Seeing is believing

Kumi Yhormaissen was filled with regret.

He couldn’t understand why he was being sent out for the second round of one-on-one duels.

He was just a very ordinary attendant among the Black Dragon Knights present.

Indeed, the original plan was for him to go.

But that was a foolish judgment made before when they thought they could easily handle the Blue Lion Knights.

Now they all saw that if they didn’t send out the strongest, they would continue to lose.

To be honest, at first, no one really cared about winning or losing.

Although if they really lost, the Crown Prince would probably scold them severely.

But so what if he scolded them? Kumi didn’t care.

He had pretty much reached his limit anyway.

Indeed, he was once called a super genius.

But that was among the commoners, his poor friends were boasting about him.

After coming to the Black Dragon Knights, he became an ordinary genius.

Although at this time he was still very naive and foolishly tried to work hard.

But he soon discovered that even if he became the best of the commoner attendants, made many contributions, and was even recommended to the capital’s branch…

He was still far behind.

There were too many people stronger than him.

If it was just not working hard enough, or his talent was inferior, he would have accepted it.

But more often, the situation was that everyone was about the same, but because the other party’s family was better, the gap between the two sides widened significantly.

For example, the famous Royal Knights.

They were a bunch of rice buckets and gilded playboys, guys who didn’t train a few times a week.

But even these opponents, their size and strength were all greater than his.

If the other party didn’t just have weight without muscles, he wouldn’t have been able to win that exercise at all.

If it was just unfair because of different backgrounds, it would actually be okay.

Kumi had been used to it since he was a child.

But after coming to the Black Dragon Knights, he had hoped that it would be different here.

But soon, someone told him:

“Do you really think His Highness values us? It’s just that no middle and upper nobles are willing to follow His Highness, so he has no choice but to use us!”

He didn’t believe it.

But the fact was that most of those who were promoted to knights were still those few descendants of lower nobles.

Even the more powerful attendants were people from lower nobles.

Well, they were all very nice people, without any airs.

But the gap and discrimination did exist.

Kumi was very disappointed.

He began to slack off.

Looking back, the gap between him and those people had widened.

But he didn’t really care anymore.

However, the blonde maid that the Crown Prince brought today told them that the Crown Prince had always valued them very much and was full of expectations for them.

This battle was arranged to prove that they were no worse than those guys from middle and upper nobles.

Haha, who would believe this nonsense!

Even though the Crown Prince always provided them with the best equipment and training facilities.

Even though the Crown Prince often invited veterans and martial arts masters to give them extra lessons, wanting to help them close the gap.

Even though the Crown Prince paid them salaries that were much higher than other knight orders, and he heard that he was planning to increase more benefits in the future.

As for valuing and expecting them… the Crown Prince had never said that once.

He had never praised them either.

He always looked at them coldly, and it was unknown whether he was satisfied with their performance.

“His Highness is just not good at expressing his feelings. As long as everyone does well, His Highness will definitely praise you!”

If someone else said this, Kumi would only think that they were teasing him, or simply drawing a big pie to fool him.

But for some reason, the blonde girl’s words were particularly convincing.

They gave people the feeling that even if it wasn’t true, she would definitely be able to do it.

Anyway, Kumi believed it.

Because letting more excellent people go was more in line with the Crown Prince’s expectations.

“No, there’s no need to make any adjustments to the lineup… His Highness believes that you can win.”

Everyone was stunned.

Kumi was no exception.

But he could only bite the bullet and go.

“Hmph, you useless lowlifes, don’t think that you can insult my young master and get away unscathed!”

The other party was very arrogant.

But the other party had the capital to be so.

Unlike the Royal Knights, he had a strong body full of muscles, and his sword moves showed that he had been instructed by a famous teacher… Kumi couldn’t help but recall what the blonde girl had said before:

“Don’t worry, you have a chance of winning.”

“You should have heard about the Blue Lion Knights’ style, right?”

“Their characteristics are that they are lax in military discipline, the generals and soldiers are as close as brothers, they eat, live, and drink together, and the generals take the lead in battle…

In other words, they are under-trained, their military skills are poor, their combat depends entirely on a momentary impulse, and their battlefield judgment is extremely dependent on their superiors…”

“In team battles, as long as you focus on attacking their commander who is rushing to the front, their formation will definitely fall apart, and they will even make foolish judgments to protect their commander.”

“As for single and arena battles, everyone please remember one thing… the efforts of the past will not betray you.”

After Kumi really came into close quarters combat with the other party, he immediately discovered.

Indeed, it was not as terrible as he had imagined.

The people of the Blue Lion Knights were stronger than the people of the Royal Knights, but they were not strong to the point of being irresistible.

Their muscles looked strong, but due to lack of training, they had not adapted to their own fighting style, and had not been able to fully exert the strength they should have.

So Kumi regretted it.

He regretted not having persisted in his efforts in the past.

If he had been working hard all along.

If he had been persisting in training.

He could have easily defeated such a guy, right?

As a result, he was fighting evenly with the other party.

Making His Highness lose all face…

What was he doing before!

Moreover, as the battle progressed, he discovered that another thing the blonde girl had said had also come true:

“As for the famous swordplay instructors and mentors they received in their early years… this does give them a higher starting point, but you are not performing swordplay in front of noble adults, you are soldiers fighting on the battlefield… life-and-death combat is the best teacher.”

Kumi discovered.

The other party’s swordsmanship seemed very exquisite and bluffing.

But many of the movements were just for show.

Indeed, the other party had also been on the battlefield.

They had also gained some understanding in battle and made some improvements.

But deeply rooted things cannot be easily changed.

“How could this be, I can’t even beat such a low-born waste!”

Especially since the other party was a group of guys who prided themselves on their noble status and experience… he couldn’t lose no matter what!

“What?”

Kumi’s wolf-like desperate fighting style and momentum startled the Blue Lion opponent.

By the time he reacted that this was just a competition, it was already too late.

“Winner, Black Dragon Knights, Kumi Yhormaissen!”

Kumi never imagined that he could actually win.

Clap clap clap.

He also never imagined that after he won, Prince Ryan would actually applaud for him for the first time ever.

No.

These were not unimaginable or incredible things.

It was just that he didn’t believe that he could do it.

It was just that he had been listening to rumors, which led him to misunderstand the Prince, be disappointed on his own, and give up on himself on his own.

Really… what was he doing all along?

Is it too late to work harder now?

At this time, he saw the blonde girl nodding slightly at him.

He remembered what the other party had said before.

His present is the future’s past of himself.

His current efforts will never betray him.

Just do it.

As long as he persists.

One day, he will definitely be able to stand in a higher place.

“What is that?”

“This light, this energy, could it be…”

“Congratulations, Your Highness, on gaining a great general!”

The surroundings suddenly became noisy.

But Kumi Yhormaissen couldn’t hear it.

He only felt that something suddenly poured out of his body.

Something that was connected to his soul, to his origin.

Then he fainted.