"What do you all think?" Dani finally cast a nce at herpanions. If she had looked at Arthur for a few more seconds, her expression would have turned red...
"I think it''s bold," Olivia raised her hand and clicked her tongue. "It''s my first bath after three damn days! You can''t tell me I''m going to get dirty again tomorrow!" She crossed her arms and pouted, clearly upset.
"Damn you! If the event ends tomorrow, you''ll be able to leave this cursed ce," she cursed Olivia silently.
"I think we have to do it!" Elias instantly agreed, eager to kill their enemies. He gripped the hilt of his sword tightly.
"I think..." Adrian stroked his chin. "I think it''s not a bad idea. I don''t like the feeling of always being watched…" he agreed as well.
"I think the same as the four-eyes!" Beatrice stood up, her eyes gleaming as she gazed into the darkness between the trees. "I don''t like stalkers! Let''s kill them all. Only that way will I finally live like a human!" Beatrice''s eyes teared up as she looked at her tattered clothes. Some of her garments were poorly sewn. After all, no one had ever taught her to sew.
She didn''t think it was important, but now she knew… in a forest, you can''t be so na?ve!
Dani looked at Evelyn… Evelyn looked back at her, wide-eyed with cheeks puffed. She shrugged and continued what she was doing—eating. Dani also looked at Leslie, who nodded in agreement.
Dani let out a sigh. "I guess it''s decided…" She sat back down and picked up her te. After eating a couple of spoonfuls, she looked at Beatrice. "Any idea which direction ss 5''s territory is in?" she asked, then took a sip of water.
Beatrice nodded. "ss 5''s territory is right behind me." She stood up, turned around, and pointed. "ss 3''s territory is to my left. That makes two sses. ss 4 is to my right, and ss 2 is behind Arthur''s sword." She ced her hands on her hips, the corners of her lips curling into a yful smile.
"We, ss 1, are smack in the middle of the four sses." She finally sat down and shook her head. "They definitely did it on purpose. We''re surrounded by the four sses. If they wanted to explore, there''s a good chance they''d pass through here, especially since the shopping area is diagonal to us between the north and east... In short, we''re basically the easiest target to eliminate."
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"Wow…" Olivia''s mouth hung open at Beatrice''s words. "It''s like they''re trying to force ss 1 to hold its ground, but they''ve also ced us in the worst spots so the other sses can easily target us."
"At the academy,petition is fierce between the sses, especially if you''re at the top. The staff usually ces ss 1 in the worst situations. If you ovee them, it means you deserve to be on top. But if you fail, you sink to the bottom, meaning you don''t deserve to be in ss 1.
The academy''s goal is to motivate students topete against each other," Dani looked sadly at her empty bowl... and at the empty pot... and the one responsible for it, sleeping peacefully on Arthur''s shoulder. She quietly ced her bowl down. "From what I understand, depending on the position you end up in after this event, you''ll be assigned merit points…" She lowered her gaze.
"With those points, you can acquire artifacts sold by the academy. It''s like currency." She shrugged.
"So… how do we do it?" Elias asked with a frown.
"That''s the thing… I don''t know," Dani chuckled a bit. "Well, I have an idea, but..." she looked skeptically at the darkness between the trees.
"There''s a risk of being overheard," Adrian adjusted his sses. "I suppose we''ll have to whisper…"
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Hearing azy groan, Dani turned her gaze.
"Evelyn, can you generate a merge enough?" Arthur asked gently while stroking Evelyn''s cheek. She stirred a little, opened her eyes, and stared at Arthur before slowly nodding. Raising her hand, a small me, red like magma, emerged from her palm.
The small orb of fire rose above their heads, and when it reached a height of 15 meters, she shuddered slightly, and a nket of mes expanded to cover them like a dome.
"It''s done." Evelyn looked at Arthur, as if expecting praise. He smiled and patted her head. "Well done." Evelyn purred like a cat, giving a small smile before calmly closing her eyes again.
Arthur smiled and looked at Dani. "Now we can talk without any issues." Dani nearly suffered a heart attack at Arthur''s smile, but luckily, as a noble, she was excellent at hiding her emotions and quickly regained control. "Almost lost it," she thought to herself. Taking a deep breath, she looked at the dome of mes and nodded. "Thanks, Evelyn." Thankfully, Evelyn didn''t hear her.
"It''s pretty warm in here," Olivia rubbed her hands together, a smile on her lips. "I feel so cozy. It''s much better than enduring the extreme cold of this ce." She recalled the three days she had to endure… the temperature had dropped to -20 degrees Celsius.
"And what do you have in mind, Dani?" Adrian asked as he sipped his tea.
Dani thought for a moment. "I don''t think it''ll work. If ss 5 really has an alliance with sses 2 and 3, we''ll have a hard time…" She looked at Leslie and Evelyn. "What I was thinking was leaving Arthur alone and taking Leslie and Evelyn with us... It''s quite risky, but considering it might be thest day, we have to take both of them with us…" Dani narrowed her eyes.
"That would mean leaving Arthur alone and exposing ourselves to being the second group eliminated." She sat down. "What do you all think?"
"It''s too risky, as you said. Considering it could be thest day, it''s not such a crazy n. But... if the team leader of another ss knows Arthur is alone, a group mighte to eliminate him. I don''t think it''ll work. I don''t want to be the second one eliminated," Adrian disagreed instantly.
"That''s the problem," Dani already knew her n had ws. "The next thing I had in mind is…"