Chapter 11The sound of the bell being struck. A sign that the duel was over, and the fighters were moving away from each other. The third round of Loris and Remuel's battle ended unexpectedly.After the first round in Loris's favour, he had knocked Remuel down quickly without pause until the third round, which targeted the vital points of the woman's legs. "It's judgment time, isn't it? I'm really afraid of Loris's judgment result. After all, he fell when Remuel attacked him. And he was bleeding badly." An old woman commented on Loris's wounded appearance at the end. "Let's just wait, all decisions are in the hands of the fair goddess of judgment. Even the Elder and the higher-ups of the shooting academy won't be able to interfere with the judgment of a legitimate duel."One of the wise spectators explained to his companion, who was anxious and impatient with the final result.Not only was the situation tense and thrilling, but many were anxious about the judgment of the Elder and t

Leon passed by the Elder meeting room that had been in frequent use these days."What now?" the youngest Elder named Reie, started babbling.She seemed to sound unhappy about being invited to the meeting room. Reie was indeed the youngest Elder due to inheriting the position of her grandfather, who passed away when she was 25 years old."Sit down, Elder Reie, we invite you to discuss and sign the legalization of Remuel and Loris' marriage annulment," Ramos explained tactfully. He stood with his hands behind his back.Ramos spoke quietly and then sat down in the chair designated for him. Every Elder's chair had a brand name written on the teak wood.Reid snorted before finally sitting, "What a day we had just to take care of Loris Federico.""Don't forget the attestation of the documents provided by the fame shooting academy, Elder Reie. We just need to sign and approve it before it is sent to Federico." The other Elder explained flatly.He also sounded fed up. It was just that Reie's

That afternoon, Arturo came late to the place where they practised together. They had promised to train together after school.It was a quiet afternoon at the shooting range for Federico's family. But from outside, Arturo could hear the continuous sound of bullets from inside the range.Arturo, who had just entered, accidentally kicked an old bottle with many holes on the floor, "Brother Loris, did you come early today? Have you been doing it since morning?" asked Arturo loudly.Loris put on his earplugs, but Arturo's shout still penetrated his ears.He lowered his hands, stopped his training, turned to Arturo, "Not really," he replied flatly.Loris had come early because, after three days, he was having trouble shooting evenly with his magic bullets.On the fourth day, he had practised early and skipped class to have a light duel with Arturo to at least keep him balanced.Arturo, who heard that, raised her eyebrows, "Really?" She asked incredulously.The young woman was astonished. Sh

A small creature that only had eyes, a mouth, and small feet greeted Loris. Loris, who saw it, swallowed while freezing."Are you real? Is this just a fantasy?" thought Loris, who then swallowed again after a few times.Loris widened his eyes by staring at the creature, but all the creature did was blink while concluding a smile that was pointed at every corner of the lips."Hi Loris, nice to see you again," it said casually."Huh?! You know my name?" Loris muttered with a half-pale face.These few days, he believed he was so exhausted that everything he saw seemed unreal.Loris immediately shook his head when she realized that he was sure the one in front of his was also the same as what he saw in the dream. Not real."Hah! Seriously, I must be going crazy because this hand injury is mentally draining me," Loris spoke to himself while chuckling.He turned her face away, sighed, and then looked back at the small creature standing in front of his feet. The creature then jumped onto Lo

19Loris found Arturo's face looking confused when in front of him. Loris recalled his poor attitude towards the people around him over the past few years. He then patted Arturo's shoulder gently.Loris smiled at Arturo, "Arturo, thanks for worrying about me, but I'm fine." he said kindly.He added, "I also apologise to you for my annoying attitude all this time. Will you forgive me?" he asked gently.Loris realised that hi, attitude was also not good towards Arturo lately. She realised that she was often rude and annoying."Huh? What's wrong? Are you saying goodbye?!" asked Arturo with a snarl. She even widened hee eyes in surprise at Loris' sudden attitude.Loris chuckled. He then turned his face away. Hearing Arturo's passionate attitude made him laugh amusedly."I have no intention of going anywhere. I just need your help, brother Arturo," Loris said with a sweet smile.Arturo returned Loris' smile. She was quite happy and relieved by Loris' warmer attitude than his usual cold one