บท 80: A challenge

Rui could feel the other students weren't as driven to win as he was. To them this was a routine impossible challenge; one that could not be won, and one that wasn't meant to be won. Rui understood this perspective, but he still wanted to give it his all.

('How can you improve if you don't push yourself to your limit?') He wondered. ('And what better way to push yourself to the limit by trying to accomplish what seems impossible?')

In order to have any chance of winning, he needed as much information as he could get. This was one of his bigger problems. He wasn't sure what was necessary to defeat a Martial Squire. In fact, he didn't know what made Martial Squires special in the first place, or what separated them from Martial Apprentices. This was something even people like Fae, Kane and Milliana were not aware of despite their background.