Beast Taming? Nah, Dragon Herding is Way Better! - Chapter 115

Chapter 115: A Fireball

Noticing this, Diluc wants to point it out and ask her about it, but before he can even start, the elven princess also starts talking to him, the sigh of relief on her face as she saw the young man now standing in front of her something that she fails to hide not only to her greatest friend but also to the emperor-like young man, who is somehow still quite helpless with figuring out how he should deal with her whenever she acts like that.

“Y-you… it’s good that you’re fine…”

Looking at this benefactor who rescued her within what she can only think of as a fate worse than death before, the elven princess said with a hint of smile gracing upon her mesmerizing face while she approaches the young man, the smile displayed on her face something that is guaranteed to make all other men kill just to get a glimpse of it.

While this attractive smile seemingly bothers even Diluc’s will as well, his roommate, who seems quite timid in front of these two elven royalties, is unaffected by it at all, the fact that he still managed to go close without being charmed by the elven princess’ looks made the emperor-like young man realize that this roommate of his might be far stronger mentally than he had initially thought.

“D-Diluc, you’re not hurt, aren’t you?”

Scanning his roommate from head to toe, the usually timid Michael asked with a clearly concerned tone before his attention shifts towards the opponents they are supposed to be facing right now, his eyes showing a trace of confusion as he noticed that those fellow freshmen previously approaching them were now frozen in place, just watching their spire with eyes filled mostly with wariness mixed with a bit of clear envy.

Hearing the question of his roommate, Diluc couldn’t help but shake his head a bit as he never expected that out of the three, the person who will ask a question out of worry for him being the young man whom he share the same dorm with, and not either of the two elven beauties who he thinks he shares a closer friendship with compared to the timid Michael.

“Nothing too serious, you think those people can even do something to me?”

After the words comes out of his roommate’s mouth though, the emperor-like young man notices that the question also piques the two elven ladies’ attention, prompting him to smile helplessly as the words comes out of his mouth, offering comfort to them who clearly looks like they were worried about him.

“Enough about me, those guys are bothering you?”

Seeing that the look on their eyes is alternating between him and those opponents they are supposed to fight just a few spires away from them, Diluc then directed some of his attention towards this group of freshmen, trying to see whether there are people here whom he is familiar with who might possibly be the reason why they seem to be particularly targeting the two elven royalties along with his roommate.

Seeing not a single familiar face though, the young man no longer decided to take his time with them, opting to eliminate them in the competition as well, first, in order to prevent this group from bothering them any further, and second, to send some sort of warning towards anyone else who wants to take their chances against him and his group.

“They’re eyeing us previously, but now…”

Looking at the group they intend to clash against previously, the young elven duchess replied with a mocking smile on her face as she locked eyes with some of the people from their opposing group, the look in her face making those people feel extremely annoyed, some even angered by it.

“…they look like they’re scared of something now, I wonder… just who is it that they are scared of?”

Picking up where her closest friend left of, the elven princess said with a cute smile on her face, the crescent moon that her bright, intelligent eyes are making something that the emperor-like young man knows all too well despite their relatively short time having known each other, a smile that she often wears when she’s teasing someone, and right now, this someone is him.

“What do you think they should be scared of, Alea?”

Not wanting to back down when facing this elven princess, Diluc then replies sporting his face with the same smile as the elven princess, the two of them locking eyes with each other as if it is something that is so natural and normal to them, making the elven princess’ greatest friend smile weirdly as if she just witnessed something all too interesting for her.

“What are they scared of?”

While the emperor-like young man and the elven princess were currently lost in the image of each other, staring at each other without inhibition as they thought that this is just fine, they were pulled out of their reverie as a question hit both of their ears, prompting the two of them to pull out from this little trance they have all too suddenly.

Being taken by surprise by that question, the two of them were quite panicky as they just realized how close and intensely, they are staring at each other, causing them to feel embarrassed while looking at the other person now, with the elven princess feeling it all the more.

As Diluc, despite being panicked as well, isn’t all that surprised in comparison to Alea, he decided to divert the topic in order to save the two of them from even more embarrassment, his attention moving towards the opponent who finally seems to recover from their frozen state now, still moving towards their spire as if they did not just witness him dealing with every single opponent in his area with apparent ease.

“Let’s deal with them…”

He mutters more to himself rather than his companions as one of his hands were raised to shoulder level once again, the mana in the air once again dancing joyfully according to his will as it forms an immaterial vortex around him, all of this fire elemental mana congregating in front of the hand he just stretched out, forming another magic circle with ease, this one not too grand compared to the first few attacks he just showcased, the spell something that even the most beginner of mages can recognize, no matter whether they are fire elemental mage or not.

“That’s a…”

“How can he even deal with his opponents with that??”

“I gotta say, this young man does have a lot of guts, and really creative as well…”

“Heh, he might be in for a surprise trying to use that kind of spell and thinking that it can deal with his opponents.”

Mixture of all sorts of emotions from the instructors along with other academy staffs, all agrees to the fact that this young man is doing something crazy once again, something that they can easily tell as their eyes, despite being owned by someone old, were something that has seen a lot of things, and the clear battle intent coming out of Diluc is not something that will get past their insights.

The remaining audience, students who are of higher year level than the competing freshmen, are also real familiar with the spell that Diluc is currently using, and the fact alone that he just decided to use that sort of attack in a high level competition like this made the opinion of the older students towards him to be split in half, the first half the ones that wants to criticize him for doing such a thing that might damage other’s reputation, while the other group supporting the idea completely, stating that if his opponent were to be knocked out due to that spell, then it is only right for their reputation to be ruined.

“Hey… Diluc, are you really serious right now?”

“Hey… Diluc, are you really serious right now?”

Meanwhile, watching just right beside him, both the elven princess and the young elven duchess muttered at the same time, their eyes fixated on the seemingly simple magic circle now completely congregated in front of the emperor-like young man’s palm, the crimson glow of each and every single line of this magic circle making it appear like it is packing far more of a punch than they had even witnessed from a low-level spell before.

Receiving the question from the two elven royalties, the emperor-like young man merely looks back towards them, revealing a confident smile on his face as his hand remains on shoulder level, the flame now forming in front of the magic circle, burning so brightly that none, except its caster himself, would even want to look at it.

“What? You think I’m playing around?”

Diluc asked towards the two as the bright flame remains just a few centimeters away from his hands.

“But… isn’t that just a…”

This time, even his roommate was confused by his choice of spell to use against his target, the three of them asking at the same time only for the young man to finish their words with a weird glow under his gaze, almost as if he is looking forward to the effect of this spell.

“A fireball, yes…”