Chapter 131 : Chapter 131
Chapter 131. Do You Have No Blood or Tears?
Even after that, the fascinating battles continued.
Whenever Radel brought out ‘that’ spirit, opponents naturally tensed up.
“To, to summon that so quickly! Do you have no blood or tears?”
“You summoned a spirit too, didn’t you?”
Radel looked at the opponent with an expression that said he didn’t understand.
Next to the opponent, a large water spirit was summoned. Since we both summoned spirits, I wondered if it was something to make such a fuss about.
It was true that I utilized the library spirit, but at most, it only revealed nicknames or trivial secrets.
Still, wasn't it information that the library spirit used its ability to tell me for the sake of its contractor?
If I didn't utilize it, I would be ignoring the spirit's sincerity.
“So, please take care of it.”
At Radel’s calmness, the opponent clenched his fists and trembled.
Radel’s notoriety, having already defeated many opponents to get here, was at a terrible level.
He tried to avoid encountering him somehow.
The opponent glared at the spirit whose name could not be spoken.
All that spirit can do is whisper.
I don't know how it is in the library, but this was strictly outside the library.
I will not be shaken by any devil-like words.
It was the moment his expression turned grim.
The evil spirit whispered something into Radel’s ear.
Radel being surprised was a bonus.
“What? You threw a tantrum demanding to wear your older sister’s dress until you were five?”
“Aaaaargh!”
He pledged not to be shaken by any devil-like whispers, but…… in the end, he collapsed.
Like that, Radel grasped another victory.
After taking a short break, Radel’s next opponent came up to the stadium.
It was Inette, appearing with her red hair fluttering.
She was one of the opponents Radel wanted to avoid the most.
It was not easy to block Inette’s indiscriminate pouring of flame attacks.
“Fancy meeting you in a place like this, Inette.”
Inette snorted at Radel’s greeting.
“Hmph, it’s not like we bumped into each other on the street, so what greeting. Just know that you’ve been lucky until now.”
“Of course, I know.”
Radel admitted calmly.
‘It was lucky that I came this far without swordsmanship.’
Inette seemed to have attacked her opponents to her heart's content with her Ability without caring about the score, but Radel decided not to use his sword to receive a proper evaluation.
It was a situation where the first-year major professors were watching.
I wanted to get a good score by using only magic as much as possible.
“Spirit Summon!”
Radel summoned the library spirit again.
Poof!
“Again? Again? When on earth does this end!”
The library spirit appeared and shouted, trembling its pages.
This damned final evaluation showed no signs of ending. So the library spirit, who had been summoned over and over again, was extremely angry.
“If it was going to be like this, you should have just left me summoned! Sending me back and calling me again! And again! Am I a boomerang? To keep coming back?!”
I could understand the spirit’s feelings, but it couldn't be helped.
No matter how small it had become, it wasn't easy to keep a Great Spirit summoned.
It was a choice to save Magic Power as much as possible.
“Because my Magic Power is insufficient. I am sorry.”
When Radel apologized meekly, the library spirit had nothing to say either. After all, didn’t it contract knowing how much Magic Power this guy had?
Since it was the one who lost the bet with a guy who had an insignificant level of Magic Power, it couldn’t blame anyone else.
The library spirit clicked its tongue and said.
“Forget it! Seeing that you keep summoning me, aren't you winning? It's much better than losing!”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
“I only stated the fact. Ahem, so who is it this time?”
“It is that red-haired friend over there.”
When the library spirit looked at her, Inette flinched.
She didn't show it, but she had been nervous since Radel summoned the spirit.
She had clearly seen how other first-years who fought Radel collapsed, and the memory of suffering to pass the spirit’s test in the library during midterms was also vivid.
Inette shouted, pretending not to be nervous.
“Go ahead and try attacking with the spirit! No matter what you say, I don’t care at all, you know?”
As Inette thought, the reason the first-years who fought Radel were defeated was that their minds were weak.
Whatever the childhood nickname was, wasn't it enough to just ignore it and attack? It was ridiculous to see them fearing Radel, calling him a guy worse than a devil.
‘I am different! Because I won’t be shaken by such words.’
Inette strengthened her resolve.
However, she was a little curious.
What on earth would the library spirit say about her?
Amidst the tension, the library spirit closed its eyes and flipped its pages.
And after a moment, it opened its eyes wide and shouted.
“That girl can’t sleep at night if she hears ghost stories!”
“W-what, what?! Don’t be ridiculous!”
This isn’t something like a nickname!
Inette jumped up and down.
“It’s a lie! Who says I’m scared of ghost stories!”
Then Radel shrugged his shoulders.
“Inette, the spirit never said you were scared of ghosts. It just said you couldn't sleep at night.”
Radel was right.
Realizing her mistake, Inette’s face turned bright red.
“A-anyway, it’s a lie! I won’t let you get away with this!”
* * *
The result was Radel’s victory.
“This can’t be…….”
She used her Ability, magic, and even spirit summoning, but she lost. It was the result of her concentration being disrupted as she was flustered at the beginning of the battle.
Inette trudged into the waiting room after finishing the battle.
Those who had walked the same path as Inette were gathered there. They were the first-years defeated by Radel.
Leon’s followers were the most numerous, and there were also Inette’s followers.
Having watched the battle with Inette, they were grinding their teeth at Radel.
“To slander our Princess with such nonsense?”
“Who says she can’t sleep just because she hears ghost stories? Does he think our Princess is a child? That is no different from tarnishing our Princess’s honor!”
Inette put her hand to her forehead as she listened to her followers chattering.
She felt like shutting those guys’ mouths.
The more the followers chattered, the more rumors about how Inette lost would spread all over the place.
Unaware of her feelings, the followers protested to Radel, who was entering behind Inette.
“Aren’t you ashamed? No matter how much you want to win, shouldn’t you do it fairly!”
“That’s right! Can this be called true skill?”
“Apologize to our Princess!”
Seeing that sight, Inette couldn’t hold back anymore and exploded.
“Won’t you all shut up? If I lost, I lost. What’s there to make a fuss about!”
“Th, that’s not it, we just for the Princess’s honor…….”
“Does doing this turn a lost match into a won match? You guys lost too so you should know, right? If luck is repeated, it’s skill!”
At Inette’s fierce spirit, the Magic Supremacists who were cheering for Inette’s followers from the side also quietly shut their mouths.
Inette glared at her followers and warned them.
“If you understand, then don’t make excuses using me and go practice magic more. Got it?”
“Yes, Princess…….”
The followers scattered in all directions, suppressed by the tyrant-like spirit of Inette.
Inette snorted and looked back at Radel.
“Hmph, talking so much after losing. Don’t get the wrong idea, it’s not like what your spirit said during the battle earlier was true.”
“Got it, thanks.”
“No need to be thankful. I only did it because they were noisy.”
No matter if Inette did it because she lost her temper, in the end, it was no different from taking Radel’s side.
Radel grinned and checked the tournament bracket.
It was to check the opponent he would fight next.
Armandy and Tunia, who were in a different group from Radel, had been eliminated before he knew it.
‘Since Armandy is an Ability Management Bureau Agent, he probably held back and got eliminated, and Tunia must have been at a disadvantage because she couldn’t use assassination techniques.’
At least Gusto seemed to be still enduring and fighting.
If Gusto won this match, he was scheduled to face Radel in the finals.
A quite long battle continued, but Gusto also ended up defeated.
The moment Gusto was defeated, Radel had a premonition that the next match wouldn't be easy.
To think I would meet that guy in the finals of all places.
The opponent Radel had to fight last was the first-year he wanted to avoid the most right now.
It was Leon.
* * *
“It’s been a while.”
Radel greeted lightly while looking at Leon.
He thought he might meet Leon as the final evaluation progressed, but…….
‘To think we would really fight.’
Leon replied in a cold voice to Radel’s greeting.
“I assume you are prepared to die.”
Ding.
[Skill, Superhuman Intuition activates.]
[Someone’s killing intent is felt.]
Unfortunately, Leon’s words were sincere.
Fighting a brother who was trying to eliminate him somehow was not an easy task.
Well, that didn't mean I intended to go down quietly.
That was Leon’s circumstance, and Radel had to survive.
‘Everyone, please fight hard without dying.’
The words Professor Lilian said before the final evaluation started came to mind.
Somehow, a smile seemed to be glimpsed on the face of Professor Lilian sitting over there.
Professor Lilian, who always emphasized true battle and pursued life-and-death duels.
Radel was going to try his best so that the professor’s wish would not come true today.
“Spirit Summon!”
Leon summoned spirits first.
He summoned two spirits at once and swung his staff.
“Earth!”
Rumble!
The stadium floor shook and began to surge.
Radel found ground that was still intact, stepped on it, and immediately brought out a spirit.
“Spirit Summon!”
However, Leon’s spell struck down before the library spirit was even summoned.
“Lightning that burns everything!”
Flash!
“W, what is it! Kuaaak!”
The library spirit’s body burst into flames as it was hit by lightning that fell as soon as it was summoned.
With ordinary Magic Power, setting a Great Spirit on fire was impossible. However, the abnormal Magic Power Leon possessed made it possible.
Poof!
Then, the library spirit was reverse summoned before he could do anything.
Radel also received a shock from extreme Magic Power depletion caused by the reverse summoning.
“Ugh!”
Magic Power drained out at once, hitting rock bottom.
It felt like the god of death was waving his hand at me.
However, since his body was fine, Troll’s Heart did not activate.
Leon approached the stumbling Radel and opened his mouth.
“I cannot forget what you said during that hearing that wasn't even funny.”
What is this about now?
Radel barely recalled the hearing Inette and her friends had concocted after kidnapping him before.
Since many things happened after that, it was difficult to remember that day in detail.
However, Leon seemed indifferent to whether Radel remembered or not.
“I will decide whether to kill you or let you live right now depending on your answer. What you said back then, you said that whether you are stupid or smart, the actions I will take are decided anyway.”
The tip of Leon’s staff pointed at Radel.
“Are you saying you know what I will do?”