Silver crystal chandeliers illuminate the area in His Highness the First Prince's private room.
On the table was a marble chess board.
"I don't know. One game while talking."
Luke nodded at the suggestion.
The purpose of this visit is to prevent the transfer of Noel to King's Shield (Kingsguard), led by His Royal Highness the Prince.
In order to do so, it would be no harm to preserve His Majesty's testimony.
"I like this.Does the Grandmaster know how far he can go in the opposition? "
The iconic opening of closed games - Queen's Gambit.
The prince advanced a pawn made from scraped onikis, said the prince.
"I don't know. Twenty, maybe."
Luke returns his words while holding back his opponents with a white knight.
"I can't even read the answers."
His Royal Highness kept moving forward on the Black Knight.
"The opponents of the masters always go through a difficult phase where they don't know the right answer from each other.Try to get into a dark darkness full of uncertainty.He said it.I still only know about chess about six percent. "
"Sounds modest to me."
A rush where each hand intersects.
The rivalry proceeds in the form of traces of the epidemic that prevailed a few years ago.
"No, he's serious.The depth of a game called chess is much deeper than the human mind.I don't know. That's why it's funny. "
The Prince's queen stepped forward and flew a white bishop.
And I feel the same thing for her.
The Prince's Queen moves.
Optimize the view from the center and suppress the board surface at a good position.
"With my command, she can reach even higher ground."
Queen...
The most powerful token in chess that boasts more strength than the King.
Luke Waltstein works with four Tokens to contain movement.
"It's a good response, but I know how it works."
I still can't stop it.
His Royal Highness laughed as if to see through.
"Will you lure me in? Now, let's go like the game before us."
"What do you mean?"
"Her last attack. Your aim was not Kensei, but the magic barrier in the practice area.It is brought into the draw by defecting it.Excellent work.Perhaps I was the one who noticed it there. "
"I didn't buy it. It's a coincidence."
Reading the phase hard, Luke exhales deeply.
His Royal Highness is moving forward without spending any time.
The difference in power was obvious.
I even remember the illusion that this thought is being read to every corner.
... monster.
His Royal Highness the Queen plays Le (...) - (...) - (...), which protects the White King.
Check it out.
Step in as if you knew the right answer from the beginning.
But Luke Waltstein knew it was true.
His Highness the First Prince is experiencing this situation.
Among the enormous amount of chess scores collected was one in which he overwhelmed his enemies with the exact same finger pointer.
So Luke knows there's no way to stop the Prince's queen in this partial diagram on the right.
But that's what he's after.
Possibilities I found in the vast chess score that I packed up.
"Is this what you wanted to show me?"
― ― A miracle hand that transforms the phase that appears to be defeated and returns the situation to five minutes.
"Pawn reaches the deepest point of the enemy line and turns into a queen.I've seen her grow into an amazing wizard from a talented civilian girl.Of course, Your Highness is better at directing.But I can understand, draw on and guide her talents more than anyone else.In one respect, I can assure you that I will not lose to anyone else. "
Eleven players in complex phases.
Deeply infiltrated into the enemy line, the rising Queen and Luke take control of the back right of the board.
Luke Waltstein presents to the board the future unfolding that is not there yet.
"Give me a chance to prove it. I promise you more than I expected."
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"How was it?"
After the meeting, the butler told His Royal Highness.
"It was interesting. It was like someone else."
His Royal Highness said while considering the surfaces left behind.
Someone else?
"I thought he was just like me.Emotions were eliminated, the most rational choices continued to be made, and the fastest ever to reach the level of sacrifice (Adamantite).Sometimes called Cold Blood, it's the best work of the Waltstein family. "
His Royal Highness smiles and says.
"What does that mean? It's like someone else.I don't want to lose, I don't want to lose.I was experiencing stress all over my body.People's positions and situations change a lot.Especially the last offensive. It was a sight to see. "
His Royal Highness keeps reproducing the board.
"He came to get the queen, not our king.You don't want to lose her that much.I don't like losing, I don't know what to say. "
"Indeed, it's quite different from the personality I've heard of him."
"I thought I brought her up to score points, but apparently that's not how it works.Rather, she's more serious. "
His Royal Highness speaks up.
"It might be interesting to give them a chance."
"Are you sure? You said you wanted to keep it with you."
"It is the default route for her to come to Kingsguard.I don't need to hurry.I'm sure he's trying to flip it too. "
I stroked (...) k (...) on the board with a well-shaped finger and said.
"Well, what are you going to show me?Let's take a look around.