He descended step by step from the royal stand to the interior of the Beast Fighting Arena, with every eye in the audience focused on the white-haired, blue-eyed youth.
Cosimo and Lorenzo exchanged a silent glance, and then Cosimo also ascended the Floating Stairs, following Cezar.
Lorenzo slightly curled his lips into a smile, slowly turning his head to look at the Crystal Ball left on Cezar's seat.
Inside the Crystal Ball, the round Nobel Shark seemed to sense his gaze, slowly turned its head, glanced at him twice, and then flicked its tail at him, shaking its buttocks, simulating the sound of farting in the water with a puff-puff sound.
Lorenzo was momentarily stunned, and when he came to, the Nobel Shark had already returned to its serene demeanor, quietly overlooking the Beast Fighting Arena from within the Crystal Ball.
Soon after, on the seemingly endlessly extending Floating Stairs, Cosimo slowly descended into the Beast Fighting Arena.
