章節 5: Snowfall

Standing across Edgar, James drew his sparring sword. Every knight was equipped with a sparring sword. Edgar started again with a mocking comment, "Is that your normal sword or a sparring sword? I can honestly not tell the difference. Having such a poor background, I guess that even this sparring sword is of a better quality than your actual sword." James could hear some laughter being hold back around him.

James tried to ignore these comments and stay calm, however Edgar continued on mocking him, "You know, I could actually use another slave… I am sorry I mean squire. As I am such a benevolent knight, I will allow such a trash as you to serve me as my sla-... squire."

Seeing the grin on the face of Edgar, James could not help himself but burst into anger. As he was holding his sword over his head, he charged towards Edgar. "AARRGGHHH…..!!" Shouting out from his lungs, James slashed towards Edgar. However such an open attack was easily dodged by Edgar, who stepped to the side and with his turn finally also drew his sword and slapped the back of James' head.

This mocking slap from Edgar was humiliating to James. His eyes filled with anger he turned around and tried to lunge his sword towards Edgar. Again, it was like Edgar could read every move James would make as if he was a book. Rotating to the side, Edgar dodged James while laughing.

"I am taking my words back, you are not even fit to serve me as a squire, you would ruin just the reputation of my household. You are just a burden to your family."

Hearing that he was even more mocked, James tried to calm himself down, but he could not quell the anger deep in his heart. James tried to slash towards Edgar, but again Edgar knew what would happen before hand. This time instead of dodging, Edgar parried his attack and slashed towards the kneecap of James.

Feeling the pain of the sword, James stumbled back a few feet. "You have some strength, I give you back, but you're just brute strength, there is no elegance in your movements, you are a failure as a knight" Edgar continued.

As Edgar continued to mock him in the sparring match, more and more people stopped what they were doing and were watching this one sided mocking. "You are a disgrace of a knight. I am ashamed that I am categorized with the same name as such a trash as you. I hope that some demonic beast could help us get rid of the trash these coming months." Edgar's words as well as swings became harsher by the minute.

Feeling tired and hurt by all the swings, James could not resist it any longer and fell onto his back. He saw Edgar standing on top of him with his sword pointed towards him. Just as Edgar was going to lunge his sword towards him, he saw something white falling down slowly. It looked like a fairy descending from the skies.

This white fairy made Edgar stop his attack in the middle and move away from James. Staring to the sky and taking some deep breaths, James could see more of these white fairies descending. As he had some to time to clear his head and stand up, he realized that these white fairies were actually not that mythical at all. Instead they were the bringer of ill news, the bringer of death. It was the first snowflakes that were actually falling down, the start of the Months of Demon, and a second Hell started for James.

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