“Looking at how excited you are right now, why do I get the feeling that you, my little admirer, are actually looking forward to losing?”
“Ugh… It—it’s only because you’re bullying me, you jerk. Otherwise, why would I end up like this… Ugh… It’s all your fault!”
This sounded a bit like a public service announcement, but at this moment, the two people in the office clearly had no time to worry about what was happening at the scene.
Lynn gave a wicked smile. As the executive, a wager didn’t matter to him. Even if he truly lost, he wouldn’t let his cat be taken away. So…
Playing a few tricks to teach this little cat a lesson for wagering herself without permission wasn’t a bad idea.
“Alright then, since that’s the case, this uncle will start punishing the little cat who lost now~”
“Ugh… So scary, I lost to an awful uncle, I’m going to be cruelly violated~ Oh… Ah, ugh—no, don’t be so sudden and intense, guh—”
***
On the other side of the arena, Layla and Sylvia wiped the sweat from their foreheads after finishing their matches.
“Speaking of which, where’s Keti…”
The Jellyfish-Haired Lady was the first to realize the issue. The two girls had been so focused that they hadn’t noticed how much attention they had drawn on the field.
However, that didn’t matter to them; their only goal was to find Keti. But… why couldn’t they find her?
It was strange. They had participated in the competition specifically for Keti’s sake, and now they were being told the person supervising the battle had vanished?
“Could she have been dragged away by that Lynn fellow?”
The green-haired elf frowned, her intuition proving sharp.
“Now that you mention it… she probably isn’t here then. Should we look elsewhere?” Layla asked.
Sylvia shook her head. “Forget it, let’s stop looking for now.”
“Hmm? What’s wrong? That’s strange. Is Sylvia no longer interested in our little Keti? Yay, great, one less competitor~!”
The Jellyfish-Haired Lady had barely finished giggling behind her hand when Sylvia hit her on the head with a hand-chop.
“What are you saying? Of course I want to find Keti. It’s just… don’t you think the current situation is bad, Layla? Even though we both won, the other two events… it seems those two kids didn’t perform very well.”
“Sigh, I expected as much before the match. Those two are just ordinary people.” Layla shook her head, not taking it seriously.
“No, those two students are in that uncle’s class—the Magic Academy teacher who made the wager with Keti.”
“Ehhh? Wait, wait a minute. In that case, isn’t the championship still uncertain? I thought the two of us winning would guarantee it. Is that class really that good?”
“It seems so. No wonder that fellow was so confident. And I noticed earlier… it looked like students from other Genius Classes were intentionally losing to his students. There seems to be some deal going on behind the scenes.”
Sylvia frowned and shook her head. The other side had a backup plan; this wager was destined to be unfair.
“What do we do then? Wait, the last match is that boy Ximon. He’s not that great either. If his rank ends up lower than the students in the uncle’s class, then…”
The Jellyfish-Haired Lady finally began to panic. Sylvia nodded with a heavy expression.
“Yes, exactly. If that’s the case… we’ll have to use some extraordinary measures.”
Sylvia smiled slightly.
‘Was she acting nervous just so she could show off now?’ Layla wondered. She already had a feeling of what was coming.
“Fine, fine, just hurry up and say what we should do,” the Jellyfish-Haired Lady grumbled.
The green-haired elf nodded. “The match hasn’t started yet; there’s still time. Hurry up and find that brat with the weird fetish for me.”
Before long, Layla perfectly completed the task, forcibly dragging Ximon over. The boy, sandwiched between the two gorgeous elves, could only tremble.
“W-What are you doing? The match is about to start! If I lose, I’ll cause trouble for Miss Keti. Let me go, let me go!”
“Hiss—could it be that you’ve been bribed by that uncle to stop me from competing so Miss Keti won’t win? I’m telling you, I will never agree to—”
“Whoa! This… such a cute daily photo of Miss Keti, mmm…”
Facing the rude and uncooperative boy, the wicked-smiling Jellyfish-Haired Lady simply pulled out a precious photo of the silver-haired girl trying on clothes, and he silenced instantly.
Sylvia nodded in satisfaction at the sight. She took a gem out of her pocket and handed it to the Little Lord.
“Keep this gem on you during the match. It doesn’t emit Magical Power, so it won’t be detected during inspections, but it will be a huge help in your event.”
“Work hard, you must take the championship… or I won’t forgive you.”
“Hiss… is this… is this really okay? Can I really help Miss Keti?!”
Seeing the hopeful look in the Little Lord’s eyes, Layla and Sylvia suddenly felt the boy was actually quite cute.
The Jellyfish-Haired Lady hadn’t known what Sylvia was planning at first, but now that she saw the gem, it looked familiar.
“Speaking of which…”
Once Ximon headed toward the arena, Layla spoke to Sylvia in a low voice.
“That thing… isn’t that the Suppression Gem you forged a while ago? I just remembered… I heard about its specific mental resistance properties.”
“My, my, that really is something,” Layla said, stroking her chin.
“Now that you mention it, I remember. Wait a minute, didn’t you give this gem to Keti before?”
“You said it would help her defend against being bullied by that degenerate Lynn. But it didn’t seem to work in the secret realm. How do you explain that, Miss elf?”
The Jellyfish-Haired Lady looked full of resentment, making the green-haired elf look instantly embarrassed.
“Cough… don’t mention it. Ah… who could have known that fellow would jump into the secret realm with Keti? In that kind of mental domain, the gem obviously wouldn’t work.”
“Later, when I saw the deed was already done, Keti gave the gem back to me. Lately, I’ve been relying on this thing just to suppress the urge to kill Lynn and then…”
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