Otherworld Adventure

"..." Cecil was a little speechless at the result of Ainz's battle.

He did win, but the way he won was... unsightly. After his opening and ending speech that sounded more like a taunt, Ainz had volunteered to carry out his defeated opponent.

Cecil himself was not sure whether Ainz was a gentlemanly prick, or was he a hypocrite. Normally, one's mana element would have a major influence in determining what kind of person he or she would become.

Most, if not all, fire element spell casters had fiery personality themselves. Take Lucia for an example, even Milly who they had partied together back at Forest Hill Town had a fiery and bossy personality when she was on the battlefield.

Fina's water element had caused her to be timid, shy and a little passive. Eli's element of wind and fire had made her analytic, but at the same time determined and headstrong, but Ainz's 4 elements... Cecil felt like Ainz was an enigma.

His personality was literally chaotic. One second he would be polite, then the next he would be restrained and then all of a sudden he would act condescending and arrogant. Of course this was only a superstition that he heard a while back when he was in Magic City.

It was based off a research of whether a person's element was something that also determined their personality and traits. He thought that it was hubris since if that was so, then what kind of personality would he have if he was non-elemental?

Cecil only laughed it off, but from the results of the research he was having an inclination to agree, especially when he heard about Lucia's other personality. She was fiery, caring and passionate when they were together, but he's heard from the guild and other acquaintances that Lucia would sometimes act cold, distant and uncaring if he wasn't around.

Now it happened again when he was observing his 3 new friends, he was further convinced when he saw how chaotic Ainz's personality was.

He snapped out of his thoughts when Ainz came back after delivering his fallen classmate into the stadium's infirmary.

"How was it? Awesome right? Now do you see how awesome I am?!" Ainz had his nose facing the sky and arrogantly asked for his friends to praise him.

He turned an eye towards Lucia in particular since she said that she could defeat 10 of him if they had to fight in a match, but all he found was that the girl in question was clutching her stomach and leaning on Fina while laughing and pointing at him.

"Pffftttt~ seriously, how can you be so shameless? Hahaha~ that victory speech, pfft, especially your ending speech, it was awful! The GLORIOUS ME! The Flaming Winds Tor– PFFTTT... hahahaha!"

Lucia upon seeing his shameless act of wanting praise couldn't help, but tease and mock the arrogant and shameless fellow.

"Wha?! What's wrong with that! I gave him a warning! AND! He should be honored to face ME THE Bernstein family's Flaming Winds Torrential Mountain Magus!"

"Pffft, there you go again! Haha~" Lucia seriously couldn't stop laughing, even Cecil wanted to laugh, but he kept his mouth shut.

If this was back on Earth, then it was safe to say that Ainz was suffering from 6th grade syndrome.

Cecil could only smile wryly and say, "Ainz... I didn't know you swung that way... but–"

Cecil could only sigh and pat his roommate's shoulder.

The way Cecil put his words, it sounded like he was disappointed, but it puzzled Ainz and Fina since Cecil's face didn't have one trace of disappointment. Instead, all they saw was grief and helplessness.

Even when Ainz wanted to retort, but seeing Cecil's expression he could only swallow his words and look back at him questioningly.

The most surprised however was Eli. Before the match ended, Cecil was praising Ainz's use of spells and how great his technique and positioning was. At least, up until Ainz's ending speech.

Of course, Cecil didn't have anything against chuunibyous, it's just that his brother Gabriel was one and his elder twin Luca had to endure a whole lot of embarrassment when he was in school.

It was also a part of Gabriel's dark history and he very much regretted becoming one and he told Cecil that he should never, under any circ.u.mstances become a chuuni. It wasn't Gabriel's fault however since his grandfather and father had fed him lies of fighting against mystical monsters and celestial beings while in the end he would save the world from peril, all so that he would take up the mantle of inheriting their family's tradition. In the end however, all it did was give others a way to exploit him.

This was especially true when Gabriel, the smarter one of the twins, was exploited and forced to do his brother's homework and chores after he recovered from being a chuuni, not mention sometimes even their eldest brother and sister would exploit him indiscreetly.

"Ah, next is our turn... right Eli?" Cecil asked.

"Oh, you're right... let's head on down then!"

"GO ELI! BEAT CECIL INTO THE GROUND!"

Hearing Lucia's shout, Cecil snapped his head back towards her and displayed a look of betrayal.

'Do you want me to lose that bad?! Aren't we supposed to be childhood friends?!'

Lucia only stuck her tongue out seeing his expression.

"Alright! Just wait for me to pummel him into the ground!" Elizabeth replied with a wave of her hand.

"Oi, I'm right here!"

Cecil seriously couldn't believe these two. He was standing RIGHT THERE.

'If you want to pummel me, at least have the courtesy to not say it to my face!'

After cheering on her friend, Lucia turned towards her best friend and cheered him on brightly.

"Cel~ Do your best!"

Cecil could only sigh, after telling her friend to pummel him, now she tells him to do his best. He could only nod in return.

"Okay."

"Don't try too hard though!"

"..." Cecil's face blackened at her words.

After cheering on her two friends, Lucia sat back down and mumbled softly, "If you try too hard, then Eli..."

Cecil had made his way up to the ring. He could see that Eli was already waiting for him.

"Okay, Cecil! As I promised to Lucia, I'm going to beat you into the ground!"

"...you guys are pretty cruel."

"Hmph! I won't lose just so you know!"

"...I don't plan to either."

She didn't forget what Lucia had said to her and remembered to scrutinize every one of Cecil's actions. If possible she should also take the initiative and make sure that the battle was going according to her pace and not Cecil's.

So before the match even began, Elizabeth was already on full alert. She had already pulled out her weapon, which was a rapier. The thin blade was red and it had golden runes etched on it.

Cecil saw this and narrowed his eyes. He could see that the rapier was somewhat like Lucia's Butterfly. It was a wand in the shape of a weapon. Taking another look at Eli's form and posture, he could see that she was a seasoned warrior.

With her weapon held at the ready, she was glaring straight at him.

Cecil smirked and got into position, he had his body facing sideways relative to Eli's position. His legs were spread out in a horse stance with one fist hidden from Eli's view behind his waist while his other arm was stretched out in front of him.

Eli was surprised seeing this, since she noticed that Cecil hadn't bothered to take out his sword which he kept sheathed on the back of his waist, but she quickly focused her mind remembering Lucia's advice.

'He's not underestimating me, what could he be planning and that form, it's... peculiar.'

Eli was thinking as such. It wasn't only her, but the rest of S class that was paying particular attention to their fight was also intrigued at Cecil's combat form. It wasn't like anything they've seen.

Some were also bothered by the fact that Cecil had arrogantly not drawn his weapon and instead opted to fight the armed princess with only his bare fists.

"How arrogant!"

"Is he undermining the princess?"

"This is THE princess we're talking about! The youngest Sword Maiden!"

"Cecil is ranked 2, he's not that stupid. Maybe he... doesn't need to? Or maybe he's just playing mind games with the princess. I mean, she did falter a bit seeing Cecil not drawing his weapon."

"Yeah, that has to be it! If not, then our ranked 2 is surely just playing arrogant here!"

Lucia was listening to her classmates' ramblings and couldn't help but scoff at them.

Fina was a little worried and she started nudging at Lucia.

"What is it Fina?"

"Uhm... is it really okay for Cecil to fight barehanded?"

"... just watch."

"But Lucia! That's the Sword Maiden over there!"

"Sword Maiden?"

"It's Elizabeth's title. She's also the youngest out of the 13 other Sword Maidens spread across Urrugdrasil..."

"Oh... then have you heard of the Silent Sword?"

"Silent Sword?" Fina tilted her head in confusion. Judging by her expression, Lucia deduced that she had no clue to what the title referred to. It wasn't a surprise though since it was only an adventurer title.

"...never mind."

Lucia turned her attention back onto the ring. The instructor had finished observing the two's preparations. He raised a hand in the air and swung it down.

"BEGIN!"