Milia instantly killed the vice president, leaving the audience in complete silence.
They all thought it would be an exciting battle, but it ended so quickly. The highly anticipated finale was over just like that.
"Am I dreaming? Senior Su Te lost!"
"How is that possible? How could Senior Su Te lose like this?!"
"The vice president actually lost! Cheating! Milia must have cheated! President Su Te would never lose!"
Su Te's fanatical supporters shouted loudly.
"It's rigged! There must be foul play!"
Many people couldn't believe the reality before their eyes.
Milia ignored the crowd's shouts and left the arena.
Looking at the entire competition, it became clear that the opponents of freshmen like Sid, Sino, Alexia, and Milia were all upperclassmen.
Although Midgar Magic Swordsman Academy supported freshmen registration, it seemed they didn't want freshmen to stand out.
Aside from Sino, Alexia, and Milia, fewer than five freshmen entered the second stage of the qualifiers.
And each of them won by a narrow margin.
Alexia knew about the competition's irregularities, and she was also involved in the rigging.
Her sister is the current head of Midgar Academy. As the previous Martial Heart Festival champion, it was only natural for Alice to serve as the Magic Swordsman Academy's head.
(Alice isn't a student, but she's often at the academy, so being a head isn't too much to ask, right!)
With her sister being the head of the academy, Alexia found it easy to arrange some rigging.
Sino's opponents were all arranged by Alexia, and so were all his subsequent opponents.
She arranged a very strong opponent for herself, someone Alexia had disliked before. She couldn't beat her then, but now that she could, she naturally wanted to thoroughly humiliate her... The next day, on the second day of the Martial Heart Festival, Sino came to compete as usual.
His opponent was on par with yesterday's, and Sino quickly defeated him after a brief probe.
Not long after Sino left the arena, he saw his sister Claire's match.
Claire, with her formidable hard power, instantly killed her opponent, knocking away her opponent's sword and placing her own sword at the opponent's neck.
Claire's displayed strength was in no way inferior to Milia, who had instantly killed Vice President Su Te.
Alexia and Milia also easily defeated their opponents.
Time flew by, and soon it was the round of 16.
Sino easily reached the round of 16. He felt something was off; it seemed all the weaklings in the competition were his opponents, and he even got several byes.
And Sino's opponent this time was Milia.
The group of nobles who had been beaten by Milia gathered once again. Now, they had become fans.
"That despicable guy, how could he become Milia's boyfriend! Go, Milia, beat him up!"
"Go, Milia!"
"Milia will win!"
These past few days, Milia had been instantly killing her opponents. They initially resented Milia, but now it had turned into admiration.
Milia was too strong, so strong that they felt it was an honor to have been beaten by her.
The audience thought the same, cheering for Milia one by one. The winner takes all, and no one remembers the loser. That Vice President Su Te had long been forgotten.
Midgar Magic Swordsman Academy was inherently a place where strength reigned supreme.
Everyone was willing to worship whoever was strong.
Milia's battles so far had never exceeded two seconds. Every time, after the referee called "start," her opponent would immediately be on the ground.
Jaka and Yuro borrowed a huge sum of money from an unknown loan shark, who seemed to be a usurer.
Yuro and Jaka unhesitatingly bet on Milia to win.
They knew Sino, and they knew Milia. Everyone was clear about who was stronger and who was weaker.
Logically, the odds for Milia to win should have been very low, but an unknown big spender bet a lot on Sino to win.
This caused the odds to become 1 to 1.
Jaka and Yuro saw a business opportunity, a chance to get their money back instantly.
As for the big spender who bet on Sino to win, it was Princess Alexia.
"Match seven: Cid Kagenou versus Milia!"
As the referee's voice fell.
This time, Milia did not instantly kill her opponent, but quietly looked at Sino.
Sino also didn't intend to win. His previous opponents were too weak; he wanted to go easy on them, but couldn't. They were so pathetic that losing to such guys would be too embarrassing.
Losing to Milia should be acceptable.
No one cheered for Milia either. The winner and loser of this battle were already obvious; cheering was truly superfluous.
Everyone knew that Sino reaching the top 16 was due to sheer dumb luck.
His opponents were all incredibly weak, the kind of opponents he could easily beat himself.
"Why isn't Lady Milia moving?"
Someone in the stands, seeing that neither of them moved, raised a question.
"You don't understand. Lady Milia is afraid of killing her opponent with one move, so she didn't move. She's giving the opponent time to surrender!"
"So that's it! You're so smart, you guessed Lady Milia's thoughts right away!"
"He doesn't know anything. The reason they haven't moved is… they're in a relationship!"
"Ah???"
Everyone who heard this had question marks all over their faces.
"No, Lady Milia and that Xi-something guy across from her don't look like they're from the same world at all. Are they really in a relationship?"
"Your news is too outdated. When Lady Milia first started school, in order to avoid being bothered by men, she proposed to fight many suitors alone. As a result, she ran out of magic just as that male student was the only one left on the field. Lady Milia only became his girlfriend to keep her promise!"
"So that's it! I'm so touched, Milia is too trustworthy, but that kind of person doesn't deserve to be Lady Milia's boyfriend at all!"
"Shh, keep your voice down. Lady Milia doesn't like people talking about her boyfriend; it might be to protect her boyfriend's self-esteem!"
"Lady Milia is so thoughtful, it's a pity she's not that thoughtful towards me!"
The audience whispered amongst themselves, while the two on the field still hadn't moved.
The referee couldn't bear it anymore and spoke:
"The battle has already begun, both of you!"
Sino gave a meaningful glance, signaling with his eyes for Milia to hit him.
Milia blinked, indicating understanding.
As for whether she understood correctly or incorrectly, that was up to Milia to decide.
Milia walked towards Sino at a normal pace.
Sino was just about to shout "I surrender!"
"Mmm~"
Sino's eyes widened, looking at Milia in disbelief.
How dare she, in broad daylight… "Eh!!!!!!!!"
A collective gasp came from the stands. No one expected such a thing to happen.
The audience members' mouths dropped open in surprise, unable to close them.
Under everyone's astonished gaze, Milia moved away from in front of Sino.
"I surrender!"
Milia shouted, and at the same time, left the arena.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Milia quickly disappeared after leaving the arena.
At this moment, her face was flushed crimson.
Although she was shy, she just wanted to do it, so she did.