Eagle’s Glory

"So you tell me - young man, do you want to win?"

The question of Archduke Karl was like hitting the soul of a young man.

In a trance, he recalled that when Archduke Carl took him to visit the disabled veterans last time, he also asked the same question.

Like last time, he had only one answer to this question.

His expression became serious, then looked at Archduke Karl, "Yes, I want to win, Your Highness."

"That's right." Seeing the young man's eyes full of desire to win, Archduke Karl finally smiled with satisfaction, "Then, let's come again, I don't want to play against a hesitant opponent anymore, take out your Come on."

"Since this is your request, out of respect for you, I will obey." Aegron replied calmly, "However, I don't think you have any chance of winning. I hope you don't get angry at that time."

"Odds don't come out of your mouth!" Archduke Carl replied disdainfully, then swayed the sword in his hand twice, "Come on."

"Wait a minute." Aegron shook his head slightly. "Can you make additional conditions? I want to make my victory a little more worthy of celebration."

"What do you mean?" Archduke Karl was stunned for a moment, but immediately agreed nonchalantly, "Okay, no problem, after all, it was the test I proposed, and you, as the challenger, have the right to make your own demands."

"I think you are so much older than me. It would be too unfair for us to fight unconditionally. I took too much advantage." Aigron said, taking out a pocket watch from his arms, and then Looking at Teresa, "Teresa, catch it."

"What?" Teresa looked confused.

Aigron threw the pocket watch directly at her, while Teresa subconsciously reached out to take the pocket watch and continued to look at the boy.

"Please help me time, one minute is enough." Aigron smiled slightly, "You announce the start as the referee, and then start the time. If I can't win within one minute, then I will fail."

"One minute?" Both father and daughter were a little surprised.

"Yes, I think this is more than enough." Aegron glanced at Archduke Karl a little arrogantly, "If I disarm you within a minute and you are unable to fight again, then I will win. If I can't do it. , I'll admit defeat, I think it's fair to-"

Archduke Carl frowned.

Although he clearly felt that the young man's hands were very good, he really felt that he was being underestimated at this time.

He had never seen such an arrogant expression on this young man before.

It seems that the teenager has indeed been inspired to be aggressive, and his speech and behavior are full of aggression.

Good, very good, this is the only way to be successful.

"Then I'll see if you can do it." He nodded, then looked back at Teresa. "Teresa, just do as he says—"

"Why are you all like children!" Teresa could only sigh helplessly.

Since the trouble had reached this stage, she could only helplessly let them finish the trouble first.

But at this time, she was also curious whether His Highness could really win in a minute.

She picked up His Highness's pocket watch and looked at the time.

"Start!" She started the duel between the two again.

This time, Archduke Karl did not take the shot first, but assumed a defensive posture, and Aigron did not attack immediately, but took two small steps forward.

He knew he had a minute and plenty of time.

Perhaps because he was too oppressive at this time, Archduke Karl unconsciously took a step back, wanting to keep the distance between the two of them.

But just as he retreated, Aegron raised his sword directly, then bent his knees and took a step forward at lightning speed, and then stabbed Archduke Karl with his sword.

Archduke Karl, who was already at a disadvantage, was forced to swing his sword to block, but the young man continued to swing his sword and chop down, forcing his opponent to barely support, and his footsteps kept retreating.

In a short period of time, Archduke Karl had been under attack like a storm, but he had no intention of admitting defeat, and continued to persevere.

Because of the constant collision of the two swords in a short period of time, he felt that his hands had become numb, he was about to lose his command, and his eyes became a little confused.

He knew in his heart that he would lose if he continued to fight, and his only hope now was to survive this minute.

However, although time always passes by inadvertently, when people expect time to pass faster, its flow rate will suddenly slow down. He never thought that one minute would be so tormented.

Just when he was anxious, the young man swung his sword again, and Duke Karl could only barely raise his sword to block. At this time, the young man turned around and smashed the sword heavily with the help of his waist. The pain of the collision of the two swords made Archduke Karl's hand tremble again, and he could hardly hold the sword. At the same time, the boy's footsteps also moved along the trend, leaning sideways to the front of the Archduke Karl.

Archduke Karl wanted to step back, but he was only halfway done, because a fist hit him hard in the stomach.

"Ah..." The sudden severe pain made Archduke Karl groan uncontrollably and almost fainted.

Then his hand also loosened, and the sword immediately fell to the grass.

Then, he was half-kneeling on the ground, breathing heavily, using this method to relieve the pain on his body.

And the young man did not intend to continue chasing, but just stood in front of him and looked down at him calmly.

"Forty-seven seconds..." Teresa, who was watching the battle, subconsciously called out the time.

However, she reacted immediately.

"Stop it!"

She screamed, threw her pocket watch to the ground, and rushed between the two of them recklessly, separating them, for fear that they would make a fool of themselves.

"Dad, are you alright?" She squatted down to support her father and asked in a crying voice.

Archduke Carl turned pale, obviously suffering, but he still shook his head, "I... I'm fine."

"Your Highness, you are trying too hard..." Teresa looked back at Agron and complained.

"I'm sorry." Aegron put away his sword, "but, I think if I don't do this, the Archduke will suffer more, and he wants me to do my best. And, Teresa, with your father's physique , he can bear it, don't worry."

"That's right... That's right. Teresa, I made him work hard, so it's a good thing that he did as he did. Don't let people see a joke, you should congratulate His Royal Highness..." Archduke Karl finally breathed a sigh of relief. , said to his daughter in a hiss, "His teacher really didn't brag, I saw it, it's powerful enough. Well, Franz, now come and help me."

Aigron bent down obediently, took Archduke Karl's arm, and led him to stand up.

Because the battle has ended, the suffocating energy on his face has also dissipated, and he has returned to the gentle expression of the past.

"Your Highness, go back and rest."

"I really didn't expect you to be so hard." Because the stomach was still aching, Archduke Karl grinned, "Yes, looking at Sven, it's quite hard."

Then, he smiled bitterly, "I was just saying, 'If you want them to kneel, you need to use your fists!', I didn't expect it to happen to me so quickly, hahahaha..."

"I didn't mean to." Aegron smiled embarrassedly, "I just think this will relieve your resistance ability as quickly as possible."

To be honest, although Aegron has always been very confident in himself because of the teacher's constant praise, but he has never really fought with others before, and he does not have a clear estimate of his own level.

He didn't expect that his teacher taught him so well.

In other words, his efforts were not in vain.

"Have you finally had enough trouble now?" There were tears in the corners of Teresa's eyes, "Dad, stop making trouble!"

"Okay, Teresa, that's it for now, I have no way to spoil you again today." Father smiled and nodded to Teresa, "Come and help me too."

So, Archduke Karl put his arms on the shoulders of the boy and girl respectively, and with their support, he walked back towards the mansion.

Teresa looked at her father from time to time, and when he was so weak, his old age was finally fully revealed.

"Don't worry, little girl, I'm fine." Instead, Archduke Karl comforted his daughter, "Don't look so miserable!"

"If a person can still laugh when he sees his father like this, is he still a person?" Teresa asked rhetorically. "If you don't want to see a bitter face on my face, then don't make a fool of yourself."

"This is a necessary lesson." Archduke Karl replied with a wry smile, "If a person wants to take on a heavy responsibility, it is impossible not to have some qualities. Franz already has enough intelligence and conditions for him to take on the heavy responsibility. But he needs to cultivate a hunger for himself, the kind of… the kind of anger I'd rather die if I can't win today.

I was once entrusted by His Majesty to the army, holding the lives of more than 100,000 people. If I make any wrong decision, hundreds of thousands of people may die in vain, so I have tasted this anger and been trained by this anxiety. People have the courage to go forward. Thank **** we don't have to fight now, but the spirit is still very important - Franz, if you're my son-in-law you'll have to do it because I hate trash. So you have to muster up the courage to overcome obstacles, to overcome all odds and have to trample your opponents under your feet, you have to remember the anger you just ignited, remember your arrogance with contempt for your opponents, and you have to show us what you just showed us forever. keep it up! do you understand? "

Aegron didn't answer, just nodded silently.

What the Grand Duke said was correct, but there was one thing wrong—his heart had long been filled with that anger and anxiety. Although he had to restrain himself due to the situation, he would never forget what he wanted.

"You'd better say a few words less." Teresa interrupted her father's words distressedly.

"Teresa, stop talking about it." The Archduke took a deep breath, and then let out a long sigh, "If paying this price can find you a man who is talented in both civil and military affairs, then you should be cheering..."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Teresa interrupted her father angrily.

While they were talking, they walked back to the mansion together.

"God!" Seeing her husband's tragic state, Grand Duchess Henrietta covered her mouth, "You guys have gone too far!"

"It's okay, Henrietta, His Royal Highness is very measured." Archduke Karl shook his head with a smile, and then sat down on the sofa, "Now bring me some wine, I'll just drink it."

"I really don't know why you men like to ask for trouble so much. Even at this age, you have to fight bravely." Henrietta poured a glass of milk and handed it to her husband. "No alcohol for three days."

After speaking, she looked at the young man again.

"Madam, I'm sorry..." Aegron apologized to her, "I really should have paid more attention just now."

"Don't be nervous, Franz, I'm not that unreasonable, it's not your fault, he's asking for trouble." Henrietta sighed, "I think you're also very distressed, I hope this turmoil Don't affect your mood."

Then, she waved her hand gently, "Okay, I'll take care of this old man next, you and Teresa go out for a walk, and when we meet at night, I hope we all forget what happened just now."

"As ordered, ma'am." Aegron hurriedly retire, as if he had been granted amnesty.

Teresa also obeyed her mother's order and ran out with the boy quietly.

She frowned, obviously the turmoil just now caused a lot of blows to her.

After a long time, she finally stretched her eyebrows, "His Royal Highness, although I am not happy, I still congratulate you, you have indeed fulfilled your rhetoric."

"This kind of victory doesn't make me feel honored." Aegron replied calmly, "Your father is old, I just won by the explosive power of young people, which makes me feel like I'm cheating."

"But... you still won, and you left him powerless to fight back." Teresa sighed softly, looking a little melancholy, "I saw my father as a hero since I was a child, and felt that he was omnipotent. Finally I finally found out... that my father is old."

"Time will make each of us old, and sooner or later there will be such a day." Aigron replied, "At least he has made enough achievements for himself when he was young to be remembered by the world, which is enough for him to be proud of. ."

"His Royal Highness, there is not only one kind of merit in the world, don't let yourself be kidnapped by my father's ideas, he can't live your life in your place." Teresa blinked a little worriedly, "I It's not that you can't pursue fame and fortune, I just hope you can live according to your own ideas, if you don't have that mind, why bother to carry so many burdens for yourself..."

"What if I have it?" Aegron stopped and asked back.

Teresa was stunned, and after a moment, she smiled.

"I said it before, in that case, I will make suggestions for you, and I have to let you step on the top, believe it or not?"

Is it only in Austria?

Seeing her pretty and girlish smile, Aigron suddenly wanted to ask.

But when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed again.

"Thank you." He replied with a smile.