Chapter 567

Tenjou Hikari went up to the stage with Johan, while Professor Palading divided the items on the podium into two sets, letting them pick them up one by one to inspect and put on.

Tenjou Hikari checked them and confirmed that although they made a clattering sound, they were actually just costumes for performance.

In other words, stage costumes.

Although they felt heavy in his hands, they were far from being real "armor."

"Alright, you two, put this set on now." Professor Palading clapped his hands, signaling them to put them on.

The two looked at each other, and Johan laughed out loud, saying, "How interesting, Professor, are you going to let us duel in these?"

"Remarkable intuition, but we will explain this in detail later." Professor Palading signaled them to get dressed first.

Tenjou Hikari was a bit confused, but since it was part of the teaching content, there was no harm in wearing it; he put on the armor and the helmet, and he felt as if he had transformed from Hikari into Knight of the Hunter Sword.

"Alright—"

Seeing that both of them had put on the armor, Professor Palading signaled them to stand still, and then began to speak: "Everyone should be no stranger to the traditional 【Chivalry】 and 【Knightly Spirit】."

Such as protecting the old, the weak, women, and children, fighting for justice against injustice and evil, loving one's homeland, and risking one's life to protect the church.

Of course, the last one actually has no meaning today due to the factors of the era, but the first three, even in this era, are still the decisions that people of justice and fairness would make."

"And among knights, there is also a quite traditional thing, and that is—dueling."

Finally, he got to the point.

All the students curiously waited for the Professor's next words.

"Having attended the classes of the previous professors, you should all understand very well that if you want to improve your Spirit Power, understand the stories of spirits, improve your interest and compatibility with certain things, or simply summon powerful spirits in exchange for power, these are all methods you can choose."

However, some of these things require a large accumulation of knowledge, and some require taking risks.

So, is there any method that is relatively easy to improve your abilities?"

Professor Palading did not keep them in suspense and directly stretched out his hands, pointing at Tenjou Hikari and the other: "That's right, in this situation, I discovered a completely different method."

That is... Roleplay Dueling!"

Roleplay Dueling!?

Many students couldn't help but curiously repeat it.

Professor Palading chuckled and continued to explain: "To maintain the eight moral codes of knights and practice the spirit of chivalry in this era is really too difficult; there is no such opportunity or environment."

Therefore, even if any student really has that excellent talent and can receive praise for justice, there is no way to implement it.

But—

I think all the students must have experienced it, right?

When you were still children, you must have roleplayed heroes or some other existence with other friends, such as the protagonists or villains in the animations you watched, or characters in some games, or even historical figures.

I once played Cú Chulainn, the Child of Light, who was particularly famous where I lived."

Many students nodded.

That is true.

Recalling their childhood, they could more or less remember some nostalgia that they still cannot forget, which was born from this worship of heroes and characters.

Jūdai leaned back slightly, resting his hands behind his head, feeling a bit nostalgic and also frowning a little.

Of course, he had also roleplayed characters from his favorite animations when he was a child, messing around with other children, but later, those children who "fought" him ended up injured or even unconscious, so he stopped engaging in this kind of entertainment.

"Professor, can this really enhance our strength!?" A student directly raised his hand and asked.

Palading laughed twice: "Students, you must know one thing: many of the things you do now, in the final analysis, are because of the things you were exposed to in your childhood; it is because of the influence of those things that you have gradually developed such a life."

Your love for monsters and your love for certain cards also come from this.

Therefore, this kind of 【Knight Duel】 roleplay is actually my hope that everyone can reclaim the childhood in your hearts through roleplaying in your spare time... In this way, you can more easily discover your preferences and also slightly improve your Spirit Power."

Of course, it is only slightly; if you want to further improve your Spirit Power, you still need the courses of the two professors from yesterday. This course is more about teaching everyone how to relax your spirit through roleplaying methods in your spare time, and by the way, improve your abilities; it belongs to an auxiliary method."

Professor Palading was not a very serious person, nor did he have so much selfishness; he encouraged students to take more classes so that their ability improvement would be balanced.

He took two cards from his deck, flipped them over, and showed them to the students: "This time, the roles the two students will play are very simple, and they should also be characters that everyone is familiar with."

He held the two cards, and under the display of the equipment behind him, their names were revealed.

Noble Knight Artorigus, Noble Knight Lancelot.

It really is Noble Knight.

"Oh! It's the story of the legendary Knight King!" Johan recognized the protagonist of the card, "So, Professor, the people that Tenjou and I are going to play this time are these two?

Then I must be the Knight King! I have liked being an emissary of justice since I was a child!"

He laughed and joked.

"I am the strongest knight, Lancelot? That's not impossible..." Tenjou Hikari's impression of Lancelot was entirely from that one in FGO, and his impression of Lancelot in the duel was really not deep.

"Hahaha, you two don't need to be in a hurry, because it's the first time roleplaying a duel, so it must be fair and impartial to start randomly. Everyone has a 50% chance of becoming a protagonist and a 50% chance of becoming a villain; that is the fun of a roleplaying game. After all, many students must have felt deep hatred for the fact that they often played villains when they were children, right?"

While speaking, he adjusted the projection screen again; on the screen, a huge scoreboard suddenly appeared, with Tenjou Hikari and Johan's avatars listed on both sides, and a coin slowly rotated in the projection screen, while Professor Palading said: "After the duel begins, everyone can choose to support 【Knight King】 or support 【Lancelot】, to become a righteous knight or the strongest knight who betrayed the King—there is only one chance to choose, and the final result will be displayed on the screen.

Please remember, when the duel begins, they are no longer Tenjou Hikari or Johan, but 【Artorigus】 or 【Lancelot】, and what you need to support is not them as individuals, but their factions!"

"Wow!" "Oh—"

After two days of hard study, many students were a bit tired because they had absorbed a lot of novel knowledge, and now seeing this kind of activity, they couldn't help but cheer and join in the fun.

This professor is really interesting!

Taking classes honestly is indeed not as interesting as this kind of activity.

Ding—

The coin fell.

A card suddenly flew out and landed in front of Tenjou Hikari.

Noble Knight Lancelot—

Is he really playing Lancelot?

He shook his head; compared to someone with high luck like Johan, he was born to only play the villain.

"Duel!" Accompanied by the "knights" supporting the two on the projection screen starting to grow wildly, the unison shout rang out in the conference room.

Both sides' Duel Disks automatically unfolded, like swords, lined up beside their arms, and at the same time, the two quickly drew 5 cards from their decks.

Artorigus Johan, LP: 4000.

Lancelot Tenjou Hikari, LP: 4000.

(End of chapter)