Chapter 24 (2/2)

It's like a muddy stream after a typhoon.

“…how tenacious.”

Ortemia's magical power turn into a water dragon. As expected I can't just keep on standing still and receive her magic over and over.

I quickly kick the ground and take a distance from Ortemia.

The created water dragon turns its head and fly toward me while twisting its torso.

“Ho!”

I dodge it and jump midair.

Against the gravity, my body keeps on moving upward.

I'm just floating, not flying.

By constantly kicking the air with my feet, I can keep floating in the air. This is exactly the fruit of my training.

However, the water dragon also follows suit and fly to the sky.

The scene when the dragon climbs to the sky is just like divinity. The spectators are also involuntary holding their breath witnessing the scene.

However, such a thing doesn't matter to me at all.

After floating high enough to easily overlook the Colosseum, I stop kicking the air, and then I punch continuously to press the air.

And then, they collide with the incoming water dragon at super high speed.

After that, I land a kick to the water dragon.

Its body explodes and falls to the ground.

“… then, one more time.”

Ortemia creates another water dragon.

At this rate it'll take forever to end the match, huh.

I decide to imposingly face the impending water dragon head on.

The approaching water dragon is emitting vitality as if it is actually alive, I feel like I can even hear its heartbeat.

This magic is certainly amazing.

But, it's a bit too simple.

It's my third time seeing this magic, and I've already grasped its trait!

“Ha!”

Skillfully operating the muscles in my whole body, I bounce the water dragon back towards Ortemia.

“Wha, what a surprise! The water dragon suddenly turned against partic.i.p.ant Ortemia! Could this be partic.i.p.ant Yuri's reflection magic!?”

It's not, it's muscle magic.

I inwardly correct the moderator's words.

“!?!?”

Even while bewildered, Ortemia still manages to defend against the water dragon that I reflected with a s.h.i.+eld of water.

However, while desperately defending against it, she lets her vigilance down on me.

I close my gap with Ortemia in that very instant.

“!?”

“Checkmate.”

I grab Ortemia's arm with my left hand so that she can't escape, and then I strike her body with my right hand.

Receiving my punch directly, Ortemia's delicate body's blown away and doesn't rise up again.

“What a very splendid match that I was involuntarily stunned for a while. Partic.i.p.ant Yuri has defeated partic.i.p.ant Ortemia and thus hereby become the champion!”

I won the tournament.

There was nothing worth mentioning during the closing ceremony. I was simply given words of congratulation from the higher-ups.

Well, I also received congratulation words from BabandonGas, though.

“It's regrettable that my sister couldn't win, but it was a good match,” he said.

BabandonGas, he's kinda stern but still a good guy.

As soon as the ceremony was over, I headed back to the inn with Firia.

“It was very tiring, wasn't it?”

Firia jumps onto the bed. It is a dynamic dive with her limbs extended.

And then she lands on the bed while making 'bofun' sound.

“Ah, right, congratulations for winning the tournament.”

“Yeah.”

Although Firia says so, I feel a bit unsatisfied.

Although Ortemia was certainly strong, she still wasn't on the s.h.i.+nigami level.

“The closing ceremony was way more tiring than the tournament itself. Chatting with the higher-ups wasn't fun at all.”

“I have to agree with your the second point.”

“What about the first point?”

“I don't even understand its meaning.”

I'm sure you actually understand.

“Oh, yeah, that, the one you used during at the tournament, that wind thing.”

“Ah, you mean 'Wind G.o.d'? What's wrong with that?”

“Yeah that one, please shoot it on me too, that sounds very fun.”

“Absolutely no. Using that is very tiring, after all. The invocation also takes a very long time, it's still an incomplete technique.”

She makes a very reluctant face…. What a cheapskate.

But, to invoke Wind G.o.d, she has to stand still to make it stand, huh? Oh, that one's funny.

“That's not funny at all, you know?”

Firia slightly smiles smugly.

To peek into my mind without permission again. Very well, I also have a good idea to counter it.

“Firia, peek into my mind now.”

I say so and begin to imagine. Of course the partner is Firia.

I drive my whole imagination power to embarra.s.s her.

Specifically speaking, I imagine we're holding hands while staring at each other.

As expected kissing is a bit too much even for me. Although it's only an imagination, the stimulation will still be too strong.

After imagining like that for a while, I turn towards Firia while expecting her to have bright red face.

This is her punishment for making fun of me.

“… Huh? Are you seriously trying to embarra.s.s me with that? Hee~”

Somehow she's grinning widely instead. How come?

“You, we're holding hands, you know? Aren't you embarra.s.sed?”

By the way, I am embarra.s.sed.

“….Yuri-san, even with such an appearance, your heart is unexpectedly pure. That's a bit cute.”

Firia shows the evil face she has whenever she's making fun of me.

That serves only to intensify her mocking instead, you say?

“Just why! There's supposed to be no flaw in my plan!”

“Yup yup, your right. Yuri-san ish a bery lewd child, light?”

“Stop talking like that!”

”Ah, Yuri-san.”

”What's it?”

”Congraculas.h.i.+on fo winnin da cournament.”

”Like I said, stop talking like a d.a.m.n child!”

In the end she keep teasing me for the rest of the day.

I think rather than me having a pure heart, it's more because she's a bit more mature than me.

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