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Chapter 183: A Trip To The City Of Sword & Magic (II) · Oct 13, 2026

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151 Chapter 151: The End Of The Semester (IV) 2026-10-13
152 Chapter 152: The End Of The Semester (V) 2026-10-13
153 Chapter 153: The End Of The Semester (VI) 2026-10-13
154 Chapter 154: The End Of The Semester (VII) 2026-10-13
155 Chapter 155: The End Of The Semester (VIII) 2026-10-13
156 Chapter 156: The End Of The Semester (IX) 2026-10-13
157 Chapter 157: The End Of The Semester (X) 2026-10-13
158 Chapter 158: The End Of The Semester (XI) 2026-10-13
159 Chapter 159: The End Of The Semester (XII) 2026-10-13
160 Chapter 160: The End Of The Semester (XIII) 2026-10-13
161 Chapter 161: The End Of The Semester (XIV) 2026-10-13
162 Chapter 162: The End Of The Semester (XV) 2026-10-13
163 Chapter 163: The End Of The Semester (XVI) 2026-10-13
164 Chapter 164: The End Of The Semester (XVII) 2026-10-13
165 Chapter 165: The End Of The Semester (XVIII) 2026-10-13
166 Chapter 166: Seven Stars Ball (I) 2026-10-13
167 Chapter 167: Seven Stars Ball (II) 2026-10-13
168 Chapter 168: Seven Stars Ball (III) 2026-10-13
169 Chapter 169: Seven Stars Ball (IV) 2026-10-13
170 Chapter 170: Seven Stars Ball (V) 2026-10-13
171 Chapter 171: Seven Stars Ball (VI) 2026-10-13
172 Chapter 172: Seven Stars Ball (VII) 2026-10-13
173 Chapter 173: Seven Stars Ball (VIII) 2026-10-13
174 Chapter 174: Demon Converging Gourd 2026-10-13
175 Chapter 175: A Little Annoyance 2026-10-13
176 Chapter 176: A Date With Lyra (I) 2026-10-13
177 Chapter 177: A Date With Lyra (II) 2026-10-13
178 Chapter 178: A Date With Lyra (III) 2026-10-13
179 Chapter 179: A Date With Lyra (IV) 2026-10-13
180 Chapter 180: A Date With Lyra (V) 2026-10-13
181 Chapter 181: Before The Inter-Academy Exchange 2026-10-13
182 Chapter 182: A Trip To The City Of Sword & Magic (I) 2026-10-13
183 Chapter 183: A Trip To The City Of Sword & Magic (II) 2026-10-13
184 Chapter 184: A Trip To The City Of Sword & Magic (III) 2026-10-13
185 Chapter 185: A Trip To The City Of Sword & Magic (IV) 2026-10-13
186 Chapter 186: [Flashbacks] (I) 2026-10-13
187 Chapter 187: [Flashbacks] (II) 2026-10-13
188 Chapter 188: A Trip To The City Of Sword & Magic (V) 2026-10-13
189 Chapter 189: A Trip To The City Of Sword & Magic (VI) 2026-10-13
190 Chapter 190: A Trip To The City Of Sword & Magic (VII) 2026-10-13
191 Chapter 191: A Trip To The City Of Sword & Magic (VIII) 2026-10-13
192 Chapter 192: A Trip To The City Of Sword & Magic (IX) 2026-10-13
193 Chapter 193: A Trip To The City Of Sword & Magic (X) 2026-10-13
194 Chapter 194: One Last Date...? 2026-10-13
195 Chapter 195: Perhaps... A Last Goodbye? 2026-10-13
196 Chapter 196: Dante Vs Gray 2026-10-13
197 Chapter 197: The Purpose Of Living 2026-10-13
198 Chapter 198: A Flag That Was Finally Raised... 2026-10-13
199 Chapter 199: The Academy Of Sword & Magic 2026-10-13
200 Chapter 200: Meeting The Student Council 2026-10-13

”Who’s first?” Ronan asked excitedly with a huge grin splattered on his face.

The small circle fell into a brief, awkward silence.

The Jenga tower stood quietly between them, stacked neatly, almost innocent, despite everyone knowing it absolutely wasn’t.

In the end, Gray didn’t wait for anyone else to speak.

He leaned forward, sleeves brushing his knees, and reached out with steady fingers. Without hesitation, he slid a piece straight from the middle of the first platform.

”...Such a scaredy cat,” Adrian clicked his tongue, clearly disappointed he hadn’t gone for something riskier.

Gray didn’t even look at him.

He turned the wooden piece in his fingers, eyes lowering to the faintly burned letters carved into its surface. His eyebrows lifted just slightly as he read it.

”...’Stare at the person of the opposite sex and closest to you for fifteen seconds?’” he muttered aloud.

His gaze turned as he looked at the girl who was the closest to him.

There was only one possible answer.

Lyra.

She blinked once, then twice, before her lips curved into a small, pleased smile.

”...Hehe.”

Gray huffed quietly, the corner of his mouth lifting.

”Alright,” he said calmly, placing the piece aside.

”Let’s start. It’s just fifteen seconds.”

A few nods went around the circle.

”Ohhh, this is already good.” Ronan clasped his hands together.

Gray and Lyra turned fully toward each other.

For a moment, nothing happened.

”...Mhm...”

”...Mmnn...”

They simply looked at each other.

At first, Lyra held his gaze easily, eyes bright, shoulders relaxed. But as the seconds dragged on, the silence grew heavier, more noticeable.

Gray’s expression didn’t change, but Lyra, on the other hand, wasn’t faring nearly as well.

Her ears slowly turned pink.

Then her cheeks followed.

Her lips parted just a little, breath growing softer, her fingers curling slightly in her lap as she fought the urge to look away.

Every second felt longer than the last, and the way Gray’s eyes never wavered only made her heart pound harder.

”...T-ten seconds,” Ronan whispered dramatically.

Lyra swallowed.

Her face was burning now, color spreading all the way down to her neck, but she stubbornly held on, eyes trembling yet locked onto his.

”...Time,” Adrian finally said.

Lyra snapped her gaze downward instantly, covering half her face with both hands.

”...That was harder than I thought,” she exhaled deeply.

”HAHA, harder? All you did was literally look at your boyfriend!”

At those words, Ronan burst out laughing.

”You don’t have a girlfriend to know how it feels!” Lyra shot him a glare so sharp it could’ve cut rope.

”Ughhhh!”

Ronan was directly shot in the area where it hurt.

”You did fine, Lyra,” Gray added lightly.

That single sentence was enough to make her ears turn red again.

”Okay, okay,” Adrian clapped his hands together, flashing what seemed to be a charismatic grin.

”Next turn. Someone else, before Lyra melts into the ground.”

The tower still stood tall, barely disturbed.

Selene was the next to move.

She leaned forward with a lazy smile, deliberately brushing close to Gray’s side as she did so. Lyra’s posture stiffened instantly, her hand tightening around Gray’s arm in an obvious, very possessive way.

’...Am I getting a Déjà vu?’ Gray shivered inwardly.

She slid a block free and turned it over.

”...’Hold hands with the opposite sex for thirty seconds.’”

The air changed.

”Oh? Oh?? This is getting good.” Ronan leaned forward.

Selene’s eyes flicked to Gray without hesitation.

Lyra didn’t even wait.

She reached for one of the wine bottles, popped the cork with far more force than necessary, and poured herself a generous shot.

”I’ll drink for you,” she said flatly.

”That fast?” Selene blinked.

”Gulp, gulp... cough!” Lyra downed it in one go, coughing slightly afterward but refusing to look embarrassed.

”Next.”

The guys stared.

”...That should be illegal,” Ronan muttered.

”You’re not even pretending.”

”Your turn, Selina,” Selene smirked, clearly pleased, and set the block on top of the tower again.

She leaned forward immediately, her fingers steady as she reached for a block near the upper layers.

The piece slid free without so much as a tremor.

She glanced at the writing and smiled.

”...’Whisper something sweet to the opposite sex cloest from you.’”

That person... was unfortunately Ronan.

”OH COME ON! NOW we’re talking!” Ronan’s head snapped up so fast his neck almost cracked.

Selina slowly turned her head toward Gray.

Held his gaze for exactly half a second.

Then, without breaking her smile, she reached behind her, grabbed a glass, poured herself a shot, and drank it in one single motion.

...You didn’t even consider it.” Leon blinked.

”I did. I rejected it.” Selina exhaled lightly, setting the glass down.

”That fast?” Gray raised an eyebrow.

She met his eyes again, this time with a playful glint.

”Some things are better left implied.”

”I’ve never felt so thoroughly ignored in my life upon hearing her words,” Ronan clutched his chest.

Lira was next.

She stared at the tower like it was a mechanical puzzle, and after a few long seconds, she extracted a block from the second layer with clinical precision.

She read the text.

”...’Compliment the eyes of the opposite sex.’”

Her face didn’t change.

Then, slowly, she turned her head toward Gray.

She met his eyes... and looking at those hypnotic circles, even she, who was naturally cold by heart... couldn’t.

”...No,” she said flatly.

She picked up the bottle, poured herself a shot, and drank it without a word. No sputtering, or drama... just an instant refusal.

”THIS IS STATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE!!!” Ronan slammed his palm against the dirt.

”THE ODDS DON’T WORK LIKE THIS!”

Lira didn’t even look at him.

She simply wiped the corner of her lips with the back of her hand after the shot and placed the glass down neatly, as if she had just finished a routine maintenance task.

”Your statistical model is flawed,” she said calmly.

”You forgot to account for preference bias.”

Ronan stared at her before scoffing.

”...I hate smart people.”

They continued playing, and after a while, the Jenga tower, which previously had eighteen layers, now had twenty-two, and the gaps were more visible than before.

”Oh? Is it my turn again already?” Selene exclaimed, her lips curling upward.

She didn’t even hesitate as her tiny fingers slid out a block from the lower-middle section.

...Creack..?

The tower groaned.

Everyone held their breath.

It stabilized.

”Tch,” Leon muttered.

”Of course.”

Selene glanced at the block and read aloud:

”’Spicy round: place your hand on the thigh of the closest person of the opposite sex for ten seconds.’”

”WAIT, I’M CLOSEST!” Ronan’s head snapped toward her.

Selene’s eyes flicked to Gray instantly.

Then away.

She clicked her tongue softly.

”...Pass.”

She poured herself a shot and drank it, smiling as the alcohol burned down her throat.

”Shame. Rules are rules.”

”I WAS RIGHT THERE!!!” Ronan collapsed forward onto his elbows.

Selina was next.

She adjusted her posture, eyes scanning the tower like a chessboard before removing a block near the top. Clean. Efficient.

She read it once.

”...’Spicy round: whisper where you’d like to be touched by the closest person of the opposite sex.’”

The closest person to Selina was Adrian.

Adrian froze.

Slowly, hope bloomed on his face.

”O-oh?”

Selina looked at him and held eye contact for exactly one second... but just then, she turned away, already pouring wine into her cup.

”Rejected,” she replied plainly, downing the shot.

”That information is classified.”

Adrian laughed, rubbing the back of his neck.

”Wow. I didn’t even get emotionally injured. That’s new.”

Now it was Lira’s turn again.

She hesitated slightly this time, not because of fear, but because the tower was starting to look genuinely unstable.

After a moment of calculation, she slid out a block from the third layer.

The tower tilted.

Stopped.

She exhaled quietly.

”...’Spicy round: lean close and tell the closest person of the opposite sex one thing you like about their body.’”

The closest person to Lira was Leon.

”...Huh.” Leon blinked.

Lira slowly turned her head toward him.

Then, without changing her expression, she reached for the bottle.

”No.”

She poured a shot, drank it, and added:

”I decline participation.”

”Fair,” Leon nodded, oddly relieved.

”THIS GAME IS CURSED!” Ronan screamed into the dirt.

Claire went next, visibly nervous now that the word spicy had become a pattern.

”O-okay... okay...” she muttered, pulling a block far too carefully.

She read it, eyes widening.

”...’Spicy round: hold hands with the closest person of the opposite sex for thirty seconds.’”

The closest person to Claire was Gray.

Her face instantly turned bright red as she froze while everyone leaned in.

Everyone leaned in.

”...You don’t have to if you don’t want to.” Gray tilted his head slightly.

Claire’s fingers trembled as she glanced at him, but seeing Lyra’s gaze filled with killing intent, she gulped hard.

”...I...I—!”

She squeaked, grabbed the bottle with both hands, and drank a shot so fast she nearly choked.

”I can’t do it!!!” she blurted out.

Hearing her words, Lyra’s eyes, full of killing intent, instantly dissipated. And so did Selene’s cold gaze, that she was barely holding back.

And now...

It was Gray’s turn as he carefully slid out a piece and read aloud:

”...’Extremely spicy round: Do a seven minutes in heaven with the person of the closest sex that is the furthest away from you.’”

The atmosphere instantly turned cold.

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