1. Personal Space? Never Heard of It.
To be honest…
The Gray Shadow seems to have no concept of personal space at all.
He appeared so close that sotis it felt like he was part of the room itself.
Sotis—just a shadow over my shoulder.
Sotis—as if he were standing in the corner, watching.
But yesterday…
He saved .
And even though it irritated , I couldn’t deny it:
He took the books.
He covered for .
He did everything precisely, silently.
I imdiately reinforced the orb’s protection:
triple runic encryption,
transmission delay,
and a trace-distortion rune.
Now every ssage required much more mana,
but at least it was safe.
Elinia watched all of this without saying a word—
but her expression made it clear:
she understood this wasn’t a toy.
2. Fight with Siren — “Did You Make a Plan? No? Neither Did I.”
The next day, I was paired against Siren.
I looked at him.
He was smiling.
Then I looked at myself.
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And honestly—what plan did I even have?
I was supposed to look like I was developing,
not repeating the sa tricks over and over.
The judge raised a hand.
“Fight!”
The Start
I imdiately created five small ice golems
and at the sa ti hurled a water spear at Siren.
When the spear struck the first golem—
the golem exploded,
shattering into icy fragnts.
Siren was left without his sword—it was knocked away by the blast.
He drew a backup dagger—fast, pure reflex.
The remaining golems rushed him.
He figured out the pattern in a few seconds:
break them with wind,
finish them with water,
keep his distance.
Good.
He really had gotten stronger.
And I…
I had been training more than actually fighting.
When the last of the first five collapsed,
Siren lunged toward .
I created five more golems
and went on the offensive myself.
Ice spikes flew at him,
and Siren responded with icy blades and bursts of wind.
I protected my golems with a water do,
not letting him destroy them too quickly.
I decided—it was ti.
A Risky Move
I dashed forward—fast.
Two ters left.
One and a half.
One.
He saw the excitent in my eyes—
and that was enough for him to decide:
“Even if I lose, I’ll take one of us down with .”
He detonated the wind—
a shockwave threw us both back,
but I used it
to shove one of the golems behind his back.
There it was—the mont.
Two golems at his side.
One behind him.
in front.
Siren took a step back—
and realized it was a trap.
He tried to jump away…
but it was too late.
All the golems exploded at once,
freezing the area around us.
Siren was encased in ice,
like a statue.
I Fall. Ti to Play “Exhaustion”
I pretended to be thrown back by the blast
and dropped to one knee.
“Too much mana…” I muttered, “breathing heavily.”
It looked natural.
No one needed to know that this tactic had taken almost no effort from .
Siren thawed out, staggering—
but smiling.
“Zen… that was aweso.”
I nodded, acting tired.
3. The Princess. Fifteen Golems. And Zero Sha.
When I lifted my head—
I saw Elinia.
She was…
copying my trick.
Only instead of five golems—
there were fifteen.
FIFTEEN.
And all of them were advancing on Tara.
I covered my face with my hand.
How does she have no sha at all?..
At all?
I sighed quietly.
“She’s not going to leave
a single signature move…”
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