Pillars Between Us

The Winner is~~

She knew she had misjudged him, she should have activated {Gale steps}. Curtis was a tad slower when compared to people with physically enhanced talent, that was for sure. But, that didn't mean he couldn't train to reach something of similar aptitude. He was faking his reaction speed earlier!

"You lose," Curtis made a slight tap on her shoulders from behind.

"Not yet!"

She arched an elbow strike to the back, striking Curtis' chin and sending him flying.

Ellis saw the whole thing take place and stiffened in shock. Curtis was knocked 3 meters into the sky before landing outside the training grounds.

Another point Louise failed to mention: if you were knocked out of the boundary, it counted as a loss. Oh, so this was what she forgot.

With everyone in the pretense of pulling themselves together, Ellis rushed over to Curtis who landed like a mini meteor.

Curtis didn't want to actually physically hurt the princess. That was why he didn't attempt any shrewd acts and attack her when she was still vulnerable. He thought this princess would at least understand how to stand down and accept defeat. Who knew she was this sort of iron-willed lady who didn't want to admit defeat.

Wait, the rules said the duel ends when the crystal stops shining didn't it?

Curtis rubbed his head a few times as he slowly regained his consciousness. Ellis knelt down beside him and let out a sigh of relief. A crowd gathered where Curtis landed.

"Winner of the duel, Princess of Rozel Kingdom, Louise," Dean announced, seeing that Curtis was fine.

Curtis sighed in disappointment. Maybe he should have just blasted the princess into shreds. Then again, there was also the obstruction of the flickering light orb. If Dean could have seen what happened properly, he would have called the duel his.

The princess walked over. A path was opened up by the crowd.

"That was a good fight," Louise praised.

If only he didn't act lenient.

"Thanks," Curtis replied before taking off the bracelet and gave it to Louise; Ellis helped him up from his sitting posture.

Louise was satisfied.

'I've finally found another one.'

"Open way! Open way! Open way!" A yell could be heard from afar accompanied by the sound of a rumbling march. "Princess! Get back here this instant!"

Louise turned her head over to see the royal knights. She had to crane her neck like a giraffe of course.

"Oops. I better get going now. My sincerest gratitude for the wonderful fight," she hopped over to the shouting knights.

Curtis and Ellis looked dumbfoundedly as the one of the guards that didn't seem to be from Haital reprimanded her with a stern tone. Ellis couldn't quite make out what the two were saying with the deafening commotion from the crowd. Then in astonishment, Louise stuck her tougue out playfully in responding to the lecture.

The knights shook his head and dragged Louise back to the castle. Louise didn't resist, merely following their lead. The other guards walked beside her as if she was a delicate flower in need of protection.

"Truly, that spell could have made me blind." Louise rubbed her eyes as if saying that to someone. She could still see some dark spots floating around not recovered. She would probably need the assistance of a healer after this.

She then took notice of two faint purple glows. Bring the brackets up to her face, she noticed that both crystal still had about 90% of it capacity still present. Did the crystal not nullify her elbow slam?