Legend of the Immortal

Strategy

"Start personal tutoring with Belle. Decide who does what together or apart at your own discretions. No exceptions, she will be joining you for the Grand Clash of Academies. Or so the paper writes." Nicholas finished.

"We're going to have a new teammate this year. So let's revise it?" Ariana suggested.

"Agreed."

"So Lucia and Sebastian are taking singles. Ariana and I are also taking teams. So...What about Belle?" Nicholas asked.

"Ooh! Ooh! I can do doubles with her! We'll make the dream team baby!"

Lucia rolled her eyes,"Oh please, you'll just sexually harass that poor girl for the entire time."

"I...I'll get her permission to make her my teammate!"

"Have you seen her, Sebastian? Give her a sweet and she'll happily follow you around like a lost puppy. She just doesn't understand the magnitude of her position right now." Ariana said.

"Fine. I swear on my manhood that I'll never sexually harass her unless she makes the first move. I won't be a pervert and I'll be on my best behaviour. Okay?" Sebastian looked at the three with pleading eyes.

"I don't know..." Nicholas started.

"Please?...Pretty please with a cherry on top?"

"...Fine. I'll talk to Belle and make sure she understands what she's taking part in. If she agrees, you'll play doubles with her. Alright?"

"Wait hold up. You're trusting this shithead with Belle?" Lucia shouted.

"Woah. Defensive much? Since when did you care so much about her?" Sebastian remarked.

"Shut it. And since the headmaster said we had to."

"Lucia, you and I both know Sebastian may be the biggest creep but he isn't the type to break promises made. Plus, I'll talk to her. She'll understand what he can and can't do."

"...Okay. I'll trust you on this one." Lucia nodded.

"Right, back to game plan.  We have a hundred and forty-four people joining this year. It's split fifty-fifty. Seventy-two for doubles. So thirty-six teams including ours. The first round will eliminate half. Bringing it down to sixteen teams. Then half. To eight. Half again. To four. Then the losing two fight for third while the winning two fight for first. So we'll fight four rounds at most. The fights'll be once a  week. Hopefully, that'll be enough for recovering time."

"Nn. What teams will we be fighting?" Ariana inquired.

"Not released yet. But the ones we should be worried about are the top fifteen. More likely, they'll be doing singles seeing as they're mostly arrogant pricks who crave attention." Lucia grumbled.

"We'll come up with a more in-depth strategy when the other groups come to light. For now, we need to access Belle's level of power and skill. Then, we need to make a strategy for them. Got it?" Nicholas finished.

"Aye aye, captain!" Sebastian whooped.

"Stop making references and let's get going." Lucia replied.

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"Ohhh~ Belle! Your friends are at your door! Won't you come and greet us?" Sebastian cried out theatrically, causing many an eye roll.

A muffled 'Coming!' was heard.

The door opened revealing Belle dressed in a large shirt and shorts.

"Eh?~Everyone is here!" Belle exclaimed.

"Yeah. We're here to discuss some things with you." Ariana said.