Catherine looked at me with hopeful eyes.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t promise you that.”
Even though I knew that Catherine was just worried about me, I still could not make that promise.
“You can’t win against my brother, so why don’t you just give up right now? Do it for my sake, please? I really can’t bear to watch the two people I care about the most fighting each other. Do you know how sad it would make me?”
Speaking up to this point, Catherine could no longer hold back her tears.
I was tempted to hug her to console her, but I held myself back.
“Catherine.”
It was the first time I had actually called out her name, which caused her eyes to widen.
“First of all, I have no choice but to accept the duel because of the academy’s rules. Secondly, I am not representing only myself, but al
