Chapter 65

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Chapter 65

Peter screamed and pushed Liliana’s wooden sword back.

“Ugh—geez!”

Kagak!

Once again, the wooden sword and wooden sword collided. As she was pushed back by his physique and strength, she was pushed back.

No, it looked like she was being pushed away.

Tung!

Liliana, who used Peter’s power to increase the distance behind, shot straight into Peter like a flash of light. Her target was Peter’s chest.

Because he had just pushed back Liliana’s wooden sword, Peter’s chest was exposed.

“Acck!”

Liliana, who had dug into Peter’s chest, pointed her wooden sword close to Peter’s neck as it was.

“What, what?!”

Peter opened his eyes.

It felt like the hairs all over his body were stiff.

Even though she was just a little girl. As if holding him by the neck, she would cut off his breath as it was…

‘…Threatening energy.’

Her momentum was so horrendous as if she would cut Peter’s head off at any moment.

A wooden sword fell from Peter’s hand.

Only then did Liliana soften her momentum a little.

“…Whoo.”

With a long sigh, Liliana took a couple of steps back. She then stared at Peter with a nodded head.

“Good job. I learned a lot.”

Saying so, her small face was simply calm.

Her breathing was a bit difficult due to the violent movements, but that was all. There was no excitement or joy that she had defeated one of the top students in the swordsmanship class.

And Peter’s pride was very hurt by that.

‘Damn it…!’

At that time, students flocked to Liliana.

“Wow, Liliana!”

“You really beat Peter?!”

“It’s amazing, I’ve seen it with my own eyes and I still can’t believe it!!”

The students cheered and clung to her. Among them, the one who was most delighted was, of course, Elliot.

“Liliana, that’s great!”

“Thank you, Elliot.”

At his praise, she blushed brightly. Her cold expression from before has completely disappeared, and she has returned to the usual Liliana, who is shy.

Elliot, who had been pouring praises on her for a long time, looked back at Anita with confident eyes.

“Didn’t I say Liliana would win?”

“Oh, Elliot.”

“Our Liliana is such a great person!”

He then shrugged his shoulders, as if he had taken his own victory. On the other hand, Anita ran to his older brother who had a blue face.

“Bro, brother!”

She then stamps her feet with a lot of anger.

“Brother, are you crazy? You lost to that girl!”

“Are you blaming me now?!”

Peter raised his voice.

But, Anita was not at all interested in the sense of defeat from her brother.

“This is nonsense. What should I do now..!”

Feeling the darkening of her eyes, Anita chewed her lips until she bled.

The reason she was able to reign among the female students of the academy was because Anita was the younger sister whose older brother was popular with noble girls her age.

Peter was a trainee capable enough to be considered the next imperial knight, so many of the female students secretly admired him.

But now, he was defeated by a girl who was eight years younger than him. The fantasies that the girls had for him would disappear.

That meant…

‘…If my brother makes a mistake, it’ll make me look funny!’

Anita pulled Peter’s arm with a sultry motion.

“Let’s go back for now.”

“What are you going back to? Without revenge on that girl right away…!”

“What do you mean revenge! How could you say that even after losing like that?!”

Anita, who raised her anger, glared at Liliana with a venomous gaze as she was smiling shyly, surrounded by people.

‘That position was originally mine!’

Anita, who gritted her teeth, led Peter out of the place.

That afternoon.

Upon hearing about Liliana’s fight, Anriche widened her eyes.

“Oh my gosh, is that true? Did Liliana really beat Lord Tornian?”

“Really, every time Liliana wields her wooden sword, Peter just wants to stop her in a hurry…!”

Elliott was more excited than Liliana, so he was busy talking about what had happened. “You don’t know how cool Liliana was when she put the wooden sword at his neck!”

“No, I didn’t do such a great job…”

“What’s not great?”

He then turned to her with a smile.

“Other kids said that Peter might be ordained as an imperial knight!”

“Wow, that means our Liliana defeated a prospective swordsman?”

“That’s right!”

Needless to say, he and Anriche were overjoyed.

Liliana, who was looking at those two quietly, opened her mouth, blushing her cheeks.

“What a relief…”

“Huh? What?”

“I think I have become a person who is not ashamed of Elliot, mother, and even the Duke.”

With those words, Anriche narrowed her brows tightly.

“What do you mean, Liliana?”

“In order not to shame the name of Valois, I have to work a little harder…”

“No, no.”

Anriche shook her head at once.

“Why do you think that way?”

“Yes? That’s…”

“We are a family.”

Anriche spoke firmly, “You don’t have to think about it that you have to live up to the affection, or you have to work harder… or anything like that.”

“…Mother.”

“We just want you to value yourself.”

“That’s right, Liliana is too worried.”

At that moment, Elliott joined his mother’s words.

“….”

Liliana uttered quietly, hiding her lips. The pale green eyes fluttered slightly.

“…Thank you.”

Rather than winning the victory over Peter, she was more than happy to hear one sweet word from the two of them.

Liliana smiled brightly.

Unlike the warm atmosphere of the Valois townhouse, Tornian’s townhouse atmosphere was like holding a funeral.

“What’s wrong with you?”

Unable to overcome her frustration, Mrs. Tornian was very annoyed.

In fact, it was understandable. The daughter was very angry without telling her why, and her only son…

“No, since yesterday, why has Peter been locked up in his room?”

He was shutting himself in his room, unable to withstand the shock of being defeated by a small seven-year-old girl.

It was just frustrating for his mother, who did not know the inner circumstances.

But then.

“Viscountess Ivan has come.”

“Viscountess, are you here?”

Mrs. Tornian greeted Viscountess Ivan with sympathy.

“Oh, really. I’m so glad the Viscountess is here.”

“Did something happen?”

“The kids are sulky, and they don’t talk to me at all.”

Mrs. Tornian mixed her sighs and made complaints. “Still, Anita listens to the Viscountess well, so can you ask what happened to her?”

“Okay, just trust me.”

At the very least, she was in a situation where she had to teach children of such a noble family, and she had to please them…

Viscountess Ivan was very angry on the inside, though she had a smile on the outside.

All of the children of Viscounty Ivan went to the countryside, but the Viscountess remained in the Capital to work as a tutor herself. The connections she had built up as a tutor were still there, and it was because she roasted and boiled the wives with splendid speech.

‘Isn’t the Duchess of Valois very severe?’

‘Of course, there were parts that were over-disciplined.’

‘It’s someone who cherishes the children, but she’s going to throw Viscountess Ivan away like that…’

This was the opinion of the ladies who fell on the tongue of Viscountess Ivan. Of course, she didn’t teach high-ranking students as she used to.

Mrs. Tornian shook her head as she bit her tongue.

“Why do the kids do that. I don’t know why…”

“Teacher Ivan!”

Just then, the door burst open, and Anita appeared. Viscountess Ivan made up her neat face swiftly.

“Oh, Miss Tornian.”

“Teacher, there you are…”

Anita, who was about to start her complaint, glanced over at Mrs. Tornian. When her mother heard this story, she thought it wouldn’t be a very good response.

‘Be careful not to cause trouble with the children of the Duchy of Valois.’

Not to mention, Mrs. Tornian, over and over again said to them to do their best behaviour. From her mother’s point of view, she probably doesn’t want to cause trouble with Valois, even because of her betrothal relationship with the Londini family…

‘Well, what kind of girl is that!’

Anita, pouting her lips, hurriedly dragged Viscountess Ivan into her room.

Click.

The door was closed.

At the same time, Anita’s face was greatly distorted.

“You know, yesterday my brother was completely in trouble!!”

“What do you mean?”

“That’s…!”

Anita gave the whole story.

The Viscountess, who was at first had a sullen face, shone sharply in her eyes as soon as the name ‘Liliana’ came up.

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