151 – To start a fire, burn yourself first.
“….”
April blatantly crumpled her expression.
There was no conflicting agreement magic. There was no melee. The victory was decided by Trixie manifesting her magic just once.
In the middle of the pit was a January.
‘It makes no sense.’
Although January is not as outstanding as April, he is a person who learned white flame (白炎) together in the great forest. He wasn’t a skill that would give in so easily against the same mage.
In other words, it is not a skill that can be defeated by Trixie.
Seeing the always elated January stuck on the floor was awkward in April’s eyes.
‘Was my instructions strange?’
There was an ambiguous corner to think that way. ‘Flame Whip’ is a magic that January was particularly confident about.
“….”
First of all, April shut her mouth.
If you make a mistake, cut it off at once. If I added a word for nothing, it would end up as if the rest of the buttons, not just the first button, were misplaced.
Meanwhile, Trixie on the other side looked at her palm.
‘I won.’
January was stuck in his pit and just smoked seaweed. To the point where I think it’s insignificant.
Relatives.
Those who always made Trixie tremble in fear in the past. However, one of them was lying on the floor as if showing off.
“Dad.”
My previous self and my current self have become completely different people. By inheriting the blue soul left behind by the householder, he was able to overcome his limits once again.
Also, it wasn’t just the body that changed.
How much effort did Isaac have to hand over such pure power? What kind of mindset was he in…. Such thoughts even changed the girl’s mind.
Trixie suddenly looked around at her relatives.
Embarrassed faces.
Even if my father was alive, would he have tried to verify it?
No, I must have kept my head down. When I thought about it, anger flared up again. It must be Trixie’s job to step on them.
“Trixie! It was really cool!”
“Ahahahaha, Trixie is amazing. Proud of you.”
I can hear Becky and Louis cheering behind me.
It’s not about being forced to strict standards, but about receiving pure support. Trixie still felt awkward about that feeling.
Instead, he cast his gaze toward April.
“Come out. April.”
April, the person in charge, kept her composure even after hearing that, but the people standing on the left and right did not.
“That cheeky crab!”
“To campaign for just one person to be verified!”
Just as they were about to step out into the arena, April snapped his fingers. Then, white flames were drawn in the form of a line in front of their toes.
“April?”
A mysterious voice leaked from the surroundings.
It was natural. April was the strongest of the two, and because of that, she was assigned the last order.
“I’ll do it right.”
“Right? The order….”
“It doesn’t make any sense. You will all be defeated.”
April’s gaze turned to the fallen January, and the eyes of the others naturally followed it.
Only then did someone step forward and retrieve his body.
“Everyone back away.”
April murmured and everyone followed without a word.
April walked to the center and faced Trixie. I glanced at the representatives of the Faculty of Magic behind me. Especially the flan side.
“It’s a bit big. Trixie.”
“….”
Trixie didn’t speak. He just stared at April with sharper eyes than ever before.
“Even if I praise you, there is no response.”
“I told you to shut up.”
“Really? Well, it will however.”
April pointed her chin at January in the back.
“If you treated January like that, Trixie, you were prepared to end up in the same way, right? Yes?”
It was a cold word, but the surroundings rather started to heat up. Trixie swallowed dry saliva for no reason at April’s heat.
It’s hot.
Despite the fact that Trixie is always close to the flames, the heat is quite unpleasant.
April possessed a completely different strength from January, with whom she just fought. His body, not his head, was aware of that.
It was then.
“Trixie.”
The owner of the voice is Plan. A cool tone tapped Trixie’s ear.
“Take a good look at the other person.”
“….”
“And don’t be consumed by anger.”
These are abstract words, and because of that, the first words that I can’t understand yet. But the second sentence is an indisputable fact.
“Whoa.”
Trixie took a deep breath quietly and picked his heart. Yeah, he wouldn’t even try to be eaten up by his emotions. Especially if that emotion is anger.
Finally, the indigo blue eyes settled down more calmly. Plan’s advice was short and clunky, but it worked.
All sounds die down.
They were just standing still and confronting each other, but before they knew it, a haze started to rise in the arena.
April looks at Trixie in silence.
Trixie’s face showed no distractions. It seems that fear has been dispelled, and at the same time, a great concentration is felt.
No, it might be more accurate to describe it as miasma.
For a moment, April thought without realizing it.
‘… Mia von Fritz?’
The creator of the blue flames I saw in my childhood. Even though she reached the extreme of the fire element, she was a woman who resembled a harsh winter.
That’s nonsense. She shook her head.
April still didn’t think she would lose. If I had to question this situation, it would be ridiculous to see a cornered mouse dare to bite a cat.
Wooddeuk.
Gradually raises the energy of white flame. She hasn’t even manifested the flames, and she’s already breaking her ground.
Wood deude deuk.
Her speed got faster and her voice started to get louder too. As if to announce that the game is about to begin.
And at some point.
That moment when Trixie blinked just once.
April’s appearance completely disappeared. Instead, the flame dogs that took their place kicked him to the ground.
Six in total. Taking the shape of a dog and moving like a dog is the goal to deceive the other person.
Roaring!
It transformed once more into the shape of a sword, and it had already reached Trixie’s forehead.
At that time, Trixie’s eyes opened again, and it was a deep lake.
Anger—!
The blue flames offset as many as five. However, he couldn’t even get away with flying behind his back.
Trixie leaned as hard as she could.
Hwareuk!
However, April ‘overlaps’ the flame sword floating in the air. It is possible for the trajectory to be absurdly bent as if it were natural.
Six white flame swords flying again.
“Hueup.”
Taking a breath, Trixie exploded at his feet.
It was an ignorant way of embracing the risk himself, but his body, which bounced back from the explosion, was able to dodge all of the white flame swords.
Kagagak—!
However, April’s flame operation was also beyond imagination.
The flame sword changed into the shape of an eagle and immediately grazed Trixie. The ends of his severed clothes flutter in the air.
I jumped up and saw everything.
The eyes of his relatives who wished for his fall, and the stupid Becky who clenched his hands tightly and cheered him on.
… And Plan was also looking at himself.
─Take a good look at the other person.
At the same time, a word from him suddenly comes to mind. Trixie’s eyes rolled by themselves and turned to the white flame.
‘That’s also the operation of flames after all.’
It’s different from simply appreciating it while immersed in it. When I tried to pay close attention, there were new things that caught my eye.
Flame molding.
The trick is to elaborately shape the flame and control it like a summoned beast. It can be said that the number of them reaching 5 is a great perfection.
The operation is so perfect that you can be mistaken for a ‘summon’ series. And reinforcement that doesn’t give the opponent a chance to react.
“How is it? I learned it in the great forest. Isn’t that great?”
April shouts without revealing herself. Only voices are heard from unknown places.
Toward Trixie, who is still floating in the air, a total of eight flames, changing their form every second, rushes at her.
‘The fact that it can be freely transformed.’
Flexibility to roast and boil the other person depending on the situation. And once bitten, a connection that does not let go.
Wedge-!
An eagle burning white brushes Trixie’s cheek. Had it been a direct hit, the match would have been over.
‘Strong.’
It’s okay to always look down on others.
You can always be confident in your flame.
You can always despise Trixie.
But.
‘Even so.’
Trixie bites her lip enough to bleed.
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It is not enough to draw a design in your head. Although he was upside down in the air, he started to make gear coins.
“As far as the head of household, I won’t allow it.”
I will never give up that position.
You may despise me.
You may trample on me.
You can deny all the hard work and genius.
It’s only half, so you can disparage it.
Just.
He is a wizard himself. Furthermore, she was now the next patriarch who inherited her father’s will.
Yes, it doesn’t matter as long as I can be the ‘family head’. I won’t mind any insults attached to the previous modifier.
Hwareuk—!
Before long, blue flames appear like waves in the air. It covered all the flying white eagles.
However, Trixie flinched before counterattacking.
Puff—!
A sword of white flame that had not been found before had pierced Trixie’s shoulder blade.
“Ugh….”
As soon as the shoulder was pierced, an immense amount of pain came over me, so I could feel it with my body.
And the next moment, the white flame sword stuck in Trixie’s shoulder strangely twisted and changed its shape.
It was a viper that flicked its tongue menacingly.
“I’m good at modeling the shape of a snake.”
Trixie’s complexion turned pale at the sound of April’s voice coming from somewhere. The white flame that bloomed from her shoulder and transformed into a poisonous snake opened its mouth.
“Trixie, Trixie!”
“No!”
Exclaimed Becky and Louise, pale faces.
“… !”
However, the eyes of Trixie, the person in charge, added even more blue light.
After concentrating, he moves his feet.
Run and find the invisible April.
Kwadeuk!
At that time, with a sound that made hairs on end of her body stand on end, a poisonous snake-shaped flame bit Trixie’s neck. Trixie immediately vomited blood once.
The girl stumbled. The veins on his neck stood purple.
“It’s over.”
The moment April muttered that.
Trixie turned him around and squeezed April’s neck with her hand.
“Ugh!”
April grabbed him by the neck and widened his eyes.
‘How?’
White flame heated to extremely high temperatures. Using the haze, he hid himself like a mirage. A mere blue flame couldn’t have overcome it.
Kwaaak─
Trixie gives her grip even more strength.
Their eyes collided in midair.
But Trixie’s mouth was full of blood as she held April’s throat, and her face was already pale.
“Ha… “
But why, isn’t Trixie snoring too?
“April.”
Cool—!
Trixie coughs up her blood once more and continues her story.
“Do you know what Fritz’s family motto is?”
“Home motto?”
“Yes.”
Trixie tightens her grip even more.
A dense, blue fire burned indescribably in Trixie’s eyes.
“If you want to start a fire, burn yourself first.”
“If you want to start a fire, burn yourself first.”
The two muttered the same thing at the same time.
However, the expression on his face was the exact opposite. April’s face seemed to be incomprehensible, and Trixie had a subtle smile on her face.
“Yes. From now on.”
Trixie murmured as she vomited blood.
“… You and I are going to ride it until we die.”
A fleeting moment.
Sensing a mysterious portent, April hesitated.
Koo Goo Goo─
An indescribably huge flame surrounded Trixie’s body and began to burn in a blue color.
Hwareuk.
The beginning is nothing more than a small spark. However, April’s face was once again disappointing.
Instinct sensed that this was a precursor to something tremendous.
Next moment.
Hwaaagh
Trixie and April’s bodies were engulfed in flames at the same time. The white and blue colors were all mixed up, fighting for supremacy for a while.
But soon, it was blue flames that rose to the top.
A flame that blooms in the form of jasmine.
The symbol of the Fritz family.
‘Mia… ?’
Mia von Fritz.
It felt like seeing her blue flames, so April thought of her involuntarily in her moment.
Tak!
At some point, when the flame disappeared.
Only one person stood on the ground with both legs.
Trixie von Fritz.
April was lying at her feet.
Those arrogant relatives who were aiming for the position of head of household, now, from anyone’s point of view, are incapable of fighting, and it seems that they will never rise again.
“Ha ha, ha, ha….”
Trixie caught her breath several times.
“Cool—.”
Even as she vomited her blood, she seemed to have something to say to her.
“Remember.”
The owner of the blue flame muttered as if chewing and spitting.
“From now on, I will go.”