Chapter 89 Courting Death
Lumina was stunned by his outburst, momentarily zoning out. But all that changed the moment she had taken a hold of the wrist on his hand and began to twist it.
"Aaargh!" He let out a scream of pain.
"I hope you heal quickly, because you won't be able to use your magic for quite some time." She said, letting go of his hand.
Miss Lotus had heard another scream and noticed how the vines weren't affected anymore.
Slowly she released her hold on the vines, they began to unwind and pull away.
Fae continuously pushed away the closest person as she made her way to the left side of the hall.
She could only hope that Lumina was alright. She let out a sigh as soon as she saw Arion on the floor, defeated.
'What were you thinking? It's Lumina!' Fae internally facepalmed.
All eyes followed her next move, eager to know what she had planned next.
"We should stop her from–" with a whisper, Mr Gaviel had made an attempt to move forward, but was stopped by one of Miss Lotus' vines.
"Do not interfere in this..." she snarled, her blue eyes gleaming coldly.
This was the best she could do for Lumina after she had to make that decision. This would be somewhat like a test to see how far she could go and prove all of them wrong.
From what she could see, she was no monster, nor did she look like someone who could easily lose control for no apparent reason.
Mr Gaviel gulped, looking over to Mr Doliu for some sort of assistance in stopping Lumina.
Mr Doliu simply looked away, there was no way he would go against a high ranking representative of the organization. That was as good as being suicidal.
He sweatdropped, making it known that he was in no way going to assist, this was a battle with changed rules at the onset, there was little to nothing he could do.
Miss Lotus makes a hush sign to the rest, urging them to watch to fill their curiosity.
Lumina bent down to pick up her push dagger he had pulled out of his shoulder earlier. Looking at the blood stains, she had a satisfied grin on her lips.
"Here you go, you can use this one to do your best while your hand heals. I hate things which have been tainted with weak blood." She threw it in between his opened legs, with it landing dangerously below his crotch.
"F*ck!" He pushed himself away from where the dagger had lodged itself in.
Arion knew it was over, he had lost. He looked at the dagger below and could clearly come to a conclusion that she had an issue with his future generations, this was clearly not the first time she had intentionally missed his crotch.
Turning around, Lumina did a double take, she had been so immersed in the heat of the moment, that she had totally forgotten that she was being watched.
"When did you all..." She shook her head, that wasn't how she had wanted to begin.
"I'm glad you are all okay." She said with a smile, but then her eyes stopped on Ayanami and she instantly regretted her words.
'... well most of you.' She corrected in her thoughts, her brows knitted together in disdain. The mere sight of her ruining her good mood.
Whoo!
"Watch out!" Lank called out in the crowd.
Lumina subconsciously caught her push dagger aimed at the back of her head with her index and middle finger.
Bringing the dagger to her line of sight, she had caught sight of the filthy blood stain on it. She looked back with a momentarily shock ridden face at the perpetrator.
'You are courting death!' Her inner demon raged at the close call she had at death if she hadn't caught it.
The thought of dodging was an option, but then that would inadvertently be a stray projectile hitting any of the students and that would as well be as fatal as the first.
Arion had a smug look on his face, "I did my best." He said, letting out a strained chuckle, but couldn't continue with the shocking speed Lumina used to close the gap between them.
Currents traveled through her body, as her eyes glowed in rage, she gripped his neck and pressed him down, the force creating cracks onto the floor.
Uwaaagh!
The battle between them had been drawn, she had won fairly, yet that sort of sneak attack triggered an emotion she had been keeping at bay while they battled.
"Did your best? You f*cking tried to kill me while you thought my guard was down! Your mistake!" She hissed into his ear, pressing one of her fingers into the injury on his shoulder.
"Ahhhhg!" Arion let out an ear piercing yell at her action. "Please, I know I was wrong!" He managed to speak through gritted teeth.
"You know you were wrong?! What part, trying to kill me or thinking you got it in you to kill me?" Lumina let out maniacal laughter at his pathetic attempt to appeal to reason. He was beyond showing sympathy at this point. This was the second time he had tried to kill her under the guise of sparring.
He had made a mistake in trying to use her weapon against her. She could literally feel the kinetic energy as it coursed through the air, which had aided her quick response.
The students and teachers all watched in horror and were frozen in place at what they were witnessing.
Miss Lotus' eyes doubled in size at what she was witnessing, this was definitely one of the four rare gifts, moreso, she was using it almost proficiently.
'Zhao! You scoundrel. Was this why you took an interest in her?!' She took a step back, finally coming to terms why the students had all been fearful of her using her gift in any way.
This duel shouldn't have commenced in the first place. Guilt ate deep into her thoughts on what could be the outcome of this unfortunate student at her mercy.