88 : The First Year III pt. 34 (2/2)

Cassandra commented on Katherine as she turned her attention to her instead of Matthew. She wasn't really paying her any attention, but since Fred mentioned her she started to.

”No, it just feels like she's looking for something and would rather not be distracted from it. Anyways, i've seen enough of this, i'm heading back.”

Fred said as he turned around and began to leave.

'I'll show you.' Cassandra said to herself as she wanted to prove Fred wrong. She could become Matthews teacher and when she did she would gloat in front of Fred. She couldn't wait to see his face when she did.

Childish as it may be, she couldn't accept the fact he had didn't believe in her skills.

She continued to watch the math below as there were only a handful of competitors left standing.

Matthew felt a change in the air as he continued to stroll forward. He thought he would get more of a work out, but he barely had to do anything.

'Alright, let's not use my EXO', is what he told himself as he continued straight. Without using his ability it would hinder his combat ability, but maybe then he'd put in more work.

Thinking about it now caused him to sigh. He should have done this from the beginning!

It was not long before he spotted two groups fighting each other. One group had two while the other had three. You'd assume the group with more numbers would win but so far from the looks of things they were evenly matched.

”Mind if I join in?”

Matthew asked.

He didn't really care if they said yes or no. This was a good opportunity for him; one which he would not hesitate to take.

”Screw off!”

A male with a large nose yelled out as he parried an axe blow coming his way. He didn't even glance at Matthew, he was more absorbed in his battle.

Suddenly he felt the weight of the world on his shoulders as his feet began to sink into the sand. His arms felt heavy. It wasn't just his arms, his entire body felt like a rock.

What was this pressure?

'Opps.' Matthew did not mean to exert pressure, it was just a habit. One that would be extremely hard to break. He was just so worked up at that he nearly forgot he would not use his EXO ability. Quickly he released it, but the young male who told him to screw off was knocked back.

Matthew swung his kusarigama at the closest person to him, which happened to be a short haired female. She noticed Matthew and saw his attack coming in which she prepared to block it with her sword.

His kusarigama wrapped around her sword and he easily yanked on the chain to disarm her abruptly. As the kusarigama came back around he used its momentum to swing it over his head and launch it at her once more. This time it wrapped around her. She tried to struggle but the chain became tighter. Somehow the chain wrapped around her chest, leaving just a space for her breast. The tighter the chain became the more emphasized her breast became. Her face became beet red. This moment was so embarrassing for her.

She looked at her comrade with pleading eyes, but he was not looking at her eyes. His eyes were focused somewhere else.

”A little help here!”

She couldn't help but yell at him. He was staring at her chest, but she was in trouble. How could she not be angry at him?

Her partner nodded his head as if he understood but he didn't move. His eyes were glued to her.

Matthew pulled the chain which caused the girl to fall to the ground. Her face getting dragged in the dirt as her body moved towards Matthews direction.

”Hey, leave her alone!”

Her male partner seemed to come to his senses as he left his battle with the other group.

”Where do you think you're going?”

A voice called out as three people surrounded him.

Was he going to lose? He came so far. He worked so hard, it couldn't end like this.

Right as the three students surrounding him began to move the buzzer went off notifying everyone that the match was over.

Matthew walked over to the girl as he bent down and helped her unchain herself. He gave her a sweat smile as he lended her a hand to get up.

She was hesitant at first but seeing how honest he seemed she accepted his offer.

”I hope you're ok. I meant no harm, I just wanted to test myself.”

Matthew explained the reasoning as to why he targeted them. Not that he needed it, it was a competition and there was no rule against attacking a group that was already fighting.

”It's fine, it was my mistake for getting caught in the first place. I should have known better when fighting against the 'Arena Prince'.”

Matthew made a strange face as he heard her. She knew who he was, many who did ran at the first sight. It might have been because she was already fighting that she did not run away with her friend.

Matthew rubbed his nose, which she found to be oddly cute.

”Just call me Matthew, titles are overrated.”