Chapter XCV - His Name is Nordick (part 1)

He was speaking so fucking coldly just a few seconds ago...

And now, he turned into an arena commentator.

He was a narcissist, but this is a bit…

Everyone can only stare at him with silence as their mind tries to process everything that they just heard and saw. The receptionist seemed to be used to this, because she just facepalmed.

"Ah, sorry. My true nature came out."

Plauren said as he fixed the position of his glasses on his face. His hands then turned and pointed at me and Norpenis again.

"The two of you shall fight it out. Whoever wins… shall enter and become the great student of the Magic Academy."

He said coldly to me and Norpenis. The father was quite worried by the sudden command, but he is certain that his son can win.

"W-What? But fighting against a lady-"

"That is fine, because if someone got hurt they will get healed immediately!"

Plauren continued to answer.

"And... where should we-"

"Right here is fine."

"R-Right here?"

The father got taken aback when Plauren suddenly stared at him. His eyes are watching his prey coldly.

"I am the assistant. I can get the cleaning service here with a snap of my fingers and they will come in mere minutes! So, don't bother trying to keep the floor clean."

Plauren said as he posed towards the father. The father turned his gaze to me, and saw the shocked expression I am wearing.

The father grinned, noticing that I had become scared, and he became sure that his son could win.

But, my shock wasn't caused by that.

I was very shocked hearing the word 'Minutes' coming out from Plauren's mouth.

Did he seriously just say 'Minutes'??

Does that mean… there's a concept of time here??

But, my confusionwas ignored by Plauren, who is very insisting on having a battle here between me and the other guy.

"Plus, no one can see us here, so why not!?"

Plauren then leaped back and straightened his posture upon landing. On his mouth is a single whistle that was taken out mid leap from his chest pocket. 

He is ready.

Somehow, I had a feeling that he actually planned this to happen.

"The two sides, please choose a spot."

All of the sudden, ice platforms conjured on two different spots in the room. The two are placed in the middle of the left and right side of the room, for me and the other guy to stand on

His element is ice, huh…?

Since I'm closest to the right side, I picked that one and stood on top of it.

"Son. Don't lose."

The father said to his son and the boy stood on top of the ice platform, like me. Now that I can see him clearly, he is actually quite fat. His purplish hair is cut short and his cheeks are thick as heck. And from the looks of it, it's only a matter of time until those belts exploded and exposed his underwear.

Well, what can I say… His name is Nordick.

"This is a battle of magic. Neither side can step outside of the ice ring, so you two can only shoot your magic from a distance."

Plauren said as he pointed at the ice ring under me.

I see. Then that way, I don't need to use any physical attacks. Thank god, because I wasn't wearing my adventurer outfit. Casual clothes are just very difficult to move around on, especially when it's a female outfit. So, physical combat is just impossible for me without ripping my clothes.

Then again, this is a magic academy, not some knight school. Fighting is definitely based on magic. My fault for overthinking, I guess.

"Get ready!"

Plauren shouted as he lifted his hand up. Norpenis started to put up a stance, and I can see a small amount of energy gathering on his hand. Slowly, that energy formed, and a ball of water was created. 

I didn't need to put up a stance. Just a single small fire on top of my finger.

Of course, it's a firebomb.

"Begin!"

Norpenis shot his water ball at me at an incredibly high speed, but my fire bullet was much faster.

The two centimetres wide fireball flew at light speed and punched through the water ball, completely eradicating it. But, the ball didn't stop there. 

It kept on going until it landed on Norpenis' forehead and exploded.

The small explosion can be seen from his forehead, turning his whole face to coal.

"Nordick!!"

Hahah, right. Shout his name. Sounds like a very good idea.

The parents quickly ran towards their son and checked his condition. Norpenis got knocked out, and the father looked pretty pissed.

"H-How dare you shoot magic at a noble!!"

"Really? I mean, this is what the game is, right?"

I said monotonously at him while putting on a calm look. He gritted his teeth and suddenly took out his wand from his magic ring. He stood on top of the ice ring and pointed his wooden weird looking wand at me.

"Then I'll beat you!!"

He conjured a water magic from his wand, and a water dragon was formed from his wand.

GROAAA!!!

The water dragon made its way towards me, but I stayed calm. 

Before it could reach me, the water dragon exploded and threw water everywhere. I slightly used my fire magic to make some fiery waves right where the water was about to hit me, so it got turned to mist and won't wet my clothes.

The old man was shocked when he saw his water dragon explode. His gaze then landed at Plauren, who also had taken out his wand.

"Now, who decided that you can just challenge a small lady?"

Hey, who did you call small!?

The father continued to bite his lips until it bled. He then grabbed his wife and passed out son and he quickly dragged him to his carriage. The driver was surprised when he saw his boss suddenly come out and enter the carriage. 

After that, the driver turned the carriage around and left the front gate, leaving the academy completely.