Hanamizuki, Because Flowers Are Not Just Beautiful
Chapter 10: Ahead of the Magic Tournament
In the next morning. Riri returned to the academy happily. Until some of the students who saw his carefree face smiled.
“Master, are you happy?”
“Hehe, I have something to teach my students today. They must be surprised!”
“As if yesterday's event never happened. I thought you'd think of the words of the man named Daffodil.”
During this time Riri talked to Camelyum necklace through telepathy, so no one knew that Riri was talking to someone.
“Good morning my students! Beautiful day—”
The atmosphere even became strange when Riri entered his class. All of his disciples looked grim with their heads bowed.
“What is this? How come your face is bent so rich in twisted iron?”
“Sensei! You don't know anything about this!”
“Hah?”
Riri approached one of his student tables, he saw a flyer that read “tournament magic between classes Hanatarou academy, a tournament for the title of the best class and will get the gold cup.”
“Magic tournaments, like exciting nih.”
“Seru what the hell? Our class never went to that tournament again because it always failed! He has been taught by some of the best teachers!”
Amaryliss's call attracted Riri. Then he approached his desk.
“Even with smart schoolgirls like you this class never graduated?”
Amaryliss turned her face away as Riri looked at her.
“Alright then!”
Riri ran to the front of the class, picked up a piece of chalk and wrote something of a large size on her black board. He wrote “SPECIAL MAGIC EXERCISES TO WIN THE MAGIC” TOURNAMENT.
“Eh?! Sensei?!?”
“What kind of special exercises?”
“Free sensei, our class never wins.”
Riri put her right hand on the table. Looking at the entire class of 20 students who looked at him full of questions.
“Then do you know why you always fail?”
Silent moment.
“K-because..”
Iris stood up from her chair, still with her head lowered.
“Because we cannot be taught..”.
“Hmm, reason is quite cliche yes, for the character of a schoolgirl like you guys.”
A number of them were somewhat jolted at Riri's reply. Then Riri took a few steps from her desk and folded her hands together.
“I want to ask you something, and you have to honestly answer it.”
The mood was silent again.
“What do you feel after I interrupt this class?”
None of the students answered directly. Riri remained in his waiting position. Then before long, a schoolgirl raised her hand, and she was an Elder.
“Yes, Elder?”
At first the Elder looked hesitant to open his mouth. Then he took a deep breath and ventured.
“Since the first time Riri-sensei entered this class, I have always felt a positive aura from within Riri-sensei's body. Because of my ability, I believe that Riri-sensei will definitely change the entire class. It was originally Riri-sensei looks disinterested with all of us, but I can feel that actually Riri-sensei is a very kind person.”
The whole class looked at the Elder until what he saw was wrong.
“A-a-what am I s-s-s-wrongly talking...?!”
“I am moved by your words Elder-chan..”
Riri even floods tears until Elder is more wrong.
“I-it's just words.. sensei has changed us a lot here..”.
“Especially change our way of view.”
Next up is Iris. He raised his hand and continued speaking.
“Riri-sensei.I felt regret when challenging you to fight back then. Though I myself cannot use my flower spirit and fight you recklessly. I underestimated you too much in the way I looked at just a glance. Riri-sensei, I'm really grateful to you.”
Afterwards Iris bowed her body saluting. Riri saw him smile.
“Yosh means it's decided yes! Before that..hm, since this is the first time for me, would anyone want to explain about this magic tournament?”
A student raised her hand hesitantly, until she finally explained.
“The inter-class magic tournament is an event held once every year to celebrate the graduation of seniors who have completed their education at the academy. The purpose of this tournament is to test the skills of each class before rising to a higher magic level.”
“This magic tournament consists of 3 innings. First is the test of strength. Each class is divided into teams to solve a particular puzzle and collect the highest points. The second is magic ability testing. Each participant showed his best magic ability that could amaze the judges. The last one is a one-on-one duel. The team that still survives to the end is the winner.”
Riri nodded. “Hmm..so so...good already decided! I'll make you win with my special class!”
With a burning spirit, Riri raised her index finger, moving it throughout the entire classroom.
“That's impossible, sensei..”
“We always fail..”
“Although taught by a teacher like you, sensei.”.
“Hei! No one will know if you don't try! Besides this special training from me is fun, you are guaranteed not to get bored!”
“Huh?”
All the students looked at each other. Riri returned to the classroom after carrying a strange, medium-sized box.
“Well, here's the first lesson, and you'll definitely love it!”
“What strange box did you bring?”
The question from Amaryliss made Riri smile confidently.
“This is a box that I modified myself, a special box belonging to the handsome Riri Hanamizuki—”
“Then what is the box for?”
“Teleport!”
Silent mood.
“Riri-sensei, what did you say?”
“Yap, this is a teleport box!”
“Sensei! Teleport is a high-level magic! Where can we who are still first class do it!?”
Some of the schoolgirls appeared to stand up and protest, a protest that was not so sure in fact.
“Ckckck, you guys, you dong until I'm done talking..”.
Riri opened the medium-sized box. Inside is empty there is nothing. The shape of the box is just strange. It is not a quadrilateral, but a 6.
“This is a special box that I found in the equipment warehouse when I accidentally passed there. Some students here say this box was a former stage drama a few years ago that was obsolete. I'm interested in his weird 6-sided shape. That's why I picked deh—”
“Sensei! Quickly tell me what the box is for!”
“Aish, patient dong. This box I've given you magic. You guys assume that teleport magic is a high-level magic that only seniors can do, right? But this box can be your intermediary to do it.”
“Eh?”
“Away?”
“You don't understand yet? It turns out I do not have the talent to teach people—well, look, I just practice it directly! Take a good look at ya—”
But suddenly the balance of Riri's body faltered, he almost dropped the 6-sided box he put on the table.
“Sensei?!”
“You okay?”
Riri glanced at the glance of her somewhat trembling palm, and her slightly twitched gaze.
“Master, are you okay? You look unhealthy.”
“Ahahaha sorry yes! I thought there was a mosquito that wanted to get into this box, it wasn't! Ahaha!”
Seeing the loose smile of his teacher made all the students in his class so laugh at once annoyed. Distressed differently this time.
“Master?”
“It's okay, maybe I just sleep less.”
“You sure?”
Riri and Camelyum spoke to each other telepathically.
“Well take a good look at this box.”
After a few seconds, Riri's body suddenly disappeared! Then he appeared from inside that 6-sided box.
“Eh?! How can I move like that?!”
“You didn't do the trick, did you, sensei?!”
Riri laughed a little. “Hey, even if it's a strange thing like this box, but I'm not a magician! I'm just a surprisingly popular intern teacher. Hoho~”
Again the high-level kepedean Riri made some students snort.
“Well do you want to try? Easy lo—”
“How to do it?”
“Oh yes, I have no teaching talent, haduh—”
“SENSEI!!”
“Good good! I wanted someone to set an example. How about you, the fierce one?”
Riri pointed at Amaryliss who was seriously watching her, then she was shocked.
“E-eh?! Why me?! Can't you teach him yourself?”
“You just follow my instructions, you want to make your friends trust you again completely right?”
Amaryliss looked around, some of the schoolgirls still looked at her cynically because of the incident at that time, when she accidentally slipped about her magic lessons that she did not share with other friends.
“B-okay..”.
“Now, you imagine your whole body is in this box in detail, muttering the word move.”
Riri tapped on the 6-sided box next to her while still looking at Amaryliss.
“Imagine my body is in that box?”
“Like I was the one who suddenly appeared in this box.”
Amaryliss looks nervous. It was only this first time that he felt that whole bunch in terms of lessons.
“Riri-sensei, i—”
“Help! Quickly do!”
Amaryliss took a breath and closed her eyes. Trying to concentrate.
“Mop—”
Silent.
Amaryliss' body is still in place.
“Loh?”
“Eh!?! D-where are my gloves?!”
Amaryliss realizes that her right glove is missing.
“Kok so suddenly into gloves?”
“Ckck, what a pity, your concentration is still not good, and again you mumbled wrong.”
Riri put his right hand into the 6-sided box and lifted a glove from it.
“This is yours right?”
“Eh!?”
The glove Riri was holding belonged to Amaryliss, because of its pink color and floral pattern.
“What you said earlier was not a move, but a mop. Different words mean.”
Riri wrote with great words MOVE on board he wrote.
“As I just said, the first special exercise to win a magic tournament is this intermediate teleport practice. If you can master it, you have the potential to teleport over greater distances. Imagine in detail your body is in this box, with full concentration and say the word move correctly. Anyone else want to try?”
Some students stood up. Riri pointed to one of them, Iris.
“How, Iris?”
“A-i'll try”
The girl closed her eyes. Then his mouth said move. Unfortunately, Iris's concentration was not enough. Only her hair ribbon had moved to that 6-sided box.
“Ah..fail...”.
“What?! 2 days!? Sensei! The magic tournament will start in one week! How can we have such a short time for training?!”
“Just be calm, don't underestimate this special training from me.”
Riri's gaze changed convincingly.
“ Anyway I will make you all win with your own efforts, of course with the confidence you have also.”
“Sensei..why do you mean to make us win in that magic tournament?”
The question from the Elder made the entire class quiet again. Riri smiled briefly at the blonde-haired girl.
“Yeah.I am just an apprentice teacher who lacks experience, but at least, I want to share the knowledge that I have even a little, it is one kind of kindness for fellow humans. Especially among teachers and students. Ehehehe—”
Riri's answer almost made the entire class dumbfounded. The arrival of a lazy, stupid, even unteaching teacher was a coincidence that changed this grade 1 flower magic.
“Riri-sensei, your arrival here did make us change little by little. Thank you very much.”
Some students also smiled at him. Riri began to feel the spirit to win.
“So, anyone want to try again?”
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“M-Master?! What's wrong with your eyes?!”
“Eh..yah..hhe..all night I stayed up looking for something...”.
Camelyum was surprised to see a dark circle in both of his Master's eyes. Immediately he took an ice compress and gave it to his Master.
“Why not ask for my help anyway? What were you looking for all night?”
“Next method of special training for magic tournament to be held in 3 days. The first round is a test of dexterity to solve a puzzle. Each class will be divided into 5 representatives. Well I was looking for a method so that they could calmly pass the test. Because I consider the cooperation between each other in my class is still lacking.”
“So Master wants to find a cooperation method that is easy to practice?”
“That kind of..apparently so difficult teacher also yes.”.
“You need not force yourself so. Look, there is black hair on the sidelines of your white hair like I.”.
“Hah!?”
Riri hurriedly ran to the glass and saw that, there were indeed a few strands of black hair on his head.
“Ahem, if smart people are usually gray aka white hair, then handsome people will have black gray hair. That's my. Heheh—”
“Your profession should be fixed a little, Master..”.
“Yosh, I will try the method I have chosen—”
Again, Riri's balance faltered and Camelyum caught his body before the Master fell to the floor.
“Master! You okay?!”
“Eh... Maybe I really lack sleep yes..”.
Camelyum helped her back to bed. The clock still shows at 6 am.
“Schedule teach you right at 10 am, why rush?”
“Because I want to test it first before practicing it in front of them later.”.
“You are indeed a hard worker yes..Master..”.
“Heh? Mass?”
“Then sometimes you ignore the state of your own body..”.
“Yah..um...”.
“You don't want to worry your students either, do you? Rest is also the job of a teacher. Didn't you say you wanted to rely on my buster?”
“That's true, and again I'm still curious about another clue to that case 10 years ago. Camelyum, wake me up at 9 o'clock yeah, I think I'm really sleep deprived.”
“Alright, Master.”
Riri closed her eyes again, although she was not used to waking up during the day. I don't know why this time his body felt so heavy.
***
“TELAT TELATT!! A CAME! USE YOUR TELEPORT MAGIC LIKE IT WAS DONG!”
“Sorry Master, for now can not, because you are not in danger.”
“HAH?! I WILL BE IN DANGER OF BEING KILLED BY CARNATION-SENPAI BECAUSE I AM LATE!”
In a hurry, Riri ran towards Hanatarou academy which was still several tens of meters away.
“Then Master can board the train to make it faster.”
“Ah is not! I haven't paid to know!”
Riri further accelerated his run until the sound of ‘bwussh’ sounded.
“Master! Careful!”
“It's your fault why I wasn't built?! We're half an hour late!”
“You look so tired, so I don't have the heart to wake you”
“Ahh come!”
Finally Riri arrived at the academy right before his big gate closed. He immediately bowed apologizing to the gatekeeper who was also a woman (remember, there was no man in the academy except Riri including the staff in the academy.)
“Luckily still had time..hey Came, next time wake me up early! The magic tournament is near, and I should soon—”
Riri's steps came to a halt as she was about to enter her classroom. He saw all his students struggling in front of his special box. They seem to be trying the teleport magic that he was taught yesterday.
“Move! Ahh failed again!”
“Free it! It's high-level magic know!”
“But Riri-sensei said this is a special exercise for the magic tournament later!”
“You see, even the genius Amaryliss just can't do it!”
“Just let's try again!”
Riri just peeked out from behind the glass window of her class. Tickled amusedly.
“They really trouble yes..”
“You don't want to help them?”
“Yah... I want to help you. I think of something after seeing them fight to his side.”.
“Hm?”
“Ahh please! This is so hard! I'm blissful!”
“Wah wow, you guys are still having trouble huh?”
Finally Riri opened the door of his classroom and approached his student who looked desperate.
“That's because sensei doesn't teach techniques that we easily master!”
Riri took a short breath. “And I told you..I have no talent teaching—”
“TERUS WHY SENSEI NGAJARIN MAGIC TELEPORT LIKE THIS?!”
Riri was only grinned when some of her students looked annoyed at her.
“Iya yes... So until now, no one has been able to practice this teleport magic?”
“Students like Amaryliss just can't! Moreover, we are just mediocre people!”
“Hmm..so ..”.
“A-anu..”.
A blonde girl raised her hand timidly.
“Yes? Elder?”
“S-actually I can do it...”.
Riri's surprised. “Really!? Show dong show!”
Before Riri got an answer from Elder, the girl was already inside Riri's special box. He actually managed to teleport.
“Woah is so cool! Elder-kun!”
Riri clapped her hands and just straight away Elder's face flushed red.
“Well did you guys see? Elder alone can do it, if he can, then you guys can also—”
“Elder-chan! How do you do it?!”
“Tell us!”
“We also want to be able!”
Immediately, almost all the students approached Elder and successfully ignored Riri behind.
“A..aku dicuekin..”
“Sensei.”
“Huh?”
It was seen Iris nudging Riri's arm and looking at him timidly.
“Why? Anything you want to ask?”
“Anu..actually my flower spirit that time..”.
“Why?”
“I want sensei to teach more to master it..”.
Amaryliss who accidentally saw Iris and Riri talking to each other, raised a vexed look.
“Good sensei..”
“OK? Well everything! I have something to tell you about the magic tournament of the first round!”
Unfortunately all the schoolgirls still shrouded Elder and did not listen to Riri's words.
“Haduh—”
“EVERYTHING ATTENTION! RIRI-SAMA WANTS TO TALK TO YOU GUYS!”
Suddenly a cry from outside the classroom to spontaneously make everyone turn to the source of the sound.
“A-what?”
“What is Alstromeria-san doing there?”
The one who exclaimed was indeed Alstromeria, the only girl who called Riri by calling ‘-sama’.
“Ah thank you yes Alstro-kun, I helped once—”
“You should all be more respectful in front of a teacher! Especially if it is Riri-sama!”
Alstromeria walked into the classroom and looked at the entire room with an annoyed look.
“O-oi, Alstromeria.
“Riri-sama, if need more help for their ‘tame’, then just call me.”
“Me-tame?”
Riri remembered the first time she entered this class. Riri laughed a little remembering it.
“Sialan..I so remember the past..”.
“Sensei?”
“Ahem, alright, the Alstromeria mumpung is here as the security forces of magic tournament—”
“I'm also here, Riri-san.”
“Woaa! T-typah! Stretching your body small so like to appear suddenly so ah!”
“Sorry, Riri-san.”
Riri scratched her non-itchy neck.
All of those who are here are women. I feel a bit strange…
“Ahem, alright, I have information regarding the first round magic tournament that will be held in 3 days. First round is the labyrinth test.”
All the students muttered to each other by themselves until Riri continued his sentence.
“Carnation-senpai told me that the magic tournament in this academy will always be different every year of its implementation. For this year, the first round tournament was the labyrinth test. The academy has a magic-dimensional space that will be the first place of this year's magic tournament, the magic labyrinth. The problem..”
All the students are waiting for the continuation of Riri's sentence while muttering to each other by themselves.
“I don't know exactly what a labyrinth looks like.”
“Sensei!! If you don't know why you're talking?!”
Amaryliss looks sewot, and Riri just grinned.
“The maze—”
Riri quickly patted Alstromeria's hair to make her stop opening her mouth.
“Alright, I found a good method for you guys that is very difficult to work with. So throw away your pessimistic thoughts and let's follow the special training of your sensei and win!”