I Become a Mafia in the Academy - Chapter 561

Honestly, I felt like the two of them ended their training session early.

Well, to be honest, it’s more like my father was teaching Michaela, so that’s probably why.

But why is this fire suddenly pointed at me?

“Won’t it be hard on Michaela too? You should consider that she just finished training with your father, not anyone else.”

I replied to my father’s words as politely as possible.

However, my father approached me, as if telling me not to worry.

“You don’t have to worry about that. I just talked to Sister, and she said she’s fine and wants to train with you too.”

Then Michaela, who was sitting in the back and cooling off her sweat, waved her hand towards me as if it was no problem.

“Junior! I’m fine! Let’s do it as if we’re just exercising lightly!”

Even stretching her body to show that she’s fine, I couldn’t refuse any more.

“Haah… I understand.”

It’s annoying… but I have no choice but to come forward now that it’s come to this.

“Oppa is a hero too?!”

Jiyoon, who had moved from her grandfather’s lap to my father’s lap, looked at me with sparkling eyes as if she was going to relax her body a little.

“Oppa is going to train with that unni over there?!”

When I heard Jiyoon’s words, I suddenly felt my body tense up.

Come to think of it, have I ever shown Jiyoon anything cool before?

I searched my mental library diligently, but no matter how much I thought about it, it seemed like I had only shown her the appearance of an ordinary older brother who played with her.

At best, the only time I showed her something a little cool was in Cheoncheon Sword Song? But even there, it was only the appearance of me training, and nothing else.

Okay.

“Oppa will win in style.”

Now that it’s come to this, I decided to show Jiyoon what this oppa is really made of.

I can’t help it, Sister, don’t blame me.

“Wow!”

I was about to head to the training ground with Jiyoon’s support when suddenly…

“Son.”

My father suddenly grabbed my shoulder.

Surely, he’s not going to cheer me on before I go into training, is he?

“Jiyoon wants more popcorn. You should give it to her.”

“Aak! Papa, it’s a secret!”

Jiyoon blushed as if she was embarrassed by her father’s words, and then quickly slipped into his arms.

“J, Jiyoon is not a pig!”

Her appearance was so cute that I ended up refilling everyone else’s popcorn before I could stand in front of Michaela.

“Come to think of it, I think this is my first time training with Junior.”

“I was out of my mind in Italy.”

When I was Magical Log, I briefly mixed in some punches? I didn’t remember fighting her properly either.

Michaela is a member of the elite in the Vatican. Her position is not that of an ordinary knight, but of a knight commander.

Even that Tectonic is a light attribute that is advantageous to one-on-one combat, and has an advantage against the dark attribute.

Of course, it can be said that it is a battle that is disadvantageous to me, who specializes in one-on-many battles, but there was another reason why I accepted this battle besides my father’s request.

‘Michael is a melee-specialized martial artist-type paladin.’

I guess it’s because I haven’t had a fistfight with Mr. Gwak Chun-sik for a long time because I’ve been busy lately, or because I haven’t had a fistfight in too long.

Well, let’s just say that there’s a thrill to just exchanging fists with each other.

“Don’t worry. Junior Carlione. From what I know, the Magical Log is said to infuse divine power while exchanging fists and not hurt the opponent. I will do the same for you, Junior.”

Michaella speaks in a very gentle yet deadly voice, saying that she will only inflict pain.

… Did all the guys who matched me feel the same way? It feels pretty deadly after experiencing it firsthand.

“Don’t think you’ll win easily. Jiyoon is behind me.”

– Fighting, oppa!

Jiyoon’s voice is heard from behind.

Is there a buff attached to the voice? I feel stronger for no reason.

Michaella nods as if she understands.

“Those who have their family behind them tend to get stronger. So I will also make sure that Junior does not show a shameful appearance in front of his family.”

Are you going to let me see?

“──I will do my best.”

Somehow, Michaella’s expression became sharper.

I didn’t say this on purpose to get into this situation… Well, whatever.

“Yeah, I’ll do my best too.”

I’m wearing all the necessary equipment for combat.

Michaella is also fully armed, so I put on all my equipment including the Zeus’ Sinew and Sasaki Kojiro’s uniform, as well as the armor of Dis Pater and Midas, and the Black Woo.

I turned my wrist lightly and spoke.

“Shall we go?”

“Come at ease.”

For now, it’s better to assume that the opponent is stronger than me.

If I use all sorts of consumable items, I can definitely win, but since there’s no need to do that in a friendly match, I decided to face her with pure strength first.

I couldn’t do it half-heartedly as my father, godfather, Parnell, and Alessia were watching, not to mention Jiyoon. I have to do my best.

Well, since my opponent is Michaella, she’ll probably be able to take it all.

“Blue Wave.”

After creating vibrations using Ordeal on the ground. I run towards Michaella on the flowing floor.

Perhaps because it was the first time she had used the technique in front of Michaella, she seemed to be bewildered by the overwhelming acceleration of the blue wave.

“You’re too straightforward.”

She quickly takes a defensive stance after grasping one of Blue Wave’s shortcomings: that it can only move in a straight line.

“Bastione (rampart).”

Standing straight as if she were standing on a rock in an environment where even a decent hero would have difficulty maintaining a proper posture, she stepped on the ground.

At the same time, a huge wall surrounded by divine power appeared in front of my eyes, blocking my path.

Bastione, a basic skill of the Vatican Paladins.

It was a skill that was in the upper ranks in terms of defense, blocking attacks from the front.

Even though it was a basic skill, what was that magnificent scale… If I were to attack as is, it would be obvious that I would be blocked by that wall.

However.

“Shadow Step.”

Did you think I hadn’t faced paladins before?

It wasn’t difficult to notice the shortcomings of Blue Wave after a few Actual combats, and the method I used to solve this was to combine it with my other movement skill, Shadow Step.

The advantage of using Shadow Step to adjust direction while accelerating with Blue Wave and disappearing from the opponent’s sight gave me a huge advantage in battles like this.

I accelerated as it was and dug under the Bastione, then jumped out behind Michaela and turned my body to deliver a powerful kick with my aura.

Aura technique. Rising Dragon.

However.

Kwaang-!

It was a perfect surprise attack, but Michaela turned her body around and blocked the attack.

“……How did you block it?”

“If you disappear before my eyes, you’ll either be above or behind me, right? But since Junior disappeared underground, I naturally thought you’d come out from behind. If I were you, I would have attacked by jumping out right in front of me.”

No, who would make such a judgment and be on guard behind them in such a short time?

But there was no time to chat here.

I had to pour out as many fierce attacks as I could while the electric aura in my aura stopped Michaela’s movements even a little.

[Bloodline ability: “Calione” dominates “Midas’s Gauntlets.”]

Up until now, as I grew, I was able to strengthen my equipment with my bloodline ability even if it took a long time, and even if I didn’t get badly injured.

Midas’s Gauntlets, which began to take the shape of knuckles and emit a fierce aura.

“It’s going to hurt a lot from now on.”

In order to break Michaela’s ironclad defense, I started to put aura into my fists and punch her.

Every time a blow pierced her pure white armor, a loud noise like a bomb exploded.

Nevertheless, she didn’t move back even 1 cm.

I definitely felt like I was taking damage, but it seemed impossible to inflict any significant wounds.

After a while. Her armor began to glow.

“This is…!”

I stepped back as it was. At the same time, a pure white light began to blaze from her armor as if it would swallow me up, covering the surroundings.

Fortunately, I managed to get out of there in time.

As the white flames subsided, Michaela’s voice could be heard from the smoke that still hadn’t cleared, sounding surprised.

“Really, to get out of the way before activation. Is it instinct? Or rather… could you have known about Joanna’s ability?”

One of the special abilities of the sacred relic known as the Spirit Armament, Joanna, was Divine Explosion.

A technique that accumulates damage for a few seconds upon activation and burns the surroundings in the form of divine power, it was one of the fraudulent abilities that inflicted damage on the opponent and had a healing effect on the user.

The greatest feature of the technique was that the opponent could not notice when it was activated and the effect only occurred just before the explosion, making it virtually impossible to dodge unless they were aware of it in advance.

“Well, it’s instinct.”

In fact, the moment she saw her take a defensive stance, I was prepared in advance, thinking that she might use Divine Explosion at any moment.

“Indeed, Junior is a hero who fought at Mount Etna. I see. As expected of an honorary knight who received the ‘Order of St. Gregory the Great’ and the ‘Order of the Golden Spur’ from the Vatican.”

Oh, come to think of it, I did receive such medals, didn’t I? I had forgotten the fact that I had received them, as they were somewhere in a box in my room.

“But how come you seem to have gotten tougher?”

Originally, she should have shown at least some signs of staggering, but didn’t she seem to be more intact than when she sparred with her father?

“Because I learned a lot from my time at Mount Etna. I couldn’t help but think that I had to get stronger.”

She had also felt it during that battle. There were still many strong enemies in the world, and she needed to become stronger in order to survive and confront them.

“I’ll increase my speed a little.”

Cheeeeee────!

White smoke billowed from her armor and began to transform.

The material, which was no different from iron armor, began to change into a form that combined leather armor and a nun’s habit.

At a glance, it was a design that prioritized mobility and ease of movement over defense.

It was a mode change of the Spirit Armament.

“It’s going to be a little harder from now on, Junior.”

If there was one part that stood out, it was the shape of the gauntlets on her two fists.

The gauntlets, which had originally looked heavy, had changed into a form of chainmail that covered only up to her wrists.

A cross was embedded in the striking point, as if to show off that it was a knight’s armament.

“Well then, shall we continue?”

Tok─ Tok─ Tok─

Michaela, stepping on the spot, her chin tucked in and her eyes fixed on me.

“Certainly, this will be more fun.”

I too raised my fists and smiled.

“After all, fighting is all about fists!”

A smile that was made despite the fact that the opponent had become stronger.

In the end, I guess I was a Calione who couldn’t help myself.