I Won't Go Back To My Family Who Abandon Me novel Chapter 57

The longer they fought against each other, the more he felt his hands gradually tremble in exhaustion. Xavier gritted his teeth and continued to face Keena.

Keena, on the other hand, showed no signs of struggling and said in a worried voice.

"Oh, are you tired already?"

"Nonsense."

The look of disappointment in her eyes was hateful.

˜Why...'

Biting his lips, he gripped his sword tighter.

She was a strange woman. No, she was a monster.

Even though they had been competing for a long time, Keena wasn't out of breath. The way she swung her sword around so lightly, it was as if she didn't want to take him seriously.

˜I can't believe it.'

His ability was in Swordsmanship. Even Levion, who was an Imperial Knight, could not easily deal with him.

He couldn't believe that this woman, who'd rolled in out of nowhere, was able to fight him as if she was playing around.

"Do you want me to read your fortune?"

"Don't do anything unnecessary, just concentrate."

He knew she was a bad omen, from start to finish.

Keena took a step back. Without missing his chance, Xavier rushed forward. Keena smirked obnoxiously, with no sign of panic.

"The best swimmers drown."

"What?"

Xavier stared suspiciously at her outrageous words. At that moment, Keena's mouth lifted smoothly.

"After being so arrogant."

He could see his sword slowly cracking with a low groan each time they clashed.

˜Why all of a sudden?'

He held his breath while looking at it, but now wasn't the time to hesitate. The match had to be won before the sword completely broke.

However, the sword could not withstand the next blow and shattered in two with a loud reverberation.

The sound of it breaking pierced his ears.

˜I can't believe it.'

How can two swords break in one day?

Xavier stood in a daze, looking down at the broken sword. In his hand was handle with only half of the blade. He didn't even have the strength to grip it any more, and dropped the sword he was holding.

At the same time, he felt a sharp touch against his neck. As he turned his head with gritted teeth, he saw Keena pointing her blade at him.

She was smiling so brightly that he wanted to rip it off of her face.

"This is what it means to be humiliated."

"You..."

"I was a little nervous because of all the fuss about the Swordsmanship genius, but it wasn't as big a deal as I thought it would be."

The match was over, and the referee pointed to Keena as the winner of the tournament.

While being sarcastic to Xavier, Keena smiled brightly at the audience. The next words she uttered soon reached his ears.

"This is so boring."

"....!"

"Le-Ti-Cia!"

As soon as she saw Leticia's face in the crowd, Keena ran to her without hesitation. She looked like a puppy running towards it's master while hoping for praise.

"Why..."

Xavier went to the waiting room in a state of shock.

Soon after, Xavier turned around and chased after Leticia and Keena. They were far away, but he could tell it was them. He could see Leticia congratulating Keena.

˜No way...'

Xavier's shoulders began to shake at the thoughts that flashed through his mind.

The rumors that she could steal your luck and make you unhappy. The rumor was now dormant, but it was never disproven.

˜My eldest sister put a curse on me.'

He wouldn't have lost if it wasn't for that.

Somehow bad things always happened around his sister. It was clear that she wanted to get revenge for her excommunication.

Xavier followed Leticia to the weapon's shop, and began to angrily shout at her.

"If you're kicked out, you should be quiet. Why are you cursing a hardworking man?"

"What?"

"It's not good enough to ruin your little sister's life, now you are trying to ruin mine?"

She was no longer worthy of respect, so he approached her threateningly. Leticia, on the other hand, seemed to be puzzled about what was going on.

It was disgusting that she only blinked her eyes in confusion.

He wanted to wrap his hands around her neck right now and make it impossible for her to breathe. Before he could take a step forward, Irene grabbed Xavier's arm.

"Stop it, brother. We're going back."

"Stay out of the way."

There was no way she could get through to Xavier, who could not see anything except what was already in front of him. In his rage, Xavier was unable to adjust his strength and pushed Irene away violently.

At that moment.

"You're being embarrassing, so please stop!"

The dangerous atmosphere that had been increasing rapidly, cooled down in an instant.

"What?"

"Father would be upset if he knew about this."

"...."

As Irene uttered those words, Xavier felt like his ankles were shackled.

Xavier let out an annoyed sigh, because he knew better than anyone else how sensitive Marquis Leroy was about his reputation and how people viewed him.

He was forced to turn away. He glared one last time at Leticia and left the weapons shop. Irene glanced at Leticia before the door slammed shut.

Leticia tilted her head slightly at the gaze Irene sent her way.

It wasn't a look of trying to avoid conflict or anxiety that misfortune might spread.

˜It's weird.'

Leticia stood still and looked at the spot where her two siblings had just been.

Irene had changed somehow.

"Phew, I was scared to death."

Keena remained vigilant until Xavier left. She clicked her tongue and leaned her chin on Leticia's shoulder.

"You're heavy."

"I'm not heavy. It's probably light because there's nothing in my head."

"Why are you saying that like you're proud of it?"

Leticia pushed Keena away with a look of discomfort. Keena stepped back suddenly, as if she'd suddenly remembered something.

"Right, you know what?"

"What?"

"There's ore pouring out of your father's mine."

"...."