Chapter 6 - Conflict
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There was an obvious scowl on Sister Rei's face as she instantly felt hate for the rude guy. Her glare was so obvious that she would have gotten involved as well, but I held her hand and motioned for her, not to mind things too much.
After overcoming his shyness, Edward responded politely,
"A good day to you, Sir. I was demonstrating the techniques that I learned while I was young to these fair ladies. Do you happen to need me for something?"
His stiff polite speech was pissing me off big time, but I kept quiet to see what would happen next.
The person calling out Edward became even angrier as he said,
"You know, as someone older than you here at the Academy, I am obliged to show you the difference between true nobles and roadside commoners like you at once."
Edward began to frown at his remark too, whereas the girls began to look at the guy with displeased gazes as they began to discuss how offensive he was being, getting behind Edward's back at once.
Even the world is supporting that Ladies-killer now! It makes me want to teach him a lesson myself!
Oh, well... at least the bad mouthing guy has better specs than Ed, so his chances of winning are higher.
Go, unnamed rude person! Beat some sense into that countryside bumpkin!
Seeing Edward obviously provoked, the guy smirked and said,
"Don't worry, kid. I would hold back for you."
For whatever reason, Edward decided to accept his challenge and brought forward the wooden sword in his hand.
"Then, I will take you on!"
The girls swooned over his handsome appearance. Even Sister Rei looked infatuated for a second, before she shook her head and looked at him with a reproachful gaze.
The unnamed guy smiled gleefully and borrowed a training sword from one of his buddies as he spoke with an air of a superior.
"That's the right way to answer a challenge. Let's show our true strength here, boy! I, your gracious senior Kaiser would show you the vastness of the world!"
Oh, the unnamed guy has a name now. Let's call him Kaiser as well... or maybe just the guy or the person would be okay?
Seeing the ruthlessness in his eyes, the guy was obviously looking forward to injuring Edward.
Go ahead and injure him then! There are no injuries that I can't cure~!
The Academy staff had arrived after hearing the commotion, but they were all standing outside the crowd's circle.
Maybe little duels are allowed between fledgling adventurers as they didn't seem to make any interference.
Oh well... who needs them for support anyways?
The senior guy frowned heavily at Edward's perfect stance while he gripped his own sword in rage.
Edward had a cocky smile on his lips as he spoke,
"Shall we begin, senior?"
I squeezed Sister Rei's hand to let her calm down, but her expression showed that she was still worried about Edward.
Haah... this love sickness... whether due to him being her childhood friend, playmate or her crush, Sister Rei was unable to separate herself emotionally from Edward, no matter how frivolous his relations might be.
Without waiting for any signal, the senior guy rushed towards Edward and slashed down at him fiercely.
It was a shocker for the senior that Edward easily dodged his sword and moved his own wooden sword towards the senior's chest.
Feeling the threat of defeat, the senior backed away at once and stared at Edward in astonishment.
Well, I had heard that the nobles aren't required to have enhanced traits, so facing off against a guy having two enhanced traits, namely Enhanced Strength and Enhanced Agility, proved to be too much for him to handle.
The senior's panicking appearance looked funny, but I still cheered for him to bring Edward down from his high horse.
"Y-You... commoner!!!!"
Shouting out like that, the senior guy's speed tripled instantly as he hacked behind Edward.
That's surely some nice skill use. Being born a noble, he must have had a lot of opportunities to train with them.
Even if they don't have enhanced traits, they level it down by possessing unique skills passed down their family for centuries.
Edward stepped ahead and turned around to parry his blow. The senior began to look at Edward with a weird look while his body was drenched in sweat.
The girls surrounding them cheered for Edward again, with even Sister Rei looking impressed with Edward's fighting ability.
Is it just me... or the Senior's power is steadily increasing? Is he carrying some secret treasure on himself??
As the Senior's rage began to overtake him again, he lifted his sword and stabbed towards Edward's stomach.
A feint. He is planning to change directions midway.
Edward looked surprised at the attack and dodged it awkwardly, letting the sword blow by his head, along with the collective gasp of the onlooking girls.
The ones behind the Senior seemed extremely shocked and nervous as they looked at Edward with unease ans fear. Apparently, trading so many blows with that Senior was rare amongst them.
With the shadow of defeat looming over him, the Senior was slowly losing his mind. Even if the opponent was just a commoner, he seemed willing to go all out against him.
Edward smoothly swept his leg, making the Senior stumble a bit, however he soon regained his balance, only to get blown away by a kick from Edward.
"Senior, isn't that enough? I think I have learned enough for the day."
And the fan girls squealed in delight again. The cold and arrogant expression on Ed's face drove the Senior to insanity as his body flashed a few steps closer before landing a hard blow onto Edward's stomach.
He couldn't guard it in time and was blown out until he crashed with a tree in the distance.
Now, that was a good blow. His speed increased almost six times at that moment, along with his stockpiling strength, the blow was considerably heavy.
Nobles aren't the top dogs for no reason. He may even have an enhanced trait possibly.
Hmm? Why aren't I just checking his status with my Appraisal LvMax?? What would be the fun in that?
It would make things too boring instead.
As Edward wobbled up to stand, the Senior moved again as he drove his punch straight into Edward's chest, making him puke a mouthful of blood.
"Edward!!"
Sister Rei shouted in grief as his body slumped back down to the ground. The girls surrounding him began to get nervous seeing him get so injured.
The Senior though, laughed happily, as he pointed in Edward's direction and spoke to the surrounding girls,
"See?! You were all fussing over such a weakling! Open your eyes and look! Infront of this great Kiaser, such bumpkins are nothing but practice materials. Hahahaha!!"
The Senior guy went away laughing with his buddies, while the girls slowly dispersed with only a few remaining to see the aftermath.
Sister Rei had already went near Edward and was hugging his injured body while tears fell freely from her eyes.
Hey, hey. Some amount of motivation would be good for him, you know? Lest he becomes a waste driven by lust.
Hmmm... coming to the Academy was a good choice. At least those peaceful days won't be making us weak anymore.
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