That was true.
Today's competition was a showdown between alchemists, after all.
If nothing unexpected had happened, people from the Empire's Alchemy Department should have come too.
Quite a few Alchemy Department students might even be here...
It was just that no one had expected them to be with Phillips.
After all, the two of them had hardly interacted in private.
It would have made sense if Sir Nikola, who had once worked at the Alchemy Workshop, had been here.
"Oh, so it's Sir Albert. I wonder what you meant when you said just now that it wouldn't?"
After a brief daze, Cyrus took a big gulp of tea to clear his throat.
Someone at Phillips's level might still be approachable for him here in the Colosseum.
But the Title Holders—people he could count on one hand—were beyond his reach.
It wasn't that there were no opportunities.
Nor was it that all Title Holders were aloof.
It was just that these people usually had little time to spend watching competitions at the Colosseum.
Come on.
Did they look like they had time to waste?
Even the strongest Title Holder would meet their end someday.
So compared to everyone else, the Title Holders' time was all the more precious.
In fact, many Title Holders had earned the recognition of this world's 'gods' precisely because they worked so hard, pushed themselves so relentlessly, and had such remarkable talent.
So.
Cyrus was understandably excited to have spoken with three Title Holders in a single day.
Still, he was doing his best to suppress his racing heart.
"Miss Alisa's cauldron falls under the field of Bio-Alchemy."
"Miss Lan Qingyou's mask falls under the field of Mechanical Alchemy."
"And those Poison Mushrooms that spray poison fall under the field of Plant Alchemy."
"So overall, both