Knight Of Pensylon: Rise Of The Cavalier
Chapter 3 - Cheating

BUGS!

"Ouch!" norman groaned after I hit his head.

Why did I hit him? It's simple, because this guy came up with a really crazy idea. That is....

"HORSE RACE?! Are you crazy?! Don't you remember what happened the last time you raced a horse?!" my protest was against the purple-clothed child.

Why would I rebuke Norman after he had an idea for a horse race? It's simple, because the boy was wretched the last time he raced.

At the time, I was refereeing because I didn't want to race because I always lost against Victoria and Norman. Plus, Spirit was being borrowed by Norman.

Why could that be? Victoria. Although the blonde girl knew how to ride a horse, she had none. All this time he's been here hitching a ride to Snow, Norman's horse.

Race time, Victoria is leading up front. Not to be outdone, Norman recklessly went through a very dangerous shortcut to pass.

Yeah, I don't think I'll even tell you how it ended up.

CRUST!

I still remember that loud voice, mixed with Norman's grimacing scream while holding his left hand which suddenly had 2 elbows.

And believe me, it wasn't even Norman's worst injury.

However, Norman's injuries and injuries at the time left my parents, Mr. Norman. Alexander, and his uncle Victoria both banned us from horse racing for good without even discussing it.

Indeed, children like us should not be allowed to ride horses freely. I mean, just now I almost hit a crowd of people for not being careful, right?

Why should Norman be possessed by stupidity to have a mind as smart - I mean as crazy as this?

Even more irritating, this guy asked me to be his opponent.

I just banned him from horse racing.

And also, I was annoyed at always losing against him. From the fifteen times we raced horses, fifteen times I ate the dust.

"Come, Kristoff. That was a long time ago. Besides, it's our last day together." he said.

Nice try, Norman. Unfortunately I won't change my mind for such cheap reasons. Besides, my name's not Kristoff.

Maybe unless you're gonna give Snow to me afterwards. It's been a long time since I've wanted a white horse. Wait, what am I talking about?

"Your son just pawned you into the farm store, didn't he?! We are forbidden to race horses! If we get caught, I might get hit by my parents later!

Besides, you know for yourself that I suck at horse racing, right?!" my reflection on him.

Suddenly, from a tree...

"Christopher." Victoria called.

I knew it, but I wasn't the only one who saw it. Norman also subconsciously turned his head towards the green-clothed girl.

"Yes?" my many.

"Just do it" he said.

"Huh?"

"Just race horses there with Norman..."

Huh uh?! Even Victoria agreed to this crazy idea?! Victoria, whose reason she often uses to fight against Norman's crazy ideas, agrees with him?! Is the universe joking?!

"NOT EVEN YOU?! VICTORIA?! WHY NOT JUST YOU?!" my sergeant.

It's indescribable how arrogant I am to Victoria who's defending Norman in this case.

Even more irritating, I could hear Norman cheering right in front of my earlobe who was delighted that his plan was approved.

It seems like all the creatures in this world really want to make me unable to hear.

That's not the case, Victor-Wait, he called me KRISTOFF?! The insolent!

Maybe if Norman said it I didn't have much trouble with it, but Victoria said it too?! Goddamn bum.

"My name's Christopher!" I'm hard on that girl.

"Yes, it's up to you, Kristoff."

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If people come to this forest, they will not realize that there is a miracle (or rather an oddity) that always amazes me and amazes me.

There are two different trees that share the same tree. The fused limb often also acts as a bridge between trees for animals that live on trees such as squirrels, squirrels, squirrels, or even snakes.

What I remember most about the fused limb was the fact that Norman had fallen off his horse from hitting the limb when he foolishly stood up while riding.

Lucky after that clash, Norman did not lose the slightest bit of his bully sense. I mean, the impact was so loud that his head stamp was still clearly visible on the branch.

But no matter how many times he was injured, Norman never wanted to stop horse racing. I salute the persistence of this child, the tenacity of which is unfortunately a bit stupid in my eyes.

Clearly, at this time. I'm with Norman getting ready under that fused branch. The limb that Norman accidentally discovered was always used as the starting line for every horse race we held.

Tep. Tep. Tep.

Spirit and Snow were in front of the starting line, and Norman and I were on top of it. Although I honestly don't want to do this, I don't want to lose either.

Victoria was right between the two of us. Grasping our sacred green stone.

The stone is actually not sacred at all, it's just that it means a lot to us.

The green stone is as the name implies, green in color. Colored? No, but it is green because it has been covered in moss completely.

I don't know how this girl found the stone, but it's definitely reliable as a sign of the start of our race.

The sign was simple, the referee (in this case, Victoria) would throw the stone and after the stone touched the ground, norman and I will run as soon as possible on our horses and the race will begin.

"You ready?" ask Victoria to us.

I nodded my head, and Norman answered with his thumb pointing upwards.

"All right, I threw ya... Hiyah!" said the girl as she threw the mossy stone.

Victoria's throw was really weak, considering she was a girl. Therefore, Norman and I have been ready to move forward ever since Victoria asked us if we were ready.

But this time, the stone was thrown very high. Very high if the branches were fused it did not block its path towards the sky. Damn, the stone bounced back.

So, Norman and I who had focused forward had to look back to see if the stone had touched the ground or not.

I could see it, the stone was getting closer, getting closer, and getting closer to the ground.

CLECKER! CLECKER!

What is that sound?

"What?" it's a wonder I'm back to focusing forward seeing Norman advance first.

"HEY! YOU CHEATED!" I shouted while advancing.

Damn, this one kid is really an expert in cheating. The stone had not even touched the ground, yet it had already advanced just like that.

What annoyed me the most was Victoria who didn't seem to be trying to stop him. Making the cheating seem like a natural thing in his eyes.

Goddamn it, I was rigged like this. In the next three rounds, I have to catch up with Norman. I don't want to lose! I can't lose!

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