In the corner of the spectator bench on the 2nd floor arena.
"What ???? You were sparring with Rid, Miss ???," said Leandra and Lily together.
"Yes, that's right," said Princess Irene.
"Why didn't you tell me that you wanted to spar against Rid? I was willing to wake up early in the morning to watch the sparring," said Lily.
"The sparring wasn't planned, Lily. I was initially just training alone in the A-class training ground. I didn't expect Rid Archie to train there in the morning too. After that, I asked him to do a sparring," said Princess Irene.
"Is that so, so how was the match, Miss?," asked Lily.
"I gave up in the middle of the match. That was my defeat," said Princess Irene.
"How could Miss give up against Rid?," asked Lily.
"First, because this is just a sparring match. So there is no need to go all out for a sparring match. Second, none of the attacks I launched at him could hit him at all. Third, the rapier I was using was damaged so I asked for a replacement for a new rapier," said Princess Irene.
"So that's the reason why you asked for a replacement weapon," said Leandra.
"Yes, my rapier was damaged after fighting Rid Archie. But, even if my rapier wasn't damaged after fighting him, I would still choose to surrender," said Princess Irene.
"If Miss Irene had a daily match against Rid. Would you go all out against Rid?," asked Lily.
"Maybe yes, even so I still doubt I can beat him," said Princess Irene.
"So is Rid that strong that Miss Irene yourself is not sure about beating him. If so, then it means that in this match you can guess who the winner is?," said Leandra.
"Yes, the winner of this match is definitely Rid Archie," said Princess Irene.
"By the way, because earlier at the training ground, Miss was alone with Rid. Have you talked about it with Rid?," asked Leandra.
"I haven't talked about it, but I've asked Rid Archie to meet me tonight at my dorm," said Princess Irene.
"Miss invited Rid to your dorm?," said Leandra and Lily together.
"Yes, is there something wrong with that?," said Princess Irene.
"Whether Miss is really innocent or pretending to be innocent," said Lily.
"Miss can't allow men to enter your dorm. What if Miss gets hurt later?," said Leandra.
"I don't know what you guys are thinking, but Rid Archie would never do something like what you guys are thinking," said Princess Irene.
"Miss has only known Rid for less than a week, she doesn't know his true nature yet. Anyway, the two of us will accompany Miss when you chats with Rid at the dormitory," said Leandra.
"No need," said Princess Irene.
"Anyway, the two of us will accompany Miss!" said Leandra.
"Okay, whatever you do," said Princess Irene.
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Back to the arena.
- Water Magic, Water Needle Slash -
Charles aimed his slash filled with water needles at me. But I managed to avoid it.
"I thought you would immediately use your 'Wave Sword' technique, Charles," I said.
"It seems like you're waiting for my technique, Rid, but don't worry, I'll use it later," said Charles.
"But if I defeat you first, you won't have a chance to use that technique," I said.
I moved towards Charles.
- Water Magic, Water Bubbles -
Charles released many water bubbles that were aimed at me. These bubbles gathered in front of me and blocked my way to attack Charles.
"It looks like it's not an ordinary bubble," I said.
"If you're curious, why don't you try touching it, Rid," Charles said.
"No need," I said.
I suddenly stopped and prepared to launch a long-range slash. I launched a long-range slash towards the bubbles. After being hit by the slash, the bubbles burst and exploded.
*BOOM *BOOM *BOOM
"I knew it wasn't an ordinary bubble," I thought.
Because of the explosion, my visibility in front of me was blocked by the smoke caused by the explosion. But suddenly from behind the smoke a water slash appeared towards me. I immediately blocked the water slash and threw it away. After I threw the first water slash, another water slash came towards me. I prepared to block the attack again. But when the water slash hit my sword, the water slash suddenly exploded.
*BOOM
The students who were watching seemed surprised because a slash could cause an explosion. Smoke appeared because of the explosion. Charles stared at the smoke and when the smoke cleared, I still looked fine. But Charles was not surprised by that.
"Even with that method it still couldn't hurt you, Rid. You're really great," said Charles.
"You're great too, Charles. I didn't expect you to master mana & magic manipulation and? forging magic so quickly. Shouldn't I teach you that technique?," I said.
"Hahaha come on, even if you teach me that technique. I'm not sure I can beat you either," Charles said.
I smiled hearing that and quickly darted towards Charles and prepared to attack him.
"So fast?!?! But..," Charles said.
- Water Magic, Thick Water Wall -
Charles created a thick wall of water to prevent me from attacking him.
"This wall is what trapped Noa's spear and prevented it from coming out again. Although it looks like a thick wall, it's water that resembles a wall. If so....." I thought
- Sword Art, Water Destroying Slash -
I slashed the water wall with my technique and the wall was destroyed and returned to a mass of water. After the wall was destroyed, instead of being surprised, Charles immediately prepared his next attack.
~Water Thrust~
~Shot~
Charles intended to stab me with his water sword from a fairly far distance. However, I managed to avoid the stab. After that, I immediately prepared to attack Charles again because there was nothing stopping me from attacking Charles. However, Charles also prepared his attack.
~Destruction Water Slash~
Charles directed his attack at me
~Roaring Slash~
I also directed my attack at Charles.
Our two attacks collided and caused quite a big collision. Even so, I was stronger in the attack and managed to throw Charles a few meters back.
"I didn't expect that the wall I made earlier to hold Noa's spear could be destroyed that easily," said Charles.
"It was just a coincidence," I said.
"It seems like you have a lot of techniques, Rid," said Charles.
"So do you, Charles? There are still many techniques that you haven't used in this match," I said.
"You're right, this match isn't over yet. I'll bring out my best techniques to fight you. Including this one," Charles said.
~San Fulgen Art Water Technique, Rain Swords~
Suddenly many water swords appeared above Charles and circled around him.
"That technique, don't tell me it's similar to Princess Irene's," I thought.
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Meanwhile, in the spectator area on the 2nd floor, near the stairs.
"Wow, wow, I didn't expect to meet Mr. Alan here. What is Mr. Alan doing in the first year match arena?," someone said.
"Why do you ask? Of course I'm here to watch the first year students' match. Besides, the ones competing are my class students," said Mr. Alan.
It seemed like Mr. Alan was talking to someone.
"Well, I understand if Mr. Alan wants to watch his class students' match, but is it necessary to record the match with an Artifact?," said the person.
"This is just for documentation. Rather than that, I should be the one saying what you're doing here. Someone with a platinum badge like you coming to the first year match arena," Mr. Alan said.
"Well, normally I as a student in the year above should not visit the first year building. But I am a member of Elevrad, I am exempt from that rule, did Mr. Alan forget about that?," the person asked.
"How could I forget about that rule. Okay, I'll change the question, what is the need for an Elevrad member to come to the first year match arena? Ah, maybe more precisely the chairman of Elevrad," Mr. Alan said.
"I heard there was an interesting match between the first years, so I came to watch it. Of course, besides that I intend to recruit interesting first year students to join Elevrad," the person said.
-To be continued
