"Haha, my first day of school is already exciting. It seems that my short life on campus will not be boring."
What happened after that was exactly what Leon expected.
Alexia seemed really obsessed with him, sitting next to him at every opportunity.
From time to time, she would show up in front of him and let everyone think she liked him and was courting him.
Leon was also a little surprised by that.
(I thought it was Midgar's royalty that had sent her to act this way. But it seems that it was Alexia herself who decided to behave like this. This is getting even more interesting.)
However, although Alexia's behavior was bold, Midgar's royal family did not oppose it. It could even be said that they supported her "love."
This could be seen in the attitude of the teachers.
No matter what class they were in, the teachers were deliberately creating opportunities for the silver-haired princess to approach him. These teachers could barely wait for Leon to get involved with Alexia immediately.
Even the ward bed was replaced by a double bed, showing that the academy authorities were working hard.
Euphilia: "What a bad idea! The whole kingdom wants her to capture you or something. Your Highness, please don't be fooled."
Leon: "Okay, okay, you don't have to worry about it, Euphie."
The kingdom of Midgar really seemed to support this from the shadows. If Alexia, the princess who had no talents, could really marry Leon, they would gain a lot.
After all, if successful, the alliance between the two countries could already be considered secured, and they would also indirectly receive the protection of a dragon.
However, Leon felt that Alexia did not like this situation.
The evidence was that the double bed in the ward he had seen at noon had been cut by someone with a sword later that afternoon.
Only a few strands of silver hair were left on site.
It was not yet known who the culprit was.
But Leon was no fool; it was obvious who had done that.
Practical Fencing Class
"Prince Leon, do you want to train with me?"
"I would like to refuse if possible, but it could cause unnecessary problems for Euphilia and Noelle, and they would have to be paired with other people."
"Ah~ so reluctantly. It seems that the relationship between you and those two is very deep," Alexia said.
"No, I just don't like my people to be thought about or touched by others. My desire for exclusivity is very strong."
In practical class, after the teacher explained some techniques, the students had to practice in pairs. They could use their magical powers and were only allowed to use short swords, but there was no need to worry about injuries. Healers were on standby for any inconvenience.
Alexia was more motivated in practical class than in other classes, but Leon was still the same as before, ignoring the princess's pursuit and doing his own work at his own pace.
"Prince Leon, won't you practice?"
Leon struck the air under Alexia's curious gaze.
Obviously, it was just a simple blow, but he did it very seriously, as concentrated as if he were disarming a bomb.
Noelle, who had just appeared on the scene, was a little confused but was also drawn to the scene.
Only Euphilia gave an explanation.
"He is correcting his mistakes. To ensure that his sword can be wielded with accuracy, he always does this every 15 days."
"Although I don't understand much, it seems to be very powerful."
Alexia watched carefully.
Leon said indifferently:
"Fencing requires regular exercises. Repeating an action hundreds or thousands of times allows the body to remember it, but I don't like to do such troublesome things, so my body often forgets, causing my movements to become strange."
So every mid-month he corrected his mistakes and reminded himself of the correct sword technique.
Vertical cut.
Whoosh!
Horizontal cut.
Whoosh!
Diagonal cut.
Whoosh!
Straight thrust.
Whoosh!
Reducing movements from the bottom of the body to the minimum.
Leon was like a conductor playing music, brandishing his sword like a baton, performing the fencing music that belonged only to him.
Alexia, Euphilia, and Noelle just watched him closely. Although they were just simple movements, they couldn't take their eyes off him. Each of Leon's blows was clean and beautiful.
Leon closed his eyes as he completely focused on his movements.
"The vertical cut is off by 0.01, the horizontal cut is off by 0.03, the diagonal cut and the straight thrust are correct... The re-memorization of the body is complete, and the correction of errors is finished."
Leon slowly opened his eyes again as he murmured.
After flexing his wrist, he lifted the sword again.
At that moment, a breeze blew.
A leaf fell.
It simply drifted into the path of his sword.
A series of quick blows, undetectable to the naked eye, was performed in a fraction of a second. Leon sheathed his sword even before anyone realized what had happened.
The leaf floating on the path of Leon's sword had been cut hundreds of times in less than a second. A leaf that was less than half a span in size had been sliced into hundreds of micro squares.
"Incredible..."
"I didn't even see it clearly."
"As expected of Your Highness."
Alexia was surprised, Noelle was stunned, and Euphilia was amazed.
At the same time, the silver-haired princess had a strange expression.
He can swing the sword once every half month, and it takes less than five minutes to do that. He can wield such a perfect sword with just ten minutes of practice every month... he's really a genius — something annoying but admirable.
Clap, clap~
At the same time, accompanied by applause, the fencing teacher Zenon Griffy approached.
"As expected from someone who is on the same level as Iris-sama, Prince Leon is really amazing."
"Oh, hello, teacher~"
"Haha, it seems that I have nothing to guide you. It would be better to say that I want to teach you my fencing technique, but that would be overestimating my ability."
A man with light blond hair, the fencing instructor for the magic swordsmen, a genius who claimed to be inferior only to Princess Iris in fencing.
Zenon Griffy looked at Leon with amazement.
But at that moment, Alexia suddenly approached, hugged Leon's arm tightly, and looked at Zenon with cautious eyes.
"So, this is your choice, Princess Alexia?"
"Yes, I decided to pursue this Prince Leon. I'm sorry, Professor Zenon."
"Can you please stop being so stubborn? You're just like a child."
"Haha! Children don't understand adult matters, so please give up on your plans."
As she spoke, she hugged Leon even tighter, and finally, Zenon was helpless.
Leon watched the scene with interest and immediately understood Alexia's plan.
He thought to himself: (So that's it. She's just a stubborn girl who doesn't want to obey her family's arranged marriage. But Alexia's approach is often better than her stupid brother Algard's.)
And it's well done.
After all, based on the information he had gathered:
[Zenon Griffy is suspected of being in collusion with the Cult of Diablos. His public identity may be impeccable, but this rebel princess doesn't know about that. Still, she may remain vigilant. Female intuition is really powerful.]
(End of Chapter)
Give me some power stones there you go~😉
It's so good to be back... So much going on has destroyed my personal schedule hehehe