Zero to Hero (Prequel/prototype)

Chapter 49. Results

"Good luck in the tournament today everyone!" Emma wished as they got ready for the third day of the midterm tournament.

After getting Clare back, the rest of the semester went by smoothly and peacefully, not counting the constant disputes between the girls of course.

With her mind back in the right place, Clare was able to return to form and with Cecilla now as a constant rival, Clare's growth was back on pace and she managed to outpace Luke to keep her rank 1 overall for the class.

For all of the ones who entered the tournament, every single one of the group made it to day two. Cecilla with her master level mastery easily swept her class in the showcase day 1 of the tournament with Lucia having a field day hyping her up for obvious reasons.

After sitting out for a few tournaments, Alice once again decided to join after spending the semester actually trying to learn things instead of just being Ken's private tutor. While her rankings aren't nearly as high as they once were, with her natural born advantages, she made it easily to day two with the rest of the group.

Lovetta, Seraphina and Clare all easily got through day one of the tournament like always and even Indra managed to get by after improving her combat skills greatly while maintaining her already great grades.

For Emma, she had made great progress on her intermediate studies while also keeping up on her full time job while Genesis spent the whole semester clinging onto Ken wherever he went and did absolutely nothing to improve the space magic that allowed her to continue to be a student.

Keeping his promise to Clare, in a single semester, with the help of Cecilla, Lovetta and later Clare, Ken was able to get above expert level on all of the practical parts while also keeping a good pace on his written classes.

From the bottom of the ladder, the orphan commoner is now ranked 22 overall and his elemental enchants shot up to ranked 3rd behind only Clare and Luke and finishing 4th on physical enhancements behind those 2 plus Lovetta.

Combining with his not so secret boost training, Ken was pretty sure he was on the same level as Lovetta, Clare and Luke if not already stronger. During the first day of the tournament, none of his opponents stood a chance and with his performance last semester, it seemed like Lucia had honored his subtle request of not matching him up with the top 3 until it's down to the final 4.

After the group arrived at the stadium, Emma and Genesis stayed outside of the stadium for some breakfast while the rest went backstage to get ready for the show.

"Emma don't have to work today?" Seraphina asked as Ken was already digging into the free buffet the moment they got to the backstage.

"I think she told Agnes to schedule her off today since she wanted to watch the full fights today and to cheer me on. Right now all the work she does is for extra pay anyways and with how much money I'm getting from Alice for that room, Emma should just work less and spend more time studying."

"I think Genesis is the one that actually should be doing some studying. She literally learned space magic with no training at all, I can't believe she is letting all that talent go to waste." Lovetta added.

"No point trying to convince Genesis, all she cares about and thinks about is Ken. I'm no mind reader but it doesn't take a genius like her to know the only thing on that girl's mind is Ken." Alice replied as the group got ready to get called up onto the stage.

After some easy matches, Alice eventually ran into Lovetta and got beat while Indra faced off against Ken for her last match of the tournament.

Soon, the day was coming to an end with only the top four left to fight it out for the top spot. Luke ended up matching up against Lovetta and Ken ended up in a revenge match against Clare.