Dueling

Dueling, a very old yet prominent branch of magic that is taken as a symbol of pride but not to the degree of dueling for heirship or asset transfers in the form of bets it had given the goblins enough headaches that it was banned to duel over lordship's or heirship

Yet dueling was a yearly competition for all ages and one such tournament is where I am

U-13 or under thirteen dueling tournament as it was called was scheduled thankfully during summer holidays

It was quite easy to register in the said tournament yet it was in France after all the hassle I finally got there it's definitely not easy for a minor to get a portkey

Anyways the U-13 started of with the minister of magical France to introduce the tournament well it wouldn't have been a big deal if it was just the U-13 going on but it was held together with the U-15 U-17 U-19 and professional league championships so it was a big deal for the French ministry

The dueling championships was very popular somewhat even more so then Quidditch

Afterwards, the competition finally began by drawing lots for the all under nineteen tournaments

Fortunately, I didn't have to wait long for my turn. My opponent was a Hispanic girl with black hair and black eyes plain features yet confidence was radiating from her

"3!"

The announcer began calm almost bored voice rang out. the audience or the lack of was obvious.

U-13 was after all just the junior league

"2!"

"1!"

"Stupify!"

"Levicorpus!"

Almost at the same time lights flashed out as the two wizards exchanged spells yet if one were to notice one of the spells speed was significantly faster

Even before casting the spell I was in the position to side step a experienced dueler might have caught on yet none was the wiser here

And with that the duel came to an end

"Well that was disappointing"

I sighed

Moving on I went through a series of duel keeping the facade of chanting and swinging

What was disappointing however was that most of the exchanges were short one spell duels that was barely anything

So with the approaching finals I had clearly lost hope

During break I went to look at other league competitions with some hope and what I saw left me speechless

Spell we're being exchanged faster then I could catch up the colour arrangement of spell were too beautiful as if a painting with beautiful strokes

I stood there mesmerized as some spell deflected toward my direction before I could notice

I quickly fell on my arse as the spell hit the protective shield of the stadium dispelling itself

Yet I was amazed rather then scared this is what I call duelling and with renewed hope I went back to duel my final opponent of the day

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The tournament ended two days later and I returned with a trophy signifying my victory it was surprisingly a close call In the finals but I had discovered that my spell were significantly faster and stronger then others my age well it was harder to notice as I knew only few spell most well support oriented

However, the image I saw was engraved in my mind and the passion was again reignited

So, I started studying with fervor and desire to be stronger