Corrupted soul

Face to face meeting with a goddess (2/3)

"Silence, class!" The black-haired man acting as the instructor said, hearing the words of Erin Gruwell the class became silent as everyone waited for his next words. "... Now then class this is Kenta Logan. He will be attending classes with you all from here on." He said in a fluent tone.

"Kenta why don't you go ahead and introduce yourself." He said as he glanced at Kenta. Kenta nodded his head curtly and reluctantly bowed his head before the class. "As mentioned before by Mr. Erin, I am Kenta Logan, and I would very much appreciate it if you all treated me warmly from here." Kenta said. He slowly glanced around at the many different students before him to judge their reactions.

He wasn't surprised when he saw many of them looking at him with either contempt or mockery. However, he was surprised by the many other gazes which were filled with genuine welcoming. Among them the gazes coming from the back which were filled with students who weren't born from any special position were especially convivial.

"Good... now then, today everyone is going to do a friendly mock battle with each other, magic swords are allowed but the use of magic is forbidden. Everyone selects your combatant opponent." Erin instructed, clapping his hands.

At that the room stirred noisily as the many different students moved around selecting their opponents. 'Hmm... a mock battle. Huh, maybe this is my chance.' Kenta thought as he glanced at Aurora who was already being surrounded by many challengers.

"Don't look too surprise, as I said before she is named the strongest, so she received challenges on a regular basis." Leo explained. "I see... maybe I should just observe for now." Kenta said. He slowly looked around the room and went towards the many different weapons placed around.

Kenta looked at the different types of weapons, checking their quality and contrasting shapes and sizes. 'Hm.' When he saw a small sword inside a black sheath that caught his interest. He slowly unsheathes the sword, the blade glittered as light reflected off the surface of the blade.

"Oh, nice pick." Leo commented. "That sword is called rapier; it is easier to move around with then a longsword." Leo added. "And what about you? Have you decided what you're going to use?" Kenta inquired.

"Heh, I already have my own sword, you'll see when I enter the stage, telling you now would ruin the surprise." Leo said, his mouth turned into a grin. Kenta looked at him curiously but gave up as he saw Leo had no plans of telling him about his weapon.

Many of the students who are hoping to increase their ranking chose to go against other high-ranking members.

Kenta looked around the room trying to find a good opponent when...

"Aurora it's time for me to be named the strongest, come face me!" A young boy with short inky black-haired said, pointing his finger at Aurora who stood calmly in the corner of the room with her back leaning against the wall.

However, when she heard someone addressed her directly, she slowly opened her eyes and glanced at the person.

"You. Um... who are you again?" Aurora asked, curiously. "..." The entire room became abruptly silent which confused both Kenta and Aurora. Meanwhile, "Pfft." Someone's choked laughter resounded.

Many of the surrounding students tried holding back their laughter, while some didn't bother and laughed, the black-haired boy had challenged and faced Aurora multiple times in the past.

Each time she turned him into an ice statue leaving him incapable of challenging her, but now she was acting as though she had no clue who he was. And judging by the light of puzzlement that shone within those beautiful silver eyes of hers, her cluelessness and utter confusion was genuine.