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24.43% The Eminence of a True Monarch of the Shadows / Chapter 64: Chapter 64

Chapter 64: Chapter 64

[Third Person's PoV]

As Shadow looked down on Alexia, Alexia pointed her sword towards Shadow and stood in a fighting position.

"Shadow" she growled "What are you planning? Why are you sending out your men to attack civilians?"

Shadow sent out a slither of his Conqueror's Haki and pressed it on Alexia, making her almost collapse due to the weight.

'This, This feeling, it's the same as back then, back at the dungeon' Alexia thought while trying to bear the weight of just a small amount of Shadow's will.

Experiencing this feeling just showed Alexia that she has no hope, she has no way to defeat him, her life is in his hands.

"Watch it, do not speak of things of which you have no knowledge of"

Hearing this Alexia started shaking in fear 'I just had to go and open my big mouth' Alexia thought.

"These posers could never hope match the might that is Shadow Garden"

Cid then stopped releasing his Conqueror's Haki and stopped at the edge of the rooftop. When turned around to leave Alexia couldn't help but call out to him, she knew it was stupid, she knew that all she had to do to survive was keep her mouth shut. But the words still couldn't help come out

"As a princess of this country, I have to know, are you a friend or foe? I know that right now I'm weak and that I don't have the strength to ask you such a question, but it's my duty to make sure this kingdom is safe. So I will ask you again… Are you a friend or foe"

Shadow just turned his head and kept looking at her, it got to the point where she got uncomfortable under his stare.

The next she blinked he already disappeared from where he was standing,

"That decision isn't for me to decide" was all Alexia heard in the empty alleyway.

She held up her shaky hands "I…I can't stop shaking, just how strong is he that his very being brings me such fear"

Cid appeared and dropped from the sky and slashed his sword in a clean arc completely cutting a poser in a perfect half.

The other poser that was with him turned around and started running for live. Cid didn't pay him any heed and turned around to leave, leaving the last guy to Nu who appeared in the direction the poser was running to, while still wearing her business outfit.

"Amazing work as always my lord" Nu nodded not completely ignoring the poser running to her direction

"You can leave these low-lifes to me my lord, there's no need to get your hands dirty" Nu said with a hand resting on her chest.

The poser that was running got infront of Nue and swung his sword in her direction to move her out the way.

The poser's finger as well as his hand were soon chopped up into pieces. Seeing that Shadow was gone, Nu's face turned sinister, "I'm not as kind or as merciful as Master Shadow, so don't expect a painless death" she said while stepping on his face.

–The next day–

Cid was walking along the cafeteria when he spotted Sherry casually walking while holding a tray in her hands.

Cid gained a red glint in his eyes and smirked to himself while looking at her 'Why am I having so much fun teasing her' he took out the box of Chocolate he got yesterday from gamma and walked towards her direction.

When he arrived next to hear he placed the chocolate on her tray and walked away while waving his wave and saying "Hope you enjoy them Sherry"

"Huh" was all Sherry managed to say before looking flustered "What? Why?" She said looking towards Cid but he was already a bit away while waving his hand.

"Huh," Sherry repeated, totally confused…

When she got towards the science research facility and sat down and started eating her lunch she saved the chocolates for last, although she didn't really know what they were.

When she was done eating her lunch she held a small piece of it towards the light to look at it carefully "Just what could this be…" she wondered.

It was at the moment that the vice-principal entered, and when he saw what Sherry was doing he asked "Oh, Sherry where did you manage to get Chocolate from?"

"Vice-prin… I mean father" she corrected herself before presenting him the box she was gifted.

"This… this was given to me by a boy I know" she said while blushing.

The vice principal was looking at box with a hand on his chin and said "oh so it was a present"

Which made Sherry blush more, "a Present but why?"

"He must have fallen in love with you, that's the kind of chocolates one would have to stand in line since first thing in the morning in order to get it. He must have gone through alot in order to get it" He said with a small smile.

Hearing this Sherry covered her face with the box she was holding to stop showing her embarrassment.

They both then started talking about the artifact, to which after a while made the vice principal go into a coughing fit.

After discussing her future and what she would do, the vice principal started leaving by the end of their discussion and as he was leaving he looked back and said "oh and don't forget to eat the chocolate…" and left.

Sherry sighed before sitting down and looking at the chocolate in front of her, she then took the piece she took out earlier and looked at it for a bit more before taking a bite.

"Hmmm, so sweet, it's delicious" she said before taking another piece and another.

While Cid was just walking around the courtyard of the school he suddenly said "Yes Nu?"

Nu who was about to speak up and grab his attention stopped and nodded her head with a smirk. 'As expected of lord Shadow, No could ever hope to even get the drop on him and surprise him'

Cid then turned towards her direction and looked at her up and down "Nice outfit, you look nice"

Nu hearing him blushed, she wasn't expecting to be complimented especially from her lord and especially since she's wearing something plain to blend in and disguise herself.

Nu put a finger by her mouth and said "This is supposed to be a secret mission from Lady Gamma, if she knew i infiltrated the school during day time, she'd be very upset"

Nu then gained a serious expression and said "It's every like how you predicted my lord, everything is going according to your plan. Although we were able to get much information from the target due to their powerful brainwashing, we know that everything that you have previously said is coming to fruition"

"So, did you hang the previous fools out in the open as a warning" Cid said.

Nu's eyes went wide "Wh-, ho-, no it's a foolish question" she smirked and asked "I hope I haven't complicated your plans my lord"

Cid smirked as he shook his head "Nope, if it was I would have stopped you, plus what you did was something I already predicted, I didn't have to pay any attention really"

Hearing him Nu's eyes filled with respect and adoration 'My lord is always 100 steps away from everyone it seems… I must get stronger so I would be able to support him' Nu thought…


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Chapter 65: Chapter 65

[Third Person's PoV]

Cid Kagenou was standing in an Arena, with almost the whole student body in the crowd watching.

In front of him, Rose Oriana with her sword drawn and in a fighting position, her eyes locked in on Cid's positioning, studying and anticipating his first move.

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As for why they're in an arena about to fight each? The answer is simple, it's close to the day of The God of War festival begins. So the school holds a competition to decide and judge who would be worthy to be their representative.

Cid, who casually had a sword resting on his shoulder, had no expression on his face. His eyes just stared into Rose's awaiting for the match to begin.

Alexia, who was the spokesperson for the competition was seen in a both with papers in her hands announcing the start of the competition

"The time has come for the God of War tournament. Dear participants, do your best while upholding the virtues of a spellsword. And please be mindful of injuries.

It's time for our first bout. SECOND YEAR ROSE ORIANA Vs. FIRST YEAR CID KAGENOU."

As Alexia announces both of them, the whole crowd goes wild. They all kept encouraging both Cid and Rose.

"Wooooah! Go lady Rose!"

"You can win this dark prince!"

"Win! Win! Win!"

Cid and Rose just continued to stare at each in the eyes, ignoring the shouts of the crowd and as they stared Rose made the first move. She enhanced herself with her magic and shot herself towards Cid kicking up dust in the process.

Cid didn't even move, he just continued to look her in the eyes, without any change in his expression. To the untrained eyes it would just look like Rose is too fast and Cid isn't quick enough to react.

When Rose swung her sword the sound of metal clashing reverberated throughout the entire arena, sparks flew due to the contact of their sword.

Rose went wide eyed when she saw Cid casually defend her strike, seeing that her first attack failed she didn't relent, she kept swinging her sword in a fast manner, with each strike the more sparks flew.

Cid unexpectedly kicked her in the stomach, sending her flying back. Due to the force she had to insert her sword into the ground to slow herself down.

As she knelt, she stood up withdrawing her sword from the ground and got into a fighting position once again

'He's strong! I heard he was, but I thought those were just exaggerations. This is going to be fun…' she thought while looking at Cid with an excited expression.

The next she blinked, Cid disappeared from her view and reappeared in front of her with a small smirk and casually swung his sword.

'Fast!'

Due to how fast and unexpectedly he appeared Cid managed to create a slash mark in arm.

Swing went and swung again but this time she was able to react and managed to block it. Cid kept Swinging and Swinging and Swinging and Swinging, And Swinging his sword at her, with each swing becoming faster and faster.

Multiple marks kept appearing all over her body. 'He's too skilled!, am I seriously going to lose?' She thought to herself while trying and successfully blocking some of Cid's attacks.

Seriousness and determination grew in her eyes 'NO! There's no way I'm going to lose, I didn't come all the way from my kingdom to make a fool of myself. Here and Now I'll surpass my limits!'

'What should I have for lunch today?' Cid thought while swinging his sword and watching Rose defend herself.

Rose then started enhancing herself with even more Magic and went into the assault, she parried one of Cid's sword strikes and started trying to attack him.

But Cid was able to block all of them, Cid's expression then grew serious.

Rose seeing his seriousness smiled and thought to herself 'Good, it looks like he's taking me seriously and is having trouble defending'

'Should I get Fried Chicken or Pizza to eat later on, It's been a while since I ate them. I haven't really taken the time to enjoy food since I don't really have to eat anymore.'

Rose tried to kick Cid but he managed to grab her leg and flung her across the arena to the other side.

'Let's see if I can make her learn anything in just a short amount of time…' Cid thought and looked at Rose with a playful smirk.

When Rose landed she adjusted her positioning and looked towards Cid, when she saw his playful expression she lowered her posture and started charging her legs up with Magic Power.

While Cid just lowered his head slightly for theatrics. They both shot towards each other and meant towards the middle where their swords clash.

Dust blasted everywhere due to their force and magic while they just stared at each other while pressing their swords together trying to gain an advantage… or at least that's what it looked like to everyone else.

'He's not… he's not taking this seriously!' Rose's eyes grew wide when she felt their confrontation.

She looks at Cid with their swords pressing against each other to see if he has anything to say about it but he just continues smirking while giving her a wink.

Cid breaks their confrontation and starts attacking all of her weak points. With each sword strike Rose learns to guard her weak points even if they took a few tries. And the longer the fight goes the more she can sense what is going on.

'Is he… Is he trying to teach me?' she thought while looking at everything that is going on objectively.

After a few move exchanges, Rose figures it out 'He is! But why? Why would he go out of his way to teach me? What does he get out of all of this?'

Throughout all this time Cid never stopped making eye contact with Rose, which was something she picked up.

It was thanks to that that she was able to come up with a reason, that was most likely after going through all other reasons 'I see I got it now, it all makes sense… he's in love with me.'

'The way he doesn't avoid eye contact, the way he's teaching me, he's not going all out because he's afraid he'll hurt me… Cid huh I'll make sure to remember his name'

Cid then backed away slightly, he dropped down and swept her feet completely catching her off guard and making her drop to the ground.

He goes and disarms her, puts a foot on her hand where her sword previously was and points his sword under her chin and right on her neck.

Rose was tried and was breathing heavily on the ground, she looked up at Cid who was just looking down on her with a small smile, the sun shining directly behind him, making him look dazzling.

'He's pretty handsome…' Rose thought with a blush on her cheeks.

"And The winner for the first bout of this competition is–"

"I FORFEIT!" Cid said enhancing his voice with magic so everyone could hear him.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT" The whole Arena shouted. That was a beautiful fight, everyone pretty much thought.

Even Alexia was shocked by this. She made sure of what she was hearing "Umm excuse What? What do you mean you're forfeiting? Why? You were just about to become the winner of this bout!" She said over the speakers.

Cid stopped pressing his foot on Rose's hand, and offered his hand to help her up, which she gratefully took.

When he helped her up he put his sword back on his sheath and started walking out with both of his hands resting on the back of his head.

"Guess I don't want to be a representative, that seems like a lot of work I don't want to do, it could be someone else's problem. I just joined to have a Fun and entertaining fight, which I just had. So there's no reason for me to stay any longer"

Cid just continued walking while waving a hand saying bye, without even looking back.

Rose just kept watching Cid's retreating back with a pondering expression and a hand on her chin 'Did he forfeit because of me? He loves me so much that he was willing to give up all the fame and glory he would have gotten and no doubt achieved… oh Cid'

Rose thought while putting a hand on her heart 'No one has been willing to ever give up that much just for me' the blush on Rose's face grew

Meanwhile Cid made up his mind on what he was going to eat later one 'Why not have both? I don't have to choose! Choosing is for the weak!'


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