Chapter 86
Chapter 86 Strongest Sage, Sees Through the Pretense
--Two days after the interpersonal match"s date was decided .
The princ.i.p.al, Iris and I went to the arena along with the representatives who had been selected from applicants .
I was planning to replace our rep with Iris if our opponents look to be dangerous . . .
"Iris . "
"Yes!"
"Looks like there"s no need for Iris to come forth . "
I"ve sensed mana reactions from what seemingly be the First Academy partic.i.p.ants with 【Pa.s.sive Detection】 and there is no demon among them .
They probably have no reason to disguise themselves as a human and partic.i.p.ate in this .
"I understand!"
The princ.i.p.al looked obviously relieved when he heard her .
I understand how he feels .
The barrier here won"t last even a second if Iris goes all out . . . .
"Looks like you"re not running away!"
Feycas came while we were talking .
"Yea . We don"t really need to run away . . . Aren"t you quite stressed about losing to Second Academy yourself . It shows on your head . "
I pointed at Feyca"s head .
It appears the 【Hair Root Extinction】 has worked its magic as Feycas"s head glitters under the sun .
Feycas"s face turned red to hear me .
"This isn"t because of balding! I shaved it! Lowlifes like you don"t understand this fashion!"
" . . . Hmph . "
I snorted at Feycas"s obvious pretense .
There"s no point in lying . I"m the one who made you bald after all .
"Don"t laugh! --Enough about my hair! Have you lowlifes prepared your representatives! Ours are already on standby!"
Feycas pointed at a crowd of First Academy students behind him .
152 students in total .
" . . . It seems you"ve prepared quite a lot of them . "
"Hmph . I told them that we didn"t need this many against the like of Second Academy, but there were many who applied . I brought all of them except the disgraceful dunces . And what about yours--"
"Don"t worry, we"ve brought them with us . Look, they"re over there . "
The princ.i.p.al showed our reps behind .
Our reps consist of one Disqualified Crest, two Common Magic Crests, and two Small Magic Crests .
The reason why there isn"t a single Glory Crest is more because we severely lacked Glory Crest for the work so we couldn"t even secure one for this match, not because it"s unsuited for battles .
To begin with, we wouldn"t need to seek First Academy"s cooperation if we had enough Glory Crest .
" . . . Five people? Are you telling me Second Academy will only let five people to fight?"
Feycas exclaimed like he couldn"t believe it when he saw the number of our reps .
Un . I know how you feel .
I also can"t really accept this number .
Five was decided after the princ.i.p.al negotiated with me .
"Yeah, five is too weird huh . This is the princ.i.p.al"s will . It had to be this many, he wouldn"t concede no matter what . "
"No matter how you look at it, letting only two students to fight like Mathias proposed isn"t happening . Excluding the Glory Crest is sufficient enough, let being five slide . "
"It does suffice, but they"d better off doing other training than this match where the result has been set in stone anyway . It"s a waste of time . "
If it"s 2 against 150 match, there"s a chance it might serve as a training for fighting against a group of people, no matter how weak the opponents are .
However, a fight between five of the current Second Academy students against 150 First Academy students is nothing more than bullying the weak .
"How far are you going to make fun of--no . Enough of this! Start this match already! We"ll see the result ourselves!"
" . . . Right . Let"s start this . "
We can talk again once the match is over .
--After a bit .
Students of both schools are facing each others in the center of the arena .
The First Academy students look like they"re quite relaxed and negligent .
The severe ones were already talking about where to hold their victory celebrations .
The Second Academy students opposite of them aren"t being careless even though their expressions look relaxed .
They"ve already decided and reserved where to hold their victory celebration, they have no need to discuss that anymore .
"Both sides, be silent!"
And then the male referee raises his voice .
"Match, start!"