Chapter 115: The Mock Duels (Part-1) (2/2)
“No, I didn’t. And thanks for telling me that, my friends didn’t save me a seat,” I answer.
“Maybe they couldn’t? Anyway, fancy sitting next to me?” she asks, tapping the seat next to her and dropping her legs to make way.
“Sure, why not,” I say with a shrug, taking the seat next to her.
“So, is everything alright?” she asks.
“Yup, what about you?”
“Well, as you can see, I have no friends left— I cut all of them off. But that’s actually good considering that majority of them were guys looking for a chance to sleep with me and the rest were the bitchy girls. I am trying to reform myself, you see,” Riley answers with a smile.
“That’s good for you.”
“Yeah, anyway, you heard anything about Alex? I was waiting to make fun of him but he’s not coming to school. I thought his asshole would recover in a day or two. What’s going on with—
“Oh, don’t answer yet. She might want to hear about this as well,” she says, pointing ahead.
Hmm?
Oh…
Kate is walking towards us, carrying a frown on her face. Reaching us, she folds her arms and looks at me with cold eyes.
“Hey, how are you doing?” I ask cheerfully.
…
“I was screaming your name, you know? Saved you a seat ahead. But you didn’t notice me and sat here instead,” she says in a slightly accusing tone.
“O-Oh, it’s so noisy here, I probably didn’t hear you… Sorry,” I apologize nervously.
“It’s fine, I just wanted to sit with you,” she says, brightening up instantly.
“Anyway, please move a bit. “
Passing Riley, Kate sits down on my right side, grabbing my hand and leaning close to me.
[Ohoho, she’s being assertive today. Nice.]
“So, what were you talking about?” she asks.
“Nothing much. I was just asking Jacob about Alex— thought you might want to know as well, so I asked him to wait,” Riley replies.
“Not really. My life’s back on track and things are way better than before, so I don’t really care what’s going on with that person anymore,” Kate says with a shrug, now hugging my whole arm.
Damn… She smells so good.
“Oh, my bad. Well then, go on, Jacob. Continue,” Riley says.
“Hmm… Let’s see, I got a call from Evelyn the day before yesterday. She told me that everything went as planned, Alex got home safely and Mrs. Kremer didn’t notice anything.
“Then Arora called me yesterday. She informed me that Alex is locked up in his room, coming out only to grab food and water— though he’s not speaking to anyone, mind. As his room is close to Arora’s, she told me that he screams in the middle of the night— probably because of the nightmares from that day,” I answer with a small laugh.
“It’s good to know that he’s still suffering. No one deserves this more than him,” Riley says savagely.
“True,” I agree wholeheartedly.
“But still, I want him to come back to school fast. I cannot wait to—
“Good morning, everyone.”
Suddenly, a loud yet cool voice resounds in the stadium and everyone gets silent automatically. In the middle of the ground below, Principal Winde is standing in his usual crisp suit, looking around with a gentle smile on his face. He’s not holding or wearing a microphone, but his voice is magically amplified instead.
“I know that all of you are waiting in high spirits for the mock duels to start, so I am not going to take much time— just a few informative things related to the duels,” he says.
“First of all, considering the magical spells you’ve learned so far and their power, we have decided that four pairs of students will come in a group and have their mock duels at once— the area is large enough area so any kind interference won’t take place.
“Second, Miss Naomi has placed a magical field around the stadium, quite similar to the one she previously deployed. Thanks to this, you can freely attack your opponent without any worry of injury.
“Though remember, once you have taken enough damage, all the energy will be drained from your body and you will collapse instantly— resulting in your opponent’s victory. The same will happen to the one with more hits taken before the time runs out (which is 10 minutes, by the way).
“And one last thing, your opponent and your group will be decided randomly. But don’t worry, we will keep you informed about it via a slip.
“Anyway, without any further ado, let’s start the mock duels. Best of lucks, everyone! Give you best!” Mrs. Winde finishes.
As the students begin to applause enthusiastically, he raises his hand towards the special section where the teachers are sitting.
The next instant, a large box that’s placed on top of one of the seats bursts open, and hundreds of pieces of paper shoot out. Making a bizarre scene, these pieces of paper start flying all around the stadium, stopping in front of the students they are assigned to. This is basically similar to what Miss Laura did in our class with the MCT Papers but on a much bigger scale.
Three of these papers fly in our direction as well— one each for me, Kate, and Riley. Though I grab mine first and look at it before either of them could.
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Name – Jacob
Group – 1st
Opponent – Leo Klien
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