Chapter 48 (1/2)

DD – Chapter 48 The Outcome

“…Round start!”

At the referee’s shout, I swung lanced over and sawthe same It seems like we both ca if we fought theether

Ryle deflectedof metal on metal reverberated across the arena From then on, no matter how hard I tried to overpower hi , ticked me off

If this continues, I won’t be able to land a hit Considering my options, I took a step back and tried to attack froain, my sas repelled, and this time I was pushed back by a torrent of blows Each and every bloas heavy, and it was all I could do to protectfor a hole, a place to break through, but couldn’t find anything rese one-sidedly attacked, I couldn’t eventi, I’ve never lost to ues When I joined the Order, I worked hard and won Even still… In this situation, I can only defend My opponent is cal this fight To be honest, I’m astonished by the difference in skill between us

Clang

In h the air It seeuy and Dida has concluded The winner is Dida At the saer As I thought, he had been taking it easy on me The blows continued until eventually, I too was disarmed

I lost… I tried to surrender, but Ryle kept swinging his sword

“Wha-”

Normally, if your opponent loses your sword, you’d pull back All I could do was dodge, I couldn’t even th of his blows, the speed at which he swung his sas astonishi+ng

“Stop! Thethe referee His sas inches away from my neck, I was barely saved by the ref

“……”

Ryle pulled his sword back with a look of disappointh of relief

“…Why aren’t you two affiliated with either the Ar wanted to confront the last attack Instead, I asked the that has been on anizations would welcome them, but I’ve never heard of nor seen them before

“We have someone e th…”

“So what? I never even once thought of serving the royal fa as I protect the princess, I’m fine”

“…Dida, you… You don’t need to say such a thing here”

Ryle sighed at Dida’s outburst

“But Ryle, aren’t you the same? What has the country done for us? The one who saved us was the princess”

“That is true”

“That’s why We have no intention of joining the Army nor the Order”

After that remark, both Ryle and Dida left the arena General Gazelle took their place in the arena and stood in front of the Army and the Order

“You’ve done well, all of you Let’s set the pleasantries aside for today and have a drink”

With that final speech, thelively again, I figured I’d go wash off rounds

“Nice work today”