"Even though it seems hard to win against you, I will still try. I will not hold back, ice princess," said Jeremy.

  "........," Princess Irene was silent.

  "Oh my, I thought your icy nature was just rumour, but it turns out it's true. Even since earlier I've only been ignored," said Jeremy.

  "Well that's natural, after all I'm not a noble. How could a commoner like me be talked to," continued Jeremy.

  "I don't care about nobles or commoners. This is a match, stop talking and speak through your weapon," said Princess Irene who suddenly spoke.

  "Ah that's right, sorry I talked too much," said Jeremy

  "......," again Princess Irene was silent.

  "Alright, I'll start,"

  Water Magic, Apply Magic Weapon, Water Sword

  Magic Boost

  Water Slash

  Jeremy attacked Princess Irene with a water slash.

  Ice Magic, Apply Magic Weapon, Ice Rapier

  Princess Irene prepared to block the water slash. Princess Irene held her rapier facing down and then pointed it upwards when the water slash almost hit her. The water slash disappeared in the middle when it touched Princess Irene's rapier and only left the side of the water slash that just passed by Princess Irene.

  "What just happened?,"

  "I don't know either, the middle of the slash should have hit Princess Irene, but it suddenly disappeared and only left the side of the slash that passed by Princess Irene without hitting her," said the participants who were watching but were confused.

  "It seems like no one knows what just happened," I said.

  "Do you know Rid what happened?," Charles asked.

  "I think the water slash froze because it came into contact with Princess Irene's rapier. Because the rapier was coated with ice magic, Princess Irene only needed to block it with her rapier without using a follow-up attack. The water would freeze immediately after coming into contact with the ice, when Princess Irene pointed her rapier at the center of the slash, the center of the slash immediately froze but at the same time the frozen slash immediately shattered into pieces. So it was as if the center of the slash disappeared even though it was because it froze and shattered directly and quickly," I explained.

  "Hmm, you're great at being able to know the real situation, Rid," said Charles.

  "What just now was just my guess, I didn't really see what happened," I said.

  "Hello, hello, I'm back," said Noa who had just returned from his recovery.

  "Noa, are you recovered?" asked Charles.

  "Yeah, my wounds weren't too bad so the recovery was fast," said Noa.

  "Although I've said it before, I'll say it again. Congratulations on passing the test, Noa," said Charles.

  "Yes, congratulations Noa," I said congratulating you too.

  "Congratulations, congratulations," Enzo also congratulated you.

  "Thank you, everyone, well that was a really tense match, luckily I managed to win,"

  "I didn't expect that Alfred was actually the Marquess' son's underling. Because earlier I didn't have time to beat up the Marquess' son but at least I was able to take it out on his underlings, haha," said Noa.

  "It seems like you had fun when you beat him up earlier," I said.

  "That's how it is. But Rid, when I was lying down earlier, Alfred said that I had been defeated, next up is you," said Noa.

  "But since you didn't lose earlier, does that mean you're still being targeted?" I asked.

  "That's true, but it seems like the Marquess' son's main target is you because of the incident in the canteen earlier, you have to be careful, Rid," said Noa.

  "Even though he started it first, he ended up being the one who got annoyed, there's always something. But thank you for the warning, Noa," I said.

  "It seems like because of the problem in the canteen earlier, you two are in trouble, is there anything I can help you with?," said Charles.

  "Ah, it's okay Charles, I don't want to use my high-ranking noble connections for this matter, I'll solve it myself when the time comes," I said.

  "Okay then," said Charles.

  "But yeah, this match is very interesting, huh. In two different arenas, there are the most anticipated participants. Chloe and the ice princess are competing against each other. This is a sight that shouldn't be missed," said Noa.

  "You're right, these two matches are very interesting," I said.

  -

  "My slash just disappeared with a touch of a weapon? The Ice Princess is truly amazing, especially since you are the only one using advanced elemental magic in this exam, it seems like using water magic against you was a mistake," Jeremy said

  "Then I will use another magic," Jeremy said.

  Cancel Magic Weapon

  Fire Magic, Apply Magic Weapon, Fire Sword

  ”Water magic isn’t the only magic I can use, I’ll melt your ice with this fire magic,” Jeremy said.

  Double Fire Slash

  Jeremy attacked Princess Irene with his double fire slash.

  ”.......,” Princess Irene was silent.

  ”How about Princess Irene? Why are you silent seeing that slash? Didn’t you think I would use fire magic,” Jeremy said, looking happy.

  Cancel Magic Weapon

  Water Magic, Apply Magic Weapon, Water Rapier

  Princess Irene pointed her rapier down again, then pointed it up when the fire slash started to approach her and Princess Irene did that twice to block the double fire slash. The middle part of the slash disappeared again after being hit by Princess Irene’s rapier.

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  ”Eh, even my fire slash disappeared?,” Jeremy said in surprise.

  "I don't know if she's forgetful or what, if Irene can use ice magic, it's only natural that she can also use water magic, because ice magic is an advanced elemental magic from water magic which is a basic elemental magic. And she casually launched a fire slash towards the ice princess, and now she's surprised because the slash disappeared again," said Enzo.

  "Hahahaha," laughed Charles.

  "Is there a possibility that she was just playing around at first?," asked Noa.

  "Well it could be, besides this match isn't over yet," I said.

  "If the water slash and fire slash can't hit her, how can I attack her?," said Jeremy.

  "Are you done attacking?," asked Princess Irene.

  "Eh!?," Jeremy was just surprised and couldn't answer.

  "Okay then it's my turn now," said Princess Irene.

  Ice Magic, Frozen Rapier”

  Princess Irene froze the water surrounding her rapier and turned it into a rapier covered in ice, like a frozen rapier.

  “The rapier looks different from when it was covered in ice magic before,” Charles said.

  “When it was covered in ice magic, it still looked like a normal rapier, just like it was covered in a cold ice aura and had ice vapor, but now it’s more like a frozen rapier,” I said.

  “What does she want to do with the frozen rapier,” I thought,

  “What do you want to do with the frozen rapier, Ice Princess? Don't you remember that I could use fire magic just now, I can melt your ice rapier," said Jeremy.

  Princess Irene ignored Jeremy's words, then prepared to take a stance. She put her rapier on her waist, then bent slightly like someone who was about to slash with her sword. But she did a stance when she was far from Jeremy's position.

  Cancel Magic Weapon

  Fire Magic, Apply Magic Weapon, Fire Sword

  Jeremy replaced the water magic that covered his sword with fire magic.

  "Even though I warned you, you just kept quiet, I will seriously melt your frozen rapier," said Jeremy.

  Jeremy also prepared to block the attack launched by Princess Irene.

  Magic Boost

  Power Boost

  Speed ??Boost

  Princess Irene increased her strength with a boost.

  Ice Magic, Ice Skating

  Princess Irene moved quickly by skating like skating on ice.

  "So fast," said Jeremy.

  Defense boss, 2x

  Jeremy increased his defense with a boost.

  San Lucia Art, Freezing Air Slash~

  Princess Irene quickly slashed at Jeremy, but Jeremy prepared to block the slash with his fire sword. But just as their weapons touched, Jeremy was immediately thrown towards the arena wall.

  *BUMMMMMMMMM

  The sound of Jeremy hitting the arena wall was very loud, dust and smoke covered the arena.

  "What happened?,"

  "The ice princess's attack was very fast, that person couldn't even hold it and was immediately thrown away,".

  "Look at that, there are floating ice chunks that form like a slash after the ice princess launched that slash," said another participant.

  The slash launched by Princess Irene formed ice chunks that resembled the slash itself. Because after slashing using her frozen rapier, the air that was hit by the slash also froze, resembling the shape of the slash launched by Princess Irene. That's why the name of the attack is Freezing Air Slash/Air Slash Frozen. But it wasn't just the air that froze due to the slash.

  "Look at that, the smoke dust is starting to disappear," said another participant.

  When the smoke dust started to disappear, Jeremy's condition was visible. He immediately lost consciousness after being hit by the slash and was thrown against the arena wall, on his chest to his shoulders there were long chunks of ice stuck. The fire sword that Jeremy used to block the slash also froze, and slowly the sword began to crumble into small pieces of ice.

  They all fell silent seeing Jeremy who was unconscious, and then the supervisor announced the winner.

  "The winner for the match test between Jeremy Kunich and Irene Emerald San Lucia is ........ Irene Emerald San Lucia," said supervisor Nora.

  The participants were silent, they seemed afraid of the ice princess's abilities. Seeing Jeremy's condition, he was immediately defeated with just one attack, Jeremy was not even able to attack the ice princess even once. Moreover, the sword he used froze and immediately shattered when it collided with the attack. On his body was a long piece of ice from his chest to his shoulder. They knew that it was not an ordinary piece of ice, it was the effect of a slash launched by the ice princess, the slash immediately froze the body part that was hit by the attack made by the ice princess. Freezing the air, freezing the weapons, and freezing the body, that was the power of the Ice Princess, Irene Emerald San Lucia. None of them cheered for this victory, they were just silent watching the power of the ice princess right before their own eyes.

  ”As her nickname suggests, she really is an ice princess,” Noa said.

  ”........,” Charles was silent.

  ”But why aren’t they all excited, even though this is a rare opportunity to see the power of the ice princess firsthand,” Noa said.

  ”Maybe they have their own reasons for not being excited, besides not all of them are quiet, look at the two of them,” I said.

  -

  On the other side of the audience bench.

  ”Yeyyyy, Miss passed, congratulations Miss, come on Lea cheer for Miss’s victory too!!!,” Lily said while standing up and shouting.

  ”Y-yeah, congratulations Miss. You’re great!!!!” said Leandra who was also shouting.

  ”Come on Lea louder,” said Lily.

  ”Stop it Lily, don’t embarrass me,” said Leandra who forced Lily to sit down.

  ”......,” Princess Irene was silent looking at their level from the arena.

  ”See, just look at the two of them, at least not all of them are quiet,” I said.

  "Could it be that the ice princess brought her assistant to be a cheerleading team like now," said Noa.

  "But yeah, it's natural that they were silent. They were scared because they saw Princess Irene's strength. Even though they were the same age, Princess Irene's strength was higher than those who were the same age. Maybe they didn't believe that strength came from someone their age," I thought.

  Back to the arena.

  "For participant Jeremy Kunich because he lost, he will get 50 points. For participant Irene Emerald San Lucia, because the supervisor did not find any injuries suffered by the participant and there was no fatigue due to excessive mana use, participant Irene Emerald San Lucia gets 200 points," said supervisor Nora.

  "200 points?!?!,"

  "Really,"

  "The ice princess got a perfect score?!?!," said the other participants who were shocked.

  Princess Irene got 200 points which was the perfect score in this exam and she was the first person to get it in this exam.

  ”200 points huh, that’s the first perfect score so far, no wonder she’s the daughter of a Duke. From what I’ve heard, the San Lucia family is the strongest family out of the 4 Dukes,” Noa said.

  “That’s right, even I admit that I, the son of the Duke of San Angela, can’t possibly defeat Irene,” Enzo said.

  “I also think I can’t defeat Irene,” Charles said.

  “What about you Rid?,” Noa asked.

  “Hmm I don’t know, if the two of then said they couldn’t defeat Princess Irene, let alone me,” I said.

  “I know you’re feeling humble right now, Rid,” Noa said.

  “Well, whatever you want,” I said.

  -

  “Hey contestant Irene, your attack just now was almost fatal to your opponent,” said the supervisor Alan.

  “But the alarm didn’t sound, meaning the attack is still allowed,” said Princess Irene.

  “Yes, that’s true, but if you had added even a little damage to your attack, it would have been a fatal attack and you could have been disqualified,” said the supervisor Alan.

  “Don’t worry, sir supervisor. I know how to control my attack power,” said Princess Irene.

  “Okay then, the healer supervisor, please heal participant Jeremy, use fire magic to warm his body and melt the ice,” said supervisor Alan.

  The supervisors in charge of recovery rushed to the arena to lift the unconscious Jeremy and then take him to the side of the arena so he could be recovered.

  “Participant Irene, don’t you want to be recovered as well?” said one of the supervisors in charge of recovery.

  “No need, I didn’t suffer any injuries,” said Princess Irene.

  “Okay then,” said the supervisor.

  I looked at Princess Irene.

  "Earlier she said that she knows how to control her attack power, is it possible that she also knows the limits of the attacks used in this arena? If the attack earlier wasn't 100% because she controlled her attack power, what about the 100% one? And again, San Lucia Art, is that a special technique of the San Lucia family?," I thought.

  "It seems like there are still many things that Princess Irene is hiding, very interesting," I thought again.

  I continued to look at Princess Irene from the audience seat, whether consciously or just by chance, Princess Irene also turned to look at me. Our eyes met, but this time I didn't look away. After a while, Princess Irene stopped looking at me and started walking away from the arena.

  "Come to think of it, I was too focused on watching Irene's match, I forgot about Chloe's match," I said.

  "Me too, I wonder what happened to her," said Noa.

  Suddenly a loud noise was heard.

  *BOOMMMMMMMMMMM

  A sound like something hit the arena wall. Dust and smoke appeared again, blurring the view towards the arena.

  ”What happened in the arena of Princess Chloe, did any of you see what happened,”

  “No, I’ve been focused on Princess Irene’s match,”

  “Me too,” said the other participants.

  None of them knew what really happened with Chloe’s fight against Emily because the focus of the previous participants’ attention was on Princess Irene. After a while, the smoke in the arena began to clear. The view of the arena began to become clear. Emily’s body was seen lying unconscious after hitting the arena wall. Meanwhile, Chloe looked exhausted while holding her bow.

  “Earlier, there was the sound of something hitting the wall, and it turned out to be Emily who was thrown against the wall,”

  “What actually happened?,”

  “What did Princess Chloe do,” said the confused participants.

  As confusion gripped the participants watching the match, an announcement of victory was made.

  “The winner of the match between Emily Watterson and Chloe Estella San Fulgen is .......... Chloe Estella San Fulgen,” said the supervisor Nora.

  -To be continued