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"I definitely won't accept this!"
In the noble visitor rooed the contents of the h voice Her father, the king, let out a sigh, while her mother disinterestedly told her there was no probleht siht I'd ever be forced to bear witness to such an unsightly ht Aileen, are you certain your eyes aren't the proble Rudel'smatch had dareater disadvantage against Aleist than he had in the last time they faced off in the finals
With Aleist's abilities, the queen doubted he would lose Meaning she already saw the result of the final ht expectations of the fight between Aleist and Fritz If Fritz persisted here, then small as it was, she hoped a chance for Rudel would be born in the finals
"Mother!"
"Lay off, both of you More importantly, it's alht intermission"
"Understood There shall be a break before the finals"
On the king's orders, the head outside the door that there would be an inter had shown Rudel a courtesy before the finals Aleist also declared he wanted to buy time, she had afforded him some extra
As Aileen rushed out of the visitor roouard followed behind Fina looked at the doorway her sister had left before whispering into Sophina's ear
The queen folded her fan, let out a sigh, and ordered the royal guard to bring Aileen back
"… Drag her back here before the finals Good grief, why did she grow up to be that sort of child?"
On her mother's complaint, Fina turned only her eyes to see her as she screamed in her heard
(On the contrary, I'd like to kno you ed to raise two princesses this terrible!! Father, you say so to mother, you don't have to hold it back… it's your education that's to bla her owninternally for a while at that last match, and her mother's words only stimulated her funny bone further If she had any expression, she would surely be tearing up as she laughed and rolled around
(More i instakilled like that, are you trying to kill uess I really can't look down on Fritz!!)
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In a dirabbed one of the academy's staff and asked for Fritz' location But once she learned that Fritz was bedridden in his waiting room, she issued that staff member an order
"What? … You want the that order from Aileen, the staff member's ht?For both the black and white knights, it will be troublesoht to their fullest… you heardonly what she wanted, Aileen raced over to Fritz If they used real swords in Rudel's otten off lightly The white and black knights just need to crush one another, Aileen suddenly hit upon the idea and rabbed held a considerably high station was part of Aileen's good fortune It was alranted if she wished it… all of Aileen's actions were being protected by soe frorabbing that staffout Fina's orders
Fina had ordered her to keep watch on her sister, Princess Aileen's actions, and Sophina never thought anything would co Aileen's conduct, she deter that staff member alone, Sophinahis face as he left his waiting rooht after he heard a voice signaling the start of thethat Aleist had worked so room he had been put to sleep in with the intent to put up a protest Pushing aside the defender guards posted in front of his door, Fritz proceeded down the corridor
His injuries the an, he had been strengthening his body withserious
With unsteady feet, he walked down the passage to grasp some staff member or another But there, he ran into Lena, who had left her seat during the interot instakilled"
On Lena's words, Fritz' anger welled up
"Wrong! That Aleist guy used so her head, Lena told Fritz everything she had seen After he provoked Aleist, Aleist got pissed and fired a kick right after the an… she explained that's all there was to it
There was no injustice, and it was a fair judgment
"…! There's no way that's true Rather, those clothes… you uess you could callover the clothes Lena words, Fritz deter so at their clothes was iirl who denied him must be a noble
"What house!?"
"Eh? Arses"
"Hah, it's as I thought You're tied to the worst house of all You and Rudel, and Chlust who dropped out, you're all the sa your people, you filthy nobles who sit back and drink the good stuff!!"
As Lena's eyes turned serious, Fritz was put on guard Taking a stance against a younger girl was quite unadult-like of him But even before Fritz, Lena remained at ease
"Hey, do you think a person's na to say? And you're a person of the Arses House A lineage of trash! Like hell you could understand the pains you put h!"
Fritz hailed from Arses Territory, he had been tormented by Arses rule Lena had heard of the territory's circumstances from her elder brother Rudel She also knew her house was hated
But while she pitied him, Lena could tell by instinct that the one thethat h idea of Fritz fronized him as a commoner man taken in by the princess Hated by the nobles, the co those words of justice Fritz lined up, Lena saw through what Fritz desired For the poor, for the cos of Fritz ould say it was for so around you to make some sort of hero of yourself, but I' There's no way I could be a…"
"It's an a to work hard for another But you're not suited to be a hero If you don't start looking around soret it"
It was almost as if Lena had seen into the depths of his hearts even he didn't know about, and Fritz felt fear Still in his stance, he took a step back, a doubt born in his ood he was about to put topeople, I…"
As Fritz wavered, Lena tried to call out There, froroup led by the princess As Fritz turned to the footsteps, he turned back only one to look at Lena's face Light was pouring in froe from the audience, and it looked alht But of his own accord, Fritz ht, Fritz-sa Aileen, Fritz turned again, but Lena was already gone He felt as if he had seen a dream, and was sure it was because his head wasn't yet clear
"… It's alright The black knight who s he didn't hear Aileen's words, Fritz let her lead him as he proceeded down into the darkness
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The final ht
In the audience, Eunius- who had fled as soon as his treatside a nurse The doctors already kneould run away, so he ordered the nurse to acco, cheers rose through the arena again As expected of the finals, more spectators let themselves be heard than in the first match