Chapter 114 – Show Me the Power of Love (02)

People were watching Ophelia’s battle with me with expectant eyes.

As I went up on stage, I realized that there were more spectators watching than I expected. Even though it was a second-tier area, considering the status of Celestial Academy, it was clear that it was an attraction worth more than a martial arts competition.

It was even a situation where people were currently focusing on the topic due to Class F’s great rebellion.

‘People are looking forward to it’

Watching Ophelia’s red hair fluttering in the wind, I also gripped her wooden sword tightly and activated the mana remaining in her body.

Now that half of the academy part has passed, Ophelia’s body has stabilized to the point where it no longer requires adjustment.

Considering she would have to fight her later, she had to check her information from now on.

How strong she will become, and how to match her party members to grow.

‘If there are party members who have applied companion training, the difficulty may be easier than the first time, but…’

Still, you need to know her growth in advance.

I can see Ophelia’s abilities her before my eyes, but even her characteristic her her was lied to be [Versatility], And her abilities her abilities would naturally be hidden compared to her her original abilities her her her.

Only noticeable values, such as defense, are revealed to me.

‘No. Or as part of difficulty control… If you go the hostile academy route, your abilities will change and become stronger, or if you go the treason route and choose Ophelia, you may progress with those abilities.’

Just as an originally strong boss character becomes weaker when he becomes an ally.

But the important thing is that I want to check out Ophelia’s abilities.

The limits of Sailian’s abilities were confirmed by Marian, and at the same time, Sailian verified Marian’s abilities of hers.

Ophelia was the only one in our F class who had not figured out her power, so she wanted to check her power in her own way …

“…”

The moment I came on stage, I started to feel out of breath.

‘Why…Is this happening?’

I wonder if it’s because I’m nervous, so even while I’m deliberately taking deep breaths to catch my breath, my whole body starts to sweat and my body feels weak.

While I couldn’t hear the surrounding sounds and my vision became blurry.

Ophelia set her own body on fire.

It was covered with fiery mana through basic magic, and it was a showmanship to show a spectacular game worthy of the semifinals.

However, the moment Ophelia’s hair flutters in the rising air due to the mana of the flame, dyeing her surroundings red.

With the acrid smell of flames, Ophelia’s body began to burn with flames.

Crackle-

‘This… Can’t happen’

The blue status window that had been floating with Ophelia’s smiling face just moments ago was not visible.

It’s fake. It’s a hallucination. Or maybe there’s a bug in this damn game again.

This couldn’t have happened. No, it was an incident that had never happened in this world.

With a sense of intimidation that took her breath away, Ophelia emerged from the burning stage and faced her sword.

Golden eyes shine among red flames, and above its head her her, the attribute [Power of Perfected Bloodline] Shines brilliantly.

‘At that time… What did you say…?’

Ophelia was saying something in her vision distorted by the heat.

At that time, I read her lips while concentrating desperately to hear the words that I couldn’t recognize due to the screen rendering, and those words were …

“What’s wrong?”

“…”

When she came to her senses, Ophelia had already turned off the light and was constantly sweating and sweating as she came to me and was worried about me.

‘I just… What on earth did I see?’

Just by Ophelia lighting her body on fire, I was reminded of the final rebellion event that would mark the end of her second semester.

It’s definitely something she’s already experienced, and she’s probably expected it in advance, but her body shrinks and her stomach flips with despair and tension.

As I blinked a few times and tried to grasp reality, Ophelia, still shining with her [Versatility] Trait, was in front of me, looking at me with worried eyes.

Red eyes.

“What do you want to do? Do you want to surrender?”

“Oh… You. You can still… Do it.”

After calming her rumbling stomach and getting her body up, Ophelia took a few steps behind her and grabbed her wooden sword.

‘Let’s calm down. It’s going to happen anyway… And also…’

That day hasn’t come yet.

At least that can’t happen while I’m at the academy, so I take a breath and shake off the hallucinations I saw.

“…Let’s get started!”

“Yes!”

Tiring-

– Ofelia’s favorability has reached the ‘best friend’ level –

‘But there has been a decrease in Ophelia’s favorability recently?’

There was nothing special about the game.

I engaged in a close fight with Ophelia, who only defensively parried my sword her, and as time ran out, I ended up narrowly winning by decision.

“Ah, Aren is really strong~”

I thought about saying a word to Ophelia for her harsh actions of her, but I knew that she was trying her best in a situation where it was difficult for her to control her strength her her her, so I ended up hitting her once in the waist with her wooden sword.

After a short break, the final match was against Marian.

At first, I thought Marian’s affection and buffs her she would disappear so I should fight against her with all my might, but the moment I went up on stage, Marian’s affection level was filled to 5.0 and did not decrease.

I tried to bide my time and hold on, but when I used [Master’s Swordsmanship], Marian’s affection level went up because she was amazing, and when I was hurt, she felt pity for me and her affection level went up.

When Marian hits me, she whines and blocks it because she is proud, and even when I attack her, she acts cute.

‘How can this not be resolved!’

In the end, it was meaningless unless I took out the 99999 wooden sword from the [Shadow Pocket], So I declared surrender, and Marian achieved the final victory in this final competition tournament.

Waaaaa–!!

Watching the unexpected victory of Class F and the series of high-level tournaments, the audience’s satisfaction was sky-high. The final competition was a success, with Class F winning, Class F confirmed to move to a second-tier area starting next semester, and Class D. The unexpected demotion to the third-tier region has been confirmed.

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The teachers went into an emergency response meeting from the moment the game ended to deal with a change in area, which has rarely happened in the history of Celestial Academy. Class F was in a truly festive mood, and Class D was literally at a funeral.

Anyway, since it’s vacation starting tomorrow and everyone is busy packing up their bags, the atmosphere is a little better and the atmosphere is a little worse.

Some students who were too far away to return home left early this evening with permission from the academy, and students whose homes were nearby often stayed in the dormitory when they were bored during vacation.

However, we ran into a bit of a problem.

“Uh… So, the dormitory is closing?”

This time, we won against Class D and it was confirmed that we would move to the 2nd level region, which caused a lot of chaos.

We can go into the facility used by Class D, but the problem is that Class D, which has been living in a level 2 area, cannot enter this facility. They say it is a level 3 area, but they protested as a group, saying that they were deliberately using the facility, leading to a large-scale protest. It was because they promised to carry out repair work.

Thanks to this, all students who were originally scheduled to stay in the dormitory during the vacation period were forced to return home. Unlike before, it was not possible to secure accommodations during the long vacation period, so transportation expenses will be supported for Class F students. They were demanding to return home.

“…Ha…”

This difficulty arose because facility construction was supposed to be completed quickly according to the game’s system, but the actual construction time and the need to obtain materials were an obstacle.

An unexpected reality was holding me back.

The vacation period given by the system at Celestial Academy is one month, and during vacation, you receive invitations from friends with a certain level of favorability and make schedules to go out, or stay in the dormitory and build up favorability with Ophelia and friends from other academies and do various training. It was.

So, first of all, you have to worry about returning to your hometown, but it was a place that was set up and there was a high possibility that you wouldn’t find anything if you went there.

‘So, that means you have to be invited to live there for a month during the vacation… Originally, if you were invited, you had to stay for about 5 days and then come back…’

The problem is that if I look at it based on affection, I can choose whose house I stay at, but since it is based on likeability, I don’t know what will happen?

So, I am currently waiting in an anxious state until the invitation comes.

‘First of all, Inori, who is in a master-slave relationship, would be the most likely.’

Surprisingly, despite her intense reaction to her, Marian’s likability level was that of a friend and close friend. That’s because her affection level is crazy high.

Alice’s likeability originally went back and forth between being an inconvenience and being an acquaintance, but recently she was at the friend level, so the chances of receiving an invitation seemed low.

I intentionally didn’t raise Ophelia’s likeability rating her as much as possible, so right now, I ‘m barely maintaining her her best friend her rating her her.

‘If you go home now, you can definitely form an alliance later in the war…’

While I was packing my bags while thinking that.

Knock knock.

Someone was knocking on my dormitory door.

“Yes, I’m going.”

I deliberately opened the door without checking the status window and froze when I saw the unexpected presence.

“Hey, Aren.”

– You will receive an invitation because the Sailian’s favorability level is at the level of ‘ally’ –

“You have nowhere to go during vacation, right? Come visit my house.”

“…Why are you giving me this?”

“Why? What’s the problem?”

Have you crossed the master-slave relationship? No, of course, since the master-slave relationship is only for Inori, there were many cases where it was treated as an exception in such events.

‘Not Marian, but Cylian? Then what happens?’

“Don’t feel so burdened. I’ll be away during the vacation to do various things that Teacher Karen has asked me to do, so I’m telling you to stay in the winter palace exclusively for the three princes.”

“I’m grateful for that, but… ”

“True.”

Cylian spoke with a serious expression while pressing my shoulder.

“…Don’t touch my dedicated maids?”

“Hey…”

“I’m kidding, I’m kidding. But don’t end up making a mess inside by straddling multiple legs. If possible, just one person.”

She said what she had to say and the Cylian walked away.

When I received the invitation to enter the 3rd Prince’s Winter Palace, I was in a state of bewilderment and was seriously wondering why I was a Sailian.

Slurp.

“Master.”

“Uh, uh! Inori. What’s going on?”

Inori held the scrolled document politely with both hands and held it out to me.

“What is this?”

“This is an invitation sent directly from the owner of [Shadow Family].”

‘Wasn’t one the end?’

Is it because of the convenience mode or is it because of a bug that no one is recognized? I didn’t expect to receive two invitations.

Of course, you can adjust your schedule so you can go to both places.

“Okay. I’ll set a time.”

“Yes. I’ll be waiting.”

The way he takes off his mask and shows his red cheeks… I think I can really have a good time in many ways when I go to the Shadow Family.

Knock knock.

When I heard familiar footsteps in front of the door again, I opened the door with the thought that something had finally come, and Marian extended her hand to me with a smiling face.

“Then, little brother, since it’s vacation, you should go home with your sister, right?”

But Marian, don’t you have an invitation?

“Oh yeah… I have to go…”

Marian had already come into my room, and she was carrying my bag with her, and outside the door, Alice was looking at her, holding a letter in her sweaty hands.

“Give it to me. I’ll check your schedule and contact you.”

“Ugh…”

I guess I don’t have to worry about dormitory construction.

There were at least three places to go now, and I could spend the remaining time at the palace.