"Leos, what the hell are you doing? How could you not even beat a brat still wet behind the ears? Don't tell me you went easy on him?"
When they saw the Dark Knight who had stepped up get cleanly defeated by Seiya in an extremely short time, quite a few of the Dark Knights were dumbfounded. Some even thought the man had deliberately held back.
Only Shasta and the higher-ranked Knights in the order saw things clearly.
The Dark Knight had lost so quickly not because he had gone easy on Seiya, but because Seiya was simply too strong!
Setting aside the other members of the Dark Knight Order, Shasta, who was seeing Seiya fight for the first time, looked at Lybia beside him with shining eyes. "Lybia, is your younger brother really only ten years old?"
"Obviously. I can say with almost complete certainty that Seiya is my younger brother. Our parents died at the end of the Flaint Mountain Range ten years ago, so he can only be ten years old."
Hearing Lybia's confirmation, Shasta showed a deeply moved expression. "If he really is only ten, then I can say for certain that he may become the strongest swordsman in the entire Dark Territory someday... No, he might even become a Sword Saint. His swordsmanship is unique, his movements are utterly crisp and without a hint of excess. Other than his somewhat weaker physical attributes due to his age, I couldn't find a single opening on him during that fight. Can you believe that? This child's talent is terrifying beyond imagination. Perhaps one day, he may even become someone comparable to Administrator of the Human Realm!"
The conflict between the Dark Territory and the Human Realm had existed for a long time. The lands inhabited by the