The Incompetent Bratty Prince is out (2/4 chapters)
Having a Match with Xandra
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“Fufu… ever since entering the Royal Academy, Haru-sama has become strong, and since various things happened, we could not have a match… I am very much looking forward to it.” (Alexandra)
“Ahahaha…” (Harold)
While heading to the training grounds, at Xandra, who had a joyful expression, I could only give a wry smile.
Certainly, I am aware that I have become stronger, but more than that, Xandra’s strength was shown to me so clearly that I do not feel like I could win at all.
“B-but, Dragon’s Favor is forbidden, okay?” (Harold)
“Of course.” (Alexandra)
I have at least driven in a nail, but, r-really…? Recently, Xandra, when she gets a little excited involving me, her eyes immediately change to red, you know.
“I, Monica, will serve as the referee.” (Monica)
“Ah! Me too!” (Casparleague)
Monica raised her hand, and Cas jumped onto her shoulder and similarly raised her right front paw. What is that, cute.
“Now, let us begin… are you ready?” (Alexandra)
“Y-yeah.” (Harold)
I nodded to Xandra, who was in a relaxed position with the wooden sword in her right hand. Or rather, in a portrait I saw in my previous life of someone called a master swordsman, I feel like it was a stance like this…
“Then, begin!” (Monica)
“Begin—!” (Cass)
With the signal from Monica and Cas, the match finally begins… wait!?
“Hah!” (Alexandra)
“Uwaawaawa!?” (Harold)
At the relentless consecutive attacks, I was completely on the defensive.
As expected of Xandra. Just in a single breath, she can unleash this many attacks.
“As expected! To think you can so easily parry my attacks like this!” (Alexandra)
“Ahaha…” (Harold)
Xandra, with her sapphire eyes sparkling, praises me without reservation, but I am really at my limit, though. But… yeah. I am, without a doubt, growing. If this were before I entered the Royal Academy, I would have absolutely taken at least two or three hits.
“Then, how about this?” (Alexandra)
“Gu…!” (Harold)
Unlike the previous attacks, Xandra raised her wooden sword high and unleashed a full-powered strike.
Since I know the power of her attacks, to not take it directly, I angled my shield to deflect the force, and…
“Amazing! To think you can so easily evade even my full-powered counterattack…!” (Alexandra)
No, no, I was seriously freaked out just now. To think she would strike upwards from that trajectory… it is like that technique called “Swallow Reversal” that master swordsmen used in my previous life.
“Fufu! Fun! This is fun!” (Alexandra)
Uwaa… Xandra has already completely forgotten what she said at the beginning, and her eye color has turned quite red. If she comes at me with a serious strike next, I might die.
“This time for sure, I will land a hit on Haru-sama!” (Alexandra)
Saying that, Xandra took a low stance and pointed the tip of her sword at me.
Ah, this is that lightning-fast thrust she often uses. Impossible. Absolutely impossible to block.
“Here I come—!!” (Alexandra)
Xandra kicked off the ground, and like a spear launched from a drawn ballista, she charged at me all at once.
I-if it has come to this, it is all or nothing!
“!? No way!?” (Alexandra)
I bent my body as much as I could, creating a gentle slope with my shield, causing Xandra to fly into the air.
…No, it is more accurate to say Xandra flew too far ahead on her own momentum. Ahh, I am glad it worked out. This is all thanks to my daily-trained dogeza style.
“To think there was such a method of defense, I never imagined it.” (Alexandra)
Lightly landing on the ground, Xandra turned around and stated.
No, I never imagined it either.
Then…
“Haru-sama… this match, I have lost.” (Alexandra)
“Eh…?” (Harold)
At Xandra’s unexpected declaration of defeat, I let out a dumbfounded voice.
N-no, no, not even 10 minutes have passed since we started, and more than anything, I do not think I am winning against Xandra.
“My final attack had all of my strength in it. Even so, it did not work against Haru-sama.” (Alexandra)
“Did not work, or rather, I only deflected it…” (Harold)
“That is what is amazing. You saw through all my movements and defended with the best possible method… this is my first time experiencing something like this in my life.” (Alexandra)
That is so exaggerated.
“As Milady says. How many people in this world could have captured the movement of Milady just now…? No, likely only Your Highness Harold.” (Monica)
“B-because, I could not see Xandra at all…” (Casparleague)
So, that is how it is? I thought she was super fast, but even so, was it to the extent that she could not be countered?
“Indeed, you are… my husband is a wonderful person. Your heart, your body, everything about you.” (Alexandra)
“You are praising me excessively, aren’t you?” (Harold)
“That is not the case. This is fact.” (Alexandra)
“I see…” (Harold)
Being stared at with crimson eyes, I instinctively felt embarrassed.
However, as it was obvious she was clearly excited, I could not help but worry if Dragon’s Favor was going out of control.
“Now, if our bodies get cold, it will interfere with the battle against King Eibar. Let us return to the room quickly.” (Alexandra)
“Yeah…” (Harold)
Xandra hugged my arm and forcibly pulled me along.
Feeling a slight sense of unease, we returned to the room.
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