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At the thought of how they had defeated Erza, Juvia gave an awkward laugh, while Levy's pretty face flushed slightly. Her hand involuntarily clenched around the charm hidden beneath her clothes.
Although it had been a strategy born of necessity, it was true that Levy had secretly kept the diamond left over from Noah's custom-made ring.
Originally, Levy had merely treated that diamond as a good-luck charm, which was why she had always kept it on her.
Now that Erza knew about it, even if she understood that Levy's lie back then had only been a stopgap measure, the fact that Levy had secretly kept the diamond left over from Noah's custom-made ring had inevitably been exposed.
What made it worse was that only Levy and the jeweler knew that the diamond had been left over from Noah's custom-made ring. Even Noah himself did not know.
What if Erza got the wrong idea?
Thinking that, Levy quietly clenched her little fist.
"No, I definitely have to have a proper talk with Erza afterward!"
"Talk with Erza?" Noah turned a puzzled look toward Levy.
"Talk about what?"
"N-Nothing!" Under Noah's gaze, Levy's pretty face reddened again, and her heartbeat sped up slightly. She hurriedly stopped indulging in her wild thoughts and changed the subject.
"R-Right, only our four teams made it through the first stage, right?"
"Gray and Gajeel's team has already been defeated by us." Lucy spoke with considerable spirit, as though she had personally taken down Gray and Gajeel.
"Only Natsu's team remains."
"Natsu?" Lisanna placed a finger against her cheek and tilted