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Those who came from outside the academy have now almost all left the podium.

The students took refuge in the auditorium where they were sitting and watched the strange events unfolding in the center of the stage.

The board of directors and professors were spread out everywhere to guide the students, and were mentally prepared to stop the situation by force if necessary.

Kelg Durakal had disappeared somewhere after the punishment was over.

Now, only two people are standing on the grass of the podium.

A silver-haired girl wielding an ice sword that emits pure white cold air.

And on the other side, a girl holding daggers in both hands and surrounded by red lightning.

Tirissia Brewerd and Lucica Lapisle.

Two people who have been friends for over 10 years,

They were exchanging hostile gazes towards each other.

and-

“Tirisia Brewed!”

There is no referee or bell in an Academy duel.

It started the moment they both admitted that they would duel.

Also, the duel ends when one side admits defeat.

In other words, it also meant that if you don’t admit defeat, the fight will continue.

Boom!

With a red flash, Lucica’s body accelerated by magnetic force and explosively rushed towards Tirisia.

“You!”

Kaang―!

The two daggers she thrust forward were blocked by the ice sword lying to the side.

“How could you!”

Kagagagagagak!

Lucica roared, slashing mercilessly across the ice sword.

The magical power contained in each blow caused lightning to explode, and a loud noise and flash of light erupted from the center of the stage, as if a thunderstorm was sweeping over it.

“You could betray Erto! How!”

“… ”

Toukwagwagwagwa!

As Lucica lunged forward, pouring out her anger, Tirisia simply struck back one by one with a cold expression.

Lucica shouted fiercely as she unleashed a storm of sword strikes right in front of her nose.

“Are you crazy?! Have you lost your mind!”

bang!

Tirisia’s body, which had received the kick from Lucica with her arm, was pushed back, breaking the platform.

“Was it a lie that I loved Erto?!”

Kkieeeeing―

Red magic is condensed in Lucica’s dagger,

Bam!

As he swung it, dozens of red lightning bolts burst out in all directions.

The lightning that stretched across the sky formed a curve and poured down toward Tyrisia’s body.

“Huh!”

Tyrisia swung her ice sword, deflecting most of the lightning, but a few pierced through her swordsmanship and struck her body.

Pah, pah, pah, pah!

“Aaak!”

The lightning struck, spreading red sparks throughout her body, and a scream of pain escaped from Tyrisia’s mouth.

Taking advantage of the moment of her dulled actions, Lucica hurled a dagger high above Tirisia’s head.

and,

“Was it all a lie―!”

Kwaaang!

The moment she slammed her palm down, a huge bolt of lightning struck the ground using the dagger as a conductor.

“The time we’ve spent!”

Boom!

Again and again,

“The words we exchanged!”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Over and over again, over and over again,

“The warmth of smiling at each other!”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Roaring, screaming, Lucica continued to strike down her hands.

“Was it all meaningless―!”

Gather all your magical power into your hands that stretch up to the sky,

“Eeee!”

Kwaaah!

A huge bolt of lightning struck Tyrisia’s body, enough to turn the entire podium into ashes.

A red flash and ear-splitting shockwaves reverberated everywhere.

“Oh, that’s incredible magic power… !”

Heidiera shouted, holding back her bangs that were rising from the wind pressure.

“That little brat had incredible potential…!”

Ferzenado also showed his fangs and exclaimed in admiration at the sight before him.

“Lucica… !”

Erto also shielded his eyes from the flash and called his friend’s name with worried eyes.

―

After the noise died down, silence fell on the stage for a moment.

Wooden planks, grass, and tents were reduced to rubble, and black smoke rose.

Lucica spoke in a rough voice that could not contain her anger to the silver-haired girl lying on the floor in the middle of it all.

“Get up, Tyricia Brewery.”

Some of the students on the podium thought the duel was already over.

The fierce attack of Lucica, whose magic circuits were running wild, was not something that an ordinary student could withstand.

Even if he is a brute, would he be able to stand up after receiving dozens of lightning strikes with his bare body?

There was a moment when an air of suspicion permeated the audience.

“… Is this all you have?”

At the center of the podium that had been reduced to ashes, Tirisia slowly rose to her feet.

Her entire body was charred, and sporadic red sparks still flew out, but her jade green eyes still had a cold and chilling aura.

Tyrissia’s body appeared virtually unharmed.

Rather, the result was only the filth that had clung to the entire body burning away.

She looked at Lucica and spoke in a voice that seemed to be comforting the strange being.

“If this is all your anger is… then you could say it’s just like Lucica.”

“Shut up!”

The silence was broken, and the duel resumed.

“Eeee!”

Phew!

Two lightning bolts were born from the roaring Lucica’s back, flashing and rotating in a circle.

She spread them out like wings, and her body became magnetic and rose into the air.

“How much I trusted you!”

Shhh!

Lucica’s figure disappeared from everyone’s sight.

The next moment she appeared at the rear of Tirisia.

Her usual specialty was a movement technique using lightning tunnels.

It was Lucica, who had been strengthened to several times the level and now began to move at a speed literally like lightning, beyond what could be tracked with the eyes.

Boom!

As Tyrisia barely managed to react to the speed and raise her sword, a dagger wrapped in red aura collided with it.

Boom!

The ice sword shattered with a single blow, sending shards flying in all directions.

“… !”

Tirisia was hit all over her body by Lucica’s punches and kicks, leaving afterimages in all directions, without even being able to calm her down from the shock.

Pubbubububububu!

“I truly believed that you could be happy with Erto!”

To the people’s eyes, it seemed as if Lucica had split into several people.

Dismissal! Parts! Parts!

She launched countless red flashes of light into the arena, engaging in a hand-to-hand combat that seemed as if it would completely crush Tyrissia’s body.

bang!

Lucica’s fist strikes Tirisia’s cheek.

“That’s why I chose to be a supporting actor for you!”

bang!

Lucica’s kick lands in Tirisia’s stomach.

“For a long time… for a long time!”

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Lucica’s knees, elbows, palms, forehead,

“I’ve made concessions for Erto and you―!”

Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwa!

Lucica’s whole heart roared as she pounded Tirisia’s body.

A red flash of light swirled around the silver-haired girl, and countless explosions erupted within the glowing ring.

“You betrayed me, Erto, for some other man?!”

Phew!

Lucica’s upward kick landed on Tirisia’s chin, launching her high into the air.

“Depravity?! Pleasure?! Stop being a jerk―!”

Boom!

Lucica, who had risen up following Tirisia, wrapped her entire body in fiercely flying lightning and launched a body slam.

Tirisia’s body rose further into the air, and Lucica did not stop accelerating.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Zigzagging through the air, she continued to crash into Tyrissia’s body.

“If you’re going to be crazy, be cutely crazy!”

People’s heads gradually turned toward the sky. Lucica dragged Tirisia’s body high into the sky as if she was going to touch the clouds.

[I was stupid to think you were my friend!]

Urrr—

A magical shout echoing across the sky.

As if responding to that voice, dark clouds gathered over the podium.

and,

[I was an idiot for thinking that someone like you would suit Erto!]

Flash!

Thousands of lightning bolts stretched from the clouds to the ground, engulfing the two men.

Parts tsutsutsutsutsutsutsu!

“Eww!”

People inside the podium screamed at the red lightning pouring down before their eyes.

[Give it back!]

Kkieeeeing!

The pouring lightning gradually gathered in the center and merged into one streak.

The red flashes coalesce into one, creating an overwhelming light that seems to burn your eyes.

[The time I devoted to you!]

The huge lightning spear was embedded in the dagger held by Lucica.

[My memory! My heart!]

Lucica appeared in a flash above Tirisia, who was hanging in the air, and charged towards the ground with a spear that glowed like the sun in her hand.

Phew!

The spear pierced through Tyrisia’s body,

[Even the heart that Erto gave you―!]

Lucica, who had turned into a bolt of lightning with a roar close to sobbing, was slammed into the ground.

[I’m telling you to give it all back――!!]

Kwaaaa …

A huge explosion occurred inside the podium.

The shockwave sent upturned grass flying in all directions, and a bright red flash of sparks appeared.

“Wowaaah!”

“Gyaaah!”

Students screamed, and professors deployed a protective wall to protect them.

“This, this is too… !”

“Isn’t that what you’re looking for?”

Heidiera and Perzena ducked under the railing and shouted.

Erto held onto the railing, endured the shock, and silently watched the whole situation unfold.

Gurruruk―

The light and the loud noise died down and the stage became quiet.

As the rising dust cleared, the course of the duel was revealed to everyone.

There,

“… … ”

Tirisia Bruard, lying in the middle of a deep hollow with her eyes closed,

“Please… Give it back… ”

There was Lucica Rapisle, on top of her, with a dagger stuck in her shoulder, shedding tears.

“Please… ”

A teardrop falls and runs down Tyrissia’s cheek.

Her pink eyes were overflowing with pain and sadness greater than being stabbed by a knife.