3 Ch.3 Happy Nigh

In the previous episode, Lylia and her teammates were beaten down by Raphtalia servant (summoned spell). Battlefield's condition is as destroyed as roughly as the heavy earthquake happens here. The ground was perforated the trees also fell. The scenes look like they just had an epic war. But precisely, they are having an epic battle.

At this time, I feel like giving up...there's no hope, am I this weak? I haven't showed a little improvement from the training I've been up to. Luc-chan, what will you do if you're in my place? Ehh? Why did I could only thinking about Luc-chan at time like this? I'm so pathetic, still depending on to someone. What a useless hero I am. Maybe what Seren tells about being a Paladin just doesn't suit me after all? What can I do now?stand up ?or give up?...suddenly I heard something that...

[...you better move faster or you won't have dinner tonight... I know what's on your mind, you think that you never had a chance to beat them...as long as you're not falling down, that's what makes you stronger than them...]

Why did I hear these things when I was about to give up huh? Damn it, Luc-chan.....you really are something to me. Lylia didn't know what's really happened but remembering Luc-chan give her little hope, little courage, little chance to stand up and fight. Layla could barely move her hand and heal me and Reus-kun's wound from afar then give us some mana. Thanks to Layla again we regain consciousness back. The three of us get up and gathered. Layla also heal Hanzo's wound. Hanzo realizes he was healed and stares at us with a killer intense but actually...

" Thank you for healing me. But I won't let all of you getting off even you've already helped me. " Hanzo said that because he also doesn't want to lose.

"Hanzo-san, you are worth to be healed. And we're not helping you so you could let us go. We just do it from our sincerity. It's nice to have a duel with you, I was having fun. Anyways, we should continue this." I said this to Hanzo because he was a good assassin and our fight isn't over yet.

The noises keep wilder as they amazed by this epic match. Couldn't imagine how did we survive. But I quickly made up my mind and tells my teammate.

" We still had to stick to the plan."

"EHH???what ? Didn't you saw that devil things just now, we all could die you know. That's just a vain." Said Reus who's now afraid of the other side.

"Yes I know, but here we have our supporter Layla to deal with us. Here's the thing...." I told them the new strategy.

While on the other side Seren was absolutely shocked that the three of us could still get up and regroup. Her rage has reached the dangerous zone. I think she's already wanted to show her real strength. Raph-chan was taking a rest, and she's somehow glad that we're still got up. Hanzo was not too far, but he thinks about to retreat and go back to the group. Seren suddenly walks towards us. She still a little too far but from what I know besides her was Raph-chan who walk together side by side. It seems like Hanzo was talking to them.

"Oii, are you mad or something? You could kill me if you are just doing that without warning me first." Said the mad Hanzo to Seren and Raph-chan.

" Oh my oh my, You're a Goryuu rank isn't it, you should at least be able to survive from that." Seren said angrily to Hanzo while walking towards us.

Luckily we just done our discussion and Seren was near us. She takes out her blade and point it to us.

"I'll have to take you down myself you piece of junk"

And I take my sword which was falling down on the ground and then charging towards her. It seems like Raph-chan and Hanzo didn't move at all, meaning to say that Seren only interested to fight me alone. Surprisingly she was very mad to me as I act that I'll be able to stand and fight again and again. She never sees me as a hero, so no wonder. When I am charging towards her, the edge of her blade and my sword slashing each other. The scene was like a female barbarian who was in battle. The sounds of our weapon hitting each other make the crowds sound louder.

This was very awesome. I actually fight with someone who's higher than me in the ranking. So, this is how's it feels like being able to duel with a Nanaryu rank huh. Seren's skills are more faster,more powerful, more strength in it and more rages. This makes it difficult. It is an epic battle. Goryu was fighting with Nanaryu like a prey fighting its killer. I admit that Seren really mastered her way of fighting, and I was getting hit 2 times stronger and now I'm about to take a step back. Seren rages moves and hitting harder and harder makes me feels the tense and painful. This is what happens when someone messed up with Seren huh, This is so dangerous. Layla and Reus were waiting for my action but I still need a little time to carry out the true strength of this maniac queen.

I was told that Seren had two dangerous skills that every opponent definitely will have no clue how the heck it is powerful. First, this is a skill that Seren always use, it was... the harder the opponent, the stronger she gets. And her second skill is what frightened me, it was a skill that returning her opponent's physical attack. She's rarely used it because she'll only use it to an opponent that is much stronger than her. Here's what I was going to do, I'm going to make Seren charging at me with her full potential until she needs some help from her teammates. I know her power was one to be scared but this is the only chance I have. I learned my opponent's movement and I learned how far was the opponent's strength. I need just a little more and the time has come.....

Seren was angrily released her mana, she finally used that second skill. When I hit her, ciiiinngggg!!!!!! My sword blown far away to nowhere. Seren raised her blade.

"[AMON RAGE]"

"Farewell you demon.." Seren said .

But what I'm going to do is teleport to the side and get away even it was a short-range in about 2 meters from Seren. The blade that Seren about to hit me was hitting the ground. The ground was split into two as I avoid it. All of us stunned by her power. That's no kidding, that's the true power of a Nanaryu rank. Her movement isn't like before, she's faster 4 times than Hanzo blink. If I was about to run towards my teammates, She is definitely will take down all of us in a minute.

"Layla do something, couldn't you make Lylia-san faster? she's now in danger you know." Reus asks Layla in a nervous situation.

"No, I've already increased Lylia's movement speed to her maximum already.... This is the true power of Nanaryu ..." said Layla who is shaken to the intense of Nanaryu rank true power.

I didn't have a choice, I can't even run away from her in this state. It looks like I have to face her without my weapon. I teleport near to Serena and fight her furiously she was too strong, I avoid her blade as fast as I can, but she always hits me with her punch from her left hand. What should I do? I was already in the trap of Seren anger. If I make a little mistake I could barely die now. I tried to avoid it as fast as I can.

[....learn your opponent's movement.....learn their steps....if the opponent attack faster, avoid faster than the opponent' attack ....] haaaaa, Luc-chan's word suddenly hits my mind.

Yes that's right. I need to learn more about my opponent. This match isn't just about strength, it's about how will you fight when you're in trouble. Raph-chan and Hanzo-san still didn't dare to move since Seren was still enjoyed playing with me. My heads already bleeding by the hit of some ridiculous punches Seren had. That time, my body learn to reflect on what I have been into. The atmosphere changes again. Feels like the same sense when I was training with Luc-chan yesterday.

I can tell that Seren was totally thinking out of wonder, why do all her hits are now getting avoid. While Seren keep attacking me with punches and her blades, I found an opening and quickly used my palm hit Seren's right hand which is handling the blade and another hand is hitting Seren's chest. Booooom .. The crowds are getting lower and then louder again when they saw Seren was thrown away and fall to the ground. I did it. Seren was completely fallen to the ground and her rages have now become more furriest than ever.

" Aurora !!!!! Hanzo !!!! What the two of you dreaming there? Let's kill this bunch of junk together!!!!" Seren really mad about this.

And that's when I give the signal to Reus. Reus creates a triple Golden Colosseum and trapped Raph-chan and Hanzo inside. There are hree thick wall was created and placed them throughout the match. According to the plan. Reus' job was to disconnected Seren and her teammates even if it just in a short time. In that time I'll keep attacking Seren. Seren in his mad mode again uses her skill and give her the best and full potential to fight me. However, that's not my intention. The thing is, Reus buys the time for me to exhausted Seren mana. Well if you look at Seren, she's slowly and slowly out of mana.

I realize she is the one who'll drain out of mana first, that's why in the first battle, she never really wanted to show up. That's why, she thinks she could finish us using her dangerous skill or I mean AMON RAGE. That's a mistake for Seren. Unfortunately, we have Layla, a mana producer and our healer. While I was busy keep Seren fighting, Reus knows that his magic is not enough to defeat Raph-chan's, I really know that. But what can he do is, to keep them far away from each other. Hanzo was an assassin that really good at close combat, so as long as he can't pass Reus' barrier he couldn't do anything. So sad huhu.

Even if they're trapped in the golden Colosseum , there's no guarantee that Raph-chan will never use her most powerful attack. As I predict, Raph-chan will have to use it to get out of there. Her summoned magic is really powerful but it will drain out Raph-chan's mana quickly. Raph-chan successfully breaks the three golden Colosseum there but, her spell can't hold any longer and her summoned magic disappears(Servant). This is a right chance for Hanzo, he'll eventually go out and kill our producer Layla but, no worry. Reus already creates ten gigantic of the VALHALAC WALL along the way on the battlefield where they still disconnected from each other. Now Seren is completely disconnected from her teammate. But this is just the beginning of my plan.

When Seren realize her teammates are on the other side of VALHALAC WALL she left me with a blowing shot and it was so faster and stronger. It hurts my chest and I just realize my cloth are dirty and a lot of torn on it. I think Luc-chan going to mad with me this time. Anyways, the damage I received just now still hurts me.

"Not bad you junk, I was about to exhaust all of my mana" said the tired Seren.

" You know what?" I asked her.

"huh?"

" Luc-chan told me that, ....even the weaker can get stronger, and the stronger can get weaker. So even if you're coming from a royal family or whatever, you should never underestimate your opponent and keep believing in your partners."

"Don't mistake you piece of sh*t , you don't have the right to teach me that. As a Nanaryu , I'll take you down and feel the power of a Knightwaker...."Seren said. It looks like she really didn't want to hear me.

From my point of view actually, Seren just shows her reliance on her partners just now, she never really like to ask them for help. Now she's trying to break the VALHALAC WALL herself, so she can communicate with her teammate. Layla runs to me and heal me, and she suddenly faints. She did only heal my half wound and faint on me. I grab her and called her name, but she didn't give any response. This must be she has used too much power in this match. We really should thank her that we still survive with her helps. I bring and put Layla under a tree that far from the area we are battled. Not just a long ago, Seren able to break the VALHALAC WALL. I was surprised that she still has the energy to break through the thickest Valhalac Wall. She then regrouped with her teammate and making new strategies. But I told Reus to go look for Layla condition. Reus wanted to help me, but he had to listen to my order and left a word...

"You better come back safely, Lylia -san" Reus' words are just like Luc-chan's word. I feel a little motivated just now and started to warm up my body in front of my opponent.

" Is she mocking with us?" asked Hanzo to Seren and Raph-chan who was healing Seren's wound.

" She's making fun of us maybe?" Seren asked out of wonder.

"Nope, she's serious to fight the three of us. I knew her because we're close friends. This is her serious mode when she was motivated by something. " Raph-chan said this with a serious expression to her teammate.

"Whatttt!!! So she hadn't.." Seren was just about to finish her words but Raph-chan interrupt her.

" Lady Seren!!! Hanzo-san !!! We should attack her once and for all. We need to give our best because I don't want to lose this match without something worth it." Raph really serious about this.

"Whattt??!!!!, I ... I know what to do, you don't have to order me too.... So, if that is what she wants from us, let us give it our all"

"YES!!!" seems like they're also get motivated huh.

I take a stick that I found on the ground and decided to use it. When I saw the stick, I finally understood what's Luc-chan meaning of his words he told me yesterday. Weapon is not the only thing you need to prepare, but a strong mind and heart. He just randomly said to read the opponent's movement, actually, I just need to feel and think how if I was in the position of a hero. Luc-chan really teach me a skill that required to defeat a hero.

My prediction was true after all, they'll attack me at the same time from three different positions. Somehow it makes my heart a little ease, when I am the only one they're targeting. If it is not, it will be harder to protect those two. Luc-chan you're really such a brilliant pervert demon.(meanwhile, Luc-chan at home was sneezed out of wonder while he was watering the plant). When this happens, the teachers and students are also motivated to watch our match and the others cheered out louder than before. To me, an epic scene is about to begin. 3 vs 1.

Eventually the three of them move at the same time, and I stand still my readily-fighting-pose. No one will figure out who'll be the first one to counter me. After a few seconds, Raph-chan chanted a wind spell that created a spear, and then she threw it towards me. I know that when I move a little to the side, one of them had already started to get close to me and make a contact. That's what makes this more interesting. The whole battlefield just felt the real match. I wanted to use Luc-chan's mana but I think I'll use my own.

I leaps and bounds to the air. This is just like my training with Luc-chan, but he was faster than Seren's team movement. Ehh wait a minute, isn't this is the same meaning that I have already moved faster than my opponent? Or are they getting slower?. Somehow my body reacts to what I saw and by letting my body reacts as it is a natural move. I was able to avoid Seren's striking slash that supposed to hit me. When I am stepping on the ground I kneel as lower as I could because I know Hanzo was too closed to me that time. He could blink faster to everywhere but I realize he is often blinking to the right side.

Without hesitation, I put some of my mana into the stick and swing it on the right side of me when Hanzo was blinked. It really works and Hanzo was hit by it then thrown to Seren body. It is an accident that Hanzo was blown to her and the exhausted mana of Raph-chan can't do anything besides using her left mana in a close combat. This is where the right timing and my plan was actually effectively carried out. The three of them are now nearer to each other. They run charging aggressively towards me. It is a wonderful view as Hanzo uses his mana to make him more protection,Raph-chan uses her left mana on her hand to take her hand as an offensive shield and Seren forces herself to use her AMON RAGE.

With only a stick on my right hand, I bravely take the risk by charging towards three of them. I used the lesson I got from Luc-chan. They're actually didn't have any protection anymore. All of them fight like there's no tomorrow, fight like there's a hope in front of them and fight to the best they can. I also wanted to show those feeling towards them and not to let them down. Everyone was so anxious and never blink an eye on our match. It really is an honorable battle you know. All of them are yelling out to support us who was on the battlefield.

I take and put the stick like I was showing them a pose of taking-out-a-sword pose. When the three of them nearly enough, they also shout to their best. I teleport myself behind them and now I was in the air , it is just a short teleporting because it's one of the skills I mastered. They were stunned by my action, I was completely lost from their sight and now I'm completely behind them. They couldn't do anything at the time. It's too late even to take a breath was too late.

" [DEATH BACK STEP]" CINGGG!!!!!!!

I finally succeed beating them once and for all in just one slash. I really used the weird name that Luc-chan gave to that combo skill. It was really a big helpful when it comes to this kind of situation. Luckily, that skills only need a little amount of mana, so I didn't exhaust of mana but only suffered little physical damage. Then the teacher announces that the match is over. Because Seren's team can't even move a muscle anymore. I am happily running to Reus and Layla. Layla just wake up, and she was shocked that we win this match.

" So does this mean, we pass the exam??" asked Layla

" Yes,of course," I said happily

We're all too happy and walk out together to the restroom from the battlefield. The crowd really is something that annoys me. They're screamed too loud but positively, they must be amazed by the battle that we just had right. While in the restroom the paramedic is bringing Seren's team to the treatment room to be healed. But Layla interrupts them and uses the healing spell to heal Serena,Raph-chan and Hanzo-san wound. They realize that Layla was the one who heals them. Then the paramedic leaves them to rest themselves. Now we are in a treatment room. We were all chatting and relaxing. Some are sitting on the floor and chairs, some are in bed.

Well, the room is well-equipped with treats and many books on magic. Not bad huh. I think other students are still watching other group battle outside. It's a shame I couldn't watch them because I'm under treatment now ahhahah.

"Thank you again. You've helped me two times and I didn't know how to reply to your kindness. I am very thankful " Hanzo said it while embarrassing himself for what he has done.

"No, it is my sincerity to heal all of you. Furthermore, that was an amazing match. All of you're really strong, I'm looking forward to being a friend with you guys." Said the kind and gentle Layla

"err.....ermmm .....errmm" Seren was about to say something to me but..

"Hey, maniac queen? Are sick? Why did you cough? I asked instead.

" woii, I'm not sick you jun....no, you Bastard Lylia!!!! " She was just about to say junks didn't she? Maybe she's just poor girl that lack of love hmm hmmm

" Well, Seren! You're good out there! Nanaryu was actually too strong. You can become a great Paladin someday! Hihi." I said it for real. She really is stronger than any girl out there.

" Is that so...you too bastard Lylia!!! Don't you dare to lose to someone other than me in the future" Seems like a Seren become friendly towards me and the others after the match.

"Hey could you not adding the 'bastard' thing behind my name? You can just call me Lia if you like" I said that as we're now being friends.

"ahahhaha" all of us laughed happily.

We're having a great conversation with them and we acknowledge their power too. We talked about our game and our experience.And that's the end of our day. The result will be announced tomorrow, and we're getting the permission to go home already. All of us walk home together and I really want to go home quickly. Because Luc-chan promise me that today's dinner is special. When I got home from afar it's weird. Luc-chan isn't in front of the door like he always does. I feel a little sad. He should welcome me like a winner or like a princess maybe. Hmmm. Then I take off my shoes and put them in the shoe rack. Then...

" I'm home....." I shouted.

----------------------. Luc-chan didn't answer like he always does. Hmmm I think maybe he was ready preparing my special food hihihih

"I'm home!!!!" I shouted even louder again. But there's no answer.

I guess I have to enter myself. This is odd. Usually, Luc-chan always been here when I need him but not today? Does anything happen to him? Then I open the door to enter and there's a popping sound,many delicious food prepared on the table,lights turn on dramatically and the room was decorated for a birthday party. Luc-chan inside the living wore the t-shirts that I once made it for him even it looks ugly but...

" HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYLIA" said Luc-chan with his smiling face. I was really..... really surprised and sooooooooo happy that I couldn't describe. This is the first time Luc-chan ever surprises me by doing like this. Usually he will let me know about my birthday every year but not this year. I didn't know there're tears falling from my eyes.

"Ehhhh? Lylia? You don't like this? if you don't want this I'll quickly throw all of this in just a second." Luc-chan feels worried about me who cries in happiness.

Furthermore, only Luc-chan and I live in the house, and he always remembered my birthday. He is the only one who never forgets it. I'm so grateful to have him. Really...

"tha....than.....thank you ...Lu..Luc-channn" I hug Luc-chan tightly and cry on his chest.

No wonder he is nice to me this morning. Luc-chan then cuddles me back, and he accompanied me this night in my room together to celebrate my birthday today. I tell him all the things that happened in my match and what I feel, and we talk until I fall asleep.... Last but not the least, I wish to have Luc-chan as my special person in my life.