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Chapter 77
A New Treasure
——-*phwshh*
Having lost my balance, Wilhelm aimed his wooden sword directly for my head and swung it down with full strength.
But.
“!!”
I calmly and easily blocked Wilhelm’s overhead swing.
“……….ohh, anything goes, is that how you wanna play?”
“………………………….”
Even after having his weapon blocked, Wilhelm continued to trample on my foot.
Haha, he’s really pulling out all the tricks just for a silly little match at the academy eh. I feel like that’s not very ‘knight-like’ of him though.
That said.
“Now that’s more like it.”
“!?!”
The moment he saw the corners of my lips curl upwards, he jumped backwards in a panic.
That was the correct answer, Wilhelm. If you had stayed I would have crushed your windpipe with a full powered thrust.
Of course, I had no intention on calling out what Wilhelm did as cheap or breaking the rules either.
After all, when you’re out in a real battlefield……..no, whenever you’re fighting with your life on the line, what Wilhelm tried was absolutely the right thing to do.
That’s what Marquis Fahlcrantz had taught me too.
And so.
“Guhh!!?”
“You started this. Don’t think too badly of me.”
I kicked down hard with all my strength at the foot of Wilhelm’s left leg.
That too, with the full intent to outright break his bones.
Unable to handle it, Wilhelm instantly fell to the ground.
There, I decided to deliver the finishing blow, and I raised my sword up.
“Th-that’s enough! Your highness, please stop!!”
Alas. Instructor Ixell stopped me.
Well, but still.
“guh……..gh, guh……….”
I completely crushed Wilhelm’s left leg. He’ll stay down for quite a while I imagine.
In the meantime, he’ll stop loitering around Liz as well so that was the best for us.
Giving a sidelong glance at Wilhelm, I gave a bow to Ixell and then got down the stage and went back to the place I was originally seated at.
“”””……………………………………………….””””
The other noble boys, and the girls that were cheering for Wilhelm were all staring at me in fear with completely stiff faces.
Well, them being a little afraid of me would actually make things easier for me so I appreciate it if anything.
“th-that ends the practical exams! Everyone, dismissed!”
The test finally over, the noble kids scrambled to quickly leave the training area as quickly as they could.
As if, they were trying to run out of my sight at full speed.
As for Wilhelm, Instructor Ixell carried him on his shoulder back to the infirmary.
And then there were all the noble girls looking worriedly at that Wilhelm……..but among those, one single girl, was looking with a hot gaze at me alone.
Of course, it was my Liz.
“Lord Rudy, that was absolutely splendid.”
“Thank you, Liz.”
Seeing me run towards her Liz spoke with a wide smile.
And now, the other noble girls in the surrounding also quickly scattered away like ants upon seeing me come there. The only ones left were Liz, and Sheila. What a sad sight.
“Still……..to have picked this fight against Lord Rudy himself, and yet ending up in a state so miserable that he couldn’t even get down the stage on his own, what a pathetic man.”
Seeing Wilhelm slowly leave into the distance, Liz, threw out some sharp words.
Precisely because she was a daughter of the Fahlcrantz household, there was no one more strict about the very essence and nature of battle than Liz herself.
Of course, if I had had a pathetic showing as well, Liz probably would have mercilessly scolded me as well I think…………sorry, I have no confidence.
“Oh right, how did your test go Liz? Considering how perfect you are in basically everything, I’m sure it must have turned out quite well eh?”
The moment I asked that, Liz instantly turned her head away.
Ah, could it be………..
“Pr-prince Rudolf! Lady Lizbeth truly put her heart and soul to sew this up!”
Sheila forced follow up only seemed to strike Liz’s heart further as her face turned red up to the tip of her ears, and her shoulders began to tremble.
“um, well………..It didn’t turn out too well………”
Saying that, with her face still looking down, she slowly and nervously showed me a certain handkerchief.
But……..this is………
“Liz………are you, giving this handkerchief to me……..?”
“I-if you are willing to take it, that is, Lord Rudy, yes but……..”
I was so overjoyed that I simply took the handkerchief from Liz and simply stared at it.
The embroidery that Liz had stitched with her own hands.
“Looks like my precious treasures, seem to have increased by one again………”
Of course, I was incredibly happy.
The thing most important to me in the whole world was obviously Liz herself, but the gold coin you gave, and now this handkerchief with the same design as the coin embroidered on it, these were all the greatest treasures I possessed……!!
“u-umm……..forgive me for asking such a thing but, Prince Rudolf, do you know what is that design that Lady Lizbeth embroidered on it……..?”
“ehehe! Of course I do! Look at this!”
Forever proud of holding it, I showed the gold coin that I so deeply treasure to Sheila.
It’s true that the actual embroidery didn’t resemble the coin that much but, I could still clearly tell it was the same.
Alongside Liz’s feelings, that she had painstakingly sewn into this.