Everyone was in shock when they saw the result of the battle, but unlike everyone who quickly recovered and looked at the battle with disbelief, Shin was lying there on the ground and seemed to be unable to accept the result of the battle.
"You know, if you send your magic again toward me, I will lose, but you made the wrong decision by fighting me at a close distance." Haru gave his hand to Shin and said, "I might never show it, but I'm more skilled at swords rather than magic."
"...." Shin was very bitter at that moment, but he still took Haru's hand. "It's alright, I know that I have lost, I can accept the result, but then, do you want to have a duel again with me?" The duel was very short, he still had a lot of magic power, and stamina was still full. He believed that in the second duel, he would win without hesitation.
However...
Haru raised his hands, showing a give-up gesture, and said, "No, I don't have an intention to fight you anymore. It takes a lot of my magic power to reflect your magic." His quest had been completed, and there was no need to fight Shin anymore since he felt that it was troublesome.
"HARU!!!" Yuri and Lynn quickly hugged Haru, who had won the duel.
Haru hugged both of them and said, "Then Shin, I'll take a rest first." He then gave Sicily a wink.
Sicily lowered her head shyly but nodded.
After all, even though both Haru and Sicily had confirmed their relationship, it was better to keep it a secret for a while since the world was still in danger because of the devil, and it wasn't suitable to announce their relationship. Still, in truth, he just felt sorry for Shin. He had defeated Shin, after all, and he was sure that it would cause Shin to be depressed, and if Shin knew that his beloved girl was already his, he wasn't sure how Shin would react.
Haru wasn't that cruel, after all, so he quickly left, and because of his pale complexion, everyone also believed the magic that he showed before took a lot of his magic power, caused him to be very tired, which was why they didn't stop him, or rather they left with him. Still, some of them also stayed with Shin. After all, they could see Shin quite depressed.
Melinda and Merlin somehow had mixed feelings about Shin's defeat. After all, they knew how powerful Shin was, and they were proud of it, but at the same time, they didn't want him to grow too strong. After all, it would cause everyone to feel pressured by him. If Shin was smart and understood people's way of thought, then it would be alright. Unfortunately, Shin's EQ was nearly zero, and he was simply stupid beside something related to magic, which was why they were glad when Haru was able to defeat Shin by using both wit and trick.
"You have heard it, Shin. If you use your magic, it'll be your win," August said, trying to console Shin.
"No, you are defeated, Shin. If it's a battlefield, then you've already lost your head, Shin," Merlin said strictly.
"Grandpa..." Shin became quite depressed.
"So now, you should change your depression into a motivation so you can get stronger," Merlin said simply.
"......" Shin looked at his grandpa and quickly nodded. He clenched his fists and thought to become even stronger. "Yes, grandpa!"
"......" The rest of the people who stayed wondered whether it was alright for Shin to become even stronger.
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Shin had quite a positive personality, so the next day, he quickly recovered and brought everyone to the beach to start another training session. He told everyone to play volleyball and told them to reason why they needed to do this, etc., etc.
However, Haru didn't follow them and decided to rest. After all, he needed to pretend that he wasn't alright. He still wore his glasses as usual and caused his face to be very ordinary, but frankly, he really doubted whether these glasses were useful since there were still a lot of girls around him.
"Haru-oniichan, can you tell May another story?" May asked while looking up at Haru. She was sitting on his lap at that moment and staring at him with a happy smile.
"May, stay away from that beast!" August shouted.
"No, I don't want to!" May quickly hugged Haru's body. Even though she was still young, she had to admit that it was very nice to hug Haru since it felt like she was hugging a huge bear, giving her a warm yet secure feeling.
"Haru, if you dare to touch May, then, believe it or not, I'll wage war on the Els directly!" August was full of anger at that moment.
"You blame me? Is it your sister who hugs me?" Haru was helpless then said, "May-chan, I'm sorry, but you shouldn't hug man so carelessly."
"Huh? Why?" May asked with a confused expression. "I only want to hug Haru-oniichan. I don't want someone else."
"........"
Haru could feel that August was full of anger, so he patted May's head and said, "I'm sorry, May-chan, but I already have a girlfriend, so if I hug you, they'll be jealous."
Elizabeth, who was beside August, raised her eyebrows slightly before returning calm quickly.
"Huh?" May was shocked, then became sad, but she realized something and asked, "They?"
"Um. It's both of them," Haru said and looked at Yuri, and Lynn really wanted to take May away from his lap. After all, they also wanted to do the same.
"Haru-oniichan has two girlfriends?" May was surprised.
"Um." Haru nodded simply and didn't hide anything, but Elizabeth's expression frowned.
"Then May will become Haru-oniichan's girlfriend too!" May directly hugged Haru.
"................." Everyone was in silence at that moment.
"HARU!!!!" August was full of anger at that moment, and Haru could only shake his head helplessly.
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In the end, August separated May from Haru, and Haru rested on the beach chair lazily while watching everyone practicing. Still, from the corner of his eyes, he could see that Elizabeth, August's fiancee, kept glancing at him from time to time, but no one took the initiative. After all, they knew very well that this wasn't someone but appeared before him.
"Have fun with the little princess?" Maria asked while putting on an akimbo pose.
Haru raised his eyebrow since Maria in a bikini was very charming.
"Wh - What are you looking at?!" Maria quickly hid her body with her arms, showing a blush on her face.
"No, it's just you're so charming today, Maria," Haru said with a sincere smile, though the lethality of this smile had been weakened several times because of his ordinary face. For Maria, it was enough.
Maria was shy, but she was happy at that moment. "Hmph! You should be grateful that I showed it to you."
"Yes, yes, I'm very grateful." Haru then asked, "Are you done with the training?"
"Well, yeah, I'm taking a break," Maria said.
"Then, do you want to escape somewhere with me?" Haru asked.
"......." Maria knew that she had asked him for a date, but she didn't expect him to move so fast.
On the other hand, Elizabeth, who heard all of this, really wondered whether Haru was really the person who saved her at that time, since this guy was a scumbag, right?