After such a climax, no one expected any further standout events in the preliminaries.
… But they were dead wrong.
"Round twenty-nine of the preliminaries… involving Nik'ida, S'ami, and Adrien..."
As the two Dragons and single human entered the stage, the noise generated by the audience slowly came to a halt. Instead, low murmurs oozed out—enough so it made the entire atmosphere uneasy.
"Is that him? The human…"
"Why would they allow a human into the Academy? And he's up against his seniors too…"
"Tch! He's an eyesore."
"Shh! He has the backing of a Lord, remember? You better be careful about what you say about him."
"Yeah, yeah… I got it."
It was easy to see the lack of support Adrien had just in the first few seconds of his entry on stage. He didn't get the underdog that his classmates and juniors received. Instead, he was ostracized by the crowd and they even wanted him to lose.
