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After Quitting Being Your Rival (4)

(3rd person pov)

Finally, the speech ended. A suffocating silence followed after a brief cheer.

Taehyung caught his breath for a moment as he looked at Lisa in front of him.

He had a life that she lacked from the moment she was born, and was revered as a prodigy of swordsmanship from an early age.

“Uh-huh, if this is enough, you can try to win the swordsmanship competition.”

Top, who had taught young Taehyung himself, said with delight.

“There are no winners at the age of 14. This would be quite possible.”

Of course, Top was not the only teacher attached to Taehyung.

Not only the commander of the knights, but also the teachers who taught Top in the past that were attached to him were the best.

As if all the successors of Kim who showed talent in swordsmanship grew that much.

“It is an honor to have a sword fight with Little Duke Kim Taehyung.”

“Everyone deserves to be tongue-tied. Thank you for your good teaching.”

Those who faced him with their swords were favorable to him even after defeat.

The world was kind to him, and everyone admired him, especially when he raised his sword.

The first person to break his world was Lisa.

Her fighting spirit was so strong as they faced each other at the same age in the final of the swordsmanship competition, and his heart sank for a moment.

And he only realized after hitting the sword once.

A 14-year-old, young boy who knew nothing but swords, was thrilled by the girl who looked at him as if she was about to kill him.

It was probably because he was a little dazed by the hostility he had encountered for the first time.

From the day he first defeated Top, he knew he had been waiting for this feeling for a long time.

It was the thrill of seeing someone who really made you nervous.

Of course, she fell short of his skills, but she was superior to any opponent he had encountered in a swordsmanship contest.

He said it was a good match, and when he tried to ask if she was thinking of joining the Kim Knights…

“Get lost, XX. It must have been a good match for you.”

After the swordsmanship contest, it was Jimin, not Lisa, who joined the Kim Knights.

So many things had happened in the meantime, and now he liked her regardless of any feelings he had in the past.

She was the only person who made him flutter, upset, and fuss like this.

And in front of the huge crowd, which may be the last time in his life, Taehyung felt his whole body tense as it did 8 years ago.

He might lose.

But he wanted to win.

He didn’t know how it felt to lose. During that time he had participated in countless matches, victory was always a matter of course.

Taehyung grabbed the sword and charged to Lisa first.

~*~

Lisa swallowed dry saliva as she looked at Taehyung facing her.