Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Chapter 476-???)

518 - Bear-san, Listens To Noa's Request

Noa and I moved to a place that seems easy to spectate.

There were students and teachers from Euphalia around us. Then, there were those who I assume were family members of the students.

We’re completely the away team. I wished Shia and the other students in the royal capital the best of luck.

Euphalia’s students and teachers were sitting on chairs, perhaps prepared by themselves.

“I think they could at least provide chairs for everyone.” (Yuna)

“I don’t think it’s open to the public, so it can’t be helped. Besides, they don’t know how many people will come to watch.” (Noa)

“Well, if we don’t have a chair, we’ll just get one.” (Yuna)

I took a chair for two from the bear box and told Noa to sit down.

“Thank you.” (Noa)

　

As we waited on our seats, a sort of opening ceremony began. The teacher addressed the students.

They talked long and endlessly about how they wanted the students to show their strength, how they wanted them to compete with each other in friendly rivalry, and how they hoped everyone would do their best next year even if they were not as strong as they could have been.

Will anyone graduate next year or this year? I put a tsukkomi in the back of my mind. Of course, some people are older than Shia.

Then the long and boring talk was finally over, and the event began.

After that, one of the teachers moved to the center of the ground and used magic. The earth rose from the ground, and a pole-like object appeared. On top of the pole, a square target was also created.

“It looks like they’re shooting magic at that.” (Yuna)

Certainly, a target made of earth magic would be easy to take form. Unlike arrows, magic disperses after it hits a target. It was time-consuming to make a new target every time it was destroyed. However, if the dummy target was made with earth magic, it would be easier to make.

The teacher made several targets at equal intervals, creating targets of different distances and heights.

After the preparations were complete, we were told that the target shooting by wind magic was about to begin. The participants were to start from the target in front of them and see how far they could hit the target within the time limit.

First, a female student from Euphalia released wind magic.

The wind blade was sent flying, and the wind blade cut the target. A small cheer goes up from the surroundings. The girl hit one, then two, one after another smoothly, but missed on the fifth. However, it seems that she can try as many times as she wants within the time limit. The girl released the wind magic again and cut it off. Still, the further away she gets, the lower the hit rate and the lower the power. In the end, it was only until the fifth target that she was able to hit within the time limit.

The distance to the first target was about 10 meters, and the following targets were placed approximately every 2 meters further apart. This means that the farthest the girl from Euphalia was able to hit with wind magic was about 18 meters.