I Became the Fiance of a Dragon in Romance Fantasy

26 – Tourney (2)

I wonder if I’ve seen two more games.

A short waiting time was given, and in the meantime, a servant from afar approached me and opened his mouth.

“Princess Physis Ortaire. Now you need to go to the tournament waiting room.”

“i get it.”

I finally got to the point where I had to go into the waiting room for the match.

“Adilon. I guess I should go get ready.”

She looked at me blankly at my words and nodded.

“Yeah. be careful. And this… … .”

Then she took something out of her arms and gave it to me.

A new handkerchief, different from the one given last time.

However, the pattern engraved on the handkerchief was slightly different.

The elaborately carved dragon was holding a sword.

The dragon was the symbol of Rodenov, and the sword was the symbol of Ortaire, so the dragon with the sword in it must mean an alliance between the two places and harmony between them.

When the hell did you prepare a handkerchief like this?

Sudden questioning, I remembered that Adiluun had stayed in the inn yesterday to take a break, and at that moment I realized why she hadn’t come out of the inn all day.

And why did she even do this?

Obviously, Adyllun told me to do my best for him.

Perhaps this handkerchief is an extension of that request.

Then I had to do my best. Not simply for the name of the family or for the prestige of her and me.

for our promise.

“I will do my best this time too.”

“I don’t want to win, so don’t get hurt. It will be quite dangerous as it does not use mana.”

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Just like the last time, she told me curtly, begging me not to get hurt.

Somehow it seemed to be the opposite of handing me a handkerchief, but I knew that it was her own concern, so I answered her with a smile.

“do not worry. Then, I will go.”

“Yeah.”

* * *

Tournament private waiting room. The servants were putting on me the armor sent by my older brother.

The wearing of the armor ended with a dull metal sound.

Originally, it was normal to be heavy, but the armor made with the technology of the Ortaire estate, where metallurgy and blacksmithing skills were developed, was much lighter than other armor.

In addition, my body did not feel any burden even though I was wearing heavy armor, probably because I had been training endlessly. Even without mana.

“The preparations are over. Sir Physis Ortaire.”

Obviously, the title of sir can be called only after being formally knighted, but since knighthood is temporarily granted to all those who participate in the tournament, my current official title is Sir Physis Ortaire.

“yes.”

“Can you mount a horse? Let me know if you need any help.”

“Okay.”

To the servant’s question, I simply replied that I was fine and mounted the horse.

The horse seemed to have been tamed fairly well, but it was not weak or infirm. On the contrary, it can be said that it is a very excellent word.

It was natural that the horses were directly managed by the imperial family, but even so, it seemed that the imperial family considered the foundation day tournament as an important event, considering that such excellent horses were given out for the tournament.

“let’s go.”

I gently stroked the horse’s mane and said to the servant.

“I understand, Sir.”

After leaving the private waiting room, a long passage leading to the arena unfolded. In the aisle, I saw a knight who looked like my opponent, who rode his horse, gave me a glance, and passed.

However, I was able to look at the eyes that laughed at me in those glances. Well, it’s natural since I’ve never had a history of raising my name through jousting.

It was before the face mask was covered, so I could tell who it was if I wanted to, but I didn’t really want to. After all, at the tournament, that person will experience the humiliation of being completely broken by the opponent he despises.

Get on the horse and go through the passage.

In that brief moment, I matched my movements with those of the horse.

Originally, it would require countless training, but I didn’t really need it. I have already figured out with my own eyes how this horse moves.

If I advance as the horse advances, the enemy’s torso will be at the end. This word is definitely a war horse. It must be a horse that has gone through countless training sessions to defeat its opponents.

You will know much better than a newbie like me who is new to fighting on horseback.

Therefore, it would not be difficult to defeat the enemy by assimilating me into the horse’s gaze, the horse’s breath, and the horse’s movement.

Of course, to me who was accustomed to fighting alone, doing something on horseback was quite unfamiliar. but… … It wasn’t too bad though.

Suddenly, my vision was clear. At the end of the long passage, the appearance of the vast tournament arena finally comes into view.

Wow!

The voices of the tens of thousands of spectators shouting at the advance of the knights were truly overwhelming, so it would not be enough to comment.

The heat they radiated made my heart race.

And finally, I and the knights who are my opponent finally met each other’s eyes, and at that moment, each of the servants came forward and spit out stories about their own knights.

“therefore! Who is the winner of the recent hunting competition! Who is the reverse warrior who killed a ferocious monster with shiny golden hair with only two fists!”

“Fishis! Phishes!”

In fact, rumors that I had beaten a monster to death in a hunting tournament quickly spread to the streets of the festival. So my seed must have induced a response in this way, but it was an ostentatious tone that made me ashamed of the listener.

Anyway, as if the other side of the article did not want to lose, it induced a response accompanied by a brilliant rhetoric, and finally all the procedures were over.

In front of my eyes was the knight I had just encountered, holding a huge lance.

I also lifted the lance given to me.

A rugged wooden lance given to all knights without much decoration and given by the imperial family. However, the atmosphere of the tournament overflowing with heat had the power to make this lance look like a weapon from a myth.

Raising their lances, each other raised their spears and set an example for the other.

Of course, being in it would not be pure courtesy.

Like me, that knight must be wrapped up in many thoughts.

But even so, perhaps there is something in common between that article and my thoughts.

There is one thing in common between me and that article, who have no contact with anything. that’s right… … .

A warrior’s will to crush the enemy.

Booo-

Flags are raised, horns sound.

I kicked the ground with my horse.

* * *

The scenery of the match ground passes by.

All kinds of sounds come together and sting your ears. The sound of a horse kicking the ground, the sound of a horse breathing heavily, and cheers echoing throughout the arena.

However, I turned my attention away from all of that and rushed furiously at my side, but I saw the opponent holding a lance and aiming at me.

How are you going to stab that lance? Do you treat me as a beginner and simply attack quickly and hard, or will you see my lance move and press it down.

No, it didn’t matter. I didn’t have to judge that. Now that my eyes were looking at him, everything about him was being thoroughly penetrated by my eyes.

The place he’s aiming for is the center of my chest.

The guy was looking down on me. Otherwise, there would be no way he would have made such an honest attack.

Even if you are confident in your strength, in the end, it is the difference in technique that decides the outcome in the situation where you collide with lances.

He did that with the unfounded conviction that his speed was faster than mine.

It’s funny. Even if the opponent didn’t make a name for himself in the tournament, he must never be arrogant.

An arrogant knight deserves to be humiliated.

The moment he reached out his lance with his arm aiming for the center of my chest, I pressed his lance with my lance, disrupting the target, and then stabbed the lance in the center of his chest.

Quaang!

In an instant, his lance lost its power and went past me in vain, but my lance hit the center of the opponent’s chest and made a loud noise.

At the same time, the tip of my lance exploded spectacularly and he fell off his horse.

It was a fall. The game was decided at once.