Academy – Provocation

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-Whooong.

A blue blade flickered on Jade’s sword.

“What is this…?”

Boris stared at it, mouth agape in surprise.

What was forming on the sword was an unstable but unmistakable Aura. It even looked like mana was being drawn towards Jade just now.

“Were you hiding your talent? No, even so, that phenomenon just now…”

“No. But after watching Lena’s, no, the video, I felt something awaken within me.”

“Ha, I’m seeing all sorts of things in my life.”

For a long time, Boris stared at Jade with a dumbfounded expression.

After a while, Boris snapped out of it and suddenly looked full of motivation.

“Good. With this, there’s hope even for a 5-Star Mage.”

“R-Really?”

“I’ll figure out a way for you to win somehow. It would be even better if you could fully reach the realm of a 5 Star.”

And so, in the open space, the sound of Jade swinging his sword and Boris correcting him continued for a long time.

**

“So it ends up like this after all. This is awesome….”

“I’m so jealous of Doran.”

“Now she’s undeniably become a whore.”

The students in the classroom were buzzing and all looking towards the blackboard.

Their eyes were fixed on Doran, who had brought a chair and was sitting down.

“Alright. See this?”

Doran held up a piece of paper and fluttered it so everyone could see.

“This is a contract. It says that Lena here will obey me as a slave forever.”

And below Doran, Lena was bowing her head at his feet.

She meticulously sucked on Doran’s toes.

“Slurp, eugh… Slurrrp!”

From the big toe to the little toe, she put each one in her mouth and cleaned them with her tongue.

“Lena, get up now. You have to say your last words to your friends.”

“Slurrp… Yes, Master.”

At Doran’s command, Lena wiped the saliva from her mouth and stood up. Then, she began to say her farewells in front of the students.

“…Thank you all for everything until now. I’m going to quit the Rain Academy from today. My Master has shown me true happiness.”

Lena wore a bright smile.

“I will now live as Doran’s personal bitch for the rest of my life.♡”

“Haha! Good job. Then now, to sign the contract―”

-Bang!

“Doran!”

Suddenly, Jade burst through the classroom door. In an instant, everyone’s attention was focused on Jade.

“…What is it, it’s Jade?”

Doran was flustered by Jade’s sudden appearance. But he quickly grinned and looked at Jade.

“Do you have some business…? No, never mind. Did you enjoy the gift from yesterday? You must have wanted to see it too.”

“…”

At those words, Jade recalled Lena’s image in the Recording Device from yesterday.

Her figure, being pinned down by Doran, wailing, and eventually succumbing to him, was vivid.

Anger surged within Jade once more.

‘That bastard….’

He wanted to rush over and kill Doran right away.

But he gritted his teeth and endured it. Rushing at Doran here wouldn’t change anything.

Jade closed his eyes for a moment and slowly calmed his excitement.

“Hoo…”

Then, he straightened his back and walked confidently towards Doran.

“Doran, I challenge you to a duel.”

“Why would I… What?”

“…Huh?”

Doran was genuinely taken aback by Jade’s unexpected words. Lena, who was next to him, also stared at Jade with surprised eyes.

“What’s gotten into your head? You’re challenging me to a duel?”

“Yes. My demand is that if you lose, you release Lena. Then you completely leave this place and don’t lay a finger on us.”

“Jade, what― Ugh?!”

Lena tried to stop Jade, but Doran’s hand covered Lena’s mouth.

“Shh, be quiet. Okay, that’s all fine. But what do I gain if I win the duel?”

At Doran’s reasonable question, Jade first presented the condition he had prepared.

“If I lose… I will become your eternal slave. It wouldn’t be bad to have me as a worker you can use as you please.”

“Ha? You think I’d duel for just that? And in the first place, Lena, the person involved, has to agree to this duel. Lena, you don’t like a guy like him, right? Right?”

“…Yes, I―”

“Lena.”

Jade interrupted Lena’s words. And he filled his eyes with his heart and will.

Praying that Lena would understand his sincerity.

“I know very well how foolish I’ve been until now. And that I’m too lacking compared to you. But can you give me a chance just this once? Just trust me one time.”

“…”

Lena’s eyes wavered slightly.

Jade noticed it. Even though it seemed like everything was over, there was clearly still a glimmer of hope left.

Had Jade’s persuasion finally moved Lena?

After a moment, Lena, who had been looking dazed, slowly nodded her head.

“…Yes.”

“What?”

Doran watched the scene and was dumbfounded.

An incomprehensible thing was happening right before his eyes.

“Lena, are you crazy right now? I told you your fate. You’re going to be abandoned by everyone anyway.”

Suddenly, Doran grabbed Lena’s waist and began to touch her lower area.

Swish, swish-

“Ah, haaah!”

With the touch caressing her clitoris beneath her underwear, Lena’s underwear instantly began to get wet.

“You’ve become such a lewd body that you get wet just from being touched like this… Are you still thinking of going back?”

“No.”

But Jade retorted to Doran’s words.

“I will never give up on Lena, no matter what she looks like.”

“Shut up!”

Doran sensed that the situation was about to worsen.

‘This is getting weird….’

He had to reject the duel and sign the contract right away before it was too late.

“Lena’s opinion doesn’t matter anyway. I’m about to get Lena in my hands right now. You think I’d take a risk just to get a piece of trash like you?”

‘I guess it’s not going to work….’

Jade shook his head, feeling a wave of disappointment.

It would have been great if he had accepted the duel with just this much, but Doran was not a fool who would fall for this much. This was as expected.

What’s important is from now on.

Jade carefully chose his words and opened his mouth.

“Is that so? Doran, do you know what this is?”

-Swish.

A sphere-shaped device popped out from Jade’s chest. Doran immediately recognized the device.

“…A Recording Device? Haha! Don’t tell me you brought the one I gave you here? To show everyone Lena’s appearance?”

“No. This contains numerous videos of me being harassed by you. I prepared it separately.”

“…Oh my, when did you even record that? Are you going to report me?”

What a fool. The professors wouldn’t even give me a small punishment for that. Doran was now almost admiring Jade’s naive thinking.

“Who are you going to spread it to? What, are you going to ask the professors to punish―”

“No, I’m going to send this to your father.”

“…What?”

Doran’s face hardened when Jade mentioned his father.

“Didn’t you hear me? To your father. To Count Jesto. I’m going to gift him the Recording Device.”

“…Haha! Go ahead and send it. He’ll probably praise me for educating a commoner, instead?”

Doran was acting calm on the outside, but inside, he was very flustered.

‘Shit, there’s no way he’d praise me… This is bad.’

If his father saw that video, he would taste true hell.

Jade carefully observed Doran and noticed his trembling hands. His provocation was working.

“Is that really so? You were kicked out of Rain Academy for harassing a student, right? What do you think your father will say when he sees you causing the same trouble again?”

“Y-You, how do you know that? Don’t tell me you’ve already sent it?”

“Can’t you see it’s still in my hand? If you just accept the duel, I’ll get rid of this.”

“…”

Jade delivered the final blow to Doran, who was deep in thought.

“Doran. Could it be… are you scared of losing to me?”

Those words were the final straw, and Doran’s mind tilted to one side.

“…Since you want to die so badly, I’ll grant your wish. No need to drag it out. Come to the training room in one hour.”

“Good. See you then.”

Jade glanced at Lena before leaving the classroom. She was standing there, fidgeting, due to the sudden situation.

‘Just wait a little longer.’

**

-Thud.

After Jade left and the door closed, I watched Doran’s fuming back and gave a faint smile.

‘Interesting.’

Jade had prepared more diligently than I thought.

In fact, the device Jade took out from his chest earlier was the one Doran had given me yesterday. The flow of mana from the device was the same as what I saw during sex.

But Jade had put on a straight face and lied to Doran. He was prepared to be humiliated if he got caught.

Was Jade such a courageous guy?

Well, I guess there’s a reason why the Goddess chose him.

Anyway, their fate will be decided in this duel.

Jade, I’ll be looking forward to your heroic appearance.’

**

“Wait! Jade!”

A voice calling him came from behind Jade as he walked down the hallway.

When he turned around, Annie was running towards him.

“Hee, hee…. Jade, what’s all this about? A duel?”

“I’m going to save Lena.”

At those words, Annie made a dumbfounded expression.

“Of course, I want to do that too! But you know it too. That bastard is a 5-Star Mage!”

She got angry at Jade’s foolish actions, then lowered her head.

“Even the great Lena was defeated, albeit due to a surprise attack…. But you’re betting your life on it? Are you really crazy?”

Annie resented Jade and continued to hit his chest with her fists.

No matter how she thought about it, Jade’s actions seemed like a suicidal act committed out of losing his mind, just like last time.

“Annie, trust me. It’s not like I challenged him to a duel without thinking.”

-Grab.

“O-Oh?”

Jade grabbed Annie and looked around, then dragged her to a secluded place.

“So what are you trusting in? If it’s nothing special after dragging me all the way here, I’m going to cancel the duel right away.”

Annie pressured Jade as if she was about to devour him.

‘…Annie is scarier than I thought when she’s angry.’

But with this, I should be able to persuade her.

Jade drew his sword. And he slowly began to gather mana.

-Whooong.

Then, a small but distinct blue blade appeared on the sword.

“A-Aura?! How did you….”

“I don’t have time to explain the details. Can you trust me with this?”

Jade looked at Annie with a firm will.

‘Lena and Jade, you two. To care for each other this much….’

Annie looked into Jade’s eyes and admitted that she could no longer stop him.

“…Then I’ll trust you, I’ll trust you. You have to win.”

“I’ll win no matter what.”

“But Lena also trusted you, and in the end…. What am I supposed to do if I lose you too. Hwaaaang!”

Annie burst into tears as her pent-up emotions exploded. She was so afraid of being left alone.

-Hug.

Jade quietly hugged Annie and patted her.

“Don’t worry. I’ll definitely bring Lena back.Jade recalled the appearance of Lena and Annie from a few days ago.

Lena helped Jade when she found out that he was being harassed by Doran. Moreover, she had endured tremendous humiliation on his behalf until now.

Annie even came to the training room and soothed his wounded heart. He had even cried his eyes out in front of them at that time.

It was his turn to save his friends this time.