I leaped towards the prince at full speed, But he did the unexpected. He dashed towards me and prepared to strike, I was suprised by his movement so I panicked and tried to intercept his attack, But the my right hand suddenly was cut by this blade.

"I forgot his skill altered strikes, But if this small wound will make me back down then I can't possibly face that person again"(Yuuto)

That's strange? Why am I fighting so hard if I don't even know the reason why I'm fighting? But I'm sure that I used my skill masteries of magic so I must have paid the price right? But I if I can't focus on the battle then I'll surely lose.

 "Did you think that a small wound is enough to stop me right now? Well then you're wrong Your highness."(Yuuto)

I casted flame magic and summoned giant ball of fire, Then I fired the ball of fire towards the prince, Then he leaped back to dodge my attack,

"Looks like my plan worked perfectly"(Yuuto)

Boom!!!!

After the fireball made contact with the ground an explosion occured and a smokescreen was created.

I moved within the smoke to hide my presense, but I know that it's useless against a skilled swordsman like his majesty so i'll try direct combat instead.

"[Strengthening]"(Yuuto)

I gathered more energy within my body and used that energy to strengthen my body to improve my strength and speed, afterwards I ran towards the prince at full speed without worrying about defending against his attacks.

Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!

The sound of our swords clashing each other was heard on the school grounds and an instructor came to stop us but Yona-san told him that this is only a sparring match and decided to watch the two young lads fight against each other, but he said that he'll interfere if their lives are in danger, and Yona-san seems to have agreed.

With the fear of being defeated in-front of Yona-san, i'll win this battle no matter what, even if the prince is my opponent i'll beat him without hesitation.

I continued to use [Strengthening] magic to improve the strength of my legs and arms and continued clashing swords with the prince.

Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!Clang!

As I was clashing swords with the prince he smiled at me and said.

"You've improved this much within a short amount of time? I guess I judged you wrong, I'm more than happy to clash swords with you Yuuto-san you've earned my respect and thus I'm not going to show you any mercy since I acknowledge you as a worhty foe."(Elrone)

Magical energy gathered within his body and he dashed towards me with speed that's on par with the speed of a war horse that can travel up to 175 kph, I tried to evade but it's too late.

Stab!

The prince easily stabbed my lower abdomen and kicked me with his left leg, I leaped back but as soon as I turned around he was already behind me, and he thrusted his sword toward me, but this time I used [Strengthening] magic to increase lt leg strength then I kicked his sword with my right leg.

Clang!

The sword had a crack on it, since the sword is made of iron it's only natural for it to have a crack, afterwards I leaped and I was laughing and said.

"Hahahahahaha...... the prince is really strong so I wonder why does he need guards such as Yona-san and me? Can you please answer me your highness?"(Yuuto)

"............"(Elrone)

"So does that mean that there are circumstances that you can't tell to anyone is that right your highness?!"(Yuuto)

I gathered more energy on my body and casted [Sharpen] to increase the blade's sharpness and durability.

The blade I wield is being sustained by magical energy so as long as I have magical energy within my body the kodachi wouldn't just disappear without my command.

"Gather the energy of life and grant me the powers of nature [Sacred Prayer]"(Yuuto)

The magical energy from the surroundings started to gather within his body and a wall of air has also formed a kind of barrier around him, he smiled while pointing his kodachi at him and said.

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"This is my full strength your highness let's continue our fight."(Yuuto)

Clang!

As I leaped towards him Yona-san ran towards me while wielding a sword and intercepted my attack and said.

"Stop this battle is already over, there's no way that the prince can continue this fight."(Yona)

"What do you mean Yona-san?"(Yuuto)

"The prince can only fight for thirty minutes a day because of his sickness so we must guard him when that time comes."(Yona)

I stared at Yona-san, she seems to be serious ad when I looked behind her I saw the prince has already collapsed so I made the kodachi disappear from my hand and approached the prince.

"It's embarrassing for me to admit it but I lost to you Yuuto-san, you've earned my respect and now I'll ask you one thing, how did you increase your skills in a short amount of time, despite your injuries you managed to continue fighting me head on, no one ever did such a thing before so please tell me how you did it."(Elrone)

I gathered magical energy from my hand and casted [Healing Light] on him and said.

"I wanted to prove that I can protect a certain person when the time comes, I don't want to be protected by her, I want to prove to everyone that I can protect her."(Yuuto)

"I see if that's the case then i'll humbly accept defeat, now that I knew that your actually a man of such high caliber then i'll gladly rely on you to protect my back when the time comes."(Elrone)

"I'm happy that his highness thinks of me as such a man, but this victory didn't come from my strength along, I used a skill that takes something precious from me in exchange of power, I can't call this a victory against his highness i'll train harder until I've become stronger from my own hard work."(Yuuto)

"........ You used such a skill?! Please tell me what you lost Yuuto-san."(Elrone)

"A memory........ I don't know what but i've lost some precious memories."(Yuuto)

The prince stared at me full of shock, he puts up a bitter smile and said.

"You're willing to go that far?! you're definitely a man that's worthy of my respect."(Elrone)

"Are you alright your highness?!"(School Instructor)

The instructor carried the prince to the infirmary and said.

"The prince suffers from a curse that weakens his body, thanks to this he can only fight at full strength for a few minutes, thirty minutes at most for the day, I always told the prince to rest until we can find a cure for this curse but he always went off somewhere in search for a worthy opponent."(School Instructor)

"Is that so?"(Yuuto)

"So the prince can't satisfy his urge to fight strong opponents is that right? when he came to the village he sensed my powerful aura and immediately challenged me to a duel which ended to his lost."(Yona)

"You defeated his highness Yona-san?!"(Yuuto)

"Didn't he told you that one of the people he respects is me."(Yona)

I recalled my thought for a bit and remembered, I smiled at Yona-san and said.

"I remembered now Yona-san."(Yuuto)

Despite not being able to see my smile Yona-san replied back with a smile of her own, She gave me a sword and said.

"This sword is the sword I used when I was still being trained by Kaynard-sensei so can you please help me find a blacksmith that can repair this sword, since we can't leave the price alone let's invite him to come along."(Yona)

"Umu."(Yuuto)

And the two of us also went to the infirmary to watch over the prince.

On the next day the three of us went to the city and searched for a blacksmith that can repair this sword. Yona-san told me that his sword is made by a famous swordsmith that was a former hero of the war against the demons a hundred years ago. He seems to have told her that the sword possessed divine attribute so I used [Analyze] and realized that this weapon is made of something stronger than mithril, so how on earth will we repair this sword?

We approached a blacksmith shop and asked if he can fix this sword and he replied to us with.

"I'm sorry but i've never seen a blade as formidable as this, I doubt that i'll have the nessessary materials needed or the skill required to repair such a weapon."(Blacksmith)

And we left the blacksmith shop and went to another shop but their reply was also the same as before, the prince stared at me and said.

"This metal seems to made of something that's stronger than mithril, I know a merchant that sells various metals and even mithril, maybe we can use mithril as a subtitute?"(Elrone)

"No we can't but I'll use [Advance Analyze] to see the image of the metal used to create this weapon and it will also identify it's origins and properties, but it will take a large amount of magical energy so after this can I take a rest at an inn or the infirmary?"(Yuuto)

"Go ahead, since I know that [Advance Analyze] is a magic that drains a large amount of magical energy it's only natural to rest from the fatique."(Elrone)

Yona-san handed me the sword and I used [Advance Analyze] to learn the identity of this mysterious metal.