Chapter 160: Chapter 160: 15-year-old Inglis and the Two Leading Actresses (13)

「OOoooohhhh! What astounding power! Marvelous!!!」

Count Weissmall had his eyes opened wide at the display of Yua’s strength.

「G-, Glis actually got blown away so far!」 「A-, amazing! Perhaps even more than before!」 「Considering Senior Yua’s personality, perhaps she has always exerted the least amount of effort all this time… But now, she must be pretty serious!」 「A-hem」

Seeing everyone’s reaction, Yua puffed up her chest.

「AAAAHHHHH——THE SCHOOL BUILDING! EVEN THOUGH WE FINALLY FIXED THEEEMMM!!」

On the other hand, Principal Miliera was clutching hard on her head.

「Principal, please worry about Glis before that!」 「I’m alright, Rani!」

Boom!

The crashed framework shook once again. This was because Inglis violently jumped away from it.

「You’re amazing, senior Yua! I almost couldn’t react to you at all, and my arm is still numb from it!」

Yua tilted her head at the sight of Inglis, whose eyes were sparkling with excitement.

「Unharmed……? Four-eyes there foamed bubbles from his mouth in just one hit though…」 「D-, don’t say anything unnecessary!!」

Shouted Silva in anger.

「I’m quite confident with my sturdiness, despite my looks.」 「I see…then, another pow, coming through.」

Looking at Yua who was about to make another move, Silva murmured under his breath.

「……Inglis needs to be on the offensive. Or else she’ll be in danger!」 「Eh? What do you mean, senior Silva?」

Rafinha, who was nearby, asked for an explanation.

「You only know it when you’re actually facing her, it is hard to see through Yua’s attacks. She approaches you so fast you’d think there’s no hint or presence of her at all, and before you know it, a frighteningly powerful blow is already aimed at you! You might have more options if you could defend against it, but that would prove impossible. That one blow from before, Inglis did well reacting to it. It was surprising……no, I guess it’s as expected of her, but whether or not she can receive the same blow again and again……」 「That’s why, it’s better to attack before she’s on the receiving end?」 「Yeah, exactly.」

Silva affirmed Rafinha’s conclusion.

「Inglis, don’t receive the blow! Yua’s attacks are hard to read! Offense is the best defense here!」 「Yes, senior Silva! Thank you very much for the feedback!」

However, despite her answer, Inglis didn’t take any initiative. A second passed, two seconds, three seconds——nothing happened.

「……?」

Yua, who had taken what little defensive posture, tilted her head quizzically.

「What’s wrong?! Why aren’t you attacking?」 「I mean, she’s Glis… If you told her that, she will absolutely stay on the receiving end.」 「Sounds right……That’s what Inglis would do…」 「What a troubling person that girl is.」

Rafinha, Leone, and Liselotte smiled bitterly.

「Yes. That’s what it is. Thanks to you, I now know how I will fight this out.」

Inglis looked at Silva and gave him a smile.

A battle had to be won by taking your opponent’s biggest strength. Only by doing so, you could grow the most.

If offense was the best defense, then Inglis would never go on the initiative. Never. She would be on the receiving end to that blow, and she would deal with it!

「Oooh! As expected of Miss Inglis! You can see her dauntless, glorious demeanor from her lovely figure! I am enthralled just by seeing her!!」 「…………」

He was free to think what he wanted, but, if possible, it would be great if he didn’t say it out loud. It was making Inglis lose her mind.

「Senior Silva, why don’t you do something about Mister Redas!」 「I got that. Sorry for the nuisance……Come on, brother. You need to be quiet.」 「Mgh……! Gghghg……!」

Silva sighed and covered Redas’ mouth with his hand. Now she could concentrate.

「……Good? I’m coming, K?」 「Yes!! Please do!」

Yua once again assumed her attack pose. Inglis quickly took a stance to intercept.

This time, she relieved herself of the hypergravity magic, and instead manifested an ice sword. She normally conjured one the size of a one-handed sword, but this time, the sword was the size of a two-handed sword, almost as tall as her own body.

This was another vindication of her improving mastery over managing energy. She now could change the size of her conjured sword. A result of her daily training. It would be favorable if she could do it while also keeping up the hypergravity, but she wasn’t quite there yet.

「Big ones are meaningless if you can’t hit!」

Yua mumbled a little before moving into action.

「You’re right. That’s not what it is for!」

Inglis threw the ice sword she had just created upward. She then swung an elegant, roundhouse kick to it.

Kerchaaank!

Despite its graceful motion, the power behind the kick was unbelievable, as it shattered the ice swords into shards. The fine shards of ice glittered, lavishly dancing down like powdery snow. The reason she enlarged her ice sword was to increase the number of ice shards that would be scattered.

And these icicles were the screen to see through Yua’s attack.

If that hard-to-react movement of Yua was something that was physical in nature, Inglis could observe the icicles wavering around. And, if that movement was some form of sorcery, then these icicles that were created magically and had traces of mana in them would be affected by the flow of energy.

In short, this was a trick to detect Yua’s movement, whether it was physical or magical.

Perhaps Inglis could repel Yua’s attack without any setback whatsoever if she used Ether Armor or something similar. However, she couldn’t see the point of doing so. It was important to put yourself in a situation that required ingenuity in order to make the battle you had yield as much personal growth as possible.

「——! There!」

Left rear! There were no changes in the icicles’ physical positions, but Inglis could feel a faint fickle of mana from there. Inglis swung a middle kick in that direction, despite the fact that she couldn’t see anything there.

An instant after that, Yua’s figure appeared there as though her destination was already set in stone.

——I got her!

「Gefu.」

KABBOOOOMMMM!!!

This time, it was Yua who was blown far and wide, her head plunged into the frames of the school building.

「KYAAAAHHH————AGAIN?!!」

Once again, Principal Miliera’s shriek echoed.