The next morning. According to the pamphlet, today's lesson is politics, and the activity is hand-to-hand combat. Rainer loathed politics. He felt like it was just a bunch of people jerking each other off, waiting to rape each other in the ass. Good, honest politicians never got anywhere while the scumbags thrived, taking from the people. So he headed to the combat activity. Rainer looked at the map on the pamphlet.
'It should be in the third courtyard by the lake.'
Rainer headed toward the courtyard. Although these were just a bunch of 5-year-old kids, mentally, they were about ten to thirteen and physically close to sixteen by human standards. Unfortunately, if it weren't for the uniforms, Rainer wouldn't be able to tell who was male or female; puberty still hit around ten or twelve. On his way, he says plenty of pretty faces.
'Why do males else have to look so feminine? If it weren't for the skirts, I would just look at the ground to make sure not to stare at a dude.'
The female uniform was a sleeveless white blouse with trimming that matched their dorm, with matching gloves that went up to their underarms. The skirt was red with a longer white underskirt going to mid-thigh with matching boots that went up to the lower thigh. Rainer walked into the courtyard. There were two buildings for changing into combat clothes. It was blue shorts for the boys, and red for the girls both wore a white t-shirt like top. After a student changed, they went to either sign-up for the matches or the spectator seats. After sign-up closed, a middle-aged man walked onto the platform.
"I am the master of fists, Hezar. I will be teaching the lot of you our kingdom's martial arts. Some of you from martial artist families may have your style, which is fine. During these exhibition matches, I will be observing the class for any notable talents. So without further ado, let's begin."
Rainer's first opponent was a boy name, Dedrick. He was 4' 11" muscular and weighed about 98lb. So overall, he was 2 inches taller than Rainer but about 10lb lighter. Mana innately strengthed one's body which gave Rainer a head start. The instructor came to the ring to start the fight.
"Alright, the fight will end in five minutes, if one of you surrenders, or is rendered unconscious. Spar."
Starting with just basic boxing, Rainer stayed light on his feet. Dedrick rushed at Rainer throwing a right punch. When it missed, he ducked down into a reverse leg sweep. Rainer backed off, avoiding the leg. When Dedrick came back up, Rainer was right on top of him. Dedrick took his first hit to the face. When he attempted to guard, two punches hit him in the stomach. He keeled over and lights out a right hook to the face, sending him spinning to the floor. It was the shortest match of the day ending in 30 seconds. The instructor came back on stage.
"Dedrick is unconscious, and the match goes to Ray."
Hezar woke up Dedrick and thought to himself.
'What was that style? He looked too composed for it just to be something he picked up. Whatever it was, that wasn't a match but a punishment. I'll have to try and match him up with tougher opponents.'
Try as he might, Rainer beat almost every opponent he was against, at least until his opponent was a girl. Then the teacher came up to the stage.
"Alright, everyone, this is the last match of the day. From the boy's bouts, our contestant is Ray. From the girl's bouts, our contestant bouts Rosalinda."
Ray cursed inwardly.
'Fuck, how am I supposed to hit a girl?'