All the attention of the spectators focused in the current showdown of "spirit" between the crowned prince and the grandson of the Minister, who turned out to be a black horse in the tournament.
The seconds kept passing and their respective scholars continued to do their best, soon the count surpassed the third minute, but the scene of the crowned prince giving up which the Minister expected didn't happen.
Walford who saw that, frowned, he was still far from his limit but he was surprised to say the less.
'If he could endure more, then why he didn't do it from the very beginning, could it be that he can guess how much time I can hold and knew his limit was lower than mine, so he didn't want to waste time?', he wondered.