(Wn) Chapter 187 (2/2)

The fact that she was here immediately led me to assume that the other two

「Judith and Maia here too?」

「Yup, they’ve also both signed up for the tourney Judith’s over in one of the other rooo to the other venue instead But seriously, 」

「Nn?」

「Well, it’s just that you being hereyou」

Lydia had seen the extent of Fran’s strength back in Barbra, so learning that she wouldn’t have to fight her had caused the older girl to breathe a sigh of relief

「Our goal is to make it past the preliminaries」

「Not win?」

「That’s just not sooing to be participating, and there’s no way any of us could even i in order to make ourselves better known so people won’t look down on us Our party only has girls in it, so it's a necessary measure」

The reason the Scarlet Maidens had decided to take part in the tourney seeh Getting filtered through the preliminaries despite the tournament’s scale really would serve to evidence one’s skill to so and all, but I caredthan I did about the other participants she had just mentioned

「Colbert and Forrund participating too?」

After all, it seemed that two more powerful opponents had joined the fray

「Uhmmmm… Could you not smile like that? It’s kinda scary!」

Hearing that Colbert and Forrund had coht aflaerent smile

「Oh, yeah! Congrats on ranking up! The fact that you’re already a C ranker is really impressive」

「Thanks」

「Please go easy on ainst each other after the prelims are done with Please try not to hurt me, ‘kay?」

「Nn」

「I’ll hold you to it then! I swear I’ll get really mad if you make me hurt all over!」

I honestly couldn’t tell if Lydia eak or strong froetting called shortly after the two started to converse

The clerk that called for us led us through a narrow passageway Blinding sunlight flooded into it as we h; it almost seemed to emphasize that the arena lay beyond

『Are you ready, Fran?』

「Nn」

『This is your last chance to avoid garnering the Beast Lord’s attention, so if you want to back out, it’ll be now or never』

「Won’t forfeit」

『You sure? Even though the Beast Lordnote of you?』

「Nn!」

The Beast Lord had broken Fran’s spirit and left her tre before her

But it didn’t matter

Fran didn’t care that the actions she was about to take were ones that could ultimately attract his attention The moment she learned of Kiara’s fate was thedown Doing so, running aith her tail between her legs, had beco away her tribe’s pride

And that, she simply refused to do

『Go all out, do whatever it is you want Don’t worry about the Beast Lord We can always just teleport the hell away, find ourselves a shi+p, and sail off to another continent if really need be But that’s not so you’ll have to worry about, I’ll take care of everything if worse comes to worst, so don’t let your fears hold you back』

「Thanks」

『Alright, that’s all I had to say』

There was no point in dwelling on what ifs All we needed to do for noas focus on and conquer the second preliminary round

『Let’s do this!』

「Nn!」

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