Chapter 33: Facing the arrogant seniors, of course we have to win brilliantly (1)
Alfred said to smooth things over.
"Didn't you just ask me how to defeat Howard?"
"That's true. Let's talk about this girl later."
"She actually knows a lot of very powerful magic, and is also very good at close combat. I am also a layman as a puppeteer, but I am quite good at fighting."
Alfred said with a confident smile.
"really?"
"real."
"Well, I'll believe you. If this kid uses the invisibility magic just now, it may not be very glorious, but he can easily win the duel."
Michelle said as if she had given up.
"I was thinking, maybe you just chose to accept the duel because you were impulsive. If that's the case, I was going to ask Sister Alberta to forcibly cancel the duel."
"If you really did that, Professor Michelle, I would be troubled too. After all, 250,000 credits is not a small amount for me now, and I don't want them to go to waste."
Alfred joked, shrugging his shoulders.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand credits? Ah, ahahaha, I didn't expect that Al-jun, you're unexpectedly such a bad boy."
Michelle laughed, stood up and took out a ring from the table beside her.
"This is a ring engraved with defensive magic. When it is fully charged with magic power, it can resist up to five B-level magic attacks, or fifty C-level magic attacks."
She explained, tossing the ring to Alfred.
“Is this really okay for me?”
"You are my student now, and it's okay for a teacher to show favoritism to his own students. But I think you may not need it."
Michelle explained with a shrug.
"I see. I understand. Thank you, Teacher Michelle."
"You're welcome. Just don't get hurt. Also, I wish you good luck in martial arts."
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After leaving Michelle's laboratory, there was still some time before the duel began.
Because Emilia said she didn't eat enough for lunch, Alfred took her to the shopping street to buy some snacks before heading to the duel venue.
The duel venue, Reis Arena, is located on the northeast side of the main castle, closer to the border of the academy.
If you go further east and leave the academy's territory, you can directly enter the nearest monster settlement, the Warner Fairy Forest.
It is said that at the end of every summer, a wave of monsters will erupt in the Warner Fairy Forest.
A large number of low-level monsters will pour out of the Warner Fairy Forest and cause damage to the surrounding areas.
Occasionally these monsters would be bold enough to attack the academy.
When this happens, the Reis Arena will be used as a temporary fortress by the elementary and middle school students to repel these monsters.
It may sound dangerous to say this.
But Rose, who actually participated in the battle, told Alfred that the Reis Arena was more like a special festival than a battle to protect the academy.
There are even students who set up open-air vendors in the arena in order to earn credits as pocket money.
Although there was no such festival today, there were still many students gathered in the Reis Arena to join in the fun.
Holva challenges a new student to a duel.
And Alfred, who accepted a duel with a senior student right after entering school.
The two have now become the talk of each school year.
"Wow, this is more lively than I thought. With so many students gathered here, I have a feeling someone will bet on the outcome between me and Senior Holhua."
Alfred said this half-jokingly to the beautiful girl in front of him—Cecilia.
"Since you, Alfred, are still willing to joke, I think there should be no problem."
Cecilia smiled with a somewhat dumbfounded expression.
"Also, it is against the rules to open an underground gambling house in school, so you must not get involved. If you find any, you must report it to our student union in a timely manner."
"I know. I won't do that if I have nothing to do. But by the way, why is Senior Cecilia here? Where are Sister Rose and the others?"
Alfred asked as he looked through the entrance to the arena into the audience.
"I got here a little late because of some student union work. Since the time is about the same, I thought I might as well come here and see you off in person."
Cecilia said.
"Rose and Aeril have already arrived at the audience seats. Aren't they there?"
"Oh I see, thank you, Senior."
When Alfred saw Rose and the others, he waved his hand gently.
"Actually, I came here to inform you of something else. The referee for this duel is Morgan V. Carlisle, who is in charge of alchemy science for first and second graders.
Although I don't mean to belittle Mr. Carlisle, it's hard to say that he is a decent person. And Holwar is his favorite student. "
Cecilia explained with a guilty look on her face.
"In other words, is it possible that the referee made a foul call?"
"I can't say for sure. But as long as we avoid any particularly controversial parts, Mr. Carlisle shouldn't dare to do anything, right? I heard that the principal's secretary, Miss Lothari, will also observe the duel."
"In that case, there will be no problem. I will make the opponent lose miserably and there will be no room for rebuttal. So please don't blame yourself, senior sister."
"Eh? Junior, you... you already know?"
Cecilia was very surprised and looked at Alfred in astonishment.
“No, it’s just my guess. Actually, the referee should be a student of the Student Council, you, Cecilia-senpai, or Aeril-senpai, right?”
"Well, under normal circumstances. But because Ariel and I were obviously biased towards you at the exchange meeting, Holhua used this as an excuse to ask the instructor to be the referee.
I originally wanted to ask Mr. McIas to be the referee, but he happened to be away from school today."
"I see~ But Senior Holhua is really petty."
"I think it has something to do with the 250,000 credits you proposed. After all, that is not a small amount that I can use as a duel bet."
Cecilia laughed at Alfred's words.
She covered her mouth and chuckled, and complained in a somewhat blaming tone.
"If that's the case, I can't lose."
"Brother Alfred, you must be careful. I also wish you good luck in martial arts."
Alfred noticed that Holvah on the opposite side had already entered the arena. After waving goodbye to Cecilia, he walked into the arena with Emilia in a chic manner.