Chapter 96: Chapter 96: Taking A Break
[Viltania City]
The next day just like as it was Rosalyn called in for a meeting regarding the tournament
Naturally Shun has already woken up after a long good night rest and was currently holding unto a card as he examines it's uses through his system
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<Time Speed (3 days expiration)>
<Accelerate the time by a multiple times greatly alternating the time flow (only accessible in training simulation room)>
(3 days in real time = 3 years in Simulation)
<Thank your system for it's generosity>
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Upon seeing the description, Shun somehow got the rough sketch of such card that he bought in the store due to curiosity
"So basically I can accelerate my time in my own simulation room for three days real time... So in a training of 1 day in reality is equivalent to training in simulation for 1 year... Well this is interesting"
As he said that he then kept the card in his pocket which suddenly triggered for an ache on his muscles
Due to the strain he did back in the match, his body somehow was taking the side effects of overworking his own body to the limit to the point that his senses became inhumane
Soon when he entered the room he naturally saw Goran, Rosalyn, and Sonia on the middle of the wide room having a tea meeting while the maids and butlers waited on the sides
Guided by the maids Shun then soon arrived on the table wherein only tea and sweats were served
"Hey! Are you now alright Shun? Cause it seems like your still in pain" asked Rosalyn after observing Shun's expression
"Well it's a muscle pain... Nothing much I can do about it" replied Shun as he took a sit
After that he took a quick look at their faces as he said
"Enough of me, you guys looked like a storm has just passed by"
Hearing that Rosalyn of course returned a laugh while Sonia reacted differently
"Well... I still somehow remember the feeling of getting slashed in the back" said Sonia
"Ah! Muscle memory... It's natural! Even I could feel the hardships I crawled into while training at a young age" said Goran as he leaned back on the chair while taking a sip of tea
"Muscle memory eh?..."
As they continued to be idle on the way, Shun somewhat asked Rosalyn about something
"Aren't you going to talk about the things that will happen next?"
When he asked that Rosalyn then somehow relaxed herself as she said
"Well... Mostly, you guys do know that the scoring system in the battle is 10 points per person of you win right?"
"Well yeah" replied Sonia
"What does that have to do on anything?" Asked Goran
After taking a sip on her tea Rosalyn continued
"Well I'm telling you this because there will be changes in the third round two days from now"
"Two days? Are you saying they gave the representatives a two days off?" Asked Shun
"Well yes!"
"....."
"In the third round the matches will be 3v3"
"!!!"
"!!!"
"..."
"That's mean that one of us would volunteer to step down on this round" said Rosalyn
At this moment Sonia then thought for a moment
"A three on three... Atleast one of us will bail but what about the point system?" She asked out of curiosity
In front of that question Rosalyn answered
"The thing is, the point system will be somehow still be like 10 points per person if they win, this time however they will provide a additional 10 points free for every representatives group... Meaning the end point will still be 40 points"
"I see" replied Sonia who then backed down after hearing Rosalyn's answer
With that Rosalyn continued to speak
"Well apparently the Ascalon Academy was somehow on the roll as they got the first place with only a 10 point gap between us to them"
At this moment Goran spoke out of interest
"They are a powerful bunch like for example that Lorius Ejinto guy, his magic is so strong that can even make me shiver, while Mario Sith somehow was a really strong fighter as if his body is made out of steel"
"Don't forget the girls... Rekka Loine that girl with her magic archery skills, is really strong in her own perspective, while Cynthia Fraum on the other hand is a strong enhancement mage with a overpowered healing magic" said Sonia adding in the information
"But Cynthia Fraum strong point is her ability to copy Magic at some extent" said Rosalyn
Hearing the word copy magic, even shun himself was stunned for a bit as he asked
"Copy magic? Then isn't there a possibility that she can copy my summoning skills?"
"Not likely... After all if copying was that easy then they would have dominated the tournament by now" said Sonia
"In other words the copying of magic must have a criteria for it" said Rosalyn
"I see" mumbled Shun
"As for the Orbium Academy, they're students are also powerful but yet they still lagged behind in points causing the to drop to fourth place" said Rosalyn
"Yeah! Such a pity" commented Goran
After that the whole room fell silent as the time passes
Soon after to what feel alike a silence about 10 minutes, Rosalyn then said to them
"During this 2 days off you guys can do whatever you like or as you please if you wanted to of course"
Hearing that Goran then stood up as he said
"Great! That's why I chose you to be a leader of this group, your not so strict after all"
"Well I do believe we had our differences and fighting together as training is useless since all of us are strong as it is when fighting with our instincts, the natural mechanism of a human to survive" replied Rosalyn who seemed pleased
"Instincts eh? I like it hahahaha!!!!" Laughed Goran
At that Sonia stood up and said
"I plan on spending my time on shopping wanna come Rosalyn? It will be a girls outing" suggested Sonia
Hearing that Rosalyn simply smiled as she stood up and gave her reply
"Sure thing"
At that moment Goran glanced at Shun and offered
"How about you Shun? We could do a sparring"
Hearing him being called out he then looked at Goran and replied
"Huh? Well I'm sorry but I can't... I got a planned schedule ahead"
Hearing his answer Goran then didn't urged him any longer as he respected his decision
"Is that so? Then suite yourself"
With that to what seems like a dismissal then they goes on to their separated ways with no intention of training whatsoever at all unlike the other tensed Academy representative's
Soon after as he was taking a stroll along the streets of the commercial place, he then heard someone calling out his name as he passed by some buildings
"Shun!"
Hearing that he then turned around only to see Sephiria calling out to him from a restaurant nearby
After taking a closer look at her companions he the saw Rachel, Aria, Wendy, Cedric
After seeing that combination of a crowd Shun then went over and somehow saw other students from other academies all glaring towards Cedric for some reason
Noticing those glares, Shun obviously looked over and observed that Cedric was sitting beside Wendy and Rachel, whole having both Sephiria and Aria sit infront of him
Upon this combination of course people who wasn't part of Gritonnia Academy would have misunderstood of Cedric having bunch of girls fawn over him acting like a harem protagonist
After all who can blame them, Cedric has looks as one of the capture targets for Wendy who looked like a FMC (female main character) of some show, while Rachel is a cold beauty, Aria was the charming sweet girl type, and Sephiria was the conservative and easy to like female
Mixed them up all together it would feel like Cedric has his own little harem
What they didn't know was that Cedric was really serious for Wendy, while Rachel was just like that usually, and Aria behavior was already her trait and Sephiria was more attentive towards Shun rather than anyone else
Of course by Shun's appearance the others showed a pitying gaze as they misunderstood it as Cedric showing off his harem to Shun
Unknown to them that if that really happened Shun would really skin Cedric alive
Not a moment later the misunderstanding crowd suddenly gasped as Sephiria then led Shun to their side of the sit and pulled him over between herself and Aria causing the air to freeze and the misunderstanding to grow as tow guys with girls on each of their arms was there sitting face to face
Completely ignoring the crowds wild delusion Cedric then said his piece
"Looks like you have it rough"
"Well mostly yeah! The representatives are quite a handful" replied Shun
At this time Sephiria ordered something on Shun's place and somehow has received it after a few minutes
With the food infront of her she then placed it infront of Shun
"Hey! You haven't eaten yet right? Have you been eating properly lately?" She asked in a worried tone
Hearing that Shun took a piece of the dish and chew it out
"Well most of the time, I'm quite a busy person myself"
"Well that's new" snickered Wendy
Upon hearing that Shun suddenly stood up and clawed Wendy's head into a tight grip as if he's trying to crush her head
"Aw! Aw! Aw! My head!!!! It hurts!"
Naturally Cedric leaned to the side in order to avoid the fuss while Rachel who was also leaning away muttered
"You should've have seen that coming"
After exerting a little amount of strength, Shun's grip then loosened as if he suddenly lost all energy on him
Seeing that Wendy suddenly complained
"You've become quite violent lately!!!"
"Well my guard are already a high capacity since the beginning, I'm stressed okay" said Shun bad he massaged his wrist
Seeing that Sephiria naturally took Shun's shaking wrist due to fatigue, and slowly massaged them
"Your too tired, your whole body is tired" muttered Sephiria in worry
"Don't push yourself too hard" she added
Hearing that Aria then ordered more nutritious food and said
"Eat that! It will help you regain some of your nutrients"
Upon that familiar wording Shun then suddenly glanced at Aria as he complained
"Why are you saying that phrase? Are you my mother? Don't do that! It's creepy"
In reply to that of course aria just laughed it aside as she pinched Shun's side and muttered
"Hearing you say acting like your mom, is like saying that I'm old"
Of course as the recieving end Shun further sustained more damage when Aria pinched him causing the other to laugh at this warm atmosphere between friends
For some reason even the crown prince himself seemed to enjoy this moment and hoped it never ends
Soon after their meal Rachel then pulled out a few bottles of elixir and pushed them towards Shun as she said
"Take them! Their stamina potion, it won't help you much but at least it will relieve your fatigue"
Upon seeing that Shun then glanced at the bottle and felt like truly cared for by his friends
"You guy's... I'll try to win this tournament for myself, for the academy, and for the system task"
Upon hearing the third reason all of them suddenly became confused as they asked
"Sys... What? What did you say?"
Upon noticing that he almost screwed up shun immediately covered it up with some random excuse
"For the systemized so... cie... ty... Right society!"
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After spending the whole day with his friends whatsoever Shun then had only about a day and a half left before they next day will start the next match
But upon weighing the importance he then called for Rosalyn and volunteered to step down for the third round since he wasn't at his 100% yet and for the other bullshit reason
Upon recieving that Rosalyn naturally accepted it and placed Sonia, Goran and herself for the third match causing shun to have at least 2 days and a half of free time
Without further delaying it he then activated the card that he bought and entered the simulation world and once more chose Aurelion Sol, but not by fighting but talking instead
"Hahahaha! So little one lost to another little one?" Asked the celestial dragon from the sky whom it's face is the only thing that shun can see due to it's size
"Of course I lost! I'm not invincible!"
Hearing his words the celestial dragon seemed to laugh once more whole nodding
"It's quite a good thing you know... Winning all the time will make you arrogant, so losing from time to time is quite good for your personality check" said Aurelion Sol
"Then have you ever lost before?" Asked Shun
"Not once"
"Then is that why your arrogant?"
"....."
Upon hearing Shun played his own words to go against him even Aurelion Sol was speechless for Shun's tricks
"Looks like your words came back to bite you" smirked Shun upon seeing Aurelion Sol's surprised face
"You are one cheeky little brat" replied Aurelion Sol
"I admit you had me one there" he added
After that both Aurelion Sol listened to Shun's foretelling the story and how his tricks and skills were no match for such destructive spells from his adversaries
Upon hearing his situation Aurelion Sol then said
"Looks like your in a tight position"
"Pretty much yeah!"
"Great since that is the case I'm grateful for you talking to me like a civilized person than an idiot person throwing spells up into the air like an idiot even though he knew his attacks wouldn't reach outside his world" said Aurelion Sol
"Well pretty much I figured that one out" replied Shun
Upon hearing that Aurelion Sol somehow seemed to smirk as he suddenly said
"With that I'll bestow you and teach you how to imitate my skills as thanks, be grateful o little one"
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