Nurturing the Hero to Avoid Death

Ch 17.1 - School Fencing Match

Today is the day of the school fencing match.

It also marks the end of Lian’s role in school events.

Yay!

At last, all of the school events have been completed. I did well.

Like a revolving lantern, all of my hardships flash through my mind one by one.

After the plot’s focus shifts back to the village, Lian’s remaining events can be counted with one hand.

After graduation, Alfred and Lian’s daily encounters would decrease at a dramatic rate. Almost to the point of not seeing each other anymore.

If we’re going by the game’s plot, they won’t want to see each other to begin with. Since they don’t get along.

For this reason, the few encounters between the two after graduation are mostly accidental.

Also, the remaining events involving Lian can’t even be called events.

At best, every time Lian runs into the main character, he will spew out a few hateful words, before turning on his heel.

This is just my guess, but… After being knocked down by Alfred and losing miserably in front of everyone, Lian’s pride becomes crushed. That Alfred, the one he always looked down, the guy he never considered as his match, could do beat him causes Lian great shock. From then on, he does all he can to avoid the main character.

Of course, this is good news for me.

I’ll finally be able to move freely.

I can concentrate on the village’s defenses without having to worry about school or Alfred.

That’s why, I’m loving today.

An easy and carefree day.

My stomach doesn’t hurt from stress either.

With that, I leave for the school with my favorite leather bag, humming a tune on the way.

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As expected, the whole school is noisy today.

It’s as if there is a festival going on.

It can’t be helped. After all, today is Friday. There is no school tomorrow.

The school fencing match will last the whole day, so there are no classes today either.

Therefore, I can somewhat understand why everyone is feeling both lively and restless.

Inside and outside the school, I can see students with headbands tied around their forehead doing all sorts of things. They’re running around, practising by exchanging blows with each other, doing push-ups, basically any type of pre-match exercises.

There’s also a student climbing a tree. Beside him is another guy trying to scale the school wall. If there’s some meaning behind their actions, I can’t see it.

In the middle of the hallway are two guys practising by swinging sticks. Not only are they blocking the way, they are also endangering other people. Go outside if you want to do that, brats.

In the end, a teacher scolds them, and they are thrown out from the window. That’s as expected, right? I mean, what they’re doing is dangerous.

The swordsmanship class is mandatory for boys, whereas the female students can choose it as an elective.

Since only a few girls are enrolled in the swordsmanship class, most of the girls who came to school today are either cheering for their friends or watching the matches, chattering with each other excitedly.