After the outcome had been decided, the host announced the winner of the duel.
Carola was supposed to give a speech herself afterward, then announce the final Christmas Dance with the winner tonight. However, Carola seemed somewhat downcast, so the host handled everything on her behalf.
Afterward, a staff member came to ask Dark whether he needed extra time to rest. Dark shook his head and said, "No."
The staff member immediately relayed the answer.
Before long, the host announced that the "Christmas Dance" would begin in five minutes. Carola also stepped down from the host's platform and changed into formal attire according to the planned schedule. After learning that Tim was also competing, she had actually felt a small sense of happiness.
But someone had gone and broken up the pair, which made her rather unhappy.
Still, anger was anger. She would carry out the competition she had already agreed to with utmost care. It was just that, during the duel, she might put in a little more force.
Although she did not particularly Covet victory or defeat in a duel, Tim had been bullied. Surely she had to help him win back some face?
As for whether she could actually win back that face, she refused to think about it.
Some people's innocence was not truly stupidity. They simply preferred to believe what they wanted to believe. Sometimes, we called that behavior "willfulness."
Carola was indeed somewhat willful, and that was inseparable from the fact that she had been the center of attention since birth. But she was only willful over minor matters; she never muddled through major ones. Otherwise, when Poseidon had chosen her as a [Temple Guardian], she would probably have refused on the spot.
After all, for someone with a lively, unconstrained personality like hers,