Chapter 181: For honor, for St. Lauren (1/2)
Chapter 181: For honor, for St. Lauren
“Say, Nikita, what’s the relationship between you and Rinloran?”
“Be honest and fess up, when did you become so chummy with Rinloran!”
“Who would have thought, Nikita, you secretly started dating this handsome guy. That said, Rinloran looks very much like a pretty girl. Instead of giving yourself to an outsider, you might as let this sister enjoy you instead.”
Team Agate Lake was making its way inside the tunnel reserved for participants in the Arena of Fire and Blood. Nikita’s face was red down to the ears as her teammates chatted around her. She explained, extremely shy, “I’m not… We just met when shopping for something, then I lent him some money.”
“Woah, even a money-lending story that happened, no wonder you two look so intimate now,” some Agate Lake girls shouted in a dramatic fashion.
“How are we intimate…” Nikita was so embarrassed she even had trouble speaking. “He just said a few words of encouragement.”
“He especially came to see you and encourage you, isn’t that being intimate? Why didn’t he come and encourage us?”
“That’s right. That Rinloran never spoke much on the way here, he’s clearly acting different with you.”
“For the sake of this handsome boyfriend of yours, you must be sure to put on a good performance, Nikita.”
“We really aren’t…”
“To explain is to cover up.”
Sophia would certainly have stopped these raucous girls in ordinary times, but now she merely smiled and didn’t pipe a word.
Because their opponent today was Golden Stag Academy.
Apart from being exceedingly formidable, Golden Stag Academy had also somehow become a common enemy for everyone in St. Lauren.
She could clearly feel that her teammates were much more nervous than usual.
So, messing around like this might reduce some of their pressure and relax them a little.
…
In the stands, Charlotte, Ivan, Wilde and the others, as well as the whole team Holy Dawn sans Ayrin, as well Chris’ supporters, team Southern Monsoon, all of them were already in place.
In everyone else’s opinion, the true focal point of Agate Lake Academy’s group should be the clash of giants next round between Golden Stag Academy and Hawkmoon Academy.
But for the teams from St. Lauren, this match had a special meaning.
Team Agate Lake came out of the contestants’ tunnel and appeared in Rinloran’s vision.
Because they loved you too much, they wanted to protect you, to protect the beautiful peace, that’s the reason why they went to battle and stopped at nothing, even sacrificing their lives.”
He looked at Nikita’s back, her voice constantly ringing in his ears.
He was very grateful for this girl. She was tall, but her thoughts were meticulous, and her heart was honest and generous.
Ayrin, Chris… and also Nikita. More and more, they made him realize he’d been trapped inside his own world, unable to escape.
In fact, he also very well that the hatred for fighting wasn’t his real feelings.
His truest and deepest feelings were merely love and sorrow.
He simply couldn’t find a way out of his grief.
But these friends of his were like warm sunlight, slowly thawing the ice in his heart.
“Do your best!”
“Sophia, do your best! Nikita, do your best!”
“Knock ’em flat!”
Such a stage would naturally not be missing the Stingham Show. As soon as he saw team Agate Lake appear on stage, Stingham had already stuck his hands on his hips and started yelling.
“With a brilliant martial god ultra-handsome lady killer like me cheering for you, you’re definitely going to win!”
…
“Why isn’t team Golden Stag here yet?”
Today was the day for group one and group two in the lower half to fight. The confrontation between Agate Lake Academy and Golden Stag Academy happened to be the first match in the lower half, but when team Agate Lake was already at the edge of the field and waiting, team Golden Stag was still nowhere in sight.
“Here they are!”
Only after waiting all the way until the match was about to begin officially did many people suddenly see team Golden Stag come out of the contestants’ tunnel.
“Ahahaha. Are they afraid? Is that why they didn’t have the guts to come earlier?”
Stingham’s crazy laughter once again rose from the stands.
“…” Almost everyone in the stands was struck speechless. It would have been a possibility if he’d said Golden Stag Academy was showing off its status and making the opponent wait. As to being afraid of Agate Lake Academy, that was of course out of the question.