Challenger

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

"Take this!" Lakshmi Bai executed a beautiful flying kick, but before the words had even left her lips, Franz had knocked her out of the air and pinned her to the sand.

(It was fine sand, so it didn't cause any actual harm.)

"Are you trying to scare someone to death with that volume?"

Franz teased, while Little Maria (Franz's younger sister, the fourth child) pouted unhappily to the side.

"Big Brother is just a bully. She's so small, how could she possibly beat you?"

"She was the one who said she wanted to take on ten people. If I let those guys who don't know their own strength handle her, she'd be in even worse shape."

"Then if she beats you, can she take on ten people?" Little Maria asked timidly.

"No." Franz answered bluntly.

Franz's honesty left the two little girls speechless, followed by a flurry of sand-throwing. However, the former easily backstepped to avoid it, and as a result, a gust of wind blew the sand back, and they were the ones who suffered.

For some time now, the "Joan of Arc" from India and Little Maria had been getting along quite well. They were girls born in the same year, both enjoyed singing, dancing, eating sweets, and neither liked studying.

This fully proved that some things could transcend the boundaries of language and country. In truth, it wasn't that Lakshmi Bai disliked studying; it was just that she couldn't read German, and everyone in the classroom would look at her with strange eyes.

By comparison, she was much more proficient in martial arts and horsemanship.

Yet, in the two areas where she was most confident, Lakshmi Bai was once again doused with a bucket of cold water. In the face of absolute gaps