to fight her? That’s why it’s much more fair for us, who have great skills, to attack together. Don’t you think so, Professor?”
“What the heck is that... !”
“Why are you telling us that, Professor? It was Simone who suggested this sparring.”
"...Yes?"
The professor turned his head and looked at Simone. His eyes seemed to ask, 'Is that true?'
The professor said he was a follower of the God of death. He would probably believe and follow the words of Saintess Simone, who was chosen directly by the God of death, more than the words of Tierra, a high-ranking noble of Serk.
Because the words of an adult are the will of God itself.
“She said she was going to show us how strong she is. She said we should come together as a group because of the generation gap, right?”
Tierra gave the professor a look as if telling him to hurry up and talk. Simone sighed and nodded to the professor.
“I told them to do so. So we can continue the sparring like this.”
“But, Saintess...”
The professor's face was filled with worry. Is Simone in danger? Of course, he knows that the first generation is strong. The professor has seen the power of the first generation quite a bit so far.
But is it right to have Simone, who has not even received proper training, spar with well-trained 3rd or 4th generation necromancers?
But Simone nodded as if it was okay and motioned for him to quickly leave the training ground.
'That's because she's different from other first-generation people.'
They say there is a difference in experience and strength.
Of course, Simone is not without her weaknesses. Unfortunately, compared to her ability to handle mana, her physical strength and physical combat skills are weak.
But, isn't it similar that they can't fight? If you look at Orkan, no matter how good the academy they went to, if they're people who handle mana, they all seem to have poor stamina.
“Well, then...”
The professor looked at Simone, who was expressionless to the point of being calm, with anxiety until the very end, and headed out of the training ground.
Is it really okay? If it's Mana, Simone would have the upper hand, but since she's received some physical training at the Necromancer Training Institute, he couldn't help but worry.
'If you get hurt, it'll be a big problem.'
Not only because she is a first generation, but also because it is imperial to the point of hurting a guest from another empire...
When the professor who had gone out hesitated again and said nothing, Simone and Tierra looked at him at the same time, and the professor reluctantly raised his hand.
“Then... Let’s begin the sparring. Begin!”
As soon as the signal left the professor's mouth, the two male students on either side of Tierra split off to the right and left and started running toward Simone's side.
At the same time, six others, including Tierra, reached out towards Simone with mana burning in their hands.
“Oh...”
I guess you didn't just come here without thinking.
Simone let out an exclamation and, like them, raised her mana.
It seems like they've already planned out a strategy for dealing with Simone before the duel.
“What did the first generation say! Die!”
“You’re going to take it without being able to move a finger!”
“...”
The two men who rushed in held Simone's arms in place, giggling.
Simone frowned and tried to pull her arm away. Their strength was so strong that she couldn't move at all.
'Huh? It's a bit strong?'
This could get pretty difficult?
The moment Simone crumpled her face, six necromancers formed a wide circle with Simone in the center and began pouring mana all at once on her.
BANG!!!!
A powerful attack that could hardly be called a mere duel hit Simone. A frenzied explosion, the ground splitting, and dust and black fog covering the training ground.
“Whoa!”
“Wh, what...”
“Isn’t she dead? Crazy...”
“What kind of sparring is that...”
The students who were watching this looked at the training ground with expressions of shock. No matter what, isn't this too much? This was an attack that would have resulted in death.
Even Simone, who was being attacked, had both arms held so she couldn't even defend herself.
Everyone except Tierra and her group, who were mocking each other, whether or not they knew the gravity of the situation, looked seriously into the fog.
“Wh, what were you thinking...”
The professor also walked towards the training ground with a pale face and groping without realizing it.
“This is driving me crazy. If you’re really dead, why are you attacking like this? Do you really want to die? Look at these guys passing out.”
The professor's steps stopped as he heard a calm, unperturbed voice coming from within the fog.
Soon the fog cleared and Simone was revealed.
“You guys are crazy. Seriously. This is violence, not sparring. Who said we should fight to the death here?”
Here and there, exclamations of surprise came out.
Within the opaque black mana barrier, Simone, unscathed and calm, was glaring at Tierra while holding the collars of the two unconscious male students.
“I almost got in big trouble!”
It's not her, it's these two boys!
The moment Simone was grabbed by the arms of two boys, she realized something surprising.
'You're just using your brute force, but you don't know how to properly restrain someone?'
The force holding her arm was definitely strong. However, if she turned her body just a little, or even just pushed herself down and sat down on the floor, there was enough of a gap that she could easily release it.
Simone realized that the fights had not only improved her abilities as a necromancer but had also developed her ability to physically engage in actual combat.
'There must have been a lot of near-death experiences.'
In particular, fighting inside the Occult Society building would have greatly helped her physical fighting abilities.
As attacks poured in from all sides, Simone quickly put up a barrier and fell to the ground, while the two students who had taken the many attacks instead of her passed out, spitting up blood.
“Why is it like this... You, you... How did you get away without a single scratch...”
Simone shut her mouth tightly at Tierra's bewildered words and threw the two unconscious students to the floor. Then, she filled her entire body with mana.
“Stop using such trivial methods and just block hard and attack. From now on, you won’t be able to do such cowardly things even if you want to.”
“What is that...”
At that moment, the black manas that had been swirling around Simone's body rose up all at once and began to cover the six students.
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