I tamed the female lead

Chapter 10

There was a sports festival a few days later and I knew that there was a scene where the prince would get hurt protecting the female lead. This book definitely liked the damsel in distress and the knight in shining armor trope. They would go to the infirmary together and exchange a few words. Of course the villainess aka me wouldn't give them a lot of time to talk and seeing her fiance smiling to another woman would make her mad. That's when she really started tormenting Astéria. How could she be so pitiful? If your crush didn't like you then it was their loss. You couldn't force someone to like you and it was even worse clinging to them. Anyway, all I had to do was to avoid the infirmary. Everything would be fine that way and I would get one step away from my death.

I thought about not going to the sports festival but one : it wasn't optional and two : I really liked sports. I signed up to almost all of the events and had a very long day ahead of myself. I started with high jumping before running a relay race. Then I would spare a few minutes and lift weights before going swimming. I wanted to do more but this was enough already for a day.

Everywhere I went there was a whole fanclub following me. I couldn't say it felt bad. For a few minutes it felt as if I was a huge athlete and I really liked the feeling of celebrity. If I didn't have to hide for my life, maybe I would have thought about being an athlete. Our crown prince had a bigger fan club but he didn't pay it any attention. I could understand why women would be his fan. Despite his personality, he had a very handsome face and if I didn't know him maybe I would have liked him too. From afar. From very far. He wasn't really a bad person. He was just clingy and I couldn't stand it. He could be the best person on earth, I wasn't objective because he stuck to me like glue. I didn't know if he was aware of his appearance but he always smiled brightly to his fans which made them scream.

I woke up from my imagination when I felt Alastaire approaching me. What again? Why can't you leave me alone for a second? You don't have to come keep me company you know. In the book, it was always Poehina following Alastair everywhere and he hated it. There was even a scene where he hid with Astéria behind a bush so that Poehina wouldn't find them. Why couldn't he behave the same way as he did in the book? Why? I wanted to cry thinking about it. I hated clingy people.

"Did you warm up already?

-Yes.

-Good. You shouldn't hurt yourself.

-We'll see."

This was a very dumb response. Of course I didn't want to hurt myself but don't tell me what to do. Who would be dumb enough not to warm up. Think for a second. He had been here for a second and I was already smoking in anger. I needed to hit someone.

"I heard that you signed up for a lot of things.

-Yes.

-I knew you would. You always liked adrenaline."

I wanted to punch him. Don't smile as if you knew everything about me. You know nothing. I signed and waved him goodbye.

"I have to go.

-See you at the sparring tournament. Good luck."

You were the one in need of luck. The female lead was going to fall while high jumping. She was very scared of heights but wanted to try to overcome her fears. At least that was what the first book said. But I couldn't imagine that cold young woman being scared of anything in her entire life. She could be of course because phobias were totally normal and unexplainable. Why would someone force a young girl to do height jumping when she was scared of heights and hadn't even tried before? So many people hated Astéria because of her identity that they did everything they could to bully her and most of the time Poehina was the one who came up with the meanest ideas. This was not funny one bit. It was very dangerous and if I didn't know what would happen, I would have prevented them from forcing her. But I knew that Astéria was only acting and that she needed this to seduce Alastair into making her his fiance. I couldn't destroy her plans or she would be mad at me. I should stay away from height jumping this afternoon. I would instantly kill her bullies otherwise and I didn't want to live in prison either. I may be a princess but murder was still frowned upon.

The event started and soon enough the sparring tournament was next. I liked winning and I wanted to participate in too many events not being able to choose between all of them. However as I felt the adrenaline get a hold of my body I couldn't think of anything apart from winning anymore. I won my matches again and again and continued participating, completely forgetting about the next event I signed up for. I was at my fifth match when I found myself in front of a familiar face. Jeronim smiled at me before raising his sword:

"Good luck."

I smiled and nodded in response. Jeronim had seen me train a few times which was an advantage for him. He had an idea of my way of moving while everything I saw was a first for me. His movements were fast and precise. He was sparing while his body was lower than usual and had the same sensuality as a panther. I had a hard time keeping up with his strong senses and attacks but once I started getting a grasp of the situation the match became easier. Judging by the spectators' reaction, we presented a good show. Jeronim had more and more of a hard time and I even smiled. He felt that things weren't looking good for him and tried to finish it off quickly but as he was rushing up to me I spun to the right and once behind him kicked his leg which gave out. I took advantage of the situation and pointed my sword at his neck.

Jeronim stayed on the ground with a little smile. His cheeks were a little flushed and his breathing was faster than usual. People applauded us and I helped Jeronim up. He accepted my arm and bowed once he was standing:

"Thank you for this fascinating match."

I smiled before bowing myself:

"Thank you for entertaining me."

Jeronim straightened and I left the sparring ground. My next match was against none other than my fiance. Alastair seemed quite happy to spare against me for some reason. I had to admit I was quite surprised to see him as the last opponent. I didn't see him spare a lot and didn't really know if he was any good but knowing that Jeronim wanted to be his knight I for some reason thought he would be stronger than him. Alastair noticed my surprise and laughed:

"It is quite a rare occasion seeing you speechless."

He was irritating me already and I frowned. I hated him acting as if he knew me by heart. We almost never talked. Before we started we bowed to each other and Alastair glanced at me:

"I have to warn you that this won't exactly be a fair fight. I am sure you never watched me spare but I on my half have been watching you quite a lot.

-Don't even think about going easy because of this."

He smiled:

"I wouldn't dare."

The match began and Alastair was right. He knew my every move and blocked them without hesitation. It was really frustrating being this easily predictable and I started losing my patience. Was this the Universe telling me I should have paid more attention to the male lead? It wasn't my fault if I wanted to avoid my killer.

I spared with all my might attacking non stop without ever touching him. I didn't leave time for Alastair to attack and even if he blocked all my stricks, he didn't have time to retaliate. The spectators seemed even more into this match and couldn't stop screaming. I didn't hear them, being immersed into our match but could feel the floor trembling. I was getting irritated by how hard things were. I wasn't used to having so much trouble and seeing Alastair smile was just making my blood boil. I wanted to grab his mouth and rip it off his face. As if he heard my thoughts Alastair scuffed. That was the last straw. I channeled all the strength in my body and struck once again. I didn't know I had that much strength in my body and even Alastair got surprised falling backwards three steps. He opened round eyes and I took the opportunity to strike once again. I gained advantage of the situation and didn't let go, seeing red.

Alastair didn't smile anymore and I could see sweat on his forehead. I liked seeing him having a hard time and didn't slow down. I struck again and Alastair's sword flew in the air. I was as surprised as everyone and it took me a second to get back to my senses and point my sword to his neck. I raised my chin and grinned my heart about to explode. Seeing me all proud Alastair stared at me with a weird smile. Was his face that red because of exercise?

He got down on one knee and started applauding me accepting his defeat:

"You are indeed captivating to be around."

I was in a really good mood and smiled at him which made him even more red for some reason.

"I like seeing you under me."

Alastair almost choked and got up with great difficulty. The applause couldn't stop and I knew people would talk about this event for years to come. A few people didn't seem very happy to see me defeat their sweet prince or seeing a woman win against a man but most of the people seemed ecstatic. I got tons of compliments throughout the day and it felt amazing. But the day was far from over because I still had the finale to win. Jeronim got paired up against Astéria and I knew who would win. Of course Astéria was the one who came out the winner and I was ready to fight her. I would give it my all and if I lost then I would continue training more.