The Peace In A Beautiful World
Chapter 100: Secret Meeting

"I want you to teach me ice magic so that my ice magic becomes stronger than it is now" Irene said.

"Teaching you ice magic?" I asked.

"Yes" said Irene.

"But my ice magic isn't very powerful compared to the San Lucia family's ice magic" I said.

"I know you lied about it, Rid. Though you can freeze the arena like that and again when you use the San Lucia Art in the match earlier, from just looking at it I can tell that the power of your slash is stronger than mine. If I used ~Freezing Air Slash~ against Amelia's daughter, I doubt that I could defeat her with that slash. Therefore please teach me to strengthen my ice magic," Irene said as she bowed.

"Wait for Irene, you don't have to do that" I said.

I approached Irene and prevented her from doing that but she did not flinch and remained bowed.

"Haaahhh, fine if you keep bowing like this. But let me ask you one thing first" I said.

Irene finally saw me.

"Ask what?" asked Irene.

"Why do you want to be strong ? With your request that I want to teach you to make your ice magic stronger, it means that it will make you stronger than you are now. Why do you want that?" I asked.

"By being strong, at least I don't have to worry about protecting the people closest to me when there is danger" said Irene who immediately answered my question without thinking first.

"People always thought I was a strong man, but even I never won against you during match practice and after the defeat against princess Amelia, I was more and more convinced that I was still very weak. Perhaps according to others, being a member of a noble family was a pleasant thing. But it's not like that. Noble families always face threats from anywhere. Whether it was from another noble family member who did not like the presence of our family or from the other party. My family is like that, we could have been attacked by people who don't like our family. That's why I want to be strong so that I can overcome this kind of threat if it really happens. I don't want to be a burden on the people around me" Irene said.

"That's it," I said.

"Therefore, Rid. I beg you to teach me to strengthen my ice magic. Instead, I will do anything for you" Irene said.

I also sat down for a moment thinking about something. Then after that, I immediately answered Irene's request.

"Alright, I'll teach you to improve your ice magic. Not only your ice magic, I will teach you how to increase your mana capacity" I said.

"Thank you very much, Rid. Instead, what do you want from me?," asked Irene.

"No need, after all you will also guarantee me an important position in the kingdom and moreover, after graduating later I can also directly become a Duke San Lucia soldier without your selection blessing," I said.

"But that's because you're willing to accept my request to be my partner. The requests were different so I had to offer something different, too" Irene said.

"Hmmm but I don't know what I want anymore. Not given anything I'm not a problem" I said.

"But it'll make me feel bad...... Tell you what, instead of you teaching me, I will make you food every day during the academy," said Irene.

"Huh?!," I said in surprise.

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Meanwhile, somewhere in the academy.

Princess Amelia is seen talking to someone.

"So what deal did you get after losing to Rid?," the man asked.

"I was only told to obey the will of princess Irene which meant that me and my men were not allowed to make contact with her again during their time at the academy. But I can still get in touch with Rid like I'm watching him or something. But my and my men's oversight of her is limited because I don't have any first-year men" said Amelia's daughter.

"So that's why you called me to conduct surveillance on Irene and Rid's daughter ? Whereas before you only asked me to keep an eye on Rid only and now my job is increasing to keep an eye on princess Irene as well. I don't have to do all this if you win against Rid, when you have healing magic but why don't you use it in the game?" said the person who began to get angry.

"Because it would be useless if I used it at the competition. No matter how much I try to recover, I will always lose to Rid" said Amelia's daughter.

"That's just your excuse so you don't want to fight him longer" said the man.

"I did not use all my strength against Rid because I was afraid of being caught as a 'subject' but I realized if I used all my strength, I still would not win against Rid. Even if we both attacked him together, I was sure that we would lose against him. Well you'll know how strong he is if you fight him. Though you are her friend, why have you never tried to fight her in a daily match?" asked Amelia's daughter.

"I'm not interested in fighting him" said the man.

It turns out that the one who spoke to Amelia's daughter was Enzo.

"Tch, okay. By the way, have you discussed this matter with your father?," asked Enzo.

"Yes. After the game, I told him straight away that I lost against Rid. And he said that he would soon talk about this to your father, Duke San Angela and Duke San Minerva. It looks like the three dukes will soon make a move to hunt down Rid," said Amelia's daughter with a smile.

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San Quentine, Duke's residence.

It appears that a bespectacled man is sitting at his desk holding a crystal that appears to be a communication crystal.

"I didn't expect that princess Irene was dating someone at the academy" said the crystal man.

"I didn't expect either. If this continues instead of our plan will fail?" said someone else from the crystal.

"You two just calm down. Not necessarily their relationship will last until they graduate. But just in case if their relationship can last until graduation, we better get rid of the couple from princess Irene," said the man with glasses.

"Do you want to directly attack the academy, mister Remy?," asked someone from the crystal.

The name of the bespectacled man was the master of Remy, Remy Laterza San Quentine, the current Duke of San Quentine.

"Where might I do such a frivolous act, Mr. James. Don't forget who is now the head of the academy. The woman can immediately find out if anyone has infiltrated the academy area" said Mr. Remy.

The one who was talking to him at the moment was the master James, James William San Angela, the current Duke of San Angela who was also his father Enzo.

"We don't need to rush, there's still 4 years of time left until they both graduate. But if it's not wrong, the last exam in the first year of the academy was held in the place of Mr. Darwin huh?" asked Mr. Remy.

Meanwhile, one more person who spoke to Mr. Remy was Darwin's master, Darwin's Randall San Minerva, Duke San Minerva today.

"Yes, that's right. They're going to do the exam at my place" said Mr. Darwin.

"Then, can I count on you to 'take care of' Irene's daughter's partner when she takes the exam at your place?," asked Mr. Remy.

"alright. By the way, what is the name of Irene's daughter?" asked Mr. Darwin.

"Rid Archie's. He beats Amelia and makes Amelia fail to win a bet with him. He also beat Javier, one of our 'subjects' during the academy entrance exam and now he beat Amelia. According to Amelia, she did not fight at full strength but even if she fought at full strength, she still could not defeat this Rid Archie," said Mr. Remy.

"So he is so strong that he can defeat two of our 'subjects'" said Mr Darwin.

"Yes, therefore I want you to think of the right way to 'take care of' this Rid Archie when he does the exam at your place. You still have a lot of time to think about it" said Mr. Remy.

"Well, by the way how's Javier's fate ? he failed to get into the academy. Did you get rid of him?" asked Mr. Darwin.

"No, I'm still giving him the chance to get back into the academy next year. But if he still fails, I will get rid of him and pluck out his heart to give to someone else" said Mr. Remy.

"What about your other research ? is it good?," asked Mr. James.

"Of course, this research is our ace for achieving our goals. This research must not fail" said Mr. Remy.

"That's great" said Mr. James.

"Both of you too, do not forget to complete your respective tasks," said Mr. Remy.

"Calm down" said Mr. James.

"You need not worry" said Mr. Darwin.

"Whatever impediments will hinder our plans, they must be removed. ~Matchmaking Battle~ must remain hosted with princess Irene and Amelia as its participants. ~Matchmaking Battle~ is the only right moment because all nobles ranging from Kings and Queens and low-level nobles will gather at the event. We will carry out our plans at the event.......we will be able to confirm all the core families of San Lucia and Her Majesty the Queen at the event, ", said Mr. Remy.

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