Chapter 24: Fight against a noble family
Shaan woke up to birds chirping outside his bedroom window, which had been left open all night. No wonder—last night’s training session with Mr. Maximus had been crazier than ever, leaving his entire body sore. He had even forgotten to close his window as he usually did. Worse yet, he hadn’t even changed his clothes and had fallen asleep.
"Ugh, crap." Shaan stretched his body. "It seems that yesterday’s training still makes my body feel sore."
Although yesterday’s training had been grueling, Shaan had finally managed to knock out that damn training dummy which kept following him around. It was all because of his efforts and also thanks to the advice of Mr. Maximus for teaching him special tricks to knock out the damn training dummy. At least now, his confidence in defeating Theo was increased.
"I’d better hurry up and change my clothes. Ugh, I smell like rotten fish."
After a few minutes of cleaning himself in the toilet, the bad smell which covered his body all night had finally disappeared. Good, at least now his appearance was much fresher than before. He then picked up his clothes and quickly made his way to the main kitchen for breakfast before going to the training area to continue the sparring session.
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"Today, we will continue our sparring session." Mr. Luis said, looking at Shaan and Theo, who were already in the arena. "Theo, are you ready?"
"Yes, I am." Theo smiled, looking at Shaan with an intimidating gaze. "I will finish this fight as soon as possible."
"Shaan, what about you?"
"I’m ready too." Shaan gripped his dual short swords tightly with vigor. "I will do my best."
"Then, let’s start today’s sparring session!"
Shaan and Theo rushed together at full speed, launching attack after attack at each other. Their strengths seemed to be evenly matched, making the atmosphere in the sparring area tense.