THE LUCKY CONSTESTANT
THE LUCKY CONSTESTANT
"For killing our esteemed Supreme Conjurer Geesea", the conjurer replied to me.
"It was that fool Geesea who attacked me first. It is self-defense which is allowed under the laws of Tarah city. You cockroaches have no right to arrest me", I replied to the guy to his surprise and shock.
The entire Conjurer Court was shocked by my admission and daring appearance. Anybody else would have run and hid from the guards and conjurers in the circumstances.
"You are a criminal for hurting and killing conjurers, arrest him", Conjurer Ivior accused me again.
"Hey Crossdresser, a conjurer can retaliate against another. That is legal under the laws of the Southern Empire and also the laws of the Conjurer Court", I replied to them.
Our newspaper ran many headlines about Conjurer Ivior's private life before he was brought down as a Master Conjurer. The one description about him that stuck to most people was his habit of dressing as a woman.
"That is not true. I am not a crossdresser. You are twisting the law, twisting everything. You attacked us while you are under arrest", Conjurer Ivior shouted back to me, more to defend himself than to accuse me.
"Arrest? What arrest? Nobody showed me a warrant from the Governor's office or the Conjurer Court when you came crashing into Pleasure Court with weapons", I replied to him which stunned him.
"Why didn't you ask for a warrant?", another conjurer asked Ivior.
"We..we…it was urgent. We didn't process a warrant in time. They will run away if we take too long to arrest them. Even the Supreme Conjurer thinks so", Ivior replied to them.
"See, this idiot and his conjurers attacked me without a warrant of arrest. I have every right to kill every single one of them there and then under the laws of the land and also this bloody court. This scum is alive today because I am merciful", I shouted to all those who came to watch the competition.
"The Bully has a point. We are a lawful society, our guards do not attack someone without a warrant", someone said suddenly.
It was Master Conjurer Iras.
"Iras, are you defending the person who killed Supreme Conjurer Geesea?" Ivior asked Master Conjurer Iras angrily.
"Conjurer Ivior, after your demotion to an ordinary conjurer, you have no right to address me directly by my name", Master Conjurer Iras told Ivior who had nothing better to say to him and took a step back.
Conjurer Ivior wasn't the powerful master conjurer who led the Discipline Committee of the Conjurer Court when he tried to arrest me many years ago when I was an ordinary conjurer.
He was a nobody now.
"So, are you arresting me now?" I asked the conjurers.
"No, not for now. You have been accused of a crime, but that accusation hasn't been proven in our court", he replied to me.
"Then can I continue with this bloody fight?" I asked.
"You may continue with the Conjurer Inheritance competition", Master Conjurer Iras told me.
"But he killed our Supreme?" someone shouted out to protest.
"We have laws in the Conjurer Court, otherwise we are no better than the demon army or the Shadow Conjurers", Iras replied to the guy.
"Yaw Bulee attended", the registrar said.
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"Didn't the Shadow Conjurers ask you to lay low for a while?" Ratatouille asked me.
"As if I'll listen to them", I replied to him.
"What have you been doing recently? Killing a Supreme?" he asked me.
"I need to meet with the Shadow Council", I replied to him.
"The Shadow Court will never believe their trainers could produce someone like you. They will never meet a suspicious recruit like you", he said.
"That is why the Supreme must be sacrificed otherwise the Shadow Council will not believe I am with them. A person who kills a Supreme Conjurer is the enemy of the entire Conjurer Court, no matter who it may be or what the reason", I replied to him.
"That is drastic, but you are learning the meaning of sacrifice now", he said to me approvingly.
"Yes, we must sacrifice others. That is the way of the Bully", I replied to him.
"That is more like the way of the Dark Angel. You are becoming more like him whether you like it or not", he replied to me.
"We still haven't found out who the Shadow Council sent to the Conjurer Inheritance competition", I replied to him ignoring his comments.
Suddenly, the registrar called a familiar name.
"Prince Spiros"
"Here", Prince Spiros replied to the registrar as he walked toward the registrar to register, proud and valiant, like a true Knight of the Cross.
"Hell, even he came", I said.
Even Prince Spiros from the Knight Order of the Cross joined this Conjurer Inheritance Competition despite the practice of Templar knights who seldom got involved with matters of the conjurers.
When we thought the surprise was over, another familiar name was mentioned.
"Ivior"
"I am here", Ivior replied to the registrar as he fumbled and scrambled to register his name.
"Hey, that Ivior is competing in the Conjurer Inheritance. Shouldn't there be an age limitation to this kind of thing?" Ratatouille asked me.
"There is no limitation by age although there is a limitation of the competition to Master Conjurers and above ranked conjurers. Ivior was demoted to become an ordinary conjurer, he has the right to compete now", I replied to him.
"Why is the weakling competing when he will definitely lose?", Ratatouille asked.
"That may not be what he has in his mind", I replied to him, curiously myself.
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The Conjurer Inheritance Competition was divided into individual challenges between competitors and the competitors were paired beforehand before they fought in a contest of elimination.
However, where the total number of competitors was an odd number, one lucky contestant who doesn't get a pairing would win the round without a fight.
"Ivior- automatic progression to next round"