Chapter 206 Apple Prayer (1/2)
Chapter 206 Apple Prayer
“Here comes Seagate Academy.”
“Here comes Abel Academy.”
“Is that River Bend Academy?”
Teams appeared one after another inside the rest area as the draw drew near.
“Ayrin, you guys did really great so far, keep up the good work.”
The group from River Bend greeted Ayrin and the others after coming their way.
When Audrey saw the group from River Bend looking very friendly with Holy Dawn, she couldn’t help turning to a girl in the group with short hair and clothes looking like those Donna wore: “Eurena, why are you guys so familiar with them?”
“That’s a secret for now. You’ll find out if we fight them in the grand finals,” the very tomboy-looking Eurena said with a grin.
“Here come Rinsyi and co,” Morgan quietly said just then.
They watched the group from Golden Stag came inside the rest area and sit somewhere all by themselves.
Meanwhile, Dragon Breath, Winterfell, and River Bend were gathered around Holy Dawn Academy, looking very lively.
“What’s Stingham doing now?”
Moss and the others saw Stingham constantly mumbling to himself, his hands joined together.
After a while, Stingham took out something from his clothes and put it in front of him, then went back to mumbling to himself.
“…”
Even Ayrin was baffled now, because what Stingham had taken out was an apple, one half of it rotten.
“Stingham, what you doing?” Ayrin couldn’t help but ask.
“Don’t bother me,” Stingham snapped. “I’m praying, what else would I be doing?”
“Praying?”
Ayrin and Moss and the others looked at each other. “Praying in front of a rotten apple, what does that mean?”
“What do you know!” Stingham tossed his hair in great contempt, then casually took out a comb and combed his hair. “This is an unfathomable prayer ceremony from the Magus Era. If you sincerely pray in front of a rotten apple like this one, then you’ll see your wish come true. We’ll face Golden Stag in the next match for sure. Not only that, if you pray facing the unspoiled side while you set the rotten side facing the opponents, you can even curse them with rotten luck.”
“Can you really use it like that? Might as well give the unspoiled half to Ayrin so he can eat it,” Moss mumbled.
“That’s right, you might as well let me eat it,” Ayrin said.
“Do you really want to eat that?” Moss was struck a little speechless.
“Team captains, please come in the field and draw your lot.” A tournament staff had come to notify all the teams it was time to draw lots.
“Get lost! Don’t disturb me!” Stingham swore. Then he immediately prayed in front of the rotten apple with even more devotion.
“Dragon Breath Academy…”
The atmosphere in the arena turned nervous all of a sudden when the voice rang in the field. There was no sound to be heard apart from the sound of breathing.
“Dragon Breath Academy… against Deepwood Motte Academy!”
“Boom!” The stands erupted in shouts when the tie was announced.
Many people supporting Dragon Breath thought that the draw wasn’t bad, while Deepwood Motte’s supporters sighed in lament. It was going to be difficult for them, an uphill battle with the odds stacked against them.
“Abel Academy against Winterfell Academy!”
“We’re actually going against that bunch!” the bearded Rekai suddenly shouted, a little crestfallen.
It wasn’t that he thought Abel Academy would be a harder challenge than Dragon Breath. He just felt that the group from Abel Academy wasn’t frank and open enough. He wasn’t really fond of their characters.
“There are only two ties left! It’s a fifty-fifty!”
Everyone in Team Holy Dawn looked at each other.
“Holy Dawn Academy…”
The whole arena held its breath.
“Against Golden Stag Academy!”
“Boom!” The whole arena exploded like a volcano.
“Is that a joke?”
“Did we really draw… Golden Stag?!”
“We really…”
Ayrin and the others looked at Stingham in disbelief.
“Mwuhahahaha! Did you see that? That’s the power of my wise handsome invincible self. I told you my prayers were very effective, that we were going to draw Golden Stag for sure in the next match!” Stingham stuck his hands on his hips and laughed like a madman. “I’m the most handsome!”
“They’re really going against Rinsyi!”
In the stands, Ivan and Charlotte glanced at Team Golden Stag, all of them dumbstruck.
“They really ended up being our opponents…”
After a second of astonishment, the flirty Megan toyed with a ruby ring on her finger and exposed her pure-white teeth, flashing a smile of amusement.