Rising of the Weakest Mage

Vol 8/Ch 77 - Walter Garet

The Small Resistance, that Ms. Florence calls it, has finally begun, with Mr. Garet and Ms. Florence training Allen in an attempt to strengthen his weaknesses to prepare him for the upcoming tournament.

However, the upcoming tournament is a lot closer than he thinks, with only a few weeks to spare before Allen is thrown into his first duel. They will need to do everything they can in order to prepare Allen for those he may face against.

Conveniently, Allen still has access to the training room that they once used for their training club, since Ellen has yet to notice Allen still has the key. They will use this to their full advantage, as it provides the perfect place to train after academy hours, when Ellen is less likely to notice their activity.

But, even with the time they have and the training room they have access to, Mr. Garet still feels that it may not be enough, due to the issues that Allen may face during the tournament.

"You see, how the tournament works, each round a student is randomly paired against another student participating in the tournament," Mr. Garet began to explain. "This means you can be put up against anyone of any rank, any year, and any element. Worse case scenario, you are put up against an third year, A rank"

Allen could see why this would pose a problem. After all, with him needing to win four consecutive rounds in the tournament, getting put up against someone like that could get him out on round one. Sure, he could try his best, but in the end the third year has more experience. If he loses even one duel, not only is he immediately out of the tournament, but he also does not get to move on to his second year.

"Let's also not forget that we wouldn't put it past Ellen to rig the tournament in her favor against Allen," Mr. Garet also brought up. "This, of course, can be done in numerous ways, most notably who Allen is put up against. She may not make the selection random for him"

"Good point," Ms. Florence agreed. "The directors are supposed to remain in good faith and keep the selection random. But with Ellen as the only other director aside from you Walter, and the Triumvirate at her back, things may pose a problem to Allen"

"Couldn't Walter make sure that Ellen is selecting at random?," Allen brought up. "Sure there's only two of you now, but you could make sure, right?"
"It's not that simple," Mr. Garet sighed. "In normal circumstances, the three directors do the selection process together. Ellen however, may find ways that even I cannot intervene in"

There were many things that they needed to discuss regarding the tournament, but the most important thing was using their time to train Allen to his utmost best.They spent the first few days examining Allen's abilities.

While Sarah was also there to "cheer on" Allen in his training, Mr. Garet believed it would do her some good to train too. Sarah would only pout and say the only thing she was interested in watching Allen train, and she wasn't participating in the tournament regardless, so they left it be... least for now.

After one training session, with Ms. Florence and Sarah already gone, only Allen and Mr. Garet were left in the room.

Mr. Garet was wrapping up, putting things away like usual, to minimize the likelihood someone could figure out they were using the room, when Allen had a question he wanted to ask him.

"Mr. Garet, a question if I may," Allen said as he approached him.

"Yes?," he gave him a small look, as if he would amuse him for a moment.

"I know you're wanting William to return as head director, but are you doing that because you want him as head director? Or just because you'd rather have him over Ellen?"