Karl shrugged off what Leon had said earlier, and just clenched his fist and teeth.

"You have lots of talk for a peasant, huh? I see..." He just mumbled to himself.

Seeing that his opponent wasn't taking the duel seriously and smirking, he couldn't help but to think how he was going to defeat him this time.

"Hey, we're just standing here or what?" Leon asked sarcastically, as he got into his fighting stances. "If you want we can cancel the duel and have a staring competition!"

"What did you just said... I will whipe that off your face." Karl growled.

Karl also got into his fighting stance, with his wooden sword in front of him. They both just lunges at each other and swung their swords at the same time.

But when they swords collided, it sent a shack up both of their hands. But none of them refused to back off.

"I'll admit it, you're quite strong for being much smaller than me." Karl commented on Leon's strength.

'Oh thanks to my old instructor who taught me how to Wield the sword.... but if I want to keep up this pretense, I must not tell him about my instructor....' (Leon)

"Ah, thanks. You see when you're a peasant, you'll have to be creative with your training...." Leon answered while struggling to hold up against Karl's strength.

They continued to struggle to get the upper hand over their opponents in the duel. Using all his strength, Karl overpowered Leon and pushed him away, and then went on the offensive.

"Grrrrr! Now watch me show my true power as a Noble!!"

Karl continues to swing his sword at his opponent. All that Leon could do is block and try to defend himself against Karl's offensive attacks.

"This isn't like the first time we dueled, peasant! I won't let that repeat itself!" Karl declared to Leon.

"Grrrrr!"

Leon was getting pushed back bit by bit, every second, every swing from Karl's sword Leon could feel his grip loosen on his sword.

'What the heck? I can't hold on to my sword... I have to do something or I'll lose for sure! But if I lose this duel, I can walk away.... but that will give Karl Stuart a boost in his ego, and I can't let that happen!' (Leon)

"That Leon guy is really under pressure from Karl Stuart. "

"Yeah, you're right. That peasant is under pressure... well, I guess this really isn't like their first duel."

"Uh, what do you mean by 'isn't their first duel'...? Did they fought before?"

"Didn't you know? Anyway, since apparently you haven't heard about the duel between a peasant boy and a noble. Well, in the entrance ceremony practical examination, they dueled and the peasant boy won! And now, Karl Stuart asked for a rematch."

"Oh... I've heard about that duel before. But I didn't believe it at first."

The students were just observing the duel between Leon and Karl, and making assumptions about who is going to win. But for those who somehow didn't know about Karl and Leon, they just sat there listening to the other students talking about it.

Sophie also was in the crowd of students, worried about her twin brother....

'Be alright, Leon... hopefully you beat that Karl Stuart guy and prive him wrong for thinking that you're weak and a pushover!' (Sophie)

"Sophie, Sophie.... are you okay? Did you heard what I said?" Daniella tried to snap Sophie out of her thoughts. "Hey, I asked you who you are supporting?"

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"Huh? I.... I don't know... I guess the guy with the silver hair."

Daniella burst out laughing when she heard who Sophie was supporting. It was amusing to know who Sophie had in mind to win.

"You know, we literally had the same person in mind, hahaha!"

"Sure...."

"What's the matter, Sophie? You don't seem to be paying attention." Daniella asked her, seeing that her best friend wasn't in a good mood.

Sophie just sighed heavily, and looked down at the ground.

"I really don't know...." Sophie hesitated to reply. "I just feel strange ever since the duel started..."

Daniella didn't say anything and just started to comfort her.

Leon managed to escape from Karl's offensive attacks, and started to move farther away from his opponent Karl. He was breathing heavily and trying to catch his breath, Karl was also trying to catch his breath.

"Ha, ha, ha, you're strong for someone like you..." Karl said as he committed on Leon's strength once again. "But don't get carried away by my comment. You caught me off guard, that's all!"

Leon just nodded in response to Karl's remarks about his strength. They continued to stare down each other. It seems like they were equally matched in strength to all the other students.

'This guy is not giving me the chance to attack him. It's like he came here prepared to beat me... but I can't complain about it now, I'll have to deal with it.' (Leon)

'I know it would be easier to keep Karl in check if I was Leon Blaze, but then this wouldn't be any fun!'

Leon thought to himself as he whiped the sweat off his face. He couldn't lose the duel to Karl. Leon dashed towards his opponent and swung his wooden sword with all of his might.

Karl was shocked when he saw Leon's speed, as he dashed towards him. He was almost hit by Leon's sword. He managed to block Leon's fast attack.

"Grrrrr! What?"

'That was a fast one... I barely got the chance to dodge! Who really is this peasant boy?!' (Karl)

He was dumbfounded to see how fast his opponent was, that really caught him off guard. But now he was fully focused on his opponent.

'He blocked my special sword skill? This skill I have been working on and perfecting back home!'

Leon's sword was caught by his opponent's own sword, so he couldn't continue with his strike. Seeing that Leon was shocked, he took the opportunity to push Leon off of him.

"That was a fast strike intended to be a finishing move. And from the way how you're breathing, I could only guess that you are out of breath!" Karl smirked, as he figures out the weakness of his opponent's move.

The skill Leon just used, [Speed Blitz] is a sword skill he had learned from his instructor back in his father's territory, Zulania. The skill is mainly used to outpace the enemies. But the skill isn't really usable, because it's a inconvenience and drains magic of the user.

Suddenly Leon started to stumble backwards, as Karl was standing there with a smirk on his face, knowing that he had guessed his opponent's move correctly. But Karl suddenly dropped to his knees in pain. Although the sword didn't touch anywhere from Karl's body and had connected to his sword.... he still felt pain.

'What... did Leon just use the forbidden sword skill....? This isn't good..' (Sophie)

"What just happen down there? Did that guy's sword skills took down Karl Stuart?"

"Wow, looks like another win for the peasant boy... well, Karl Stuart isn't a true noble. "

The students were discussing between themselves about the mysterious thing that had just took place in front of their eyes.

Karl Stuart was on his knees in pain in his hands. He still gripped unto his wooden sword. He was in shock that he was going to be defeated once again by the same person, and to make things worse, the person who defeated him was someone who was lower ranked than him.

"Why did I lose to this nobody?! Shouldn't I be the winner? This can't slide with me!!" Karl screamed out with frustration at the fact that he was going to lose once again.

Rage begins to build within him as Leon approached him. He looked up at Leon, feeling somewhat ashamed of himself for being beaten by the same person twice.

As Leon stretched out his hands to help him to get up, he gave him a angry glare and growled.

"Just give up, dude... I won once again." Leon told Karl that in a quiet voice.

"Grrrrr... So you just expect me to give up the victory like that?" Karl asked, looking at the boy who stood over him.

"I won't allow you to win this duel with that cheat move!" He said as he slapped away Leon's hands.

Leon was shocked that Karl refused to accept his defeat. He just felt like Karl was going way too far.

'I didn't reincarnate for this shit to happen to me. I just wants to live a peaceful second life in another world....' (Leon)

Leon just sighed heavily as he thought about the situation.

"Uh, Lady Jessica.... shouldn't you interfere in the duel by now?" A voice asked her. "I think you should probably do something."

She turned around to see the person who had talked to her. It was a boy that has Silver hair and sleepy blue eyes, who had spoken to her.

He wasn't dressed properly, his clothes was roughed up and he didn't bother to wear his badge or Student Body Council armband..

"Oh, it's you, Grim. What are the reasons for your visit?" Jessica asked.

"I told you already, don't call me that name. Just refer to me as my family's name." The boy, Grim responded with a pouting look.

"Tehehe, alright, Lambert."

Everyone was shocked that Karl refused to accept his defeat, especially Leon he was in more surprised than everyone there.

"No more games, Karl Stuart of the Stuart household... it's time to put that peasant in his place, hahaha...."