The next day, at the arena for Jimina Sene's match.
Annerose was observing from the front row of the spectator seats.
Beside her now were two people: Princess Alice and Princess Alexia.
Annerose did not recognize the two princesses.
"Are you two also interested in Jimina Sene?" Annerose asked.
"From what you're saying, you noticed him quite early on, didn't you?" Alexia asked.
"Yes! This guy, ever since the preliminaries, his opponents always suddenly collapse! He looks so weak, yet he's never been hit by a single blow in the arena!"
"You must be Annerose, right!" Alice said.
Even the famous Magic Swordsman Alice was paying attention.
"That's me! And you are?"
"I am Alice!"
"You are Princess Alice?" Annerose was a bit surprised.
Logically, she should have a special VIP seat, so why was she here?
"Why is Princess Alice interested in Jimina Sene? I feel that as the previous Martial Heart Festival champion, you shouldn't care about such things!"
"A friend of mine said he's very strong, so I wanted to come and observe him!"
"The match is about to start! Let's watch it seriously!" Alexia said.
Annerose felt that this white-haired, one-armed girl didn't show much respect for the Princess of Midgar.
Queton looked at Jimina Sene.
"I admit you've got some skills, but don't you dare dream of defeating me! Annerose actually said you defeated Ever-Victorious Golden Dragon with a sneeze! What nonsense! I, Queton, will show you today what a true strong person is!"
"Die!"
Queton shouted, his magic power gathering on his sword.
Queton charged towards Jimina Sene.
Then he suddenly tripped and fell heavily, slamming his head into the ground.
The entire venue was silent.
Queton lost just like that.
Even the referee was stunned.
And Jimina Sene turned and left.
The referee finally came back to his senses.
"Jimina Sene wins!"
Alice and Alexia exchanged glances.
Neither of them saw anything.
Annerose was also stunned; she truly didn't see how Queton lost.
"Princess Alice, did you see anything?"
"Alexia, did you see anything?"
Alice didn't answer, instead asking a question.
"I didn't see anything at all. Even a normal fall shouldn't create such a large pit in the ground!"
Alice was silent.
If she were in the arena facing this situation, could she win?
Alice remembered Milia's words, "He's stronger than me!"
"Stronger than Milia?"
Alice gave a bitter smile.
"Next match! Claire Kagenou versus Princess Alice!"
Annerose had already disappeared; she went to intercept Jimina Sene.
Alexia also followed her.
"Jimina Sene, who exactly are you!" Annerose asked.
"I am just Jimina Sene!"
"My next opponent is you! I will defeat you!" Annerose said.
"Is that so? Then I suppose I should show a bit of my true strength!"
Jimina Sene dropped his gauntlet, which fell heavily and created a large pit in the ground.
Alexia didn't speak, just watched quietly.
She wasn't too curious about Jimina Sene, just a little bit; after all, Phantom was definitely stronger than him.
After Jimina Sene left, Alexia tried to pick up the gauntlet.
She could pick it up with one hand, but it was a bit difficult.
"You just called Princess Alice 'Princess Alice,' are you also a princess?"
"I am Alexia, the Second Princess of the Midgar Kingdom! Annerose, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
Alexia extended her left hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Princess Alexia!"
Annerose also extended her hand and shook Alexia's hand.
At this point, Alexia returned to the spectator seats.
For the battle between Claire and Alice, Alexia thought her older sister should be a bit stronger.
But since she was idle, she might as well watch.
"Claire, you are not my opponent!" Alice said.
"I know. I hope Princess Alice can use her full strength, so I can see the gap between me and Lady Alice!"
"In that case, I'll grant your wish!"
"Match start!"
As the referee's words fell.
Red magic power began to flow on Alice's sword.
Alice immediately unleashed a sword qi attack filled with magic power.
But Claire dodged it.
With such an obvious attack intention, Claire was no fool.
Alice relied entirely on her terrifying magic power, launching a continuous barrage of sword qi attacks.
But Claire dodged all of them using her movement techniques.
Alice gave up on long-range attacks. Just as Claire dodged the previous sword qi attack, she swiftly advanced and arrived beside Claire.
She swung her sword down.
Claire blocked Alice's sword in the nick of time.
But Alice's terrifying magic power made it difficult for Claire to parry.
"Boom!"
Alice's magic power was too overbearing, directly blasting a large pit.
As the smoke cleared, Claire lay in the pit, covered in dust, looking quite disheveled.
Despite receiving such a powerful attack, Claire did not fall but slowly stood up.
"Claire, do you still want to fight?" Alice said.
"Thank you! Princess Alice!"
"Thank me? I don't quite understand what you mean!"
Alice had beaten her opponent to a pulp, yet the opponent still thanked her.
This was a bit incomprehensible.
At this moment, Alice noticed something: the opponent looked very disheveled, but none of her injured areas were bleeding; it seemed the bleeding had already stopped.
"Princess Alice! The real battle begins now!"
Claire gripped her sword tightly.
A terrifying black magic power erupted from Claire's body!
The seal Sino had placed on her was released.
"This magic power! It's not inferior to mine at all!" Alice looked at Claire in disbelief.
"Princess Alice, forgive me!"
Claire suddenly charged forward at extreme speed.
Alice swiftly swung her sword to parry.
Sword met sword, and Alice was repelled several meters by Claire's attack.
"Wow!!! This is incredible!"
"Princess Alice was actually repelled!"
"Claire Kagenou, is she that bald man's daughter? She's actually this strong!"
...
The audience was in an uproar.
Alice also didn't expect to be defeated by Claire.
"No! I can't underestimate my opponent anymore!"
Alice exhaled a turbid breath.
She calmed her emotions, restoring her state to its best.
Claire also did not attack.
She still had to give face to the princess; after all, Alice was the heir to the next king of the Midgar Kingdom.
And it was highly likely to be Princess Alice, as Alexia had a severed arm and was not very suitable to be an heir.
The king had already delegated many matters to Alice.
"Claire, sorry to keep you waiting! Let's continue!"
"It's fine! I also want to challenge Princess Alice at her peak!"
A terrifying red magic power erupted!
Alice's magic power looked very intimidating.
While Claire's body didn't have much magic power flowing.
Materializing magic power was a waste of magic power.
Claire couldn't help but erupt when her magic power suddenly returned earlier.
Now there was no need to materialize the magic power.
She only needed to transmit the magic power throughout her body and to her magic sword.
Their swords clashed.
Alice felt immense pressure; Claire's sword skills were superior to hers, and her magic power was also greater.
At this moment, she was no match for Claire at all.
Claire was fully capable of instantly killing Princess Alice.
But she didn't do so; as the family heir, she also understood social etiquette.
At this time, she wouldn't let Princess Alice lose too badly.
Claire controlled her magic power, temporarily making her strength equal to Alice's.
She steadily suppressed Princess Alice step by step.
Princess Alice fought very uncomfortably; Claire showed no weaknesses, relying on exquisite sword skills to gradually suppress Alice.
Finally, after ten minutes of fighting, Alice ran out of magic power and ultimately fell first.
This battle was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience.
They hadn't seen such a clash between strong individuals in a long time.
Many who supported Alice were completely disheartened.
"Princess Alice actually lost!"
But most were not too sad; Alice only lost by a narrow margin, not a crushing defeat.
This was within the audience's acceptable range.
Alice completely fainted.
At this moment, a slight disturbance occurred in the magic power within her body.
Alexia looked at Claire, unable to accept that Princess Alice, whom she had always admired, had actually lost to Claire.
Although Princess Alice wasn't as strong as herself, in her heart, Princess Alice was still very formidable. Yet she lost to Claire.
Alexia recalled her battle with Claire in the academy.
At that time, she seemed to have thought that the other person was Sino's older sister, so she was afraid of hurting her and didn't use her full strength.
And just now, Princess Alice used her full strength, and Claire suddenly erupted with magic power.
"So Claire was also instructed by him?"
Alexia went to Alice's infirmary to visit her older sister.
She had been in a coma.
At this moment, Alexia felt that the magic power flow in her sister's body was wrong.
She closed the doors and windows to prevent others from entering.
She opened her sister's clothes.
A small black mark appeared on her chest.
As a princess, she also recognized Demon Possession.
And Alice was currently only showing the early signs of Demon Possession.
Alexia tidied Alice's clothes and planned to find Sino that evening.
He should have a solution.