Sword is equal to Wand, Chapter 14

Today was a pretty good day. Day 1 of my time at Hogwarts, at least when it came to lessons being active, I got cast my first few spells. I got to break 'Draco' Malfoy's nose, I got to lay hands on a big titty blond Pureblood princess in the name of teaching her.

It was a total win obviously!

And now I was back in the Gryffindor common room watching some second years burning off some extra energy with some light dueling using padded weapons in the Gryffindor dueling circle.

'Hmm, I wonder how Hermione is doing in Ravenclaw... Whelp I will probably see her tomorrow as I have them in Wizards vs. The Supernatural World. As in the History class.' I mused to myself.

And then, while I was in thought, a throat clearing rang out and I looked over to the side to see the Prefect Xiao Yun, the supposed sword prodigy that was slated to do 'VERY' well if not outright win the Hogwarts dueling tournament in the seniors class.

"Xiao Yun may I help you with something?" I asked with some confusion at seeing the young man fold his arms over one another and he then said rather plainly.

"The first Hogwarts Dueling Tournament for Freshmen is set in one month Jake Bariss, normally only the top two, maybe three have reached Elemental Manifestation in their martial arts let alone in actually getting ahold of their magic."

He leaned in and said quietly. "If you continue to aid members of the other houses in such a profound way... It will hurt the interests of your housemates as each house is given extra supplies and rewards for their house's placement in the dueling tournament, especially."

He then finished very bluntly. "You just got here, I understand that. And being a Newblood you need some money I also understand that... But if a dozen Slytherins come to the dueling tournament in the Elemental Manifestation stage of their martial arts. You will face a lot of issues with your housemates."

I knew this wasn't a threat or anything. He was being... Brutally honest as although this was still a school and had a lot of protections against typical Xianxia bullying BS. Fucking with someone's money/path to immortality was still a good way of getting my ass beat by a dozen other people.

So I gave a simple nod of understanding before I said calmly. "Thank you for the warning Xiao Yun, I will keep that in mind."

There was a pause before Xiao Yun looked aside and then said quietly. "Still... You did well putting Dorea into the dirt. Her elder sister, who goes to Drumstrang, is a monster who has almost crippled a student and badly hurt several others in the larger tournaments at the end of the year. So it's good to see some talent back in Gryffindor's younger years."

I raised an eyebrow at the thought of possibly taking part in those before, Xiao Yan gave me a final nod of respect and stepped away.

With that, however, I just shrugged and went back to watching the two hot second years girls throwing hands as they were both training in palm techniques.

As it was both a feast for the eye's as one of them was a hot chocolate-skinned woman, and the other was a blond tomboy with pretty good curves that were displayed with her tight exercise outfit.

But I was also analyzing and picking apart their martial arts.

"Hmm, what is your little eye's picking apart I wonder?" A teasing voice rang out before Rosaria sat next to me with an amused grin as she looked between me and the two older teens who were close to twenty years old at this point, probably.

I shrugged and said easily. "I am looking at their martial arts. I am thinking about what style of unarmed martial arts I should pick up, seeing as I am poor and can't afford either a space ring or a decent weapon to begin with."

Rosaria's face twitched at my blunt words, with her shaking her head and saying with amusement. "Hey... You might get your teeth broken by a block of soap in a sock by your housemates, but you can also suck up to that princess Daphne a bit more."

I raised an eyebrow and demanded. "What would you know about soap bars in a sock? Aren't you like half a princess as well, anyway? Should you be trying to keep the water in your own fields rather than letting it get out?" 

To which she shrugged and said with a wry smile. "Mother is a Newblood, remember? Yeah, anyway my muggle cousin got sent to juvy for punching another kid at school and told me a whole spiel about prison life... Even though it was only three days in juvy for him." 

'Ah yes, her cousin Dudley is still a thing, I guess. Well, good thing to hear the porker wasn't also genderbent as well.' I thought while holding in a chuckle before I blinked as she continued.

"Anyway, Jake, I hope that our dear and wonderful friendship would allow me a little sparring session with you in the dueling pit?" 

I blinked at Rosaria in confusion at hearing her ask for a sparring session, then I paused as she snapped a finger with sparks of lightning arcing between her thumb and finger tip.

"With my mom bringing me around a bunch of strong people, I myself got a little trick up my sleeve I wanted to use on Dorea as well, but now she will hear about it regardless, as we don't share a combat training class at all!" She finished with a bit of a pout.

I looked at her before shrugging and said with a wry smile. "Fine, let's get into the ring then."

And we both got up together, and we walked across the massive Gryffindor common room with us stepping into the ring with Marianne Selywn one of the two female prefects coming over to watch.

"So the new little golden boy and the Potter heir. Did you two have an argument or something?" She asked with some interest.

Rosaria just snorted and didn't deign to respond for some reason, but I still just tossed it out. "Nope, this is supposed to be a little sparring session." 

We got out towards the center of the dueling arena and I asked curiously as we were outside of the hearing of others while in the arena... Because apparently, too much drama would get aired out for everyone's ears while they were getting their ass beat.

"She is a Selywn, her family got off light after Voldishits bit the dust by selling off their family members to powerful families outside of the UK who were part of his bullshit as well." She said flatly.

Then she held up her hands with one hand extended further out in a clear stance, and I began tearing apart her martial arts in a couple of moments as she stepped towards me with her palms filled with a hint of lightning?

Then she stepped forward and threw her palm at me in a hand spear. And all those movements made my eye's widen in understanding as it was clear now.

I relaxed my form and as her knife hand reached my chest, I put my own knife hand into the crook of her inner elbow, making her hiss in pain with her arm laying flat out as I found the VERY visible hole in her martial arts.

"Lightning and thunder-based, impalement and palm strikes huh? Lighting for its lethal power and thunder to do internal damage via palm strikes?" I spoke aloud as I dissected the martial art.

And I saw Rosaria's face twitch as I looked up past her hands 'and her fantastic tits' to her face to hear her say with a sigh. "Yup, you are bullshit."

It only got funnier as I took a breath and then clapped my hands together, making a loud booming noise and sending a shockwave of thunder energy that pushed her back as well.

'Holy shit... I can yell Hulk Smash while clapping to send a shock wave! Fuck waving my wand to turn someone's shirt pink, this is real magic!' I thought with just the purest of joy!

Did I want to fight the redhead beauty right now? Sure, a bit kinda, but I was honestly more focused now on clapping my hands to make shock waves now!