It was already afternoon, and the arena was packed. Students, mages, and professors filled the thousands of seats, buzzing with excitement.
At the center stood a beautiful professor with long blue hair, clipped with a red flower hairpin. She wore a flowing red robe, and her voice echoed across the arena, amplified by mana so everyone could hear.
Her name is Professor Reya.
"Ladies and gentlemen," she announced. "Today, we'll witness a match no one expected—it's a chess battle!"
She continued, "On the right side, we have one of the Kingdom's Top Ten Strongest. A mage who won a Nobel prize for his work on quantum mechanics and quantum magic. A hero who once defeated a demon general."
She paused, building suspense. "Introducing the undefeated chess grandmaster and Vice President of Robert's Magic Tower... Professor Odel Hann!"
A man stepped out from the entrance. He smiled shyly and waved to the crowd as he walked to the center of the arena.
"Whooooaaa! Clap clap clap!"
