17 Fulfilling ones end of the deal (2/2)
”Also my son has come to fulfill the promise he made with your son.” Roland's father looked at me from outside the door. I too looked at him straight in the eye. He smiled at my reaction and nodded his head.
”So Edge-kun would you allow my son to fulfill his promise?” I went in front of the man and bowed my head in respect. ”I'm Edge Regius, Thank you for coming all the way here, sir.”
The man laughed ”Did you see that Roland? Not only is he better in magic and swordsmanship he even has better manners than you. No wonder you lost so badly. Greetings Edge-kun as you can guess I'm the father of this worthless thing. I'm Raymond Gestard.”
”So Raymond-san you came here to fulfill the promise? Do you want to do it now?”
”Whenever, or wherever you want to it Edge-kun my son will gladly comply.” I nodded my head and answered. ”Then let's do it now so I won't forget it later.”
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My family, as well as Raymond and Roland, were standing in the village square. Raymond specially asked the guards to call the villagers to the center of the village. With everyone gathered Roland was in the middle sweating profusely.
Roland's POV
My father found out what happened during the ranking examinations. One of the examiners explained why I was beaten up. My father looked at me in disappointment. He sighed and told me to fulfill the promise immediately. But seeing as it was already late he told me we would do it tomorrow. I wanted to reject but when I looked at him his eyes told me that he expects no objections.
Why? Why did it come to this? All I wanted was to be strong. Then why is it, that I who had only the sword and nothing else, was only as strong as any? When I saw those kids Gerard and Eri's test I felt envious of their skill.
I thought that only Roland was ahead of me with the sword. I always thought that was to be expected because he was born with great talent. But then I saw those two... That wasn't just great talent that was more than that.
Those two where shining brilliantly they were geniuses. I thought nobody could reach that level so fast with hard work alone. Then as I was admiring the brilliance of the two, I saw him in the testing room.
He was the son of Leonard and Selina the richest and most influential people in the village. When I saw him a while ago I thought he was just some sheltered rich boy that was forced to come into this ranking examination. But then he announced that he was going to get a rank in everything except summoning.
At first, I thought he was bluffing and wanted to show off. So when I saw him at the testing room I was sure he was going to fail. But my expectations were for naught. He was shining even brighter than those two, it was unbelievable.
He got a rank in every category and it was all higher than E class. How is that possible? Isn't he supposed to be some rich boy? Then why? Why was he given so much talent too? This must be some trick I thought. So out of my anger and jealousy, I challenge him to a duel.
At first, I thought he wouldn't comply seeing as he cheated and all. Yet he accepted the challenge, not only that he gave himself a handicap saying I can bring my friends to the duel. I was confident that victory will be given to me. But before the match started I was trembling as I could feel something coming out of Edge.
All my friends were shaking in fear as well, this must be one of his tricks. Yeah, that's got to be it I thought. The match started and out of nowhere, my comrades fell to the floor unconscious. As he was approaching me, I finally understood that this guy was the real deal.
An undeniable genius, but why? Why was this kind of great talent given to him and him alone? Not just riches he has skills. Why was he who has everything given even more, while I who has nothing but the sword given nothing?
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The day to fulfill my promise came. We were at the center of the village square where my dad gathered everyone. My dad looked at me waiting for me to fulfill my promise. ”I...” 'I can't' as I thought that, my dad shouted.
”Hey, I can't hear you. If want to say something you need to say it like this!” He really wanted me to say it. The pressure he was giving me was too much. If I don't say it now I might get something worse later. 'Damn It!' ”I'M A WORTHLESS PIG THAT DIDN'T KNOW HIS PLACE!”
Edge's POV:
'He said it he actually said it?' Well, I was planning to forgive him after he tried a little bit. But then he suddenly shouted and actually did it. After the promise was fulfilled the parent-child duo came in front of me and bowed their heads once more. The two then apologized one more time before leaving.