Case 6: Chess prodigy.

Case 6: Chess prodigy.

''So...'' I speak up after devouring my third slice of cake. Sweets are the best. ''What do you want to do in the future, Emy?''

The girl diverts her gaze from the cake she is eating, finishes chewing her bite, gulps it down, and looks at me with an expressionless face. ''I want to be a Swordmaster.''

''Sword, huh.''

I have very little interest in swordplay or martial arts and such. I've never really imagined myself holding a melee weapon or doing CQC before.

''That's admirable, how's your practice going?''

''Last time I got tested I was at 5-star Novice.'' The girl says before taking another slice of cake, her seventh slice so far. What a monster.Visitt novelbin(.)co/m for the latest updates

For your information, there are 3 major roles in the world of fighting: Supporters, Defenders, and Damage Dealers, or DPS for short, although I'm the only one who uses this. And what are we fighting against? Monsters and demons.

Demons have sentience and are quite intelligent as well, they control monsters with dark magic and invade the territories of other races. Unlike in Anime where you can walk into a forest and monsters would just randomly attack you, there are just normal beasts there.

Most of the monsters are fighting armies at the border of the Empire and several other countries. Yes, we are at war with the demons right now, and we have lost quite a lot of land already. It will be much worse when the demon king resurrects in a few decades apparently, according to the goofy goddess.

If the elven territory is in the northernmost of the continent, then the demon territory is at the southernmost, sandwiched between the two is the Empire.

Anyway, back to the roles. Supporters are mainly just healers, occasionally, some mages join them to support other roles. Defenders are basically anyone who can protect themselves and their teammates against attacks. And finally DPS, this role is the most popular one, who doesn't like to stand out, right? Anybody who can significantly deal damage to the enemies is considered a DPS.

Emy's goal of Swordmaster is the end goal of most Sword users. Every class regardless of their role has the same ranking system: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Master. Each rank has stars, going from one to five. Her being a 5-star Novice at that age is very unusual already, normally children at 9 or 10 are at most 2-star Novice.

I told my dad that I wanted to test my rank before, but he just laughed it off saying don't bother. So was it because I'm too weak or I'm too strong? I'm starting to question my dad's capability as an Archmage at this point after the book blunder.

''That's impressive, Emy, and you're like, 9? Or 10? This year, right?''

''...No, I just turned 6 this year.'' The girl stops eating for a second and answers me.

''...That's got to be a joke, how are you this tall already??'' The girl is like 1.25 heads taller than me, how the hell is she supposed to be 6 and I'm 5?? And she's a 5-star Novice at that age??

''...Twat I wo vot jow.''That I do not know. Emy replies while chewing the final bite of her ninth slice of cake. Stop talking while eating, it's unsettling with your stone face.

''...''

Bet that's the case, another person from Earth. They call us Saints because apparently, the goddess told the world that she personally blessed us the Earthers.

''But I'll keep silent for now to let you two play first.''

''...And that's checkmate.'' I let out a little sigh after moving my queen to the back rank, my rook in the second rank. She got ladder mated.

''...You're good.'' Says Emy, her face still neutral.

''You're not bad yourself. I enjoyed that.'' I reply while rearranging the pieces for the next game. It was very close actually, I had to channel my inner Magnus Carlsen energy to beat her. I reckon she's around 1100~1200 ELO.

''You're up next? Mister Abe'' I turn to Abe.

''Oh please, not you too.'' Abe has a resigned face, don't resign before you play the game, dude. ''Then, please.''

This time I got the white pieces.

This is bad, really bad. It's only been 15 moves and I'm already down a bishop, I'm getting my cheeks slapped here, this guy's the real deal. This cannot go on, I need to protect my dignity as a princess.

''...It looks like I can't play around anymore.'' I mutter a cool line before closing my eyes.

Help me Stockfish!The best chess engine/computer/AI in the world, better than any human.

I begin to enter my current position on the digital board and proceed to play the best moves according to the engine.

And 37 moves later-

''I lost'' Abe says while reaching his hand out, I take it and shake his hand. He resigned, heh. Skill issue.

''That was insane, somehow you clutched out of the losing position.'' Abe's golden eyes spark. ''It's rare to meet a prodigy this strong, can we go again?''

''Sure thing.'' I said with my smuggest face. I can see Emy and Dad looking at me with admiration as well.

And with the help of my friend and savior Stockfish, I managed to beat him 3 more times before the door burst open.

''The great lady Seymour is here!''