The Author's POV

Chapter 416

"Huuuu."

Placing my hands in my pockets, I exhaled as white steam rose from my mouth.

A chilly breeze brushed past me as the cold air made me involuntarily shiver. Had to say, the mornings in Issanor were quite cold.

"You guys here pretty early."

Moving through the crowd, my footsteps soon came to a halt as I gazed into the distance where Hein, Ava, Leopold, Smallsnake, and the others were already waiting.

I smiled at them.

'Looks like everyone is here.'

Well, everyone apart from Angelica.

Kind of felt bad for her but it seemed as though she was happy with this arrangement.

Gazing in Hein's and Ava's direction, I asked.

"Are you two ready?"

"Yes."

"Um."

The both of them firmly nodded their heads. They looked quite confident in themselves.

Especially Ava whose eyes burned with fighting spirit as she tightly held her flute in her right hand.

On the other hand, standing beside her, Hein looked a little bit more anxious as hugged his shield with both arms.

It had to be noted that a white cloth covered the whole of his shield from top to bottom. The intent behind it was clear.

"We will try our best."

Hein said, trying his best to look confident.

"...That's good,"

Pretending to not have seen the cloth covering his shied, I replied with a straight look.

"I really hope you pass..."

Internally, I was a bit worried.

After having checked the contestant's list, I knew that the chances of Hein and Ava passing this round were not as high as the both of them thought. The opponents were nothing to scoff at.

Plus, to make things worse, one guy was a shield user and the other was a beast tamer, not really the best for one on one competitions.

"Haaa..."

At the thought of it, a sigh escaped from my lips as once again vapor rose from my mouth.

Gulp—!

What followed after the sigh was a low gulping sound. Turning around, my eyes met with Leopold's as he stared at the slowly rising water vapor.

My mouth twitched.

'...I don't even know what to say.'

His relapses were starting to become worse and worse.

'Oh, right.'

Right as I was about to say something to him, I suddenly recalled something and turned to look at Ryan who was currently standing next to Smallsnake.

"Ryan has the matter been settled."

"The matter?"

Upon hearing my words, Ryan tilted his head, evidently unsure about what I was trying to say. Seeing his confusion, I elaborated.

"Regarding what I asked you to do back in Henlour and that I told you to keep close attention to..."

"Ah!"

A look of realization suddenly flashed on Ryan's face as he nodded his head.

"Yes, everything is already done. I can turn on the connection whenever you want."

"Perfect."

of my lips curled

went according to what I had set up, I may be able to finally regain my freedom. Of course, this was only granted on the

everything would be

"Oy!"

Without needing to look in the direction of where the voice came from,

It was Kevin.

him were

same dormitory, it was only right that they

of meters away from me, Kevin looked around the place. Lifting his head and staring toward the platforms on the

are we going to get up

"Portals."

distance where multiple small portals were

slits as he tried to get a better look at the portals in the

"Oh, that makes sense."

turning his head to look behind me, his eyes

"Huh? Isn't that Ava?"

try to hide his shock as his words were

"Ava?"

of everyone present as their eyes paused

"Eh? That's Ava?"

that her? She looks

indeed someone who used to

was something that I

Kevin, I

made

"Did she?"

"Yeah."

far. For him

to show that we operated differently. Unlike him, before every round, I would spend a lot of my time

It was a must.

baffled by the fact that Kevin still

got to be more

I shook my head in

my words, Kevin scratched his

presence that

come, but that Ava changed too much compared to her time back

little to no presence whatsoever. Compared to her past, the current Ava

too wouldn't have recognized her if I were in

think it's probably because we just met you again

my head at his failed attempt at trying to remedy the

not really

side, I decided to introduce Kevin and the others to

probably already know her,

"Hey."

smile. Surprise flashed across their eyes

'Is that really her?'

what their faces were saying as

pointed in Hein's

also made it to the top 64. He's a great meat shie...keum, I mean, he's

Almost slipped there.

who was glaring in my

over here is Leopold, this little child is Ryan, and...yeah, well, this

have to introduce me in such an

from

I scoffed at him.

"As if—Huh?"

could say anything else, Kevin abruptly walked up to Smallsnake and hugged

sorrows. I know just how much of

bit his

"You too?"

"...Yeah."

face froze

sure I wasn't seeing wrongly, I

other reminded me of two old comrades finally meeting each other after a long

'The hell...'

of club you created to

suddenly heard a faint voice coming from my right side. Without

instantly rolled my

yes, wanna

"N—"

fan

"Dissolve it."

her face cringed and her head rolled

of rude. That what

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