Episode 68 – Trickster and Double (2/2)

Also, the boy was obviously a noble, otherwise he wouldn’t be sitting here, yet he didn’t have that stiff aura of nobility at all Rather, he had an aura of power and confidence There was soh he looked perfectly neat and tidy, although he was perfectly cal about him that clearly told everyone that he wasn’t a person you would want to provoke

He seemed like a person who isn’t worried about how others perceive him, a person not bounded by etiquette and rules of the nobles

Kiel had only just met the boy, but he already felt jealous Why is it that I have to hide who I really am to be accepted while you can act as unbridled as you want?

People claiazed at the boy, he felt very sure that he would never be able to be friends with that person Like a wo an equally beautiful female that could be a potential love rival, it was an irrational dislike on first glance

Kiel did his best to not show his true feelings and smiled politely at the boy The boy looked at hi his smile, he frowned in what seemed to be confusion “Why do you smile if you want to frown instead?”

The words co from the boy’s mouth made Kiel’s smile freeze “Some people have to smile even when they don’t want to”

The boy’s frown deepened, but he didn’t question Kiel further Instead, he averted his gaze to the stage Kiel noticed how the boy’s gaze suddenly lit up with passion The previous frown disappeared, and all that could be seen from the boy was pure excitement and revere As if that apathetic façade melted to reveal a pure child underneath

What could cause that boy to suddenly turn so… emotional?

Kiel followed the boy’s gaze down to the stage There stood two elibu teenagers standing next to each other, grinning and waving to the audience One blond, one redhead Trickster and Double

Although their two opponents had also arrived on stage, no one paid thelance who the real stars of the shoere

The world of the warlocks was el warlocks, for it was quite hard to compete with someone who could Accelerate and fly without the ability to do the saers had proved to everyone that even elibu had what it took to stand on the top Even if fate denied them the ability to Accelerate, they would crush that fate and show everyone that no dream is impossible

Trickster and Double were far from the most powerful warlocks At the ed to el and elibu alike, that drea Those two didn’t even have the support of a noble faround in a world exclusive to argel

This was exactly the reason why seeing their fight ed to move Kiel’s icy heart If two elibu not much older than hie, could he achieve his dreams as well?

Surely his drea opponentsand intelligence weren’t any less than of those two? If they could use theirs in such a way, then he too…!

Then he… He had truly chosen the right path 4 years ago

Kiel’s gaze stayed glued to the exciting otten his distaste towards the lava boy sitting next to him

He was sure that during the otten to breathe several tiaze hich he stared down at the stage was exactly the sa next to him Excitement, reverence, respect, hope

Even though the two had barely spoken to each other, even though they only et along, at that time, none of it mattered At that time, they felt as if they were closer than brothers As if they could become best friends after all

For their feelings were in complete sync

For their feelings were the same

Perhaps the string of fate binding people together is weaved by none other than feelings

Maybe their fate started on that day Or perhaps, if one traced the strings of fate, one would find that it all started long, long before that

Whatever the case, no one could have predicted, that those sas that caused them to feel a sense of cos that would forever pit theainst each other

Fate had a strange way of playing with people

And a single twist of fate could turn best friends into irreconcilable enemies

Ever since thatwarlock battles Those same matches that previously reminded him of his weakness now reh conviction and effort, he too could beco

Just like Trickster and Double