Chapter 292: The Eve of The Second Round (2/2)

“Thank you, my lord,” Jom replied in gratitude politely, before leading the dog and Terry away, the latter of whom had been blanking out without saying a word.

It was when they reached the staircase that Jom elbowed Terry. “What was in that head of yours when I was talking to the liege? You look just like an imbecile, standing there and saying nothing-how rude!”

“No, it’s just that I saw someone with a red-name when we came here…” Terry replied, scratching his head.

“Red name?” Probably someone from a church opposing us. It’s rare, but with so many outsiders pouring into Lancaster over the last few days, it wouldn’t be a surprise that people like that exist.” Jom glowered at him. “And it’s just a red-name-do you have to stand there, musing to yourself for a whole half-an-hour?”

“It’s a habit,” Terry said, scratching his head and flashing a dumb smile. “We used to kill or be killed by any red names we encounter before, so it just nags me when we aren’t allowed to kill it.”

“Great. Now save your strength for the next stage.”

Jom sighed, looking helplessly at his silly friend.

“Oh, how nice… how nice…”

That was when a voice spoke from behind. It sounded so much like a vengeful spirit that Jom jumped.

He turned to find that it was Princess Leah.

However, the usually vibrant and dazzling girl was nestled on a couch, looking sad and withered like a wilting rose.

Like Angora, Leah was staying in the guesthouse as well, although they and their underlings were staying on different parts of the building-Angora on the east wing, and Leah on the west wing.

“Your Highness… did something happen?” Jom asked gingerly.

“Her Highness has been banned from the tourney.” One of her followers answered with a helpless look. “And it’s a divine decree that our god personally issued.” After all, Leah remained the former princess of Tierra. Though not many people know her face, some noble who came from afar just might have seen her before.

Even if the various religious factions and nations could live with the rise of the Church of Games, they wouldn’t hesitate to move as quick as lighting to destroy them if they found out that the heir of Tierra’s royal family was amongst them just to utterly extinguish the lone tinder left of Tierra.

Be it to protect Leah or take the safety of the church into consideration, Leah mustn’t be seen in public before the Church of Games was strong enough to fight on multiple fronts.

As such, Jom and Terry could only share a glance, unsure what to say.

It appears that even being a high and mighty princess doesn’t mean being able to do whatever you want.

That was when their bangles vibrated slightly, the marked cards embedded into it slowly projecting lines of text.

The event of the second stage was finally being announced.