“(Oh? I didn’t expect for her to be able to control her magic to that extent. She might be much better than I anticipated. With this, I do wonder how she handles herself in real combat.)”

  As she says this, thinks to herself to be precise, she does have her left eyebrow lifted upwards by a bit, it really seems she didn’t expect for Alice to be this good. Previously she has used her Magic Sense Skill to sense the amount of magic the people here have, from there, she also concluded that what the teacher said about Alice is true as she has the most amount of magic energy from everyone here. However, even with that advantage, if you don’t know how to use it, it’s a complete waste and what Alice just showed has proved everyone here the complete and utterly opposite. Though, what about the poor soul that is facing Alice? The one that is mere moments from breaking down? Yes, I do mean that, if Alice before seemed like a monster to her, now imagine with this.

  “I-I... I can’t win… This is too much… Sob…”

  Bam!

  Her knees lost their strength. They hit the ground because of it, the cold and hard stone tile, head on. It wasn’t violent as it was gravity who did its thing; however, she won’t come out undamaged from the fall. Her will to keep going, to face the impossible, to keep trying, all of it, gone the moment she felt Alice's power. The wall, no, the monster in front of her is just leagues far above her, in a place that she cannot reach and never will.

  “I can’t do it…”

  “I can’t win against her!”

  “Why god!? Why did you do this to me!?”

  “Ah, it’s going to hurt, isn’t it?”

  Tears fall down her face as the anger boils up inside her mind, as the frustration grows from this unfortunate situation and from the sheer fear to the unimaginable pain that it is about to come. She’s mad at everything, but she cannot do anything to change it. And then, the realization that there’s nothing that she can do to prevent this, it’s when the pure terror hits her, making the tears fall with even more intensity.

  “Humph, it seems this one lost the will to fight. We have a winner! Alice Florence has won!”

  A sour win that’s for sure, but one nonetheless, at least for almost everyone here. For Alice, the winner in this case, this is nothing more than humiliation towards a simple girl who tried her best, her very best to defeat a foe who is far stronger than her. For Roxy for example… She still has her sunglasses so not much I can say about it, although she’s back at her normal position so I would guess she’s calm? Kiana on the other hand, she has a pity look on her face, her eyes are filled with it as she witnesses what happens. However, just like Anya, she cannot do anything to change the situation, and this simple fact is making her a bit frustrated. Sometimes you just have to accept it. Alice is far stronger than Anya, in such a way that, just the mere thought of fighting her makes Anya almost puke as the anxiety quickly crawls under her skin and consumes her own will to live.

  “I’m so sorry Miss Pandora, but this was the only way that I could think to make you quit without hurting you.”

  But not all is bad, right after the winner is decided, Alice removes the flames on her claymore and slowly walks up to Anya with good intentions. While that is happening and as you can probably guess it, the crowd there is going beyond wild. To them, this is nothing more than a show, a spectacle, a display of Alice's strength and how amazing she is. At least that is what it seems, but the truth sometimes can be far too cruel. These are humans that we are talking about, seeing Anya crumble down as the despair takes over her, it seems to amuse some of them. As this weak pathetic woman falls down to her knees and begs for this to end, somehow brings them joy to their miserable lives. Unfortunately, the creepy smiles that some of them have, tells me this might actually be true, that the humiliation the girl is suffering, it really seems to put them in high spirits. These people… How can they behave like this? How could they think of something like this?

  How can they enjoy the misery of an innocent young lady?

  Kiana- Luck sure wasn’t on her side… She didn’t want to be part of this and yet… Poor girl, you didn’t deserve this at all.

  Roxy- I also agree. While in a way drawing is the fairest for everyone here, if it involves candidates that do not want to be part of it, it ends up creating situations like. The draw should only have been between those who want to fight Alice and no one else.

  With her monotone tone of voice, she quickly intervenes in Kiana monologue. She didn’t notice that she was speaking out loud when she commented on her thoughts about Anya's situation and because of it, Roxy was able to hear them and from there, she also let the world know what she thinks about this unfortunate situation. Although I cannot see her eyes and such, thanks to those sunglasses, yeah, still no point on guessing what her emotions are, I guess.

  “That was pathetic! How did you win the first time? You’re such a coward!”

  Ah, humans can really be despicable sometimes, you know? Or should I say, the woman that shouted this? No, it’s all of them, it seems the worst is about to come crashing down towards Anya with unmeasured speed. This really isn’t looking good for her. Dammit!

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  How can they be this vile!?

  My Hero senses are going wild, shouting at me to do something and yet! And yet!

  I can only stay back and watch as the viewer I am…

  Arrogant Young Man- Oh yeah, how did you manage to win your first battle? Don’t tell me...

  Mean Man- That was rigged of course! You told your opponent to let you win! You bought your win, you damn scumbag! Get out of here!

  “Sob… I didn’t do such a thing… Please just stop!”

  Mean Man- Ah, shut up you cow! Village girl rear bottom! Shut your damn mouth!

  Way to Happy Woman- Yeah! Yeah! How did you win with that weak body of yours? You missed all of your pathetic spells! You suck! You damn cheater!

  These fools, imbeciles, these people are now making fun at Anya, and they do it with a smile on their faces. A smile creeps on them as one of them insults her, others cheer it, one of them questions her victory, while others laugh at her as one of them torments her. How can people be this evil? She’s an innocent young woman that did her best, fought fair and square and yet, she’s being treated like this? I’m beyond speechless and as a Hero I really want to smack some sense into them, but as you can see, I can’t do it… However fortunately there is someone here that feels the same way as I do-

  Kiana

  Her soft and gentle eyes are serious, her golden eyes shine not with excitement but with anger, they are full of magic thanks to that emotion and that’s why they are shining. Her soft platinum-pink hair is sparkling as her anger increases her natural magic output. Her right hand is fully closed ready to do something, however, she’s holding every single fibber of her being to not do anything with it. She’s trying her damn best to remain calm, a lot better than I would for example.

  “Enough!”

  Luckily a loud, firm and sharp voice shouts at them, stopping the nonsense right here and there. It’s Alice that shouts at them. Her eyes are filled with anger exactly the same way as Kiana, and just like her, she’s questioning these people's behaviour and their morals. It seems she values justice and fairness and thanks to it, she more than felt the need to stop this nonsense.

  Alice- How can you be so cruel towards her? Even though she didn’t want to face me, she still stood in front of me, ready to face me. She not only did her best to control her emotions, she also fought with everything that she had. She was rational enough to quickly formulate a plan against me, yes, it failed, unfortunately she was not able to fully follow her plan. But as the panic was starting to take control of her mind, she still tried again.

  Mean Man- What are you saying Miss Florence? She was-

  “Quiet down, I’m talking right now.”

  Oh boy, I was not expecting this from her. With quite the aggressive tone of voice and look on her face, she quickly shuts down that fool, stopping him mid sentence. With this, anyone can easily see just how pissed she is right now. A scolding is about to fall down on these idiots.

  Alice- Not everyone likes to fight and not everyone knows how to do it, in fact, none of you know how to. In the face of someone that is several times stronger than you, how many would do anything at all? Would you stand tall like Miss Pandora and try your best? Or would you run away like the cowards that you are? In fact, how about this then, all of you that have a problem with Miss Pandora's previous win, you will battle against me right now. What do you say?

  Aggressive Teacher- Florence, stop with that! You know damn well that’s not a good idea, you will get punished if you-

  “And what about you? Why didn’t you first acquire who wanted to battle with me? Why did you let Miss Pandora go through this? Why didn’t you stop them?”

  She really is going all out right now; it seems no one is escaping her furry. Though, she’s more than right, the teacher, I will rewrite this again, the teacher, the one that is supposed to be in charge here, the one that should prioritize the “students” wellbeing, not only he failed to see what Alice is saying, he also allowed these people to make fun of Anya. However, to make things worse, he seems annoyed and somewhat angry at Alice's remarks and questions. This is not going to end well for her it seems, so much so that he was about to say something rather “threatening” to her only to get stopped right at the beginning by her.

  “Enough, there is no excuse for your lack of professionalism. You, you, you and you! Come over here, I will fight the four of you at the same time.”

  She points towards some individuals as she individually calls them out. Four people in this case, three men and one woman. All of them seem to be older than Kiana, while the woman seems to be the oldest at around 25, I would guess. In other words, all over the age and yet, still acting like spoiled brats, but moving on. As anyone can expect, this causes quite the reaction from all of them, from the teacher who is staring at Alice with a face that could legit kill her if it could, from the other people who seemed amused at all of this and the unfortunate individuals that got called on their actions by Alice.

  Way to Happy Woman- What!? No way! I can’t win against you! And I just stated the obvious! But hey, at least I can touch you! Hehe!

  Arrogant Young Man- Oh yeah! I will get a chance to show off just how strong I am! Suck it losers! Maybe with this, Miss Florence will see my greatness! Then I will be able to date her!

  Mean Man- Hahaha! I am the one who will get such a privilege! Back off, loser, you’re weaker than I am! Far weaker even! I can move mountains with my will alone! Beat that!

  Cocky Young Man- Really? Four against one? Isn’t that too much for you, Miss Florence? We are not pushovers like that cheater over there. What I mean is that, we are far better than that coward who can only win by cheating.

  Well, this sure isn’t going the way that was supposed to go, the way that I was expecting it to go. These people do have a few screws loose on their heads. Unbelievable. As anyone can see, their reactions are not what Alice was expecting and this simple fact makes her even angrier as her attempt of putting fear into them has failed tremendously, so much so that the opposite happened. However, the cherry at the top was of course, the cocky young man, as he really thinks Alice does not have a chance against the four of them at the same time. But both Alice and Kiana know the truth, the one that will hit them with such force that they will get knocked down by it. With a simple use of Magic Sense Skill, Kiana easily sees that the four of them combined do not have even 1% of Alice magic energy, Alice on the other hand, knows very well her magic skills, weapon skills and battle abilities.