Became the Idiot Young Master Who Tormented the Main Character

33 – #33. Swordsmanship Tournament (3)

The shouts of countless people.

The tension felt along with the escalating atmosphere.

Cain thought this moment was an opportunity for a genius.

The family’s situation was gradually getting worse.

If this continues, the possibility of not being able to attend the academy next semester will increase.

There will be situations where you have no choice but to let go of family and friends who trusted and cared for you or cause great disappointment.

Also, Cain thought that it would be like proving the words of the damn pig Young master Xian, who had looked down on him and bullied him in the first semester, that he was a ‘loser’.

Now that it is the second semester, I can’t see where Xian has disappeared, but the pain from back then still remains.

‘… That’s why this moment is a golden opportunity.’

Tournaments by grade level.

Imperial officials and royal officials are watching.

If you prove your strength to them here, you will be able to turn the situation around in the future.

I was there.

It’s a swordsmanship that I’ve been working hard on since I gained some kind of enlightenment during my first semester vacation.

“… ….”

Cain glanced at the audience before the countdown to the game began.

As expected, the 4th Princess Rosaria was watching the game with her escort knights from the nearest first class seat.

Recently there was a rumor going around. That princess Rosaria is looking for someone within her academy to become her exclusive bodyguard.

… Straight red hair and clear blue eyes.

Rosaria has a small face, a sharp nose, and no extraneous features.

Cain looked at her dramatic Rosaria appearance and admired her for a moment.

‘… ‘She has a really beautiful appearance.’

Is she trying to increase her power and take over the throne?

If not, is she just looking for a knight to escort her?

She had never come to watch her grade level tournament, but this is her first time setting foot here.

‘… After all, it has to be today. ‘This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity.’

Cain swallowed her saliva.

With the princess attending, the level of attention to this game will increase.

What a perfect way to prove yourself.

If she’s lucky, she might be selected as the princess’s bodyguard.

Cain thought of her family and friends.

‘Please wait. Father. And Lucy, Aria….’

Soon, the host could be heard shouting the countdown to the start of the game.

The person across from me takes his stance.

… Cain gritted his teeth.

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.

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‘Waaa!’

‘Cain! After all, it’s Cain!’

‘I believed it!’

The end of the game was announced, and the enthusiasm of the cheering crowd was felt.

It was a narrow miss.

“Huh, huh….”

Cain thought as she looked at the large figure lying in front of her.

Deus.

He was a strong opponent, worthy of being called one of the strongest players in the swordsmanship club.

‘If it were me before, I would have definitely lost….’

Recently, enlightenment came to me rapidly.

Thanks to this, I was able to reach the beginning of the 3-star level and beat Deus, who was at the end of the 2-star level.

He wasn’t able to show it in this game due to his poor use of Auras, but he would have shown that he also has great potential.

Cain, out of breath, smiled and waved her hand at her cheering audience.

Move your gaze like that… Soon, there was a pause in the audience.

“… ….”

It was the seat of Princess Rosaria.

Cain was puzzled.

‘What is it? What are you looking at… ?’

She just played what she thought was one of the highest level games of her freshman year.

Deus, who had fallen in front of him, also showed a brilliant performance, and he thought that he had countered it and showed elements that would entertain the audience.

But why?

Rosaria, the 4th princess, was looking somewhere else.

As if waiting for someone on a distant mountain.

Her gaze was directed towards the dressing room of the players who had played the game before her game.

***

Rosaria thought as she looked in the direction of the waiting room where her vision had gone.

Jet-black hair and golden eyes.

Xian. He was right.

Not only did he save Emile, her own guard knight, and himself, he suddenly left without receiving any compensation.

Why did he participate in this tournament?

Did he also need the first prize?

If not, success… ?

If she wanted money and fame, she could have asked for it when she saved her that day, so why did she want to take a long detour?

I didn’t understand.

Rosaria was in deep agony.

Then a thought suddenly occurred to me.

‘… ! To prove it in her own power?’

Tournaments are a proving ground.

A type of survival game where skill clashes with skill, and the more skilled survives.

He wanted this game… Because you want to gain honor solely through your own strength?

Rosaria was impressed.

As expected, he had a deep character that was proportional to his skills.

It was the same in the previous game.

People may not have seen it, but for a brief moment, they saw him using magical power to finish the game with minimal movement.

A movement that cannot be made without a high degree of delicacy.

That’s great, but I thought the intention of that action was consideration for the other person.

He ended the match without hurting his opponent by pointing his sword at his neck with just one quick hit.

If the game ended like that, all you would do was not show your star quality and not receive much attention, just rising to the ranks of winners….

Did he want to minimize unnecessary attention and compete only with his skills?

‘He might be a true martial artist.’

Rosaria continued to express her admiration.

There will soon be an event where the winners of the round of 16 will be gathered to face each other.

I hoped that event would come quickly.

The second match of the round of 16 has just ended.

There are only two games left.

I wanted to quickly finish the game and face him again.

The more I think about it, the more interested I become.

Nothing else came to Rosaria’s mind.

***

‘The growth rate is really crazy….’

I got chills again after watching Cain’s match that had just finished.

If I am not mistaken, Cain has already reached the beginning of the 3-star level.

How much effort did it take?

That was a growth rate that could not have been achieved unless the player stayed up all day and night and played diligently.

‘It will catch up to me in just 3 months… ? It really comes to Belbung. ‘Is this a country?’

Even if I used all the tricks I had during my old days, I still can’t believe I was caught up to this point.

I felt impatient. If things continue like this, it won’t be long before it overtakes me.

It is a matter of pride.

It was impossible for me to be overtaken by the character I was playing.

Moreover, I thought that I should not receive a true education from him.

If the difference in skill level was trampled that much in a 1:1 duel, it would have been a huge loss of face.

How shameful and unfair it is for me to be trampled by the character I raised.

… I wasn’t going to deny that I had been harassed. Even if it wasn’t something I did, he was clearly a victim.

But that is that and this is this.

After the tournament, I thought I should increase the intensity of my usual training.

“What are you thinking?”

While I was thinking about that, Heady, who was watching the game next to me, spoke up.

“Ah… That kid named Cain. “I thought her skills were pretty good.”

“Do you think so too? I was surprised too. “It’s a big world for someone like that to be hiding in the swordsmanship club again.”

“…… ?”

Why do you act like you’re seeing someone for the first time?

I was puzzled. Hadn’t Hedy already made contact with Cain?

Then who did you put on makeup to impress?

Did he just care about the royal family and the large audience?

“What? “Why are you staring so intently?”

Hedy said to me, tilting her head.

“Are you also paying attention to the audience?”

“Huh? “Why do you think that?”

“No, you tied your hair and put on makeup. “I think this is the first time I’ve seen something like this.”

“… Ah.”

She listened to me and nodded her head for a moment.

And then he continued.

“… Well, there is something like that. “I do both.”

“Huh?”

… Do you do both?

Are you saying you want to do both?

I didn’t even meet Cain.

Despite being polite to the audience, she said that she did not want to do anything.

In other words, it is meant to look good to someone.

Then does she have friends to make her look good?

… Coincidentally, there is none.

Hedy is a loner like me.

All I know is Lloyd, Bobby, and Louis, but to my despair, she doesn’t have any real friends.

Then who did you put on makeup to impress? ?

‘… No way.’

That can’t be possible.

Is it because you saved my life in the underground labyrinth?

Her attitude has definitely become softer since then.

But this is a story about a princess that seems too much like a prince on a white horse. It was a word that did not apply well in reality.

If she were such a golden girl, she could have been in love with another man before meeting Cain.

In the story, Hedy says that even before she met Cain, she kicked away men who approached her, and that she had never met anyone.

Even so, I felt dizzy that all I could think of was a hypothesis that had just occurred to me.

But no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with an answer other than this.

“The third match of the round of 16 will begin soon! Participants, please come up to the stadium!”

I had a serious question, but the flow was interrupted by the host’s words.

She spoke to me without any conclusion.

“Let’s go watch the next game. As for the second match, I think this year’s tournament will be fun, right?”

She takes one of my arms and leads me.

I can’t help it.

Her doubts were buried in her heart for a moment.

And then I walked with her closer to her next stadium.