"Hmph. My family hasn't lost this many people in a single week for a century. This isn't random. The Heart family wants to strike me where it hurts."
Scar had been absent. He'd been buried in training lately. Right now, he was locked in a duel he had no margin to lose… Adisa was a day away, and the pressure of that wasn't something he could afford to ignore.
In Room 266, without him, Purple and Julien sat together and talked, carrying a struggle of their own.
"I knew it was coming… but I didn't think they'd use the Epic Competition to strike my family. If things keep going like this, we'll be wiped out before I get anything done."
Purple said, lying on Julien's bed with her eyes darting on the ceiling, while Julien perched on Scar's bed with thoughts quite contradicting his calm expression.
"Why does the Heart family hate your family? I've never known… but your people keep falling like flies. And it's always the Heart's doing."
Julien's expression became mildly skeptical.
