Transmigrate inside a Web Novel as a Side Character.

A loud cheer erupted as the energetic voice from the emcee echoed inside the stadium. After watching the earlier exchange between both contestants, they finally stepped up the game a little bit.

Whether Xiao Lian or Janet was nearly going all out in the fight, they were still trying to conserve their cards. Janet, in particular, beamed after seeing Xiao Lian's stiff face, seeing the earlier attack she unleashed.

True to what Janet had in mind, Xiao Lian, who watched the undulating aura from the sword, felt her breath choked and sweat gradually drenched her temple. The slash Janet had unleashed was so sharp that if she didn't act, she would definitely lose.

Thanks to her immediate response, she succeeded in dodging the slash, but she couldn't be sure of the second one.

"Are you ready, first-year?".

With a confident smile on her face, Janet pointed her sword at Xiao Lian; from that gesture alone, Xiao Lian could feel the glimmering light of sharpness from the sword; it might be able to cut even the hardest steel with ease.

Xiao Lian regulated her breath and murmured, "No, don't falter. I have a promise to make. I want to try fighting Soma in this match, so There is no way I would Lose!". She gripped the spear tightly and prepared her stance, which prompted the others to do the same.

In a blink, Janet disappeared, and she appeared beside Xiao Lian, who managed to follow her movement just fine. Xiao Lian had fought a person who was much faster than Janet, so her vision had accidentally been enhanced to respond to this kind of situation.

The silver sword swung horizontally, which Xiao Lian dodged by ducking under and retaliating using her thrust. With minimal movement, Janet twisted her body and swung her sword diagonally.

Xiao Lian's brows twitched, and she leaped to the side to take some distance while preparing some of her magic circles, but Janet began to give chase and pursued Xiao Lian.

With each swing from its blade, wind or atmosphere seemed to get cut, and the sound that came from its swing was deadly silent; it sent shivers down Xiao Lian's spine. Most of the magic Xiao Lian cast had been sliced and dispersed into thin air.

The crowd from the second year began to cheer as they saw Janet had the upper hand. Meanwhile, the first-year spectators, especially Class-A, looked at Xiao Lian in admiration, for she could hold off with a senior above her.

They thought that looking at the match's continuation, they were already sure that Xiao Lian would be eliminated.

However, contrary to their assumption, Xiao Lian began to counter with her aggressive approach, as she had done earlier, but this time, instead of thrusting her spear, she swung it like she was handling a glaive.

Everyone who looked at her wondered why she did that, but, despite doing something unpredictable, Xiao Lian could maintain her stance and positioning well. Also, the way she handled the spear was some sort of art itself.

Xiao Lian threw away the basic knowledge that the spear was optimal for thrusting and instead used all of its components to strike the enemy in front of her: the blade shaft and even the dull tips. She spun the spear and used the momentum of it to launch a diagonally strike toward Janet.

The whole power of her body weight, mixed with the momentum from the spinning spear, sent an alarm toward Janet's conscience. She dodged to the side but Xiao Lian, who predicted that already prepared her magic, created a magic circle which startled Janet, floating in air behind her.

With her physical abilities, Janet managed to slash away the incoming ice chunk, but Xiao Lian also had prepared something else. Once the ice made contact with the sword, it shattered into a fine mist that momentarily obstructed her view.

"Kuh!".

The moment she waited had come; Xiao Lian began to create a huge magic circle above Janet, enough to devour her whole body. Then, a huge mass of water dropped; it pressed toward Janet's body and drenched it from head to toe. "Shit, I will drown!".

However, the moment Janet had thought that the pouring water was gone, and instead, below her, it created a massive puddle that shimmers with the sun's glare.

"Frost spike!".

"Wha?!".

With her mastery of mana and magic, Xiao Lian clenched her hand, and the puddle turned solid, and it began to thrust out multiple spikes that restricted Janet's movement.

Without wasting her time, seeing Janet was being restrained, but knowing Janet's strength and the brittle spike restraining her. It was only a matter of seconds before Janet could free herself. That is why Xiao Lian tightly gripped the spear shaft in her hand.

She retracted her right hand while inhaling deeply, and in one exhale, she threw it with all of her might, and then she followed the spear from behind.

The spear flew in a straight line as it slammed toward Janet's abdomen; the impact was quite strong as Janet's body bent slightly, blasting away some air in her lungs.

Within that brittle moment, Janet noticed that Xiao Lian had almost arrived in front of her. Still, before the continuous attack happened, her eyes dilated as she heard the unpleasant crack that ran through her chest before the brooch in her pocket shattered into pieces.

"You won!".

Janet's faint whisper traveled along the air as it entered Xiao Lian's ear; because of that, Xiao Lian had to halt her steps and saw the aura that coated the sword vanish.

"?!".

"The match is over!".

{...}

Teacher Lee's dignified voice echoed in the stadium, shrouded in silent shock. Even the emcee who looked at the match's outcome couldn't believe her eyes seeing it. Once Xiao Lian snapped out of her absent-minded state.

"Um, Senior?".

{Amazing~! Did you guys see this? A first-year had just won over the senior; this is never heard of; even the genius Serafina Lawrence and the indomitable Gary in their generation couldn't pull this off either. The current first year is truly outstanding. The winner is Xiao Lian from first year division}

"Woah!".

A groundbreaking cheer erupted, startling Xiao Lian and Janet, who were in the arena. The ice that binds her limbs slowly melts away, and Janet stores the sword in her hand.

As she heard the cheers and the absent-minded face from the first year who defeated her, she sighed and looked down for a moment, lamenting her arrogant mistake. She is so confident in her skill that she neglects something important in this match, and that is her opponent as she began careless.

"Um, senior?".

Listening to Xiao Lian's listless voice brought Janet back to the surface. She looked toward Xiao Lian's flat expression and spread her lips, hiding her bitter feelings.

"That was a good match!".

"Mm, I learned a lot in this match; thank you, Senior."

"I see, good for you. I also enjoy the match".

"?!".

Xiao Lian's eyes slightly twitched as she felt the trembling finger within her grasp, but before she could open her mouth, Janet turned her back and waved her hand, leaving the arena.

After pondering for a second, Xiao Lian bowed to Janet before turning around and approaching Soma, who was waiting for her in the corridor.

"Congratulations, Xiao Lian".

"Mm".

Unconsciously, she raised her hand and still felt the lingering trembling upon making contact earlier. Soma, who understood the feeling behind that shaking hands, stood in silence as this was the burden Xiao Lian had to shoulder as the one who defeated her opponent fairly in a match.

Xiao Lian tightly clenched her palm, closing her eyes. When she opened it, she uttered.

"Soma!".

"What is it, Xiao Lian?".

Her porcelain, unblemished face stared right through Soma's eyes, piercing his soul. Inside those listless eyes, a bright flame burned so bright it made Soma also respond in sincerity.

"I won't Lose. I will definitely win!".

Soma sighed and closed his eyes briefly. Then, as he opened his eyes, he exerted a bit of pressure to show her that it wouldn't be easy to defeat him.

"I will accept your challenge, Xiao Lian!".