21st Century Archmage

Bam!

“KYAAAAAAAAKK!”

‘Such theatrics~! I thought, still feeling the recoil of the wooden sword from hitting bone.

“C-Call the priest! His arm is broken!”

Using sparring as a cover, I delivered a one-sided moral re-education to those half-assed brats who thought they were the rulers of the world just because they were born with silver spoons. Two or three of them would be granted my mighty teachings every week.

Today, I silently raised my sword and “taught” Tedran, who was cowering in fear. The sound of him gulping came loud and clear into my ears.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

“UWAHHHH! P-please spare me!!”

“HOHOHO! Where are you going! Youre mine!”

The poor sop who had been singled out by Hyneth on the first day was beaten half an inch from death again today and was desperately kowtowing into the ground.

“Lets end the sparring today with this. Those of you who need treatment, go receive it from the priests.”

Because of his own words, the muscleheaded Viscount Atuan was forced to hold the daily sparring sessions. He looked at me with a flummoxed expression, and I nodded to him slightly with thoughts of gratitude, if you could call it that.

‘Ah, Im all refreshed!

Hyneth and I would let loose a flurry of beatings every sparring session. Rumors had already spread uncontrollably throughout the academy, so I knew that Hyneth and I were seen as fellow rabid dogs.

But who cared? I was a free spirit who feared no one in this world.

‘Im going to do it today.

When all our formal studies were over, we had free time. It was time to go talk to High Summoner Capuin.

“Orabunni, where are you going?”

Having put down the wooden sword, Hyneth had at some point returned to a pure manga protagonist character. I made an awkward smile in response to this extremely two-faced young girl.

“J-just going to study a bit.”

“Ehh, orabunni just studies all day,” pouted Hyneth adorably.

‘Argh, why does your cute body give off the same scent as the King of Martial Arts, Bruce Lee!

As soon as she held a sword, Hyneths eyes would lose all reason. I looked at her huge, blinking eyes and was once again enlightened of Gods impartiality. If a girl as cute as her were to have no faults whatsoever, there would be no shortage of guys going crazy for her.

“Lets go visit my house together sometime. My father said he was coming to our villa in the capital soon, so lets go then.”

“… Why?”

Thinking about the notoriety of Hyneths dad, the current Count Petrin who was a bona-fide battle maniac and a person who would never let go if they bore down on someone, my confidence shriveled up. I was someone who lived tenaciously, but it would definitely hurt if I were bitten by a crazy dog.

“What do you mean, why~ Because youre the one and only orabunni of me, Hyneth! Hoho. I even told my father about it already, so he should treat you well. Youll come, right?”

“Of course I will…”

‘Ill die if I rub him the wrong way, right?

The count family of Petrins was unrivaled in the continent; if they targeted you, they would chase you down for three generations. The thought of meeting the count gave me a greater feeling of gravity than facing Tedran, the kid of a duke.

“Hoho! Thank you, my beloved orabunni. I want to become someone you will never forget. Forever~”

‘Guh!

The wordbeloved came floating into my ears. The coarsest little sister in the world, Hyneth, made a shy face.

“Ha, haha! Okay, lets always be this friendly in the future.”

‘Dammit, why do I already want to forget this moment. Argh.

How could I have known? How could I have known that Hyneth, a girl so cute that she could be the nations little sister, was actually a hulk sister hiding such wild rage within her blood?

* * *

“You want to know what a spirit feels like?”

“Yes sir, Count Capuin.”

“Youre in the Knight Class, arent you. But to have such interest in spirits…”