The emperor was inside one of the big and luxurious rooms inside the restaurant. They went inside the room, the emperor was standing beside the window talking to the Town Master.
All of them bent down on their knees, and greeted the emperor. While others were bowing down their heads, Kaito looked up to the emperor and his mind filled with a thought, 'What would it look like to be an emperor?'
'Why is that idiot not bowing down his head in front of the majesty?' The Town Master standing beside the emperor thought. The emperor also didn't like the way Kaito was looking at him, but to maintain his kind image he didn't say anything.
"Father! What are you doing here?" The Town Master's son knew his father would be here talking to the emperor but he still asked just to show Kaito that his father and the emperor know each other.
"So, it's your son."
"Yes, your majesty. He wanted to meet, but I didn't expect him to come all the way."
After greeting the emperor they stood up, and the warrior left to Kaito moved forward, "Your majesty, we are having a hard time deciding between these two candidates and so came here to seek your guidance."
"Hm, why is that? Didn't I tell you to select one with the highest capacity Occult orb."
The warrior standing beside the town master's son moved forward, "Yes, your majesty but..." He pointed his finger toward Kaito, "He was able to get a circle size filling the whole mirror. I didn't see anyone with Occult orb like him, so
I think the mirror is damaged and wasn't able to measure his original orb."
"Just because you didn't see it doesn't mean one can't have that much orb." The emperor was going according to the result from the mirror, but then he remberent the look that Kaito was giving him while others bowed down, "To clear your doubt, do you have a plan?"
A small smile appeared on his face and the town master's son's face, "Your majesty, I already thought about it." Pointing toward the town master's son he continued, "He was the other candidate with highest Occult orb. Why not let them fight to get our final candidate?"
"Hmm… that's a good idea." The emperor looked at the town master and continued, "Look like your son didn't only come to meet me, but he was also the candidate for my test. So, what do you think, letting him fight for the final spot?"
"I don't mind it, I also want to see how much progress he made over the year."
"Go ask the owner of the restaurant to prepare the arena for our little fight competition." He ordered the warrior who suggested the fight.
"Yes, your majesty." Bowing down he left the room.
'Tsk! I thought I would get away without fighting, who thought his majesty would agree so quickly. What if his Occult orb is really that high? There is no way I might be overthinking, right? I just need to destroy him and prove that the mirror was faulty.'
After a few minutes, they all went to a small arena located inside the restaurant. Along with them the owner of the restaurant also came.
"Now, you two go up to the arena. The emperor looked toward the owner of the restaurant, "Give them low-level iron swords." He turned back toward Kaito and the town master's son, "The one who falls down from the area or surrenders first will lose."
The owner of the restaurant came back with two iron swords, and gave them.
Looking around the sword, Kaito started thinking, 'I don't have any idea how to use the sword.' While he was thinking of a way to use the sword, the town master's son already transferred his fire energy inside the sword. An orange wave appeared around, covering the edge of his sword. He looked toward Kaito, and murmured, "Huh! Don't tell me, he doesn't know anything about how to use his Occult orb combined with the sword."
With a smile on his face, he rushed toward Kaito. Swinging his sword with the fire edge from right he aimed at Kaito's stomach, Kaito still didn't manage to use his wind energy. Seeing the attack coming, he moved his sword to block it.
'Hehe…. He thinks a normal iron sword without any energy inside, would be able to stop my sword.' Both of their swords collided, or so all present there saw. But the point at which their sword was about to collide, there was a thin wind barrier created by Kaito that stopped their swords from making contact.
Kaito's wind energy barely managed to block his opponent's attack. And from the moment their sword stuck together, Kaito kept looking at his opponent's sword.Town master's son kept preserving his sword, but he was able to move it. He can see that there was still no energy on Kaito's wooden sword, 'Why? Why isn't my sword slicing through his?' He increased the flow of his fire energy, the edge now he can feel that his sword was slowly moving forward.
Kaito was feeling the pressure, but as they were close, Kaito saw him transferring his fire energy into the sword, he understood what he needed to do next in order to continue, 'So that's how I should use my energy.'
And when the town master's son started getting the advantage, Kaito sent his wind energy inside his sword. Suddenly he felt as if the sword lost its weight, he pushed his sword. Town master's son got pushed back a few steps, 'I'm sure he wasn't using his wind energy earisee. Did he learn it as he was fighting me? That's not possible, it took me about three months to learn it. Wait a minute, if he learns it during the fight, that can also mean he doesn't know any sword technique. I think I should use my special powerful attack and kill him.'
Slowly he walked away from Kaito, Kaito didn't understand what his opponent was doing or going to do next. He stood still in his place, after learning how to send his energy inside the sword he was excited to learn more things during the fight.
Town master's son held the sword with both hands and moved it closer to his face. 'This is the finishing blow, I should use all of my energy and show the emperor my power.' Transferring most of his fire energy inside the wooden sword, he made his grip soft and shouted, "Go my sword, break and attack." Soon after he shouted, his wooden sword flew off a foot above him and broke into five pieces. Soon all of the small wooden sword pieces turned into small five swords, covered around Kaito and flew toward him.
Seeing the attack coming from all directions he didn't think of any way to block it. Seeing that the town master's son was happy, 'I knew it, he didn't even know how to swing a sword, otherwise blocking all these wouldn't be that hard. It's good that I used all my energy on making the impact of the sword big, not on speed."
As five swords were about to hit his body, suddenly his second magical energy, fire energy activated and formed a layer above his body. But it was so fast that his opponent didn't see red waves around Kaito. Kaito fire energy was more dense than the fire energy present inside the small five sword. As all small swords collided with Kaito fire energy a white smoke appeared surrounding him. From others' views it appeared as if all five swords hit Kaito.
Slowly the smoke faded away and along with it the happiness on the town master's son's face also faded away. Kaito was standing in front of him unharmed, there was a red wave flowing around his body.
"That's second second-stage fire energy!" Along with the emperor, the rest of the people present there were also shocked.
Soon the red waves around Kaito disappeared, but it seems Kaito was not happy after protecting himself, 'Oh no, I forgot, grandfather said not to use my other magical energy in front of people.' While he was still thinking, "No need to continue the duel, we can clearly see who won." Looking toward the town master the emperor continued, "Even though your son loses, I will still accept him into the Royal Academy."
"Really! Thank you, your majesty."
The emperor looked at Kaito and asked, "You… blue hair kid, What's your name?"
Bowing down his head, he replied, "It's Kaito, your majesty."
"Kaito, that's a good name. Follow me, you got selected, and you will leave town with me."
"Your majesty, I have a request. Before leaving, can I meet my grandfather?"
"Okay, if it is okay with you, I would also like to come with you to meet your grandfather?"
Agreeing to him they both left the restaurant with the warrior in his flying sword and went to the orphanage.