Chapter 166 (1/2)

Chapter 166: Chapter 166

I watched the Imperial Palace gradually fading away from the half-draped curtain of my wagon. As it was the day of the official ball, a yellow glow was coming out of the central palace and the surrounding was lit up with a lot of lights. It was so beautiful that I got carried away with it for a long time.

A light that illuminated the darkness with a beautiful and mysterious look.

As the wheels of the wagons rolled on, the yellow lights gradually faded away. I felt like I got a heavy load off my chest.

I suddenly sighed when I thought I could breathe easily as I was being sucked into the darkness out of that bright place.

I stretched my arms towards the Imperial Palace. The central palace, which I seemed to touch with my fingertips, became a small dot and grew smaller until it was invisible. It looked as if it was a place that shouldn’t be within my reach.

After giving the palace another glance, I turned my head again after looking around the bright and bright palace. The curtain that had been drawn halfway was pulled down completely. Feeling relieved at the vanished light, I buried myself deeply in the chair.

It was a long day.

The summer heat, drought, and subsequent floods passed quickly, and it was already the ninth month of the year. Because it was still very hot outside, everybody on the training field was getting exhausted gradually.

I headed to the training field, raising my body upright, which was limp from the heat.

“Hi, little girl!”

“Hi, Sein.”

“It looks like you feel under the weather these days. Your face also looks pale. Are you sick?”

“Not really. Maybe because it’s too hot.”

“You’re right. This year we seem to have an unusually long heat. What are you going to do? Personal practice or sparring with me?”

“Let’s spar. As it feels so stuffy, I would like to run at full speed.”

Nodding, Carsein, took the sword and headed to the empty space of the training field.

As soon as the sparring began, his eyes changed quickly. I heard that he was learning the fencing style of my family from my father, so he didn’t give me any chance to attack him. Unlike the fencing style of the Lars family, which struck a balance between defensive and offensive skills, the Monique fencing style focused on the offensive skills.

His eyes sparkled when he hit my sword with his strength. He thrashed his sword when I hesitated because of the instant numbness in my sword hand.

‘Well, you’re now using the skills that you learned from my father.’

Although I didn’t master the skills because of my physical condition, I understood the fencing style of my family itself much better than him.

I focused on defense with minimal movement to save my physical energy. I thought I could attack him when he was pulling back the sword for the next move.

Did my waiting pay off? He seemed to be trying to withdraw his sword.

‘This is the moment!’

The moment I tried to attack with a satisfied smile, I felt breathless all at once.

What the heck?

While I was hesitating to catch my breath, he was already in attacking mode.

‘Oh my! I missed the golden chance. ‘

Although I shot for the next chance, clicking my tongue, it was too late.

I felt a sharp pain in my arm as I blocked the strong push of his sword.

The sword fell from my trembling hand.

I tilted my head. Was I short of breath like this? These days I’ve had less basic fitness training than usual because it’s so hot. Was it because of my lack of training?

I felt uncomfortable. Obviously, I focused on defending myself to reduce my physical energy.

“Hey, are you okay?”

“Ah…Yes.”

“Hmm, the fencing style of the Monique family is definitely different. It seems more suitable for me than that of our family. ”

“Really? Good for you. I envy you. I would like to learn, but can’t.”

“Well, as it requires lots of physical energy, it’s hard for you. Nonetheless, you’ve improved a lot, my little girl. I think you can be a full-fledged knight in a few years.”

“I don’t think so. Thanks for saying that, anyway.”

I thanked him for picking up my sword that fell on the ground and shook off my idle thoughts.