Re: Love & Magic

After leaving the area, Zevien directly went to the cafeteria with Dan.

“Why didn’t you invite Vernisia with you to eat? I don’t think she would’ve rejected,” Dan said while walking alongside Zevien.

Arriving at the food court, Zevien ordered a grilled chili sandwich before answering Dan, “I can’t speak to her for ten days. But she will probably come to the cafeteria with Erica to eat as well after a few minutes.”

After saying that, Zevien glanced at the wide doors of the cafeteria for a second.

Dan also ordered his food before turning to Zevien, “why can’t you talk to her?”

Zevien shook his head with a wry smile, “don’t ask me why. I can’t tell the reason. Anyway, which magic-type labyrinth have you awakened?”

Of course, Zevien knew that Dan probably awakened the Blood Demon magic labyrinth, but he still asked as it was apparent to hold curiosity regarding such things.

“Haha, I awakened the Blood Demon magic labyrinth,” Dan said with a laugh before grinning, “the awakened magic spell I got is called Sanguine Body Armament.”

“Sounds very suitable since you are learning Taijutsu as well,” Zevien said with a beaming smile, “I have also trained in Taijutsu to a certain extent so let’s have a spar later.”

Dan was confident about his Taijutsu level among his peers, so he patted Zevien’s shoulder and spoke with a faint smile, “don’t worry, I will hold back against a friend.”

Zevien shook his head slightly with a smile before they took their food and walked towards an empty table a dozen meters away.

As soon as they arrived at the table, Zevien’s eyes lit up as he saw Vernisia entering the cafeteria with Erica.

Erica was also a beautiful young girl with long red hair. She had light peach skin and a slim figure like Vernisia.

“Eh, you were right, bro. How did you know that Vernisia would come here with Erica?” Dan spoke with a surprised expression as he sat down at the table.

Zevien sat down at the table and answered, “I wasn’t sure. I just took a wild guess about it because they seemed friendly to each other in the class.”

Vernisia and Erica noticed them as well and waved their hands. Zevien gestured towards the food court and then pointed at his table.

“Still not talking to me?” Vernisia chuckled with a smile and spoke, “let’s go and get our food before sitting there.”

Erica nodded before she and Vernisia walked towards the food court. While walking, Erica asked, “why is he not talking to you?”

“I don’t know. Zevien said that he won’t be able to talk to me for ten days,” said Vernisia as she shook her head lightly, “strange fellow.”

“Heh, maybe he just wants to impress you with this tactic,” said Erica as she rolled her eyes.

“Possible,” Vernisia said.

Erica narrowed her eyes and smiled as she elbowed her, “say, is it working?”

This time, Vernisia rolled her eyes, “of course not. But he sounded truthful, so I guess there’s some reason why he can’t talk to me.”

They then ordered their food and walked toward the table where Zevien and Dan were sitting.

But when they reached halfway, a man wearing a t-shirt and jacket with a cap on his head called out, “yo, freshman representative. How about you eat with us? We can teach you a lot of things, hahaha.”

“Vernisia, right? Come on; this senior sister will tell the ways of this academy,” a girl sitting at the same table spoke. She was a busty girl with dark pink bowl-cut hair.

They sat at a six-seat table, and it was packed—a total of three boys and three girls.

Hearing their words, Erica frowned, “there’s not even a seat there, and you are asking-”

“Hahaha, who said there isn’t any seat?” the jacket boy who looked to be in his eighteen spoke with a loud laugh, “my laps are empty.”

*TINK…*

The sound of a steel spoon hitting the metal table reverberated and captured everyone’s attention as they looked at the table of Zevien and Dan.

Seeing Zevien’s reaction, Dan grinned and cracked his knuckles, “It will be awesome to beat some seniors up on our first day. Let’s go, brother.”

Zevien stood up with a cold glint in his eyes and walked towards their table. Dan also followed him with a grinning face.

“Zevien, you don’t need to mind them,” Vernisia said with a frown.

Zevien didn’t answer her because, obviously, he was not allowed to do that.

“Let them, Verny,” Erica said with a smile, “I want to see what they can do to those seniors.”

Zevien arrived in front of their tables with a smile on his face. However, his eyes had a cold glint in them as he spoke, “I heard there was an empty seat here? Oh, so it is there.”

Zevien almost sat on his lap, walking towards the jacket boy called Jacky, but Jacky quickly pushed back with a dumbfounded expression.

“What the hell, man? Are you nuts?” Jacky asked before he aimed to kick Zevien.

However, Zevien’s hand moved like the wind as he caught his leg and dragged him out of the table as he fell onto the floor before swiftly kicking on his crotch.

*Siiiii….*

Everyone in the cafeteria sucked in a breath of cold air.

“Arghhhhhhhh… FUCK, FUCK, FUCK!!”

“Fuck! Get the hell away, bastard!”

The three other boys got out of the table as they shouted and attacked Zevien.

However, Zevien calmly took a step back and used his right hand to redirect Kaleil’s punch toward Junshil.

Dan also arrived and did a sweep kick towards the third boy before he could even form his fist to attack Zevien.

*Thud…*

Zevien easily dodged their punches and kicks and slapped them on their faces after each time he evaded.

*Patak!**Patak!**Patak!**Patak!**Patak!**Patak!*…

“FUCK YOU!”

They were thrashed as their cheeks turned big due to Zevien’s slaps. Even though those seniors knew some martial arts, it was not as good as Zevien, who had learned it with Dan from Dan’s master in his future-past life.

On the other hand, Dan was really a prodigy in martial arts, and that’s why he was a student of one of the most powerful Taijutsu masters in this country.

Nobody dared to use magic because using magic in a restricted area within the academy was like digging their own grave. The punishment was instant expulsion.

One can only use magic under the supervision of a staff member or in an arranged duel between students.

Those three boys backed off after they failed to hold against Zevien and Dan. The two fighting against Zevien were miserable because they were only hit on their cheeks. It was an absolute humiliation for them!

‘Fucking hell…my cheeks are stinging!’ Junshil thought as he rubbed his cheeks with an angry expression.

Fuming, Kaleil shouted, “If you dare, then accept my challenge to a proper duel!”

Zevien was taken aback before he frowned, “Don’t you feel shame as seniors for challenging students who had just awakened their magic labyrinth?”

At this moment, Jacky stood up with his hand over his crotch. Gritting his teeth tightly, his words came out from in-between the gaps of his teeth, “bastard, just wait!”

“Ok,” Zevien nodded with a beaming smile, “I will wait. When that seat on your lap gets empty, you can call me again.”

“Let’s go, Dan.”

“Hahaha. Way to go, brother!”

Jacky and others looked at those two nonchalant girls sitting at their table and spoke, “Saki, why didn’t you help us? You know martial arts better than us.”

Saki sneered and leaned back on the chair, “don’t you feel pathetic losing against two newbies? Humph, why should I help you?”

“Let’s go, Kira,” Saki spoke as she and her friend stood up. Internally, she thought with a sigh, ‘those two are not normal. They’ve put in more effort than others. I would’ve lost as well if I fought them. Especially that black-haired boy.’

Learning some martial arts was necessary because it is beneficial if one has good physical fitness and is swift. It would make it easier for one to have a fast reaction, good speed, dodging ability, etc., when fighting against other magicians or magic beasts. This was also one of the criteria for joining the academy, so everyone had good physical fitness and learned some martial arts.

In that sense, Dan and Zevien were two abnormal freshmen because Dan was a martial artist-baka and Zevien had six whole years of experience under him. He had started going with Dan to learn martial arts under that renowned master just in the second month of their first meeting in his previous life.

Usually, that master wouldn’t accept students randomly, but since Dan was his favorite student and Zevien was also hard-working and had an aptitude, he allowed it.

…

“You really thrashed them hard, Zevien. I think they will take revenge on you one way or another,” Vernisia said with a slight worry in her voice.

“Yeah, they did look menacingly at you before leaving the cafeteria,” Erica said with a smile, “but that was satisfying.”

“Anyway, I didn’t know you were that good in Martial arts. Those movements were slightly familiar as well,” Dan said as he looked at Zevien, “haha, it seems that you also learned Taijutsu under some master.”

“Cough…Yeah,” Zevien said with a smile, “it was a wandering master who came to our orphanage and taught everyone some martial arts for two years before leaving.”

What he said was true because such a master had indeed arrived at their orphanage and taught them.

“It’s impressive that you managed to learn such fluid movements and battle ability in just two years,” Dan said with a beaming smile, “we will go meet my master at five in the afternoon. After seeing your aptitude, I am sure he will also teach you.”

“Err…I have something to do today so let’s go tomorrow.”

On the other hand, Vernisia’s eyes were sparkling, and right after Zevien finished speaking, she hurriedly asked, “you lived in an orphanage? Are there little kids there?”

Zevien was going to answer but held back and coughed and started whistling before he looked at Erica, “did you say anything, Erica?”

Seeing him like that, Vernisia pouted, “you really can’t talk to me?”

Getting no answers, Vernisia looked at Erica and helplessly smiled as she gestured with her hand, “ask him.”

“Am I like…being a proxy for you two now?” Erica rolled her eyes but still asked the same question.

Looking at Vernisia with a gentle smile, Zevien said, “yeah, Erica. There are indeed many cute fellows between 3 to 6-year-olds at the orphanage. Naturally, they are not as cute as our dear freshman representative.”

Vernisia slightly blushed before composing herself.

“At least look at me if you want to speak using my name,” Erica scowled jokingly.

“Ahem. Anyway, even if you won’t speak to me for ten days, I want you to come with me to your orphanage and introduce those cute little kids to me. We will bring some toys and food. It will be fun,” Vernisia looked happy about meeting those little kids.

After that, she remembered something and awkwardly smiled, “sorry, you had to go somewhere today, right? Then we will go tomorrow.”

“Alright, Erica,” Zevien nodded with a smile. But he was still looking at Vernisia.

“Hahaha, there’s no use, Erica,” Dan said with a laugh, “Zevien is actually already head over…,”

Zevien glared at Dan and, seeing that Dan shut his mouth before he hurriedly changed the topic, “anyway, I can’t wait for the so-called little competition mentioned by Touma-sir. I wonder what kind of tier-1 spells he has.”

“Ahem. First, let’s exchange each other’s contacts,” Zevien said before he stretched his hand with Digi-watch towards Vernisia before looking at Dan, “you first.”

Vernisia chuckled at his antics and added her contact number to his Digi-watch, “you better tell me why you are not talking to me after ten days.”

“What else? He just wants to be an odd-ball and put you in his pocket, heh,” Erica smirked.

…

Erica, Dan, Zevien, and Vernisia added each other’s contact numbers, and after eating, they left the cafeteria together.