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In the preliminary round that followed, Arthur and Joey won easily.

Those who challenged this battle were not weak. There was no way someone who didn’t know how to fight properly would challenge the arena with the hope of humiliation.

The reason the two won easily was because their strength and experience were on a different level.

“Fighting like this makes me realize how ridiculous what we’ve been through is. We all don’t know the battlefield at all.”

In his past days as one of the three princes, Arthur traveled around relatively small countries and saw many people who believed in him.

At that time, Arthur was amazed at the many strong people and wondered if he could become as strong as them.

But now that Arthur was faced with the powerhouses of the past again, he felt no admiration for them.

He had met many powerful men whose names were famous on the continent, faced enemies that seemed to come straight out of myths, and had survived several near-death experiences, but he could not possibly regard them as strong.

What do you do when you’re holding a flashy weapon?

What’s the point of using a martial art with such a deep history?

What does it matter what the precedents in their blood are?

Since I am weak, all of those elements lose their meaning.

“Still, there were a few people who stood out, right?”

“That’s right. I should tell my little brother about them.”

“Would you like to hear our story? You’re really glaring at us as if you’re going to kill us.”

“What stupid authors. If we hadn’t intervened, it would have been worse.”

Arthur, who had been bullied to the point of disgust by Lucy, could easily imagine the future they had experienced.

Sarcasm that continues with a useless good voice. A solid wall that you face the moment you rush in with a fever.

Most attacks don’t even reach you, and even if they do, they bounce off with a refreshing sound.

When you keep repeating one-sided attacks and defenses, you will naturally feel like giving up, but Lucy Allen will not allow that.

Then, when you see the smirk engraved on the corner of the mouth slightly revealed above the shield, you decide to win even if it means risking everything you have.

You will find out soon enough.

Even if you struggle, you won’t be able to achieve anything.

If you keep making a fuss like this, you’ll end up getting trampled under the girl’s feet.

That I will go crazy and shed tears as my personality is denied by the sarcastic voice.

What makes their situation more dire than Arthur’s is that the humiliation they will suffer will spread across the entire continent.

It’s not something small and shabby like the humiliation my little brother suffered, but they’re going to have the art troupe participate and sing a song about their miserable defeat, so how can people endure that?

I prevented these people from coming into existence by hanging themselves here and there because they couldn’t stand the shame, but now I’m being resented.

Is this the injustice that Lucy Allen felt?

“Who will come up from the other group?”

“It’s obvious just by looking at the participants.”

A woman wearing a fox mask is scheduled to participate in tomorrow’s group.

She calls herself an oriental magician who can cast spells, and although she is referred to as a mysterious person, there is no one among those involved who does not know her true identity.

“It must be Lina.”

“The person who said he should work hard to manage the forest would throw everything away.”

“Isn’t it more strange that he doesn’t participate?”

“That’s right.”

Lina is a beast who would gladly give up everything she has if it meant being by Lucy Allen’s side.

When you first heard about Lucy Allen’s marriage proposal, you probably thought about turning it upside down, and then when you heard about the battle for Lucy, you probably thought about getting involved in some way.

“How can those humans who can’t even defeat us be able to face him?”

Lina often shows her strange side in front of Lucy, but in reality she is a huge monster.

In the final battle that took place in the Holy Land, the figure of the one leading the Fox of the Mist was no less impressive than that of any other deity.

A person like that would be defeated by some petty scoundrels?

Haha. No way.

“If we go by that, the next one would be Frete.”

“Of course. Who can beat the apostle of the art school?”

Although Fretenim has been focusing on artistic activities recently, that doesn’t mean his strength has diminished.

Rather, as the status of the art world grew, the power it could wield grew and it became stronger.

I only heard vague stories, but I don’t think he will lose.

“But it’s strange. I wonder why he participated. I thought that if it was Prete, he would say that it’s beautiful when viewed from afar.”

“Isn’t this a plan to make everyone give up by winning?”

“Indeed.”

After that, Joey and Arthur looked at the names written on each group and wondered who they would meet in the future.

Most groups were able to easily come to a conclusion.

In some groups, there is a fairy tale hero who lives with everyone’s fear and awe, even though no one knows why he participated.

On the other hand, there are those whose real reason for participating is unknown.

And in the final group was his older brother, Rene Soladin.

Arthur, who had engraved the name in his eyes, held his breath as complex emotions welled up from the depths of his heart.

“1 Prince.”

“No. My brother has given up not only the right to succession, but even the name of Soladeen. Now he is just Renee.”

“…Is Rene really interested in Lucy?”

“Brother has been living in false goodwill for a long time. Because of that, he is indifferent to most people. It is the first time I have seen him approach Lucy Allen like he did now.”

If this isn’t a favor, then what is? My brother is more serious than anyone else who has participated in this fight.

“I don’t know about others, but I can’t lose to my brother.”

Just as Arthur was determined not to be defeated so pointlessly as last time, the door to the room opened and Faby appeared.

“Paybee!”

Joey, who had been worried about Faby since she heard the story at the arena the last time, jumped up and went to her side.

Faby did something out of her own free will and even got scolded by Lucy!

I can’t even imagine how much it would hurt Faby to depend on Lucy!

“Hello, you two. Long time no see.”

However, contrary to Joy’s worries, Faby’s expression was bright.

“…Are you okay?”

It’s hard to tell the difference because Fayvi is so good at making strong bodies.

My heart feels like it’s going to break, but I don’t know if I’m smiling on purpose or if I’m really okay.

“Of course. Why would I be sad?”

“But Faby. Last time to Lucy.”

“Ahaha. That’s it? It’s okay.”

Joy’s eyes wavered as she shrugged her shoulders as if it was nothing.

Did Faby go crazy because she was so shocked?

Have you entered the stage of denial?

What should I do about this!?

To get Pavie back to normal, we need to bring Lucy back, but Lucy’s in a bad mood!

“I’m telling you, it’s really okay. Joy.”

“That can’t be true! How can Faybe be okay!”

“Whether I win or lose to Lucy, there’s no way Lucy will kick me out.”

The worst thing that could happen, in Fay’s opinion, was that Lucy would ignore her completely.

But what Lucy said that day was completely different from ignoring. Lucy respected Faby’s choice.

Instead, I told him to be prepared for defeat.

Lucy didn’t know it, but her punishment was never a punishment for Faby.

Rather, he should be happy that Lucy was giving him the punishment he should have given himself.

“What a happy thing it is to be His regardless of victory or defeat.”

Joy, who understood that Faby’s smile was sincere, shook her head as if she was tired.

“Don’t say that in front of Lucy. If you don’t want to be treated the same way as Lina.”

“I can tell the difference to that extent. I don’t want to make Lucy hate me.”

In some ways, Faby may be a more dangerous person to Lucy than Lina.

Since Lina doesn’t know how to hide, she can just run away, but Faby is getting closer little by little without us knowing.

“But where is Lady Kent?”

“If that guy is the one who’s harassing the Earl in Kent Manor, he’ll definitely be trying to win against Lucy Aln this time.”

Frey, whom I met a while ago, was full of enthusiasm. He was glad that he was finally able to be recognized in a serious setting, even though his initial plan was disrupted by Lucy’s intervention.

As she had grown significantly through several fights and there were only a few people who could cross swords with her, the Earl of Kent had no choice but to become her opponent.

“The Earl of Kent is known as the best swordsman in the world, but he says that he has been having trouble dealing with his daughter lately. He says that he can only count his wins on one hand.”

“Pray is strong, though.”

If you ask who is the strongest among the group, excluding Lucy, everyone will give the same answer.

Frey Kent. Her talent, which even the current swordsman can laugh at, combined with Frey’s efforts, gave her overwhelming strength.

Arthur, who was able to go half-and-half with Frey just six months ago, is now being pushed back unilaterally.

“Will this really be the case where Frey defeats Lucy Alun?”

“If you think about it, Lucy also felt uncomfortable sparring with Frey.”

Arthur felt his brow furrow as he recalled Frey’s triumph over Lucy.

“I hope my brother and Frey fight and destroy each other.”

“Are you jealous?”

“…Well.”

Arthur, avoiding the question, slowly got up and picked up his sword again.

“Are you going?”

“I should go practice too.”

Not so as to keep up with the other two, but to achieve the original goal: to defeat Lucy Allen at least once.