CH 87

The injured Natalie was brought into the infirmary while she was unconscious.

Excellent healing wizards have been gathered from all over the country for the Four Great Festivals.

They can heal you unless you have a serious injury where a part of your body is missing.

Don’t underestimate that just because this is a battle between students.

Because they are fighting with magic, there is even a possibility of death.

“Natalie, are you okay?”

Owen looked into Natalie’s face with concern.

Natalie wriggled out of bed as she rose.

“Yeah, I’m fine.”

She replied in a matter-of-fact voice.

In fact, thanks to the healing wizard, the pain is all but gone.

To begin with, she suffered very little physical damage in this fight.

“How’s Owen doing, did he win the third round?”

“Oh, perfectly!”

Owen made a peace sign and smiled.

Owen is through to the semi-finals.

If Natalie won today, she would fight Owen in her next match.

‘I guess I lost. …’

Once again, she realized her defeat.

“Natalie had a good match, too.”

‘Owen told me to be careful.’

“Not really, he was in a hurry, too, especially at the end.”

“Hmm, yeah? I gave him a hard time.”

Natalie felt unexpectedly refreshed, even though she had lost.

‘I did the best I could, despite feeling Julian’s strength firsthand.’

Since she lost, as a result, she has to accept it.

I have very little memory of what happened after I used the Thunder God Armament.

However, I only remember Julian’s astonished expression.

Just being able to see that was satisfying enough.

“About that Natalie, you were armed with thunder god, that’s so cool!”

Then Owen started sputtering, “Super sa-ya-jin!”

Natalie didn’t know what a “Super Sa*yan” was, but she just knew that it was somehow referring to the Raijin armament.

“You’re next, Owen, and you’ll have to work hard for me.”

“Of course!”

Owen nodded loudly, deliberately.

Owen vs. Julian.

‘Emotionally, I want Owen to win. But I don’t know how far he can go against Julian.’

“By the way, Natalie.”

Owen suddenly has a serious look on his face.

“…what?”

He plopped his hand on Natalie’s head.

“You did well.”

He said in a gentle voice.

“What … suddenly …”

“Didn’t you notice? You look so disappointed.”

With that, Owen patted Natalie on the head with a clank.

At that moment, Natalie realized the feelings that she had been hiding.

Do you get a sense of accomplishment from the blowback?

That’s not possible.

The Natalie of the past would never have thought of beating Julian.

I gave up before the fight.

But not this time.

“It’s frustrating ……, I wanted to win.”

It doesn’t matter if Julian is a higher-ranked player or not.

Natalie was serious about winning.

“Oh my god, I really hate it, your brother is too strong.”

He said it in a deliberately light tone, and I struggled to hold back the tears that were threatening to come.

‘I didn’t want to cry in front of Owen.’

It’s a small pride that I want to be equal to him.

That’s when Natalie wrinkles her brow and holds back her tears.

Owen approached suddenly.

Then, with a bang, he covered Natalie.

(Yeah, hey, ……. What do you mean?!)

Owen suddenly hugged Natalie’s body.

Natalie’s mouth puckered up, but she couldn’t get the words out.

I am in a raving panic.

My heart is beating fast and my face is puffy and red.

‘A sudden hug is a foul!’

Natalie protests to Owen in her head.

Of course, there was no way that voice could have reached Owen.

“I’ll take care of the rest.”

Owen whispered in Natalie’s ear.

Natalie’s bright red face turned even redder when she heard that.

“It’s not fair to catch me off guard. …”

She ended up thinking Owen was cool.

“If you lose this, I’m not going to let you off.”

She muttered to herself, trying to cover up her feelings.