"With this victory, Rid Archie gains 200 points and Masahiko Kotaro loses 200 points," said the supervisor Elgin.

  "Are you okay, Kotaro? Sorry, I seem to have overdone it," I said as I approached Kotaro.

  "It's okay, Mr. Rid. This is proof of how weak I am because I couldn't withstand your attack," said Kotaro.

  "Geez, you're still talking to me using "Mr."," I said.

  "S-sorry, it's my habit. I'll stop using the word "Mr." little by little. By the way, Rid, before the match you made a bet, right? Since I lost, I'll follow your request," said Kotaro.

  "That's right, hmm my request isn't too difficult. I just want you to stop speaking formally to us. Your formal speech might be good when applied to older people or respected people, but I want you to change your style of speaking when talking to us. Just use casual language like "I" and "you," I said.

  "I see. Okay, since I- I mean I also lost in this match, I will comply with your request. But forgive me i can't talk casually right away," said Kotaro.

  "It's okay, just relax," I said.

  I also helped Kotaro to walk towards the audience seats because he was injured from my attack.

  "You are very strong, Rid. Even without using magic and with just one attack you were able to defeat me," said Kotaro.

  "But, my attack just now shouldn't have been able to defeat you right away because you didn't faint. I won because you surrendered. Why did you choose to surrender?," I asked.

  "I- I surrendered because I came to my senses after being hit by your attack, Rid. I suffered quite a wound that made it difficult for me to attack again. After hitting the wall, I had difficulty getting back up. It seems like this is my fault for not using defensive magic first. If I had used defensive magic first, at least I could still launch an attack after being hit by your attack. Well, even though I'm sure I would still lose," said Kotaro.

  "You're overestimating me," I said.

  "You're already that strong without magic, let alone using magic. By the way, can I challenge you again in the daily match?," Kotaro asked.

  "That's fine, but I suggest you don't challenge me every day," I said.

  "Hahaha, don't worry. I'm not an idiot who chooses to challenge you every day," Kotaro said.

  Finally we arrived at the audience seats.

  "Masahiko Kotaro, you should go to the middle building on the 2nd floor to ask the supervisor there to heal you because as I said earlier, there is no healing supervisor in the daily match arena," said supervisor Elgin.

  "Okay, sir supervisor. I'll go there in a moment. I want to rest for a while," Kotaro said.

  "You won again, Rid, even with 1 more attack," Charles said.

  "That's right, who do you think can beat you, Rid?," Noa said.

  "Why don't you two try fighting me, who knows you both might win," I said.

  "No-no, I am aware of my strength and I am very sure that the current me cannot defeat you," said Noa.

  "Hahaha, I also think that I cannot win against you right now," said Charles.

  "You are too pessimistic. If you think that I am stronger than you, isn't that good. If you fight me and lose, you will know your weaknesses and that will make you stronger. Well, if you lose, your points will be deducted. So at least you fight someone who is stronger than you once a week to gain experience and the rest of the time you fight someone who you think can be defeated to get points," I said.

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  "Hmmm that's true," said Noa.

  "It seems that I am playing it too safe by skipping opponents who I think are strong. Whereas if I fight a stronger opponent, it will make me stronger even if I lose. I shouldn't be like this. I feel ashamed of Kotaro who can directly face Rid," said Charles.

  Charles was silent for a moment, after that he spoke.

  "Then, Rid. I want to challenge you to a daily match tomorrow," said Charles.

  "Are you serious, Charles?," said Noa.

  "Yes, I can't do this. If I only look for weaker opponents, I won't develop. That's why I want to challenge stronger opponents, I don't care if I lose later," said Charles.

  "That's good Charles, I accept your challenge for tomorrow," I said.

  "And for today's match, Noa Sigisbert, ?I challenge you to a daily match," said Charles.

  "You want to fight me? I'm not sure I'll win against Rid. But if I fight you, maybe I'm sure I'll win. Are you serious Charles? You might lose, you know?," asked Noa.

  "I challenged you because you are also strong Noa. Like I said earlier, I want to fight someone strong. But compared to Rid, I'm still confident that I can win if I fight you," said Charles.

  Both of them became heated.

  "You're challenging Noa to a match?," said Chloe

  "Seriously?," said Enzo

  "It looks like this will be an interesting match," I said.

  -

  Charles and Noa were already in the arena. Supervisor Elgin was also there.

  "Kotaro, didn't you go to the center building? Heal your wounds immediately," I said.

  "How could I went to the center building when there was an interesting match in front of my eyes. This is a match between the 3rd and 6th place in the entrance exam, I can't not watch it," said Kotaro.

  "Hmmm well since the arena is also quiet it seems okay if I do it," I said.

  "What do you mean Rid?," said Kotaro.

  I approached Kotaro who was sitting in the audience seat and held his shoulder.

  - Heal -

  I healed Kotaro with my healing magic and the wounds on his body disappeared

  "What?!?!," Kotaro said in surprise.

  Enzo and Chloe also looked at the two of us.

  "How is that possible?," Enzo said.

  "You can also use healing magic, Rid?," Chloe asked.

  "Well, everyone should have healing magic to heal themselves. That's why I also learned healing magic just in case I get hurt later," I said.

  "Regular healing magic usually takes a long time to heal wounds, maybe around 1-5 minutes depending on their wounds. But you can heal Kotaro's wounds in just a matter of seconds," Chloe said.

  "Well, maybe it's just a coincidence that I can heal faster," I said.

  -

  Back to the arena.

  "Are you two ready?," asked the supervisor Elgin

  "Ready," Charles and Noa answered.

  "Then, the match begins!!," said the supervisor Elgin.

  The supervisor Elgin immediately moved to the edge of the arena.

  "To fight you, it looks like I have to be serious from the start," Noa said.

  - Wind Magic, Apply Magic Weapon, Wind Spear -

  Noa raised his spear and prepared to throw.

  "That technique," Charles said.

  "Take this, - Wind Ballista -," Noa said.

  Noa threw a spear imbued with wind magic at Charles.

  "- Wind Ballista - huh, that attack is indeed very strong but I will withstand that attack," Charles said.

  - ?Water Magic, Create Magic Weapon, Water Shield -

  Charles created a water shield on his left hand to block Noa's 'Wind Ballista' .

  The wind spear prepared to attack Charles.

  "Come forward," Charles said.

  "Holding it back isn't a good thing, Charles. Indeed, ' ?Wind Ballista' has an explosive effect if it comes into contact with the object it hits. But if it's just that, it probably won't be able to penetrate your shield. So I added 'Wind Blast' magic to the 'Wind Ballista', so the explosive effect will be stronger than the usual 'Wind Ballista'," said Noa.

  "What did you say?," said Charles.

  The wind spear hit Charles' shield and there was a pretty big explosion.

  *BOOM

  Smoke and dust appeared where Charles was standing.

  "Come back, my spear," said Noa.

  The spear that Noa threw at Charles returned to him. Meanwhile, smoke and dust were still gathering where Charles was standing.

  "The technique that Rid taught me is also useful, if I'm not mistaken it's called Forging Magic," said Noa.

  "Oh my, I didn't think you could use the technique that Rid taught us," said Charles.

  The smoke dust where he stood disappeared and now Charles' condition was visible, already injured and the water shield on his left hand had been destroyed.

  "That was close, luckily I still had time to use defensive magic before the spear exploded. If not, I might have lost," said Charles.

  "I didn't think you could still survive, Charles," said Noa.

  "Forging Magic huh? The technique taught by Rid is indeed useful. But you're not the only one who can use that technique," said Charles.

  - Water Magic, Apply Magic Weapon, Water Sword -

  Charles held his water sword from the tip of his sword to the bottom of his sword.

  - Water Needle Slash -

  Charles slashed his sword towards Noa, but instead of a slash of water that appeared, dozens or even hundreds of small needles headed towards Noa.

  "What?," said Noa in surprise.

  However, Noa swiftly turned his spear to block the hundreds of needles aimed at him. However, Noa was not able to hold all of them, there were some needles that passed and hit Noa's body and injured him. After a while, the needle attacks stopped.

  "*Huft *huft *huft. You're great too, Charles," said Noa who seemed exhausted after holding back so many needles.

  "You too, Noa," said Charles.

  "Those two, it looks like they're both showing off that they can use the Forging Magic technique," I said while watching them from the audience seats.

  -To be continued