I Became a Crazy Swordsmanship Instructor in the Game

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“Look, let’s not do this, let’s think a little logically. There is no benefit to you by handing me over to the fairy.”

The wizard of the Blue Mage Tower, Giolo Matran, was desperate in his own way. He had to convince Philip somehow.

“Why do you think there is no gain? Are we erasing a wizard from the world who knows what crazy things he’ll do if left alone?”

“You seem to have forgotten for a while, but I haven’t committed a crime yet. Hasn’t anyone actually been harmed? Think again. If you let me go, I will hand over all my artifacts to you and never appear again.”

Philip snorted at Giolo’s suggestion and kicked him in the shin.

“Keugh!”

“Trying to summon a manticore or making a fairy angry, even if you try one of the two, it’s an evil act that’s enough to become a feat of the Mage Tower. But what do I believe in letting you go?”

It was like a walking bomb. Even if only one of Giolo’s attempts had succeeded, a disaster would have occurred that could only be resolved with the help of one knight.

“… That’s because you can’t stop it anyway. I don’t know how you found me, but you don’t know anything about the wizarding family.”

Giolo muttered in a somber voice, frowning at the pain rising from his shin.

“what?”

When Philip asked, Giolo pulled up the corners of his mouth.

“Do you think I planned this for my own personal gain? The meaning of a wizard’s existence is the transmission of knowledge, so just because I can’t observe doesn’t mean the experiment has failed.”

He didn’t want to, but Philip understood Giolo’s words.

The mad wizard was saying that the summoning of the Manticore would eventually happen.

“If you want to save your students, you have to move fast right now, right? Isn’t Manticore a powerful monster? Even though the Freevia Academy is prestigious, I don’t think it’s going to be able to beat the Manticore. Isn’t he a guy that only two instructors and students can deal with? hehehe.”

As if the situation had now been reversed, Giolo giggled and mocked Philip.

“… ah. Is that so?”

Philip kicked Giolo one more time as if nothing had happened. The blow to the back of the knee was so precise that it seemed to have dislocated Giolo, who collapsed on the spot and screamed.

“You seem to be misunderstanding something. I didn’t even care about something like a manticore from the start. What I was worried about was the fairy’s anger.”

Having said that, Philip started to trample on Giolo, who was writhing in pain.

‘Because of this bastard, the game’s difficulty has become several times more difficult.’

According to the setting, the fairies of this world liked humans quite a bit. But here, as Giolo Matran summons the Manticore, his favorability plummets.

Fairies born from natural phenomena terribly hated creatures related to demons. Manticore, an evil and terrible monster, was an existence that could never be forgiven from a fairy’s point of view, and neither was the wizard who summoned it.

The runaway fairies attack nearby human villages, and eventually the knights and the magic tower subdue the fairies, and the relationship between fairies and humans deteriorates.

‘This bastard did it alone.’

A few years later, when the demons were active in earnest, they would need the help of the fairies, the owners of old mountains, lakes, and rivers.

Philip squeezed Giolo’s carotid artery, knocking him out, and then began to sweep up what appeared to be Giolo’s research material into a visible sack.

—… … So, are you fighting Manticore?

Neria asked, and Philip nodded.

“Well, that’s how it works.”

– Hmm, I don’t think it’s that difficult. Master’s moonlight sword is deadly to monsters like the Manticore.

“Before that, let’s take this damn bastard to the fairy. I would fight Manticore as much as I could, but I don’t want to fight an angry fairy.”

―Then aren’t the kids dangerous?

“Felicia will take care of it. what.”

Philip trusted Felicia. She was also a sword prodigy that only appeared once in a generation, so there was no way she would be easily defeated by a monster that was not even a demon like a manticore.

“I also taught you the spinning sword, and maybe you can win.”

* * *

The students of the travel department were immersed in the scenery of the lake and were busy looking around.

“Well, the scenery is definitely fine. Except for the slightly watery smell.”

Mirage Lake was a scenery worthy of being called a superb view in its own way. Unknown flowers bloomed everywhere, old trees stretched high into the sky, and their faces could be seen reflected in the clear lake.

If it hadn’t been for the viewer, Stefan to be exact, Johnny’s might have suggested Cheryl go into the lake.

The students walked around the lake to see if there was anything unusual.

They did not know that relics and magical items were often found in places with a mysterious atmosphere.

“The lake is so wide that it seems like the sun will go down if I turn around while searching.”

Stefan suddenly said. Certainly, if the purpose was a search, it would not be efficient for the four of them to wander around like this.

“Then let’s split up. Stefan, you and Cheryl will move together, and I will move with my freshman year junior, so if I find anything, I’ll fire a fire arrow magic into the sky. how is it?”

“That sounds like a good idea.”

“I will.”

It was a pretty plausible plan, so Stefan and Cheryl agreed. As they disappeared in the direction they were traveling, Janis pulled Lua’s arm.

“You should follow me well. It’s a big deal if you get lost here.”

Johnny looked at Lua and asked for trust, and Lua smiled and nodded.

“yes.”

‘i love it.’

It was the first time she had gone out like this with kids her age. Although I hadn’t gotten close to Janice, Cheryl, or Stefan yet, I could tell that they were good people.

“Come on. You can stick a little closer.”

Johnny whispered softly and gestured. Lua got close enough to arm in arm with Johnny.

“The instructor said he looked back once, but be careful as the monster might be hiding on top of a tree or among the bushes.”

“yes. Seniors.”

“By the way, did you, by any chance, who tied your hair up?”

“My hair? The instructor tied you up.”

At Lua’s answer, Janice tilted her head. Assuming that someone who could braid her hair so delicately would be a long-serving nanny or maid in an aristocratic family, she couldn’t believe that Philip, a man, had such a skill.

“okay? Anyway, let’s start slowly. If all goes well, Cheryl and I will meet on the other side.”

So, the two girls started going around the lake in the opposite direction to Stefan and Cheryl.

After walking for about an hour, Janis and Lua were able to talk quite a bit.

“I lived in the mountains with a man called a man and a twin brother? All 14 years?”

“yes.”

“Then how did you get into the academy? Tuition fees would not have been cheap. Oh, I’m not trying to ignore you, I’m just asking out of curiosity.”

Feeling the innocence of the world in Lua’s tone and eyes, Johnnys was restless and busy checking her eyes. Lua was the first human type in Johnny’s not-so-long life.

When I met innocent eyes like a puppy born in the world, something felt strange.

“… I’m not sure about that. My uncle just told me to go to the academy.”

“okay? Then I won’t ask any more. Anyway, if you’re bored or need someone to play with, be sure to come find me.”

“yes.”

The more I looked, the more there was someone I liked. For Janice, Lua was like that. For the first time, Johnny’s, who has three brothers, wanted to have a sister.

“If you look around and see something strange, you should tell me right away. got it?”

After saying that, Janice turned her head and looked at the lake again. Then I felt a strange tactile sensation in my hand.

‘… Did you hold my hand?’

She tried to turn her head, wondering if Lua was holding her hand, but stopped moving when she realized that the sensation was wet and slippery rather than warm and soft skin.

“… … uh?”

Johnny gulped and turned his head.

Instead of a cute brown-haired girl, there was a creepy fish-man with fins and scales.

A human whose entire body was covered with blue scales and had a disgusting fish head.

tingling

As the hideous creature looked at him, its gills twitching, Janice screamed with all her might.

“Kyaaa!”

* * *

“young master. I think I just heard a scream.”

When Cheryl, who was walking in the opposite direction of Johnny’s with Stefan, suddenly said, Stefan nodded as well.

“It was Lady Johnny’s voice.”

Since they had already walked quite a bit, the two groups were on opposite sides of the lake. It is a situation that can be run at once, but cannot be ignored.

“… Shall we cross the lake with flying magic?”

“No, it is dangerous. It would take a lot of mental energy to fly that long distance with magic, but then you wouldn’t be able to prepare for an unexpected situation. Let’s check the situation first. You’d better go up high and use your clairvoyant magic to look across the lake.”

At Cheryl’s suggestion, Stefan shook his head. Cheryl admired his sharp and quick judgment and agreed with him.

“I prepared the clairvoyant magic in advance. Then I’ll climb up the tree and take a look.”

After casting the flight magic, Cheryl’s body rose into the air. Stefan thoughtlessly followed her movements with his eyes, then hurriedly turned his head as she passed over his head.

“omg!”

Cheryl tilted her head when she heard Stefan breathe, then realized she was wearing a skirt.

“Never look up!”

Her face flushed, and her free hand reached for the hem of her skirt.

If it was another man, he might have exploded with shame, but he felt less embarrassed because he was Stefan, who had grown up with him since childhood.

Climbing up the tree, Cheryl canceled her flight magic and chanted the clairvoyant magic spell she had memorized in advance.

Soon, a translucent orb the size of a person’s face appeared in front of her eyes, and as Cheryl swung her staff, the orb flew through the air to the other side of the lake.

“uh?”

And Cheryl saw the anomaly in the middle of the lake, not across it, through the vision provided by the orb.

He saw an eerie light flashing beneath the surface of the water.

Soon, waves rose as if an earthquake had occurred on the surface of the calmly swaying lake, and something flew across the surface. The blood drained from Cheryl’s face as she confirmed the identity of the something.

she shouted as she hurriedly came down from the tree.

“Johnnys is dangerous. young master. We have to get over there quickly!”

“what? What is it?”

Stefan, who was not aware of the situation, asked, and Cheryl shouted again in a voice mixed with fear and crying.

“Manticore! A manticore has appeared in the lake!”

“what? Manticore? Why does it appear here?”

Stefan asked as if he was dumbfounded, but quickly prepared the flight magic. The Cheryl he knew was not a kid who would lie about things like this.

If it was true that the Manticore had appeared, there was only one thing he had to do.

“Sheryl, you need to go back to the camp immediately and inform the instructor and the professor. I’ll go to Miss and Lua. Even if we move together, there is no point.”

If he had to do it anyway, he thought he would take the risky side.