章節 72: End of the tournament
After the match with Lia, rest of the matches were fought by my teammates.
The Scarlet Academy was called onto the stage three matches later, but Lia Scarlet wasn't present in their group. In fact, she had left the stadium all together and disappeared somewhere.
The following day, the tournament finally came to an end.
Announcers called the top three academies and their students onto the stage at the end of the day.
"Congratulations to our top academies this year! Ranked third, we have the Sakura Academy!"
"Ranked second, we have the Scarlet Academy!"
"And ranked first for the first time ever, we have the Four Witches Academy!"
"Let's all give them a huge applause for their effort!"
A few moments later, They gave the microphone to the Headmasters and Headmistress of these schools so they could give a short speech.
"First and foremost, I would like to thank the students for their effort and the teachers for assisting these students. Without their effort, none of this would've happened." The Headmaster of the Sakura Academy said.
"Some may see this as a setback for the Scarlet Academy, but that is not the case. Although we may have lost this year's tournament, we will work harder to win the next one for sure." The Headmaster of the Scarlet Academy went next, followed by Headmistress Eve.
"This is just the beginning for the Four Witches Academy! We will continue to strive for the peak!" Headmistress Eve said.
Sometime later, these academies were handed a trophy for their respective ranks. Of course, this isn't the only reward for these academies, as their investors would increase from the tournament, which is one of the biggest incentives for these academies.
After all this was over, the students returned back to their academies.
I returned back to my dorm.
Camille showed up a few hours later.
"Miss Camille? What's wrong?" I was surprised to see her in front of my room.
"I wanted to check up on you, and I have some news for you," she said.
"The Light Family will be sending a representative to the academy tomorrow to meet with you. I'm sure the other Celestial Families will be doing the same, so be prepared."
"Why should I meet them?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.
"There's only one reason why these big families would want to approach you— they want to recruit you into their family," she said.
And she continued, "That's how these families continue growing faster. You might even be able to marry into their family."
"Marry into their family…?" I repeated in a confused voice.
"Anyways, I will be with you tomorrow when the Celestial Families come. They'll probably be pressuring you to join their family, so I will be there just in case. Although I don't think it might be necessary."
"Thank you, Miss Camille." I nodded.
The following day, I went to the auditorium with Eve for the gathering, and just like the gathering after the Wilderness Training Course, Eve spoke about the participants' achievements and how proud she was of them. Furthermore, the 8 participants were given a prestigious badge for their achievement.
The gathering lasted for about an hour.
After dismissing the students, Eve approached me and said, "I forgot to tell you this earlier, but the Celestial Families will be coming here later today to speak with you."
I nodded, "I am aware. Miss Camille told me yesterday."
"Do you plan on joining any of them?" She then asked.
"No. They are too weak to even atract my attention."
"That's okay, but don't fight with them in the academy's property."
A bittersweet smile appeared on my face as I spoke, "I would try my best, I guess?"
"I will also be there, so you don't need to worry. Also, while you're on school grounds, they cannot attack you, or they will be punished severely, regardless of their background and influence, so the chances of them attacking you are slim to none. Though, they will probably threaten you."
"They can threaten all they want if they don't mind seeing their family under my feet.." I chuckled.
I returned to my room shortly after.
Not long later, Camille showed up before me and said, "The Thorns Family is here. They're waiting for you in the Headmistress' office."
" 'kay."
I followed Camille to the office.
Inside the office were two individuals— Eve and the representative from the Thorns Family, both of them sitting before each other on the couch with a cup of tea in their grasp.
The representative from the Thorns Family placed her teacup down and turned to look at me with an enchanting smile on her face, "I've been waiting for this moment since I witnessed your performance at the tournament, Oswald."
"So what do you want to say?" I sat on the couch against her.
"That's quite rude of you." The representative looked at me with irritation in her eyes.
"I didn't come here to talk politely with you." I replied.
"W-We are here to recruit you into our fami-"
"Denied" I denied the offer even before she finished her sentence.
"Atleast listen to our offer fir-"
"Denied." I cut her sentence again.
"You!! Do you think you can just say whatever you want just because you have the protection of the academy?!" She stood up in anger.
"Shut up!" I stared in her eyes while releasing my mana.
"Y-You! You didn't make the right choice!!" She took her stuff are walked out of the room.
After the representative from walked away, Eve looked at me with astonishment.
"I am surprised that you knew about their families reality." She said.
"Thorns family in a matriarchy family. Men are treated as slaves there. I didn't expect you to see through her instantly." She complimented.
"I have my own sources." I just remembered the plot of the novel that's why I straight out denied her.
Next family was the tempest family.
They were quite normal compared to thorns family but they were very strict. I denied them too.
Next was light family. Light family was not too bad but they were workaholic. I denied them too.
The last one to arrive was the scarlet family.
Sometime later, the Scarlet Family arrived at the academy, and there were two of them.
The atmosphere in the room changed the moment they stepped foot into it, making the air feel stuffy and unpleasant for them to breathe.
Out of these two people, I actually recognized one of them, and my eyebrows twitched when I saw Edwin's old face.
'Should I just kill this irritating man?' I sighed inwardly.
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