"Um, Mr. Leon, you might want to brace yourself for a beating. I will pray that Alice and the nurse combined could even fix you." (James)
"What- Oh, I think… I get it now." (Mr. Leon’s face became pale at the sight of Seiya gathering energy)
"Huff..."
[Breath of Qi]
"Huh? What is that energy?! This isn't even included in the mana categories within the official classification libraries. It's spreading in the independent space. Ugh! It getting dense! In this case, I might just-" (Mr. Leon)
"Oi, Seiya, hold back for goodness sake. I just learned to make this Independent Space, I can't hold something like this, you idiot!" (Alice)
"Wow... I've never seen Alice snap since day one of my class..." (Mr. Leon)
"Okay, okay! Um, sir, does holding back affect my grade?" (Seiya)
"O-oh, no, not at all." (Mr. Leon said while sweating bullets)
"Thank you sir for the consideration! Now let's get to it, again." (Seiya)
[Breath of Qi, Compressed Version]
"The energy became concentrated in his body. In fact, the energy emitted earlier is actually belittled by the compressed one, holding back my ass. If that's the case I shall fight you with all my might... Battlesuit." (Mr. Leon)
[Battlesuit Manifestation]
An exoskeletal structure formed around Leon’s body, covering him in an unknown material estimated to be able to endure missiles on impact. As he was a soldier before he became an instructor, Leon quickly adapted to his ability enabling him to grow at a faster pace than his peers.
"A manifestation spell! It's really strong, Mr. Leon will surely win! He’s one of the few hundred certified instructors as of now with prodigious combat prowess and control of his powers. All that on a particularly young age too. Even though Alice is considered above him, well, it’s Alice after all." (Jack, a student in Mr. Leon's class, ranked 5th)
"You might want to reconsider that..." (Jessie)
"Huff... Mountain Strike." (Seiya)
[Mountain Strike]
Seiya, who was standing in front of everyone, disappeared from all of their line of sight. An afterimage was all that was left in his path.
A blur approached Leon.
"What is tha- AHHHH!!" (Mr. Leon)
Seiya's Mountain Strike completely decimated Mr. Leon's Battlesuit in an instant. All students present except for the ones who witnessed Seiya's power beforehand were just utterly shocked and confused. The Independent space slowly cracked due to the after effects of Seiya’s skill.
"Alice is one thing, but that newbie Seiya too? How can there be such a powerful duo here?!" (Fiona, ranked 7th in Mr. Leon's class)
"He just one-shotted Mr. Leon..." (The whole class)
"Huh, I guess Mr. Leon is maybe, between the current second rank to Jin and Alice in power..." (Seiya)
"Wait, Jin, the former second rank might be even stronger than Mr. Leon?" (Hanna, 6th rank in Mr. Leon's class)
"Well, yeah." (James)
"...What the heck is with this friend group?" (The whole class)
"Ugh, next time, I'm just going to teach the basics. Let them have their own training..." (Mr. Leon)
"So, Mr. Leon? How's my score? Did I ace it?" (Seiya)
"You get a perfect score, ughhhh...." (Mr. Leon closed his eyes, as it seemed like the light is now guiding him)
"Hey Alice, I think you need to heal him." (Seiya)
"Ah, okay! Heal." (Alice)
[Heal]
"He even has Alice at the palm of his hand..." (Fiona)
"That's just obvious, dumbass! Look at Mr. Leon, his face and even his insides were massed up..." (The whole class)
"Sorry... I thought he was that strong. But I guess not. I should probably train my perception well, I might fight someone beyond me and not even notice it." (Seiya)
"To hell with someone beyond you, you were even holding back for the sake of minimizing damages! If you fought with even just a tenth of your power, this school, reinforced by high tier barrier-specialized awakeners, would just be blown off the map!" (James)
"..." (Seiya)
"..." (The whole class)
"Nevermind that. That attack's lingering energy just now is destroying the Independent Space. I'm transporting everyone of of here. Independent Space." (Alice)
[Independent Space, Collapse]
"Hah, finally it's over! I thought Alice was the strongest here but, an even more ridiculous monster showed up. By the way, where's Lorelei?" (Jack)
"Lorelei? Who is that?" (Seiya)
"Ah, she is the current second ranked in the class." (Jack)
"Oh, why haven't I seen her in this school though?" (Seiya)
"She was also a transfer student, just from a town near here. She's really easy to get along, you'll see." (Jack)
After class.
"Ah! Finally, I had enough stress and things to… process for now. Dismissed." (Mr. Leon)
"Finally it's over! Now let's go for a treat outside, you promised~" (Alice)
"Okay." (Seiya)
"Hey wait up! We'll go too!" (James)
"Let's go before they catch up to us, Instant Teleportation."
[Instant Teleportation]
At the blink of an eye, Seiya and Alice disappeared in front of James.
"Huh? Where did they go? It looks like they really wanted some alone time huh?" (James)
"Probably because you've been a great third wheel all day." (Jessie)
"... Nevermind, let's go wait for Ron here." (James)
"Bye." (Jin)
"Yeah, see 'ya tommorow." (James)
"I wasn't talking to you. Tch." (Jin)
"Just confess already! You might just lose your chance later." (James whispered to Jin)
"..." (Jin)
"Hmm, am I imagining things or the future us were really quiet. They didn't even spoke one word during the class earlier. Let alone speak to me when I was fighting Mr. Leon." (Seiya)
"Can you really call that a fight though, you just straight up one-shotted him." (Alice teased Seiya with a smug on her face)
"Ooh, a milktea shop! Let's go there Seiya!" (Alice)
"Sure, let's go." (Seiya)
"I want a strawberry one!" (Alice)
"Hey, don't pull my arm like that." (Seiya)
"Come on, hurry up! It wouldn’t even tear off if I attached your arm on a rocket." (Alice)
"I'll be right there, dammit!" (Seiya)
"Kugh- oh. I'm sorry I bumped into you-" (Seiya)
"Ah, I'm sorry too. I wasn't looking in the way."
Alice and the stranger locked eyes, followed by surprised expressions.
"... Lorelei? Is that you?" (Alice)
"Oh, Alice! How have you been? I'm sorry I was absent, I had some matters to attend to." (Lorelei)
"Lorelei? The Lorelei who ranks second in class?" (Seiya)
"Yeah, anyway I'll catch up with you later. We're going to the milktea shop." (Alice)
"I'm going there too! Let's go, it'll be my treat." (Lorelei)
"Thanks, but, Seiya's treating me today." (Alice)
"I'm going ahead, slowpokes!" (Alice)
"Hey, your name's Seiya, right?" (Lorelei)
"Yeah." (Seiya)
"Hmm... you seem to be really close to each other. Are you perhaps..." (Lorelei)
"Come on, hurry up you two!" (Alice)
"Okay, be right there! Let's go, Seiya." (Lorelei)