Tournament (Part 3)
"NEXT ROUND! MATCH-UPS ARE MYLES VS. MARIA and LOGAN VS. MAX!"
"Huh? What's going on?"
"It would appear my son, that you fell asleep during your so-called 'punishment' "
Oh crap. I can feel a deadly gaze piercing my head, sending shivers down my spine.
"M-mom! It's not my fault my punishment was to lie down."
"Hmm. True, I'll need to go over what the punishment is the next time someone suggest one." My mom accepts the explanation to my relief, "Anyways, get ready. You're up against that Maria girl." She says pointing at a girl.
I follow her arm and spot Maria, who is covered in crimson fur, and surrounded by women covered in feathers. If that isn't enough flags for you to put two and two together, she's the beastman, or beastwoman, princess. She's currently talking to Logan, who is surrounded by beautiful women, with a blush on her face, I make a sigh of relief at that sight. Finally, a girl that isn't flirting with me.
"Hey system, you there?" I say inwardly.
The little pixie appears in front of me with a flash of blue.
"You know, I would appreciate it if you would give me a proper name." She pouts with her cheeks puffed up. She literally looks like what an anime girl would while pouting.
"Hmm. Let's see. Well, what are you good at? Or what do you enjoy?"
"I like the moon."
"Luna"
"Damn it. I was trying to get you to choose Artemis."
"Eh. It's cliché."
"What do you mean?"
"Well usually people in my situation would name their helper or system after a god or famous person if they could."
"Ah. I see. Thanks for that then."
"Your welcome."
"Anyways, what did you want."
"Oh, right. Umm, oh yeah, am I able to use like an appraisal skill or something?"
"Yeah, why?"
"I wanna know the stats of "Chad" over there."
"Chad? Oh you mean Logan! Yeah, you just have to say, or think, the word 'appraise'."
"appraise" I say in my mind to avoid attention.
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Name: Logan Orlval
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Race: Human
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Class: (Swordsman)
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Stats:
Strength - 25
Agility - 18
Magic - 12
Intelligence - 13
Charisma - 20
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Soul Weapon:
(Holy Sword Ascalon)
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Body Type:
(Hero)
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"What the hell is up with this guy? Hero, Holy Sword, and his stats?!"
It's because he's gained the stats from battles. If you checked your stats then you would see that they increased with your previous win."
"Do I just say 'stats'?"
As soon as I said stats the screen system showed up with my stats on them.
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Strength - 18
Agility - 28
Magic - 25
Intelligence - 26
Charisma - 30
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"Wow, I'm one-upping Logan in every aspect but strength."
"Don't you have a fight to get to?"
"Oh shit, thanks for the reminder."
I start to head out into the arena when the crowd starts chanting, "MYLES, MYLES!" and "MARIA, MARIA!" Apparently her match was so good that she got quite the following.
I reach the arena and the chanting stops. Maria smiles at me and when I don't smile back she frowns.
"Appraisal"
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Strength - 12
Agility - 24
Magic - 25
Intelligence - 14
Charisma - 26
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So that's why she seems frustrated. The combo of charisma and magic would naturally make charm magic.
"So she's trying to charm me eh? How 'bout giving her a taste of her own medicine?"
"So does that mean you want to learn charm magic?" Luna asks appearing out of nowhere.
"Yeah and why isn't her charm magic working on me?"
"Oh yeah. Charm magic only works on those with a lower charisma than you."
As Luna is explaining I see Maria's face pale after murmuring something under her breath.
"Looks like she can also use appraisal."
"All of you that were chosen are able to."
"MATCH BEGIN"
I run as fast as I can towards her, when suddenly,
"I SURRENDER!"
HUH?
"UHM, WINNER PRINCE MYLES SULAND!"
The crowd roars in a mixture of surprise and outrage. While somewhere in the crowd a little girl asks her grandfather why the Princess surrendered, he simply answered, "It was a battle of the mind. She uses charm magic, so obviously she would panic if it didn't work." Back to that old man later.
"Stats"
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Strength - 26
Agility - 34
Magic - 30
Intelligence - 32
Charisma - 35
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"Holy crap my stats are growing fast!"
I start to walk to the arena when Maria walks to me and starts talking.
"Hey Myles."
"You must be Marco then."
"What how did you know?!"
"Mary calls me Les."
"Huh. Didn't know that. How come?"
"When we first met each other, she saw my name and started calling me My Les."
"So she turned your first name into two words?"
"Yep. Anyways have you talked to Max yet? He seems nice after getting isekai'd."
"Oh yeah. He's really nice. Apparently what we saw as bullying was his way of trying to make new friends with playful banter. Who knew." She shrugged.
"Man, now I feel bad about insulting him. Anyways, I'm rooting for you."
"What do you mean?"
" 'Chad' over there looks like he's getting a lot of attention."
She immediately blushes once she realizes just what I mean.
"We're not like that."
"That's why I'm rooting for you. I already have Bella and Lexa flirting with me and a cute maid back at home. I don't need another girl in my life."
"Ok. Well, WAIT DID YOU SAY A CUTE MAID?!"
I flash her my famous mischievous grin, "Hell yeah."
"SO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME, THAT MYLES, THE MYLES I KNOW, THINKS A GIRL IS CUTE?! Damn she must be hella beautiful."
"She's an elf. Of course she's beautiful."
"I'm starting to remember your elf fetish."
"Hey! You said you wouldn't bring that up!"
"Anyways we should probably head back."
"Yeah"
After shaking hands we head back to the sidelines so that the next match can start.
"Hey Luna?"
"Yeah Myles?"
"Is there going to be a day when you can take on a different size?"
"Maybe. Why?"
"Just wondering."
I mean it's not like I can tell you that you're the one I like.