After the director announced his battle Lily entered the arena shortly thereafter. Lily and Flora's battle was against Edna and Carol.

"Good luck Lily" I said it with all my heart, I'd like to face Lily in the final.

Lily was very friendly with both of them, so I feel bad that she has to fight them both, but there's no way they can't fight.

Since it was already the semi-final, whoever won this battle would fight Mary and me in the final.

'Battles passed quickly.'

Today there will only be fights between classmates, and tomorrow the real tournament will begin between all classes.

After a while Edna and Carol also entered the battlefield, they were apparently calm, they weren't under much pressure, even though they had to fight their friends.

"I won't take it easy on you," said Edna, apparently quite confident of her victory.

After some time, the two pairs were positioned at their particular locations in the battle arena.

I hope this is a good fight, as the other battles went by at incredible speed.

"3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Fight" After a while the director had finished the countdown and the two pairs started attacking each other.

The first pair to attack was Lily's pair.

Lily attacked Edna and Flora attacked Carol, I didn't know why, but I don't think there is any apparent reason for them to choose these battle positions.

The next instant Lily threw her body over Edna with everything, I wasn't sure what she was trying to do, but I just have to believe in her victory.

"You are full of openings." said Edna apparently annoyed with Lily, I think she was angry at the carefree way Lily was fighting.

'I taught Lily how to fight very well, why is she fighting this way?'

I didn't know for sure, but it worked.

Lily threw her body at Edna, but when Edna went to attack Lily's opening, she stopped the sword strike with her own sword, and then prepared a spell to hit Edna very closely.

"Fireball" Lily shouted the magic with all her might hoping the attack would work.

The next instant a fireball went toward Edna, but it wasn't as Lily thought.

Edna can predict Lily's plan.

"Stone Wall" Edna shouted a level 3 spell, then a large stone wall appeared between the two before Lily's magic could hit her.

'It was a good plan.' that's what I thought.

Then Edna took advantage of the distraction of the wall and attacked Lily with the sword. They exchanged hard blows, but Lily was losing strength.

"You cannot win against me with your present strength." Edna said with a wry smile on her face.

Lily who heard this got a little irritated and began to attack anyway. She began to throw unnecessary spells and hit several empty blows with the sword.

"It's your end," Edna said as she swung her sword toward Lily's waist.

A moment later Edna's sword struck Lily squarely in the middle of her waist.

Lily fell off the floor, she wasn't unconscious but she was in a lot of pain and her couldn't get up, so the director asked them to get her out of the arena.

'Now all that remains is to believe in Flora.'

I don't know if Flora can win, but I find it very difficult for something like this to happen.

Flora's battle was one-sided to Carol's side.

"Lily's already gone, you better quit," Carol said with a seemingly happy face.

Of course she would be happy, as her pair is one step closer to the final.

I thought Flora wouldn't listen to Carol's suggestion, but I was wrong.

"I quit"

Flora gave up shortly after Carol's suggestion.

"The winners are Edna and Carol," said the director with self-enthusiasm for the whole arena to hear.

Right after that the arena exploded into even bigger applause, I think it's because it's the last match before the final.

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After the fight was over, I went to talk to Lily about the battle, since she seemed pretty discouraged about it.

"Lily, you did your best, don't worry about it." I said that to Lily with a smile on her face to make her feel better.

"Right." Lily responded with a warm smile on her face, as she had tears in the corners of her eyes.

She was very upset about losing the battle this way, but nothing could be done.

But soon it's time for the final, so Mary and I need to get ready.