Trapped in the Past
EPISODE 12

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Some people cleaned the hall from the demonstration of the ability of the arrow earlier and replaced it with a show of ability in fighting using the sword. Athera remained calm as he approached the shelf where the swords were placed. Athera touched one of them with a faint smile. He will use a real sword. In his world, he always used a sword made of wood when learning swords with Azen.

"Is he the same Azen?" Athera muttered with a sad expression. He still remembered the figure of the man who had waved at him.

"Athera," call Gresha.

Athera blinked twice then turned to look towards Gresha. This concubine always accompanied him even helped him.

"It's time for you to enter the arena" continued Gresha.

Athera bought her eyes then stared at the arena for a moment before looking back at Gresha.

"I'm in first place?" Athera asked doubtfully.

Gresha nodded.

"How come? Haven't I taken the order yet?"

Gresha raised her brow next to a puzzled one. Athera is weird. Though last month he understood all the flow of the game even though with a sad ending.

"We don't choose the order. This is the rule. The Empress must fight the oldest concubine." explains Gresha.

"Yes I know," answered Athera as she was.

Gresha thunts the upset, even Gresha can guess that Athera doesn't even know the rules of the game. Because at this moment, Athera displayed a puzzled expression when he saw the red circle in the middle of that grassy hall.

"You must be able to get your opponent out of the red line, not by pushing him but by your sword. For example, like you pointing a sword right in front of his chest, until he gives up or he goes out of line because he is unable to keep up with your resistance. You'll be disqualified if you get your opponent hurt and bleed. If you don't bleed you won't be disqualified" Gresha explained at length.

Athera grinned then took the sword on the shelf there then threw away the scabbard. "Thank you for the explanation."

Gresha just nodded. Athera smiled haughtily as she entered the red circle and the oldest concubine who was none other than Consort Yuen was already smiling cynically.

They sat with each other for quite a while until the sound of trumpets rang out and Consort Yuen instantly moved towards him. Athera flinched when concubine Yuen was seen eyeing her sword.

"He was quite good at swordplay. Ah shit! I'm using the original for the first time!" inner Athera.

Concubine Yuen smiled cynically seeing that Athera was still stupid in touching the sword.

"You scared?" cynical Consort Yuen.

Athera clucked as they were both silent as Consort Yuen attacked her first.

Athera confirmed the position of his hand in holding the sword. "Not at all."

Concubine Yuen simply displayed her cynical smile then moved closer to the sword of Athera. Athera was shocked when Consort Yuen held back her hand that touched the sword.

Athera held back with all her might as Consort Yuen tried to move Athera's sword to stab her in the stomach.

"So you want to hurt yourself to be called a murderer? Don't take me too lightly. You ugly concubine!" hiss Athera until Consort Yuen glared furiously. Athera smiled cynically then Athera let go of her sword then one of her free hands immediately caught her sword. At the same time, Athera moved around and then he hit Consort Yuen on the back with the base of the sword.

Concubine Yuen instantly calmed down when the punch on her back was so powerful.

"I will make you regret having planned this rotten idea" whispered Athera to Consort Yuen then away from concubine Yuen. Give the concubine time to attack him.

"You look like my slave, seeming to be begging for forgiveness." Athera tries to provoke Consort Yuen's emotions.

And of course concubine Yuen was provoked, because at this time concubine Yuen immediately stood up and moved quickly. He swung his sword blindly as if he had forgotten the rules. Athera himself simply dodged. Athera occasionally fends off Consort Yuen's attacks.

"Dad and your mother were slaves. It deserves to be trampled by my feet. You're a servant dog to Regaz. Seeing you acting so haughty, it really makes me sick!" maki Consort Yuen so sharply that Athera displayed her wrathful gaze.

Athera immediately repelled Consort Yuen's attack so strongly that Consort Yuen's body fell on her back with the sword she still held tightly. Athera approached Consort Yuen then stood before concubine Yuen with a sword brandishing right above Consort Yuen's face and once again a resounding shout cheered at Athera's name.

Concubine Yuen this time was really embarrassed. But he was content to see the anger of Athera after he was cruelly maki.

Athera extended her hand to Consort Yuen so that the concubine would grab her to get up while her sword she simply stuck on the grassy ground beside her

"You think I'm just gonna embarrass you?" athera said cynically. Consorts Yuen did not call on her father and mother. But his heart still felt heartache even his chest seemed to be burning.

Athera grinned with a slightly lowered body and said softly, "I will tear your clothes with this sword of mine. I'm gonna embarrass you. Did I tear off the chest or pretend to accidentally cut your hair. Until you become bald and Regaz won't like you lag- "

"Stop!"

SRETT.. ACHH

Athera's threat was cut short when Consort Yuen was instantly enraged with a terrified expression and reflexively swung her sword to the point of injuring Athera's arm. And now Ahera smiled pity at Consort Yuen.

"Stupid." taunted Athera, then Athera directly touched his arm tightly until blood filled his arm.

Concubine Yuen dropped her sword with both hands silencing her mouth. "He turned my idea around."

It did not take long the atmosphere immediately became a scene. Regaz is no longer on his throne. The king and the queen mother stood up from her seat, as well as the guests.

"Don't squeeze if it hurts."

Athera gasped as Regaz's voice sounded. Athera looked over and found Regaz approaching him. The man lowered his hand which tightly gripped his injured arm and raised his body.

"Trule this problem," Regaz told Ruoxi who turned out to come after Regaz dropped out of his throne. And once again Athera could see the figure of a man who had a twin face like Azen looked worried to see him taken away by Regaz.

After the departure of Regaz. This time Ruoxi exhaled her breath. He looked at Consort Yuen who began to be helped to stand by other concubines except for a concubine named Gresha.

"How could Consort Yuen act like that. Obviously Athera was trying to help him stand up" Glory told damian.

Damian nodded at his wife's words and looked at Khung, who approached her with an apology for Consort Yuen's behavior.

"You better teach your daughter again" Damian said, then chose to vacate her place, followed by Glory.

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"Let go!" ketus Athera while staying away from Regaz who had been sitting at the side of his bed. He did not believe that Regaz had brought him to the pavilion. He should have been grateful but Athera was very lazy just to be grateful.

"Is this how you thank me?!"

Athera sighed then looked at Regaz with her head lowered. "Thank you" he said in a lazy tone.

ZRETT'S..

OI!

Athera screeched as Regaz turned his arm around. The man immediately took out a wooden box containing medical equipment. Athera just found out that the wooden box in his closet is a place to store medical equipment.

"Hating but always worrying" comments Ahera to Regaz who has focused on cleaning the wound on the woman's arm immediately focused his gaze on Athera's face.

"Don't let me kiss you three times" replied Regaz and refocused on cleaning up Athera's wounds. Athera chose silence instead of being kissed a third time.

Regaz is very handsome now. Regaz is not a man who can conquer his heart.

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