We run towards each other and we both are doing a close combat fight. I try to fire my gun to his face, but he avoids it and blows a punch. I use my leg to block his attack, but he blows a punch using his other hand that is covered by his barrier. His attack landed on my body, but I tried to resist it then fired my guns at his chest. It's so painful, each of his attacks is almost similar to a bull's attack. We both bounced into different directions. He's still not eliminated yet, and his barrier is still protecting his badge. Such a cheater, I think I'm gonna end this right now.
Gyrus starts chasing me again and blows a barrage of punches at me. I avoid it by jumping aside, but he continues to chase me and make me have no choice except keep jumping while firing my guns at him. I can tell his body starts getting exhausted judging by his labored breath. His movements are slower as well than before, but he's still attacking me like it's nothing. To be honest, I'm in the same position as him. My body is heavy after using lots of mana. I almost can't breathe anymore since I keep jumping and running around nonstop, spinning my body so he can't hit me. Everything will be over if he lands a hit on me and I think we reached our limits right now.
At some point, his movements stopped as his punch landed on the ground. Probably, he can't do it anymore. Without thinking anymore, I fired my guns at him, but he seems like he knows what I'm gonna do. Damnit, I think I fell into his trap. He spins his body to kick me while my bullets hit him, but he just lets me attack him while continuing to kick me. Is he crazy or something? His body is almost frozen, normally people won't be able to move as much as him after having their body covered by ice. His body is almost all white like snow and her movements are much slower than before.
Time feels like it's stopping right now, every movement feels very slow on us as we keep attacking each other. This is the determination who will win this fight. The tense feels so heavy. One wrong move and one of us will lose. His punch almost landed on my badge, and so is my gun. I just need to pull the trigger really quick and make him eliminated. He seems like he's ignoring his defense and focusing on attack. Once we're near the end, BOOM! Right before our attacks landed at each other's badges, someone showed up and used his magic towards us and eliminated us.
"HUH?!" We both said in unison with a surprised face.
The person seems like he's the only one left from Redione Academy. She uses her magic to make some wind slashes and cuts our badges in no time. Then, the last competition of Phantasia is over with the defeat of me and Gyrus.
The MC starts his broadcast again, "IT'S OVER!! IT'S ALL OVER!! WHO'S THE PERSON WHO DEFEAT BOTH OF THEM?! HE RUINED THEIR FIGHT, BUT!! BUT!! THIS IS A BATTLE ROYALE, SO WE ACCEPT THIS RESULT!!"
We both…Actually, three of us were transferred into the waiting room. I woke up beside Lunette with a smirk on her face. I can't help but be frustrated after knowing I failed to beat him. Lunette pats my back, maybe she's trying to comfort me after we lost our battle. To be honest, I don't know who's the person that intervened us in the middle of the fight. I was only able to see he's wearing a Redione Academy's uniform. Well, I think I was doing my best so maybe I can let it go.
Lunette is unable to hold back her laugh again, "I can never forget his angry face! That was the best part in this competition! I never expect you will make him angry like that! HAHA!"
Leo chimes in and chuckles again, "Agree, this is the first time I saw him very mad like that. Quite funny for me."
I nodded and giggled a bit as well. The atmosphere in the room lightens as we continue to joke with each other. Rena seems to be having fun as well while waiting beside Nio that is laying on the bed. He is still unconscious right now, and we don't know how long he will be like this. Ray laughs as well after watching our performance before.
I noticed something weird before I spoke back to them, "By the way, how did Leo get eliminated?" And I forgot about Lunette, but probably the person eliminated her as well before me.
All of us fell silent and looked at Leo with a confused look. Right, he's strong, but how did he get eliminated in the first place? I heard that he fought many students at the same time alone. Is someone who beat him stronger than him? That's unbelievable.
Leo giggles for a while before telling us about it, "Fufu, the last one got me though. He's very strong, even stronger than me."
What? I can tell he's lying judging by his response. Well, I don't know what's going on inside his head too so it's just wasting my time guessing what he's thinking right now. Rena and Ray look at him with disbelief as well. Their eyes widens and their mouths are hanging in disbelief. On the other hand, Lunette continues laughing louder than before like a mad person. Really, what's so funny about this? I don't understand both of them. Such a pair of weirdos.
The MC speaks with his mic again, "To all participants, please enter the arena to rank the winning academies. We will give a cup for each winning academy depending on the ranks. JUST DO IT NOW SO I CAN HAVE MY HANDSHAKE WITH NEON! MAYBE SHE HASN'T LEFT FROM THIS CITY THAT FAR YET!!"
Ugh… Here's the annoying MC again, how much is his obsession with my big sister? I think we don't have any choice except to do what he said.
We left the waiting room and we entered the arena. There are lots of students from other academies, well I don't remember how many academies that join the competition. All I remember are Redione Academy, Lionel Academy, and our Tyone Academy. All of the audience are clapping their hands in excitement after the competition reaches its end. I can hear the whole audience shouting with joyful expression and voice. I can see Big Sister Wave clapping her hands as well while standing with enthusiasm, her smile is never faltering from her face.
The first place comes to Redione Academy, the one who intervened in my battle. I completely forgot that the competition was a battle royale, I was only focusing on Gyrus and didn't pay any attention to my surroundings at that time. I can only exhale and accept this result, that was my bad.
The person comes to me after accepting the medal and says, "Well done, Luna Bluesky. Thank you for helping me deal with Gyrus before. My name is Loir, and I'm a boy."
I answered her with a confused tone, "O-okay, my name is…"
What? A boy? With that look? His bones, his arms, his legs, everything screams and keeps telling me it's a girl inside my head. Well, his uniform and haircut is truly a boy, but… How?
Loir chuckles and says again, "Well, it's not the first time so don't worry."
I'm still shocked by the sudden information from him, "I-I'm sorry. I will be careful next time."
Loir walked past towards me and back to where his academy is. I don't know what will surprise me anymore next. What's his magic by the way? I remember he's using his magic but I can't see it pretty well. Anyway, the MC will announce the second place. Surprisingly, we won second place in Phantasia.
The MC asks one of us to come forward so we can get the cup. Rena is just putting an uncomfortable smile on her face, she is probably still thinking about the way she was eliminated. Maybe she feels bad for being unable to do anything in the last competition. Though, no one in our team bothered about it. Leo is just being Leo, handing every troublesome thing to others with just a simple chuckle.
After a while, Lunette is already in front of us to get the cup. No one notices when she starts walking forward. That girl, really troublesome. How can she do that without any embarrassment? She just gets the silver cup like it's nothing. She's even joking with the MC and the guards like they're old friends. She is really a carefree girl, always makes everything easy on her but gives so many troubles to her surroundings. She might be cursed by a god of trouble, even though I'm not sure there is such a god. Then, she walks away like nothing happened. Well, no one bothered by it so I think it's okay.
The next one is Lionel, the academy that I don't wanna talk about. I really hate someone inside that academy. Of course, that person is Gyrus. He walks past me while looking at me with a cold glare before he scoffs. He seems displeased with the result. Take that!
After giving the cups to each academy, the MC calls for the winner to give them the rewards. After that, all of us go to our academy and the audience leaves the place with joy. I can hear their laugh and chatter fills the place. We went out the gate and saw Big Sister Wave was waiting for us. Lunette quickly runs towards her with a full smile on her face and hugs her.
She speaks in a prideful tone, "How was our performance? Are you proud of us?"
Big Sister Wave giggles and speaks with a teasing tone, "Huh? Proud of you? You lost to Gyrus after you kept saying you would beat him."
That's right, if I was her I would be embarrassed. Though, I'm embarrassed already with her attitude. She pouts by puffing out her cheeks. What is she doing? That doesn't make her cute at all. Of course, that won't work. Big sister laughs at her again, completely teasing her. Lunette stops pouting after knowing that didn't work. See? I told you that won't work.
Big Sister Wave speaks to me while messing with Lunette's hair, "How about we have a party? Both of you are doing your best, so we will have fun for the rest of today."
I nodded at her and answered, "O-okay. Where should we go?"
Lunette speaks up with her selfish behavior again, "Pizza!! Just pizza!!"
Big Sister Wave slaps the back of her head after she finishes her words. It's been a long time since I saw this scene. I think Lunette's nonchalant behavior never changed even a little bit. I think we will have pizza for today's dinner. Thanks to Lunette, good for her.
Lunette looks at me with a confused look then smirks again before speaking up, "What's wrong with that look, Luna? Are you jealous of me? Or maybe you don't want pizza for today's dinner? I won't give in even if it's for you."
Really now? Can someone do something to stop her? Her attitude is really a pain, if she wasn't my twin I would probably leave her on the road side. Big Sister Wave put her palm on her head as well, she was probably tired of her behavior like me. I think I'll just play along, it seems like my big sister can't control her as well. I'm sure one day she will have a problem with her current behavior.
"By the way, I almost forgot to give you both presents. Here, take this." Big Sister Wave said while handing something to us.
She hands her a pair of black gloves then pats her head. Lunette's eyes widened in excitement, almost like she couldn't believe she got those gloves as a present. She quickly wears the gloves on her hands, a pair of black gloves that cover up her hands to her elbows.
Big Sister Wave smiles at her and speaks with a soft tone, "Hm, that suits you, Lunette. Next is Luna."
Me? What will she give to me? She wraps a dark blue scarf around my neck carefully then pats my head, just like what she did to Lunette. It feels so warm and comfortable. I think I like it more than I think.
She speaks with the same tone and the same smile at me, "It suits you as well, Luna."
I speak with a soft tone while covering my mouth with the scarf, "Thank you, big sis."
She nodded and said again, "You're welcome. You're so polite, not like your twin." She glares at Lunette who's still admiring her gloves and then giggles.
We started walking to the Guild and finding an empty table to sit. Most of the stands are closing on the road side since Phantasia has finished. Almost every stand ran out of their product, it seems like they're having fun. A wind carries a sound of chatter and laughs to our ears. There was a terrible moment in Phantasia, but there were also fun moments in Phantasia too. I think not everything about Phantasia was bad. I can be friends with Leo, Nio, and Ray because of it, after all.
We continued to chat and laugh in the middle of our way to the Guild until we finally arrived. We enter the building and look around for an empty table to sit. I hope there is no trouble again like the first time we entered the Guild. There are lots of hunters in this building, many of them are looking at the request board. Maybe they're trying to search for a good quest? Though, that's none of my business. We kept walking through the hall to the lounge to have dinner. I'm always bothered like this, but why do we keep going to Guild so often just only for dinner? Don't we have other places to go to eat?
Right after we reached the lounge to take a seat on an empty table. We order food from the waiter and wait until it arrives. Maybe there won't be any trouble for now. Right after that thought crossed my mind, there is a group of hunters that starts bothering us. They look like they are targeting Big Sister Wave, this scene reminds me of the first time we entered the Guild.
One of the hunters says, "Hello, miss. Aren't you bored to have a drink with kids? We will make sure we have a fun time if you want to drink with us."
Again, the same scene as before. Why are there people like that in a Guild? The world will be destroyed even before someone uses the Book of Origin to balance the world with all these people over the world. Maybe it's just how it works.
The hunter leans in to take a closer look at Big Sister Wave and after a while, his body starts shaking in fear. Huh? I thought he would bother her and mess with her, but it looks like I'm wrong. I wonder why he stopped.
The hunter says again with a fear in his tone, "Y-you're…The person that beat us that day! It's been a few weeks and I haven't seen you, I thought we won't meet again!"
Big Sister Wave's face darkens with a scary smile on her face, "Can you go away from us? I'm having dinner with my little sisters. If you don't want to leave…" She glances at him with a cold, sharp look like she can kill him anytime then continues her words, "I'll make you regret your decision."
The group of hunters are quickly running away from her vision in fear. They're in the same party? I don't remember them in my memory. I'm bad at remembering people's faces after all. I take a spoonful of my food and put it in my mouth while looking in their direction. Hm? This food is tasty, what kind of food is this?
Big Sister Wave sighed and she talked to us, "Both of you, don't be like that, okay? By the way, you are both still kids so don't touch alcohol, okay?"
Of course, who will touch alcohol in our ages? I looked at Lunette and vice versa in confusion. Glad she doesn't do anything stupid right now. Then, we continued our meal again. After a while, the Guild Master enters the room and sits beside Big Sister Wave. She seems surprised as well while looking at him with a confused look.
The Guild Master speaks to her with a stern voice, "What? Got any problem, Wa- Neon?"
Big sister sighs and speaks back at him, "Of course there is a problem. Why do you just sit here like nothing happened?"
Right, I'm curious about it too. Though, I can't help but feel safe around him. His aura is so scary and intimidating, but somehow there is a slight comfort that I can feel from him. He treats us so nicely, after all.
Lunette speaks up with her mouth full of food, "Guild Master, what do you want from us? Want to join our party after Phantasia?"
The Guild Master laughs at her and then speaks with a serious face, "Right. I've been watching your performance and you both can treat me like a family member. Call me 'Dad' now."
Lunette without protesting or hesitating speaks with full excitement, "Dad!!"
The Guild Master laughs and Big Sister Waves pouts a bit, but she can't hold it for long and finally gives in to her laughter. All of them are laughing at the table like a family. This feeling is so comforting and warm.
The Guild Master stops but still chuckles a bit, "That was a joke, but really. If you don't mind, you can treat me like a father. I was the one who helped Wave raise you two after you lost your parents."
Father, huh? I think I kind of miss the day before that tragedy. I miss my dad, and my mom. I know there is nothing I can do, but it feels so sucks. My head feels so heavy and my vision is blurry. I can feel my heartbeat getting faster. I don't think I can think clearly right now, but I think now is better than before. Am I getting stronger?
Lunette pats my back to give me some comfort. She smiles at me, she's telling me that I don't need to worry about anything. Really, she can be very caring when she wants. We continued joking, chatting to each other, and having fun.