"Please, teach me how to fight."
Standing before me was the girl whom I wasn't expecting, in the middle of the whole classroom.
'Sigh…..What a hassle.'
And I, who was now in the pinpoint of the whole classroom's attention, was looking at her with a deadpan expression.
'How it came to this?'
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'Interesting.'
The moment Astron knocked the archer girl down, the fight of the mages on the sideline also reached its end.
"This fight is now pointless," Seraphina declared calmly, her hand effortlessly dispelling the fiery onslaught Irina had unleashed. She eyed Irina with a cool detachment, assessing the situation.
'It didn't go the way I wanted.'
And immediately came to a conclusion.
SWOOSH!
Irina, however, was not ready to relent. The fire in her eyes burned brighter, and her stance remained defiant. "Pointless? You came into my group, provoked us, and now you want to back off? We're not finished."
SWIRL!
And, with those words, she also released another attack, pointed right at Seraphina.
"Was it him?"
However, the words that came out of Seraphina's mouth made them stop for a second.
"What?"
That brief second somehow was enough for Seraphina to understand what she was looking for.
'It is indeed him, how interesting….'
"Your reaction says it all," Seraphina remarked, her tone filled with a subtle amusement. She effortlessly sidestepped the incoming flames, her composure as graceful as ever. "It seems things will get interesting from now on."
However, Irina didn't seem to understand her words. "You foxlike bitch. Say what you want to say directly."
"Hmm~ It is up to you to understand what I am saying." She said with a teasing smile as she turned her back.
"You!" Irina wanted to attack once again, but Seraphina grabbed a small sphere object from her pocket.
"Here. It is your price for winning." And she put it on the ground. It was the device given by the academy to record the magic formulas, and her putting it down meant she accepted the defeat.
'Things I learned are far more valuable than a bunch of points.' She thought inwardly, looking at the two other members of Irina's team.
'Especially that girl…..As expected, the chairman really had a reason to test her. That guy is not normal either.'
After that, her attention naturally turned to two unconscious students.
'Another useless bunch.'
The small wave of a smile on her face and her eyes turned cold as she looked at her team for a second.
'Trash.'
Since her team was defeated, and she sensed it, she needed to concede. It wasn't because she was scared of Irina, but with the other three entering the equation, things might possibly get messy.
Irina's fiery gaze shifted from Seraphina to the small sphere on the ground. She hesitated for a moment, the remnants of her frustration still evident in her clenched fists. However, with a begrudging acknowledgment, she walked over to the device and picked it up.
"Fine," Irina muttered, her tone still holding a hint of irritation. She looked back at Seraphina, the tension between them lingering. "We're done for now."
"….." Seraphina looked at Irina for a second, and then she nodded her head.
'She changed.'
The Irina she knew wasn't someone to accept such an offer, and she would pursue what she wanted until the end, losing the profits she could possibly make. That was why she was known as Fiery Demoness in the upper society since she never backed down from any challenge.
However, now, her response was clearly logical and different. She passed the test Seraphina threw at her, and that was something Seraphina immediately took note of.
'As expected….I should investigate him.'
And there was only one person who was different in this girl's life after she entered the academy—a random guy who normally would never even be able to see such a figure.
Just like Irina had studied the important people in the academy, Seraphina was also constantly keeping tabs on those people's lives.
That was especially the case with her rival, Irina. Most of the time, whenever she did something, or she made some changes, Seraphina would be informed.
Bribing some of Irina's former teammates for information was not a hard thing to do, after all.
That was the way of an heir from a high-ranking mage family, and information was the key for such people.
And from such information, she knew this dynamic between the two was far from normal.
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