The Returned Heiress Who Had It All (Cassia) novel Chapter 236

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Down the mountain, Vance was sitting in his car boredly scrolling short clips, when he saw an edited match segment posted by a chess player and tapped in out of curiosity.

“Black plays like Mr. Sawyer … so this white sides…”

Vance had heard from the players attending the gathering that the legendary chess player had accepted Henry’s invitation and had come as well.

“The only one who can trade blows with Mr. Sawyer evenly is that legendary player!”

Excited, Vance clicked into the livestream.

“No way–is this the game Mr. Sawyer’s playing right now against the legendary player?” Seven stared wide–eyed at the board on Draven’s phone.

Snap!

A white piece dropped again–so fast your eyes almost couldn’t track it.

“So fast!”

It was the legendary player!

Seven didn’t understand a thing, but he still kept staring, eyes stretched wide.

Moments later, the old master stopped moving.

Soon, on the courtyard’s giant screen–and on Draven’s phone–the words “Black Lose” appeared.

It was over.

The crowd erupted.

“Holy–are you serious?!” Seven looked like he’d been hit with a shock baton.

Even Axel, usually unshakable, wore a visibly rattled expression.

“Mr. Sawyer really lost!”

“As you can see.” Draven’s brows were lit with unmistakable interest.

Lately, to challenge the legendary player, he’d made the rare effort to study and sharpen his

own chess.

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Watching this game today, he figured she’d also spent time analyzing and refining.

The thought made Draven rub his fingertips, impatience edging onto his face.

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Inside the room.

“I lost.” Henry didn’t find it humiliating–games are meant to have wins and losses, and at his age, he’d long since seen through pride.

And even if they played another one, he still couldn’t say he’d win.

“You’re still the same.” Cassia lifted her glass and took a sip of wine as she spoke.

Two years–and he was still standing on the same square.

Henry had believed he’d improved, but against this young girl, he was still miles behind.

Henry nodded with a touch of shame. “You’ve improved a lot these past two years.”

“I set aside some time to study,” Cassia said honestly.

When school wasn’t on break, whenever Cassia couldn’t fall asleep in class, she’d time studying how to improve her chess.

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Back at the manor’s central courtyard, even though the match had ended, the onlookers were still trapped in the aftershock of that pressure–cooker battle.

One elder with a professional rating couldn’t accept that Henry had lost twice. Stroking his beard, he said, “He must be exhausted.”

Aspen also felt that was part of it.

From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.–a full eight hours.

But the legendary player’s skill was beyond dispute.

Take Aspen himself–against Henry, even if the old master were tired to the bone, beating Aspen would still be effortless.

In the room.

Henry admitted the truth about the AI board to Cassia.

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have kept that from you,” lenry said, ashamed.

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“I knew already.” Cassia smiled faintly, her tone calm.

What? Had she known all along?

Henry blinked in surprise, while Randy felt his heart stop for a full second.

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“But I don’t blame you. Thanks to this board, you brought back the mindset you had two years ago—your truest focus, your most concentrated strength.” Cassia’s eyes flicked to the base of the board where the indicator lights blinked.

“Ahaha…”

Even so, he still lost to Cassia.

Silence fell across the room.

Henry remembered something he’d wanted to bring up for a long time–but had never quite had the nerve to say.

Taking a disciple.

The reason he’d grown close to Cassia wasn’t only because he wanted someone to play with- another major reason was that he wanted to bring her under his wing.

That was why whenever he had the chance, he invited her for a few games–his goal was to beat her, then use the win as a clean opening to propose an apprenticeship.

Since their previous games had all been draws, he hadn’t had the leverage to bring it up–but

now…

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