===ANNOUNCEMENT===
Thank you for all of my reader who have followed the story to this point and I’m sorry to you all due to my real life issue I can only update about 3-4 chap/week from now on
It would be on Monday. Wednesday. and Sunday
I’ve read all your comments and review and thank you for your support, as for grammar I’m trying my best to fix that and I hope it became easier to read in he later chapter
Once again thank you for all my reader, and sorry for the inconvenient
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44. The Hidden World (6)
“by the way, I told Mio this already- Aarggh!!” when Lex tried to say something Mio kicked his leg again all of a sudden
(why!?)
“will you stop kicking me… please”
"Hmmm? What do you mean?” Mio replied with a bright smile
(damn!! I just moved my feet away from her)
“Anyway Mio- aww!!” this time Mio pinched Lex side
“Stop it!!”
"what do you mean?" Mio replied still with her bright smile
(damn!!)
“haa~” Lex sighed “Arthur, how about we exchange seats?” Lex used his last card
“hmm… sorry I don't want to die today” Arthur trembled when he peeked at Mio
(hmm?) when Lex turned to Mio he only saw a bright smile on her face
"Anyway! This is one hell of secret! that you three hid from me!” finally Lex can say what he wanted to say without any interference
“it’s not like we could tell you about that, even you had been prohibited to expose to the unrelated isn’t it?” Aria curtly replied but if you observed more carefully you can see her cheek a bit expanded,
(ahh~ she's sulking because of the cake…, cute~~)
“ughh, but still, Elves, Beast Man, Magic it's like a video game suddenly become a reality to me you know! I'm so shocked that I can't sleep that day!”
(well, I'm too excited to sleep actually, but they won't know it)
“nothing we can do about it” Arthur shrugged
by this time the others too already ordered what they wanted to eat
“this feels like we're back to last year isn't it” Arthur and Aria quickly agreed with Mio's statement
“pfftt” Lex suddenly laughed out loud “ahahaha”
"what? what's so funny?" Mio replied thinking she's being made fun of by Lex
“you remember what we talked about two weeks ago?”
"ahhh!! That's right we talked about that, kususu kukusu” Mio too started to laugh with Lex
Arthur and Aria didn't know what happened when Lex and Mio met last time, both of them looked at Mio and Lex in confusion
“what the two are you talking about?” the curious Arthur asked
"haha, curiosity killed the cat" Mio replied to him
"what do you mean?"
“well” this time Lex the one who replied “do you remember what we said before separating on the ship?”
Arthur tilted his head still did not get what Lex talking about, Lex peeked at Aria for a moment
(she looked like she didn't care but I'm sure she heard what we're talking about)
“how is it feel, saying goodbye so grandiosely only to meet again tomorrow”
*clang
The fork on Aria's hand slipped down to the plate, while Arthur too frozen on the spot
““hahaha”” Mio and Lex laughed together enjoying their reaction “haha, as you said Mio that's a very nice reaction they've got there”
"right!" Mio agreed with Lex and she pinched his side once again
"Ow!" (why!? What did I do to be tortured like this!?) Lex wanted to remind her but when he saw Aria and Arthur reaction once again “pfft ahahaha” he can't help himself from laughing anymore
After a satisfying laugh, Lex saw Aria slowly picked the slipped down fork, she glared at Lex, she glared at Lex and turned to the cake in front of him and back to Lex again, she repeated that action a few times before….
*STAB
She stabbed the cake with a very satisfying smile while staring at Lex
*brrr *goosebumps
(uuu… somehow I felt like I'm the one being stabbed here! scary!)
Meanwhile Arthur too embarrassed to speak anything anymore…
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“by the way-” Lex’s words quickly cut down by…
"What!?" Aria interrupted with a glare right into Lex
"eeek!!" Lex unconsciously blurted out a scream by that glare, he turned to Arthur for some help, Arthur gave Lex a smile, and he quickly turned to Mio to talk about something else
(he has forsaken me!? NOOooooo!!!)
"So, what!?" Aria said with a stronger tone
“uuu… actually I've already seen Elves and Beast Man, but I never saw Angel or Devil or Spirit Race, I just wanted to ask have you ever met them?”
Aria blinked twice in daze
“kukuku, you already saw it, dear” Mio said
"eh?"
(I saw them before? Where?)
“you even familiar with them”
(Arthur too? I know and familiar with them? Who?)
Looking at the dumbfounded Lex, Aria shook her head and let out a small sighed “haa~”, “it's me Lex, I'm a Spirit Race”
Lex eyes become a dot hearing that “huh?”
"Really?" Lex turned to Mio for an answer and Mio nodded
"Like seriously?" this time Lex turned to Arthur for another confirmation, and Arthur confirmed it
“whaaaaaaaat….!!!!???” He shouted out loud
"Too loud! Lower your voice a bit” Aria rebuked
"Ah! Sorry, but Aria you're a Spirit!?”
“I told you, no? I'm a Spirit"
“and you never told me…” Lex replied gloomily “after a new comrade, the old comrades were left behind”
“you know Mio, I felt like I know how it feels being abandoned by my girlfriend when she's got someone better than me”
“un un” Mio nodded while patting Lex slumped back “I knew how you feels, they both cut the ties and left us”
"aww!" Lex got pinched again, but he's given up to react at that, he has already accepted his fate long time ago
"hey! Mio you knew it too!!!” Arthur who always got a stray bullet since earlier protested
“you never give me the chance to tell you” Aria refuted
Then Mio and Lex instantly back to normal as they didn’t get any reaction from Aria while Arthur was being ignored, “jokes aside, what kind of spirit are you? I heard there are many kind of spirit” Lex said like a child asking his father when he found a new toy
“looked at you so excited like a child” Aria replied exasperatedly “it's not like I can't tell you, it's just the place is…” then Aria gave Lex a hint, that there's too many people on this cafeteria
“ahh, you're right, sorry I didn't think that far ahead, then! Then! How it feels to have an Ethereal Body!?”
Aria knows Lex wouldn't calm down except she answered the question “haa~” she let out a small sigh “it’s feels like you can feel and move your own shadow” she explained it the best she can, it still ambiguous but it's enough for Lex
"Whoooa!! So cooool!!!”
(shadow…) Lex stared at his own shadow for awhile
(huh? Did it move just now!?) Lex keep staring his shadow for a while…
(nah… that’s impossible)
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Only Human Race cannot use the Mana in the air, which mean Angel/Devil Race and Spirit Race able to use Mana in the air, but what's the difference between both of them
Spirit Race is actually a bit similar to Human Race, they gathered the Mana on their Ethereal Body, but cannot save Mana on their Ethereal Body like Human Race on their Souls, and unlike Human Race, Spirit Race able to assimilate with their Ethereal Body, resulting the change on their physical body
While Angel/Devil Race gathered the Mana in the air with their Wings, but their capacity on holding Mana is low
Angel/Devil Race suitable for a rapid fire magic, and Human Race able to save Mana for one hit surprise attack, and Spirit Race have a unique Physical Body
Human Race: Big capacity, slow regeneration
Angel/Devil Race: Small capacity, fast regeneration
Spirit Race: Balanced in both
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The third weeks passed
Lex still wasn't able to use Magic properly, but he found out the problem
(the problem is I can move the Mana to outside of my body, some impregnable walls like things blocked it, the best I can do is <Mana Skin> it's on my skin)
Lex found the problem but he can't do anything to solve it, even after consulted with Venti
Then at this time a new Problem appeared, it was the announcement from Venti “take this” she told the freshmen to take a ballot from inside the box
"did you all get it?"
The freshmen nodded
“ok, on the last day of Preparation Class, there will be a mock battle among yourselves, the one who has the same number on the ballot will be facing each other” she dropped a bomb to the freshmen in one sentence
“““““whaaaaaaaattt….!?”””” There’s no way the freshmen keep their calm in this situation
Venti ignored all of that, she cheerfully gave an evil smile to all freshmen “there's nothing to lose even if you lose, but there's benefit if you win. Then do your best~~ everyone~~ bye~~” Venti left the Lecture room.
(this sadiiiiiisst!!)
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(the worst thing is I ended up facing a 'Guest', and that guest on the same position as Max who's leading the Numbers, he's the one who's leading the Guest group, just how unlucky I am!)
As Lex can only use <Mana Skin> he's in a big disadvantage on this mock battle he knew where's and what's the problem is, but he can't solve it
(if I couldn't solve it, I just need to improvise)
Lex understood he couldn't flow the Mana out of his body, his skin is the farthest place he can move Mana
(I'm sure there's must be some kind of physical strengthening, but I can't use it nor I have the knowledge to try that! But for example if he threw me a fireball, there's no way I can parry with a bare hand, it may be possible with earth or water but fire is just Impossible)
(hm..) while in deep thought, some word stuck on his head (fireball…. Fire… water… Fire to fight water… and Water to fight Fire… ahhh!!) like a struck of lighting Lex suddenly got an idea
(it might be possible…) Lex quickly find a run back toward his room, and went to the bathroom in the next second
“fire… imagine a fire… concentrated…” he put his hand in front of him
“be a blaze… and become my skin <fire>”
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