"Weapons are all well and good, but in an exhibition match, it's frowned upon to kill someone," he laughed. "In that, I finally have the advantage." Which wasn't to say he couldn't use a weapon - he had started out as a squire, after all, and his parents had made sure he was adept with a dagger and cutlass if the need arose - but he preferred to up close and in the midst.
Although the armor that everyone else wore did keep them from sustaining horrid injuries that then got them laughed at by white mages.