Orange Swordsman

Despite being born in a noble family, Hiiro had a strong sense of justice. Being inspired by the once-renowned hero of Blume, Zero, he had set out to become a hero just like him, despite his family's protest.

Following his goal, he had been practicing swordsmanship everyday, but due to having no one to train him, his skill hadn't gone up too much.

He had begged his family to enroll him in school, and it worked out somehow.

And upon arriving, he was able to see many breathtaking skills.

The skill that the silver-haired guy showed him when a griffon suddenly appeared, using his sword in the process.

And the skill that the pink-haired girl showed him when battling another student, who she quickly defeated in a matter of seconds.

And he'd already known about Lilith being a girl upon setting his eyes on her, having a keen eye and an ability to view people for who they truly are.

He didn't know why she decided to wear a boy uniform, despite being a girl.

Hiiro intended to search for Nayari to ask him to teach him the skill Nayari displayed back then, but gave up temporarily after hearing that he had moved to the Mage Division.

But then when Lilith displayed her skillful swordsmanship, his flame blazed within him again.

He'd decided.

She'll become his teacher in combat.

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Lilith sat down on the bench, resting from her continuous sparing with other students.

In her sudden burst of anger, she had a short duel with the student that insulted Nayari, which she couldn't tolerate.

After that, she had a short speech and then went out to training alone.

But to her surprise, just a few minutes after that, students started asking her to spar with them too.

One of them just kept on asking her to spar with him again and again, despite him losing over and over continuously.

"His name was...Haro, I believe?"

Not being able to do any training for a while due to her condition, her body tired out quickly, so she had to stop to rest after a dozen spars.

"That reminded me, I should be able to continue secretly train at night again. But I wonder if Nayari

would allow me to do that..." She thought to herself.

After her rest, she continued with her training, this time no one else tried to fight her again.

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After their morning training session, Lilith was on her way back to her room before being blocked by the orange-haired student.

"Ah...you're the one that kept on sparing with me repeatedly. Your name was...Haro, wasn't it?"

"It's Hiiro! Anyway, I want to ask you something."

"Huh? What do you want?"

"Please teach me your swordsmanship!" He bowed down to her.

"Eh. EHHH?!" Lilith yelled out.

"W-What?! Me, becoming a teacher? Why don't you ask an actual teacher instead of me?"

"Because the moment I laid my eyes on you, I've been in love!"

"Hwah?!"

"With you swordsmanship! The way you move, the power that came from the sword itself, it's beautiful! Truly captivating!"

"Y-Yeah. Thanks..."

"Did I meet some kind of troublesome person?" She thought, sweat dropping furiously,

"Also, why is this scene so familiar?" she started to reminisce about the event that happened early this morning.

Didn't Nayari said the same thing to Maria?

"Anyway, can you be my teacher?"

"I'm sorry that I've to refuse. I don't want to be a teacher, and I don't think that I'm good enough to teach anyone yet too."

"...Haah...I understood." Hiiro started walking away looking dejected.

"Ah. I forgot to ask, why are you dressing like a boy?" Immediately after that, he turned back and asked.

"Pfft!! W-What are you saying?!"

"I mean, you're clearly a girl, right? We don't have any prejudice against girls who are good with a sword, you know?"

"I-I have a reason, you know?! Ah! I'll accept you as my discipline, in return you must not tell anyone about this!"

"Really?! I never plan to tell anyone about it, but if you said so..."

"Eh, wait what?!"

"Thanks!" Hiiro said as he walked away.

"Argh!"

Lilith stood still, stomping her feet on the ground.

She felt like she just got tricked.

She then walked back to her room, feeling upset.

"How did he even know that I'm a girl? Did I let out something that I shouldn't have, or...Argh! Whatever! I need to be careful next time, so that things like this won't happen again." She mumbled to herself.