Beast Taming? Nah, Dragon Herding is Way Better! - Chapter 81

Chapter 81: Aria Watching
Given that there is a massive number advantage between the two parties involved in this sanctioned duel, the audience themselves starts thinking that this is a hopeless case for Diluc, said audience including even the two elven ladies who are currently watching the proceedings of this event with quite some worry on their eyes, thinking that this is partially their fault.

This line of thought is also the very same one that is currently running through his opponent’s mind: a group of young men smiling as if this victory is already guaranteed for them, and all they need to do is make it so that this young man in front of them experiences the worst kind of defeat ever imaginable.

Meanwhile, Diluc himself wasn’t even concerned in the slightest regarding this matchup among them, especially since he could hardly see these young men as his opponents despite the similarity of their age, quite possibly the only thing that they shared similarities with.

‘That my father guy is the strongest among them, and he’s only a Red Core mage?’ observing his opponents, Diluc notices the gap in power between him and this group of nobles who are currently trying to pick a fight with him, the level of their strength making him wonder just where is it that they get the guts to face him without any worry.

Thinking that their confidence comes from their contracted beast, Diluc then found out that at the best-case scenario, that being the Twin-Headed Great Lion is only a level higher than its contractor, standing at the Early Muscle Conditioning level, still paling in comparison with his own level, and the rest of the contracted beasts stands at the same level as their contractor, meaning that they do not even reach the second realm yet.

‘I’ll play with your schemes for now… since they gave me such a warm welcome entering the capital, let’s give them a great gift for this’ Diluc thought to himself with a malicious smile on his face as he slowed down from his movements, movements that are untraceable to his opponents’ eyes, making them feel like they might have encountered a monster that they shouldn’t offend.

However, since the die is already cast, they reminded themselves that they should show him the might of people like them, a great opportunity to also show off their strength as well.

“Go on!! Attack!! I doubt he can do that again!!” as he saw the figure of Diluc appearing in his sight once again, Reginald then started willing the mana around his body to bend according to his wants, the sudden surge of magic coming out from his body snapping his group out of their daze, some of them already following through his instruction as they start invoking magic as well, while the rest of them, contracted beasts and humans, charges through in an attempt to physically lock Diluc down.

“Is that it? Direct charge? Not even a single plan?” thinking that these young men appear to be too simplistic on their approach, Diluc couldn’t help but mutter to himself as he stops his movements from previously, bending his knees a bit as one of his feet takes a step in front of him, the arms of the same side as said foot exploding from being chambered as it extends towards the front with a fist right at the end of it.

“Burn…”

In order to keep his façade up, Diluc then wills the mana within his surroundings to create a decorative magic circle just to hide the fact that he can cast his magic without it, thinking that it will be too detrimental for other people to find out, especially when it is at public display like this, all while hoping that no single powerful person passes through this place and find out.

Such hope is all for naught already though as three ladies are already secretly watching him among the crowd, two of them appearing extremely identical to each other had it not been for their beast-like feature being of a polar different in color, one of them, the sterner looking one, having black cat ears and tails, while the cooler and warmer looking one having white cat-like features.

“What a calculation monster…” looking at the emperor-like young man who creates a considerably complicated magic circle within just a matter of moments, the white-eared beast kin lady said with surprise in her eyes, thinking that out of all the people she met, no one among all of them can perform such feat when they are of the same age as Diluc.

“For him to create such magic circle within that time frame… just what sort of mind does he has?” also thinking about the display of Diluc, the other beast kin lady mutters to herself with confusion apparent on her attractive face.

Looking at these two ladies who are her friends and subordinates who had worked for her the longest time, possibly more than half of her entire life, the last among the ladies, a white-haired horned beauty, smiles at their remarks and opts not to tell something that only she knows out of the fear of them getting too shocked in a short moment of time.

‘As expected, only dragon tongue users can recognize other dragon tongue users…’ as she thought of her fight against Diluc within the fourth trial of the entrance exam, the white-haired beauty of a principal of this academy, Aria Frostborn, thought to herself with a trace of curiosity in her tone as the next lines floats in her mind, making her more and more intrigued of this young man’s identity.

‘Something is really weird with him though… he’s not a dragon so how?’ while wondering about this, she couldn’t help but also nod at the mask that he created in order to deceive the masses about the property of his magic, the magic circle doing precisely what the magic he is casting is supposed to do, a massive amount of fire elemental mana already condensing at the front of his fist, the amount getting larger and larger as time goes by, making her wonder whether he wants to kill the opponents on front of him.

Seeing the calm look on his face though, she highly doubts that he will do such thing, and given the things that she read when she performed a background check on him, she thinks that this young man is way too smart for him to make such an obvious mistake.

‘I highly doubt that great Lucius Leonhart’s son will be someone like that, not to mention his mother is a terrifying figure as well despite her low noble status…’ thinking of those two people whom she also shared some time with, since they share the same sentiments, Aria thinks to assure herself as she remembers the times that he shared to this self-proclaimed aunt and uncle in the battlefield, their fierce might something that still often makes her wonder just how is it that they fall under the schemes of those people within the higher circle in the capital.

‘Just what sort of things are you hiding, young man?’ and now, while looking at the offspring left behind by those two, this violent principal couldn’t help but anticipate the things that would happen to him in the future, almost like an elder sister waiting for her younger brother to create a mess that she most likely than not, will fix.