Sir John's heart pounded in his ears with excitement as he saw he was ahead of Sora.
Every now and then, he dared to glance behind for her, dreading that Sora would overtake him but it seems he was leading Sora by a good distance and there was no way Sora could catch up with him.
He suddenly relaxed and a triumphant smile spilled from his lips. He could already envision Sora losing, and asking her hand for marriage in front of her parents and everyone. But when he looked at her family who were standing in the pavilion cheering for Sora happily, he found something was a miss! When he saw Aryan a trace of light passed through his eyes. He always found Aryan too close to her and he took him as a threat to be with Sora. Actually many people thought the same.
'Sora, you cunning vixen!', Aryan shook his head and smirked.
Just as Sir John was away around fifty meters from the finishing line, suddenly something fast passed them and his horse started to jump so violently that he was about to fall from the saddle. Sir John widened his eyes as he stabilized herself with his mana because his concentration was disturbed due to that sudden passing object. The air around him stopped working as per his plan.
"Easy boy easy! Browny? What are you doing?" Sir John tried to calm down his horse and his racing heart which was jumping because of the sudden halt. He felt some strong aura just pass by him.
He gathered the reins and pricked the horse's side but the horse didn't budge. He snorted and ignored Sir John.
"You….." Sir John's words were cut off when he saw the scene in front of him.
'Princess Sora…...finished the race already, how come? It wasn't possible! How can Princess Sora catch him up so easily and quickly?', he has so many questions in his mind. 'Does she use her power by any chance? But he does not feel any power nearby him but just a strong aura!'
Sora's lips were pursed into a thin line and her eyes do not have any expressions. As if it was a child's game she wins every day. Diamond neighed as his eyes danced with slyness.
"Princess Sora won the race!" Aryan's chirpy voice echoed breaking everyone out of their trance.
"How is this possible?", Sir John asked in a croaked voice. Till then the trainer reached to Sir John's side to calm down his horse Browny and to take away him to the stable as he knows he will not listen to Sir John.
The trainer bowed in front of Sir John and spoke, "Sir, you thought you were leading! It was an old technique of game where princess Sora made you believe that you can actually win!"
Sora had intentionally made him relax and he was so caught up in his dreamland about his marriage and the power of Sora that he didn't realize Sora was catching up with him.
Make the enemy comfortable, then make his guard down, and then attack him!
Many of the audience still couldn't believe Sora won. They had seen how awesome she looked when she bypassed Sir John at the speed of lightning. It's like she and her horse has become one. There was something so magical about it that they couldn't take their eyes off her until she reached the finishing line!
It was another victory for Princess Sora and now the other party was actually concerned about which game to choose! Many started to rake their heads! As it was another blow from Sora to their glory, many wanted to back out too! Still few of them thought she can't be perfect in everything! So they still decided to go for it. Everybody wants to try their hand at the given opportunity by Sora herself.