At the main area, where everyone cheers loudly toward the duel competition area. In the middle of it, there are two boys with uniform academy attire.
The spectator cheers loudly when both of them arrive at the center of the arena. The referee announces both of the competitors are Hilbert Dragnos and Prince Henry Reinhearth.
Both of them look at each other silently. The prince looks at him with tense while the other gives an expressionless face.
Soon, the referee begins the battle. Prince Henry immediately took distance while re-equip his armor and unsheathed his sword. Meanwhile, Hilbert kept in his position and looked at the prince.
"Are you sure? you don't want to think about my offer?" the prince breaks the ice and asks once again.
"I am sorry, but I need to win this competition no matter what." Hilbert answered expressionlessly.
Few moments before the battle, prince henry gives an offer to Hilbert to forfeit the match and will be compensated grandly by becoming his right hand. However, Hilbert refused it thoroughly without another thought and left him alone.
Now at the battle arena, "Tch.. Don't think because you can break grade 3 armor you already win this competition." As he launched himself to Hilbert.
"Hmm… I can beat him easily with my gauntlets, but I will not catch up to master's strength if I always rely on my weapon. Yosh.. Let's push my limit without my weapon now." As Hilbert thought while dodging all the attack.
Using the force of the prince attack, Hilbert begins countering the attack however some of them land on the armor and helm. Still he begins to put more mageforce and force the prince from attacking to defensive or more likely to become sandbag.
Can't stand the pressure from the attack, the prince uses [war cry] skill and creates a shockwave. However, learning from the previous war cry, Hilbert managed to redirects the shockwave that came to him by rotating his body.
Then, he gathers a lot of mageforce with a water element in his right hand. He uses it to perform an uppercut to the prince's stomach and make him blown above. *Dakk* *Crackk*
At this moment, the prince's armor, which is a grade 2 equipment, begins to crack. The prince's condition itself can't breathe from the punch.
But, Using only his sheer willpower prevents him from being knocked out. Then, He imbues his sword with mageforce to attack him using the help of gravity force.
In a split second, Hilbert dodge aside his sword and give another punch to the prince helm. The prince immediately got knocked out while slamming the arena barrier.
The referee immediately announces Hilbert as the winner while the medical staff begin to help the prince.
Meanwhile during the battle, a certain young man that uses an academy uniform walks slowly in the crowd. He looks a little bit pale while holding stomach. He walks towards the healing tent area.
Josep POV
After changing back to my teenager appearance, I make my face a little bit pale and walk slowly toward Eve's ward. To make sure that my acting is perfect, I hold my hand at my stomach while telling the staff that I got a stomach ache after the eating competition.
Since the one that got attended to the healing competition is from the light sickness people and non-threatening wounds from the battle competition.
I choose to pretend to become patient with light sickness like stomach ache. Moreover, many people from the eating competition already got attended by them.
Without any obstruction, they immediately sent me to one of the beds in their small hut. Many people already rest or sleep in other beds beside me. I notice some students busy healing another patient including Eve.
Now, she is tending one of the students and checking his condition. Looking at the patient trying to flirt with her makes me want to crush him to pieces.
Shortly, there is a student with middle age guy wearing sort of cleric outfit approach me. The moment student tries to check up on me, I scream, "ARRGGhhh… my stomach..." which getting attention of all the people inside the hut including Eve. (A/N: Nice Act)
The cleric immediately became serious and tried to probe my sickness. Since I can't get caught acting now, I told him a lie story about winning the eating competition by eating Cosmos Sea, Chef David's dishes. After that I told him about a few minutes ago my stomach begins to hurt a lot.
"I hope Chef David can forgive me since it will create some bad reputation to his name. Well, not that I care as long as I am still eating his dish. Oopps.. I getting derailed." As I thought while answering some questions of the cleric.
I try to make my face as pale as possible to look more believable. During the time I told him the story, many participants began to gather around us including Eve.
She surprises when looking at me. But, before she can come closer, another student that wants some recognition tries to probe me which I scream again and make my face paler with rough breath.
I told them that the sore sometimes flared up and went away. After that Eve came forward, "Josep, what happened? Are you alright?" as she came near me.
"Yes… I mean no.. could you try to reduce the pain with your healing spell? I feel like going to die." As I produce some cold sweat with rough breath.
She immediately cast some lessen pain spell without hesitation. Shortly, there is a yellow light enveloping my body. Then, I manipulate the light element to gather and make it brighter.
"Wow, your healing spell is really as good as usual. I feel no pain at all now." As I manipulate my pale face to become normal slowly.
I manipulate the light element to stay brighter but dimmer than before with me. It is to make Eve still cast the spell though in reality she already did cast the spell a long time ago.
Still the senior cleric tries to check me up first but after getting no result, he believes that Eve's spell is already at work now.
Shortly, he told Eve to stay cast the spell until I fully healed. Eve who is really confused from the sudden situation, getting revelation after looking at my mischievous winning smile. Later, the student and other senior cleric disperse to make room for my recovery.
"Josep… Are you really sick?" as I hear Eve's voice in a cold tone.
"Well…. I'm just a little bit tired so I want to see…" I stopped my sentence as she looked at me coldly and pouting.
"Haa… Don't you know that now I am busy tending to others?" as she sighed
"Others who? All I see is some guy that wants to flirt with you." I retorted while poke her cute pouted cheek.
*poke.. poke…* "Stop it Sep, we are not in the dorm. Besides, now I am in the healing competition so it was my job to tend them and they are not flirting. We are just having some talk." She tried to argue my back
"Really? Then, can you tend me right now? You see my chest begin to hurt a lot since you 'talk' with another guy." I tried to pretend to hurt in the chest.
"Geezz… Sep, if you don't have any more matters, I will leave." Then, she stands to leave me.
I hold her hand, "No Eve, don't go it really hurts. My chest…" I pretend to look very hurt.
Looking at my hurt expression, she came closer to me than I said to her. "It hurts me when you talk with other guys because I love you. So, please don't go." I tried to kiss her
She immediately brushed a lot, "Emm… Sep not here, we are in public." As she replied with embarrassment.
Suddenly, there is a loud voice, "A new patient from the battle arena. There is no serious wound, only some bruised and mild concussion."
Shortly, all the competitors immediately approach the patient including Eve who hurried there. They hope to get chosen as the healer from the senior cleric.
I also approach the patient who is ruining my moment with Eve. There is a trace of anger in my face since we were disturbed.
In my head, I want to beat up and curse the staff that shout at not the right time. However, after knowing who the patient is, I change my target to him. Since by some dumb luck, Eve also being chosen to heal the concussion.
Then, I picked some nice towels from my space storage. I approach Eve who is healing the bald patient who if I am not wrong, some prince from somewhere kingdom.
Judging from the look in his broken armor It was done by Hilbert's new technique attack with bare hands. I feel some of the water element in his leftover broken armor and wound.
After healing the concussion, I give the tower to Eve who looks tired. At this split second, the bald prince wakes up and looks at my cute Eve with a perverted look. I immediately control the leftover water element in the broken armor to become a needle.
Then, I control it to puncture his stomach and make it look like his broken armor punctures it. *Arrgg…* before he knows what is going on, I hit his head with superhuman speed that nobody notices.
Later, he became knocked out instantly with more concussion and a little bit of lost memory. The senior cleric immediately takes over ever since the blood coming out from the stomach. This also makes the other student disperse.
I pity the one that tried to heal the body since he got covered with blood and was reprimanded by the senior cleric.
Then, Eve glared at me, "Sep, is that your doing?" in small voice but coldly
"Well, a little bit…. Anyway, my stomach.." as I tried to change the topic and avoid her glare because she is super damn cute with those angry expressions. I don't know if I still can hold myself, when I look at it.
Later, I tried to tease her again and keep her from attending any boy patient. I make the boy's wound look more serious when Eve tries to heal them. I keep doing it until the end of the festival.