We got home and Justin went to work permanently at the school. Mom was a little shaken up by the incident, Lilith was doing every thin she could to comfort mom.
Back on the way I told mom that we managed to rescue er thanks to Justin's help, but she was just sad that she had to make us worry.
I told he that she was just targeted because they knew that she was Miyazaki and that they wanted to ask ransom from the mansion but that mid her even more sad because she knew that the Miyazaki's wouldn't pay ransom for an outcast.
When we got home, we went straight to cleaning the house. I had to back to school and the moment I got there I was welcomed with a big hug from the girls.
They were worried about me since I just left without saying anything. I got mother back from the imperial palace, but I couldn't stop thinking that maybe that some on would try and do it again.
But the moment I got to class the thought quickly went away. I was back to being bored and annoyed by the girls again.
The news that the first elder of the palace being killed had just got to the village the news that the palace was attacked spread like wildfire.
At the time the emperor was not around, and the palace had little protection because no one would dare to provoke the emperor.
I told the princess to make up a story and she did a good job. She said that a demon came and stall some food and went out. and about her window she said that a stacker was looking through her window.
The security in the imperial palace increased. Justin had to pull some ties and faked his death and ended up staying in the village.
The village was nosier than normal that day and I had some idea of what it was because I was the on who caused it.
Time for the tournament came and for some reason my name was on the invited list. The teachers at the school told me that I was invited because u was related to the Miyazaki family and they recommended me.
I knew that I was technically a noble, but I wondered why they would recommend for the tournament. Maybe he wanted something from me, but I was going to go any way but if he was going to expect something from me, I would decline the offer.
When I got home, I found him on the same spot We met last time. He called me there and told me that the reason they recommended me was because he was short on participants for the tournaments and I was the only one who he think of.
I asked if he was expecting something from me, but he said as long as I participate it would be fine. But I knew that he wanted to increase his reputation by using me as a steppingstone.
I took the offer but told him not to tell my mother because I she knew she wouldn't agree, and we parted our ways. on the day that we were supposed to depart I told my mother that I was going to a school trip.
I put Justin I charge of taking care of my mother and took off. the trip was long since we were taking the carriage full of nobles, and it was even more annoying than the last trip.
The girls were so excited to see me go with them that they were practically glued to me, but the most annoying part was the carriage full of nobles looking at us the whole trip there.
when we got there, we were welcomed by the emperor at the imperial palace and when I saw the princes I said hi, but she was so scared of me that she fainted. Seeing this the emperor asked who I was and how I knew the princess.
My response was that I was the boy the Princess helped to find his mother. He was so happy that his daughter was turned out to be a good girl but was still unsure of what that had to do with her fainting.
When we got to the arena where we were going to fight beast and fight the noble from the other villages.
The rules were simple we just had to be the last ones standing and we would win the tournament. but we had to fight monsters and other village nobles.
If we were too injured to continue fighting, we would be automatically transported to the safe zone and taken of the match.
When we got in and the stage was set, we started the match. The leader of our village was me, but I dint know why I was given that role, but I figured it out once we started the match.
The leader of the group was the one who would be in most danger because no matter how badly they get hurt they wouldn't get transported out until they are on the brink of death.
This would show how match commitment they had for their village but to me it just felt like the others just put it on me to get me hurt.
when we started, we run into a golem and Saki took it down but in the prosses I was swept away by the shock wave caused by the explosion of its core.
I did that on purpose to find the princess. there was no way that she wouldn't take part in the competition since she was practically the one who was going to take over the thrown in the future.
I found some swords left behind by victims of the last tournament. I went the opposite direction from the group to get as far away from them as possible I took down some low raked monsters and went to the far end of the arena.
I then tried to sense her position but something else caught my senses. there was a trace of the other world being in the arena, but it was moving too fast to pinpoint just by using a simple sense skill. I started hunting it down but every time I found a beast I would have the same traces.
The beasts in the arena were all infected by some kind of mana. The beast started targeting me I had to summon my sword but when I summoned it someone was holding on to it.
It was Saki and for some reason she was happy, but I had to use the sword quick, and she was in the way.
I told her to let go of the sword, but she did it at the wrong time and was almost eaten by a beast. I rushed there and cut its mouth before it could bite her.
I felt something watching me, but it was an arena, so I just ignored it, but a beast suddenly came out from the ground and almost got to saki if I hadn't kept her clause, she would have been killed.
I wanted to take the beast out in one fell swoop but that would case the whole arena and everyone in it to die plus I would risk the entity that I was casing to get away
I sensed something coming from the distance but if it hi it would take out the whole arena and kill everyone there, I had no choice but to use all my power to block it but when I did something weird happed. The sky turned black and everyone, but my team were there.
The energy wave hit, and I was drained of half of my power. If the person that attacked us decided to attack again it would be difficult to block again but the energy I sensed went away.