"Oi oi oi oi?!!!"
Tawana's eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at Kura.
"Me, me?!"
"That's right yo ..."
Still answering in a relaxed manner, not knowing whether he had just fallen asleep or was about to do so.
"The investigation group is required to be the representative of each school of thought it ... the students of the Tower of Darkness, is not it only you?"
"But, but, I'm just a magical envoy ..."
Tawana bowed her head uneasily, while Jared and Caroline looked at each other, and then Jared asked.
"Kula, what about candidates from other schools?"
"Woo meow?"
Kula cocked her head, as if thinking and remembering, but soon ...
"Phew ..."
"Wake the fuck up!"
Jared smacked Kura on the head, bringing her back to reality once more.
"Ohhh? Right meow ... the representative of the tower of emerald green is Kylie Vito, the representative of the tower of pitch black is Moka Camus, the representative of the tower of Hiran is Serenity Crane, the representative of the tower of celestial sky is Wendy Shelfy." Although she looked half asleep, Tawana's face turned white the more she listened, she had not been in the academy for a long time, but it wasn't a short time either. Kylie, the future "empire's sixth aria" of the name of the magician is naturally know, but the rest of the people are also not a light. Serenity and Wendy were the only trainee chanters in the academy, that is, the most likely to become a chanter in the future. Compared to them, Tawana was too ordinary and inconspicuous. But while Tawana was shocked by this, Jared clearly sensed something else.
"Wait, you're making it sound like the ... candidate has already been decided?"
"Yeah, yo?"
Kula nods without hesitation.
"We are all very efficient people, choose who such things do not need to go back to think about it, oh? So we decided right then and there?"
"So says ..."
Tawana's face had begun to turn a little green at the thought that her name might be on the Academy Convocation.
"Of course I reported Tawana's name yo ..."
"Dang!!!"
The sudden news finally crushed the poor girl, and so Tawana fell headlong to the ground, temporarily hiding her consciousness in a dim abyss.
Running away won't solve the problem.
That afternoon, the chosen group gathered at the highest level of the Tower of the Sky, and the five Chanting Ambassadors did not show up, except for the Lord of the Sky, who was there, and Kura, who was sleeping in the tower. It seemed that after deciding on these matters, the Arias no longer cared about what happened next. This was a bit frustrating for all of them, but as Arias, there was no way to reprimand them for what they wanted to do.
Of the representatives of the Five Yew Towers, other than Tawana, only Wendy, the representative of the Tower of Heaven, had a guardian with her. Kylie didn't have her own guardian, and since she was now sharing with Tawana, Jared and Caroline were also her guardians. The other two wizards don't have their own guardians, which makes things easier.
"I didn't think I'd be summoned ."
Kelly greeted the crowd before coming over to Tawana's side and addressing Jared.
"What do you think of this survey ...?"
"Who knows?"
Jared gazed at the remaining three with amusement and shrugged his shoulders in boredom. As a matter of fact, although their status in the entire investigation team was not high, they were more familiar with the inside story of the whole thing than anyone else. But they couldn't possibly tell anyone about this, after all, time jumping sounded too absurd and impractical, and no one would necessarily believe it. But then again, the only people who really knew what was going on were Jared and Caroline.
"Gentlemen, I think you know exactly what you are gathered here for."
"Forgive me, Lord Cthulhu."
The Lord of the Celestial Sky just said this sentence, suddenly a young girl came out from it, she was dressed in white and flawless body armor, her long silver-white hair swayed like quicksilver, her movements were strict and neat, and then she bent down to the Lord of the Celestial Sky and performed a knight's salute, and only then opened her mouth with a grave expression and inquired: "Before that, I have a question, why is it that such an important meeting, would be mixed with a magical messenger? Why is there a magic envoy mixed in such an important meeting?"
Hearing her question, Tawana shuddered, then hid herself behind Caroline, showing only her head as she cautiously looked at the young girl in front of her.
"Serenity Kranin ... right. Tawana Kanarot is a representative of the Spectral Tower faction, what's wrong with that?"
"But, my lord, she's just a magical envoy ..."
"As well as being the only trainee in the Tower of Darkness ."
The Lord of the Heavens replied next,gently and unquestioningly, interrupting the Maiden Knight's question.
"This was decided by all five Chanting Ambassadors at the same time, do you have any objections? Serenity?"
"... I'm sorry, I'm the one who took offense."
The maiden saluted again, and then fell back into line, not looking at Tavana for a moment, from the beginning to the end.
"So, I think you all know what the mission of this investigation group is. I'm sure you've all heard about the changes in the Forest of the Undead, and your mission this time is to conduct a thorough and detailed investigation of the Forest of the Nettle Spirits. To determine whether or not it is still dangerous, and whether or not it has the conditions for habitation and development. At the same time, the Convocation hopes that you can pay attention to whether there are any investigation groups or spies from other countries in the Forest of the Undead, and if you find that there are, you can decide on your own without informing the Convocation."
Said here, the Lord of the Celestial Heaven's expression was a bit subtle, then she looked over the crowd accordingly, and then opened her mouth to say.
"So, this is the last thing we're going to confirm at this point... there must be a leader in the ... team, and in the interest of fair play, we're not going to designate one ourselves, but rather, we're going to ask you all to decide for yourselves how you want to go about doing that. If you agree, please come to the Academy Arena tomorrow morning, where we will hold a competition. The ultimate winner will be the leader of the team, everyone has no objections."
"I abstain."
Kelly stepped forward and said, which surprised the crowd, but Jared and Caroline didn't look particularly surprised, it was only natural that she wouldn't be able to make it out of the tournament in her current state. After all, she was still seriously injured, and there was no guardian by her side. Moreover, the Lord of the Heavens had already made it clear that this was a battle between factions, and since Caroline and Jared, who were members of the Dark Tower faction, could not possibly go to support her, Kelly immediately made her position clear, so as to avoid any problems in the aftermath.
"Sister Caroline, we too ..."
"I would like to ask ..."
Ignoring Tawana's pleading speech, Jared spoke up, which caused the crowd to look over at him.
"What constitutes a victory, it can't be beating someone half to death."
"That's certainly not possible ..."
The Lord of the Heavens replied with a lost smile .
"We'll organize a competition, and whoever passes the trial first, then wins."
"Very good."
Jared laughed easily, not even caring about the disgruntled glances the rest of the crowd threw his way, and just jumped right in with his assertion.
"We will win."
"Don't you think that's a bit premature? Mr. Guardian?"
It's the girl in the armor again.
"Why are you so sure you'll win when things change so much on the battlefield?"
"That is naturally because ... I have absolute confidence in my own strength, don't you have it? Miss?"
In the face of the girl's gaze as cold and chilling as a sheathed sword, Jared stared back without showing any weakness. While Caroline shook her head and sighed, apparently there was nothing she could do to stop Jared's incorrigible character. She knew very well that although Jared usually appeared to be quite relaxed, in fact, he was even a bit overly concerned about his own team, and at the same time, he was also very sensitive. Obviously, since Tawana was with them, she was part of their team. And the fact that the girl didn't even look at Tawana when she spoke just now made Jared very upset. That's why he went against his character and made a high-profile declaration.
"Don't talk like you're innocent."
Jared swept a glance at Tawana, then grumbled back to Caroline.
"Who was it that said to me, 'Tawana must be allowed to participate in the rodeo, and she must not abstain'?"
(I didn't mean for you to make such a spectacle of yourself.)
Of course Caroline won't surrender.
"What's wrong with that? You don't leave yourself open to change, you leave yourself open to change, you leave yourself open to change, you leave yourself open to change, you leave yourself open to change, you leave yourself open to change. The way to survive is to die, to progress requires sacrifice and awareness. If you can't do that, then you lose and get hurt at your own peril. You can't stop because you're afraid of getting hurt, can you?"
(You're just going to talk about this grandiose nonsense.)
Looking disgruntled, Caroline turned around and looked at the view in front of her. Then, with a slight twitch in her expression, she pulled Jared back a few steps.
"What's wrong?"
(You see...)
With a gesture from Caroline, Jared looked forward just in time to see the young girl named Serenity walk up to Kelly and Tawana, and after a brief curtsy to Kelly, she turned to Tawana.
"Tawana Kanarot."
"Hey? What's there ..."
"As a member of the team, I don't want anyone to be a hindrance. But I have to say, your strength is too weak. In the face of unknown dangers, as a magic envoy, you can't do anything at all. Not only that, I think you'll bring us unknown dangers."
"..."
Tawana looked at the girl in front of her with fear, she instinctively wanted to retort, but she didn't know what to say. What the girl said was true, but just because it was so true, it was hard to accept.
"Ey, Brother Jared and Sister Caroline will protect me!"
"Just because it's the guardians' duty to protect the wizards doesn't mean they have to pay for it with their lives. Do you want to put yourself in danger and senselessly bring them to the brink of death as well?"
"That kid, he's got a mouth on him."
Though Tawana looked like she was about to burst into tears, Jared had no intention of going up to help. What the silver-haired girl was trying to say was, in fact, exactly what he was trying to say. Tawana liked to hide behind Jared and Caroline no matter what was going on. Using them as a shield, while they didn't hate it, they didn't appreciate the dependence either. So instead, Jared took a few more steps back, leaning against the pillar and whistling in amusement at the scene before him.
"I ... I ..."
"I've said my piece. I'll see you in the arena tomorrow."
Unlike Tawana, who was red in the face and searching for something to say in rebuttal, Serenity left without looking at Tawana.
(What do you think? Jared?)
Caroline asked curiously, holding her umbrella and turning her two-colored pupils that were hidden in the shadows.
"That goes without saying?"
Jared watched Tawana with a smug smile.
"Looks like tomorrow's gonna be fun."