The next morning.

  I continued to spar with Irene in the A-class training ground.

  "Rid, for your match against Princess Amelia later, you better be careful. Because she is a different opponent from the opponents you usually fight in daily matches," said Irene.

  "Yes, I know. Even though I didn't watch your match with her from the beginning, I know that she is very strong," I said.

  "Yes, I can't even give her a single attack," said Irene.

  "You can't give her a single attack? Be it a close-range or long-range attack?" I asked.

  "Yes, the roses you saw in the arena yesterday, didn't let me attack Princess Amelia. You better be careful of those roses, those roses are very difficult to cut even with my rapier but that might be because the sharpness of the rapier from this academy is not the same as a real rapier," said Irene.

  "I see, I will remember that," I said.

  Then I practiced again with Irene but suddenly a group of students came to the training ground.

  "It turns out that they often practice in the morning,"

  "So this is where they date,"

  "The strongest couple on their date is actually sparring," said the students.

  "They are .....they are students from our class. It seems like they heard when I said that I often practice in the morning with you while talking to Noa. I'm sorry, Irene, it seems like this morning practice won't be quiet anymore," I said.

  "It's okay, if they see us it will improve their views of us," said Irene.

  "Okay, then," I said.

  The two of us practiced again while being watched by the other students.

  -

  In the afternoon, after the lesson was over.

  "Where are you going, Rid?," asked Noa.

  "I want to pick up Princess Amelia first, can you go to the 2nd floor arena first and tell the supervisor Elgin that I want to compete?," I said.

  "Okay, we'll go there first," said Noa.

  I immediately rushed to the central building to meet Princess Amelia. After arriving in front of the central building, I hadn't found Princess Amelia there. I decided to wait for her there. After waiting for a while, Princess Amelia and her subordinates arrived.

  "It looks like you brought a lot of supporters, Princess Amelia," I said.

  "Of course, they will cheer for me when I win later," said Princess Amelia.

  I just smiled in response to her words.

  "Please follow me," I said.

  "Okay," said Princess Amelia.

  Then I started walking towards the first year building and the 2nd floor arena. When I arrived at the second floor arena, it turned out that the arena was already filled with students watching.

  "There they are, the two of them have arrived,"

  "Rid!!!!!"

  "Princess Amelia!!!!," said the students.

  "Even in the first year arena there are those who support me, I think they all choose to support you," said Princess Amelia.

  "Well, I'm just a commoner, isn't it natural that Princess Amelia gets support because you are one of the Duke's daughters? Your popularity clearly beats mine," I said.

  "You know very well, huh. All of you, because I want to compete now, you find a seat to watch my match," said Princess Amelia to her subordinates.

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  "Ready, miss," said her subordinates.

  They immediately rushed to the audience seats that were still available.

  "Now, let's go to the arena, Rid Archie," said Princess Amelia.

  "You seem very excited today, Rose Princess," I said.

  The two of us continued our steps towards the match arena.

  -

  Meanwhile, in the hallway connecting the buildings in the academy.

  "Come on, Gretta, the others too, don't let us miss this match," said Senior Vyn.

  "You look very excited, Leader. Take it easy, besides, the match hasn't started yet," said Senior Gretta.

  "This is a big match, it's a match between my cousin and Rid Archie. I can't miss this match for a second," said senior Vyn.

  Then senior Vyn decided to speed up his steps to get to the first year building immediately.

  "Oh my, that stupid leader. Come on, let's all speed up our steps too to catch up with the chairman," said senior Gretta.

  Upon arriving at the arena, senior Vyn looked at the arena first and was grateful that the match had not started because Rid and Princess Amelia were still walking towards the arena.

  "Luckily the match hasn't started yet," said senior Vyn.

  "I said before, the match hasn't started yet," said senior Gretta.

  "Yes, but if we hadn't quickened our steps earlier, the match would have started already," said senior Vyn.

  The students who saw the two of them reappear were shocked.

  "The two of them?!?!,"

  "They're seniors from Elevrad!,"

  "Why are they here again?," said the students.

  Senior Vyn heard what they were talking about and started talking to them.

  "Hello, I'm here today just to watch the match. You don't need to be afraid," said senior Vyn.

  "It seems like their view of you is already bad, leader," said senior Gretta.

  "Well, let's just go find a place to sit," said senior Vyn.

  "Okay, let's all find a place to sit," said senior Gretta.

  At first, the students only saw senior Vyn and senior Gretta because the rest were waiting in the hallway to the stairs and were not seen by those who were sitting watching. However, when senior Gretta invited the others to find a place to sit, they realized that all the Elevrad members had come to watch today. They were surprised when they saw the badges worn by the Elevrad students. Some wore silver badges like senior Nadine, gold badges and other platinum badges besides senior Vyn and senior Gretta.

  "There are so many of them, how many are there?,"

  "Maybe around a dozen, but why did all the Elevrad members come to watch?," asked the surprised students.

  While in the arena, I noticed that there was a commotion in the audience seats and looked over.

  "That's senior Vyn, senior Gretta and senior Nadine. There are a few other students wearing badges other than the bronze badge, it looks like they're members of Elevrad too. Did they come to support Princess Amelia who is also a member of Elevrad?," I thought.

  "It looks like you brought a lot of supporters, Princess Amelia. Even Elevrad came to support you," I said.

  "Elevrad? Even though I only told big brother Vyn about this fight, I didn't expect him to bring all the members," said Princess Amelia who was also surprised to see the many Elevrad members who came.

  Senior Vyn and the others finally got seats to watch the match

  "Finally got seats, I thought we would run out because of the many people watching this match," said senior Vyn.

  "I hope you don't mess up again, leader, like in the previous match," said senior Gretta.

  "Don't worry, this time I won't mess around again like suddenly going to the arena," said senior Vyn.

  "Why should I watch this match?," said a man wearing a gold badge.

  "Rather than you having nothing to do, you'd better watch this match. Isn't that right, vice leader?," asked senior Vyn.

  - ?Florian Randall San Minerva, vice leader of Elevrad and son of Duke San Minerva -

  "Well, okay, it's okay to watch this match once in a while. Besides, the ones competing are also our members," said senior Florian.

  "It's good that you understand," said senior Vyn.

  -

  "Since both participants are already in the arena, I want to ask. Is participant Rid Archie ready?," asked supervisor Elgin.

  "Ready," I said.

  "Is participant Amelia Laterza San Quentine ready?," asked supervisor Elgin.

  "Ready," said daughter Amelia.

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

  Supervisor Elgin immediately retreated to the audience area.

  - ?Rose Magic, Apply Magic Weapon, Rose Stem Rapier -

  Princess Amelia transformed her rapier into a large rose stem, the rapier was also equipped with thorns. Then Princess Amelia swung the rapier. When swung, the rapier lengthened like a whip and moved towards me. I was a little surprised by the changed shape of the rapier but I immediately avoided the whip swing. When the whip hit the floor, the floor it hit immediately cracked and shattered. Princess Amelia continued to swing the whip-like rapier and I continued to avoid the whip.

  "This whip-like rapier seems to be used for long-range attacks. If so, I better get closer to her," I thought.

  When her whip tried to attack me, I avoided the whip and the whip hit the floor. When it hit the floor, I immediately darted towards Princess Amelia whose defense was open because her whip was still on the floor. After my distance with Princess Amelia was close, I immediately launched a slash with my sword. However, the whip-shaped rapier immediately changed back into a rapier like usual. And Princess Amelia blocked my slash with her rapier. Our weapons clashed.

  "It seems like you think that my rapier can only be used for long-range attacks, huh? But unfortunately, my rapier has 2 forms for long-range and close-range attacks," said Princess Amelia.

  "It seems I was wrong about your weapon, Princess. I'm sorry," I said.

  When we clashed weapons, the spikes on Princess Amelia's rapier suddenly moved and shot towards me. Knowing that, I immediately avoided the spikes by moving to the side.

  "I didn't expect your reflexes to be good. As expected, I shouldn't underestimate you," said Princess Amelia.

  "Thank you for the compliment," I said.

  "I'll start getting serious, but first this arena has to be beautified," said Princess Amelia.

  Princess Amelia pointed one hand at the arena.

  - ?Rose Magic, Garden of Roses -

  Suddenly many roses grew in this arena. These roses almost grew all over this arena.

  "This way, this arena becomes more beautiful. Welcome to my rose garden," said Princess Amelia.

  -To be continued