Chapter 26 Leo's trap
Author: M_W Cancer
Grammar Checker: M_W Nomral
Leo immediately turned solemn after hearing Carlos's words. He was indeed trashing already the name of Class 1S+.
At first, it could be said that it was only Leo against Stephen and the other desperate students. But he would be crossing the line if he didn't give Carlos any face here right now.
The others, especially those within Elizabeth's group, won't agree about Leo embarrassing their class section. It was fine if he just went inside, argued for a bit, and left soon after with Cassandra. But, he had stayed and argued for a few minutes already, which would surely then destroy their class section's image the moment after the other class sections heard of such news about what happened inside Class 1S+.
That was something they couldn't agree about!
"Leo Heart, the ruler of the Heart City, am I correct?" Suddenly, a woman's voice sounded behind Carlos. The latter immediately moved away to the side, which then revealed Elizabeth.
Leo was amused by her beauty immediately. He wasn't able to clearly see her face when he was at the stadium before because of the far distance between the both of them. He was also unable to see her face yesterday because there were a lot of students blocking her figure. At that time, he was only able to catch a glimpse of her black hair. But now that she was in front of him, he couldn't help but gasp at her beauty.
Elizabeth has black hair with pure black colored pupils. Her pupils were so beautiful to stare at as it was like staring at the black universe. Her body was also the same as Cassandra, a sexy body, a good proportion of breasts, a rounded butt, and slender legs, which then made her more attractive to look at. She also has this cold and conservative demeanor around her that further makes people attracted to her.
Carlos on the other hand was immediately enraged by Leo's disrespectful staring towards Elizabeth, "Show some respect, boy! She is the sole Heir of the Snow Noble Household, one of the five Major Noble Households of Silver Kingdom."
"Do you think I don't know about the Snow Noble Household? A Noble Household located at the far north of the Silver Kingdom; in charge of defending the northern borders, ruler of the Snow City, one of the five pillars of Silver Kingdom, and lastly, one of the two Noble Households that can supply snow and ice-related products to the Silver Kingdom! This is the limit to how much respect I can show her..." Leo quickly rebutted.
"Do you want to fight, boy!" Carlos said as he raised his fist towards Leo, seemingly looking like a person prepared for a fight. But he was quickly stopped by Elizabeth.
"To overlook your clear disrespect, how about you let go of Stephen?" Elizabeth muttered in a cold tone.
"No problem then, let's go, team! See you later great Heiress of the Snow Noble Household..." Leo said before quickly bidding farewell to Elizabeth. But, before turning around, an inconspicuous smile was suddenly formed on his face for a moment and a silent voice that no one could hear was followed, "I finally meet you..."
Leo pulled Cassandra's hand as he hurriedly dashed out of the Class 1S+ room. Alfred, Michael, and the other three students acting as bodyguards also hurriedly followed behind him.
Leo was more cautious about offending Elizabeth than Carlos.
In Leo's opinion, Carlos was just a pure brawl and no-brain type of person. On the other hand, Elizabeth was different, as she was backed by a powerful Noble Household and she was also already an official Mage that could cast a spell, unlike him and the majority of the 1st year students of Silver Mage Academy. Even a blind person could see clearly that he was at a disadvantage if he indeed allowed the current situation to further develop.
There was no shame in admitting and retreating in defeat, especially when a person could already foresee that losing the battle was the only outcome.
So, Leo didn't feel ashamed that he ran away from the predicament.
Meanwhile, inside the classroom of Class 1S+, Elizabeth's eyes suddenly lit up the moment Leo left as she silently whispered to herself, "Interesting..."
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After getting out of the 1st year students' building, Leo can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"I thought that you were going to fight her without showing any sign of fear, hahaha! Unexpectedly, you quickly flew away from the scene!" Alfred said while laughing at Leo's quick retreat.
"It was clear I was going to lose if I continued arguing!" Leo immediately reasoned out.
"You could have at least lost with an honor..." Cassandra said softly, afraid that it would offend him.
Leo just shook his head as he said, "What I did was what you call a Tactical Retreat! I will be back to conquer her... I mean to face her again, one day!"
Cassandra immediately pinched Leo's hand who was currently holding her hand, 'What conquer, hmph?!'
Leo hurriedly let go of Cassandra's hand due to the pain before he turned to look at everyone and he said, "Everyone should now be aware of how the Silver Mage Academy truly operates, right?"
Cassandra, Alfred, Michael, and the other three students nodded in response.
"Since everyone is already aware, then let's create a team together." Leo finally stated his purpose.
"But, if we do that, your class and our class would be sharing points. Wouldn't it be better to create a team consisting of students from your own respective sections?" Michael raised a question.
"Alfred also asked that same question a while ago, but since you still don't know the reason, then I'll explain," Leo said as he beckoned everyone to come closer.
"The competition of the school is not only the monthly competition but also the competition of completing the missions," Leo said.
Michael and the other three students specifically named Angelo, Raffy, and Adrian, nodded their heads, finally getting some idea of what Leo was going to say.
"The monthly competition is still the most crucial task that each of the students should focus on. But, completing more missions is much more important at this point!"
"Each one of us should already be aware that the points we earned are not just used for calculating a total score for the class section to become a part of the Class Ranking, but at the same time to also allow us to buy resources from the Silver Mage Academy."
"Let's say that the reward for the competition is worth 500,000 points, which is enough to make the entire class section's students graduate from being 1st-year students, and to use the remaining points to buy resources to strengthen themselves."
"However, what if we, through completing missions, could already earn a total of 500,000 points? Doesn't that simply mean that even if we don't compete, we would still be able to enjoy the same resources as those who would win the competition?" Leo said, making everyone's eyes light up in excitement.
"The more important thing is, only a few of us would be benefiting from the resources, not an entire class section!" Leo said making his plan more interesting.
"Moreover, what if we could use the 500,000 points worth of resources before the competition? Wouldn't that basically mean that we will become more powerful than the other competitors before the competition even starts? We may even win the competition easily! And with different branches of Mages being catered in the competition, surely we can avoid battling with each other, right? In that case, we might even win one or two competitions for ourselves!"
"By then, we will not only become strong but also earn the honor for ourselves!" Leo said, letting out loud laughter.
Cassandra, Alfred, Michael, and the three students became excited. The five males were already imagining the feeling of having the whole limelight of the entire school for themselves.
At this moment though, Cassandra quickly turned to look at Leo who had already stopped from his laughter and was now showing a mischievous smile on his face. The same smile he had worn when he got her as his slave.
Cassandra cooled down her excitement as it turned to feeling pity towards Alfred and the others. She can't help but label them at this moment as 'Fools!' for unknowingly falling into Leo's trap.
"I can't believe that all of you are feeling excited at falling into his trap..." Cassandra whispered to herself as she shook her head as if showing pity for their low IQ.