As soon as the whistle blew neither of us made any moves, we stood in a defensive position while we analyzed each other`s fencing, looking at Edward`s positioning I can tell that his fencing is much more refined than most, but still I won`t lose, that`s because I have knowledge of fencing and fighting styles that have been polished to a peak, since neither of us were attacking I decided to be the first to make the attack, I ran towards Edward while watching his feet trying to predict where he would move.

　　As I got close enough to him to be able to strike him, he moved his feet, I was able to predict the direction he was going to move and just as I had predicted he dodged to the left, but unfortunately for him I was already moving in anticipation of him dodging, easily stopping my advance, I directed my sword trying to hit Edward, within seconds a sound of wood clashing was heard as my sword and Edward`s collided into each other, i could see for a moment that Edward was looking at me surprised, but I don`t space for him to be able to think about what just happened, without stopping my attacks I continue delivering blows one after another trapping Edward.

　　"You... how can you be so skilled... don`t tell me you have been lying all this time... you... you are actually the son of some noble family focused on the art of fencing aren`t you... I demand that you answer me"

　　Said Edward speaking in a euphoric and angry manner.

　　(I really don`t want to answer but I also don`t want to cause trouble)

　　"I am a commoner, as you all know"

　　I said while looking at Edward, hearing my words Edward`s face became even more angry, totally different from his usual facade.

　　"That`s impossible... I`m being cornered by a commoner? Me of all people? the crown prince of the great country of Storne, by a simple, lowly commoner?"

　　Edward was mumbling something I wasn`t listening to, I wasn`t particularly interested in hearing what he was saying either to be honest, I feel like all this guy thinks about and himself.

　　"Are you done yet?"

　　I asked as I pointed my sword at him, hearing my words Edward slowly stood up and started walking towards me, in a second, he started running at me with his sword raised, for some reason I felt he was aiming at my neck, although it is a wooden sword it still hurts if hit, not to mention that depending on the place it can end up causing a serious injury.Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.

　　"If it wasn`t for you, if you just disappeared, everything would be going as planned, you and the cause of everything I`ve been planning is not going well"

　　Edward said as he tried to strike me in every way with his sword, although I didn`t really understand what he meant, I could get the gist of his words, besides, with him like this his fencing had become extremely simple and ordinary, so simple that I could defeat him with one blow, and just as I was thinking I intercepted his attack with the sword and forced him backwards with a speed boost using my hips, not expecting it Edward was thrown backwards as I disarmed him.

　　"I won, I said as I pointed my sword at him"

　　Edward was simply looking at me with incredulous eyes not believing what was happening, his face clearly showed that he had never lost a duel before, i looked over to the audience and found Emi looking at me, her face showed that she was as surprised as Edward but for totally different reasons, this was quite a rare sight as Emi usually tends to have cold expressions, as soon as she saw the look on my face she smiled, that was enough for me, I didn`t need congratulations or anything.

　　With that I left the "Ring" and sat down on the bench waiting for the other matches to finish, looking at the other "Rings" I see several people with several different styles of fencing facing each other, but none of these styles resembled the ones I had in my past life, within minutes Eric arrived at my side with a sweaty face and a satisfied expression, although I don`t know what happened I am happy to see that he is happy.

　　"Hey"

　　I said as soon as I saw Eric.

　　"So how was it?"

　　I asked as I looked at him, hearing my question Eric cracked a smile and answered me.

　　"I lost, last year`s senpais are really something else, but thanks to that I learned a lot"

　　Eric said with a smile.

　　"That`s good"

　　I said with a soft smile on my face.

　　"What about you?"

　　Eric asked, i just made an ok expression with my hand and Eric soon understood.

　　"Oh, so you won from the prince, congratulations Ren"

　　Eric said with a smile.

　　"Thank you"

　　I said with a smile, after that all the fighting was over and Eric and I were getting ready to leave when a voice caught our attention.

　　"Hey guys, you were great, especially you Ren, who knew that a peaceful face like yours could hide so much strength"

　　The owner of the voice was flora who was approaching with Emi by her side.

　　"Hahaha, thanks flora"

　　I said embarrassed by the compliments, after that I turned my gaze to Emi and saw that she was also looking at me, moreover her cheeks were a little flushed.

　　"So..."

　　Emi began.

　　"Yes?"

　　I said in an anxious voice.

　　"... My congratulations... on the victory"

　　Emi said as her face turned red.

　　"Ah... thank you... Emi"

　　I said with a soft smile on my face, hearing my words Emi smiled as she looked at me, that smile would surely be etched in my mind for quite some time.