Chapter 8: Inglis, 5 years old (4)
「Here I come!」
Raphael yelled and he immediately charged with all his might towards Rahal. Since Raphael had the idea that his opponent was much stronger than what he was, he thought that the charge would help him gather more momentum for his attack.
Ah! That’s a bad move. What is he thinking?! Thought Inglis as she sighed. This battle would probably face the same ending as all the previous ones.
「Naive!」
Rahal’s wooden sword easily blocked his powerful strike. If this battle had truly been fair and square, without Rahal’s cheating with his sorcery, that strike would have pushed Rahal off his feet. 1
「Guh…!」 「Kukuku! So the future hero is not that big a deal!」 2
Rahal 3 took the opening to counterattack Raphael and this would have been an easy block for him, if not for the sorcery dulling his movements. This resulted in Raphael being one step too late in his block and in turn, he received a solid strike from his opponent, making him lose his sword. The trajectory of the disarmed sword flew in the direction of Rafinha.
「Kyaah!」 「Rani!?」 「It’s okay.」
Clasp! Inglis easily caught the wooden sword in midair with one hand.