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[Translator - Kiteretsu]
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Chapter 19
Kaylen looked around.
The students who had come to watch the confrontation between Kaylen and O'Connell.
They were anxiously watching, wondering if something bad was going to happen, given O'Connell’s anger.
A 3rd Circle spell has such enormous power that, even without an intent to kill, it could easily result in death.
“Everyone, leave the training area.”
“Teacher… what if something happens…!”
“Don’t you trust my skills, Elid? You’re also a 3rd Circle, aren’t you?”
O'Connell glared sharply at the student trying to stop him.
Elid, one of the few 3rd Circle mages in the class, shut his mouth, intimidated by that gaze.
'This crazy guy. Touching the one thing the homeroom teacher hates the most...!'
“This disrespectful brat, I’ll teach him a lesson and kick him out. You all better leave and stop watching!”
O'Connell, firmly convinced he would win, didn’t want to show a scene of him beating up one of his own students in front of the class.
With a fierce look, he repeatedly told the students to leave the training area…
Eventually, the students, unable to hide their worried expressions, had no choice but to leave.
“Ugh. Did you see the homeroom teacher’s gaze? He looked like he was going to kill him.”
“Kaylen’s crazy. Why did he even mention being a 3rd Circle mage?”
“Hey. What if an accident happens?”
The students who left the training area began talking among themselves, expressing their concerns.
They couldn’t speak freely in front of O'Connell, but once they were outside, their worries grew.
Even if the target was Kaylen, someone the class had no respect for, killing someone was a different matter.
Among them was Lina.
'If I think about how my family’s position collapsed because of him, I wish he’d just die…'
But remembering the mana stones my family had invested in him, she knew he couldn’t die here.
Lina looked around.
The magic training area.
Located in a separate building outside, the magic training area was divided into 33 independent spaces.
The training area O'Connell and Kaylen entered was the 8th training area.
In front of the 8th training area and the entrance was the 1st training area.
'The 1st training area is the best one. Only royalty can use it.'
Lina looked toward the 1st training area.
Several women in maid outfits were waiting by the door.
'If the maids of Princess Violet are here, that means the princess is training in the area.'
Could the princess stop O'Connell?
Lina, carefully observing the 1st training area, raised her voice.
“Elid, shouldn’t we try to stop them somehow?”
“Didn’t you see the homeroom teacher’s face earlier? How are we supposed to stop this?”
“Still. He could actually kill Kaylen, right? O'Connell might kill him!”
Lina shouted loudly, causing the maids in front of the 1st training area to frown.
The princess was training inside, and here they were, making such a ruckus.
But one of the maids, Jane, thought differently.
'O'Connell, and Kaylen?'
O'Connell had loudly proclaimed that he would handle getting information from Kaylen himself. And now, to say he would kill him?
What was this nonsense?
As Jane stiffened her expression and was about to approach Lina, the door to the 1st training area creaked open.
Kaylen, who had been watching O'Connell kick everyone out, spoke up once they had all left.
“You’ve kicked everyone out.”
“Yeah, you brat. From now on, even if you kneel and beg, I won’t show any mercy.”
“Oh, that’s what I was going to say.”
“What...?”
“From now on, even if you kneel and beg, I won’t show mercy.”
Kaylen’s demeanor changed abruptly when he stopped using formal speech.
“This brat… talking like this to a teacher…!”
“O'Connell, you’ve been quite a pain.” Kaylen then spread his palm.
“Fireball.”
A fireball erupted once again.
This time, it started to grow much larger than before.
O'Connell’s expression stiffened immediately upon seeing it.
‘No way...
Could it be...?
He really did intentionally adjust the size of a 3rd Circle magic?
No, that can’t be.
It must be some kind of illusion.
Someone like Kaylen couldn’t possibly do that.’
“…Magic Barrier.”
A protective spell typically used by mages of the 2nd Circle or higher.
A blue shield appeared in front of O'Connell, solidly blocking the fireball.
With this, he could block the fireball and properly counterattack, teaching this insolent brat a lesson…
“Heh.”
O'Connell’s thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Kaylen’s mocking laughter.
“The mage’s shield hasn’t improved, huh?”
Sizzling.
The incoming fireball began to scatter in all directions.
What had been a single orb of fire now turned into arrows piercing in all directions, surrounding O'Connell.
Thud. Thud.
The magic barrier began to crack lightly.
The weaker barrier in the back was torn apart like paper, compared to the stronger one in front.
“What… what is this…?”
How did the fireball turn into arrows in the middle?
Such utilization of magic could only be possible at a higher circle.
‘Ah… no. Even a 4th Circle mage wouldn’t be able to do something like this so easily…!’
The shield began to burn.
It started to tear from the most vulnerable spot, the rear.
"Left side is weaker than the right. A typical trait of right-handed mages."
The barrier on the left side was the second to catch fire.
"But, well. The other parts aren't much better."
The barrier on the right side was the third to burn.
And the front barrier, which had been most carefully guarded, immediately began to burn fiercely as soon as the flames touched it.
Whoosh.
All of the barriers collapsed, and flames surrounded O'Connell’s entire body.
At this point, it seemed like he was about to be engulfed in flames and suffer full-body burns.
‘W-What the...’
All the flames perfectly stopped around O'Connell, without causing him any harm.
A perfect control over the 3rd-circle fireball.
Despite living more than twice as long as Kaylen, O'Connell was unable to do anything.
"Dispel."
The flames that had been threatening O'Connell disappeared immediately with Kaylen's single word.
O'Connell collapsed to the ground with a thud, his face pale as a sheet.
Step. Step.
"If we're exchanging blows, I take it that means if I accidentally kill you, it wouldn't matter?" The massive Kaylen approached.
Though he didn’t exude the intense pressure from before, the mention of ‘death’ made O'Connell’s fear grow.
At this rate, he might really die at this brat's hands.
"F-fire Arrow!"
As Kaylen slowly approached, O'Connell cast a 1st-circle spell rapidly.
It shot toward Kaylen’s heart, piercing with intense speed.
‘Pathetic.’
Kaylen smirked and reached out for the arrow, but...
"Ice Shield."
Before his hand, a blue protective shield enveloped Kaylen’s body.
Bang!
The fire arrow disappeared without even leaving a scratch on the shield.
Kaylen looked at the shield with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
‘Not a bad shield.’
The mana contained in the Ice Shield was dense, and its perfection was on a different level from O'Connell's barrier.
It was so well-made that it could easily match the shields used by mages from the era of the Conqueror King.
‘Is there someone capable of using this kind of magic?’
"Uh... Uh..."
On the other side of the Ice Shield…
O'Connell, kneeling, turned ashen.
His gaze remained fixed behind Kaylen.
Kaylen followed his gaze and turned around.
Step. Step.
A tall, blonde woman was walking toward them.
The first thing that caught the eye was the half-mask made of ice.
The half-mask, adorned with five small blue jewels, covered her left eye and the entire left side of her face.
"O'Connell."
Even with half of her face hidden, the exposed part of her face was strikingly beautiful.
Her beauty was extraordinary, one that even Kaylen had never encountered in his life, not even during the time of the Conqueror King, Ernstine.
As he looked at her face, Kaylen thought of someone.
‘...She resembles Bormian.’ Bormian, a famous young knight from Ernstine’s era.
Although he was male, he had been often mistaken for a woman due to his delicate features. This woman looked strikingly similar to him.
A beauty with a face almost identical to Bormian, the founding king of Bormian Kingdom.
‘She must be Princess Violet.’
A 4th-circle mage at the age of 19.
The legendary magical genius known as Princess Violet.
Kaylen immediately recognized her.
"Your... Highness..." O'Connell stuttered.
"I received a report telling me not to be concerned with him."
"That... that..."
"Kaylen has no special matters to be concerned about. They said they would observe, just in case."
Princess Violet walked past Kaylen and approached O'Connell.
Though she addressed him with honorifics, her voice was icy cold.
"And yet, you were defeated by him and are now groveling on the floor."
"That... that’s..."
"Even though you were already defeated, you still attempted to strike with an assassin's blow."
"Ugh..."
"This disgrace will need some time for reflection."
"I'm... sorry. Please, just that one thing..."
"Ice Prison."
Flash. Flash.
Two of the jewels on her mask began to glow blue, and immense water mana surged.
The water mana coiled around Princess Violet’s left arm, transforming her body into ice.
Kaylen's eyes gleamed with curiosity as he watched.
‘Ho. Could it be...?’
This was a piece of equipment that did not exist in Kaylen’s time.
Something he had only read about in books... a mana suit.
‘The water attribute is completely merging with her body.’
Whiiii.
Explosive water mana erupted from Princess Violet's arm.
It quickly turned to cold and surrounded O'Connell, and soon...
Crack. Crack.
His body was instantly trapped in ice pillars.
In the blink of an eye, an ice prison formed around O'Connell.
Inside, O'Connell was frozen, his face one of despair.
"Reflect on your actions in there," Princess Violet said with a cold smile.
Her smile was so icy and sorrowful that the students and attendants who witnessed it shuddered.
‘They call her the Witch of the Glaciers in the world... I guess it’s true.’
‘Ah... She froze him again with Ice Prison. She enjoys freezing people so much.’
‘At least he’s not dead... But how many people has she done this to?’
Kaylen, however, paid no attention to any of that. His gaze was fixated entirely on the mana suit.
His eyes shone with excitement, like a child receiving a new toy.
‘So that’s the mana suit.’
The mana suit.
Now, Kaylen could fully grasp what it meant to be able to handle such a suit, something only a master who had mastered a single attribute could use.
The mana flowing from the suit merged with Princess Violet’s arm, making it seem as if her body had become one with the element, much like how spirit mages control spirits.
The mana stones embedded in her mask were all of the water attribute, and since the princess herself was a master of water mana, she had focused all her training on it.
‘At that level, the destructive power of a single attribute must be incredible.’
Shhrrr.
As the ice on Princess Violet’s arm began to melt, her blue robes were revealed once more. Kaylen licked his lips in disappointment.
He had wanted to watch more, but it ended too quickly.
"My apologies for the trouble." Princess Violet spoke politely to Kaylen.
Just as Kaylen had looked at the mana suit with curiosity, she was now gazing at him with the same inquisitive expression.
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[Translator - Kiteretsu]
[Proofreader - Kyros]
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