Banquet is a boring event like I said, I am just standing at a corner with Tatsuya which we somehow realized that neither of us wanted to be here and it's too open to discuss anything worth talking like my space magic which doesn't exist in this world if I remember correctly. I shouldn't be using it too openly I guess.
So we're now kissing on the corner...(This is a joke)
{Just joking but I have no idea my writing took a turn like this sorry if it's uncomfortable}
So I am reading books through my retina out of boredom.
I would normally mess with someone in this kind of situations but the mood is so serious that I can't muster the will to do it.
Too bad they don't serve coffee on the venue otherwise I could have just throw a batch of my own into the mix and watch the insanity.
That would cheer me up!.
Erika came to us somehow didn't see me it seems my sheer will of not wanting to be here allowed me to tap into some power that made people ignore me.
I am joking of course I don't know why don't they see me even Tatsuya is confused there are some markings on the wall I am leaning on that might be it but we're too bored to care.
After Honoka and Shizuku came they finally asked about me.
"By the way where is Fujimaru?"
"I have been standing here for a while"
"Kya! don't hide yourself like that."
"He wasn't hiding but I am curious why no one noticed him"
"Well it seems my desire to not be here allowed me to tap into some ancient technique" Thankfully they got the joke and we were joined by Kanon and Isori.
Isori is one of the engineers and Kanon is his girlfriend finance or whatever they're dating, that's all I know but they are fun to hang around.
Eventually Tatsuya sends the girls to their classmates since they have been looking here like kicked children and I go back to acting like I am part of the decorations until Erika comes back with Mikihiko.
After Erkia and Mikihiko go back to their job me and Tatsuya join back to inspecting decorations it seems like there's something carved into this wall.
We were about to crack the code of this wall until someone came up on the stage to present Kudou Retsu, one of the most respected magicians of our time called Patriarch also old as hell and probably going senile considering his actions later on in the book.
Retsu being the boomer he is plays a prank by standing behind a woman and using a simple mental interference magic to cloak himself which is surprising that so little amount of people notice it.
I look straight into his eyes with my "are you a child" look by the way did I mention that his eyes are pitch black including his sclera, it's damn horrifying to look at.
Eventually he reveals himself and tells about his little "party trick" and the reason he did it. Basically he was doing it to give us a lesson and talked about how little people noticed him.
He eventually finished with how we should keep working on with our magic and yada yada I kinda fell asleep at some point until Cortana woke me up.
Thankfully we were quite finished with the banquet and to my luck there was no dancing.
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Next morning I ran into Tatsuya during my morning training which also includes my sword well I am using a wooden one since I can't just take out Durandal with all these eyes around.
"I didn't know you used swords?"
"I do but it's western style so I didn't join the Kendo club"
After our conversation Tatsuya runs off to complete his laps while I go back to eat my second breakfast.
The opening ceremony was loud as expected the representatives of schools got to the stage and all while I slept with Cortana looking out for me.
Cortana woke me up at the finish of the last song and I opened my eyes to look around to find my friends, my turn has yet to come and naturally we're going to watch this stuff which I find boring.
I mean sure competing itself can be fun like UA sports festival but watching it is boring like rating games from DxD I never understood why people liked watching it in the world sure it's nice to watch it as an anime but when you're in it it's different.
My thoughts end as I spot Shizuku giving a run down of the matches that's going to happen today and which ones should we watch.
It's surprising that a chill girl like her is so excited about this.
First event we go and watch is females battle board which is an event created by some dude that thought "let's mix racing, surf and roller coasters and make this."
In my opinion it's bland and just looks wrong but I am not going to judge people.
During the match I leaned that fortification magic here is different than Reinforcement I use, they're stabilizing an object in space as it is to make it not break while I am sinking and filling the gaps between the material, this allows me to reinforce the concepts of an object as well like I can make my muscles either give explosive power at the cost of duration or lengthen the time I can go on at the cost of lower power up or just reinforce the taste of my coffee.
It's interesting how they use magic.
Also Mari won by a mile at least that's what I was told...
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Next match is Mayumi's speed shooting and unfortunately she didn't wear the elf ears I gifted her.
I forgot that the glasses they're wearing for the competition also covers the ears.
Match itself is ended pretty quickly since Mayumi just destroyed her opponent.
Well, today wasn't productive at all...
[Please try to enjoy it Master]
'The only thing I can enjoy today is illegal in this country'
[I was wondering when your head would go towards sex I guess you held out well enough]
'Meh I am just getting bored.'
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Next day I was complaining to Isori since the CADs they give for the competitions are shit, like I can make better in like 15 minutes, sure they're better than my old one but still, I need to bitch about something.
The CAD I built won't be pretty but it would do it's damned job, I was taken out of my inner ranting by Mayumi who asked me to help her stretch.
Yesterday she wore leggings under a coat during the match but today she is wearing a dangerously short skirt.
[Nice~]
'Cortana get your head in the game'
Then I realized why she dressed like she's going off to a tennis match, her second match is basically tennis but they're using pistol type CAD and use magic to hit the ball...
I honestly forgot how the games were played from LN since it didn't matter to me that much I skipped those parts and my previous self being a teenager was too focused on girls than the matches while he was watching it from TV.
Naturally Mayumi won the match.
As we go back to our schools tent we learn that our male group lost some games and fist place have become troubling.
I honestly don't care I will give my best and hope it will work.
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Next day I remember that I forgot something and I remembered it when Mari literally crashed while trying to catch another girl who got sabotaged and broke her ribs...
Well shit happens, unfortunately I can't just yell out sabotage that's a good way to get branded as paranoid.
We watched Shizuku's match as she used the new spell Tatsuya made, I made an off hand comment about how gruesome it would be if used on humans and the fact that it doesn't have an upper power limit makes it prime selection for military use.
At the end of it everyone was looking me with shock.
"I am aware Tatsuya didn't make it for that kinda thing but there are people who can turn the most innocent thing into something disgusting think about if someone got their hands on this magic and used it for military purpose."
Tatsuya gave me a nod and said he'll take care of it I don't know what he's going to do but I warned them after all it happens in the novel.
Freshman part of the competition begins today and it opened with Shizuku's match I must say girls are killing it.
Boys are well... we're doing fine... Yeah our engineer blew himself up but yeah we're fine for now.
It's all okay no need to panic...
Okay it looks like I am going to carry the males part on freshman section...
NO BODY PANICS.
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Next day we watched Shizuku's second match which she won with ease thankfully she wasn't there to hear my off hand comment about her Active Air Mine.
Following that we watched Girls Ice Pillar Break events which they were dressed in rather interesting outfits.
"Have prepared a costume Fujimaru" Leo asks.
"No but I have something in mind" My full black Chaldea Suit would be enough also I look good in it.
It's my turn let's hope they won't just sabotage me from the get go, I should check my CAD before the match.