In the corner of the playground, there is a big tree, about two people hugging together, and the canopy is huge.

Under the tree, a good-looking boy is practicing his sword.

With its slender body and thin, short blades on both sides, it is the most orthodox rapier and the only weapon designated for fencing competitions.

The boy let out a soft shout, sank his wrists, raised his arms, and drew his sword.

Penetrating.

Draw your sword, stab it again, and divide it into two and a half.

Without the effect of the previous sword, the boy frowned and made another sword.

This time it was only two points.

The boy became more and more impetuous, his movements were out of shape, and a sword was not as good as a sword.

The last sword even broke through the bark of the tree, and he almost fell from it.

Finally holding on to the trunk of the tree and standing firmly, the boy hung down his sword, closed his eyes in some pain, and hammered the trunk hard.

The green tendons on his hands burst out, and the bottom of his fist was already red, but he didn't realize it.

"Why? I've tried so hard, but I still can't touch Brecht me."

Class 2 Brecht and Class IV Allen are fellow villagers and attended the same class as children.

Brecht was an aristocrat, Alan was a commoner, and there should have been no intersection. However, Brecht's father didn't care about his identity like Te'o, and the two families lived very close, so Alan and Brecht were two little guesses, childhood sweethearts.

Later, for some reason, Brecht dropped out of school and did not see Allen after that. Brecht was really happy to be reunited in Tolista.

But Allen's attitude is strange, dodgy. Brecht had spoken to Alan many times so far, but Allen's response was lukewarm.

This made Brecht sad and troubled at the same time. After entering the academy, she and Alan had no intersection, and they had a good relationship when they were children, and they were separated not because of quarrels. Why, exactly?

Recently, Allen's attitude has tended to deteriorate, and it can no longer be said to be cold, but indifferent and ruthless.

It seems that something seems to have happened to the "Fencing Club" that Allen participated in last month - Brecht, who has been secretly following Allen, probably guessed the answer.

But she didn't dare to ask directly, so she could only entrust the Almighty Student Council to see if she could send someone to knock on the side.

The kind-hearted girl is really lucky, and Riene, known as "Love Cupid", takes over her commission and finds the depressed Alan.

Lonely but unwilling to admit defeat, disappointed but unwilling.

This is the conclusion that Lane came to after observing for five minutes.

Seeing that Allen's hands were hammered and didn't stop, Lane couldn't stand it anymore.

What do you say you do alone in a corner and take the decadent route? Brecht can't see, and he won't come to comfort you.

If you are seriously ill, you should use fierce medicine, and as soon as Li En opened his mouth, he was mocking.

"It's ugly, you're practicing swords? Or boxing? Or is it just a lost dog venting? ”

"What are famous noble students looking for me as a commoner?" Allen's eyes are not good. The root of his troubles is from the nobility, Patrick who defeated him is a nobleman, and Brecht, whom he cares about, is also a nobleman.

"It's nothing." Li En shrugged his shoulders very casually, "The Shu Huaze family is an outlier like the lord of your hometown, so the young lady of that family asked me to come and see someone's situation." ”

"Hometown Brecht" Allen's expression is very complicated, there is confusion, inferiority, relief, and pure love hidden in the deepest part of his eyes.

"You guessed it yourself, it's none of my business, and I'm not allowed to reveal the name of my employer in the commission."

"Now that you've seen it, can you go?" Alan suppressed the deepest desire in his heart and said coldly.

Brecht, you are stupid enough, this is called indifference, this is called ruthlessness? This is obviously reckless, as long as you work hard, he will ensure that everything is explained, and what is the matter with me?

That being said, Lane will do the job that needs to be done.

"Then I'll go back and report to the client. Let's just say that her childhood sweetheart is like a defeated dog, silently hiding in the corner of the playground and licking her wounds. Rien said and turned to leave.

Allen's face changed for a moment, and finally he bowed his head in despair.

I don't know how long it took for Alan to look up blankly, and Lane was long gone.

"Brecht must hate me, that's right, you're so good, and I'm just a civilian who can't do anything, so I'd better not have anything to do with me anymore."

"Oh~ that's what you think." Lane actually popped up again.

"Aren't you leaving?"

"I'm gone and I'm back." Li En put away his playful expression and said with a straight face, "Let me confirm again, is what you said just now true?" ”

"Yes." Allen's expression was discouraged, and since Lai heard it, he no longer hid it.

"Indeed, as you say, Brecht is beautiful, excellent, has a good personality, and plays the piano well, and many boys say that she is a copy of Instructor Mary, but, Alan, you just gave up? Watching her sad, watching her die, and finally throwing herself into someone else's arms and becoming someone else's wife? ”

"I," Allen's eyes were red, and his fist slammed into the trunk again, "Of course I'm not reconciled, but so what? What can I do? The gap is just too big! ”

"Gap? What gap? Why didn't I see it? Is it an identity? Brecht's family is only a baron, not noble, and her father is very open-minded, otherwise you wouldn't even have the opportunity to be a childhood sweetheart, you won't know this. Brecht is very beautiful in appearance, but you Alan is not bad, not to mention that you can definitely take it out. As for the character, each flower has its own eyes, and others are not qualified to evaluate it. You come and tell me, what is the gap? ”

Alan was silent.

"Is it a grade?" Rien can still remember the ranking of the midterm exam, and Brecht was ranked sixth, which overpowered him. As for Allen, there was no him in the first twenty miles anyway. (Allen is ranked 54th, and he is not a beauty who remembers how much you shoot.) ）

Alan shook his head. Unlike Huaxia, the empire did not attach much importance to the grades of cultural classes. (Otherwise, Fei would not have been able to enter a prestigious school like Tolz.) ）

"Then there's one reason left, I'm not strong enough." Li En slowly said the root of the problem.

Patrick was just a trigger, the three boys of the Haynes family, whose eyes were always on the top of their heads, casually defeated Allen without saying anything, and said some harsh words, never looking at him as a civilian from beginning to end.

This arrogance deeply pierced Allen's heart, and also deepened the chasm in his heart about commoners and nobles.

Having tasted defeat, Eren continues to work hard, challenging Patrick every few days. The result was still the same, a complete defeat.

With each defeat, Allen's pressure, depression, and loss increase by one point. Again and again, the knot could not be expressed.

He found that nothing had changed, he was still the useless Alan.

As a child, Alan couldn't study or play sports, so he had Brecht around him who was very good at everything. He tried to catch up with her, but he couldn't.

can't catch up, and don't want his sweetheart to see his defeated dog, so he can only be indifferent and hurt, and both lose.

Seeing that Alan continued to be silent, Lane knew that he had the answer.

"You're such an idiot. Leaving aside whether what you think is powerful or not, before I do that, I'll correct you a mistake. Martial arts is a journey, and the most important thing is accumulation. Get up five watches, climb in the middle of the night, practice three nine in winter, practice three dogs in summer, and there is no shortcut to Nanshan. It's the same with Patrick, don't look at that guy who doesn't care about his usual training, in fact, what you did he probably did when he was a kid, and even more. ”

"You only see the splendor of the nobles in front of people, but you don't see their comeback behind the scenes. Most of the nobles pursued an elite education, and various courses began from the age of five. Culture, history, etiquette, martial arts, musical instruments, etc., the higher the title, the longer the inheritance, and the more complicated the curriculum. ”

"This is true of Patrick's swordsmanship, and so is Brecht's piano. Do you want to use a month's hard work to surpass the accumulation of ten years of others, Mr. Allen, let me ask you, are you the illegitimate son of the goddess? ”

"How is that possible?" The last question made Allen's expression improve slightly.

"That's the end of it. Hurry back to training, Senior Frieda and Senior Loggins are worried about you. Then go and have a good talk with your childhood sweetheart, and you will find that everything you worry about is a trivial matter in front of her. ”

"Ah, by the way, let's go now, if it's fast, you can catch up with a duel between the strongest swordsmen."

"The strongest swordsman? Patrick and Loggins seniors? Even though he felt better, Alan was still reluctant to face Patrick.

"Huh? They? They are far behind, and they may not even be in the top five. Li En sneered, "It's a competition between Laura, the strongest swordsman in the first grade, and Senior Sister Freda, the strongest swordsman in the second grade. (Think, Chloe (dual sword mode), Laura, Frida, Lambert, Jusis, that's five.) ）

"Liar, isn't it, Senior Sister Frieda is the strongest swordsman in the second grade?"

Yes, another one who has been deceived.

"Don't talk about it, I'm looking forward to Patrick being beaten by Sister Fleet."

"Got it, I'm looking forward to it too." Alan gave a sinister smile that didn't quite fit the character.

Young man, there is a future, I am optimistic about you.