"Oh…"
Perched on top of a massive boulder, Reina sat cross-legged with her sword resting across her knees.
The faint glow of their team's mana crystal pulsed steadily beside her, like a silent guardian.
Her eyes flicked up toward the giant announcement screens that hovered across the battlefield, and her lips parted in surprise.
"Senior Kagami got defeated so early on?" she muttered, her brows knitting together.
"Maybe he just got stuck with useless teammates."
The casual reply came from Flamme, who was lounging a few feet away, leaning back with her hands folded behind her head.
She plucked a silver pin from her pocket and began to idly adjust the strands of her long gray hair, as if the elimination of one of the academy's top fighters wasn't worth even half her attention.
When the scoreboard updated again, she smirked.
