86~My Divine Son sacrificed himself to cover for me
“But, is this really okay?” The instructors in charge of monitoring the Crown Cup’s progress looked at each other with shared confusion. Since the inception of Coleman Academy, countless previous Crown Cups hadn’t seen a situation like this one.
Young rookies, upon seeing someone who isn’t on their own team, always react by considering how they can take down the enemy. The ones with a bit of sense will think about how to do so with the least effort. Absolutely none of them would have such an idea as forming an alliance with the enemy.
The ‘Dark Forest’ rule asserts that everyone outside your team is an enemy, and no one would trust the enemy, let alone hand over their back to them.
Although the behavior of forming an alliance with other teams isn’t explicitly forbidden, it is consistently deemed as crossing the line by the students. Moreover, these greenhorns look down on bending over backward to actively request others to ally with them.
Would it still be called youth without arrogance?
“Is it really fair to other teams?”
“Everyone, as long as we are part of Coleman Academy, every action needs to be governed by the rules, and we the enforcers must also act by the rules,” an elder with white, flower-like beards flowing down to the ground said.
“Since there’s no rule mentioned in the guidelines that prohibits alliances between different teams, we have no right to act against these two children. Moreover, they are not actually forming an alliance; they just happened to bump into each other and didn’t attack. Also, the concept of ‘alliance’ is rather vague by itself.”
“Surely they don’t have to grapple with each other upon meeting to avoid being considered in alliance, right? If that’s how it was arranged, the Crown Cup would be too formulaic.”
“Because of the infinite possibilities, the Crown Cup can be called the Crown Cup. It isn’t only about testing students’ combat strength, communication abilities, interpersonal exchange skills; all these are part of the students’ personal abilities.”
Seeing that the main instructor has spoken, others thought about it and also agreed, tacitly approving the actions of the two.
“I don’t think there’s anything wrong. Look, apart from Tillysha and Wenfu, the survival count of other teams is two or more in most cases, and some haven’t lost even a single member. Honestly, even if they formed an alliance, it wouldn’t matter much; they’d win what they should win, lose what they must.”
“Yeah, even if they ally, they’re still from different teams, and without good coordination between them? It’s utterly insignificant.”
Squares of spectators buzzed with discussions, sharing opinions all around.
Today’s Coleman Academy square was packed with people, not only newly admitted students but also many upperclassmen.
Upperclassmen naturally don’t come to watch matches to learn combat experience. As for what they’re here for……….
“Glug, what a big white rabbit……….”, a man dressed in upperclassman uniform looked fixedly at the split-screen showing a scene of Tillysha, saliva swallowed with a gulp, eyes glued to the screen without blinking, concentrating more seriously than during class.
“Look at that scale, makes me envious, I’ve never seen such a big rabbit…………”
“Isn’t it exaggerated? Let me see………”
The college has installed an invisible recording network inside the Secret Realm, and the competitors’ images inside the Secret Realm can be observed from all angles without any blind spots. The clips’ angles are completely random.
Just a while ago, the split-screen showing Tillysha had a top-down view, that soft white and tender scene was enough to make the upperclassmen’s hearts itch.
“I wonder who will get this pair of white rabbits in the future.” One of the senior brothers muttered to himself, jealously.
“Isn’t that Aistride? She’s even more beautiful than rumored……. No wonder she’s a Moon Elf, her skin is so white it’s like a fine jade.”
“Another white rabbit! Look at these legs……… Oh, no, what I mean is look at this rabbit, smooth and round, like milk.”
“So, what are seniors really here for?”
“Us? Haha, is it even a question? We are definitely here to learn combat experience!”
“Yeah, what else would we be doing? The annual Crown Cup is not something one can miss!”
When freshmen asked about the purpose of these brothers, the brothers immediately propped up their legs, all seemingly serious.
“Then why have you been talking about rabbits all along?” The freshmen were puzzled.
“Cough, is it not allowed? What’s wrong with watching rabbits? Focusing on little lives in nature helps relieve fatigue, don’t you know?”
“But there aren’t any rabbits on the screen!”
“There are, plenty of them!” The senior said meaningfully.
“But why can’t I see any?”
“Because your cultivation hasn’t reached a high level yet.” The senior patted the freshman on the shoulder. “When your cultivation is high enough, you’ll naturally see them.”
“Is that so? …….” The freshman seemed to somewhat understand.
The scene returned to Tillysha.
After agreeing to accompany Wenfu, Tillysha carried her bow in front and Wenfu hugged her tail, obediently following from behind.
Being together for a time, Wenfu noticed that the blonde girl wasn’t much of a chatterbox, although behaving with grace, she rarely spoke unless necessary.
Looking at Tillysha in front, Wenfu, being in the back, could see part of the girl’s side profile.
Watching that eye-catching ‘milk candy’ swing gently with each step, a strange sense of rivalry emerged in Wenfu’s heart.
She compared hers with it and was rather disheartened.
Miss Wenfu was also an outstanding beauty among the same-age group, but some areas just didn’t seem to have much progress.
Could it be this big?
Miss Tillysha really maintains an excellent figure, despite its size, it is balanced and natural.
For some unknown reason, Wenfu suddenly had the thought: if there existed an absolutely perfect body proportion in this world, it must be modeled after Tillysha.
Although they hadn’t known each other long, Tillysha’s words and actions left a deep impression. It was evident she came from an influential, well-mannered noble family.
Girls like her, who knows who will benefit in the end?
Unexpectedly generating this kind of thought, it made Wenfu herself stunned. She rubbed her fluffy ears and scattered this bizarre notion.
“My teammate was eliminated in the previous valley skirmish. I wonder how Tillysha’s teammate was eliminated?” Apparently feeling that the atmosphere between them was too cold, Wenfu began to search for topics.
“……” Mentioning this topic, Tillysha’s five fingers holding the bow slightly tightened.
She instinctively felt that her teammate was to some extent used as bait and a sacrifice to eliminate the competition……
No, why would she have such thoughts?
The one who got sacrificed wasn’t Dillin, merely a substitute doll.
Isn’t she doing just fine right now?
“Sorry, if I asked a topic that made you uncomfortable, please don’t mind it.” Seeing Tillysha silent, Wenfu added again.
“It’s nothing. My team only consisted of two people: me and my Divine Son. My Divine Son earlier sacrificed himself to cover for me.” Tillysha shook her head.
