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 .

"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!"