Reborn in another world as a Hermaphrodite

"Fine, whatever..."

Alex backed down as his brain started to feel a little withdrawn from doing so much work.

They had been doing the math homework for almost five hours straight, as the clock showed it was already noon.

"Okay, I'm going to go get Luqing. You guys stay here for a bit, okay?"

Katherine quickly grabbed the empty food tray before leaving the living room, leaving the three to put their homework away for now.

"Mary, do you remember what Evelyn said before we left for winter break?" Sophia suddenly asked.

"Um, they are going back to their hometown?"

"I know that, but do you remember what was the place called?"

Both girls fell into silence, as their brains were a little too fried from all the homework they had done.

"Evelyn and Luna both said they were from Regina before," Alex answered.

"Oh, right. Then we should try to find them. I bet they will be so surprised to see us——"

Before Sophia could finish, Alex quickly interrupted her idea.

"How do we find them in such a big city?"

"Hmm..."

As Sophia fell into silence, Luqing finally arrived in the living room with her holding three pairs of winter boots.

"Good afternoon, Miss Sophia, Miss Mary, and Mr.Alex."

"Good afternoon, Luqing... Hey Luqing, do you know how to find someone from the city?" Sophia curiously asked.

"If you know the address, I can bring you guys there... But I'm afraid I don't have the power to search for someone."

Sophia looked a little bummed out, but Luqing gave her a little hope with her next answer.

"But if your friend is a mage, you will probably see her in the crowd next week during the event."

"What event is it? Auntie Amelia and Mom kept hinting at us but didn't tell us exactly what it was."

Alex curiously asked as they began heading back to their room, getting ready to dress up to leave the castle.

"Oh, they haven't told you guys yet? I'm sorry. I can't tell you either."

Luqing's answer annoyed all three of them a bit, but they didn't pressure her to say it as they headed into their rooms to change.

After changing their clothes, Luqing handed them pairs of winter boots she was holding for them to wear.

With everything fully ready, they finally headed out of the castle.

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"Luqing, where are we going?" Sophia curiously asked as the three of them followed her down the streets.

"We're going to visit the arena today. I brought tickets for the four of us already."

All three of them looked a little excited, with their sour mood moving long past them.

As they arrived on a long street, more and more people started to crowd up the streets.

Luqing quickly grabbed both Alex's and Mary's hands, and Sophia grabbed Mary's other hand to make sure everyone was together.

After moving past the crowds of people, they finally arrived at the massive ice structure ahead of them.

"Wow..."

The three kids reacted the same way people who entered the arena for the first time did.

They couldn't believe how cool it looked from the outside, with everything looking to be made of some sort of never-melting ice.

With a closer look, it was rather made out of crystals that looked like ice.

As Luqing gave her tickets to the workers, the three were even more stunned on the inside.

The ceiling was completely covered in a blue crystal, with the sunlight and the sky completely blocked off.

Yet, the room was not dark in the slightest, as the ceiling had giant blue chandeliers that lit up the entire place.

"Come on, let's go. Don't block people walking in."

Luqing quickly brought the three of them to their seats before sitting down herself.

After waiting for a bit, suddenly, the chandelier lights vanished, leaving only a spotlight shining onto the fighting ground.

"Man, this feels like watching a movie..." Alex murmured as dim light began to appear, just enough to allow the audience to see each other.

"Movie?" Mary looked confused as Alex accidentally spoke out a word that didn't exist in this world.

"Oh look, someone is coming out of the ground!"

As the ground trembled and split aside, a man in a suit holding a microphone appeared.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Let's give a welcome to our contestant!"

The first contestant appears as an elevator brought him up all the way up from the ground underneath.

It was a muscular man who was wielding a giant greatsword with both hands, looking almost like a barbarian with little armor.

Next, the second contestant was a much skinnier man who held a spear with a strong determination on his face.

"Who will live? Who will die? Stay tuned and find out!"

The spotlight began to unfocus, shining on the entire battleground gradually as the two contestants stood firm.

"You may now... Fight!"

As the announcer disappeared from the battleground, the spearman immediately rushed forward.

With a fast strike, it tried to hit the barbarian in the head. But the giant sword easily blocked it.

Slamming down with the spear next, the crowd could see the sparks as the metal of the two weapons hit each other with full force.

Just as everyone thought the two quick attacks were done, the spearman continuously struck at the barbarian nonstop.

It was becoming faster and faster, to the point that the three kids could only see the after-image of the strikes.

Yet, the barbarian was blocking every single one of them despite holding a greatsword that looked extremely heavy to maneuver.

Suddenly, the spearman stopped, taking a step back as he seemed to be charging some sort of attack.

To everyone's surprise, the barbarian watched as he maintained his defensive positioning.

"Take this!"

With a strike as fast as lightning, the spearman had somehow blinked to the other side, with blood on his spear.

A clear cut onto the barbarian's chest as blood began to spew out of its body.

"Why is he not attacking back?" Sophia questioned.

"Just wait," Luqing answered.

Despite the barbarian bleeding and standing still, the spearman started holding up in a defensive position instead.

Just as Sophia was about to ask what was happening, the barbarian suddenly roared so loud that their ear started to hurt a little.

The barbarian's eye was blood-red, rushing over to the spearman with his greatsword in the blink of an eye.

With a loud bang sound, the ground below the spearman started to crack as he blocked the attack with the body of his spear.

Pushing it aside, the spearman quickly jumped back, trying to create some distance for his weapon.

But the barbarian kept chasing, not letting him get any space at all as he continuously attacked forward.

The situation was almost completely flipped, with the spearman constantly dodging the barbarian's attack.

Still, the spearman dodges the attack and strikes back, causing the barbarian's body to have more and more cuts.

However, none of them were lethal as the barbarian dodged all of the piercing attacks, almost as if he was intentionally getting cut on purpose.

"Luqing, is this some sort of unique skill?" Alex curiously asked as the barbarian started to get faster with every attack.

It was almost as if he was being enraged, going in berserker mode of some sort.

"Yes... He's a part of the barbarian class of the swordsmen route. It's unique only in the north up here."

As Luqing answered, the spearman struck the barbarian's great sword directly, pushing him all the way back to the wall.

"You make me do this."

Suddenly, the spearman started striking his spear forward into the air despite the barbarian still a few feet away.

But to their surprise, the barbarian hid himself behind his sword, almost as if he was being hit by something.

"The wind!" Sophia quickly pointed out.

It became blatantly obvious that the spearman was using a ranged attack similar to a wind blade.

After the wind strikes, the spearman rushes forward before making a darling stab towards the barbarian again.

The attack was blocked, but the spearman kept pushing it forward as if he were trying to pierce through the sword.

"It's over."

As soon as Luqing murmured it out, the barbarian suddenly moved his sword aside, letting the spear pierce right through his belly.

The spearman's spear was now stuck, unable to pull his spear back to defend the upcoming chop that was aiming down right to his head.

Just within an inch of being beheaded, the greatsword stopped right at the spearman's neck.

"I lost..."

The spearman admits defeat as the barbarian raises his sword back up before pulling the spear out of his body.

"You didn't do bad. Just not as good as me."

As he handed the spear back to the spearman, the crowd burst into cheers.

"Congratulation to Thorgar Wolfheart! He's our winner!"

Everyone started chanting his name, with the three kids chanting their names as well.