Third person POV
Back at the palace estate, Robert and Blaise were in the guesthouse's living room chilling after that long walk from the inn when Harold and William came to the room asking them how they were and why they returned. Upon hearing that, the two siblings looked at them, and Robert responded, "Oh, hey, guys. How are you two?"
"We're fine," William answered back.
"How's your fight, Ro-sensei?" Harold asked Robert.
"I won against Lain-san," Robert replied back, "but I lost against Emma-chan."
"Woah, really?" William responded.
"Yes, he did it on purpose," Blaise confirmed it, "so he would make her happy in her quest to defeat him."
"Wow, but how?" William asked back. "Emma is so strong."
"I made my attacks weaker so she would beat me," Robert explained in response, "and get hit as well."
The two princes are amazed at Robert's neutral position in battles.
But then, Sol communicated to Robert via telepathy, telling him about the conspiracy to assassinate Harold. Robert was shocked, and he spreads this alarming message to his older sister and friends. Upon hearing that, they looked at him with a scared look on their faces.
"Then who that person might be?" William asked.
Taking a deep breath, Robert responded, "It's Harold-kun."
Then, they were shocked to hear that.
"WHAT?!"
"Why me?" Harold asked.
"Well, your father believed that your defeat is humiliating the family name," Robert replied back.
"What? I just lost, and he viewed that negatively?"
"Yes."
"How selfish is he!" William commented negatively while crossing his arms. "If I were to be the next Ruler, I would never do that to anyone."
"That's awful." Blaise gasped in shock. "His own son?"
"He only regarded elder brother and not me or big sis," Harold responded.
"I know," Robert said seriously as he tilted his head downward slightly. "Let's just wait until the rest of us arrived from the arena."
Eventually, the rest agreed with him.
Meanwhile, Peter and Zarah won in their separate rounds in the tournament, and their next fights was scheduled for tomorrow morning at 9. But, what will they do to prevent this from happening?