94 – You may be embarrassed, but be my knight, Hyunjin.
“Welcome, my sweet daughter! Do you know how much I missed this father? Ruler! Come on, let her fall into her arms!”
When Hyunjin, Amelia, and Rachel appeared at the Lionheart Mansion in England, William greeted them with a bright smile and opened his mouth.
“Father… ….”
Amelia muttered to herself as she put on an expression of boredom.
“Now, how about it! Come on, call me Papa! Ah-hahahahaha!!”
Perhaps he is not an aristocrat, his smile was the same as the default.
While thinking that, Hyunjin stepped forward and bowed in a formal manner.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, head of household.”
“Oh, is that Hyunjin? It’s been a while since Amelia’s birthday.”
“Yes.”
“I think I’ve come to have a more masculine expression. Would you like to play a game of chess with me?”
“Chess…… You mean?”
At Hyunjin’s question, William nodded.
“There are things you can only understand when you become a commander who commands the battlefield. Would you like to try it?”
It wouldn’t be polite to turn down an offer like this.
I know the rules of chess, so let’s try it.
Behind Hyunjin, who thought so, Amelia spoke as if to dissuade him.
“Hyunjin, don’t do it.”
“Yes?”
“Because I won’t be able to compete with you.”
Amelia’s concerns were legitimate. If she’s confident enough to ask her opponent to play chess, that means she’s pretty darn good at it.
But.
“It’s okay.”
Hyunjin stepped forward and answered despite Amelia’s concerns.
“Wouldn’t it be okay if I didn’t get caught and enjoy it lightly? Miss.”
She came forward confidently, but to be honest, she was also a bit afraid.
There is no hostility, but William, who exudes the spirit of a beast, was enough to put pressure on Hyunjin mentally.
“I don’t know if this really puts too much pressure on you as soon as you arrive.”
“I don’t think it’s a big burden.”
“Is that so? Come to think of it, it’s been a while since Rachel.”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Let’s go in and talk.”
At William’s suggestion, the group went inside the mansion.
Amelia said that she would change her clothes for a moment, and Rachel followed to wait on her.
The only ones left at the table are William and Hyunjin.
A chess board was placed in the drawing room as if Hyunjin knew he would play chess.
“So…… You must be wondering why I called you?”
William opened his mouth as he sat across from him.
“Yes, a little bit.”
“A little bit? Ha ha ha! What a bold answer!”
William responded with laughter at Hyunjin’s answer.
“Because I can’t miss where the lady goes anyway.”
“That’s a satisfactory answer. What will the seon-gong do?”
“…… Let it go first.”
Hyunjin gave up the first attack. Chess is a battle of concentration and flow.
“F4.”
William lightly advances his pawn two squares. Hyunjin countered him and moved his pawn on d6. Advance one space.
“You are passive.”
“Because I’m a little nervous.”
“H4.”
William advances his pawn two squares once again. Hyunjin responded by moving the knight on d7.
“Did you take out the knight first?”
“Because the original knight is always ahead of the front line.”
“Then I will do the same.”
Because it’s a water fight, you have to bump into it to know.
“Then, shall we do this from here?”
As William moved and placed the queen, Hyunjin suddenly quoted a line that came to his mind.
“Well then, let’s try this.”
Even William began to shake hands with surprise.
“Moving the King?”
“Yes.”
“I’m out of my mind…… “
As William muttered to himself, Hyunjin said with a smile on his lips.
“Those who command the front line must come out on the battlefield first.”
“Surely so!”
Hyunjin passed the turn quietly moving the king.
***
“Ha ha ha!!!”
William laughed as if he had lost his mind.
William’s skill was a skill he could be proud of as a nobleman.
“Muh, is something wrong?”
Hyunjin carefully asked William.
“No, no. I can’t believe it anyway! I’m the type of person who is confident that I can play chess well.”
“Ahahahaha…… “
While Amelia and Rachel were preparing, Hyunjin and William played three matches.
Win/loss is 2 stalemates, 1 checkmate, 2 draws, 1 loss.
“I was proud to play a bit of chess on my own, but I don’t think I can match the family head’s skills.”
“That would be natural. Even if it looks like this, it’s because it’s a grand master.”
“Yes…… ?”
Hyunjin widened his eyes at William’s words and opened his mouth.
When I was young, I often played chess on the Internet when I was bored, but at most 1800 points AI was the limit.
2000++ Score vs. Chess AI often has a stalemate, and from 2200 and 2300 points above that point, it is common to lose.
I tried to fight with the Grand Master AI a few times, but Hyunjin was defeated with no help.
In that situation, you put William and the same number?
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No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand it.
‘Did you play thoroughly… ….’
Even though he was a stale mate, after all, it just felt like he was constantly being swayed.
It was to the point where I felt as if I deliberately played with Hyunjin in a draw.
“Don’t feel too bad about it. When you get old, you think a lot.”
“Thank you for the kindness of the head of the household.”
“What, even favors. The older I get, the more I find fun in these things.”
“Is that so?”
“That’s right. Well, at this level, the ball this time should be safe.”
“Yes?”
Prom? Suddenly??
Hyunjin began to think a lot about William’s words.
“Have you not heard from Ed?”
“…… Yes. I haven’t heard from you.”
A prom.
I thought it was just an ordinary home party.
Hyunjin started to listen to William’s words.
“hahahaha, Ed is really heartless too. Don’t worry too much Even if it’s a prom, it’s nothing special. At most, playing chess or sparring…… That’s about it. I mean by putting up a family name.”
“Yes…… That’s right.”
At William’s words, Hyunjin nodded his head in agreement. Even though it is a love comedy, why did Shingo Kurosawa come out as such a strong character?
It was roughly like this.
“If that’s the case, are the butlers fighting each other?”
“That’s a bit of an expression. Why don’t you say it’s a duel of knights given under legitimate qualifications? Hyunjin.”
William corrected Hyunjin’s words.
“I see. Then, is Deacon Tommy participating on the head of the family?”
When Hyunjin asked, William responded by flicking his fingers lightly.
“No, Tommy is old, and now he is a little far from the noble things of a duel. So, of course, I want you to do it for me. Hyunjin.”
“I…… You mean?”
“That’s right. As a knight representing the Lionheart family.”
William said with a light laugh.
What a stupid article, all of a sudden?
Hyunjin, who was looking at William with a puzzled expression, calculated the situation he was in.
‘So, that’s it.’
Staking the name of the Lionheart family and performing a performance art called dueling in front of other nobles, what do you mean?
Unexpectedly, what is a battle development? What is it really??
Hyunjin was embarrassed, but he didn’t think he could avoid it.
Since he has already followed them all the way to England, what can he do?
It’s just that now that the situation has come to this, I have no intention of admitting defeat lightly.
Whether it was a game, a workout, or a duel. No matter what happens, I have to win for my taste.
“Father, I was a little late because I had to change.”
William and Hyunjin turned their heads. Amelia and Rachel opened the door to the drawing room.
“Oh, you are properly dressed.”
“Sure. Isn’t tonight a party?”
“Yes.”
“And…… It is also the day of the annual prom.”
“You remember it right.”
“Sure. Hyunjin?”
While Amelia was exchanging conversations with William, she called Hyunjin by her side.
“Yes, lady.”
“I’m sorry I brought you here without telling you the details.”
As Amelia said, she began to catch her breath for a moment.
‘I see.’
Tommy is old. Ed is similar. Among the servants of the Lionheart family, none of the young men wanted to fight well.
Is that why you dared to point me out?
“Hyunjin, if…… If you don’t want to, you can quit.”
Amelia said, carefully examining Hyunjin’s expression.
Hyunjin shook her head lightly and replied.
“No, lady. If you want, I will step in.”
When Hyunjin readily opened her mouth, Amelia opened her mouth with a surprised expression.
“That…… Really?”
“Because I promised.”
Hyunjin took out a monocle from her arms and put it on. It wasn’t that my eyesight was particularly bad or anything like that, but when else would I be in form?
“Ha ha ha! I like it too. Well then…… I guess I should be officially appointed as a knight.”
“Gee, being appointed as a knight?”
Amelia was taken aback by William’s words.
She looked like she hadn’t expected anything like this.