For some reason, even the other members who were in a bit far away from us seemed to react shocked to this, at least the Kuroma were, i was able to tell that they were eavesdropping on the conversation from the fact that one female Savior's skin was glittering with Prana, so she probably was the one conveying the content of our private conversation to the others .
But neither the Captain nor the Principal had the mind to react to this sort of things, they were just staring at me with a confused, bewildered face, with a stunned expression all over their faces and the the Kuroma Saviors as well .
I wondered if i had something wrong, i only answered with what i knew about the spell i just use, it was 100 percent related to time, the spell was a field type spell for the most part of it, its effects allowed me to reverse things 10 seconds back in time for as long as i kept the spell active using Mana .
This was the effect i used to vanquish the senpai's spell with, but i have to give him some credit for the last attack he made, it was a bold plan, it could have been able to succeed if i had been even a second slower to complete my * writing .
I myself didn't understand from where did i get that much nerve to continue Writing my dark art even when the attack was almost upon me, it was that steel like nerve of mine that gifted me the victory, otherwise senpai might have won, probably it would have ended in a tie as both me and him would be disqualified, he would have lost conscious and i would have been burned to crisps, perhaps, but luckily i was able to complete the writing of my dark art and won .
But that wasn't the only effect my spell had, no, it actually also allowed me to increase my movement speed by 10 seconds, i myself still not able to completely understood what that mean, other than it was allowing me to move faster .
That was the effect i used to instantly appear in front of Kamekichi-senpai, but pity he was already unconscious and i couldn't even confirm whether was i able to actually use the sword in my hand or not .
As if we were telepathically connected, i sensed that he was a bit aggravated due to not being given a chance to shine, the red glistening of the blade was beginning to become a bit dim, i flickered it with my forefinger a bit affectionately as if trying to comfort it and it actually glistened a bit more brightly as if conveying that it was just sulking, but it was alright now .
I really didn't to know what to say or feel about all of this happening, i saw magic and even used it myself, i can to some extent sense what the blade on my hand was trying to convey without a problem, the glances that i was currently being getting from all those that were currently present, the happiness i felt when i was fighting against senpai and the complete nonchalant attitude that i had when i was in danger .
All this filled me with a weird feeling of alienation, but it was a good feeling, i felt as if i was being reborn, most would have probably found difficult to accept what i was currently feeling, they may even be struck with a little bit of panic, but not me, i was completely embracing this new feelings of mine, those feeling were weird yet they came so natural to me .
It felt like i was missing some pieces of myself all along and only now was i beginning to feel that i was complete and this brought to me a huge sense of satisfaction that was beyond measure .
As i was beginning to be engrossed in my own thought, a feminine cough brought me back to reality, the cough came from the principal as she was the first one to awake from that shocked state, that most of the people present were in .
Her cough brought back not only me back to reality but it also brought the was still in trance captain as well, the moment he regained his clarity, he glared towards where the corps members of his were especially on the girl that was using her Prana and stood out from all the other Saviors .
I can tell that she was a bit playful just from the fact that when the captain glared at her she stuck her tongue out at him in a playful manner, then out of no reason i saw her looking at me up and down as if sizing me up then she winked at me and then she raised her hands and waved at me .
I didn't react at first, but seeing her eagerness, involuntarily waved back at her, then there was another cough, one that came from the little girl beside me for some reason, the expression on both her face and the principal was quite difficult to describe .
But it soon vanished as it never existed In the first place, she then asked me to confirm the words that i just said about my Dark Art being related to time, i once again confirmed it and seeing that they all still had a face of disbelief and i mistook that as they thinking that i was lying, so i felt that i need to prove it to them and clear all their doubtful gazes .
I motioned for a guy in the distance who was holding an apple and asked him to throw it at me, he was a bit fearful for some reason when i asked him to do so, but then as if his fighting spirit was ignited, he was suddenly engulfing himself in Prana and he throw the apple at me with his full power, even though i only wanted him to pass to me without using his full power or even using his Prana, but either way that will still do .
The apple was shot at us as if it was a bullet, but he in addition to misunderstanding my words, his aim was also wrong, the apple was now heading towards the back of the still clueless about all of this principal, but the captain wasn't and he was about to move when i already had passed by him after i finished writing my dark art and this time i used the second effect of the spell .
I increased my speed by 10 seconds, it enabled me to walk and run faster, so fast that the apple that was coming at us full speed was now advancing towards me in a slow like motion, i was first surprised but then i how this second effect actually worked, it worked in a way that gave me an advantage of 10 seconds more than my opponent or anyone else for that matter .
Meaning that unless someone can move from point A to point B instantly, i have a 10 seconds advantage to reach point B than, meaning that to overcome my advantage in speed, that person will need to cover whatever the distance he needed to instantly, just so that he can be able to barely able to compete with me in arriving at the designated point, but if we were to fight my advantage will continue to shine brightly once again, giving me a huge advantage in battle .
This was how i was now moving faster than everyone present, i appeared behind the principal and slashed at the apple moving in slow motion cutting it cleanly in half, then i stopped and another disadvantage appeared, it may seem far fetched but i found that as long as i have no intention of moving, or parring, the advantage i have in speed will go away .
The slash at the apple was so fast that it was able to create a shockwave of air in the surrounding, this wasn't what i intended to do with the able or maybe it was but not like this .
The crowd second later yelled in unison, saying :
What just happened ? .
Don't look at me, he was the one who told me to throw the apple at him .
Seeing that his Prana was on, all of them in unison thought that he was responsible for whatever that happened so they looked at him, the principal turned towards me and asked what just happened too ? .
" Demonstration " .
Then i used my dark art again and this time i used the other effect of the spell, reverse things 10 seconds back in time .
The cut in half apple disappeared just like with the spells from before, but this time it didn't vanish into thin air, woahhh .
That was the loud shout that once again caught everyone attention towards it, the guy who had the apple in hand before, pulled the same apple from one of his pockets, his hands were shaking and his face was horrified as he pulled the apple for all people to see .
He was holding the apple as far away as he can possibly do from his face like as if it was a haunted apple or something, some found this scene to be quite funny, the playful girl from before even took the apple from the boy hand and began munching on it and looked at me and had the audacity to yell from almost across the room and say :
Do it again .
I shock my head at her in a dejected way, did she believe that i was doing some magic trick where i can give myself infinity food or something, i paid here disappointed face no mind and looked at the principal and told her what i just asked that guy to do and for what reason, i also informed her about her being targeted was another misunderstanding by that guy .
All that for a the sake of demonstrating that i wasn't lying, i felt a tiny bit of shame due to being the one who created this whole scene, she stared at me with wide eyes and i got embarrassed, thinking that she might berate me for acting impulsively, but a sudden flick to my forehead instinctively forced me to look up to see a brilliant smile greeting me, i almost had a deja vu like feeling and inwardly began to compare between the face in front of me and the one that was on my dreams .
I reached to the conclusion that they were indeed similar, but also quite different, the one in my dreams hold so much affection that was enough to drown in, but the one in front of me was kind and gracious, but without no much affection to it, my mood that was turned up at remembering that image in my dreams but once again it fell down, the principal seeing my expression, said :
Don't go around judging what other people thought of you without asking, idiot .
Huh, i wondered why was she this angry, but was once again nudged by the little girl, i once again crouched down and she then proceeded to impart some important piece of knowledge upon me .
She said that it was indeed a misunderstanding but it was completely on my part, i was shocked to hear that and told her to elaborate, but the person who did the elaboration was the principal as she crouched down beside us and massaged her forehead as if she was having a headache and said :
Did you really think that we were doubting you or taking you for a lier ? .
" You weren't, ahh .
I once again earned a flick to my forehead, but this time it was with much more force than the one before .
We weren't even doubtful of your words, we were all surprised due to the uniqueness of the attribute that your spell used, time let's just say that it was always a mystery whether before the appearance of the Metaphysicals or after, i don't recall any Kuroma in the entire White Knight Order that used a dark art similar or closer to this .
Oh so that was the misunderstanding that Maya was talking about, Ahh, seeing me spacing out for a few seconds, i earned another flick to my forehead, but this time it was stronger than the first time but a little bit weaker than the previous time, she then continued to say :
I believe you understand now that the show you just made was completely unnecessary, what are going to you say for yourself ? .
I Instinctively was going to bow down and apologize but due to the fact that i was crouching, i ended up losing balance and falling backwards, the principal outstretched her hand towards me as if trying to pull me back up, but the intended action didn't go as it was intended .
Due to my body weight the hand that was supposed to have come to help me ended in joining me in falling, i was falling backwards, but the principal was falling forward, so she ended falling on me, i felt her weight on me but i was closing my eyes and when i opened them .
The first thing that i was met with, were the grievance filled eyes of the frustrated principal who had now a ting of red to her cheeks and ears, it was the first time that i had noticed that the principal black eyes have a ting of silver color to them, i stared at her with an apologetic eyes and she stared back at me, i was beginning to get embarrassed myself, but luckily a young childish voice to the side of us came to two of us rescue, the voice said :
Mari-onee sama, are you okey, your face is completely red-desuu .
The moment the voice fell to the principal ears she felt her face all of a sudden become even more red, she then got up and without wasting a single second, she started to inscribe glyphs in the air while chanting the writing, saying :
< I long for my home. I long for nostalgia.
Oh my hometown, across the distance, thousands of miles distant, tens and tens of thousands of miles away.
Oh land of the past, out of my reach,
I am deluded, I am hateful,
Take these feelings and curtail the distance between us,
Take this curse and warp the world between us > .
Then without a warning a portal appeared in front of the red like tomatoe principal, she then outstretched her hands like a hook and caught Maya in her arms and said :
We are leaving, then they both vanished into the portal, the last thing i saw was able to catch a glimpse of, was the waiving hands of Maya as she was being pulled along like a doll, the scene looked comical and even the captain appeared to have a smile on his face as he witnessed those scenes unfolding, he put a hand on my shoulder and said :
Ready for your assessment ? .
My mind was a bit absorbed in something else currently, but his voice and gesture awakened me from the trance i was in, but after comprehending what he just said, my only response to him was :
" HUH !!!! .