The Author's POV

Chapter 235

The weekend passed by in the blink of an eye, and the day of the tournament had finally arrived.

Reporters filled the academy campus and different colored buses appeared on the roads of the academy as they entered through the main gates. All of the major and minor academies in the human domain had gathered here today for this event.

Everywhere I walked, I could see people. It was as though I was in Times Square New York back on earth during Christmas times.

It was very crowded.

"Can you share with us your thoughts on the tournament?"

"What are you planning on achieving?"

"Who do you think the favorites of this tournament are?"

As I walked around, I could overhear the conversations the reporters were having with some of the students.

Some of the students came from the Lock, and some from the other academies.

"Where are they?"

Arriving at the academy main gate, I looked left and right. Unfortunately, no matter where I looked, I could only see an endless amount of people trying to get in.

Right now, I was looking for my parents.

Once they learned of my participation in the tournament, they forced me to send them tickets to the event so that they could watch it live.

'No, we want to watch it live! Since you're performing, I want to cheer for you!'

Was what my mother said when I told her to watch it on TV.

Since I knew that arguing with my mother was pointless, I quickly gave in to her demands thus leading to the current situation.

"Ren!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice called out for me. Turning around a smile appeared on my face.

"You guys are here"

"Of course! We would never skip such an important day for you!"

With Nola in her arms, my mother walked up to me. Behind her was my father who nodded his head towards me. I nodded back.

"Bwudar!"

Nola called out for me as she extended her hands in my direction.

"Come here"

"Tehehe"

Grabbing Nola by the armpits, she suddenly giggled. My brow raised as a result. An evil thought crossed my mind.

"Oh? Did that tickle you? Do you want more?"

"Kyaaaaaaahahaha!"

Faintly tickling her armpits, Nola suddenly screamed. Hearing her screams, I smiled even more and tickled a little bit more.

"Ren, stop bullying your sister!"

My mother scolded me as she slapped my shoulder.

"Alright, I'll stop, I'll stop"

"Big bwuaddar is a meanie"

Looking at me, Nola pouted. Tears gathered at the side of her eyes.

"Aww, I'm sorry Nola. I'll make it up to you by winning okay?"

"Hmph"

Nola turned her head around and ignored me. I scratched the side of my neck.

"Alright, you win"

Sighing, I decide to resort to my secret weapon. Tapping on my bracelet, I took out a piece of candy. Instantly Nola's eyes lit up.

'Hehe, I'm already well versed in the art of bribery'

Nola was a very easy child to appease. Just a simple piece of candy and she would instantly forget any grudge.

"No, I don't want"

Just as Nola was to grab the candy, she suddenly stopped. Retrieving her hand, she continued to ignore me.

"Eh?"

The gears of my mind stopped working for a second.

This was not how the script was supposed to go. She was supposed to take the candy and quickly forgive me. Why wasn't it like this?

'Ah, maybe she wants another candy. How cute'

Suddenly a thought struck me. This was indeed plausible.

"Alright, here"

Taking out another piece of candy, I put it in Nola's hand. Once again, she shook her head.

"No!"

"You..."

Once again I took out another piece of candy making them three. Yet

do to

Nola, I gave up and directly asked

"Fwive candies"

her eyes, Nola opened her little

"Five candies?"

"um, fwive!"

gave her five

"Fine, you win"

no way I was

her five candies. I had an endless supply of candy anyway,

"Okay, Nola forgives you"

smiled. She

"That's a good boy"

"Eh..."

mouth, my mind suddenly blanked. I couldn't process

was that just

matter how I looked at it, she had just treated me like a dog. What

'Angelica...'

a thought suddenly struck

had to

couldn't think of anyone

I'll definitely not

swore

How dare she...

aren't you

mother reminded me as she looked at her watch. I quickly snapped out of

'Crap!'

watch, I inwardly cursed. I

I'll lead you

around and quickly led

put in the back of my mind for now. I had more pressing

*

grounds, I

"You're late"

changing rooms was

with

to have met Kevin ten minutes ago, but with all

"Your parents?"

Kevin asked.

the way to

I see, must've been

his head slightly. A look of nostalgia appeared

are

seen it, I

years, after that we are

his head, Kevin

"When's that?"

"In about two minutes..."

slightly, Kevin responded. Silence enveloped the changing

"..."

"..."

"Shit!"

out my clothes and changed into a new uniform made specifically for

the edges and insignia of the uniform. Putting on the uniform wasn't hard as within a minute I was

"Let's go"

in the dimensional space,

this point forward, the tournament

***

filled the sky and heavy

"Haaaa—! "Haaaa—!"

arena filled with people, blood-curling screams rang out repeatedly. Blood spilled everywhere and corpses littered the

the arena stands echoed all the way down towards the arena

of the training grounds was a

SHIIIING—!

an individual snuck up from behind the youth and

the spear was about to connect to

The spear missed.

the youth turned

—Spurt!

the

—Thud!

thud and

"...that's thirteen"

muttered as he slashed his saber to the side.

looked at

on the ground as the sound

was about to once

However...

—Beeep! —Beeep!

large beeping sounds

stopped

have passed the trials. Out of the 500 initial contests, only 28 remained alive.

was the voice of the announcer that echoed through the speakers around

all those that remained standing in

So did the youth.

in white entered the arena and cleaned

was

"Thank you"

the arena, a

in a week, if you aren't in the best conditions, chances

"mhm, will do"

youth, Matthew, lifted his head slightly. Standing before him was a black humanoid creature who had a smile on his

long has it been?', Matthew wondered as he

past

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