The familiar scene suddenly appeared before his eyes, the clear blue sky with clouds ripple stretched around this endless space.
I have returned. But where is he?
Even though I kept looking around, I still couldn't see the figure of the person who brought me here.
-Pop!
The sound of drops of water falling, and the beautiful scenery from before was now black. Next were pillars of fire, no, rather, red and blue flames floating in the air appeared on each side every two seconds. Gradually, they form a path that extends to infinity. And from time to time, my foot stepped forward. Suddenly the flames were extinguished, appearing in front of me was a large mirror being illuminated from somewhere. But strangely, even though it's a mirror, my image is not reflected there. I reached out and touched the surface of the strange mirror when it vibrated.
As if this was water, I thought to myself, my hand still tapping on the surface.
I was engrossed in the mirror when something grabbed my hand and dragged me inside. Open your eyes to find yourself chained to both your legs and arms and hung up. Surrounded by a ring of fire and standing in front of him, it was unclear who or what was, he was prickling its thorns, or maybe it was his armor, if so then they must be very heavy. Because of the lack of light, I could not see his face clearly except for the fangs that were bared out of a smile, his white hair a bit ruffled with big horns twisted like goats on his head. The most special of his perhaps his red eyes, they glow in a strange way. He approached me, his hand straightened out and pressed against my chest.
-The end is coming.
After that confusing sentence, he pulled his hand away and then ....
-Clush!
... pierced through me.
I jumped up, gasping for breath and nearly threw up all my breakfast.
-What's wrong, Kazuto?
Only after hearing Kaito's voice did I realize that we were on our way back to the kingdom after a month of training in this old horse-drawn carriage that Mr. Gaido hired.
-It's okay, just having a nightmare.
At the end of the sentence, the wheel stumbled across a stone on the side of the road, causing things in my stomach to become "exciting" and finally an attack on the outside world.
-Oh !!
-Oh, ow, KAZUTO!
After a pause to clean up my "battlefield", we resumed the ride. Time is now the last days of July, ie early autumn. The hot weather was also getting softer, the leaves of the road had turned almost yellow. Birds begin to flock to Sprin mountain to avoid the cold in winter, a strange mountain, because there is only spring, the trees and flowers are always beautiful and beautiful. The time is always warm no matter what the place around the mountain is like. Such a miraculous place is protected by a strong seal that has never been broken, which makes it accessible only for animals except humans, monsters and demons. There are many rumors about people, groups of people, or things that created this barrier, but it is widely circulated by a magician who created it in the demon king era to protect himself and eventually then enjoy life in that place for the rest of your life.
If that person could create such a strong barrier, why not contribute to defeating the demon king? Well, he was defeated anyway. I told myself.
Referring to the maya, I wonder what he looks like? Does it look like the guy in my last nightmare? Then I began to mutter to myself the strange meaningless sentence he said back then.
-Th ... it's en ... i ... little .... oh my, it's hard to read.
When night had fallen, our carriage reached the depths of the kingdom's center. The deeper you go, the more crowded, crowded and bustling. Making me, who seemed to have gotten used to the hustle and bustle around the academy, was now gasping. Everywhere there was light from the lampposts forever thanks to the magic of the optical system, different from where I was from a long distance to have a pillar like this, and the brightness was not equal to the pillars here. On the corner of the street, dozens of people gathered to watch a group of people dressed in special, interesting costumes, it seemed that they were acting.
Well .... this place is more bustling than mine.
We stopped the car in front of a large building, just got off the bus when someone came to pick us up and put our car in a nearby coach yard. And then another housekeeper dressed in the house opened the door to welcome us.
-Welcome to the Hommes hotel.
The main hall here is designed in the style of arches, on both sides of the walls hung large pictures of natural scenery each season. In front of it was a large table that looked like a reception desk, flanked by two bow-shaped staircases to reach the second floor corridor.
-A! There you are.
Now that I noticed, the two girls who stood there looking at the main pages were Yumi and Mika.
-Why are you two here?
-We asked Gaido for permission to cheer.
Looking at Gaido-sensei, he just nodded and headed to the front desk.
-Yes, I forgot to mention. You guys will be in the same room.
-Oh, living together. Hehe.
Kaito rubbed his hands together, smirking as if he had some evil intentions.
I was completely overwhelmed when I entered the room. It was four times larger than my room at the school dorm. On the left corner is a large kitchen with all tools so that we can cook freely. Right next to the kitchen was a large round table with wooden chairs sculpted with a lion's head on top. In addition, this room has a door to five small bedrooms for each person.
- Unexpectedly, there is a large bathroom like this .... maybe I'll try it.
Yumi opened the wooden sliding door leading to the bathroom deep inside the room, when she finished, Kaito patted me on the shoulder, looking serious at the time, or at least his appearance.
- Bro, do you know what that means?
-What?
-Hehe, I have a plan so I can see heaven.
-You mean ...
From time to time, behind us, Mika appeared with the expression of a lion prepared to attack an intruder in his territory.
-Perverts!!!
-Oh !!!!
At that time, Mika and Kaito were no different from cats and mice. After chasing each other in the room, they ran outside again.
-Really that guy!
Because she was busy chasing after her, she realized now that she had come to the back garden.
Where's that pervert, who stumbled over something that lost track. She sighed, looking around for him.
Because she was searching for Kaito, she bumped into another man who made him slip.
-Sorry, I was inadvertent.
-Oh okay.
He was taller than her, and had blonde hair similar to Kaito. But his neatly dressed style was the complete opposite of him. The clothes he was wearing were similar to her school uniform, but the roar of the lion symbol with the green border made her immediately realize that this was a student from the southern kingdom.
-Are you also a student here?
-No, I just came to cheer on my friend.
-Oh really...
He moved close to her, forcing her against the wall, causing her to chill.
-What are you going to do?
-Nothing, I just want to ask if you want to be a fan of me? Because you will definitely win.
-Well! What is this stupid request? And are you a little too confident? Or are you just a lucky arrogant person coming here?
Despite being abused by her like that, he just smiled, which made her even more afraid. Although she could run away from him, she was not sure he would not attack her.
-I'm really interesting ...
He brought his hand close to her face, and began stroking her hair with his finger. She felt disgusted by him, about to push his hand away and run when she suddenly felt strangely heavy body. She looked down, and he pressed the small knife the length of his finger into her stomach. It seemed like it was poison causing paralysis of the body, she gradually dropped to her knees, and he was making a savage smile.
-Don't worry, it will only work for a short time, but if you will be my person, nothing will happen.
-...
Her fear grew bigger, she wanted to scream for help but because of his threat, she could only silence.
-Open my hands off my Mika.
Grabbing his hand and knocking away, Kaito stood up first, stopping him from coming near her.
-Who is yours !?
Although she was happy to shed tears when she saw him, she then decided to suppress her emotions.
-Well! It turned out a first year. The North School boys are all a bunch of inferior, even the first year floods won the selection.
Knowing that Kaito is a freshman and a participant? She wondered, sure he had searched the list of participants.
-You told someone inferior, this bastard son of a bitch.
-You....
He summoned a rapier, pointing it in front of Kaito.
-It seems that I need to teach your people.
-Well! To see who needs to be taught.
Kaito ended up summoning his battle ax and the two rushed towards each other.
-Bam!
Where Gaido-sensei came from, blocking both of their weapons with their bare hands.
-You know the rules. But if you still want to fight, be prepared to go to hell.
-Oh.
Not daring to say a word, the two gathered their weapons.
-He, see you later, you shit.
Throwing a scornful glance at Kaito, he disappeared into the darkness.
-Why don't you punish that guy, Gaido-sensei.
-The kid's name is a noble, it's best not to touch it. Now you two go to your room. I am very sleepy.
-Yes...
Here the sun was only half the stage. All sixteen of us stood in a horizontal line waiting for ourselves to be called out to rank. After a draw, we will announce the first round matches.
-The first match is Kaito in the North and Kiga in the South.
His gaze crossed, the person standing on the other side was his mortal enemy, and now was the opportunity for him to take revenge on him for what he did to Mika.
"I will smash his body."