Chapter 60.1

“I have also heard rumors about Lord Carthia. His glory even spread throughout the Crohn Kingdom.”

Riggs then looked at him with even more interest.

“And therein lies the strangeness, because future wizards rarely hear my name.”

Riggs, muttering to himself under his breath, raised Reynard’s hand, which he held for a handshake, and examined his palm. He threw, looking at the calluses and wounds on his palms and fingers:

“Did you learn swordsmanship?”

“Yeah. But I learned the basics.”

“That’s where you heard my name from. But why did the wizard suddenly decide to learn swordsmanship?”

Reynard’s gaze shifted to Yurina next to him. Riggs smiled at his beautiful little sister and nodded towards the window.

“If that’s the case, let’s take a look at your skills.”

“Huh? Duel? Great. We will go with you!”

“I haven’t had a new partner for a long time.”

Edwin and Justin were overjoyed at the duel even before they knew Reynard’s opinion. Raynard looked at all three of them in turn and snorted.

“Okay.”

There seemed to be a silent understanding between the three knights. At the same time, Yurina couldn’t catch their train of thought.

“What is this news all of a sudden?”

One just returned from a long trip, and the other three needed to save energy for the tournament, didn’t they?

Whether Yurina thought it was absurd or not, the three men beckoned their sister to follow them and left the room. Yurina stared at the rapidly retreating backs of the three, and then slowly walked on.

When Yurina finally entered the field with her umbrella, the whole place was filled with people. It is understandable. The participant in the duel was none other than Riggs Carthia.

Yurina didn’t know much about sword fighting, but she had heard that there were a lot of things that could be learned just by watching great swordsmen fight.

Moreover, one of the opponents was not a knight or a squire, but a wizard. It was also a mage whose talent was rumored to be on par with Riggs.

“No, if he is a wizard, then he is a wizard. What did they think of fighting with swords?”

Sir Aaron listened to his student’s indignation.

“I heard he learns swordsmanship at the academy.”

“And what can he do, even if he studied for a hundred years? Wizards have no strength.”

“Most importantly, don’t say that in front of Dave. No matter how frail they are, anyone can offend a wizard. And then… you can accidentally fry on his rune.”

A knight of the same age as Sir Aaron intervened. The student still looked unhappy, but quietly closed his mouth. Sir Aaron patted him on the shoulder again.

Even if it wasn’t a jousting tournament, there was enough going on to get people’s attention. Yurina even saw the maid aside and sat down in the chair that the maid had brought.

Riggs and Reynard with wooden swords now stood in different corners of the field. Unlike Riggs, who could afford to relax, Reynard had a tense face.

‘Everything will be okay?’

Yurina had already heard from Aiden that Reynard had learned to swing a sword. Aiden praised him with such fervor, one would have thought that Reynard’s skills were above average.

However, this story came to her from an ordinary person. Riggs, on the other hand, was professionally trained in swordsmanship, and he was one of the best in his generation. No matter how good Reynard’s dexterity was, it looked like a one-sided beating was about to happen.

‘Can he last?’

The battle started amid Yurina’s worries. However, contrary to fear, Reynard withstood Riggs’s attacks well. And although it was only an assessment of Yurina, a complete underdog in swordsmanship, it was obvious that just holding on against Riggs was already great.

As the speed of the blows increased, exclamations were heard among the servants. Betsy and the others enjoyed the spectacle as the two’s swords flashed here and there.

But the duel didn’t last long. At the moment when Riggs increased his attack speed and put all his strength into the blow, Rey’s backgammon wooden sword flew into the air.

“Ahh?”

The servants, who saw the wooden sword flying at them, screamed and ducked. Just before he reached it, the wooden sword froze in mid-air. It was Reynard’s magic.

When he snapped his finger, the wooden sword returned to his hand.

When Raynard cleaned the wooden sword and bowed to Riggs in a knightly manner, applause broke out among the servants again.

To these onlookers, Reynard’s magic was an even rarer sight than a duel.

“Reynard was just great,” Betsy whispered to Yurina with an excited face.

Yurina nodded.

After the fight ended, Riggs and Reynard approached Yurina. At this point, both faces were covered in sweat. Yurina handed them towels and water that Betsy had prepared.

“You both did a good job.”

“Although I am not a match for the great master, but it turns out good.”

Riggs patted Reynad on the shoulder, wiping away sweat.

“Are you going to the hunting tournament this year?”

“Tournament?”

Reynard’s gaze turned to Yurina.

“Oh, right. I forgot. Like my brother said, there will be a hunting competition soon. You heard this at history classes, didn’t you?”

Before the onset of spring, it has long been customary for the Imperial family to hold hunting competitions.

“Yes, I remember it. You also wrote about it in a letter. Every year around this time you leave for a villa in the Jenus Mountains.”

“Right. This time my mother is sick, so I decided to participate instead of her. So…”

“Wait a minute.”

Yurina covered her mouth as she remembered something.

“I think I’ve already explained all this.”

“I distinctly remember saying the same thing, and not to anyone else, but to Reynard.”