(Heartfelt thanks to Yunqi Qinggu, Sui Feng Qi Wu, Shattered Phantom Moon, Youcai Luobo, Three Mountains Two Rivers, and Yume no Shouyou for their rewards!)
The next day, early morning...
A pale blue canopy hung high at the edge of the horizon. The clear, azure sky was cloudless for miles, and sunlight poured down like flowing water. Yet it was not scorching; instead, it gave those beneath it a faint warmth and filled their hearts with joy.
Today, the heavens had smiled upon them, making what should have been an ordinary Imperial Tournament exceptionally lively.
"Ooooooh!!!"
Cheers that rang through the sky echoed continuously throughout Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy's arena, reverberating without end.
The arena's stands had long been packed full with students, instructors, teachers from Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy, and citizens of Ansarivan City. Even the standing areas were crammed with people, leaving the entire spectator area so tightly packed that not a drop of water could pass through. Everywhere one looked, there was nothing but a sea of heads.
At the front of the arena, above a wall in the foremost position, were special premium seats prepared for royalty and nobility who had come to watch the Imperial Tournament.
Veronica sat in the only chair in the premium seats, looking down below. Her eagle-sharp eyes repeatedly swept across the arena, while a faint, almost imperceptible smile lingered on her face.
Clearly, Veronica was quite looking forward to today as well.
Of course, what Veronica anticipated was not this performance-like Imperial Tournament, but the duel after it!
Rather, of all the spectators who had come to Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy's arena today, ninety percent had come for the duel following the Imperial Tournament.
To the citizens of the Knight Nation, the Roreyamon Holy Dragon Knight Order was a group