Returner's Revenge

Taking interest

“That student is quite knowledgeable of his spells. That move was brilliant and how he executed it so well. Will we be able to see him fight again? I want to see what he does with other students stronger than him.” One of the heroes whispered inside the headmaster’s head. “Well, he is the student that the prince himself had vouch for so I guess his talent is quite good. Thought I don’t think that there are other students that would fare against him, well, not in his peers though.” The headmaster responded.

               “Hmmm- so the future king of the kingdom is building his own connections huh? Not bad- but if I may ask. Why is he at the lowest level of classes when he is that strong and different from his peers. Don’t he usually be in the highest class?” the headmaster fell silent for a moment after hearing that his peers got interested in Kris. “Well, he did something outrageous and warrants penalty.” The headmaster responded.

               “What is that penalty? What did he do?” the headmaster doesn’t want the others to hear about the reason for Kris’ punishment but because they are eager to know and they are his peers on top of that, he resigned and told them the truth. “He used a f*******n spell, Meteor Shower. The whole arena is destroyed and that we have to get it fixed before the annual competition. Using f*******n spells inside the academy is prohibited and that is a fact that even you are aware of. So, as punishment. He is stuck in the lowest class because of that and because he is vouch by the crown prince himself. That is the only thing that I can give him.”

               The curiosity of the heroes are piqued when they heard that he is able to use a f*******n spell in his age and made them wonder how he did that on his own without guidance from a higher mage. “We don’t really know about all the details. All we know is that they are taught of magic by a certain noble that died a few years back. He was reading the Meteor Shower magic circle and actually understood it and then tried to test it out. He and his friend has also been bullied in the past. Maybe he can’t take it anymore and vent it on the student he was facing that day.”

               After hearing everything from the headmaster, a few matches have ended and that all of the students from Inrad’s class have showed their talents to their peers that made them wonder what they all did to be that strong. But they are certain of one thing, the lowest class did not use their mana to win the matches alone. They also used their brute strength to overwhelm their enemies.

               “Now that I think about it, Flora and her group is also with them all the time after the classes. I wonder what they do all those times when they were together.” One of the students from Flora’s class wonder. “Hmmmm- so they have been together. I saw that. James and Kris were together when I confronted them.” Duke said with an angry tone. “I did not see James there but I definitely saw Kris wiping your a*s on the floor.” Sarah added with a smile on her face but Kresha doesn’t share her enthusiasm and sees this as a weakness that they should not show other students.

               “Stop it Sarah. You also got your a*s wiped off by that girl. You do not have the right to say that to Duke when you also shared the same fate from the same class. What will the heads think about your performances? What about the students that we recruited? What will they think of our organization after showing them an image of you being their recruited being weak? Their fate and idea of us will shrink and eventually, well be nothing.” Kresha turns to the both of them as they turn their gaze away.

               “Let us reclaim our honor that we lost. That way, we can have them rest assured that they are in good hands.” Kresha added. [If this continues, the head will surely be disappointed in us. I am pretty sure he is here somewhere and that he is already seeing us in the darkest color there is.] she thinks to herself as fear shows in her eyes. “Ophir. That last spell that you used. You should tone it done a little. If your enemy is a bit weaker then he should have died the moment you used that spell. You should learn how to calculate the enemy’s strength before you use a spell.” James said to Ophir who is kneeling on the floor.

               “I’m sorry about that. Its just that the others were able to show their strength to others that I got excited and put everything in that spell.” Ophir protested with a meek tone but James take it seriously. “What are you trying to prove? That you are also strong? Don’t they know that already? There is nothing for you to prove as it is already proven before. All you need to do now is try to conceal the rest from everybody. That is your weapon, always remember Ophir. Taking your enemy by surprise is the best weapon there is. If they don’t know how strong you really are, they will be careless and show you their weakness. And when that time comes, come out of your shell, bursting with strength that they have not seen before.” Ophir’s eyes brightens as James gives him a suggestion on what he should do and finally realize why James have been telling him to hide his original strength from everyone.

               “Now I understand why. Thanks James. Now I know what to do -ouch!” James landed a fist on Ophir’s head after realizing what he had been telling him only now. “What is the use of everything that I just said when you have blown your cover already! You really are hopeless, how should I deal with a stupid i***t like you all the time?! You don’t listen to what I say!” all of Ophir’s hopes disappeared as James stomp on his back with his feet.

               Poor Ophir could not do anything but accept James’ wrath because he know what he did wrong. Flora and Johannes could just watch as James punish Ophir for his stubbornness. Then all of the sudden, the announcement of the next match ring inside their ears. “This is a bit surprising but it looks like Kris Grindall from the lowest class pops up again. Kris Grindall, can you please step inside the platform?”

               Kris turns to the teacher as he is also surprised that his name appeared out of the results again. “Well, the teacher said that there will be a few instances that a student can have a few matches. I guess I am one of those students.” Kris step inside the platform as the nobles and students cheer for him this time. “And his opponent will be, Duke Graine from the highest class. Please step forward.”

               Upon hearing his name, Duke immediately stand up as the crowd cheers for his name. “Looks like I will be able to reclaim the honor that I lost that day.” Duke turns to Kresha and Sarah who were surprised of the dread that he had in his eyes. “I just hope you will.” Kresha mutters. The crowd greets him as he enters the platform and stare at Kris who is a bit surprised that his name came up. “Now- I guess we will have a proper match this time. And this time, you can attack without thinking hard about it.” Kris said which immediately infuriates Duke. “Now don’t mind if I do.”

               The two stare off at each other with contempt that even the audiences can feel.