I regressed and became the Sword Ice King

"Who are you?"

The startling question came at a sudden pace, too quick for the duo to come up with something tangible.

But even still, Wisdom wasn't going to let a 15-year-old stop them from achieving their goal.

"Young student, isn't that rude? We may be strangers here for the festival, but we are still adults."

Raph kept his words to himself for a moment, Jane and Darrell appearing by his sides at that given moment.

The tension and confusion were palpable, their anticipation of the next action reaching its climax.

"I don't think you get the question, 'stranger'." Raph teased as a sigh escaped his lips.

He turned to the woman next to him, a particularly petite yet familiar body shape and, most especially, a fake status screen.

'It's fake but their energy levels aren't.'

He thought.

It was often possible to do such, change one's status screen and not their energy level, or change both for investigations and spying.

Both had their pros, but one was done by an amateur mage, and the other by a well-versed mage.

Katherin scoffed.

"Staring at me won't give you the answers you seek, boy."

She turned around, grabbing Wisdom by his collar.

"My husband and I are simply here for the festivals, please don't get in our way."

Jane placed his hand on Raph's shoulders.

"Perhaps they were the wrong people?"

"Yeah, they're just civilians like the others, visitors here for the festival events."

Darrell interjected, sealing the deal, or at least that's how it seemed but Raph had other plans.

"Come to me, Cold Steel."

A chill ran down their spines as he clapped his hands together, a cold mist ensuing out of it while he pulled it apart.

The cold mist transformed into his double-edged katana, a chilling energy exuding out of it.

The duo noticed it instantly, turning around and raising their voices in protest.

"What are you doing to mere visitors?!"

Wisdom cried out.

"Does your academy not have rules against violence with the visitors?"

A slight chuckle exuded Raph's lips as he approached them.

"But that's the thing, Katherin and Wisdom."

His statement caused a stir of shock, for different reasons of course. Darrell and Jane found it surprising because of the news they had heard about the System Uprisers and their leaders. The duo were caught in their thoughts because of how he recognized them.

"Who–Who are those people? You're referring to the wrong people."

Wisdom muttered, startled for a moment.

"Hah….these fools. You still haven't figured it out huh? My eyes…." He pointed at them, a smirk drawn across his face. "You just can't deceive it."

A gust of aura erupted out of his body as he charged at them without warning, exuding a chilling presence in the area.

The duo, startled by his sudden appearance, had reacted far faster than they were supposed to.

Wisdom spun to the front, his dark pupils shimmering with intent as he stumped his feet to the ground,

The pavement rumbled, emerging upwards with a powerful force as Raph crashed into the large rock with a loud thud!

"You have the wrong people," Katherin said, her tone laced with hesitation.

Their plans seemed to have been caught right at the edge of it, especially when they had been searching for a way out of it.

'And now, this bastard?! This bastard wants to come in our way?!'

Meanwhile, Jane and Darrell glanced at each other, as if confirming their roles.

"I'll go get the student council."

Jane rushed forward first, a goal set in mind while Darrell watched him silently.

A loud hissing sound and the crackling of ice grabbed his attention, his gaze narrowing on noticing the students and visitors stopping by to watch the scene unfold.

'These humans! They'll stop to watch anything.'

The young elf sighed before heading towards the opposite direction.

He needed to divert their attention somewhere else, and probably get the Security team to help while at it.

Just then, a tremble spread through the ground, rumbling throughout the school as Raph's aura exuded with intent.

He seemed to have sliced the Boulder away and charged at them, nearly knocking Wisdom out. The tremble was from his strike.

Darrell groaned, turning away.

'He just acts impulsively when he gets a clue on something.'

A sigh escaped his lips, as he began to drive the approaching students and visitors away.

****

Meanwhile, two figures emerged from the Gate Portal, their expressions and gazes familiar, yet subtly different.

The Gate Guards gave them a firm nod and welcomed them in while the Security watched them in silence, inspecting them in their own way.

One of these was Elsie, who was caught up in her thoughts while she stood at the entrance to the Remembrance Hall.

'I could be out there, playing with my hubby, but here I am…..acting all 'Security girl' with a bunch of unappreciated humans.'

With a slight groan, she looked away, the sounds of the approaching figures perking her ears.

"So, what now? Do we just search again?"

A female voice asked, one with intent and suppressed strength.

"We can, we can….or we can just enjoy the day?"

The other was a male with a firm yet easygoing tone that exuded a lax yet powerful and formidable energy.

"You must be kidding…" the female said while the male laughed in excitement.

At this point, they had gotten to the staircase and begun to ascend to the main building of the Remembrance Hall.

That also meant they were approaching Elsie.

"...though, I do like the idea of having a little fun."

"Exactly, we work all the time….what's a little fun, huh?"

Elsie giggled a little, her cheeks blushing red at their conversations.

"So cute." She whispered as they got to the top of the stairway.

Just then, their gazes locked onto hers, and so did hers, the male nearly tripping as they did so.

She raised a brow in confusion and suspicion while they walked into the building.

'What was that all about?' She wondered as she looked away.

She couldn't bother herself with the little things anyway.

The two figures walked past Elsie with surprise etched on their expressions, Mila raising a brow as she turned to Nicho.

"Wasn't that the mutt?" She asked.

Nicho nodded. "That mutt was in fact, the mutt."

A sigh escaped their lips, their gazes turning towards the exhibition cases of formidable weapons with a portrait of their past owner.

All these people were once members of the Academy, and they had proven their capabilities many times in it.

"Now we know where one of our goods went."

"Should we take her back?"

Mila's tone was rough, almost like a statement than a question but Nicho's reply cut through those thoughts.

"Why would we go and do that? Let's focus on the goal first."

She turned to him, slowly nodding away as she looked away.

By then, they had gotten to the other side of the hall, a set of stairs leading to the walkway.

They had approached it silently, their thoughts reeled in, when a sudden energy blast struck the skies, cascading down the clouds in a blue hue.

The energy blast sent a wave of wind cascading down the atmosphere towards them, and a chill crept up their spines.

Mila and Nicho glanced at each other, their surprise palpable as they turned towards the source of the energy blast.

"Are they fighting today?"

"That wasn't in the Rooster and most especially, they don't seem to be fighting to win…..but for one to die."

Nichos' brows furrowed, his tone pitched as he said.

"Let's check it out."

****

The walkway was riddled with icicles and broken rocks as Raph approached the two figures from the sides yet again.

The two had chosen to defend and evade the attacks, but they were being pushed back, and it was occurring fast.

"What do we do? He's not letting up?"

Wisdom asked, his tone dripped with the urgency of the situation.

"I do not know. This wasn't in one of our plans, was it?"

She asked though Katherin had been figuring out a backup plan since a while back.

'He's not letting up, yes, but he's also doing us a favour. We should approach somewhere the visitors can see us clearly, then announce our names…..it's a dangerous plan but at least the so-called 'executives' will see us coming.'

It was an annoying plan. Katherin was a woman who never liked to rely on others to help her do her job. Mostly because people tend to disappoint at unforgiving times.

'....I can't believe I'm actually believing in this fool. He better be right.'

She grabbed him by his collar just as Raph closed the distance and suddenly teleported away, and their energy with it.

Raph froze for a moment, his gaze following the trail of their mana.

It took a bit over a second, and as soon as they appeared, his gaze trailed their energy to the spot, his body moving in a fluid motion in the next second.

With a gust of wind and energy, he lunged into the sky and charged towards their direction in the blink of an eye.

Wisdom and Mila had appeared in the Class Two fields, unoccupied by students but still close to grabbing the mass's attention.

"What are you doing? Running isn't fixing anything."

Wisdom protested as he pulled her arm away from his collar.

"We aren't. We're just changing the scenery."

Just then, the approaching figure of Raph descended from the skies to the fields with a loud thud.

Energy and ice exuded out in the air from the force as he approached them from a crater formed by his landing.

"You don't let up, huh? Raffaelo Jun."

Katherin felt a rare excitement as her body suddenly ignited in flames.

She took a step forward, her lips curling into a wild grin–devoid of all that is good, with an intent, a mad intent.

"Finally done hiding, huh, Katherin? I hope you are prepared to face the consequences of your action?"

The Flames ignited into the skies, her gaze widening in excitement.

"That's Professor Katherin to you."