"Galina will regret this sooner or later. Look, this tent is really shabby."
Her Royal Highness the Princess, using Dorothy's body, examined the tent where furniture was being arranged. After glancing at Tifa, who was holding Little Mia, she asked Shade:
"Are we staying here tonight, going to Galina Manor, or heading home?"
Since the competition lasted four consecutive days, and adapting to the grounds in advance or bonding with one's own horse would obviously help achieve better results in the later events, quite a few contestants in previous years had chosen to stay here directly.
"Of course we're going home. It's only an hour away."
Leisha smiled, entirely unsurprised.
"Then I wish you luck, my knight. Have Dorothy watch your heroic performance properly on my behalf. When it comes to the armored duel on Thursday, the last day, I'll come here."
She gently kissed Shade on the cheek, then closed her eyes.
The first day's competition posed no difficulty for Shade. Although the unexpectedly fine weather made the sunlight somewhat glaring today, to the extent that he could barely see the target whenever he faced the Sun while aiming at the archery targets, Shade did not rely on his own eyes to shoot. "She" corrected his position and force bit by bit beside his ear, and Shade only needed to follow the steps.
Outside the arena was a bustling market, while inside, the stands were packed with ticket-holding audience members. The thirty-six "knights" entered one after another and were divided into twelve groups of three, each shooting at red, green, and blue targets on stationary and moving boards.
Shade was grouped with two knights also from Tobesk, and his target was the blue one. By coincidence, the twenty-five-year-old Mr. Benn Siver, whose target was red, and the thirty-one-year-old Mr.