A bit earlier, just before the start of the match,

"Hey, why are you there?"

　Saraswati, who was standing right next to Raymond, raised her voice slightly.

"I am sorry. we probably going to be targeted by everyone, so I thought it would be better if we fought alongside each other."

' If you're so strong, why don't you fight alone?"

I'm sorry, I'm, uh, a friend of Norwin's, I guess.

Saraswathi was not strong enough to get him to apologize, and he closed his mouth with a troubled look on his face.

'I understand, stop apologizing "

"I'm sorry truly ".

 "Huh."

Saraswati sighs with half-lidded eyes, wondering if this guy is really this strong.

　(I don't think Lucy would misread his strength, but in case she was wrong, I'll be ready to run away on my own)

Deciding this internally, Sarasvati readied her sword and waited for the signal to begin the match.

He glanced sideways at Raymond, who did not appear to be holding his weapon yet. He was looking around fearfully with his spear hanging slackly.

(That was ------)

Saraswati's mind was filled with thoughts of the training she had just completed. She saw Norwin, who had fired a sharp spear from an unarmed position.

（No way.)

In the meantime, the signal to start the match was given, and the competitors began to move in unison.

Many of the competitors were thinking of defeating the most troublesome enemy first, and a ten-member encirclement was formed around Saraswati and Raymond, who were now standing side by side.

"Huh. I guess the fame tax is a good thing, isn't it?"

"i? Oh, um, what do you mean by that?"

'What? You should look in front of you!"

　Saraswati screams in astonishment. Raymond, at the other end of the gaze, took away his eyes from the enemy and stared straight at Saraswati.

　It was a critical gap for the boy, who was not even holding his spear. One of the competitors ran out with a smile on his face and swung his sword at the defenseless Raymond.

　He immediately reacted to the opening and stepped into

　He could not even evade in time. Everyone realized Raymond's defeat...

"Whoa!

　Raymond, who had evaded the attack by "reacting after seeing it," countered with a strike of godlike speed. The speed of Raymond's attack was super fast, surpassing that of the enemy's sword in both evasion and subsequent attack, even though he was always behind.

"But, ah!"

　The opponent fainted in agony, unable to understand why he himself, who was ahead of the enemy, had fallen behind.

"I was so surprised. That's why I hate fighting!"

　The hall fell silent. Among them, only Ghardias, who knew how strong he was, smiled.

"You're strong, aren't you?"

'Oh, no. Haha, I' m not ready for that yet. What's more, what's "-a fame ?"

'You still care about that?"

"I'm sorry! Once I'm interested in something, I can't think of anything else."

The two are in the arena, talking to each other in a casual manner. No one can be strong against Raymond who has already demonstrated his power.

And Saraswathi, who is talking equally with him, or rather a bit strongly, also looked different to them. No one felt like attacking them.

"that's okay. I don't know the details either. Norwin said it's a word like 'too famous to be bothered. I use it because I like it.'

"I don't know if there is such a word. I've never heard of it, even though I'm studying hard."

"I haven't either. I don't have it either. We are in the middle of a match."

'I don't have a stance. I was told to hold the spear in a relaxed, flowing manner."

'You sound like a genius."

'I'm sorry."

'It's all right. Besides..."

'How long are you guys going to keep talking?'

　The player, numb to the two who was still talking , lunged at Saraswati.

　He was probably close to ten years old. He was physically superior and swung his sword down from the top with extreme force.

　However, Saraswati did not even take a step. She took a half-stance with sliding feet and executed a paper-thin evasion just like Norwin.

　The audience was excited by superb technique. Saraswathi, in the excitement of the crowd, smashed his opponent in the side of the head with the stomach of her sword.

"Was he too scared?"

　Saraswathi finally mutters in a voice that has lost some of its tension.

　In fact, Saraswati was nervous.

　She considers herself inferior to Norwin and Lucy, but she is still no match for them and she is not a threat to them.

Waldheim. The experience of training to death every day in the most martial family in the country does not fail her.

"Hmmm."

With the momentum from having defeated one of them, Saraswati plunged herself into the rest of the siege, as if carried away by the heat of the moment.

Compared to Norwin, who prefers using the leno style, and Lucy, who is a genius, Saraswati's sword is completely unpretentious.

However, because it is safe, its solid foundation does not easily fall apart.

Rather, she steadily chipped away at the swords of her opponents who did not have the basics fully mastered, little by little, truly one move at a time, and drove them into a corner.

"Damn, this one is too strong!"

"Surround them! With numbers---"

"Ha-ha-ha!"

'What's so funny?"

"Ha-ha-ha, because ha-ha-ha!"

　The red-haired girl swings her sword with a smile on her face.

　There is no reason why this moment is boring. This moment is the fruit of hard and bitter training. There is no reason why this moment to prove her power can't be enjoyable.

Saraswati, smiling in the arena, has the look of a splendid warrior.

　And alongside him, another.

"I'm scared".

The genius of super-speed swung his spear at a different dimension of speed.

He moves before the enemy, wields his weapon before the enemy tries to react in a hurry, and defeats the enemy unilaterally before the enemy can defend himself.

Unlike Saraswati, this one has not yet developed a solid foundation and is often caught off-guard by the enemy.

However, each time, he showed his overwhelming strength by evading the enemy "after seeing them" and defeating them unreasonably with his divine speed spear.

---Humans are creatures whose structures make it difficult for them to reach their highest speeds.

　It takes a certain amount of space, running, and time to reach maximum speed in a fight against an opponent in this small arena.

　Raymond, however, is different.

He is a natural genius, a monster whose entire body is sprung. He can accelerate from zero to max in just one step, and his maximum speed is far faster than that of a normal person.

　In terms of speed, not even Lucy can match him.

An ordinary person with no flaws and a genius with flaws.

The two, who fit together in a peculiar way, overrun the arena.

In a matter of tens of seconds, they destroyed their opponents, and the match ended when only three people remained, including one who had been running around until the very end and the two of them