Standing on the flat dueling stage, with a dense crowd behind and in front of her, Charlotte pulled back the hood of her robe, her clear eyes silently scanning her surroundings.
Unlike her usual teaching or research in the lab with magical machinery, Charlotte's attire today leaned towards minimalist. There were no ornaments to accentuate her skin, no revealing dresses to showcase her alluring figure, and no high heels that would impede her movement. She was simply wearing a standard mage's robe over a plain shirt and skirt.
Yet, even so, the woman's proud and upright posture remained an unignorable spectacle.
Spotting a familiar silver-white figure in the audience, Charlotte gripped her staff, a slight smile gracing her lips, and shifted her gaze to the dueling opponent directly across from her.
Kelet Brown, an early tier Fire Arcanist mage. Charlotte's last encounter with him was five years ago, where she had narrowly defeated the fire-specialist Arcanist mage.
