Magika No Kenshi To Shoukan Maou:Volume 2 Chapter 5
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Chapter 5 – The Qualification of the Living
Part 1
There were many quests that they could challenge leisurely in the holiday weekend, but there was no reason they couldn’t put a challenge after school in the weekdays. As what Kazuki decided beforehand, he would accept the quest immediately on Monday, the day after the date.
On that fated day’s lunch break, Kazuki received an abrupt summon.
[First year class two Hayashizaki Kazuki-kun, urgent, please go to Tsukahara of Sword Division. I repeat…”
He didn’t understand why the one that called him was not the Magic Division but the Sword Division.
The Knight Academy was divided in two parts of MagicaMagic Division and Sword Division. This was the first time Kazuki entered the Sword Division’s area. Even though they told him to go to the place of a teacher called [Tsukahara], he didn’t know if it was really okay to be here. It’d be fine if he went to the staff room, but…he didn’t know where the staff room was located. Kazuki who had no other choice held his mobile phone.
“Love, is magnetic! Drawn by Onii-sama’s love, the Storm Cat, here I am reporting!”
Immediately after he sent a mail, his step-sister, Kane arrived dramatically like a force of gale.
“…I feel guilty you know, to arrive that happily just because I’m calling you to guide me…”
“I see, this is the continuation of the previous school tour date that was ruined before by that breast monster from somewhere, right? Kanae is much better in giving school tour compared to those breast monster! Well then, first let me guide Onii-sama until the Sword Division dorm’s room of Kanae! For the time being we’re going to spend the break there tenderly…”
“No, I was summoned here so we have no time to do that kind of thing.”
“Eeeh!? There was no time for flirting around!? How could that be!?”
While her shoulder dropped in dejection, Kanae guided him from the entrance of the Sword Division to the staff room.
“But it’s strange, for Onii-sama to be summoned to the Sword Division.”
“I’m also completely ignorant as to why I am summoned here. I wonder if it’s for scolding.”
“That teacher named Tsukahara Hisatada was a gentle teacher, so I think that’s not it. His appearance is delicate looking from the glasses he wore, but he gives a feeling of someone who has ulterior motives in his mind, Kanae is poor with that kind of person though.”
They advanced through the Japanese-style garden hesitatingly, and then entered the school building that looks like a wooden row house. The building was not particularly high, inside this two-story building, the classrooms lined up horizontally and widely in a row.
The atmosphere in the Magic Division felt like Europe in the Middle Ages, while the atmosphere in the Sword Division felt like Japan of long time ago. Even though this was during lunch break, sounds of swords clashing could be heard from somewhere. It was a dear sound that was once a part of Kazuki’s daily life.
Here was the Sword Division―the place that he should have been if he had a different fate―wasn’t it?
They walked in the warm wooden corridor, “Here is the staff room.” and finally arrived at their destination.
“To, to be dismissed when we only just reach here…it’s so lonely, very lonely…! Where in the world could I vent this uncontrolled love for Onii-sama!!”
“Vent it in your sword training.”
“Then, I will become the strongest swordsman―n!!”
This was the two-person comedy act of this brother and sister for the first time in a long while, so
“Call me if Onii-sama come again to the Sword Division, okay☆?” Kanae waved her hand and left.
―When he entered the staff room, one of the teacher saw the uniformed figure of Kazuki and “Here, here.” Waved his hand over. Kazuki weaved his way between the desks and head towards that person.
Some of the teachers were eating lunch boxes and cup ramen, the room was filled with smells that tickled his stomach.
“You finally came, I have heard about you from various people.”
Tsukahara-sensei was just as Kanae told him, he wore glasses and looked fragile, a male teacher that had an intellectual air.
“Currently you are under the charge of Liz Liza-sensei right? She was my partner when we were in active duty. She is a teacher with a strong and straightforward sense of justice. Oops, I forget to give you my name, I am Tsukahara Hisatada. Similar with Liz Liza-sensei, I’m just an underling that still have a long way to go, I teach the practical skills in the Sword Division. Though I was challenged by your big sister and lost, hahaha.”
“I think Kanae can improve if she received education from a person like sensei.”
It seems Tsukahara-sensei was the type that wield their sword based on theory. Kazuki somehow felt that.
Because Kanae was the type that wield her sword by instinct, the things she could learn from this teacher should not be few.
“Hahaha, thank you.”
Tsukahara-sensei laughed in the way that he couldn’t understand whether he was seriously happy or not, then he jumped the gun on the talk.
“There are some people that want to meet you.”
Saying so, he stood up from the desk. He urged Kazuki to follow him.
Some people that wanted to meet him…there was no one that he could think of.
Kazuki followed Tsukahara-sensei like he was told.
The two exited the staff room, this time they entered a room labeled as [Reception Room].
Inside were two people he had a recollection of―the two knights he encountered inside the forest of the Haunted Ground. The knights who confiscated the Sacred Treasures Kazuki and the others discovered, and then came barging into his fight with Beatrix, those two.
“Yaa! Thank you for that time before.”
The male swordsman said so to Kazuki amicably with smiling face.
The female Magica Stigma regarded Kazuki with ‘puih’ and averted her face.
“I’m a <Police Knight> attached to the <Knight Order of Chubu Jurisdiction>, Kondou Hajime.”
“…The same as police knight, Souma Yukari.”
The Knight Order was divided into their respective subdivision at eight district with their own jurisdiction zone, which were Hokkaido – Touhoku – Kantou – Chubu – Kinki – Chuugoku – Shikoku – Kyuushuu, with the Tokyo Metropolis Knight Order Headquarters at the top.
The police knight is the lowest rank as a member of the Knight Order. The majority of the knight that were just graduated from the knight academy started their career from that rank.
“Knight Academy’s first year, Hayashizaki Kazuki.”
When Kazuki gave out his name with slight timidity, the knight – Kondo-san came and gripped Kazuki’s hand tightly.
“…Your sword skill left a deep impression on me.”
Kazuki reflexively thought of Torazou-san. He felt the same test between those two.
“Err…what kind of business did you come here for?”
There was no way his reason in coming here was just to say that. He didn’t understand why they came here with only saying that he left a deep impression, instead he became even more confused. Kondou-san released his hand and then moved on to the important matter.
“Both of us have something we want to pass to you.”
“I only came because Kondou said he wanted to do this no matter what.”
The Magica Stigma Souma-san that wore white uniform today said so with a sullen face.
“Souma-san, didn’t he save both of our lives already?”
“Ugh. …Well, it’d be unbearable if we died in this kind of mission, so I’ll give you my gratitude.”
Souma-san nodded her head a little while saying so.
…Mission? Now that she mentioned it, why were they in that kind of place?
As members of the Chubu Jurisdiction Knight Order, even their jurisdiction was different.
Other than the knights who belonged to the Tokyo Knight Order Headquarters, no other knight should operate here in Tokyo.
“…By all means, this person stands at the top as a swordsman. But he is not a bad person.”
“Stop saying unnecessary things and enter the main topic already! Kondou!”
“Actually at that time, we had a little peculiar mission at that Haunted Ground . …We couldn’t give any particulars to you about it, but…unluckily we encountered Beatrix there. The one who cooperated with the Einherjar in Loki’s subjugation effort is the guys at Tokyo Knight Order Headquarters, so regarding Beatrix, we hadn’t heard anything at all.”
Tacit consent for the assassination of the refugee, Lotte―such story was not something that should be known far and wide. It seems even inside the Knight Order, the members who knew about this were only the minority.
They came to the Haunted Ground because of some special mission and got swallowed up in this scheme.
“After that, they explained the circumstances to us along with the order to shut our mouth.”
“This is truly a disgusting story.”
Both Kondou-san and Souma-san puckered their faces unpleasantly.
“However after we heard the story…we were wondering if it’s you, you can protect that refugee Lotte from Beatrix and then we came here. You plan to do that, right? I thought so.”
Kazuki couldn’t respond to that honestly. Kazuki took a glance to Tsukahara-sensei who happened to be present in that place. Tsukahara-sensei showed a smile in his mouth like he was saying not to mind him.
“Therefore the thing that I want to hand over to you is…this.”
Thereupon Kondou-san placed his hand on the luggage that was placed on top of the reception room’s glass table. A long, narrow, and robust bag made of cloth―a sword bag. An item used to carry a katana that was sheathed inside its scabbard.
The moment Kondou-san passed over the bag―Kazuki felt the sensation of his magic power being absorbed by the [content inside]. He had a recollection of this sensation.
“Is this…the Sacred Treasure that was dedicated in that shrine?”
“Right, the one that we confiscated from your hands at that time, that katana. After we returned, we made a written report regarding our mission tentatively, but…it was not official because it was only a peculiar mission so various things were quite vague. This Sacred Treasure was also stored in the warehouse without undergoing formal procedure, so there was no proof left behind when we simply swiped over this thing and came here.”
“I’m against this, just so you know. This is all on your own.”
Souma-san was glaring, Kondou-san laughed indifferently.
“There’d be no problem if you returned it immediately after you are finished with it. Also the content of the mission is a secret, no way they are going to public with this. …Also because you are the escort of Jiisan[1]-sensei’s daughter[2]. Hahaha.”
Toward Kazuki who harbored uneasiness whether it was okay or not to accept this thing, Tsukahara-sensei let out a laugh.
“Isn’t it okay, even if it is stored properly in the Knight Order’s warehouse, it won’t be able to be used effectively. It’d be fine if you manage the use of the Sacred Treasure moderately. After all as a former knight, I’m also one of the people that felt dissatisfaction toward the way the Knight Order handles the Sacred Treasures.”
“I know that Tsukahara-sensei is that type of person, so he contacted Hayashizaki-kun from the beginning was to hand this over. Now that I mentioned that, Tsukahara-sensei was always connected with Sacred Treasures illegal channels…”
“Hey, shut up about that.”
Tsukahara-sensei whose expression was smiling warmly suddenly turned cold and glared at Kondou-san.
“You are too carried away, Kondou.” Souma-san also glared to Kondou-san.
“Ehem. Well, anyway it’s not righteous to only keep following the rules. I can’t possibly think that the government and the Knight Order’s way of doing are righteous. If it’s you, you should be able to use this Sacred Treasure in its proper meaning. I have seen your fight with Beatrix, as a swordsman I genuinely aspired to that level you shown me. And then I noticed that the power this katana has will be useful if you want to win against Beatrix. Because of that I couldn’t just stay quiet and do nothing.”
The sacred treasure was an item that absorbed its owner’s magic power to invoke the characteristic magic of the Sacred Treasures, just like Summoning Magic.
This Sacred Treasure…could it become one of the piece that could fill the difference between me and Beatrix?
Kazuki accepted the bag filled with the Sacred Treasure. Kondou-san grabbed Kazuki’s shoulder.
“Those that are called swordsmen, sacrificed themselves for their own justice straightforwardly. With this katana…I want you to cut apart the dark fate that shadowed the girl named Lotte in your confrontation against this absurdity.”
Part 2
Translator's Notes and References
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