Seeing Kotaro and Lily fall, Mr. Alan immediately announced the winners.

  "The winners of this first match are Rid and Julie," Mr. Alan said.

  The other students were either celebrating or surprised.

  "Rid was able to utilize his partner's power well. He knew his partner used electricity magic, and his partner had the ability to connect the electrical currents from Kotaro and Lily, who were hit by the arrow. So that's why Rid used water magic this time," Charles said.

  "He usually uses fire magic, but doesn't fire magic also have a reaction with his partner's magic?" Noa asked.

  "You're right, fire magic also has a reaction with electricity magic, but it seems Rid realized that using the reaction between their magic would be dangerous for both of them because it could cause a fairly large explosion, which is why he chose water magic. Well, even using water magic is quite dangerous, because as you can see, they immediately collapsed after being hit by the reaction," Charles said.

  I continued to watch Kotaro and Lily, who were still unconscious.

  "What about them, sir?" I asked.

  "They're not in serious condition. They fainted from the shock of your magic. Just move them aside and wait until they regain consciousness," said Master Alan.

  "Okay," I said.

  Then Master Alan and I carried Lily and Kotaro to the edge of the training ground. After that, Master Alan returned to the center of the training ground.

  "Since the first match is over, let's move on to the next," Master Alan said.

  -

  Charles and Enzo, along with their partners, each won their matches. Meanwhile, Leandra and her partner, Ray Clemence, also won the first day's match. During their match, Ray insisted that Leandra not assist him. Leandra complied and focused solely on the enemy who was about to attack her. I had previously advised Leandra to fight alone, engaging any enemy that came her way without regard for her partner's situation. If the two enemies she was fighting attacked her partner, it would be better for her to remain silent and not assist her partner, because, after all, her partner had requested it.

  And now, the second exam of the first day had entered its sixth match. Kotaro and Lily, who had been unconscious all this time, finally woke up.

  "Ugh, my head hurts," Kotaro said.

  "Me too," Lily said.

  "You're finally awake, Lily," said Leandra, who had been with her after the match.

  "Lea? How long have I been unconscious?" Lily asked.

  "Hmm, almost an hour. You've already missed four matches to watch, and now it's the sixth match," Leandra said.

  "Is that how long?" Lily asked.

  "Are you okay, Lily? I'm sorry, I think I overdid it," I said.

  "Rid, huh? Oh, it's okay. I think we lost today's match," Lily said.

  "It's due to my lack of skill. I'm sorry, Lily," Kotaro said.

  "No, no, it's due to my shortcomings. You don't need to apologize," Lily said.

  "I think your teamwork is already good, you don't need to apologize to each other. You just need to improve your teamwork for tomorrow's match," I said.

  "Hmm, well, I think our teamwork is good too. It's just that we were unlucky enough to run into you, hahaha. Ouch, my head feels so dizzy," Lily said.

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  "Me too, it seems like this is the aftereffects of our long unconsciousness," Kotaro said.

  "Here, both of you, let me heal you both," I said.

  "Is that okay, Rid? Didn't you want to hide your healing magic?" Kotaro asked.

  "That's right, Rid," Lily said.

  "Don't worry, the other students are focused on watching the match, so none of them are looking. Besides, I only used ~Camouflage Healing~ on you so no one would notice," I said.

  Then they both held out their hands, and I took theirs.

  ~Camouflage Healing~

  "So this is the healing magic you used on the lady Irene back then, huh?" Lily said.

  "Yes, it did heal your wound, but your scar won't heal. People who see you will still think you haven't been healed," I said.

  "Well, whatever, thank you, Rid," Lily said.

  "Thank you, Rid," Kotaro said.

  "You're welcome. Now let's just focus on watching the match because the next one is the most exciting one of the day," I said.

  -

  The sixth match ended, and now the seventh match was about to begin.

  "Let's start the next match, please step forward, Noa, Irene, Chloe, and Mauro," said Mr. Alan.

  The four of them stepped to the center of the arena.

  "This time I won't give up, Chloe," Irene said.

  "That's good, Irene. I don't want you to give up just because of me. I'll beat you," Chloe said.

  "Looks like these two princesses are excited, huh," Noa said.

  "You're right," Mauro said.

  "Are you four ready?" asked Master Alan.

  "Yes," they all said.

  "Then, the match begins!" said Master Alan.

  "I'll fight Chloe, and you take care of her partner," Irene said.

  "Okay," Noa said.

  Noa and Irene immediately advanced toward their respective opponents.

  Irene quickly attacked Chloe, but Chloe anticipated this and immediately fired an arrow at her.

  ~Fire Piercing Arrow~

  Chloe fired a lightning-fast fire arrow at Irene, but Irene easily dodged it. However, after dodging that arrow, another arrow came her way. This happened continuously, preventing Irene from reaching Chloe.

  Meanwhile, Noa and Mauro were seen clashing spears at close range, alternating attacks and defenses. However, just as Mauro was about to attack Noa, Noa managed to deflect Mauro's spear downwards, leaving him open. Seeing this opportunity, Noa immediately kicked Mauro using her magic, even though he wasn't in his ~Magic Martial Arts~ mode.

  ~Wind Kick~

  Noa kicked Mauro in the stomach, sending him flying several meters back. But Noa didn't stop there. Seeing Mauro clutching his stomach, Noa immediately tried to attack him again. However, a fire arrow came flying at Noa. Noa noticed this, but he didn't have time to dodge and used his spear to block the fire arrow. When the fire arrow touched Noa's spear, it exploded with a powerful explosion. Smoke erupted from the explosion.

  Meanwhile, Irene, seeing Chloe's attention on Noa, immediately attacked her with a long-range slash.

  ~Glacier Strike~

  An ice slash aimed at Chloe, but Mauro quickly moved closer to Chloe and blocked it with his water spear. Although the attack was blocked, Mauro's water spear froze from the ice slash. Mauro immediately released his spear.

  "That was close, Princess Chloe," Mauro said.

  "I'm sorry, I made you lose your weapon," Chloe said.

  "It's okay, you protected me, after all, I was just returning the favor. As for the spear, I just need to create another one," Mauro said.

  ~Water Magic - Create Magic Weapon : Water Spear~

  Mauro created a new water spear with his water magic. Meanwhile, from Noa's smoke-filled position, a spear emerged from the smoke and swiftly aimed at Chloe and Mauro.

  "That technique... Mauro, dodge it," Chloe said.

  The ~Wind Ballista~ Noa launched struck the arena floor between them. The spear exploded, unleashing a massive blast of wind magic. They were both sent flying in different directions.

  Mauro, knocked back, quickly got back up, but Noa quickly dashed toward him and threw a punch imbued with wind magic. Mauro swiftly blocked it with his water spear.

  "You only sustained a minor injury when blocking Chloe's arrow, and in that form, too. Looks like you're getting serious, huh?" Mauro said.

  Mauro saw Noa in his ~Magic Martial Arts~ mode, wind magic surrounding his ?body.

  Noa then punched Mauro again, but was again blocked by his spear. Despite this, Noa continued punching him.

  Meanwhile, Chloe, having just gotten back up after being knocked back by Noa's ~Wind Ballista~, immediately attacked Irene, who was within her sight.

  ~Fire Piercing Arrows - Sixtuplets~

  Chloe launched six arrows at once, traveling at breakneck speed towards Irene.

  ~Ice Magic - Create Magic Weapon : Sixtuplets Ice Rapier~

  Irene created six rapiers out of ice that surrounded her body.

  ~San Lucia Art : Snow Blade Dance Technique~

  The six rapiers surrounding her immediately moved to slash the six arrows heading her way. The arrows exploded upon being struck by the six rapiers. Chloe was shocked by Irene's technique.

  "It's like I said before, Chloe. I won't give in this time," Irene said.

  "I see,"

  ~Fire Magic - Create Magic Weapon : Dual Fire Dagger~

  "Then me too," Chloe said.

  Then they both charged towards each other.

  -

  A few moments later.

  Noa defeated Mauro and destroyed his water spear from the constant blows of his ~Magic Martial Arts~. Meanwhile, Chloe looked exhausted as she held her two daggers, her body covered in numerous slashes caused by Irene's technique. Chloe was currently surrounded by Noa and Irene.

  "Do you still want to continue this match, Chloe?" Irene asked. "You guys are a really strong pair, it looks like my defeat is imminent. Still, I shouldn't stop until I'm down, right?" Chloe said with a smile.

  -To be continued?