"Over in Mondstadt, Jean, Lisa, Eula, Amber... Hmm, and Klee, Alice, and so on..."
"Who are you planning to choose?"
"..."
Miss Ark remained expressionless.
Little Griseo looked away.
All right.
Miss Ark understood what she meant.
But she acted as though she didn't, tapping her fingers as she continued to ask.
"Over in Liyue, Ganyu, Cloud Retainer, Shenhe, Keqing... Ningguang, Yanfei, Xiangling, Yaoyao..."
"And in the other nations, Yae Miko, Kamisato Ayaka, Sangonomiya Kokomi, Yoimiya... Nilou, Faruzan, Layla, Dinazad... Clorinde, Lynette, Navia, Maiden, Marionette..."
"And that's only on the Teyvat Continent."
"And that's even without counting the Archons and the gods."
"..."
Every one of them had been a named character in the game, and some even had personal stories or character PVs.
The ordinary girls from the rest of Teyvat had been left aside for now.
Miss Ark knew that no matter how indiscriminate Little Griseo became, she would never really choose those girls.
And those girls knew it perfectly well too. That was why they said they were only there to join in the fun.
Everyone understood each other perfectly.
You haven't even trained a Vision... What makes you think you can compete?
Even if status and strength don't matter, with how utterly ordinary you are, would you really have the nerve to stand before Little Griseo?
That was the unspoken understanding among the contestants.
They had joined, yes.
But the only ones who could truly succeed were probably those girls.
Even those Vision holders, regardless of their status or origins, might not have the slightest advantage when facing those gods.
So many of the Vision holders knew their place.
They were all there to join in the fun.
To cheer on the gods of their nations.
That way, at least they wouldn't be left without even