Villains also get Second chance

Cassius pov

I played music in the room to get rid of the voices that brute was making. I wish I could stop him from entering into the palace. I still remember the time I went to the marquees palace after marriage for a ritual. Instead of welcoming me with flowers and gifts, I was welcomed with the clang of swords.

He attacked me because he felt his sister was not happy when we went there. Though he was right, he attacked the archduke with a sword after inviting him to the palace!! Look at the nerves of the man, hmph!!

And the worst thing was he was better than me in sword wielding. Though I had practiced swords all my life, it had only been a hobby. My work was in administration. While the man had trained hard day and night to be the head of the army of the empire.

He disarmed me in 20 seconds and then tried to attack my hands. I was thoroughly embarrassed as my clothes were slashed and there were small wounds and marks of sword on my skin and chest area.

If marquess had not interfered i would have lost my hands too. But then I made sure that he would stay at the borders even when there was no war for a whole year. And if I had known that he would come here when he was relieved from the duties of border, I would have assigned him there for 10 more years.

I cursed as I still could hear the faint voices of shouting and clang of swords. I had thought that he would not create a scene in front of a kid, but what would you expect from a savage man!

Who was he fighting with? All the knights of the palace would not be able to stand in front of him for long! Did he not feel embarrassed to wield the sword against weak knights. 

I pinched the gap between my eyebrows as I estimated the damage he would create in a night.

Suddenly the door started knocking and I did not need to hear the guard to know that it was about the storm that brute was creating like the estate belonged to him! I would write a letter to the marquees in the morning. No, I would go to the town and meet him personally.

"Your highness"

"I don't want to hear anything, i want to sleep. Let the man destroy a few things. Do not try to stop him. We will charge his family later. Human lives and specially their hands are more important.'' I explained but the man shook his head.

"It is not about properties or us your highness. Sir James is sparring with her highness" he said in a trembling voice and my eyes widened.

'Damn! That dumb woman. Could she not stay out for two more hours. He would have gone if he did not have found anyone to spar with!'

I walked hastily over the stairs and almost ran out. There they were surrounded by all the knights.

"Hey, stop pushing, let me see," said the knight without even looking back when I tried to move him and move towards them. He was so immersed in the fight as if it was a show for their entertainment.

My eyes turned cold as I looked at all of their expressions. They were looking at their fencing as if it was a play.

"Move or else the tip of my sword will slash your neck" I threatened coldly and only then did he realise it was me.

He shivered and kneeled on the floor that instant but I have other concerns for now.

Why the hell was she using epee instead of a plain sword or sabre!

I walked toward them with my sabre ready when James eyed me with a smirk.

"Looks like your sleep is finally disturbed, your highness" his words were filled with mocking laughter but Marianne did not even turn towards me or say a word. Her clothes were restricting her movements and she had to put all her concentration on her moves to save herself.

Her face was turned completely red and her breathes were irregular. Sweat was dripping from her face. A single glance and it was clear that she was having a hard time in maintaining her stance.

While the man, his face was telling he was not even giving his one percent in the battle. As if he was entertaining a baby. His actions were lazy and laid back.

Yet I know their strength was more than an average knight when he wanted to kill an enemy.

She lunged forward trying to end the sparring but he parried it easily with just a single move and then turned around as he looked back at her.

"Not only have your skills being depreciated but your tactics have become rusty too. And yet you still have the courage to use the sword against me."

"Ha! Just you wait, i will make sure mother has to use her ointments on you all night when you cry out of pain"

"That much confidence. My sweet young sister. Then let's see who will cry whole night in pain"

"Marianne, are you crazy, why are you even provoking this brute."

"Did you just call me brute?"

"Did you just call my brother brute?"

They both shouted simultaneously as their swords were pointed towards me and I gulped. Could she not see i was worried about her!

"I mean a man with the brute force." I tried to improve.

"Ha, so you mean to say that the man who protects the empire was  relying on or achieved goals  through the application of force, effort, or power in usually large amounts instead of more efficient, carefully planned, or precisely directed methods … then why don't you come here and show me how attacks are planned and executed the intellectual man" he challenged and the lady just looked at me with disdain as if i was a fool to provoke the sleeping lion!

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