"Alright then, Atreides. Co at with everything you've got. This will be the final bout."
Alex's face toughened as he heard that. He put his right leg back and left one forward as he leaned a bit. From the stance, it seed as if he was going to put all in this move.
'Since you're ready to go all in, let return the favor.'
I clench my right hand and get ready for him.
With the drop of a leaf, Alex burst forward. The tendons in his leg pushing forth pressure as he slashed the wooden sword at my stomach.
My hand was faster as it went to hit his face first. But at the last mont, Alex's body slowly went under it.
He's slash was a feint to let open my guard against him.
He used that montary space to slide into my stomach and thrust again. This was the move he had used a bit ago.
Nobody would have been stupid enough to use the sa attack back to back. But Alex wasn't stupid, he deliberately used it knowing it will create this opportunity.
Back then, Henry might have caught on to his sword, but not this ti, this ti he-
"Foosh!"
In front of Alex's astonished eyes, Henry jumped up and rolled by him as his fist that he had avoided, ca for Alex again.
This ti it was too fast and too close.
'I… I won't escape this!'
My smile widened as I saw what Alex didn't do.
My fist was about to hit him, when I felt sothing on my back.
I stopped my attack and instantly rolled before striking at the person behind . My fist stopping inches before it would hit Lazarus.
Both of us looked at each other, trying to gauze each other out.
Lazarus's cane, now turned into a sword was ready to stab my stomach but I stopped it with my left hand. My right hand quickly stopped the knife that was about to pierce my throat.
"What do you think you're doing, teach."
"What do YOU think you're doing? If you're attack had landed, that boy would have died." Lazarus said, his face tough even while knowing he was being held still.
"I only did what you told us too. We are fighting."
"I said to fight, not kill!"
"Now what is a fight, if it's not to kill."
While we were arguing softly, the other students looked at us in awe.
"Look at him! He's holding back the teacher all on his own."
"He doesn't even look like he's in a pinch, except it looks like the instructor might be in trouble."
"Maybe the teacher went easy on him… right?"
Lazarus and I gave another round of expressionless glance before I smiled and let go of him.
"You could have just told to stop! Why use such excessive force?"
"A monster like you won't listen to reason."
"Hey, it was a fair fight in my eyes. Look, I didn't even have a weapon."
Lazarus said nothing as he turned to Alex, "You okay there, kid?"
"Y- Yeah." Alex nodded on the ground.
Lazarus looked at one more ti before turning around, "Today was evaluation day and all of you sucked… except for a few."
"Most of you are not even unpolished diamonds. You're just rocks lying around." He grumbled as he sheathed his cane-sword.
"But rocks you maybe, I will turn you into hardened ones that will bash your enemies in. Next class, I will teach you all you need about fighting, so that you don't get killed by so thug and embarrass ."
"Class is over! Go back to wherever you shitheads supposed to be." Lazarus said and walked away from us.
As I see him limp away, my mouth turns bitter, 'That bastard… if I hadn't stopped that attack before, he was going to kill !'
'I'll make sure to take care of that cripple before he can do anything against .'
I look down to Alex, he was about to get up when I gave him my hand, "You fight well. What was your na… Atreides, right?"
He nodded and for the first ti I see a smile on him, "Yes. But you are much better than . You took the instructors attack like nothing and even were able to stop him."
"Oh that? He's just a cripple, what else can you expect from him."
"No, he's not." Alex looked at Lazarus who went inside, "Lazarus Blackshot, he once was a great soldier of the army. I've heard that he once had killed off a platoon of 50 Sekai soldiers."
"Right now he may seem a bit weak… but I personally don't think he is."
"Is that so?" I behave nonchalant, "Not like it's gonna matter. The guy would be kicked out too."
"Why?" Alex asked .
"Why? Didn't you see his behavior, that guy probably got kicked out of the army because of his ntal problems."
"Even if so… I can learn a lot from him." Alex said as I saw him glance down at the wooden sword in dismay.
"So Atreides." I put my hand down on him hard, earning a groan, "Where have I heard that na before?"
"You might have heard about my father Nuron Atreides."
"Oh yeah… Captain of the 1st brigadier force, right."
"Yes, that's him."
'How can I not know that bastard? Because of that guy, I lost over a hundred thousand pounds worth of shipnt from Sekai Kingdom.'
"You have older brothers too. Soone that works in the army."
"Hmm, my oldest brother Herebert, he's a Sergeant Major."
'Right… that fucker caused problems for too.'
"But why are you suddenly interested in my family?" Alex asked.
"It's because you didn't blink."
"Huh?"
"Even as I was about to punch you, you faced it head on… that takes courage."
"Co, let's go to the class together."
"Oh, really? Okay, let's go." Alex went along with my words.
"Hey, Henry! Wait for !" Wilson called out as he saw Henry leave.
…
A little past noon
Classes were over by now and the students were left to either study or hang out. But most of them were out as they knew curfew would hit soon and they only had so little ti to fuck or try to fuck.
I was walking alone at the hallway in the academic building when I saw soone waiting for .
"Lazarus"
Hearing his na, Lazarus looked from the side as he was leaning against the wall. His cane standing steady beside him, "Henry Van Tax"
I stand there, I knew he was probably waiting for , "To what do I own this special greet?"
Lazarus gritted his teeth, not amused by , "You can shove that curved tongue of yours through your butt. I want to know!"
"Hm?"
"What is it that you're trying to achieve here?" I listen quietly to him.
"Before I was out, I also saw a few others here being kicked out too. It was either soone broke the rule or their social image was ruined."
"What I find strange about that is, all those that were kicked, were good people… or those that were a mber of the Kings Party."
My smile vanishes at that. 'He's good.'
"But I don't understand why that will be advantageous for you?" He looked at straight, "Why would you kick and those out that don't have any connection with you?"
"Do you… have so connection with that whore they call 'The Queen' now?"
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