I Have been Reincarnated As a Lazy, Arrogant Noble, but When I Destroyed The Scenario Through Effort, I Became The Most Powerful With Extraordinary Magical Power - 303

Chapter 303: I Don’t Like Fighting

“I’m… done…”

“I’m at my limit too…”

“Yeah…”

Less than thirty minutes in, we all collapsed onto the ground.

We could usually fight for much longer than that.

I knew the reason.

Each of Darius-sensei’s attacks packed a lethal punch, so we had to keep our defenses up nonstop.

If we had an inviolable field barrier like Fancent-kun’s, things might have gone differently.

“You’re still pretty green. But hey, there were some bright spots.”

Karta and Tula were too wiped out to even respond.

That was no surprise. Tula had been right up front, pressing the attack the whole time.

So I spoke up in their place.

“What do you mean by bright spots?”

“Your teamwork was solid. And you’re probably chatting in ways I can’t pick up on, huh? Kinda leaves a teacher feeling a little lonely…”

Suddenly, the teacher’s face fell into a sad expression.

His emotions were so vivid and full it almost made me laugh.

But he was truly kind at heart.

He had eased up on his strikes to keep them from turning fatal and let us battle right to the end.

Our attacks hadn’t connected.

But I hadn’t just stood around doing nothing.

“Darius-sensei”

“What is it? Cecil”

“Um, just a hunch, but… you don’t really like fighting, do you?”

“Why do you think that?”

“…Nothing clear, just a real gut feeling. Sorry if that’s rude.”

At that, Darius-sensei threw his head back and let out a big, hearty laugh.

“Haha, you’re really watching closely, Cecil—good on you. Folks do mix me up a lot with this build of mine, but yeah, I don’t like fighting. Even my knight days back then? All because of family duty—no getting around it.”

I’d heard the teacher had commanded the knights in a country different from Milch-sensei’s.

To rise that high without even enjoying it? He was a genius.

“Then why become a teacher?”

“Hmm, well, I like chatting with people. Knew the principal from way back too, but mostly I figured, with what I’ve got to share, if it helps even one kid get stronger, that’s worth it.”

Nothing shady came through in the teacher’s booming laugh.

Like Fancent-kun, his straight-up passions ran deep.

Sorry, everyone—his weak spot… might not even exist.

Right then, a “meow” sounded from who-knows-where.

And there appeared that cat from earlier.

In that instant, Darius-sensei chucked his greatsword aside without a care and lunged right at it.

“What’s wrong, what’s happened to you!? Why are you here!?”

Seeing that, Karta, Tula, and I traded looks.

“…Should we try landing just a little attack on him now?”

At my words, Tula whipped out a super weak wind slash.

Karta let loose a magic cannon soft as a breeze.

He stretched out long and far, but it smacked him clean.

…Maybe I should bring a cat along for the exam. Or something.

Darius-sensei had no obvious weak points.

But I’d learned he didn’t like fighting.

Even tiny details could clinch a win in a real showdown.

There had to be other overlooked bits out there.

…Don’t wanna make Fancent-kun dislike me, so I’ll brainstorm all night.