-Flashback-

  This happened around when I was 7 years old.

  "Rid, how can you use those two magics?," said my grandfather.

  "Huh? I learned it from these two books, grandpa," I said.

  The two books I studied were the two books I took out earlier, the white and black books.

  "This book, I just found out that your parents also left this book. But it's not surprising that you can use those two magics, Rid," said my grandfather.

  I was still busy trying out those two magics.

  "But remember Rid, you can't use those two magics in public. If you do, it could cause a big commotion," said my grandfather.

  -Flashback ends-

  "It's been a long time since then," I said.

  "Angel race and Demon race huh, it's natural that I don't know the details about them. The knowledge books that are spread don't explain them in detail and the books I got from my parents are only books about techniques and magic. It seems like I have to increase my knowledge about the world," I said.

  "And again I didn't expect that the academy would use a command-type mind control artifact to make students not tell the outside world about the Demon race and Angel race that they knew before after they left or graduated from the academy. Do they just want the question about "how many basic elemental magics are there in this world?" to remain a trap question in this academy or do they have another reason?," I said.

  "Moreover, if light magic can only be used by the Angel race and dark magic can only be used by the Demon race, why can I use both? Even though I'm just a human, I don't have physical characteristics like angels and demons. It seems like this has something to do with my parents, grandpa said that both of my parents are still alive. It seems like I have to look for them later when I want to reconcile the world. For now, I have to focus on the academy first," I said.

  -

  The next day.

  I woke up at 5 am and planned to exercise again. In addition to exercise, I also brought my sword and planned to see if the training ground in the first year building was open this early in the morning.

  "Mr. Alan did say that on holidays you can train in the first year building or in the middle building, but is it allowed to train alone this early in the morning?," I thought.

  That's why I'll check it out after running later.

  I went out of the dormitory and did a warm-up. After that I ran around the academy like on the first day.

  "On the first day, I met senior ?Nadine at this hour, will I meet her again today?," I thought.

  I ran until I finally reached 5 laps but I didn't meet senior Nadine again. Maybe yesterday was just a coincidence because she was buying groceries. After that, I entered the academy through the lobby and headed to the first year building. The first year building turned out to be open with the lights inside also on. I entered the first year building and headed to the 5th basement of the A-class training ground. After arriving at the training ground, it turned out that the place was also open with the lights on. That means you can practice at this hour. The training ground was very spacious and also equipped with many weapons and wooden dummies as targets. After a while I entered the training ground, I heard someone's voice.

  "-Glacier Strike-," said the person.

  "-Glacier Strike-? an attack from ice magic, is it possible that person-," I thought.

  I approached the source of the voice and sure enough, it turned out to be Princess Irene who was practicing. She attacked the wooden dummy using her ice magic. I decided to greet her.

  "Morning, Princess Irene," I greeted.

  "......Rid Archie," said Princess Irene who didn't seem surprised.

  "Does Princess Irene often practice here in the morning?" I asked.

  "Yes. Because in the morning this training ground is very quiet, so I can be free. You yourself, do you want to practice?," asked Princess Irene.

  "Yes, I just got here today. Yesterday I just exercised, running around the academy," I said.

  "Is that so," said Princess Irene.

  "Then, please continue practicing, Princess Irene. I'll practice on the other side," I said.

  "Ok," said Princess Irene.

  I went to the other side to practice. I thought Princess Irene would talk about something that she didn't do before because she was distracted by someone else, even though right now there were only the two of us in this training ground. Maybe Princess Irene forgot to talk about it so I didn't think too much about it.

  I tried to slash the wooden dolls in front of me with my long-range slash. The dolls were destroyed by my long-range slash. After the dolls were destroyed, the dolls restored themselves to their original state.

  "So there's an Artifact installed in this training ground, the destroyed dolls even immediately restored themselves. Does this Artifact also apply to the walls or floors of this training ground?," I thought.

  I continued to attack the dolls with my sword technique without using magic. Then suddenly Princess Irene, who was practicing on the other side, approached me while I was practicing.

  "Rid Archie, your sword attacks are really great," said Princess Irene.

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  "Princess Irene? Ah, my sword attacks are just ordinary, nothing special. Has Princess Irene ?finished your training?," I said.

  "Not yet. It's just that seeing you practice made me interested in watching it," said Princess Irene.

  "Haha, is that so," I said.

  "By the way, can I ask you something?," said Princess Irene.

  "Please, Princess Irene, what do you want to ask about?," I said.

  "Why have you been competing without using magic and only relying on your sword techniques?," asked Princess Irene.

  "Hmmm why is that, doesn't Princess Irene think we don't need to use magic if we can fight the enemy without using magic?," I asked.

  "Hmm, yes, you're right. Because using magic also uses up mana, if I could fight the enemy without magic, I would definitely use that method too," said Princess Irene.

  "Yes, that's how it is," I said.

  "But why are you currently only practicing using your sword techniques, and not practicing using magic?," said Princess Irene.

  "Well, I just want to be on guard in case one day I get trapped by someone who can negate the use of magic on me. That's why I practice sword techniques without using magic for that situation. Even so, I also always practice using my magic," I said.

  "Is that so," said Princess Irene.

  "Yes. By the way, sorry if I offended Princess Irene, but Princess Irene has been quite talkative for someone who is called the 'ice princess'. Ah, it's not that I don't like being talked to," I said.

  "Well, that's normal, but I'm curious about someone who is ranked above me," said Princess Irene.

  "Hmm, is that so," I said.

  "Then Rid Archie, do you want to spar with me?," asked Princess Irene.

  "A spar with you? Well, I don't mind. But is it okay for Princess Irene to spar with me?" I asked.

  "I actually want to try what it's like to fight against number 1, even though I'm sure I won't win," said Princess Irene.

  "Princess Irene is too modest, I hope I don't get frozen in this sparring match," I said.

  In the middle of the training ground there was a large area with nothing there, so I assumed the middle was for the sparring match. The two of us ?decided to go to the middle to spar there.

  "Sorry Princess Irene, this is just a sparring match but are the conditions for winning or losing the same as in daily matches?" I asked.

  "Yes, the conditions are the same. The difference is that there are no points added or lost in this sparring match," said Princess Irene.

  "Okay, then I'll be the one counting down the time for the start of this sparring match," I said.

  "Yes, please," said Princess Irene.

  We both got ready to start the match. Then I started counting the time to start the sparring.

  "3, 2, 1-," I said.

  Then suddenly.

  - ?Glacier Strike -

  Princess Irene immediately launched an attack from her rapier at me. I immediately slashed the attack with my sword and the attack immediately split into two passing me.

  "A magic attack from her weapon? I see, no wonder I didn't see her change her weapon into a magic weapon first. It turns out that her weapon had been changed into a magic weapon since earlier. No wonder she could immediately attack me with a magic attack. Not bad, Princess Irene," I thought.

  "My sudden attack was broken and even made my attack split into two. As expected from rank 1," said Princess Irene.

  I just realized that I slashed Princess Irene's attack because of reflex, usually I just block or avoid attacks.

  - Ice Magic, Create Magic Weapon, Sixtuple Ice Rapier -

  Princess Irene continued her attack by releasing 6 ice rapiers that surrounded her body.

  "That technique is the same as the one she used in the second stage of the entrance exam. Creating a magic around her like that, can Princess Irene spread her Mana around her?," I thought.

  - Magic Boost -

  - Power Boost -

  - Speed ??Boost -

  Princess Irene uses boost to increase her abilities.

  - Ice Skating -

  Princess Irene moves quickly towards me by skating like on ice, even though the floor of this training ground is not made of ice.

  - ?San Lucia Art, Snow Blade Dance Technique -

  Princess Irene then tries to attack me with the rapier in her hand but I manage to block it with my sword. After I blocked the rapier in her hand, the 6 ice rapiers surrounding her tried to attack me one by one. I pushed Princess Irene away using my sword and tried to avoid the attacks from the 6 ice rapiers surrounding her. The 6 rapiers attacked me one after another. There was a rapier that tried to slash me and there was also one that tried to stab me. I avoided the 6 rapiers one by one. In addition to the 6 ice rapiers, Princess Irene also continued to attack me using her rapier. In this situation, it was like I was fighting 7 rapier users at once.

  "When Princess Irene attacked directly using her rapier or not, the 6 rapiers continued to attack me continuously. Furthermore, the attack patterns of the six rapiers were different. How could Princess Irene control all six rapiers at once? Is Princess Irene also an expert in 'Mind Magic'?," I thought.

  Since I only used 1 sword, I could only block 1 attack and avoid the others. I decided to continue blocking the rapier attacks used directly by Princess Irene and avoid the other six rapiers.

  - ?Glacier Thrust -

  Princess Irene attacked me by thrusting her rapier at me, but I managed to block it with my sword even though I was pushed back a few steps. When I was pushed back, the six rapiers surrounding her also attacked me in succession but I managed to avoid them.

  "It seems like these six rapiers won't stop if they aren't destroyed," I thought.

  Then Princess Irene attacked me directly using her rapier but I immediately blocked it with my sword. I know this pattern, if Princess Irene attacks me directly with her rapier and I manage to block it. The 6 rapiers surrounding her will immediately attack me when I block Princess Irene's direct attack. And sure enough, the 6 rapiers immediately attacked me. I immediately pushed Princess Irene back with my sword and intended to face the 6 rapiers directly. An ice rapier began to approach to slash me, then I prepared an attack from my sword.

  - Ice Crusher -

  I slashed an ice rapier that was heading towards me and immediately destroyed the ice rapier. The other ice rapiers also began to head towards me one by one. Then I used 'Ice Crusher' every time the ice rapier attacked me until finally all six ice rapiers were destroyed.

  "It seems like the ice rapier you made is gone, Princess Irene," I said.

  "Yes, you're right. I'm sure the ice rapier I made is pretty tough. But I'm not surprised you were able to break it," Princess Irene said.

  "Let's end this sparring with this last attack," Princess Irene said.

  It seemed like Princess Irene intended to end this sparring as soon as possible.

  "Alright," I said.

  Princess Irene seemed to take a breath and let it out again and prepared to launch her attack.

  - Ice Magic, Frozen Rapier -

  Princess Irene transformed her rapier into a frozen rapier.

  "'Frozen Rapier'? So she wants to use that technique for this last attack huh," I thought.

  - ?Ice Skating -

  Princess Irene moved quickly towards me while skating.

  "It seems like blocking that technique the usual way isn't a good idea, I might as well use my technique to compete with that technique," I thought.

  Princess Irene finally managed to get close to me and launched her attack.

  - ?San Lucia Art, Freezing Air Slash -

  I also released my sword technique.

  - Sword Art, Half Moon Slash -

  Our two techniques clashed and resulted in a very strong collision. Because of Princess Irene's attack, my sword slowly began to freeze. But before my sword froze completely, I strengthened my attack and managed to push Princess Irene back a few steps.

  Part of my sword froze and the trajectory of Princess Irene's slash also froze in the air. A little ice fog appeared in the training ground, which seemed to be the effect of the collision of our attacks.

  "Even this attack you managed to withstand, as expected from rank 1," said Princess Irene.

  "Even though I'm rank 1, the difference in points between us is only 5 points, Princess Irene. You also got perfect scores in the second and third stages of the entrance exam. That shows that you are also strong," I said.

  "Yes, indeed the difference in points between us is only 5 points. But in this sparring practice I realized that the difference in our strength is very large, you didn't even use magic in our sparring practice," said Princess Irene.

  "I surrender, I admit defeat in this sparring practice," said Princess Irene.

  -To be continued