With my life back to normal, I spent my time getting ready to have my first fight at the club today, Captain Raven already warned me and threatened that I had a fight today and should win and if I try to disappear, she will hunt me down. spank and then drag me to the club,
As she spoke, she used her hands to show how violent the spanking would be if I didn't show up today, she was strangely excited, I believe she must have already prepared some bets on my fight today.
I didn't spend my time learning even an elementary art or specific aura for unarmed combat, because during the club fights there are very specific rules.
Summoning your element outside of your body is not allowed, neither a strengthening drug is allowed, nor a magic tool can be used in the arena, nor a form of armor is allowed, only simple basic aura arts are allowed and not a hit it can be done on the weak or fatal points of a fighter's or female fighter's body.
Some of these rules may seem strange, but they all have an important function, limiting the aura arts and preventing a fighter from relying only on his aura and control to win a fight, this type of rule is more applied to core warriors. orange or the six red-core fighters that make up the club, I was pretty shocked when I found out that there were six red-core fighters in the club.
I thought that not even a red core warrior would participate in this type of sport, many of the warriors and mages who reach this level end up developing a superiority complex, but considering my mother's personality, maybe I should have more red core warriors participating in the club.
The other rule that caught my attention was the ban on weak or fatal hits, fatal ones make sense as this is a sport and not a fight to the death, but when I asked Captain Raven about the weak spots, she looked at me in a weird way, she said that just because you're a masochist doesn't mean other people are.
I was quite annoyed that she thinks I'm a masochist, but she defended herself saying that I was getting into trouble because of a rule that protects the participants' private parts, eyes and spine and the last one who complained about the rule was a guy who liked from being hit between her legs, she thought I had the same tastes which is absurd.
If it weren't for the wicked smile that appeared on her face and Vera and Dumah laughing hysterically at the next table, she could have been able to deceive me, but I still get offended to be the target of this kind of joke, because the women I'm related to are always related to me. accuse of having exotic tastes, I don't remember having done anything to justify the wrong accusations they make.
After the last few practices, I've had I feel pretty confident in my abilities, I've learned some throwing and pinning techniques from Captain Raven, but I hope I won't have to use those moves tonight, as I doubt using this type of move will be as fun as when I try to use it on Captain Raven. I'm just checking the reality.
When the sun went down, I got ready to leave the institute, I'll meet Captain Raven, Vera and Dumah at the inn and from there we'll go to the club, I'm taking Hilda, Ingredi and Torris with me today, Raziel didn't come because Captain Raven forbade -whatever he was today, she said he still wasn't strong or skillful enough to be sure of winning his first fight.
It looks like the first fight and the best chance for Captain Raven to win a large amount of money in the betting, Raziel might still need a month of training to get a favorable odd.
"Hilda, why am I being dragged to see a bunch of idiots fight?"
That hurt.
"Both our mother and aunt think you have to go out more, you spend almost all your time studying, and before you defend yourself by talking about how important it is to study for a wizard, it's also important to relax and have fun, every living creature and smart can't spend all his time working or studying, it's not healthy."
"Even if I have to go out more, because I have to go see a fight."
"Won't you support me in my new boxing career, Ingredi?"
"Not. I'm against you being part of a sport where your brain will be beaten by other people, I don't understand why someone intelligent like you will risk their brain in this type of sport."
I don't know if it was her showing concern or she's insulting me like an idiot again, after all she is Hilda's sister who is a person who loves to hide her insults in compliments or in her jokes.
"His head is pretty hard, even if they used it as a punching bag, he won't be stupid."
"Should that make her feel better or was it to make me feel worse, Hilda?"
"Both. I joined in if I didn't drag you out of the library, when would you leave? It's not like you have a boyfriend to pass the time or a hobby other than reading."
"Fuck you, Hilda."
"You shouldn't tease Ingredi like that, Hilda."
"Will you take her side, Ulric?"
"I'm not against you Hilda, I just don't think you should use Ingredi's lack of having a boyfriend as a flaw or some kind of incompetence of hers. I think this is wrong."
"Thank you, Ulric. She keeps pissing me off for not having a boyfriend, just because she got one before me."
"It's not like this! I keep irritating you, because you don't have the courage to go after a boyfriend, you even have a guy you like, but you don't do anything to have a relationship with the idiot and it irritates me a lot."
"My love life is not something you should get into, Hilda!"
"You don't have a love life, to have one you need someone else, Ingredi."
I decided to walk away, because it would be silly of me to continue to meddle in their fight, I discreetly walked away and joined Torris who had already drifted away and is pretending he doesn't know the two, who by the way started arguing aggressively, I just hope they didn't start fighting in my street.
"Hey, how's your life going, Torris?"
"Really? And so, you're running away from both of them?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, I just came here to talk to my friend."
"Of course, you're going to talk to me and you're not running away from your girlfriend."
"Shouldn't you use that word, Torris?"
"What word?"
"Girlfriend. Hilda doesn't like to be called that."
"Why? I thought you were getting together."
"We are, but she believes that if we start using the words girlfriend and boyfriend, I will be the target of several duels and maybe even assassination attempts."
"Isn't that an exaggeration?"
"I thought so, when she told me not to use those terms, but after thinking it over, I realized it's not complete nonsense."
"Why?"
"Because even we don't call each other girlfriend and boyfriend, I've been the target of some idiots, if I hadn't avoided them, I would have already been forced to duel against a nobleman who probably thinks would be a better match for Hilda, but I've already been insulted more than once for not being really rich or noble to even be in the same room as Hilda. In the mind of this type of idiot, Hilda doesn't have the right or the intelligence to choose who to have a relationship with, as she's wasting her time with an idiot who can hardly be considered a noble like me."
"Did they say that to your face or behind your back?"
"Both."
"You didn't do anything about it."
"What I would do? Hitting them? Insults them back? Engaging this type of person will only mess up my life."
"I don't think I'll be able to bear being insulted like that and not attack back."
"We are different people, not wanting to offend you and a true nobleman and I am not. You have an entire noble family behind you, I don't."
"I don't think you're without support, Ulric. You may not even have support when you moved here a year ago, but now I think you've got a fair amount of support."
"Why do you think I have support now?"
"I don't think so, I'm sure. And when I say support, I don't mean the relationship you have with the Menfis family or even my Yates family, your support is in the night owls, the Kelence family and teacher Frey."
"As far as I know Raven is a noblewoman with many important friends and she treats those who are part of the night owls like family, which is a difficult thing to do in a group of adventurers that is usually a temporary relationship or when it's permanent it turns out to be because of a magical contract that binds adventurers to groups."
"I can understand and accept the support of Captain Raven, but because you think you have the support of family and Kelence teacher Frey?"
"If they are spread by the students, they can be fake, but when it comes from the professors and the direction of the institute, they have more weight. Most teachers think Professor Frey wants you as his apprentice."
"Being his apprentice would help me a lot."
The rest of the way I continued to chat with Torris, about such trivialities as the conflicts of the nobles and the gossip he'd heard from his aunt. We both stayed far away from Hilda and Ingredi who were still fighting, the reason for their fight was changing over time.
It's amazing how they stop many arguments, to make a fight go on forever.