A Principle of Confusion

(William Rods POV)

Even after eating, I couldn't take away the image of the training field that I had seen before going down.

After I finished my lunch, I immediately went looking for this location.

"Are you well?" Light asks me as I leave the room.

"Yep." I respond without giving a meaningful expression as I walk.

This place is huge... Are all castles like this?

Corridors and more corridors that I didn't even know existed. Getting lost here should be easy...

However, I manage to find the location at the back of the castle after passing through an arched stone entrance.

The floor is made of earth, and there are many tents with knights moving between them. The targets and dummies that I had seen before are also present.

But that violet-haired woman is no longer here...

Maybe she went out for lunch or something.

"Hey kid, are you lost?" A knight with short blonde hair approaches with an arrogant tone of voice.

"I'm waiting for someone."

"Be careful not to get hurt, haha." He comments and goes to a tent with some food.

A few minutes pass, and that woman doesn't appear to be here.

Was it just someone passing through?

When this thought occurs, at the entrance, a woman with amethyst-colored hair and yellow eyes like gold enters with a bottle of beer in her hand.

His hair is long and divided in the middle. Its eyes are stretched out and small.

His armor has a white cape that extends to the back of his knee. His iron breastplate has some engravings of thorny stems.

The armor also has some parts painted white, most notably the shoulder pads, where the top part is painted white and outlined in purple, giving contrast to the silver of the armor.

On her waist, she carries a sword kept in a metal sheath.

The surrounding knights greet her and welcome her by calling her "captain".

She approaches the tents, and her vision soon hits me.

" Huh, what's a kid doing here?" His voice is sloppy and clearly sounds like someone who is drunk.

I don't think there's much I can do...

When a guard was about to explain the situation, I took the lead.

"My name is William Rods. I'm just passing through." I say while slightly bowing.

"Ah, you're one of those kids who saved the princess's dog..." She takes the drink. "You did a good job, kid."

"Thanks." I answer. "I saw you wear different armor than the other soldiers, are you some kind of sword master or something?" I ask.

"Hahaha. I'm just the captain of the knight squad, nothing much." She says with a smile.

"It can't be just anyone who becomes a squad captain, I'm sure."

"Well, maybe you're right. But, after all, what do you want with me?" She asks while drinking.

What I wanted was to confirm if she was someone different from the other knights.

A squad captain... I need exactly that to improve my swordsmanship!

If I want to be at Light's side, I need to train with the best!

"I want you to be my fencing teacher!" I say out loud.

The knights are silent, their faces are confused. Soon after, they laugh and say sarcastic things, it's difficult to distinguish what they are saying with all the noise...

"I'm sorry, brat, but I don't train children." She responds and walks past me.

They never stop underestimating me...

"A duel!" I say while her back is turned. "A duel between you and me... so you can see that I'm not a child!"