"As some of you might have heard already, the participants brough from the nearby settlements along with the capital are in the city at this point. It's only a matter of time before you will run into them, either here, as they will be touring the place, or later on, during the joint trip through the arena."

Hearing the words of their teacher, Fen tightened his fists all the way to the point where his nails started to puncture the skin of his palm. That's what it took for him to remain calm at this very moment.

"Let's have some fun!"

That's what she said! Who could've known that Kaisha's idea of fun would end up so bothersome!

With how the two of them were closing together, this girl actually dared to use the fact that everyone else was focused on the topic of the lesson, to actually slip her hand on Fen's leg!

This by itself could be excused as just an accident or random action without much thought in it. But as if that possible way out was too simple, Kaisha decided to keep going instead!

As her hand continued to crawl up my feet all the way to the place that in any other scenario would be already bulging, Stiel finally moved to the topic that was important enough for me to pay it my entire attention.

"For now, all the classes were grouped into a set of two. You will be mixed with the second class, the fourth class will go with fifth and so on. Don't forget that proving your qualities during the tournament might results in some great opportunities later on! While no one will ever force you to work somewhere, it's not that easy to get a good job, even being an arcanist!"

Swinging his head in negating motion, Stiel internally lamented over the current times before turning his attention to the fire board that was hanging behind his back as per usual.

"So, let's start with…"

As their teacher started calling the names and explaining who will they spar in the classification matches, Kaisha recovered some of her wits, once again picking up her little fun.

"Stop it."

Attempting to focus on the teacher's words in hopes that he would hear anything interesting about his potential opponent, for Fen the current situation was not only quite annoying but also made him feel awkward. While it was true that they had… particularly intense experience with each other, their relationship was actually hard to name. They were obviously more than normal friends from work, as just the role of each other's partner made them graduate from that level. On the other hand, neither of them ever said a single word about joining their hands and becoming a real pair.

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Unable to speak for Kaisha's reasons for this kind of approach, Fen could only focus on his own reasons behind the attempt at keeping their relationship relatively moderate. For one, spending time with this particular girl was a lot of fun. There was no denying this point. Without her, Fen's chances at continuously using his cooler mindset would be far smaller.

"Fen."

With his attention unable to fully commit either to the pleasure of Kaisha's hand now openly reaching to the insides of his pants and Stiel reading down the names of his students, once his name was called out, Fen's entire body jerked up, as if he was just struck awake from the deepest kind of dream.

"Yes sir!"

His loud reaction attracted the instant attention of the rest of the students. Looking at him with question marks appearing in his fellow students' eyes, Fen didn't know whether to breathe with relief that they didn't see Kaisha's hand actions, or be desperate about finding a way to explain himself.

"Fen… Please, those things are important, so try not to sleep during the lesson. I understand that you are all working hard to improve for as much as you can, but both your body and mind requires proper rest, okay?"

A quick wink from this middle-aged guy was enough for the young man to realise the petrifying truth.

He was actually aware of the reason behind Fen's sudden outburst! Or at least, that's what Fen thought once he saw this look of approval in his eyes!

"Anyway, you will be paired to fight with Benten from the second class. Just like I mentioned before, he might belong to a higher grade, but the talent disparity between ours and their classes is barely noticeable. After all, it takes a lot of time for one to reach his or her full potential. That's why try not to worry too much. Also…"

Noticing that along with Stiel playing it easy, Kaisha also came to the same conclusions as Fen did a moment ago. As such, rather than stopping, her hand only continued to move, gently massaging the skin of Fen's penis all the way from its base to the tip of his sensitive head!

"Try not to go as far as you did during the duel with the man from before. I doubt any of the students would be capable of withstanding this technique, nor can I be certain that your body could withhold the extreme stress that it puts on it. That's why, please, take it easy…"

Looking at the teacher with his teeth gnashing against each other, Fen could only lower his head in a simple nod for a reaction. If he were to dare to open his mouth, then Kaisha authored moans of his would be all that would come out from between his lips!

"Good, now, Habriel…"

With the teacher moving on to another student, Fen could finally react. Casually putting his hands below the desk, he finally grabbed Kaisha's wrist, stopping her actions from bringing him even closer to the edge.

"What are you doing?!"

WHispering those words through his clenched teeth, Fen had to make sure that Kaisha would hear them without anyone else noticing the dialogue.

"Recently… I got this feeling as if you were neglecting me! Don't you think how frail my maiden heart is?"

Slightly turning his head to allow the corner of his eyes to catch sight of Kaisha's face, Fen realised that despite how bold her actions were, her lowered face was all red. It seemed that acting so forward took a huge toll on her as well.

"Don't you think we should find a better time and place for that?"

With a sudden jerk, Kaisha freed her hand from Fen's grip, instantly putting it back to action. Interrupted right as he was speaking, Fen nearly tripped, releasing a long groan instead of the words.

"Wait, what?"

Suddenly stopping her delicate hands from pleasuring Fen's penis, Kaisha openly turned her head towards him, with her eyes opened wide in shock.

'What did I just say…'

Realising that he most likely stepped right into her trap, Fen quickly went through all the words he uttered a moment ago, only to realise where did he slip. Feeling his face turning hot as well, the young man turned his head away from Kaisha before uttering.

"Yeah, let's think of a better place and time for this."