Chapter 542: Six Years Old... Again

A teenage boy stood there.

He looked like... Arthur, no, a mini version of... a mini version of Arthur!

Barely fourteen. Messy white hair, grass stains on his trousers, and that half distracted, cold expression he wore when his mind was running too fast for the rest of the world to keep up.

Then another figure appeared.

A little girl.

Nnenna’s breath caught.

Because the girl looked almost exactly like her younger self.

No, not almost. It was her.

It was as if she had been pulled straight into the memory, not as an observer... but as the one living it.

She was small again. Six years old. Barefoot. Cheeks streaked with tears.

"Arthur!" her tiny voice broke, trembling. "They said I’m small! They said I’ll never be strong like you!"

He looked at her for a long second, then smiled in that way that was just for her.

"Come on. I’ll teach you something no one else knows."

Her little self’s heart leapt. "Really?"

"Just you. Promise?"

"Promise!"

The wind tugged at her hair as he crouched down, guiding her arms and legs with patient hands.

fast or strong. It’s about surprise. Timing. It only works when you trust

he poked her nose for messing

she finally nailed it, clumsy, but right, he clapped, spinning

Who says you’re

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Back to the arena.

Nnenna’s eyes snapped open.

fast, no mercy in her

mid step as

He stood abruptly, his chair screeching back. "She... she knows it." His pulse spiked. It wasn’t a daydream that day... she

"That’s the move Arthur said stunned

one he only taught his

even understand what they were seeing until

a feint that turned into a spiral, her

clean, sharp finish, and Stephanie hit

Gasps erupted.

The livestream exploded

"WHAT WAS

even see it

"I’ve never seen anything

leaned forward

year three martial arts curriculum. No...

in the world

Earlier, she looked like

a wave, cheers, stunned shouts,

seen that technique in my life," he

was a thin line; she leaned back, studying Nnenna

simply watched, slow and thoughtful, as

girl to defeat you but now even Stephanie isn’t her match?! Have I wasted countless resources on you two?!," he said, convinced they had

glanced toward Stephanie, who was on her feet, chest heaving, face gone hard. Fury and confusion fought across her features, she

on the barrier as if he wanted to be closer. That move... of course. Arthur mentioned it before, the thought hit him like

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