I Don’t Want This Bad Ending

Chapter 64: TOURNAMENT: PART 2

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THE TOURNAMENT will continue for three days and we're on the second day of the event. 

Sil, Gab, and I were already advanced to the semi-finals. Of course, Adley and Elise are also there. 

According to the rules, we will fight the other contestants as well as the representatives in sophomores and juniors in a shuffle. Also, you can fight like anyone, a family, aide, or your friends. There's no relationship involved but just a friendly fight. That's what they call it.

I know I have a lot to mind right now as I recall that in the novel it said that after the tournament "I" will underhanded bully Elise using means of rumors and such, the reason?

Simple!

Because the Crown Prince and my brother, Allan will be smitten with her that "I" will get jealous and will start to harass Elise. But no worries! I'm not a petty villainess, and besides, getting Elise and the Crown Prince together will be the best for me. So why would I hinder it? I'm actually all for it and I'll support them.

As for my brother, Allan... I couldn't care less if he got broken-hearted.

But for now, I'm standing in front of the announcement board located at the entrance of the 'Arena of Heroes', it displays our names as well as the candidate we'll be fighting.

Guess who I'll fight?

It's my b*stard brother, Allan! 

What a coincidence!

Yup! You heard me right! I'll be fighting my own brother. It excites me as well as it bothers me. But I don't care anymore!

I only have one goal now! I just want to kick some jewels~

Time to beat some silver-blue head~

So exciting! I should sharpen my sword now.

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Gab, Evelyn, and Sil were always together for the past two weeks that people call the two as Evelyn's lover.

The rumors are getting out of hand but Evelyn couldn't care less.

What's the problem with having two handsome men by your side? If the noblemen can have their own harem why not Evelyn?

Though Evelyn knew that what the three of them had was nothing but just friendship, it's just that the society that she's in isn't open-minded like how she was used to in her last life. If People see the relationship between gentlemen and ladies they call it flirting. 

So, seeing people gossip about Evelyn was enough for the two to be overprotective of her.

Silvester looked at her. Her attention was fixed on the bulletin board so he followed her line of sight and saw what made her forehead wrinkle. 

"Allan? Isn't that...? How can they match you with your own brother!" He said in a displeased tone and his face frowned.

"Ohh this will be fun~," Gab said as he also read the match up.

"... Right? I get the chance to have a little "chat" with Allan." She emphasizes the word 'chat' that she meant she was going to give her brother a piece of her mind and beat the sh*t out of him. But Gab and Silvester misunderstood her words.

'She still wants to get close to his brother?' Gab thought while he clicked his tongue in annoyance. While Silvester interprets it as Evelyn missing his brother.

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"Are you ready?" Cabel said as he comes up beside Allan.

"Why are you here?" He replied.

"I'm just here to cheer my friend who will get beaten by his sister." Cabel laughed and hit Allan's shoulder.

"Who said I'll get beaten? Hands-off, Cabel!" Allan said as he frowned at Cabel's hand.

"Fine... By the way, what's up with you and that girl?" Cabel asked as he was curious about the relationship.

"Girl? Who?"

"The pink hair lady... what's her name again? El... Eli?"

"It's Elise!" Allan Answered.

"And nothing is going on, you don't need to meddle in my affairs!" he continued.

"I see~ so there's an affair going on..."

Allan grimaced at Cabel and thought about the pet name that his sister comes up with.

"Your hair does look like chalk... Chalk head!" Allan said as he stared at Cabel.

He just shrugged it off and changed the topic.

"Aren't you going to tie your hair? It's almost in shoulder length..." He gives Allan a black hair tie, that Allan use to ties his hair.

"Go back! The fight will start... Time for me to have a little 'chat' with my stupid sister..." 

Allan walks out to the stage where Evelyn was waiting while Cabel was looking at Evelyn's ombre hair that was tied up at her back.

He smiles at how confident she stood there. Her stance shows that she won't give an opening to his opponent.

"Well... Good luck, Allan!" He said as he turns around to go back to his seat in the Elite Force.

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THE SIBLINGS of the house of Duke Emsworth were standing, facing each other. Allan was glaring at her sister who was standing nonchalantly.

She looks like she was bored that it irked him. He opened his mouth to speak first when Evelyn went and beat her to it...

"I never knew that there'll come a day where I get the chance to spar with my brother... I'm so lucky!" She said every word cheerily as her sunset eyes sparkled like the rays of dusk.

Allan smirked at his sister's silly thoughts. "I'm not here because I want to, stupid sister!"

Evelyn was surprised that her brother tore down the gentleman facade that he always had on, though his nasty attitude was still there she just shrugged it off.

As she glanced around, she understood why his brother can act without care. It's because the audience was far from the stage that she was sure they weren't heard. 'Oh... So that's why he can make some unpleasant comments. Then, I guess I won't mind my words too.' She thought as she smirked at his brother.

"Don't get me wrong, Allan. I'm also not here because I want to."

Allan heard his sister say his name without using the title he should be addressed by or 'brother' that he was used to, and he became angry about it.

"What did you say?!" He asked, his face were crumpled and his sunset eyes were also blazing with a desire to punish his sister.

The host then interrupted them and announced the start of the competition between the siblings. 

The first blow of the whistle was heard and the viewers immediately went silent. 

Then Evelyn takes the advantage and makes her first move, she knew that she needs to surprise him to make him flustered and that will give her an advantage. She gives all her weight to her feet and forces a jump. While doing so, she cast a spell on her body. She opens her status screen to see her body's condition.

[Status Screen]

Name: Evelyn Callie von Emsworth (Reincarnated, Cursed Child, Villainess, Owner of the Five Spirits)

HP: 7000/7000

Mana: 10000/10000

Exp: 8000

Magic: Water, Earth, Air, Fire, ????, ????, ???????

[Blessings:]

Status screen, Reincarnated memory, One-word casting spell

, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????? (Locked)

[Skills:]

Physical Enhancement, Level 3 Swordsmanship, Speed boost, Middle-tier casting spells, Recovery magic.

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After a year of experimenting, she made progress and unlocked some of her skills and blessings. Though she didn't make any progress in her magic because his teacher, Sir Ivo, only give a brief lecture about the other attributes and focused only on her affinity -- the water and wind magic that only her family and Sir Ivo knew that she can wield and thought that she's a dual caster. As it is usually hard to increased the attack power of one without damaging the other attributes power outage.

Also, after a lot of research, she still didn't know what the status screen is for. So she just used it as an indicator of how her mana grew.

Anyway back to the tournament.

Evelyn cast a physical enhancement and boost her speed, she released it and it made her movements light as well as precise.

She unsheathes her sword and made a cross slash that his brother avoids by jumping to the side.

Allan cast a spell. "Let thee enemy be surrounded by a spear, Ice thorns!" he said and a middle-tier enchantment was summoned and long spikes made of ice formed around Allan.

"Oh... Not holding back, I see." Evelyn said as she watches her brother freeze the whole stage by releasing her mana.

"You should be glad that I'm making an effort to make you feel the difference in our magic. I don't want to prolong this fight... I'll end it now!" He cheekily said.

The audience was in awe and at the same time afraid as hundred of ice spears was directed to Evelyn, his sister.

One by one the block of ice spears fall to where she stands.

She silently cast her wind spell. "Wind tornado"

The air gathers to where Evelyn is and it envelops her. She stands at the center of the violent wind circling her and making a shield for her body. The ice spears broke after it hit the spell that she cast.

After her brother's attack ended, she dismissed her mana that supplied her wind magic. She smirked at him.

"Is that all you have, Allan? Pity... I was expecting to have some fun~" she pouted while she teased his brother and that made Allan clench his fists.

As much to his surprised, for the past year, he didn't know that his sister's mana increased tremendously.

"Your just lucky, stupid!" He said gritting his teeth.

Evelyn was satisfied to see his brother getting angry.

"Is it? Then let's see if I'm really just lucky~"