The mont Bigas's mask slipped off, the entire martial contest arena erupted in uproar.
You see, Bigas's mask was a significant symbol. Her family had strict rules that unmarried won should not easily reveal their faces to outsiders.
On the martial contest platform, Xiso had sent Bigas's mask flying with a gust of wind generated from his sheer presence. To Bigas, this was an insult.
All those present thought Xiso was done for. Anyone who offended this young woman never t a good end. No Scholar, no matter how powerful, could stand against a Wizard, let alone one as proud and unrestrained as her.
However, there was one thing many people couldn't understand. The usually willful and headstrong Miss Bigas actually stood calmly in place.
Perhaps it was Xiso's imposing aura, or perhaps so other reason; regardless, the usually rciless Bigas didn't make a move.
She observed Xiso carefully and then asked, "Are you the popular young Scholar many girls admire?" Her attitude was exceptionally arrogant; it seed she didn't even deem His Majesty the King worthy of her attention.
Xiso didn't know how to respond; answering such questions wasn't his forte.
"Do you know how many tis you've offended already?" the domineering Bigas pressed, giving Xiso no room to think.
"If I have offended you, please..." Xiso began.
"I don't want to hear your pointless talk!" Bigas cut in. "Listen carefully. In a short ti, you've offended three tis. I've put these three offenses on your tab, and I'll settle the score with you another day."
Xiso didn't understand these things. He wore an innocent expression, but he didn't take it to heart, as his purpose there had been to prevent a tragedy. Now that he had helped the wounded League Guard to his feet, what he had feared did not co to pass.
"Save your strength for the battlefield; don't waste it here!" Xiso said, reassuring the injured League Guard. This was also his reason for jumping onto the martial contest platform in the first place.
The martial contest was originally intended to be a brief spectacle, but now its very nature had changed. In Xiso's opinion, these people gave no thought to the feelings of the warriors who had fought and bled on the battlefield.
After all their bloody battles, all those warriors wanted was peace. To witness such a contest again was unbearable for them.
But no one dared to defy the king's decree. To the Guardian Army, this martial contest was aningless.
But as long as the king was happy, that was all that mattered. King Kayne was quite pleased with the tournant, particularly appreciating Xiso jumping onto the stage.
Thus, Xiso's na once again beca renowned throughout the entire Empire.
While he still had many admirers, Xiso no longer cared about such things, for new troubles had found him after the martial arts tournant.
Bigas belonged to the Kangen Family, a family that had fought alongside King Kayne to conquer the lands. After the tournant, mbers of the Kangen Family began to seek Xiso out every few days, regardless of whether he was at the Guardian Army's staff camp or his residence in Imperial Capital Xinbal.
The Kangen family mbers' demand was simple: they wanted Xiso to repay his 'debt' to their Young Miss Bigas.
Xiso didn't understand why he had to repay any debt.
"Because you offended our Young Miss, and not just once," those Kangen family mbers would say. "We're here to seek justice on her behalf."
But though they said this, none of them laid a finger on Xiso. Their harassnt seed to have only one purpose: to test Xiso's character.
Xiso was an orphan, having been abandoned at the Empire's orphanage as a baby. It wasn't until a military counselor ca to the orphanage to select recruits that he was chosen for his sharp intellect.
Thus, Xiso beca a military counselor trained by the Guardian Army. He ca from humble origins, with no particularly special background.
It was precisely this ordinary background that made him such a heartthrob.
With his handso features, keen intelligence, brilliant military achievents, and being young and promising, he naturally attracted droves of female admirers.
But Xiso's heart was still untouched by love then; he didn't pay much attention to such matters at that ti.
However, just because he paid no mind didn't an such matters wouldn't find him. His encounter at the martial arts tournant brought him into contact with Bigas, and from then on, his peaceful days were over.
The three offenses against Bigas made Xiso ponder for a long, long ti. He never understood how he had offended the Young Miss, leading to her family's retainers harassing him day in and day out.
Xiso couldn't figure it out; his usually sharp mind seed unusually dull at this mont.
In the end, even those harassing him couldn't stand his cluelessness any longer and directly told him about the three incidents where he had offended their Young Miss.
Firstly, during the martial arts tournant, his interference had disrupted the Young Miss's spellcasting, causing her Frost Spell to beco disjointed and lose all its aesthetic beauty.
Secondly, he caused the Young Miss's mask to fall off. This was a very serious matter.
Lastly, when the Young Miss questioned him, he showed no reaction, which was seen as contempt for her.
These three reasons left Xiso both amused and exasperated. How could such trifling matters be deed so serious!
But now that this unreasonable young lady was so persistent, he had no choice but to play along.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Miss Bigas had taken a liking to Xiso. The dense fellow, however, remained oblivious, still thinking the Young Miss was rely trying to make things difficult for him.
Bigas always acted as she pleased. Having set her sights on Xiso, she naturally proceeded to pester him endlessly.
This was a kind of fate—an entangled destiny.
And so, the story of Bigas and Xiso began at that ti.
Xiso, constantly pestered by Bigas, could never comprehend the young woman's intentions. It wasn't until onlookers in the military pointed things out that Xiso finally had a revelation, and his heart naturally began to open to love.
Once his heart opened, everything else fell into place naturally.
The pestering was no longer re pestering; it gradually transford into a tender, lingering affection.
Over ti, the two of them actually got together.
It should have been a beautiful story: a noble young lady falling in love with a simple-hearted young man—a romance for the ages.
However, things did not unfold as people imagined.
The Kangen Family's rules were exceedingly strict, and Bigas's romance faced collective opposition from her family. Those family mbers who had assisted Bigas in 'harassing' Xiso were all placed in confinent.
The Kangen Family held a eting regarding this matter and forbade Bigas from associating with this military counselor of unknown lineage.
Their reasoning was simple: such a relationship would compromise the purity of their bloodline's heritage. As guardians of the Kayne Empire, the Kangen Family had to ensure the purity of their lineage through the generations and could not allow an unknown upstart to break this tradition.
Bigas, naturally, protested fiercely, but Xiso chose to remain silent.
Xiso felt he wasn't worthy. He was just a minor military counselor, incapable of directly confronting the Kangen Family. Yet, he loved Bigas, and it was precisely for this reason that he chose silence.
And this... is the crux of Bigas and Xiso's story.
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