The Magician of Sound

"Ah, that was nice," Ria Ross stretched her hands upward and blissfully expressed. She looked refreshed after fighting Kai in that intense match. "Nice try, you brat."

Kai's simulation chamber and the person in question slowly revealed himself. A bit of disappointment could be seen on his face, but he was nevertheless still filled with energy.

Kai looked at Ria and sighed. In the instant he thought he could win, Ria pulled the clutch and won. He closed his eyes, replaying the last scene in his mind once again.

…

Two minutes ago, just when he slashed at her and sent a kick as a reassurance, Kai thought that victory was basically already in his hands.

However, Ria's counterattack began. Three swords from a magic circle on the ceiling struck forth, aiming at his hand.

It only took him an instant to realize that his hand and foot were aligned. He could easily shift his hand and change his target a little bit to avoid these three swords. However, it was different for his foot. Having no ability to change directions to retain his balance, at this point, Kai decided to sacrifice his foot.

He gathered enough resolve in his heart and slightly adjusted his hand to the side, avoiding the three swords. His aim became a bit off, but he could still somehow adjust the target and aim to stab Ria's heart.

Kai looked at the three incoming swords. one of them pierced his foot, stopping his advancing foot. It couldn't even get near her, much less send a kick. He gritted his teeth as he endured the pain, just like how he endured the pain on his hand.

"Ha!" Letting out a weak groan to pump his determination, Kai pushed his sword toward Ria's heart. However, at that instant, he noticed something was off.

Crack!

Suddenly, a cracking sound echoed through his ears. This sound immediately destroyed his hope of winning this fight. In this high-speed battle, it was already hard enough to adjust one's movement like Kai did earlier, let alone move it a second time.

'Wait!' Kai's eyes widened in realization. He bit his lips as he began to understand everything from the beginning. 'Teacher has beaten me as soon as I move toward her.'

A sword suddenly appeared from the ground, striking Kai's sword from the bottom. Even with all of his power, Kai could only adjust the sword so it wouldn't fly off from his hand. He had stopped his Vibration Sword magic earlier, so he couldn't cut through this sword like butter. Instead, it was knocked away and somehow ended up on Ria's stomach.

Ria took this chance to deal a decisive blow on Kai. A sword instantly appeared in her hand as she swung it while falling to the ground. Because of her position, she couldn't slash his neck, but it was enough to split him into two right on his stomach.

Thus, the clash between Kai Carter and Ria Ross ended in Ria Ross' victory.

…

Kai opened his eyes and sighed once again. He looked at the three girls who slowly walked toward him. From their faces, he could tell that they were worried about him. They knew Kai was pretty shaken by the result, and they were thinking of comforting him.

But before they could say anything, Ria Ross beat them with a laugh. "Haha… Your progress is beyond my imagination. I almost died back there."

Kai narrowed his eyes. "Are you trying to comfort me? All I can hear is your sarcastic voice."

"Ah, so you noticed?" she asked with a grin.

"I lost the moment I deactivated my Vibration Sword." Kai let out a long sigh. "By convincing me about the weakness of my Vibration Sword, you somehow instilled the thought of deactivating it in my mind.

"In the end, I deactivated it and charged at you. The moment I did that, you used the first three swords as baits. Now that I think about it, the positioning of the three swords didn't let me shift my hands to the right. In other words, you already knew about the attack from underground.

"I don't have the Vibration Sword anymore, so that last sword strike managed to push my sword away. If I hadn't deactivated it, your sword would've been the one cut, allowing me to win the match," he explained before letting out another sigh. "Even so, this is only me ranting about the match."

"Haha… I'm satisfied to see that you know that much. I don't need to worry about your observation skills either." Ria nodded in satisfaction. "Besides, you almost killed me back there. If you had thrown your balance off to get an extra second, you should have been able to slash at my heart. With that, the result would probably be a draw, but a draw is still better than a loss."

Hearing her say draw instead of victory, Kai only stared at her with a poker face. Even after all of it, she still thought that he had no chance of winning.

"Don't worry about it too much. You're still too young. If you beat me right now, the higher-ups will start looking at you like predators looking at prey. I bet you don't want your life to be restricted, so just get stronger for now. I'll be waiting for you." Ria Ross smiled.

Kai closed his eyes and nodded. "Thank you."

"No. Get some rest and meet me after fifteen minutes." Ria Ross thought for a moment before continuing, "All of you, have a room. Ayaka knows about the place, so you can ask her to tell you where to put your luggage."

She then left the room.

Ayaka looked at their expressions one by one. Meanwhile, as all of this was because of him, Kai broke his silence. "We can grab our luggage first and put it there."

Ayaka only nodded and said in agreement, "Sure."

After grabbing their stuff, Ayaka led them toward a corridor. Kai noticed that she somehow got too conscious about the only room in the corridor, but he didn't say anything. It was obvious that it was the operation room.

There were around ten rooms inside this corridor, in which the first room belonged to the professor. Without much thought, Kai chose the room beside Ria's room.

Michelle, Tasha, and Ayaka also chose their respective rooms not far from Kai's room.

Kai was asked to meet Ria Ross after fifteen minutes, but it was only after an hour did he finally come out of his room. It was also done in a very sneaky way without alarming the others. At first, Michelle banged on his door asking him whether he was going to go or not, only to get absolutely no response.

When he opened his door, he could see Michelle, who had been waiting for him for quite a long time. "Professor Ria is waiting for you. Tasha and Ayaka are buying some stuff for our dinner."

Kai's face showed a weird expression before he nodded.

"Yo." The corners of Ria's mouth curved into an evil smile as she stretched her hand toward Kai, demanding him to hand something over.

Although he was slightly embarrassed because Michelle was also here, he still handed her a glass tube containing a white liquid.

Ria didn't care about his embarrassment. She took the tube, rose from her seat, and walked toward the operating room.

Kai and Michelle followed her without saying anything, especially Michelle. She didn't want to say anything about this matter as she didn't want to make Kai any more embarrassed.

As soon as they went inside the room, she quickly opened the tube and separated it into a few tubes. She only needed a portion of it and poured it into a small glass cup. Taking out a few kinds of liquid from her collections, Ria began her test.

At the same time, Michelle's hand slowly sneaked into Kai's hand before holding it tightly.

Kai glanced at her and found that she had a serious expression filled with hope. He smiled and held her hand back. She had been hoping for this since a few years ago, and with it presented in front of her, she hoped… wished for this medicine to be a success.

Kai also closed his eyes, hoping for the same thing.

After an unbearable half an hour, Ria Ross suddenly straightened her back, looked at Kai and Michelle with a smile, and finally said, "It's effective."

The burst of happiness flashed in Michelle's heart. She couldn't hold it anymore. She hugged Kai tightly with her eyes moist as she happily muttered, "We did it."

Kai could feel the anxiety from her shaking hands, so he hugged her back and stroked her hair. "Yes."

…

At the same time, Ayaka and Tasha, who were unaware of the result, walked to buy some groceries for dinner.

Ayaka looked down for a few minutes while walking toward the store. She took a deep breath and braved her heart to make eye contact with Tasha and asked, "Why did we leave? You can do it together, we-"

Even with all of that, the words still got stuck in her throat.

Tasha's neutral expression slightly distorted before she went back to her poker face. She shook her head and closed her eyes. "Ayaka… why did you stop? That was the reason why we left."

Hearing her words, Ayaka couldn't help but apologize, "I'm sorry."

"Although we've recognized each other, it's still different from doing it together. We should keep in mind that we're not in some kind of movie whatsoever that we can just blast our way to create a scene like that. What?

Do you want to suddenly turn into a lesbian to play together?" Tasha paused for a moment before continuing, "I might be able to do it together, but not now… I need time to accept that."

Ayaka had no words to say. After all, the deepest part of her heart also told her the same. "I'm sorry… for asking such a dumb question."

They bought everything they needed. When they got back, they knew that the deed had been done from Michelle's smiley face. However, neither Tasha nor Ayaka said anything about it and acted as if nothing happened. Michelle also didn't brag about it, respecting each other.

In the end, they stayed in Ria's house for two days, and only Ayaka couldn't do it as the medicine for her beast blood wasn't ready yet. Knowing how Ayaka was feeling, Ria promised to finish her medicine as soon as possible.

They did it in Ria's house, not because they were perverts or anything like that, but because they wanted Ria to check up their bodies after doing the deed to make sure there would be no problems in the future.

Luckily, after going through several tests, none of them showed any signs of any problems. Michelle and Tasha secretly pumped their fists.

After finishing all the matters they had to take care of in the house, Kai's group finally went home.

In front of her house, a taxi to the station was already on standby. Ria saw them off, but before they left, she didn't forget to warn Kai about another thing.

"I know that you're happy with the medicine, but do it in moderation, okay? There aren't many supplies. And don't forget to wear protection or take a pill beforehand for the time being since the medicine for pregnancy is still in progress."

Kai nodded with a grim expression as he took this matter seriously. He wanted to be responsible for all the things he had done, so there was no way for him not to heed her warning.

"Teacher, thank you so much," Kai said with a deep bow, showing his utmost gratitude.

"It's fine." Ria Ross smiled gently. "See you soon, Kai."

"Yes. You too, Teacher. Take care of your health." Kai smiled as he looked at Ria, who then waved her hand at them. After waving back at her, they went in the taxi and finally went home.