There were fifteen third-year students who majored in spear.
I saw Gideon among us gathered in a corner of the schoolyard.
He was holding a wooden spear that the teacher had given him to practice with, and was looking intently at its long body, flipping it over and over.
Mac, who had also chosen a spear, immediately started swinging it around and was scolded by the teacher.
Catherine probably chose the spear because she wanted to be close to Gideon.
How easy to figure out.
Since Catherine was the only other female student in the class, I was always paired with her when we had to practice fighting with spears.
In the weapons class, the use of magic was strictly forbidden in order to learn pure martial arts.
So the difference in strength between men and women was quite obvious.
Whenever we had a match, I always beat Catherine.
Her spear skills were terrible, perhaps because of her impure motives.
By the end of the first semester, the teacher had no choice but to ask me to practice against the boys instead of Catherine.
And it was always Gideon who was paired with me.
One day I couldn’t take it anymore, so I went straight to the spear teacher.
The spear class was taught by a classy, middle-aged man whose trademark is cornrows (TN: Braids).
He listened to me as he brushed his dark hair further back.
“Why do I always have to practice with Gideon? I want to practice with the other boys and hone my skills.”
The teacher then raised his index finger and waved it from side to side, saying.
“Because if it’s not Gideon, Liesel, you’ll get hurt. A spear can injure you easily. Since Gideon is good at martial arts, he can adapt well to his opponent, can’t he?”
I glared at Gideon, who was standing next to me.
This means that Gideon always takes it easy on me when I fight him.
I ask him, gripping my spear with my right hand.
“Have you always taken it easy while you fought against me?”
Gideon smiled thinly, as if he was troubled.
“I don’t slack off. Liesel is always serious. –But I would never do anything to injure Liesel.”
Then Catherine barged in.
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“Sir! If Liesel is dissatisfied, I’ll be Gideon’s partner!”
“Catherine Jumeau. I thought I had ordered you to do push-ups. If you skip any further, I’ll have you go to sword or archery class.”
“I’ll tell my father!” she said.
Catherine resumed her push-ups, although her face turned red with indignation.
Surprisingly, she was super fast and quite good at it.