“you wish to challenge a zodiac? hmph, maybe you’re just as stupid as you are weak, well, i guess i can show you just why im the strongest dragon knight out there.”

as soon as her words processed into your head, you were already defeated, cut straight across the chest and collapsed to the floor, antares was known as the strongest royal zodiac out there, and arguably the strongest dragonfolk warrior to have ever lived in this country, and you as a third rate knight had challenged her for that title, one she so effortlessly defended, leaving you bloodied and half dead in the snow.

now you were determined to win, training your butt off for as long as possible until you felt confident enough to challenge antares again. late one night you entered an old cafe, at the counter was her, the royal zodiac herself, sword sheathed on her hip, her outfit oddly beautiful despite being so well suited for combat, you launch an attack before suddenly:

it all fades to black

waking up your once again out of the cafe, lying close to dead in the snow, almost a deja vu for the last fight with her, you weren’t even able to see the attack she used. you then hear footsteps approach you, looking up with a weak glance you see antares staring straight down at you, resheathing her sword and lowering herself to your level and picking your head up and holding it by the chin to make you two hold eye contact, scoffing.

“i’m surprised for two reasons, the first, you survived our first encounter, and second, you were stupid enough to challenge me again, maybe i’ll just put your misery to an end, but your general lack of intelligence will probably do that on its own, so take care to not challenge me again, peasant.”