10 Chapter 10 : Lizs Battle (1/2)

As the matches were decided, Usui was scheduled to be last as he was to be the second opponent to Jinha. Restlessly, he started debating on whether he should wait for his turn or escape the matches with Zelal and wander around till his turn was up.

He gave up on his idea when he saw the little prince jumping down from the podium, where his parents sat to the battleground. Rin grinned widely at Usui as he walked towards him.

Usui watched as the little boy's smile faded to annoyance as the boy noticed his guard following him. The chubby prince motioned the guard to scram to which the guard nodded obediently.

The guard took his place a couple of distance away from the little prince, just enough to give the prince his space and enough to help him in danger.

After dismissing the guard, Rin happily ran towards Usui,” Big Bro, are you taking away my sister?”

Usui lifted the kid up and asked, ” Do you not want me to?” while he walked, carrying the prince, to the bench where his brother was waiting.

The boy contemplated as his small chubby hand held his child. Usui sat down and placed the boy on his lap. He watched as the boy's brows furrowed and then, the next second smoothened out while his eyes shined brightly.

”No..No..I want you to do exactly that.”

Usui's smile faltered as he thought, ' Wasn't the answer supposed to be the opposite? Don't all little brothers be protective over their sister.'

'Why is he different?!!!!' he silently cried.

He cleared his throat and confirmed, ” You want me to take her away?”

The little boy nodded.

”Why?”

”Because I will be able to accompany both of you.” the little boy said innocently.

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Zelal choked on the water he was drinking. He coughed while patting his chest, ' My brother is evil. Easily charming the boy! Hmph!! '

Usui was surprised as he heard his reason and couldn't help but laugh while patting the boy's head.

He looked at the adorable boy with green eyes, similar to his mother, with his chubby cheeks a bit read and short blonde hair. The smile on his face would melt anyone's heart and make one love the small adorable prince in an instant.

”Big bro, you don't need to fight the Thunder squad. I could just tell my father to cancel the competition right away and give my sister's hand to you.”

He chuckled as he thought, ' Hmm..How would the princess feel if she came to know how her little brother gave her away easily?!'

He could already feel her eyes glaring at him with her pursed lips.

He smiled at the boy gently,” There's no need for all of that. The competition must be fair and square so that everyone would know that your sister is marrying a strong guy. Who knows, maybe people would doubt my strength if you give me an advantage.”

Rin frowned on hearing this,” Brother, you don't need to worry as no one will complain about this matter. I believe in you.”

The boy smugly said, ” You can defeat these flies within minutes.”

Rin was a born genius as he had high mana strength and had a dual affinity to wind and fire. He was also rather skilled in archery which would put a lot of adults to shame. So, he could judge a person's strength based on their mana and knew that his brother was powerful as he couldn't read his power.

One had to be a waste or should be a high-level mana cultivator to not be able to read their powers. And, the prince was confident to say that his big brother belonged to the latter category.

Usui chuckled softly seeing the proud look on the boy's face.

As he was about to explain further, he heard another voice say, ” Prince Rin, you may be right about him being strong but you are wrong if you think he can defeat the thunder squad members .”

Usui turned to the annoying voice and found that it belonged to Jinha who had a grin on his face.

Jinha mocked him,” Don't let your big brother lose this opportunity as he travelled here just for fighting against us and to win fairly.”

He emphasized the last word deliberately which made Usui narrow his eyes at him.

Rin looked at his big brother confusedly.

Usui smiled,” Yeah. I want to fight with their group to show you that I'm stronger than them. So Rin, wait for me patiently as I win this competition.”

Rin smiled hearing his brother and nodded happily.

Jinha smirked,” We will know who is stronger by the end of the competition. ” and went back to his group.

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The first match was between the prince of Claudia and Liz, the one who didn't bother to check who her opponent was as she closed the book she was reading and stood up while removing the creases formed while sitting on the bench.

Rin on seeing that aunt Liz was going to battle, he shouted,” Aunt Liz, Good luck!”

On hearing the shout, Liz looked at Rin and smiled lovingly at him. On seeing her smile, the audience felt their hearts beating fast.

Zelal was stunned on seeing her beautiful smile and had to calm his raising heart. 'Stupid Heart!! Stop beating fast just because of a smile.'

The prince, on the field, looked troubled as he didn't want to hurt this beautiful girl. So, he tenderly said,” I do not want to hurt you, so it would be best if you could pull out from this match.”

Liz turned to him, back to being emotionless and said,” You won't hurt me. So, let's begin.”