21 Chapter 21: Magic battle? With me? You sure about that?

The one that spoke was an old man that had a long silver beard. Within his eyes lied a depth that seemed to be unfathomable to the ordinary person. His black robe gave him an appearance befitting of a wizard. His whole being exuded an aura of a wise sage.

"Whoops, I'm sorry 'bout that, sir." Goliath replied while scratching his head.

" Hmm, as for you, young boy. It seems to be my first time seeing you here. Is it your first day?" Said the old man while stroking his beard.

"Indeed, it is. My name is Robert, sir." Robert replied with a slight bow.

"Hmm, Robert. This old man's name is Lifelight. I am the teacher responsible for teaching Tier 4 and Tier 3 students regarding Mana related concepts and topics. Anyways, it seems to be time for me to start the lecture. Everyone please be quiet, and take your seats." Lifelight responded.

All students including Goliath and Robert went to vacant seats. There didn't seem to be any assigned seats based on what Robert has seen so far nor did Lifelight make any seating arrangements.

Goliath and Robert sat beside each other. Looking around, Robert saw his fellow classmates. Most of his classmates seemed to be nobles as a lot of them already have an aura of loftiness around them despite being youngsters around 12-14 years old.

Robert can only notice a few people that lack an aura like this. One of them is Goliath. Goliath has an aura of a young hero around him with a touch of intimidation due to his physique and build.

There's also a slim boy in the corner that wears a hood. He has his face covered with a mask, but it does not mask the sharp eyes he has. He has a dangerous aura around him.

There's another boy at the side that has blonde hair, and a face that would seem like it would kill the ladies when it matures. Extremely handsome would be the way to describe it. He has an aura that exudes confidence and coolness. It's different from the aura of loftiness from nobles.

There are 50 people in class, but the ones mentioned caught Robert's eyes the most. When talking about Robert's aura, then he also exudes a bit of a noble aura, but instead of loftiness, it is replaced by sophistication and class despite being a young kid that's 5 years old.

"Now, all of you seems to be settled, and I'm glad to see that a certain someone didn't break another piece of furniture." Lifelight said as he glanced at Goliath.

Goliath smiled wryly as he scratched the back of his head looking apologetic.

"Before we start, seeing as we have a few new students here, can one of you explain your understanding of Mana?" Lifelight said as he glanced at Robert and a few others.

The blonde haired boy with lady-killer looks raised his hand.

"Hmm?Yes, the blonde boy raising your hand." Lifelight said

" Mana is considered to be the main energy that surrounds us. It comes from the environment itself, and can be stored inside one's body to use for casting spells. It can be manipulated using the various laws of nature. This is mostly done based on the basic elements that make up nature." The blonde boy said.

"Nicely done. What's your name?" Lifelight asked.

"My name is Aries." Aries replied

"I see. Thank you for answering." Lifelight said.

Aries sat down, and closed his eyes as he listened to the lecture again. If one looked around, then they could see the females in the class glancing at Aries several times with some of them even blushing.

Looking at this, Robert felt a little bit envious.

[Jealous?Why is that?] Megumin asked.

'It's probably because in my past life, I was never popular with girls. I was rejected quite a number of times, and in the end, only had one girlfriend that lasted only four months. It can't be helped that I have bitterness carried over.' Robert responded.

[Awwwww don't worry. I'm sure you'll find someone here. Plus, you're still five years old for crying out loud. You're too young for romance.] Megumin said.

Robert sighed softly in response to Megumin.

The lecture continued. Lifelight wuickly recapped some basic knowledge regarding mana and spells. He also talked about the nature of Mana, and how it affects the daily lives of the ones using it.

After a while, Lifelight stopped his lecture, but it didn't seem like he planned on dismissing everybody yet.

Lifelight walked towards a door in the corner. This door was blue in color, and seemed to have runes on it. Lifelight touched the door causing it to emit a slight glow before opening.

"Everybody, go inside."

Everybody went inside the room, and found that it was really large. There was a stage as big as a soccer field inside. There were seats around that were obviously for an audience.

"Okay, now we're going to conduct a small spell competition." Lifelight said.

Everybody nodded. It seemed like this wasn't the first time this has happened as the students didn't seem to be surprised about this room. They all seemed used to it

"I'd like one of the new students to come up, and choose someone to spar with using spells only. Also, don't worry about hurting your opponent. There will be a barrier around the stage, and on your body. When the barrier on your body breaks, you'll automatically be sent outside the stage." Lifelight said.

Aries went up on stage. The girls once again blushed seeing him. Robert thought puberty is really kicking in for these girls. Being infatuated so much at this age.

Robert was waiting for Aries to choose an opponent as he was excited to see people spar using magic. He was always one that liked to watch fight scenes especially if it's with magic. Robert then noticed Aries looking at him.

[Looks like you won't be able to watch a good battle HAHAHAHA] Megumin laughed.

'Ah damn it. Why me' Robert thought.

"The kid over there, come up" Aries said.

Robert sighed, and went up the stage. The students below whispered about how young he is, and Lifelight seemed to be interested in what this child is capable of.

"Magic battle?With me?You sure about that?" Robert asked Aries with a wry smile.

"Arrogant, I see. So what if you're able to enter Pinnacle at such a young age? This school is filled with geniuses. Don't think you're like Sebas that is able to topple over many other geniuses in magic." Aries said

Robert sighed again.

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Aries snorted seeing Robert sigh. He then created a fireball as big as Robert, and threw it at him.

Robert merely looked at the fireball with wide eyes. Aries smiled looking at the wide-eyed child, but then he heard a voice.

"Is this it?"

The fireball collided with the ice shield causing some vapor to be created, but the amount is negligible. The ice shield stood tall and strong while the fireball vanished after a bit.

Aries' expression turned sour. He didn't like how easily Robert negated his fireball. What made it worse was Robert's remark making it seem like he was disappointed. While Aries was still thinking at these matters, he heard that voice again.

"If you're going to be cocky, do it elsewhere."

Aries snapped himself out of his thoughts, and found a giant fire missile coming at him, and then everything went red before turning white.

To be continued.....