Chapter 147: A suspicious figure (1/2)
Chapter 147: A suspicious figure
“River Bend Academy five nil against Vigilante Academy, obtain their first victory without any accident. Freshman Queen last year, Chaos Valkyrie Sullie and her mysterious variant bloodline challenge Audrey for the title of the strongest female student!”
“Golden Stag will purportedly use an all-substitute lineup against Snow Wolf, their main five members won’t show themselves for the first match.”
In the fifth day of the greatest annual congregation in Eichemalar, the Hegemonical Cup of Starry Sky Braves, Breith Magazine’s headlines were as eye-grabbing as ever.
“Sullie was definitely not a match for Audrey last year, but this year, it’s hard to tell who’d win and who’d lose if they were to fight.”
“Team Golden Stag is truly arrogant.”
In front of a small inn, people from Iron Forest Academy and Divine Shield Academy sat in a dining room and ate breakfast, casually chatting while reading the new issue of Breith Magazine fresh from the oven.
“Charlotte! Ivan! Ferguillo!”
All of a sudden, they heard a warm and familiar shout.
“Hoh…”
Seeing the figure trotting their way from the head of the street, some musclemen from Iron Forest Academy exhaled and looked at Charlotte. “Charlotte, this guy finally came to see you.”
“Hey, Ayrin, as her boyfriend, we’ve been here for several days but it’s only the first time you came to see her, aren’t you a bit too lacking?”
They’d lost to Ayrin in the tournament, but for some reason, they couldn’t muster any hostility whenever they saw him.
Or perhaps it was just as Ferguillo said. Whether victory or defeat, they hadn’t left any regrets back in the tournament field.
Or perhaps it was Ayrin himself that was really too convincing, someone impossible to feel hostile against.
“What nonsense are you guys spouting now!” Charlotte grabbed her fork tight. She was even of a mind to stab it into these guys.
“Nothing I can do. We’re definitely going to face Silver Trout Academy soon, so I have to use the little time we have and train.” Ayrin scratched his head, a little embarrassed. “There are two arcane skills that are really pretty difficult. I can’t totally master them even now.”
“That freshman in Silver Trout is so strange, are you confident you can defeat him?” Wilde couldn’t stop himself from asking.
“Of course I am,” Ayrin said, immediately excited. “They’re very strong, but we’ll definitely going to beat them.”
“That was a dumb question. This guy would probably answer like that even if he were going against Dragon Breath Academy.” Wilde exchanged a glance with his teammates nearby and suddenly felt his question just now was very silly.
“Did you already think of a way to counter Shinro’s arcane skill?” Ferguillo asked in a faint tone, watching Ayrin coming in front of him.
“That’s right.” Ayrin nodded. “I’m hard at work learning two arcane skills. As long as I can master them, I should be able to defeat him.”
“You directly told us a secret like that, aren’t you afraid we’ll leak it?” a muscleman from Iron Forest Academy said, interrupting.
“How’s that possible, we’re all friends here. You guys definitely have our back.” Ayrin laughed out loud, then asked again, “Are you going to watch the tournament today? The first match today’s already Golden Stag’s match, and then Sophia and the others are fighting after that. I want to go and see Golden Stag Academy’s strength, and I also want to cheer for Sophia and the others.”
“This guy…”
Ferguillo looked at this guy who was often slow on the uptake, who looked pretty silly, but was unexpectedly impossible to dislike. He would even from time to time move others. He put down his half-eaten toast and stood up, saying faintly, “Ayrin, we’re about full. We’re heading to the arena first, you and Charlotte come later?”
“Full?” Two guys from Iron Forest Academy blinked. They thought, they were clearly only half done with the meal. But Wilde immediately stared at them and said in a hush, “Are you guys pigs? The boss is clearly giving him some alone time with Charlotte, get it?”
Ivan stood up as well with a smile. “We’re also pretty full.”
“You guys…” With a woosh, Charlotte’s cheeks instantly turned red.
“What, do you want us to stay behind and keep you company too?” Some musclemen from Iron Forest Academy immediately winked and made eyes, looking eager.
When she thought that she had no idea what these guys might say if they were to stay behind, Charlotte lowered her head and said with incomparable shyness, “It’s still better if you guys go first.” It made everyone laugh out loud.
“Charlotte, what the hell are you doing? There’s nothing going on, why are you so tense?”
“Honestly! There’s nothing between you and him, get a grip and act normal.”
Charlotte silently swore at herself while she ate her food, her head lowered, her heart exceptionally tangled.
But as soon as she opened her mouth, Charlotte almost directly became dizzy, because, for some inexplicable reason, the words that came out were: “Why aren’t you with Sophia and the others, why did you think of coming to see me?”
Ayrin didn’t pay attention. He merely said, his face brimming with excitement, “They have to go to the contestant preparation area today, we can only watch them from the stands. Plus, I’ve been wanting to watch the tournament together with you for a long while. I finally have time today.”
“Then what about Chris?”
Charlotte almost passed out as soon as the words left her mouth.
She was itching to stab herself with the fork. She felt as though her whole being was going off the rails.
Every word she said was without head or tail.
“I think she’s also using every second to train painstakingly.” Ayrin was still slow on the uptake. He merely said, “By the time we face Silver Trout, she’ll definitely be even more powerful than she used to be.”