"Well then, I'll be leaving Kirt-kun to you, Hugo" Niahl stated, as he helped Hugo carry Kirt on his back. "Yes, Father" Hugo nodded.
Because Kirt didn't give any intention of waking up, Niahl asked Hugo to bring the kid to his room and watch over him.
As he watched his son bring Kirt out of the training hall, Niahl's shoulders droop down.
It was from the start, I guess, that Niahl had let his guard down during the fight with Kirt. To think that he would be defeated that fast, it only feels wrong.
"Shall we go to the next fight? Who wants to go next?" asked Niahl, with a bit forced smile.
Reina stood forward. "Let me go next" she stated, and wielded her rapier with one hand whilst her other hand bended behind her.
I looked at her eyes that looked forward, and I unconsciously smiled.
"Ed?" called Gino. "What is it?" I asked him, after gasping. "Well, we need to go back to the seats" he stated, as he pointed at the seats.
I remained silent, before going beside him and nodding, "Okay!"
Somehow, those eyes of Reina… those eyes that had fire lit up on it made me a bit proud of her.
I wonder, did she managed to accept herself, as well?
…
"Let's start, do your best to hold on for 30 minutes, young lady" smirked Niahl.
Wouldn't she get pissed off you, if you provoked her like that? Hmm, Niahl-kun? She might suddenly turn into a dragon and stomp on you, as if you were an ant, you know?
I spared a gaze at Reina. "Don't worry, 10 minutes will be enough for me to beat you up" grinned Reina.
A noble lady, a fine lady shouldn't say such vulgar words like beat up, miss!
Well, I guess Reina's still normal and there are no scales appearing on her body yet. How about crimson flowers, are they down her footing, already?
I leaned over to look more close, from my place.
"Eh?" I mumbled. "What's wrong, Ed?" asked Russell, as he noticed that I flinched out of surprise.
I turned to look at him. "Nothing, it's nothing" I shook my hands.
For a moment there, I thought I saw crimson flower, but when I blinked what I saw was Reina… That spooked me.
"So, can you tell me about your Element?" stated Niahl.
Reina answered, "My Element lets me control fire freely, and I can even turn them into some forms, like this"
She let out a small fire on the top of her index finger, after mumbling things this fire turned into a small butterfly.
"Hmm, that is beautiful" mumbled Niahl, as Reina blew the fire away.
Niahl readied his self in position. "We should start then, the fight" he smirked, as he clenched his fists.
Reina stared over Niahl where the tip of her rapier was pointing to. She took a deep breathe in and out, after closing her eyes.
When she opened her eyes, the fire on her eyes was more stronger than how it was earlier.
Now that it come to this, you can already call it a trap… a trap that makes you unable to look away from her.
Really, it is making me feel proud and scared at the same time, those eyes of hers.
I sighed, once again.
As Reina's walk slowly turned into a sprint towards Niahl, crimson flowers appeared on the path that she walked.
"Hmm?!" I jolted.
Aren't those crimson flowers only appear when Reina turns into a dragon?? But, she is still a normal human…
I laughed breath by breath, "The heck?"
Niahl was captivated with Reina's eyes and with the crimson flowers, as well. That he remained standing still.
Before he could even comprehend the events, Reina was close to him and was about to hit him with all her strength.
Nervously, Niahl punched Reina's rapier. "Does your hand hurt with pressure, my lady?" with a smirk, Niahl teasingly asked.
"That's my line!" Reina jumped out of Niahl's strike zone.
Niahl snickered. "As expected of Mond, to create a rapier that can take my attack, I really made a good decision with recruiting that guy is what I want to say, but…"
"But?" Reina tilted her head to the side.
Niahl smiled, a bit kindly but a bit fake at the same time. "You were strong enough to block that attack, instead of getting thrown away" he stated.
"Thank you for your compliment" Reina bowed.
Niahl fist bumped his hands, "Shall we continue then!" he grinned, with excitement coming back to his face.
Like that, the two of them continue one clashing.
Instead of using the rapier to stab Niahl, Reina had been using it to just hit him kindly, and Niahl had been blocking her attacks with punches.
Crimson flowers surrounded them two, who were clashing. One would expect that Reina might turn into a dragon any moment now, but she isn't.
Although, some scales are appearing out of her body.
She rushed back to Niahl and tried to tap Niahl's neck, to finish the battle. But, Niahl grabbed her hand that was holding the rapier with his left hand.
"Only half a minute and 10 minutes will pass, milady" Niahl smirked, as he tried to punch Reina's side with his right hand, but was grabbed by Reina.
If she were to let go of it, Niahl will be able to hit her waist, strongly.
Meanwhile, her right hand which was wielding her rapier was grabbed by Niahl. If he were to let go of it, she will be able to stab Niahl's throat.
Using their position as her advantage, Reina started chanting.
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust…Fill this raging fire with hope....Scatter, scatter crimson flowers…" Reina jumped up, in the midst of her chant.
"Quemar su alma lamentable, out of my sight!!" She stomped on Niahl's abdomen.
And used the fact that Niahl was exerting some force by grabbing her hand, altogether with her force of grabbing his hand to throw him away, after her jump.
Like she stated, Niahl had flew out of her sight. Her hair fluttered as the crimson flowers disappeared into thin air.
I sighed.
I thought that she would turn into a dragon there out of a sudden. Well, it wasn't like she was able to control her dragon form.
She was only able to reduce its effects and was able to stay the same, with some scales on her body, though.
The fact that the dragon scales appeared allowed her to use some of her strength as a dragon, the extraordinary strength she had, which is idiotic enough to think of.
Did she managed to accept herself, even for a bit? Is that why she managed to do so?
"Like I noted, only 10 minutes, right Niahl?" Reina said, with a smile to Niahl who had just sat up.
"Haah…" All he can do was to sigh, while looking at Reina who was very happy. Seems like this fight only added more oil to the flame, Niahl seems to be losing his motivation.
Oi, oi aren't you the one who brought this up…
"Who's next?" Niahl asked, as he stood up with eyes a bit emotionless and face looking all blank.
Even his questions shows that he has no motivation left.
As if giving sympathy to Niahl, it suddenly snowed. "Ah!" We gasped. "It's snow…" Anna mumbled.
I looked at Reina, and saw her eyes shining like a kid.
"Is it your first time seeing snow?" I asked, with a teasing tone. She jolted. "O-of course no!" She coughed, as she tried to stop her excitement.
I guess for a sheltered princess like you, it is a first time seeing snow flow down to your body, like this.
"What should we do?" Russell asked, as he turned to Niahl. "Well, we should continue. Right, Niahl?" Gino stated.