When the first matchup started.
A familiar voice was heard in Kevin's ears.
- Raise your sword and block the front. Chris will attempt a surprise attack.
It was Roman's voice.
Kevin, he doesn't understand what was going on since sound was directly entering his head through mana, he was not sure what to do at that instant due the sound which entered his head.
After some momentary hesitation.
He couldn't fully understand what had happened to him, but when he realized that the owner of the voice was Roman, he instinctively followed what was said to do.
At That moment.
Tight!
" !"
There was a tingling shock in his hand.
He just blocked the way Roman told him to, but he unknowingly blocked Chris's preemptive attack.
- Work sideways, and aim for Chris' chest as he tries to kick you.
Next command was given.
Kevin wanted to follow Roman.
However, his reaction speed was slower than expected, and Chris' kicked him which Roman had foretold him what will Chris will do next.
'Puck!'
At that moment, his breath was caught in his throat, and Kevin, fell to the floor, will grabbing his stomach.
Thick saliva dripped from his mouth.
Kevin had cut off his own arm just a week ago, but pain is hard to get used to it.
That was then.
- Blow yourself to the right.
A voice penetrates his mind.
Kevin knew that in order to live he had to follow the word.
Forcefully swallowing the pain, he flew away and saw Chris swinging his sword at him as expected.
- Attack the opponent's left chest.
it was a gap
Chris swung his sword broadly, exposing a loophole, and Kevin was seemed to be able to deliver a blow if he attacked it.
This time, however, the attack was unsuccessful due to Kevin's lack of ability.
The speed of swinging the sword was slow, which Chris has seen it before hand.
complete failure.
Chris didn't even know that his opponent was looking at his loophole.
It was an attack that could be easily avoided, and at Chris' counterattack, Kevin was once again beaten in the stomach.
Whoops!
It was a one-sided fight.
Kevin was devastated without even being able to counterattack, and he wanted to sit down due to excruciating pain to the point the point where blood came from various place.
Even so, the words of giving up in these match did not come out of his mouth.
Aside from the fact that Roman didn't give the order to stop, what's happening right now is so funny to him.
'Master Roman is omnipotent. Chris is acting like a puppet, just like Master Roman said.'
Roman's voice, It was a like prophecy to him.
When he said Chris was going to attack the right, the same thing happened in real life, and Roman showed him loophole to him it looked like an opportunity to actually knock Chris down.
However, his ability to implement and attack the loophole was insufficient .
According to Roman's advice, it was a fight in which he should have defeated Chris right away, but his petty body didn't listen.
That's was funny to him.
A two-star aura knight.
While ordinary people like him looked up to, Roman made fun of it by putting it on the palm of his hand like a toy.
He found out then, why did be send him to fight Chris in these practices match.
Roman sent a message to him.
'This is the level of Master Roman. Even Chris, who is called Dmitry's greatest genius, can't even keep up with the master's true abilities. Such a person is the master he is loyal to for the rest of my life, and here something that does not make sense is common sense, I have to blindly follow what the Master says.'
A future in which he can become powerful became true when Roman appeared in front of me.
Just as he believed in Roman's words and cut off his own arm, he had a blind conviction that if he followed him, he would become stronger.
one match.
Roman showed him the way to become powerful.
It's the reason why he chose to cherish it in awe.
Kevin forgot about physical pain and completely immersed himself in practice match, so Chris' warning didn't work.
"Tell me one last time. If you show the will to fight more, be prepared to cripple one body."
Last warning.
Kevin chuckled.
'Are you telling me to give up in these practice match?'
It can't be.
The other party doesn't know the truth.
that he is a puppet.
Even a great knight like Chris is puppet in Roman hand, so what can a boy in his mid-teens can do?
No matter how much he thought, there was only one answer, 'Loyalty.'
If his body is weak, he need to show his mental strength.
"He will do it all the way." It was Kevin's decision to do.
Even if this battle he will lose, Kevin wanted to prove his only worth.
Chris didn't know Kevin's determination, so he exploded at the sight of Kevin who never gave up until the end.
tuk.
Patience was broken, the heart in which he felt sorry for the opponent was now overshadowed by anger.
"He don't even know the subject !"
tap.
By kicking the ground
Chris thought Kevin had nothing to do with swordsman ship.
However, if he shows the spirit of a warrior who does not give up until the end.
He definitely need to finish it. Kevin will regret his mistake for the rest of his life, as a result of the disastrous result of one of his body being crippled.
Chris was quick and quickly dug into the space in an instant, and Kevin swung his sword at an unresponsive speed, aiming at the opponent's shoulder.
One arm will be used to pay for mistakes
As the wooden sword was about to cut his arm, Kevin took a step forward.
- One step forward.
" !"
Chris rolled his eyes.
one step ahead.
It is a dead end.
It was like sticking his head where the wooden sword fell, and was similar to the scene when Roman defeated Chris.
Still, Kevin did not hesitate.
Even though he knew he might die, he took one step and secured a position to attack before his opponent.
And then.
- Attack with all your might.
He followed the last command.
Kevin clenched his teeth and swung his sword from bottom to top, and a crude blow split the wind and aimed at his opponent.
A situation of one touch, each of there bodies entangled them.
As a result.
Whoa!
There was the sound of something breaking.
With the dripping of blood, a man's body fell behind like a doll with a broken thread.
After a momentary silence.
The winner was right there.
"You poor bastard."
It was chris
As he looked at him with tired eyes, he saw blood flowing around Kevin.
The fight is over.
Fortunately, Kevin was not in life-threatening situation.
Due to the intermittent difference, Chris was able to overcome the crisis by blocking the subsequent attack with the wooden sword, only torn his skin will rubbing it against his forehead.
The wooden sword was broken by a powerful blow.
And Kevin, who had accumulated pain due to kick that penetrated the abdomen, fell backwards revealing that he had fainted at that moment.
The will to see the match to the end even at a level which lead him suffering immerse pain, seeing these complicated emotions arose in the way he looked at Kevin.
Chris won.
Roman said as he took care of Kevin.
"As promised, if you want, I will teach you from tomorrow. From now on, the choice is yours."
That was the end of it.
Roman was busy treating Kevin's wounds, as if he had never seen Chris before.
It was a very ironic scene.
Roman who drove Kevin into a limb, and showed how he treated Kevin like a precious person.
" Why the hell did I fight?"
Chris returns home.
he was lost in thought.
At first, he intended to get Roman's attention by defeating Kevin, but the unexpected development has now complicated his thoughts.
In fact, this matchup was a battle that in itself was a loss to accept.
In a battle where even if he won, he couldn't get anything, Chris was overwhelmed by Kevin's will to fight with him.
Especially in the last exchange between them.
At that moment, Chris remembered the past.
'He was like Master Roman. The judgment of stepping in first was both a perfect attack and defenses.'
If he hadn't experienced the same thing with Roman.
It's was real shame for Chris, but if he had not experienced it before he was not sure that he would have completely avoided Kevin's attack without using mana.
Memories of the past have become experiences to him.
He was able to react quickly at the situation he had pondered countless times in his head, and Chris tried to counterattack by dodging Kevin's attack in reverse.
A strange thrill arose in that process.
Even though the opponent was only an ordinary person, Chris burst out laughing at the fact that he had improved from the past.
Roman didn't teach anything.
By the way.
he was developing
Only by experience fighting Roman.
It soon became the foundation for development for him and became a prosecutor who could respond differently to the same situation.
Not only that.
'Coming back now, looking back, at Kevin's judgments were very appropriate. I thought Master Roman didn't give Kevin any instructions, but it really wasn't. If Kevin had been a little quicker and stronger than a commoner, that one judgment might have made me a loser.'
Chris recalled the memories of practice match.
Imagine failing a surprise first strike and getting a counterattack, Chris thought of another way to deal with it.
Those moment by analayzing it.
Looking at each one, he tried to figure out how Roman looked at him.
'I thought that Master Roman was Dmitry's nerd just like the rumors floating around. However, I lost the battle with the master, and that time, I gained confidence by playing a substitute match with Kevin. Master Roman is not just a genius. I can't understand it with my common sense, but he's reached a point that even my mentor, Captain Jonathan, can't reach.'
Roman realm.
I couldn't even guess.
It's not just about physical strength, but the world of nothingness, which Roman's mind touches, was different.
what does he see
Just by exchanging the sword with Roman once, and just trying to understand Roman's judgment through the vicarious match, my mind was mixed with countless teachings.
It was a world I had never experienced when I was in the well.
The more he analyzed his own experience, the more Chris came out with pure admiration.
Roman.
He could see the meaning of what he said.
It didn't mean to simply stay by his side, it meant to look at myself and find a way to become stronger.
"And I was such an idiot?"
laughter came out.
Thinking about it.
Roman gave a lot of hints.
In the course of teaching Kevin, there were a lot of things he said to Chris as if he wanted to tell me hear it well, but when he was teaching the basics, Chris did not accept that.
It was a rejection of prejudice.
Since he was a swordsman who had reached a certain level, he was not in a position to receive instruction even though he bowed his head to learn.
But, now he know
Just by watching Roman,he got enlightening and improving himself from before, now he can reach a different level.
" Chris, still don't know Roman properly. Roman Dmitry he remember is a poor human being called Dmitry's nerd, but what Roman shown him lately is beyond his common sense. What is certain is that he acknowledge him. From now on, he will be by his side, he will spy and learn everything until he will surpass Roman."
It was his own promise.
Talking to himself, Chris set a new goal.
And the next day.
Chris went to Roman and said,
"Teaching is not necessary. I will find a way to become stronger by myself, following Master Roman."
that day.
Chris thought.
Until I surpass Roman, I will live as Roman's sword.
But does he know?
That these words, spit out with blood, were a lifelong vow to decide who he would follow for the rest of his life.
Later.
The glare of Cairo, which would become famous on the continent, was the moment that decided his future at an early age.
And time passed by quickly.
a week later.
It was the day of Barco's social gathering party.