"Since Ais Wallenstein has forfeited, Wood Grand has won the Group A versus Group B semifinal and advanced to the final!"
With Ais conceding, Ganesha, as the referee, naturally had no choice but to declare Wood the winner.
Although Ais had mainly forfeited because Wood bribed her, as mentioned before, there were no rules in this martial arts tournament. As long as you could win, almost anything was fair game.
So bribing an opponent didn't count as breaking the rules, either. If you had enough money to buy the championship, the gods might find it disappointing, but they wouldn't say much. After all, they were the ones who had made the rules.
Besides, anyone with eyes could tell that the Sword Princess was already at the end of her rope.
The Great Sage had won this way simply to save the Loki Familia some face.
Hestia and Loki bickered all the time, but that didn't stop members of their familias from being close enough to share the same pants.
As soon as Ais and Wood stepped down from the ring, Wood used Healing Magic to completely heal her injuries.
After her condition had fully recovered, Ais looked at herself in pleasant surprise, then reached out and took hold of Wood's arm with both hands.
Don't get the wrong idea. The emotionless girl hadn't done this because she was interested in Wood. She simply tilted her head and looked at him seriously. "When are we starting my Six Styles training?"
Before, because of her injuries, Ais had thought she'd have to go home and lie around for a few days. Now that she was completely healed, she naturally couldn't waste a single moment that could be spent getting stronger.
Wood: (￣▽￣), *I should've known better than to go out of my