As Deg walked down the arena after being claimed as the winner, Torque and the other surrounded Deg at once.

　Torque slaps Deg's torso as hard as he can, and Garain continues to slap Deg's shoulder as hard as he can.

　Wendy and Pillman watch with smiles on their faces.

"Torque you are the reason I won."

　Deg's cheeks are flushed.

"What are you talking about?"

　Torque laughs.

"You're not sleeping,. You won."

"Deg, you did it!"

　Nelson shouted from the cheering section.

Deg raised his right hand in embarrassment.

"Deg!"

　the girls in the audience shouted.

　Hearing their voices, Torque suddenly looked at Almark and the others.

Then he chuckled and whispered something to Deg.

Deg looked surprised at first, but soon nodded with a roguish smile.

　Torque also told something to Garain and Pillman.

　They looked equally surprised, but quickly nodded.

Wendy, who was listening next to them, smiled bitterly.

'What are those guys talking about?'

Nelson says doubtfully, and Almark SAID , "I don't know."

　And then Torque and the other turned their bodies to the audience.

"Norish!"

　Torque shouted.

“Liltie!"

　Garain followed.

"Curime!"

　Pillman shouted.

"Serach!"

　Deg also shouted.

　Then the four of them shouted in unison,

"We won for you!"

　The girls cheered , and the audience went wild.

"Damn them !"

　Nelson shouted.

"They're dirty! They took our idea!"

"Ha-ha-ha, they've got us by the nose!"

Raido laughs.

　Torque looks at Almark as if to say, "How's that?

"The rivalry has gone so far, it's amazing."

　Nelson looked at him in amazement.

I'm sure Torque's going to dance naked first when you tell him you're doing it.

'Well, I'll let Torque take this one.'

　Almark said with a wry smile.

'They deserve it."

'...... I guess they do. Well done for winning,."

Nelson nodded, his face getting sober.

'Now it's our turn, right?"

Nelson nodded, "Yeah. We can't let them see us fight an embarrassing battle."

Almark nodded, as did Morgen and Raido.

　Almark looked at them and then back at Leila.

"We're going to win too."

　The four nodded silently.

After the match, both teams were told to line up again in the center of the arena.

The excited Torque and his teammates' faces tightened once more.

"Gallein, Pillman!"

Torque called out to the two defeated competitors.

" The five of us are united in one victory."

　Torque watched them nod, then turned to face forward.

"All right, let's go!"

A shower of applause rained down from above them.

　Torque and the other five walked slowly through the crowd.

　They shook hands with their opponents in the center.

" It was a tough fight."

　Ficke raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Torque, you've changed," Ficke said.

He pressed his hand against his stomach.

"It was a great strike," Ficke said

"Sorry about that."

　Ficke shook his head and laughed.

"It was a good defense . I couldn't break it."

Galein says to Laaps.

Laaps shakes his head.

"It was paper-thin. I could have been hit at any time."

Wendy says to Emelia, "Thank you," but Emelia remains silent and refuses to look at Wendy until the end of the match.

Pillman and his opponent also wished each other well.

"I won't lose next time," Murka said to Deg.

We'll do it again," Murka said to Deg.

"Let's do it again. "

　Deg laughed.

After that , there was a break.

Many spectators were coming out of their seats.

They were enjoying the opportunity to chat and socialize.

　Here and there, people were chatting and laughing.

　Almark was walking through the crowd when Ein stopped him.

"You got me."

　But Ein was still smiling.

"It was a good matches , though."

"You seemed to have a good strategy"

　Almark said.

"Did you even know the order in which the other ones were going to come out?

　Ein nodded helplessly.

"Torque's character is easy to read I was right about the order, and the winners and losers were pretty much as expected."

　Then he stuck his index finger right in Almark's face and chuckled.

"Except for your girlfriend."

"By girlfriend ......, you mean Wendy?"

“Who else? You don't think Torque is your girlfriend?”

He rebutted with a sarcastic smile before turning serious and continuing.

"The only thing I didn't expect was for Emelia to lose to Wendy. If it were pure skill only, Wendy might be better, but I didn't think she had the core strength to surpass Emelia's spirits."

Emelia's spirit was tremendous, Ein said.

'Wendy fought like a different person, an aged one at that. Even if she had some of the stuff you'd been spouting to her."

　To Almark, who was listening in silence, Ein said with a final laugh.

"Something happened to her in the summer, didn't it? You're going to have a hard time messing with that many noble kids. You'd better be careful."

"What do you mean?"

"Just what I said.'

Ein had already turned his back on Almark.

" I'm going to have a match next, so please cheer me on."

The wave of people suddenly parted.

　Almark staggered as he was pushed by the crowd.

A buzz of excitement spread through the crowd, "It's the crown prince."

The crown prince, Wolff, is walking with his attendants.

They were moving to the rest area for the nobility.

Waves of people split the hall, avoiding them.

　Almark recognizes the white-robed man from earlier among the group.

　Reinul.

　He was not lying.

He walked diagonally behind the deeply robed crown prince.

　Almark looked without looking at the golden ring shining on his right hand.

"Almark!"

The voice came from the crowd on the other side of the crowd that flanked the crown prince's group.

"Almark! Hurry!"

　A girl with pure white skin and dark hair was shouting at Almark from behind the crowd with a desperate look on her face.

' Hurry, get to the dormitory!"

She was shouting so loudly, but no one around her was paying her any attention.

The crown prince's group passed in front of Almark as if nothing had happened.

'Hurry! Before it's too late!"

　The girl was screaming desperately.

　She stared straight at Almark, a look of grief on her face.

'Almark! Get to the dormitory!"

The crown prince's group leaves, and the crowd collapses.

The girl's figure is lost in it.

　A strong feeling of anxiety welled up in Almark's heart.

　Almark started to run.