I Became the Golden Sun That Steals the Academy’s Aircraft

51. The protagonist?

Lily caught her breath before the game started. It was unexpected for her to meet Gilbert in the round of 16, with whom she had a bitter relationship, but she thought it was a good opportunity.

Gilbert’s status was further raised through this competitive match. Showing overwhelming manipulative skills, he immediately captured people’s hearts and was so overwhelmingly popular in competitive games that his notoriety was briefly overshadowed.

As the situation was like that, the current situation was not very pleasing to Lily, who thought of him as an iron enemy. I honestly hated seeing him doing well, even though I hated him with all my heart.

In that sense, if we were to drop him in the round of 16, there would be no better picture than that. It means so much that he, who is considered one of the favorites to win, is eliminated early in the round of 16.

But can we do it? Against that guy?

Sweat soaked into the control stick I was clutching tightly. When you think about it calmly, the odds of Lily defeating Gilbert were extremely low.

Because Lily grew up watching her older sister, who was an outstanding knight, she was able to evaluate Gilbert’s skills calmly. Regardless of his dislike for him, there was something fundamentally different about the giant god soldiers he operated than others.

And Lily knew very well what the difference was.

A wall that the criminal cannot overcome.

It was a talent.

I didn’t know why this guy who didn’t have anything to like had such talent, but I knew enough from what I had seen to know that he was born with natural talent.

The abilities he showed at the start of the competition far exceeded Lily’s expectations, but he also knew that through his older sister.

Geniuses were usually like that. A people who can easily accomplish things that seem unreasonable or close to impossible.

That’s why I knew that it was close to impossible to defeat such an opponent.

But giving up was impossible for Lily. Giving up because there was little chance of Gilbert winning was, in other words, giving in to him.

If she gives in to him who gave her childhood trauma, the Lily she was until now will disappear. Even she could guarantee that one thing.

“Keep your head straight.”

He hit her face with both hands. Normally, this was something I would have been told to be careful about, but this one time brought me to my senses.

As her cheeks turned bright red, I was able to capture her heart. I already knew that she was not an opponent to easily defeat, so the stance she would take was set.

Let’s approach her round of 16 match with the same mindset as dealing with her older sister.

That was her only strategy against Gilbert.

***

The fierce battle between Gilbert and Lily, who were selected as winners, showed a high-level match that exceeded the audience’s expectations. The way they exchanged attacks and defenses as if they were dancing with the giant giant soldiers showed a higher level than any other match that took place this time.

The match between Angelina and Hans was so thrilling that you couldn’t take your eyes off it.

The audience cheered and applauded the two men generously. To them, winning was no longer important.

There is only praise for the two who have already had a great game.

However, the actual circumstances of the two people competing were different.

Gilbert was wondering what to do with Lily, who was following her so persistently, and Lily was trying her best to somehow defeat Gilbert.

On the outside, it seemed like the two had met their match and were using all their skills to defeat the other, but the reality was completely different.

Lily, who first excitedly charged at Gilbert with her iron sword, was blocked by his unfurling winter sword. She quickly gave up her close combat and widened her distance as her sword skills strangled her as if she was dealing with her older sister.

This was because she felt that she should not get caught up in him since sword wrestling was her specialty. That was the reason why his giant god soldier type was chosen as heavy armor type.

The same light-armored colossus had so low defense that she was at risk of being hit at once, and her heavy armored form was not only difficult for her to handle in the first place, but she was also too slow to keep up with Gilbert’s reaction speed.

However, she just did the best she could, and it did not increase her chances of winning. He was a skilled person who could dispel armed magic with a single iron sword. It wasn’t a skill he had seen before, but that didn’t mean it was easy.

It would not be an exaggeration to call Gilbert a monster, as he possessed skills that only a high-level knight could perform.

The magic weapons equipped on the giant soldier’s shoulder armor were poured out. He did not act by calculating each and every location, but he read the pattern to some extent and targeted the predicted location.

However, when I saw him dodge everything with controlled movements, as if he could already see it all, I automatically gritted my teeth. Even though he was controlling the giant god soldier, there seemed to be no delay as if he was moving with his actual body.

Is there such a difference…! I can’t lose. I really don’t want to lose to that guy.

He stopped checking his magical power battery, which was gradually running out, and began to use the Giant God Soldier roughly, focusing solely on attacks to defeat Gilbert. He deflected the thrown iron sword, approached with high-speed movement, and launched a long-distance bombardment.

She was confident that she could never avoid it this time, but the opponent did not move as she intended. He deflected the bombardment with a back tumble without difficulty, and pushed away the giant soldier, whose weakness was revealed, with a shoulder slap.

Even though it was a light armored giant soldier, she was hit by the heavy giant soldier’s charge and struggled to control the extremely shaking giant spirit soldier. Her head was banging around inside her cockpit.

For that brief moment, Lily was unable to determine the location of Gilbert’s Titan Soldier. And it quickly came back to being the main reason for the defeat.

Gilbert’s giant soldier, who moved leaving an afterimage, twisted his waist sharply and performed a horizontal slash. A terrifying wind blew, and eerie golden magic split the air.

Cow!

The magic barrier blocked the attack, but that was the end. The magic barrier was at its lowest due to the defenseless attack, and the game ended just like that.

“Why on earth…!”

After losing in vain this time, Lily slammed down on her control stick, unable to hold back her anger.

She knew she would lose. As much as she wanted to beat Gilbert more than anyone else, she also analyzed it thoroughly, so she knew better than anyone else.

Among the academy cadets currently enrolled, there were only a handful of people who could beat him.

Of course, Lily was also on the side that could not win.

Nevertheless, the reason she worked so hard and tried so hard to win him over was to escape from the trauma of her past. Since she was reunited with Gilbert, she has occasionally dreamed of that day.

In her dream, she was as delicate and fragile as Lily that day. She couldn’t say anything and her being abused by Gilbert was the content of her dream.

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As she struggled to get away, she ended up waking up covered in cold sweat.

I was the victim, but I couldn’t understand why I was the one having to suffer even after ten years.

I promised myself that I would beat Gilbert this time and break away from that spell, but I ultimately failed.

Boom!

The tightly clenched fist struck the control stick once again. There was no way to resolve her resentment.

***

With the audience’s enthusiastic support, the freshmen’s final round of 16 match ended. People waited for the quarterfinals, satisfied with the level of the game, which was higher than expected.

Of course, interest was not only focused on freshmen. The games of the second and third year cadets were of a higher level than those of the freshmen.

The reason why more attention is being paid to the freshmen is probably due to the great influence of Gilbert, who is showing overwhelming performance. This was because it was rare for him to have this level of impact even though he was a freshman.

If there was a cadet who was more powerful than that, the only one was Princess Serafina, who defeated even the higher-ranked cadets and proudly achieved the overall victory. This year as well, they were steadily heading to the finals, crushing their opponents with overwhelming skills.

At this point, people’s expectations were focused on whether the match between Gilbert and Princess Serafina would be successful, rather than who would be the winner of the grade-level competition.

The prerequisite was that both people had to win, but it was safe to say that the third-year winner had already been determined to be Seraphina. Gilbert had also advanced to the quarterfinals with overwhelming performance so far, so he had a very good chance of winning.

People who like to share each other’s stories began to argue about who would win if two brothers who had been taught by the same teacher, Brianna, competed.

Gilbert will win.

Or Serafina will win.

Each of them had their own logic and validity, so it was a problem that could not be easily concluded. In the end, people realized that the two had no choice but to actually compete to solve this problem, and began to sincerely cheer for the two to win.

As if they knew the people’s wishes, the two smoothly advanced to the semifinals, and eventually won even the semifinals and advanced to the finals. People were excited about the fact that it was just one step away from finally bringing this exciting game to fruition.

However, there was one person who was dissatisfied with these people: Ian, who, like Gilbert, advanced to the finals.

He easily defeated Hans, his opponent in the semifinals, and advanced to the finals, but was full of dissatisfaction.

There was only one reason. This was because Gilbert was hogging all the attention he deserved.

As he started competing, he thought that it was finally time for the world’s leading man to appear in front of people. So, I refined the quotes he had prepared so far, but contrary to expectations, people were showing interest in Gilbert this time too.

Why? Why is everyone only interested in Gilbert?

***

He was hurt by the sight of people not caring about him, the main character. He understood that hitherto he had kept himself hidden, and that the attention of the people was drawn to his rival, Gilbert, but not now.

He decided to go out into the world as a main character, but the fact that things did not go as he wanted began to make him sharper. That was the reason why the game ended in a rougher manner than usual.

I am here.

There is a true protagonist here.

He showed it off and made it to the finals, but he still couldn’t turn his attention to Gilbert.

But I controlled my mind with the thought that it was the last time. In the end, everything would be resolved if he defeated Gilbert in the finals. Perhaps it was not unreasonable to become a student of Professor Brianna, who had seen a jade stone that had never been discovered before.

Since he was so perfect, he was hiding himself so perfectly that it occurred to me later that it would not be unreasonable for even the world’s Professor Brianna to not notice him.

hehehe… This is why it’s so hard to be perfect.

Ian was finally able to smile with a calm mind. Without adversity and hardship, heroes were not born.

I need to write this down for a moment.

Ian, who was going to bed early to prepare for the finals the next day, jumped out of bed and opened his collection of sayings. If he didn’t quickly write down a good quote that came to his mind, it would be forgotten as another flashy and witty quote came to his mind.

He lay down again, satisfied with the thought that he had once again recorded a wonderful quote.

It was clear that tomorrow would be recorded as a historic day at Demeia Academy.

The story is about none other than Ian Tigris Linebarrel straightening his crouched body and stretching.

‘I guess I should write this down too!’

As he closed his eyes, he remembered another amazing saying and carefully recorded it in his collection of sayings.

He had to repeat this action a few more times before he could finally fall asleep.