We arrived at uncle’s place as it was nearer then paid the taxi driver for our part, leaving Alice inside as she still had to go for a few more stations to reach her home. However, to our surprise Alice actually also got off, making uncle shrug his shoulders plainly, “Girly, we have no food if that’s the reason why …

After we won the battle, there was no reward as we never decided on one, simply retreating back outside and meeting up with our people, everyone congratulating us. When I took off my helmet in front of Alice and the girls, their smiles froze as their eyes opened wide in shock. “Ghyaa~! Leon! You’re bleeding!” ““!!!”” “W-wait. Mira?!” Marina shouted …

“My warriors! To the East!” Now on the battlefield, just as my uncle told me, everyone has been separated in two camps, each wearing a bandana around their arm that represents their teams, red or blue. “Go, red, go!” The girls shouted from the tribunes and John waved back while I warmed up for a bit, the both of us …

  On the other side of the festival, Michael was now lusting his armor on top of the castle’s wall, staring at the free space behind that will soon turn into a battlefield. Occasionally he would take a few gulps from the wine bottle by his side. “Your drinking habits are the same, eh?” Three men were beside him and …

The next day in the morning, Alice came as we decided to meet up at my place so then we could go straight to the festival. “Hm? Nobody is answering?” After ringing the bell for a few more times, Alice was surprised to see how nobody was answering, when- -CLANG! CLING, CLANG! CLUNG! SMASH!- Different kinds of sounds of metal …

“Leon, what took you so long? Had something to do with that guy? How come you know him? He’s from another dojo.” Seeing Josh and I come back together while chatting in such a friendly manner, Alice stared at me confused while I simply sighed and waved my hand indifferently, not wishing to explain too much, “He’s someone to whom …

As we continued on to drink and some to even eat, I felt my bladder troubling me, getting up and rushing to the bathroom. Woah, after all the tension from before, I completely forgot that I need to piss… Damn, that was bad. I felt a shudder after letting out the burden in the first urinal out of 3 that …

“Sigh~ Alice got tricked…”  “… What?” He sighed then explained to me while placing his thumb into my sleeve, pulling it as if to show me something, “See this grip? This grip is called Gun Grip, and because it has the risk to break or twist the finger, it’s banned from competitions.” “Alright… And? Just because of this she lost?” …

Back to the arena, after two more people reached the semi-finals and after another person won the losers’ matches, it was now the match between Sylvia and Alice, the two victors from the last two matches, and between Ana and the victor of the losers’ matches. Two rings were now occupied, Alice against Sylvia in one ring, and Ana versus …

That night was a calm one as nothing else happened. Then the next day at 9 AM the competition began and I quickly rushed towards the arena as I overslept. S***, s***, s***, and the female competition starts first as well. God damn it! Just as I entered through the door and rushed to the tribunes, Alice called me as …