Reborn as the Henchman Who Protects the Villain novel · Chapter 17 of 24
Chapter 17: The Third Cut
By noon the Senior Sister had won her three bouts and the Terrace was full.
Ten thousand people stood on the slopes above the white stones, in the colors of nine sects, and nobody coughed.
The Fairness Mirror stood on its bronze stand at the edge of the disc.
Opposite it, on a raised dais under a blue canopy, sat the Peak Master with his hands folded in his sleeves.
Duan Linxiao walked onto the stones in black with his hair tied back and a plain dark sword at his hip, and stood very straight.
He had slept three hours with his head on Shi Wen's shoulder, and the silver lines had not risen since.
Shi Wen stood at the edge of the white stones with one hand on the cup at his belt.
The Charter let each fighter keep one second at the rim.
Duan had asked for him in front of everyone.
"The third cut," said Shi Wen, very low, as the Lord passed him. "He always feints the third."
"High, high, low left," said the Lord, without turning his head. "I remember."
"Don't go for the high," said Shi Wen.
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