As the previous period concluded,Everyone headed to the next class, though there was tense mood among the students of Grays class, was it because of previous display of power or they were scared of next class, But one thing was sure they had exact same expression Gray wanted on there face and it was making his excitement skyrocket.
"You have amazing combat power in magic" Alicia said to Gray looking straight into his eyes, waiting for his response while being polite.
"Ah, Alicia was it , No it's not like that, I just know how to show off, Gray looking straight into her eyes, but he was getting nervous because Alicia is way more beautiful than any girl he talked to in both lives, yet he still had the expressionless face.
"Then, why did you never use your power when people were bullying you and making fun of you?" Alicia asked with a commanding voice, looking for an honest response.
"I was just boosting their ego," Gray said with commanding voice to her, making her feel flustered but she didn't shows to him,
"Is that so? Then I will be looking forward to your duel, so don't disappoint me, Gray Redmoon." And she went forward without waiting for his reply.
"How cute, Don't worry I will show you what you want to see."Gray said a little loudly, she heard him but tried not to show her embarrassed face.
They reached the training ground where his opponent was already waiting for him, Ambrose Stewart, First son of DUKE. Holding long sword in his hand, he has ripped body and and a scar on his forehead, with a grim look on his face looking at Gray and Olivia standing next to him , as they kissed hoping to get any kind of reaction out of Gray, but to their surprise, Gray did flying kiss gesture to them with his expressionless face.
"So you came, I thought you would run away after everything happened to you, But worry not I will put you out of this misery. Just don't try to move too much otherwise I might cut you too much okay, Ambrose said with a grim look on his face waiting for Gray reaction but got nothing but expressionless face " I see you have even lost your emotions huh, so bad. "Ambrose was getting angry and frustrated without getting what he was expecting.
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"I see, so I guess your father has failed to raise you huh. To think you will disrespect the son of the Emperor like that, Tell me what punishment will help your under-developed brain to develop to the size of a walnut." Gray said to Ambrose by disrespecting his father and him at the same time, This statement was enough to make Ambrose go on rage and make others laugh at him, but they all went quiet after Ambrose looked at them.
"You damn asshole, why don't you come to the stage and then our swords will talk about respect,"Ambrose said to Gray while entering the stage and ripped his shirt with bare hands, Ambrose was furious and was not going to let him go without giving Gray death he asked for.
"Sure, My little puppy. My sword will tell you what respect means", Gray entered the stage by taking a sword from the nearby box of weapons. This time gray was not expressionless and remembered the highschool days when he had to beat a delinquent because he tried to take money from him. Though after that he had to go to jail and was disowned by his family for beating the delinquent too much and sending him to hospital.
As they both took their position and instructor Thomson and other instructor, Instructor Andre signaled the starting of the duel. Ambrose took the first move and used speed magic to boost his physical speed and almost stabbed the Grays heart, But at the final moment Gray moved out of his trajectory and defended himself and said "Is this all you got, monkey", Ambrose who thought this was just a fluke and Gray can't really defend himself against his swordsmanship swing his sword back at Gray, but this time aiming at the head, Gray again moved out of the trajectory, Ambrose could not believed his eyes and Gray, How could a dumbass as Gray can even move like that. But little did Ambrose know Gray is not the Gray he once knew but the 8 times Gold medalist of the National tournament of japan ,Izanagi. He had learned swordsmanship from a very young age by a professional in different swordplay. For Gray it was nothing but daily Training.
Gray was hoping for a challenge in this duel but after 10 minutes of defending against Ambrose got bored ,So he used his Sword and with precision and strength he sliced his sword in two, and Gray smashed his sword on his head making him unconscious and step out of this stage with expressionless face, giving him overwhelming victory and gaining the attention of the elite students of the Academy.
"This is cheating, how come a dumbass like Gray can win against Ambrose-sama, This has to be a cheating,"A voice came from the audience , it was one of the Ambrose minions. Gray looked at the minion named as Adolf vincent, Son of the viscount, Suddenly Gray had really amazing idea in his brain, he walked toward the Adolf and when he reached too close at the Adolf, suddenly he threw a powerful slap on his face, throwing him on the ground, "Who you are calling Dumbass" again slap and again slap, "Tell me who I am and what is my status and your status" another slap on his face, "yo- you are son of emperor, Gray Redmoon, and I am son of Viscount", another slap, "So what is your mistake" another slap, Adolf face was full red with is blood , "I called you dum-" another slap "good next time, you better be ready" and with that Gray left the ground.
Every student was shocked and even the instructors couldn't do anything because they knew that Adolf had disrespect the Royal family so they just ignored it and concluded the period.That day every student realized something, Gray is not the Gray they once knew anymore.