Chapter 2: Father and Son
Oooooooh, my Gooooood, you make me siiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!!
…… I can’t do it though! It might have made me feel a lot better to yell it out, but I can’t.
Actually, I want to straighten out the princess who is bad-mouthing me, but no matter what I say, I would only come off as vindictive, and that is worse.
So all I could do was pretend I didn’t hear a word and walk away, showing my pride.
“It’s a shame, Earth. But don’t be discouraged, keep pushing yourself again and again and become stronger.”
As I was about to leave, Taek, the instructor who officiated the mock battle between me and the princess put his hand on my shoulder and gave me a passionate shout.
“You know? Your father ‘Hiro’ also suffered as many defeats as you from ‘Solja’ who was the strongest in the academy when he was the prince. But at the end of the day… he earned a spectacular victory in their [Graduation Commemorative Match]. So keep it up!”1
The instructor gives a thumbs up and some encouragment. Following his lead, my classmates send encouragement after encouragement one after another.
“That’s right, Earth. Let’s see you awaken your heroic genes at the end of the day!”