(Heartfelt thanks to 'Mikuni SQ,' 'Wufeng Haotian,' 'Wumeng Ziyuan,' 'Hanyue de Bei,' 'Henlei Tianyu,' 'Lei Xiang,' 'Yan Ai Ai,' 'Zhen Yi,' and 'Anye Wuxin 52' for their rewards!)
In a luxurious room on the top floor of an upscale hotel on Sanctuary Sky Island, Mira stood quietly in the center with her head lowered and her eyes closed.
Before Mira, near the window, a man dressed in magnificent formalwear stood with his back to her, silent, filling the air with an extremely oppressive atmosphere.
Outside the window, people still seemed to be eagerly discussing the results of the Spirit Sword Dance Festival preliminaries.
Naturally, the teams that had made it into the top four were the ones most frequently mentioned.
"The Purgatory Apostles of the Alphas Theocracy, Fairy Tail of the Austia Empire, the Holy Spirit Knights of the Sanctified Lugia Kingdom, the Dragon Emperor Knights of the Dragunia Dragon Principality..."
After reciting the nations and representative teams people had been endlessly talking about one by one, the man spoke in an icy voice.
"Originally, they should have mentioned the Raging Break Division of the Russellbell Principality as well."
Hearing that, Mira remained standing there quietly, as though she had nothing to say.
At that, the man's tone grew even colder.
"Do you have nothing to say to me?"
Mira was silent for a while before answering.
"I have nothing to say, Your Highness."
The man in magnificent formalwear was none other than the prince of the Russellbell Principality.
At the same time, he was the culprit who had bought Mira from her fearful parents, stripped her of all human emotions so that she could win the Spirit Sword Dance Festival, and implanted the mission of achieving victory into her.
Unfortunately, dreams were beautiful, but reality was cruel.
Forget winning