Far away, in the royal palace…
In the training grounds, a young man in his late twenties was fighting with a pair of knights at once.
He had a sword in both hands and attacked the knights with a smirk on his face. Both knights were covered with sweat and faced trouble handling the crown prince.
While the crown prince was looking at ease as if it was child's play. He had no sweat or tensed muscles but a laid back smile on his face. This was as if he was just sitting and enjoying the sun.
"Let's attack at once!" The knights nodded to each other and both took a step back and attacked Nicholas simultaneously, but Nicholas laughed, jumped and kicked one of them while attacking the other with his sword.
Despite being just a wooden sword, one was severely wounded on his chest, while the other was covered in mud.
"Your highness, we can not compete against you." they bowed their heads at once.