I’ll Live My Second Life! Chapter 10

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at 14th of April 2016 12:43:52 PM

Chapter 10

In a corner of the examination grounds, Fii sat crying into her knees .

(I couldn’t win…)

The strike that she had given her all for had hit Gorms in the head . It wasn’t enough to take him down .

Even so, the damage he had taken was significant .

“Guh-…”

His massive body started to sway .

“Seriously? That Gorms got…!?”

“Oi, it can’t be that he’s really gunna lose, yeah?”

A shocked clamour ran through the spectators .

Fii’s airborne body landed on the ground .

(I couldn’t beat him with just one strike… I have to finish him off now…!)

Gorms was still unsteady on his feet . Taking a deep breath, Fii raised her sword and kicked off the ground .

“I’m going to… win!”

In the next instant, the body that hit the ground was Fii’s .

“GUAHH-…!?”

An intense pain assaulted her legs . Because of the cramping sensation, her hands clutched at them . The audience started to grow noisy .

“Oi, don’t tell me…”

“Muscle cramps…?”“What the hell . ”

Fii’s body had reached its limit after avoiding Gorms’ fierce assaults . That already strained body was then subjected to intense movement once more to give herself an opening, and then in the end she even sprung off a sword and tried to continue attacking when she reached the ground again . After all of that, her legs finally passed their limit .

In agony, Fii couldn’t stand . Seeing that, the judge ran over .

Seeing that, Fii immediately said,

“I can continue…! I can… still continue…!”

And again, she tried to stand .

“Ow-… Aah…”

But her legs had reached their end a long time ago . It was impossible to stand while they were cramping that way . Attempting to do so had only worsened the pain . “I can still… I still haven’t… lost…”

Even so, Fii gripped her sword, and struggled against the ground to rise . She didn’t want to lose . She had come all this way . Even though everything was just a single step away…

When the masked man presented her that question, Fii had taken it to heart . There was nobody in that villa . Besides Fii, not a single soul . And that was where Fii’s life was destined to end . In the villa, surrounded by the tall walls, alone . In that gloomy place, alone . Always alone . It was the resting place for an outcast who would fade away in solitude . Fii couldn’t accept it . She wanted to walk where the sun shone . She wanted to spend her life there with other people . Fii thought that back when she was a child and still adored the tales of knights, she had seen light there . As she approached marriageable age though, she was forced to quit the sword, and before she knew it, she had forgotten her dream . But now, she felt it more strongly than ever . Somebody like Crow-san . Some special person she had yet to meet . Friends, companions, seniors she had yet to meet . People who would look at the real her . Fii wanted to live in the place where she could find all that . “I can’t lose… I can’t… give up… aahhh…!”

She struggle desperately against the ground, despite the tears from the pain, and the crowd silently watched her . Even Gorms just stood stock still, dumbfounded .

It continued for a whole minute .

The referee knight shook his head sadly .

“With your body like that, you’re done…” he judged . “The winner of the match is Gorms!!!”

The moment she heard his voice, the power left her body .

(I lost… I couldn’t win…)

A cold despair permeated her heart .

(In the end… I couldn’t grab hold… of anything…)