Funnily enough, this hadn't been the first time Rui had been defeated by a Squire-level technique. He, along with Kane, had been knocked by Squire Kyrie with a Squire-level technique. Although, she had done it in an extremely safe manner with the precision of a surgeon while Squire Dylon had done it in the most extreme way possible.
Of course, their circumstances had been extremely different.
Rui had woken in the medical wing of the Academy later. The first thing he did was glance at his arms.
"All healed up." He sighed with relief. They had been crushed by a single attack from a Martial Squire. "Man, he's so strong."
Rui muttered, sighing as he tried to squash his increasingly intense desire to break through into the Squire Realm. But alas, it wasn't time yet.
