I'm a little bit cute after transforming.

The Sword Saint winked at Enoch.

"Miss Diana, would you be so kind as to exchange a few blows with this old man?"

Enoch retrieved the wooden sword that was in the distance.

Diana took the wooden sword, swung it a few times, and seemed eager to try it out.

"Okay~"

The others nearby all went into the pavilion.

Inside the pavilion, Caroline sat next to a young woman wearing a light blue dress, with long, flowing golden hair cascading down to her waist. Her gentle features were always adorned with a smile.

When everyone came in, she poured them black tea.

Her gentle voice immediately won people's favor.

"Hero, you've worked hard. Please have a cup of tea and rest."

Enoch's face flushed slightly.

"Thank you, Your Highness Lana!"

"Aeroy, Sora, please come and sit down."

Sora sat down next to Lana.

"Lana, that's Diana, the one I told you about. She's amazing!"

"Hmm~ She really is very cute~"

"Hmph~ No matter how powerful you are, you're no match for the Sword Saint!"

Although Caroline denied Diana's claims, her eyes remained fixed on the open space.

The Sword Saint frowned, observing Diana's sword-wielding posture, which was riddled with openings. 'Could it be that she really hasn't learned swordsmanship?'

The Sword Saint stood with his sword at his side.

"Miss Diana, you shall initiate the attack!"

Diana swung the wooden sword in her hand.

"You should attack! I'm better at defense!"

The Sword Saint's lips twitched. "You actually took my offer to spar with you? I was just trying to teach you a few moves!"

"In that case, you'd better watch out!"

After saying this, the Sword Saint slowly took a step forward.

Diana narrowed her eyes. In her eyes, the Sword Saint had only taken a slow step, yet she predicted that the moment his foot landed, he would strike her forearm with his sword.

Diana sheathed her sword to parry the illusory figure's strike.

Bang! The crisp sound of wooden swords clashing rang out.

All that everyone saw was the Sword Saint slowly taking a step forward, Diana slashing her sword to block, and then the two of them clashed with their swords!

"So fast!"

Enoch exclaimed in surprise!

The Sword Saint was somewhat taken aback, not expecting her to be able to block the sword strike.

The swordsman flicked his wrist and swung his sword again.

Diana turned to the side almost simultaneously with him.

The Sword Saint became interested and quickened his pace.

After several rounds of fighting, he finally realized that the child didn't know swordsmanship at all; he could only block attacks.

'Even though she's full of openings, I can't hit her. That reaction speed! And that accurate intuition! She's definitely a promising talent!'

Diana sensed that the Sword Saint's speed was increasing, and her prediction skills seemed insufficient to keep up. She decided to use her skill combo!

Diana gripped the wooden sword tightly, and with a snap, as she unleashed five sword strikes in an instant, the wooden sword in her hand could not withstand the pressure and broke off, flying away!

The Sword Saint withdrew the wooden sword he had been pressing against Diana's chest and looked at her with some disbelief.

"You just used a sword skill?"

Diana glanced at the hilt of the sword in her hand, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

"Sorry, I broke your sword."

The Sword Saint was taken aback. 'Is that the key point?'

The Sword Saint continued with the same question he had just asked.

"Oh, you mean that skill? I learned it after fighting with someone a while ago! Is there a problem?"

The Sword Saint's lips twitched. 'Any more questions? Some people practice swordsmanship for years, even decades, and still might not grasp the skills. You think you can master it after just one fight?'

"Could you use it one more time so I can see it?"

Diana nodded, refusing the wooden sword offered by the Sword Saint, and instead took out a precious sword herself.

"The wooden sword is too brittle; I can't use it!"

Seeing Diana suddenly pull out a sword, the Sword Saint narrowed his eyes. Not just anyone could carry a weapon in the palace. Remembering Diana's dull and naive appearance, he sighed.

"Miss Diana, please don't take out weapons indiscriminately within the palace!"

Diana looked at the Sword Saint with a puzzled expression.

"Didn't you want to see my skills? So, are you going to see them or not?"

The Sword Saint suppressed the urge to punch someone.

'This child can't tell right from wrong! I, a dignified Sword Saint, am treated with utmost respect by everyone! Calm down! Calm down! She's still just a child!'

The Sword Saint tried to comfort himself.

"It's alright, show me your skill!"

Diana murmured to herself softly.

"What a strange old man!"

The swordsman's forehead veins bulged, "I can hear you!"

Diana ignored the swordsman's strange behavior, after all, she had promised to show him her skills.

Diana took a few steps back, gripped her sword, and unleashed a flurry of attacks, instantly unleashing twelve sword strikes. The dense sword shadows created a gust of wind.

The wind made the swordsman's robes rustle!

Unleashing twelve sword strikes in an instant is already the limit of the combo skill. Diana also tried to advance it using skill points, but the display showed insufficient conditions, and Diana didn't know why.

The Sword Saint stared at Diana in a daze. At first, he thought that Diana's limit was five sword strikes in an instant, but he didn't expect that five sword strikes were just the limit of a wooden sword! Although these twelve sword strikes were completely unpredictable, they were already a level that many people could never reach in their entire lives!

'This child! If properly nurtured, he might surpass me! It's not impossible for him to even glimpse that uncharted realm!'

The Sword Saint had already begun to fantasize about the near future, when he would teach her swordsmanship, and she would eventually become a Sword God, while he would be respected by thousands!

Diana, having already sheathed her sword and entered the pavilion, was enjoying her dessert with a satisfied expression. She found the old man called the Sword Saint a bit strange; one moment he was kind, the next he was frowning, and just now he was grinning foolishly. She decided it was best to stay away from him.

Sora put a pastry into Diana's mouth.

"Anna~ What are you doing standing there, Sword Saint?"

Everyone was also very puzzled, as they could only see that the Sword Saint had his back to them.

Diana ate her dessert with a happy expression.

"Hmm, I don't know, that old man was really strange~"

Everyone shuddered involuntarily. How dare they call the Sword Saint an old man! They really are fearless!

Lana smiled and placed a pastry in her palm, offering it to Diana.

"Anna, you can't call the Sword Saint that!"

Diana looked at Lana, who was smiling and gentle, and felt that she was suppressing some kind of emotion. She decided to stop thinking about it.

Diana ate the pastry in Lana's hand in one bite, causing Lana to cover her mouth and giggle incessantly.

Seeing this, the second prince picked up a pastry, his hands trembling with excitement. He wanted to try it too, and finally mustered up the courage to speak.

At this moment, the Sword Saint, having regained his senses, found that Diana was no longer in front of him, and his lips twitched again.

"Calm down! Calm down! She's still a child, it's normal that she doesn't understand some rules, especially with her monstrous talent!"

The Sword Saint immediately entered the pavilion.

"Miss Diana!"

“Anna…”

The voices of the Second Prince and the Sword Saint rang out simultaneously.

Diana was taken aback, glanced back at the Sword Saint, and then looked at the Second Prince.

"What's wrong, Your Highness?"

The second prince had some cold sweat on his forehead.

"I...I just wanted to ask you, is this dessert delicious?"

Diana nodded without hesitation.

"Mmm~ It's delicious!"

Seeing that Diana had no intention of responding to the Sword Saint, the Second Prince nervously stuffed the pastry into his mouth, chewed it a couple of times, and swallowed it.

"Mmm, it's really delicious!"

The Sword Saint kept reassuring himself, 'She's still a child! Her talent is extraordinary! I might very well become the Sword God's master someday!'