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.

not about being fast or strong. It’s about surprise. Timing. It only

poked her nose for messing up the

clumsy, but right, he clapped,

says you’re not

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Back to the arena.

Nnenna’s eyes snapped open.

was closing in fast,

step as Nnenna

way... that footwork... He stood abruptly, his chair screeching back. "She... she

the move Arthur said

almost dangerous. "The one he only

even understand what

her whole body becoming a whip of momentum. Stephanie’s guard broke wide open,

clean, sharp finish, and Stephanie hit the

Gasps erupted.

The livestream exploded

WAS THAT

"Stephanie didn’t even see it

seen anything

forward in

Olivia’s brows rose. "That... isn’t in year three martial arts curriculum. No... It’s not in any

muttered, "Where in the world did

Earlier,

a wave, cheers, stunned shouts, the frantic tapping of livestream chats, but then the mood fractured into a

hands clasped. "I’ve never seen that technique in my life," he murmured, voice tight

she leaned back, studying Nnenna as if the girl were suddenly a

watched, slow and thoughtful, as

girl to defeat you but now even

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

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

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