"The tournament director?"
Hearing those words, both Ataraxia and Valyr looked at each other for a bit before looking back at the organizer with slight confusion.
"Have we done something wrong?" asked Ataraxia.
"Did we incur the wrath of the tournament director in some way?" asked Valyr after that.
"You did not," replied the organizer with a shake of his head, his expression that of assurance. "If anything, your performances during the first round were so amazing that the tournament director felt compelled to invite you two."
Continuing to explain the reasons behind the tournament director's invite, the organizer mentioned that the director wanted to invite Valyr at first, especially after an auction was suddenly held while his batch was going through the first round.
Though, with a bit of sleuthing, the director was eventually able to find out that he and Ataraxia were a teacher-student pair, prompting them to invite both instead.
