Jousting is a martial game or a hastilude between two horsemen wielding lances with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament. The primary aim was to replicate a clash of heavy cavalry, with each participant trying hard to strike the opponent while riding towards him at high speed, if possible breaking the lance on the opponent's shield or jousting armor, or unhorsing him. Joust became the iconic character of the knight in Romantic medievalism. The participants experience close to three and a quarter times their body weight in G-forces when the lances collide with their armor.
Yuuki had watched 'Walkure Romanze' on his previous life so he had a general idea of jousting. He was surprised there was an arena for jousting in his town. He looked at the arena in front of him, and it was very big. He knew that the owner of this arena must be very rich.
The arena looked like a castle from medieval times. The building was being built by stone and it was covered by grassland.
"We're here," Ayano looked excited to show him.
"Hmm, it's interesting," Yuuki nodded.
"I'll show you around!" Ayano pulled his hand and guided him.
It was a day off, so there weren't many people in the arena. Ayano brought him to the ranch where they kept the horse. Horses were very important for this sport. That was why the ranch was one of the largest places within this arena.
"Hmm, the horse is very kind," Yuuki caressed the head of one of the horses.
"Yeah, a horse is a very kind animal," Ayano also caressed it.
They continued to walk around the arena, they saw a lot of things such as warehouses to keep spear and armor.
They walked into the arena until they heard someone arguing with each other.
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"Hah! Your team is weak! You're just a waste of space! Let our team use this place!" Yuuki heard a man's voice.
"No way! This is the time for our 'Walkure' team to practice in the arena!" The girl fought the guy.
"No! You're just a waste of this arena! Our team is going to be the one who uses it!" The man was stubborn.
"You! I said that this is our time to practice!!" The girl didn't want to lose.
The man snorted, "Then, how about a duel?"
"Duel?" The girl was confused.
"That's right! The one who wins this duel will use this arena for their group!" The man crossed his arms.
The girl became stunned and looked at the man with an angry gaze. She knew that she couldn't win against the man in front of him.
"What? Don't tell me you're afraid?" The man looked smug.
"You!!" The girls couldn't hold her emotions.
"If you don't dare, why don't you ask someone to do it for you? You're gonna lose anyway!" The man snorted.
The girl couldn't say anything until she heard a young man voice.
"That's good, I can substitute her to duel with you in this jousting match?" Both man and girl turned their head and saw Yuuki who was smiling.
"Who are you?" The man didn't care Yuuki in front of him.
"My name is Yuuki, I want to ask if I can substitute her to have a duel with you," Yuuki said.
The man observed him and snorted, "You? I've never seen you here, are you from another team?" There were many teams in Japan. He wanted to know where was Yuuki come from.
Yuuki shook his head, "No, I'm a beginner."
The man and the girl were dumbfounded, but the man was laughing hard, "Hahahahaha, YOU? BEGINNER WANTED TO FIGHT AGAINST ME? ARE YOU DREAMING BOY?" The man mocked him.
Yuuki snorted and looked at him in disdain, "Hmph, are you afraid to fight a beginner like me?" He crossed his arms and looked at the man with disdain.
"YOU!!!" The man was angry looking at his expression, "Good! Let's play a duel between you and me! I'll make you regret fighting against me! Hmph!" He snorted and left.
Yuuki snorted and wanted to beat the man, but he needed to fight against him in jousting. He massaged his temple when the man had already gone. He didn't have any experience in jousting, but he needed to win against him no matter what.
"Yuuki!! Why are you asking him to fight? He is the runner-up of the jousting competition in Japan," Ayako was worried and scared that Yuuki would get hurt.
"Don't worry about it, I want to know how strong Mr. Runner-up is up," Yuuki mocked.
Ayako sighed, "You don't know anything about jousting don't you?" she asked.
Yuuki nodded, "Yeah, tell me more about it."
When both of them were going to talk about jousting the girl beside him screamed.
"WHAT? YOU DON'T KNOW JOUSTING AND YOU'RE ASKING HIM TO HAVE A DUEL WITH YOU?" Her scream was loud and made both Yuuki and Akane turn their heads at her.
"Who are you?" Yuuki asked.
The girl wanted to say more but she noticed Ayako, who was by his side, "Ayako-san!" She was startled to see her here.
"Oh, Akane-chan !" Ayako nodded.
"Who is he?" the girl asked.
"Let's not worry about that! Give me some explanations to fight in jousting! I need to fight Mr. Runner up after this." Yuuki cut their conversation.
They nodded and started to explain to him about the jousting match.
Yuuki actually didn't want to interfere with their matter after it was just some matter about who was going to use the arena for their practice but suddenly a quest appeared on his head.
[Quest: Save the team 'Walkure' from another team].
[Reward: System lottery 3x]
[System tips - The team 'Romanze' is very weak right now. They need time to improve themselves with practice in the arena. You need to defeat another team who is trying to seize the arena for their own selfishness. Show them your spirit].
Yuuki twitched his lips when he saw the quest. He had no experience with jousting, and the system wanted to beat Mr. Runner up. He took a deep breath, and he needed to win this duel even with only his spirit.
Ok, jousting match!
The arc of Embodiment couldn't help him in this match though he can win if he changes his lance with Vasavi Shakti
The arc of Embodiment couldn't give him an instant mastery ability or else it would be too OP.
I've made the characters glossary in the auxiliary chapters.
Yuuki wore his armor while listening to Ayako's explanation about jousting.
"Yuuki, you need to remember that the match of jousting is being decided by 3 full points." Ayako started her explanation.
Yuuki nodded, "That means, there are 3 partial points every 1 full point?"
Ayako nodded, "That's right, how do you know?"
"Well, I know some general ideas about it," Yuuki said.
"I'll explain next there are many ways to score a point from your opponent and each one has different points," Yuuki nodded, "If you hit the body and arms or your opponent you'll get 2 partial points."
Yuuki didn't say anything and kept listening, "If you destroy the lance or make them fall from their horse you'll get one full point. Lastly, if you hit the feather in the head of your opponent, you'll instantly win against him."
Yuuki nodded and understood the rules of this sport. He took his lance and tried to practice it for a while. It was his first time holding a lance. The total length of this lance was Total be 10 ft. Even though it was quite long but very light.
Yuuki thrust his lance several times, he felt quite comfortable with it.
"Are you sure you can win?" Akane asked him worriedly.
"Hmm, I'm not sure," Yuuki didn't want to give her false promise.
"Then, why are you asking him for a duel?" Akane didn't understand him.
Yuuki smiled, "isn't it because of you?" He wanted to flirt with her until someone pulled his ears.
"Let's go, your match will begin!" Ayako pulled his ears and brought him to the arena.
"Ah! It hurts Ayako-chan, please be gentle!" Yuuki tried to act as pitiful as possible.
Ayako snorted and kept pulling his ears.
Akane was still there and blushed, and she didn't expect someone to flirt with her, after all, a lot of people said she was a tomboy and wasn't a girl at all.
'No! I don't have time to think about it, I need to watch his duel!' Akane, though, ran toward the arena.
Yuuki had realized the girl in front of him was Akane Ryuuzouji. She was one of the heroines in the 'Walkure Romanze'. She was the epitome of Yamato Nadeshiko and he had some interest with her but he needed to finish his duel first.
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Yuuki was in the arena and he saw Mr. Runner up there with his smug expression.
"Hoo, I've got to praise you for not running away," he snickered.
"Don't say nonsense, let's just begin the match, you're like a sissy talking so much," Yuuki mocked.
"Grrr, let's go! Let's start the match!!" He walked toward the arena and rode his horse.
Yuuki walked toward his horse and rode it too.
"Do you have a plan to beat him?" Ayako asked.
"Hmm, let's test the water first, I don't know how strong he is," Yuuki said.
Ayako nodded at him, Akane walked toward him and told him.
"Be careful, he is very skilled at making someone fall into their horse," Yuuki nodded in response.
Yuuki rode his horse to the arena, and he looked at Mr. Runner up who was in his horse on the other side of the arena. He could see that he had an annoyed expression even if they were far too apart.
"Well, let's start," Yuuki was excited to fight against him.
The judge was an employee from this arena. He was very excited to see a duel of jousting between the two men. He pressed the button so the match would start.
*3
*2
*3
*START
"HAAA!" 2x The man and Yuuki said at the same time. The horses started to run, and the battle between the two knights was about to begin.
Yuuki raised his lance and was ready to thrust it. He was waiting for Mr. Runner up to get closer so he would be able to attack him.
Yuuki saw the man target his head until he moved his lance to his body.
'Feint!' Yuuki hurriedly used his lance to meet Mr. Runner up. Two lances were met and destroyed because of the impact.
"Tch!" Yuuki could hear the man feel annoyed that he could see his attack.
'It's not so easy to score from me,' Yuuki snorted.
Yuuki came back to his side and was greeted by Ayako and Akane.
"Wow, that's great, Yuuki," Ayako praised.
"Yeah, you can see his attack! It's an incredible feat!" Akane was amazed.
Yuuki nodded at them, "Don't worry, I've got the general idea about his ability," Jousting was quite simple especially when the one who did it was a normal human. He didn't know whether there were supernatural people around him but to beat the man in front of him. He didn't need to let him sweat it out.
'I'll decide it in this round,' Yuuki though.
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Both Yuuki and Mr. Runner-up were ready on their own side. They were waiting for the judge to start their match.
The judge pressed the bell and the match began.
Yuuki rode his horse fast to meet Mr. Runner up in front of him. He raised his lance to attack his stomach.
The man noticed his movement and changed his lance to meet him but he was surprised when Yuuki thrust his lance to the feather of his head. He knew that he couldn't stop him so he decided to push Yuuki down from his horse.
Yuuki saw Mr. Runner up's lace was about to evade his stomach, evaded it and thrust his lance into the feather on his head.
"ICHIJOU YUUKI IS THE WINNER !"
The judge announced the match and made both Ayako and Akane very happy.
Yuuki sighed in relief that the attack almost hit him. He had the Arc of Embodiment, but his combat ability was too low. He didn't have any experience in battle. He was hoping that he would get a battle experience with someone later.
Battle experience and system lottery.
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