I Became an Academy Attack Helicopter

23 – Chapter 7. CADETS und PANZER – 2

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Practice second lesson.

As predicted, it was a class to take in applicants and ride the train directly.

First of all, it’s class selection week, but the number of applicants was huge because it was as if all pilot aspirants had gathered.

I raised my hand hard, but I couldn’t pick it up because I wasn’t noticed because of my short stature.

Of all of us, only Shane got into the chariot.

I sat in a suitable box rolling around in the warehouse with Chermia and watched the drawn children get into the chariot.

The content of the class was that a few seniors in the pilot class came out to support and drive, and the rest were actually riding the train inside and getting used to the movement.

For safety, a total of three tanks departed from the garage when all the students stood outside the designated line.

Courre

The caterpillar spins heavily.

When a tram enters the playground, the ground vibrates and dust rises low.

The tanks, which started from the garage one after another, began to circle the playground slowly.

The rest of the children started looking at the other things in the garage while waiting for their turn.

Time to freely ask questions to the seniors and teachers who came to help in class or to look at other vehicles.

Chermia and I were walking around the garage and stopped in front of a small tank.

“What kind of tank is this?”

When I asked a senior who was standing nearby, he raised his hand as if he had prepared it and pointed to the train and started explaining.

“This is a so-called ‘mini Gorgon’, it is an early type of tank. There was a time when this was called a Gorgon.”

I mean, is it a pitiful tank whose name has been taken away?

“Isn’t he moving?”

“Yes. It seems that something has gone wrong with the engine since last year, but it’s an older model, so it’s not used these days, so it wasn’t very popular for training. It’s better to get another gorgon and convert it for training than to fix it.”

The senior’s tone of voice was filled with regret.

He seemed to have an affinity for this tank.

I approached the back of the Mini Gorgon and placed my hand on the part where the engine might be.

Unlike the well-maintained tank, only a small number of spirits were felt. And every once in a while, a fire lizard head popped out.

[[Ouch, boss. What did you come here for?]]

It looked the same as the intermediate spirit I met earlier, but the power I felt was less than half that.

In human terms, I feel like an old man.

When the intermediate fire spirit appeared, the senior looked a little surprised. Chermia looked sullen because of what she had seen before.

“Are you unable to move?”

[[Ah, that’s…….]]

As the spirit was muffled, another spirit came out from the side of the wheel where the track was attached.

[[Lady. We’re on a ‘strike’ right now.]]

The fire spirit nodded its head and swung its tail at the words of the intermediate earth spirit in the form of a small old man.

[[The supply of mana stones has been cut off because we are a little smaller than those big guys.]]

The middle-level spirits of fire fluttered their tongues in anger, and the intermediate-level spirits of the earth gave a supplementary explanation.

[[The mechanics here think that the engine itself is broken by only seeing enough mana stones, but it has been a year since the mana stones were put in, so they could no longer extract mana.]]

The intermediate spirit of the earth pointed to the engine part of the tank.

[[[Since it is used less frequently, it consumes less mana stones, and as a result only manastones remain intact, so how can we move?]]

In a nutshell, it means that the expired mana stones were kept.

It was a waste to let a decent tank play just because it was a little small.

Right now, there are a bunch of children waiting for the other trams to circle the playground.

But will you listen to me at school and supply this tank with magic stones?

If you tell Curst, he might do it right away, but it’s not going to be possible during this class right now.

At that moment, a brilliant idea came to mind.

The last time I went to the research lab, I had a question when I heard that it was a magic stone after I pulled it out.

‘Are there other parts that are also magic stones?’

‘Ah, in human terms, fingernails and other parts that are a little hard must be magic stones. I’ll trim my toenails as soon as I speak.’

‘Ugh’

The toenails were all neatly trimmed back then, but thanks to the lab sisters who played with manicure on my nails, my nails were fine.

A nail that protrudes slightly outside the border of the finger. If all these are magic stones…….

“Chermia. Do you have nail clippers?”

“No. I’m in the room. Why are you suddenly clipping your nails?”

“No. Nothing.”

I probably wouldn’t carry nail clippers to class.

Reluctantly, he turned back and bit his nails while standing in front of the wall.

It was said to be a magic stone, and it just felt like I was biting my nails.

I think the teeth are also magic stones.

“Ehet.”

A piece of fingernail soaked in saliva was placed on the palm of the hand. After rubbing his clothes roughly, he went to the train.

While Chermia and her senior were talking to each other, he secretly knocked on the side of the Manastone slot.

“Guys. Open it here.”

A small metallic fricative sound was heard and the slot opened. I looked around and took a moment when no one was looking, I put my nails in and closed the lid.

[[Oooooh!]]

The fire lizard squealed and crawled into the engine. Shortly thereafter, the number of low-level spirits hovering around the tank increased noticeably.

“Too few? I’ll bring more next time.”

[[No! It’s full of power because it’s a manastone that contains the pure magic of the boss!]]

[[[This is no problem for a few days. Thank you, miss.]]

Now the tank will be able to move again.

“Okay. Then later…….”

After giving some orders to the spirits, I approached the senior and Chermia at the front of the tank.

“Erif. What did you do?”

He said while holding the chariot with his hands at Cermia’s horse and opening her chest.

“I will move now.”

The old man smiled bitterly, and Chermia fell into thought as she put her hand to her lips.

The old man pointed to the train and said with lonely eyes.

“Did you say Erif? This tank can be used by changing the engine, but the engine of this model is no longer in production…….”

Too Do Do Do

With the vibration of the engine, the tank woke up.

The reason the engine started working even though I didn’t start it was because I ordered ‘do that’ at this time.

Senior took his hand off the tank in surprise, but this time I put my hand on the tank.

“This child wants to move.”

He showed a confident smile to the senior who looked like he had seen a ghost.

“Senior, were you a partner? Don’t you want to move?”

Senior swallowed dry saliva. Think hard, boy. You’ll end up driving this guy.

The teachers came running because the train suddenly started running.

“What is this? Wasn’t this tank for display?”

The senior answered the questions of the teachers.

“The engine was broken, but suddenly it started moving.”

“I also use this for training.”

The teachers seemed to be embarrassed by my words.

“It’s a tank with the engine stopped, but it may not be safe.

“After a thorough inspection… ….”

While the teachers were speaking, a loud voice interrupted.

“No. Burn it once.”

A large man walked out from behind the teachers.

The sound of footsteps stopped in front of me.

“Armion.”

“Erif. You should call me teacher at school.”

Putting his finger on my forehead, he turned back and said to the other teachers.

“I will drive. Then there will be no problem, right?”

The teachers nodded enthusiastically at Armion’s words.

I don’t know if it’s because he was afraid of his size or because he admired him for being one of the war heroes along with Kirst.

“Come on, Tara.”

Armion, beckoning to me and Cermia, climbed the top of the chariot and held out his hand. I was concerned about the fluttering skirt, but since I was wearing underpants, I’d be fine.

Armion put me and Zermia, as well as other students passing by, on the tank.

“Erif. Take a seat in the commander’s seat.”

I stood on the chair just below the hatch and poked my head upwards.

The trains that had just returned were lined up sideways, and the students got on and off while getting on the bus.

It will be difficult to leave right now.

“The next time the trains leave, we go together.”

Shouting down, Armion made an ‘O’ with his finger over his shoulder.

After a while, the noisy shift was over.

Students swerved to one side, and the tanks exited the garage one after the other.

Armion, holding the steering wheel, followed them with a light horn.

There was nothing wrong with the engine.

“Panzer Po-“

Suddenly I wanted to shout these words. What does it mean?

After going around the playground, they lined up with other tanks.

Standing next to each other, I had to look up at the other tanks even though my upper body was sticking out.

Surely this tank is small.

A teacher from a corner of the playground ran to me.

He looked at our mini gorgon for a moment and then calmly started explaining.

“Now, let’s take turns and shoot one by one. Set the order and shoot freely. Don’t forget to aim properly.”

At the beginning of the mountain behind the school, the markers were lined up side by side.

One tank was added, but the targets seemed to be ample at first, so there shouldn’t be a problem.

“Did you say Chermia? First, you shoot.”

At Armion’s words, Chermia nervously nodded her head.

Following Armion’s instructions, Cermia brought her eyes to the part that looked through the scope and took her hand to the blue magic stone next to her.

The manastone gave off a faint light and the tank started to vibrate slightly.

“Now, aim by controlling the lever in front with your right hand.”

As Chermia moved her lever, her turret moved slightly.

“Aiming done!”

“Okay. Press the fire button on the lever.”

Kukuk

When Chermia pressed the button, a blue light mass was fired from the main gun with a hum.

A mass of light that flew across the field with great speed hit a target on the mountain with precision.

“Hit!”

After a while the other tanks also fired their guns. Colorful swarms of lights fell near the target, creating a faint dust of dust.

Did I say that it was a show-type magic that had no lethal power?

Next, the student who was caught by accident carefully aimed and hit the target, and finally my turn came.

“Erif. Do it in moderation.”

“?”

What do you mean? I always sincerely do it in moderation.

I started aiming at the same time with my hand on the manastone.

Once you hit the targets, they go down, and the targets come up from other places, so you had to steer a bit from where you’re aiming.

After I finally finished aiming, while I was about to press the fire button with my hand on the magic stone, Armion pulled my left arm back.

“Why?”

Before shooting, he got a little annoyed because he was interrupted, so Armion silently pointed to the magic stone.

The magic stone had a completely different magic power than when two people just shot it. I was surprised at how real attack magic was going to go out.

“Are you doing it in moderation?”

Armion smiled bitterly as he revealed his teeth, then touched the mana stone to adjust his magic.

“Don’t touch the magic stone, just shoot.”

“Okay.”

I was a little dazed, so I gently pressed the button.

But if you gently press the button, does the main gun go out?

The blue magic mass fired from the tank hit the target. Fortunately, there was no explosion or anything.

After our tank had finished firing, we stepped out of the tank again and waved our hands.

After a while, all the tanks finished firing.

“Well, thank you. There are still many students waiting, so please hurry up and take a shift. But, don’t forget to get on and off safely.”

“Yes!”

After returning to the garage, Armion handed over the driver’s seat to his senior.

The other teachers didn’t say much because he was driving himself.

The senior who got on the train spoke to me.

“Thank you. Thanks to her, she can drive this guy again.”

I didn’t mention it, but the senior seemed to have guessed that I had made the tank move again.

“If only I had a new manastone.”

“Huh?”

“If you change the manastone, you will be fine.”

The senior nodded seriously at my words.

I believe I will inform the teacher later.

“I go back to the playground.”

“Yes.”

“Thank you for your hard work!”

After seeing off Armion, we headed to the place where the children who had completed the training were gathered.

“Did you also come by train?”

Cermia pointed to the Mini Gorgon at Shane’s words while he was waiting.

“Oh, were you the one who rode that? The teacher said that something that was broken suddenly moved.”

“Yes. It moved because Erif touched it.”

At Zermia’s words, Shane, as well as the children around her, who were listening to us, look at her with a puzzled expression. She was a little shy and turned her head.

Looking at the trains going in and out, it’s time for class to end.

“Fortunately, all my friends were able to practice today.”

The teacher secretly looked at me and nodded her head slightly.

I just gave the magic stone because the spirits were pitiful.

I think you should give the spirits magic stones. Because you have to give magic stones to the spirits.

Nod

So the first pilot class was all over.