With great powers, comes a great harem!

*PING*

As the alarm blared, Yuki fell to his knees with sweat trickling down his forehead and lips parted to grasp as much air as he could.

It was nearing midnight and the reason why Yuki was training his fire element this late stems from the fact that tomorrow he would be sparring with someone from his class.

Those students have been selected based on their sheer talent and have been getting educated for months now already. Those students were told that they were elites since the time of their awakening and have been trained from a young age to become what they are now.

However, Yuki has received no such training nor the previous school he attended had any facility to allow him to train his magical aspect. In the first place, after Yuki obtained these blessings that allowed him to utilize such a wide variety of skills, he actually never went to his old school and soon got enrolled in the Tower.

But Yuki never considered crying over his oh-so-pitiful past and would exploit each minute remaining to master his blessings.

Tomorrow, Yuki was just going to use his Barrier skills along with the knowledge of weaponry to draw his opponent in close combat and clean the floor as soon as he could.

“Have some juice Yuki-kun. It will help replenish your energy.”

Shio walked into the training room with a tray of refreshers and concern written over her face.

She was told by Yuki to not enter the training ground until the alarm doesn’t blare but the fact that this alarm only rang after four hours since Yuki went in, made Shio panic.

“Ah, thanks Shio… ” Yuki got up before picking up the last dry towel left and draped it over his shoulder.

Taking the glass, he felt the towel being picked up before he saw Shio wiping the sweat slowly off him. Her movements were gentle coupled with her puppy eyes, made his heart melt but he held the urge to hug her because of his sweaty body.

“Don’t be so worried, Shio. I am not doing anything that could harm me. It’s just, I don’t wanna lose tomorrow. ”

Yuki has gone through a lot of humiliation until now in his life and even in the tower he has gained a bad reputation. Living with the name of the loser pervert didn’t feel great. He just doesn’t want to lose any more in his life.

“So…are you going to use Pyrokinesis in the spar?” This was a dilemma Yuki was going through since the time he received the blessings.

With a sigh, Yuki sat on the bench attached to the wall before he took the towel from Shio’s hand and draped it over his lap, to prepare a throne for his princess.

Shio blinked in surprise finding herself suddenly being so close to him, but she soon got comfortable and snuggled closely.

“Sorry for the sweat. It must be feeling sticky… ”

Shio just shook her head and somehow hid the truth about how hot she was feeling at the moment by being enshrouded by his pheromones and his body heat.

Yuki encircled his hand around her waist before he answered her previous question, “If things get sorted out with just my Barrier then no, I won’t be using the elemental magic.”

Shio sighed in relief since she had a feeling that Yuki might get in trouble if he shows the traits of triple awakening.

Yuki using a third trait wouldn’t be amazing but rather suspicious. And what people don’t understand, they try to eliminate it.

However, Yuki had a gut feeling that tomorrow he would be facing someone who would challenge all his limits…

‘I just hope it all goes well tomorrow… ‘ With another sigh, Yuki tightened his grip and in the end, they both took a bath together.

***

The physical training period was shifted at the end of the day as all the first-year students gathered in the indoor gym and stood while facing the professor in charge.

Her short dark green hair was tied in a small ponytail, raven sharp eyes, and a lean stature. Wearing baggy pants high on her waist and a black sleeveless top on her upper body, the instructor stood with a confident demeanor.

Despite being an A-rank, in pure physical combat she could rival someone of higher ranking as well, and given her innate skill of Buttress, Professor Hitomi Mizuki, automatically becomes a great person to handle the sparring of the first years.

“Some rules before we draw the lottery.” The instructor began.

The said lottery was indeed the old fashion way to pull a cheat and match up with your number twin.

Regardless, no one showed any particular surprise about that so Yuki considered it to be normal as he focused on the instructor’s words

“First, you would not be using any spell which I or the directory considers lethal. A protection gear would surround the person being targeted with a lethal spell or attack, and the rule breaker would have to go through punishment which you, youngsters, surely won’t like to face. ” Her voice wasn’t loud and no emotions blended in it whatsoever, yet it sent a chilly sensation down Yuki’s spine upon the thought of being punished.

“Second, no physical assault. This means you can hit your opponent while manipulating a weapon but using it through physical force is prohibited. The same goes for brawling as well.”

Yuki clicked his tongue at that and not only he but many others seemed either surprised or plainly grunted at the rule

It wasn’t long before someone raised the query, “Why such a new condition, Instructor? ”

“The Counseling board wants to see you utilizing your magical aspect more from hereon for the purpose which I cannot disclose as of now. ” No change in tone, just simply stated. Naturally, there was no room left for argument as well.

“And final rule…anyone who tries forfeiting their match or simply caught not giving their best would be facing severe punishment. Most likely, reevaluation score deduction.” Another round of gasps surrounded the group of students as it seemed this rule was something newly brought out as well.

‘This is bad… ‘ Yuki muttered under his breath since now he had no other option rather than to defeat his enemy through his barrier skill.

He doesn’t have enough control over mana to manipulate a single needle…forget about a bokken.

‘Now I just hope…the weakest student gets paired up with me… ‘ With such prayer, Yuki went to pick his lottery before he found his number was ‘Seven’.

He ran his eyes across the hall and found a certain girl with her hand raised and her chit also stating the number ‘Seven’ over it.

However, upon realizing the identity of the girl, Yuki concluded that his hopes were crushed and he possibly would have to unravel his secret.

“YOU!!”

The reason Yuki’s opponent exclaimed stems from the fact that this was the same girl whom Yuki saw half naked just on the first day of school.

“Hey there. Is it black today as well?”

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