Nieva silently glanced at her husband.
She knew that her hysterical rampage all those years ago had made small cracks their relationship.
She had been with him for more than eleven years now, she has seen him in a lot of situations, but this was her first time seeing him back away like that!
She knew that something was wrong but didn't ask. She just silently glanced at him, and then took care of her son beside her.
---
At the other side of the stadium, Eiji was panting with a lot of sweat dripping from his face.
"Haaahhh! Haaahh! Haaaahh!"
"Eiji?! Eiji?! What happened? Are you okay?!"
"Huh?! What happened to Eiji?!"
Lime was shocked when Eiji suddenly froze up and then slumped like he was drained of all his strength.
Lime's shout alerted their classmates, who was now asking in concern.
"Haaah! N - nothing! I'm.. fine! Just...-
"Next Match! Noya Eiji! Vs. Bran Youn!"
But before he could answer them, his name was called out by the teacher.
"Eiji! It's your turn now! Are you sure you're fine?!"
"Hmmm! I'm fine! I'll be back!"
"...."
Lime watched Eiji with concern.
Their classmates was also frowning. Something was wrong but they didn't know what it was.
They watched Eiji who was walking slowly in concern.
Eiji walked slowly into the arena, his back was slightly slumped.
At this moment, His opponent Bran, saw Eiji's state and couldn't help be happy that his opponent was already in a bad shape before even they are fighting.
' I'm lucky this time! Ill end this fast thos should increase my chances of graduating if not, then I'll just try harder in the next match and maybe I can get my approval to graduate then!'
Bran then watched his opponent in front of him, at this moment he was already thinking on what to do in his next match and wasn't even considering that he will lose this fight, especially with the way Eiji was.
When Eiji stopped a few meters in front of Bran, he took some deep breaths to calm himself.
At that time he felt like he was being suffocated and was being drowned by overwhelming power.
He hasn't felt something like that ever! His master Muri only made him feel the sharpness of a sword technique when they are practicing but not really his full aura or power.
But even in this condition, Eiji can still fight, even if he was almost unconscious a while ago, he always trained until unconscious with his master, so fighting in a half conscious state was fine for him, much less just in a tired state right now.
Then the teacher put his right hand in front of them.
" Bow!
Ready!
Fight! "
*Swoooooshhhh!!!!!
*Baaanngg!!!!
After the teacher said fight, a fast air current suddenly blasted through the arena!
At this moment, Bran Youn was already in the ground, sprawled and unconscious!
While Eiji has, in a blink of an eye, on the other side of the arena putting his wooden katana back in his sheath belt.
"W- winner! Noya Eiji!"
"Wooaahhh!!!"
"Damn! Eiji's fast!"
"This guy! He got stronger again!"
Eiji's classmates was stunned by his display of speed.
His classmates knew he trained his Quick Draw technique until mastery but this was the first time they saw him use it in full power!
At this moment, Ignis Newark stood in his seat as he watched Eiji walk down the arena. He always thought of Eiji as someone who would be a Squire or maybe a scholar in the future.
A squire was something that almost all strong swordsmen has, they are like their side kicks, and most of the squires were just not bad at swordsmanship but still knows quite a bit, their only role though is to support a swordsman.
But with Eiji's speed, even Newark himself doesn't know if he can evade that!
"This guy! Newark!! It seems like we also have someone going after being the strongest in our class!"
At the side, Renji suddenly said to Newark as they watched Eiji walk back towards them.
When Eiji finished Bran swiftly, he actually had a different thought in his mind from his classmates.
'I used too much power! I only wanted to hit him in his chest and make him surrender, but I still couldn't control my strength after what happened earlier! Sigh!'
Then he slowly walked back to his seat as he smiled at Lime who was cheering for him.
"You were so awesome Eiji! So fast! So cool!"
"Hahah! Not really! Not really!"
"Really! Really! In fact, Newark and Renji stood up and they looked scared at you!"
"W- what!?!?! I'm not scared! Right Newark were not scared!!"
"H-hmmp!"
Eiji saw the complicated looks the two had so he just smiled lightly and sat back in his seat as the next matches went on.
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Karma Zenith saw Eiji's fight.
'Interesting! Really interesting!'
Karma was now really interested in Eiji, from what he saw, he knew that he didn't use all of his power, and was holding back most of his power.
"Herald! What do you think about that Eiji kid?!"
"Huh?? That guy!? Why are you asking about him dad? "
"Hmm? I'm asking you!"
"Ah...well he's an orphan and uhh... He's weak! Like really weak! From what I know, he only trained that Quick Draw technique since he got it, it's not really a shock that he mastered it, so he's not really that interesting!"
"Hmm..."
Herald wathced his father's expression and though to himself.
'Why is Father interested in that Orphan Bastard?! It is because of that bitch Lime? Hmmp! See what happens to you when I see you in the arena!'
Karma himself has another thought inside him though.
'Hmm... An orphan huh?! Well nothing's really bad about that but, weak?! It seems like my stupid son has been blinded by his own pride and still hasn't grown up that much...
Well, no need to tell him about it, I guess, This'll teach a bit of lesson in him'
Karma's power made him know just by his own observations that Eiji would be a bit of a problem for his son, but he didn't want him to continue his flamboyant personality and wanted Eiji to remind him to be a bit more humble.
Eiji didn't know what the people in the other side of the stadium was thinking and he didn't care, right now he was watching Renji' match.
A while ago, Newark had his match, and like Eiji, or more like he wanted to tell them that he's also capable of doing what Eiji can do.
So he also used the Quick Draw technique and like Eiji, He also won, but he didn't managed to do it quite like Eiji who made his opponent directly get unconscious, he was able to injure his opponent and get him to surrender but nothing like Eiji.
And Renji Right now, is also doing the same thing as the both of them!
His opponent was an oprhan kid from another orphanage and like Eiji and Newark, just after the teacher said Fight, he also used the Quick draw and managed to do the same thing with Newark.
Then Eiji's classmates seem to think that it was more cooler this way, they also only used the Quick Draw technique even if they only practiced it just enough for the technique to pass the level it was assigned in the class.
"Eeehh...too bad, if I knew that you all would do the same like Eiji I would've done it too!"
Lime at the side was abit envious at her classmates copying Eiji.
In her heart, she was the best friend of Eiji so she should have been the one that should always copy him.
At the side, Eiji shook his head at his classmates antics, but didn't say anything.
And Just like that, the first round of the tournament ended.
End Of Chapter.