Chapter 171 – A Man Should Do a Man! (1/2)

Caesar didn’t pay attention, but after he heard Lin Xiao said that, he immediately turned and looked to the forest to the left.

The leaves rustled under the caress of the breeze, the forest was like a still oil painting, it didn’t feel like anything was else, and made people felt relieved.

But Caesar noticed that the rustling sound was too noisy and disorderly, it wasn’t the sound of the wind blowing, but the sound of people slowly approaching them!

Damn!

If it wasn’t for Lin Xiao’s warning, they might have really been ambushed.

“Everyone, be careful! There are people in the forest!” Caesar placed his hand on his sword and stood in front of everyone else, preparing for battle.

Upon seeing this, everyone became vigilant and went into battle formations with Caesar as the head, Shen DaiYing and Rosie in the middle and Lin Xiao protecting Elena, hiding at the back.

“Who is it? Show yourselves!” Caesar called out towards the forest.

Lin Xiao found it weird, where did the tradition of shouting to your opponents before fighting get passed down from?

What was even stranger was that they actually came out!

“Amazing, I can’t believe you guys noticed our presence.” A gentle and feeble voice came, and a cute red haired princess stepped out from the shrubbery.

She wore a long robe that was like a pleated skirt, her short red hair covered her ears. Her immature appearance was brimming with youthfulness, her atmosphere was entirely different than those mercilessly killing one another on Despair Island, she was like a lost princess that accidentally tumbled onto this battlefield.

Two men and one woman quickly appeared behind her, the three spread out and carefully covered the princess. They held their weapons and had their gaze on Loran Academy, and would immediately attack if they made any movement.

Lin Xiao felt that he’s seen them somewhere before, especially that beautiful little girl. After thinking it over, that guy was clearly…

“Charles! It’s you?” Not only did Caesar cry out in shock, but Lin Xiao also shivered.

That ‘little princess’, was the eldest prince of Heino Kingdom, and he participated in this competition to represent Heino Academy.

They were different to the other teams, they didn’t choose to go low-profile, they were all wearing light yellow skintight uniforms, even Charles’ robe carried yellow laces that appeared to be moving Chrysanthemums within this emerald green forest, it was especially eye-catching.

Heino Academy, the reigning champions, they were also similarly targeting the champion trophy this time as well, so they were extremely formidable.

Lin Xiao knew that if they wanted to become the champions, then that meant that they would have to cross paths with Heino Academy sooner or later, but he never expected it to come this fast.

It was just the second day and they already encountered a strong enemy, this wasn’t necessarily bad. But even if they do win, they would have to pay the price!

Lin Xiao had the ability to restore magic while sleeping, so he wasn’t worried about wasting magic, but the others couldn’t. If they lose battle strength, it’s not like he can fight alone, right?

No, no, he doesn’t want to be the hero, he would much rather stand behind them while cheering…

The two sides had their swords drawn and were silently glaring at one another, the atmosphere was incredibly tense.

This was to be expected, Heino Academy originally planned to hide and wait to ambush them when they approached. In the end, they were detected by Lin Xiao with Elena’s help, so they couldn’t advance or retreat and just stood standing awkwardly.

“Cough… why so serious?” Just as it was becoming tenser, Charles laughed and broke the silence, “Don’t be nervous, we bear no hostility.”

As if wanting to demonstrate his sincerity, he left the thicket and lead the other three coming to a stop in front of Caesar, maintaining a safe distance.

“No hostility?” Caesar coldly snorted, “If we didn’t notice, our crystals might have already been plundered! Your ambush failed so now you say you bear no hostility, how laughable!”

“Wuu…” Charles pouted like he was a pitiful little girl and dejectedly said, “Caesar, you were cuter when you were younger.”

“Ah? W-what did you say?” Caesar was taken aback.

“You followed me around all the time calling me sister, I had to keep telling you to call me brother, but you would never listen… you were so cute back then.” Charles shook his head regrettably.

Earlier in the tent, he was only thinking about his relationship with Shen DaiYing and never carefully observed his appearance.

He was different from the charming princess vibe that Shen DaiYing gave off, although Charles was one year older than her and three years older than Lin Xiao, but his face still carried an air of immaturity along with some baby fat. His red bangs lifted with the wind, like an adolescent little sister. But his sparkling eyes were filled with depth and sorrow, his sweet smile couldn’t hide his inner confidence as if he would never be afraid regardless of adversary.