Chapter 232 25
Azalia frowned after the golden light fell right on her. By now, she could confirm that Raphael was aware of her powers, or perhaps he had already realized that Azalia was the one who wanted to sneak into his office that night. The worst case was that Raphael recognized Azalia's origins and knew her purpose in enrolling in the academy.
Azalia could only click her tongue and accept it for now. After this event ended, she intended to speed up the search for the world altar fragment and quickly leave the academy before the worst happened.
"The five students I have appointed stand at the edge of the battle arena." Raphael gave instructions to the five people he had chosen. One by one, the students stood up and walked towards the edge of the battle arena.
The five students from the Arcuz Grand Academy faced off against the five students from the Piqmentia Grand Academy, with the battle arena separating them.
"It's destiny for you and me to be together, Azalia. I think no man but me is worthy of you. Let's beat the students from the human academy together, Azalia!" Prince Ozkar glanced next to him and smiled charmingly. Azalia snorted coldly at his words and kept her distance from him.
Sintaro saw the exchange between the two people. He suddenly smiled evilly as he thought of something in his mind. The other four students from Piqmentia Grand Academy didn't know what he was thinking at this moment.
"Today, we will determine who is stronger among us, perverted prince!" Sintaro shouted at Prince Ozkar. His voice echoed in the venue and was heard by all the guests present, including Prince Ozkar's father, King Regulus.
King Regulus's face darkened after hearing Sintaro's words to his son. The guests whispered about the nickname that Sintaro gave to Prince Ozkar. They quickly learned that the cause of this match was the dispute between the two boys.
Blue veins popped out on Prince Ozkar's forehead after hearing Sintaro's words. He clenched his fists tightly in anger. He was embarrassed because Sintaro called him that nickname in front of many people.
"Don't talk nonsense! We prove it by ability, not by words!" Prince Ozkar shouted angrily. He glared at Sintaro. In Prince Ozkar's mind, he was only thinking about how to beat Sintaro so badly that no one else could recognize him.
The other participants from the two academies were speechless after seeing the two people's bickering. They could only stand still and wait for the match to start.
"Of course, I know! You don't have to teach me, handsome prince." Sintaro smiled and said Prince Ozkar sarcastically.
Sintaro's words made Prince Ozkar even angrier. He wanted to cross the battle arena and beat up Sintaro even though the match hadn't started yet. Luckily, Raphael's voice calmed him down and made him cancel it.
"Enough. We will start this match. We need two referees in the fight. One from the Piqmentia Grand Academy and the other from the Arcuz Grand Academy. I don't want it to be unfair just to use a referee from my academy." Raphael said in a majestic voice to stop Sintaro and Prince Ozkar's quarrel.
"I agree with you. Flavio, you will represent our academy as a referee." Merlick had the same thought as Raphael.
"I understand, principal." Flavio got up from his seat and flew towards the edge of the battle arena.
At first, Merlick was worried that Raphael would only use the referee from the Arcuz Grand Academy, and that person would side with the participants from that academy. He wanted to propose using two referees, but since Raphael had already said so, he didn't bother speaking and quickly agreed.
"Jourelio, you will represent our academy as a referee." Raphael looked at Jourelio, who was sitting not far from him.
"I understand!" Jourelio rose from his seat and disappeared. He reappeared on the edge of the battle arena right next to Flavio.
"Greetings, Mr. Flavio. I've heard a lot about you, and I'm glad I met you today." Jourelio smiled broadly and offered a handshake to Flavio.
"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Jourelio. I'm glad to be your acquaintance." Flavio smiled back and accepted Jourelio's handshake.
"Alright. Before starting this match, I want the participants to take a lottery to determine who their opponent will be in the battle in the battle arena. Jourelio, please help them take the lottery." Raphael gave instructions to Jourelio.
Raphael didn't want the match to be done with a challenge system. If the match were to be conducted under such a system, Raphael would have to give the right of challenge to the participants from the human academy since they were the guests and the demi-human academy was the host. The strong entrants from the Piqmentia Grand Academy would challenge the weaker entrants from the Arcuz Grand Academy, and it was inevitable that the human academy would win this match.
"I understand!" Jourelio took two boxes containing lottery numbers from his space storage. It looked like it had been prepared beforehand. Then Jourelio gave a box to Flavio for the participants from the Piqmentia Grand Academy.
After that, the participants from Piqmentia Grand Academy and Arcuz Grand Academy took their lottery numbers in turn.
"Don't let me meet you! Otherwise, you will end up in my hands." Sintaro said to Prince Ozkar before he drew his lottery numbers.
"I return those words to you. I'll make sure you won't be able to get out of bed for a few months if you run into me in the battle arena!" Prince Ozkar was not afraid of Sintaro's words and threatened him back. Instead, he hoped that his opponent in the battle would be Sintaro.
After all the participants from the two academies finished picking up the lottery numbers, they returned to the edge of the battle arena.
"Your opponents in battle are participants who have the same number as you. show me your number now!" Jourelio explained further and asked the students from both academies to show the numbers they got from the lottery.
The guests can't wait to see the fight begin. Who will be the opponent who will be known after the participants show their lottery numbers. In this friendly match, they hoped to see a great fight between the younger generations from the two regions.
The participants raised their hands and showed the lottery numbers they got. The guests became noisy after seeing it because the result of the draw was not what they expected. The match will last five rounds. Whichever academy wins three times first is the winner, and the list of five battles is.
Prince Fritz vs Princess Seira
Princess Reina vs Prince Viron
Kyouka vs Princess Evelyn
Hikaru vs Prince Ozkar
Sintaro vs Azalia
"You are lucky not to meet me in battle!" Sintaro clicked his tongue and then shouted at Prince Ozkar after seeing his lottery number. He was disappointed that he didn't meet Prince Ozkar in the fight.
"You're the lucky one here! But you don't have to worry about that because I will still be your opponent in the battle arena and make you regret looking for trouble with me." Prince Ozkar snorted at Sintaro and then looked at Jourelio.
"Mr. Jourelio, may I exchange my opponent with Azalia?" Prince Ozkar hopes his request will be approved. Jourelio was at a loss about answering the question as he did not have the authority to decide.
"Are we going to agree, Principal?" Jourelio looked to Raphael for his opinion.
"Hmm... what do you think, Mr. Merlick? Do you agree to that request?" Raphael threw the question at Merlick. He also couldn't decide the matter himself because it would be considered unfair.
"I think it's fine. You can exchange it." Merlick quickly agreed. Sintaro and Hikaru's strengths weren't much different. Therefore he thought that the exchange of opponents would not change the match's outcome.
"Thank you!" Prince Ozkar bowed to Jourelio and Raphael but said nothing to Merlick because he thought it was unnecessary. Merlick just kept quiet and ignored Prince Ozkar's attitude towards him because he didn't feel the need to care about him. On the other hand, the students of the Piqmentia Grand Academy felt angry and displeased with Prince Ozkar.
"How? You wouldn't be afraid to fight me in the battle arena, would you?" Prince Ozkar said to Sintaro provokingly.
"I'm afraid of you? In your dreams! I'm just so excited to be able to fight you and beat you up!" Sintaro smirked at Prince Ozkar.
"We'll see who is battered in our fight later." Prince Ozkar said coldly and then ignored Sintaro. He didn't want to argue with Sintaro in front of many people. Prince Ozkar suppressed his anger for now and would vent it in his fight against Sintaro.
After Prince Ozkar's request was approved, the fourth round was a battle between Hikaru and Azalia, while the fifth round was a battle between Sintaro and Prince Ozkar.
"Alright. For the first round, participants who get number one, please enter the battle arena!" Jourelio shouted and started the first round. Flavio just stood next to him. His current job was to watch the fight closely to prevent any possible cheating by any participants.
After hearing Jourelio's words, Prince Fritz and Princess Seira climbed onto the battle arena simultaneously, and a barrier suddenly formed around the place. The barrier was to prevent the attacks of the two people fighting in the battle arena from coming out and hitting the guests.
"Haa… not too long ago, I was thinking about how to get big brother to be close to Princess Seira, but now they are becoming opponents in this battle. I don't know if there's any hope for big brother to be close to Princess Seira in the future." Princess Freya sighed after thinking about Prince Fritz's romance.
Princess Freya realized that Prince Fritz had romantic feelings for Princess Seira after seeing her brother's affectionate gaze toward Princess Seira that night. She intends to make their relationship closer.
But before Princess Freya could do so, Prince Fritz had to face a battle against Princess Seira. Princess Freya hoped that their relationship would not be damaged and become distant after this battle was over, regardless of who the winner of the battle was.
"I feel this is a good opportunity for your brother." King Leonida replied to Princess Freya's words. He heard Princess Freya's voice even though his daughter said it quietly.
"What do you mean, father?" Princess Freya looked at King Leonida and asked. She was curious about the meaning of his father's words.
"Of course, your brother must convey his feelings through this fight. That would probably bring them closer together. Princess Seira also seemed to be interested in Fritz. Unfortunately, her romance depends on her mother, Queen Jasmine. Didn't Princess Seira already say that?" King Leonida sighed helplessly.
If Princess Seira was a Princess from a kingdom in the human region, that matter would be easy to solve. King Leonida can ask permission from the king of that kingdom to approve the relationship between the two because the Aurelia Kingdom is the largest and most powerful kingdom in the human region.
Unfortunately, Princess Seira is from the Elven Kingdom, and Queen Jasmine is not an easy person to talk to even though she is a woman. Moreover, Queen Jasmine was also mighty, and King Leonida felt it would be difficult to ask her to allow the relationship between Prince Fritz and Princess Seira.
"Hmm… I think I have a solution for that problem, father. As long as we can make sure that Princess Seira also has feelings for my brother, I have a way for Queen Jasmine to approve their relationship." Princess Freya felt that the matter was not too complicated. She could ask Kalya or Ziel to speak directly to Queen Jasmine, and she was sure that Queen Jasmine would not dare to refuse it.
"Hahaha… how do you convince Queen Jasmine? She can't possibly listen to you, Freya." King Leonida laughed and shook his head after hearing his daughter's words.
Freya smiled and didn't reply to her father's words. She turned his gaze to the battle arena. Princess Freya saw her brother's nervous face when faced with Princess Seira.
"I didn't think we would face off like this, Princess Seira." Prince Fritz sighed because he was disappointed with the lottery numbers he got. He didn't want to fight Princess Seira if he had to choose.
"I feel the same way, Prince Fritz. But I can't ask the principal to change my opponent because I'm not Prince Ozkar. So, let's fight with all our might without holding back. Even though I look like this, I'm quite strong, and you shouldn't underestimate me!" Princess Seira smiled sweetly and showed her tiny fist to Prince Fritz.
"Oh, yes! Of course, I won't underestimate you and will put my full strength against you!" Prince Fritz was stunned when he saw Princess Seira's sweet smile and replied haltingly.
Princess Seira smiled when she saw Prince Fritz's reaction. When she wanted to say something else to Prince Fritz, a voice came first and made her stop what she wanted to say.
"The rules of this match are simple. A participant will be declared the winner if his opponent is unconscious or admits defeat. We as referees have the right to stop the fight if it is necessary." Jourelio looked at the participants at the edge of the battle arena. He was silent for a moment and opened his mouth again.
"The first round of the friendly match between Piqmentia Grand Academy against Arcuz Grand Academy begins!" Jourelio shoots magic into the sky, signaling the start of the fight. Prince Fritz and Princess Seira's faces became serious and charged at the same time after seeing that.