Radiel looked at the little guy who was currently signing for his entrance in the tournament.

"Mmm… Madam Alice"

"Yes?"

"Are you completely sure that you wanna let your little brother fight?"

"Haha, I understand where you come from" Said Alice.

Currently, the group was in Radiel's manor, to be more specific, in the backyard, surprisingly, the backyard had a huge training ground where soldiers usually train. On one side, there was a crowd of people signing on the tournament, this tournament was an 'elite' one, only the best of the best could participate, or, to be more precise, only the best of the best wanted to participate.

Why?

Simple.

One could kill in this tournament.

Alice remembered the conversation she had with Radiel and Ezequiel.

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"There are no conflicts in this town, you know why?"

"No" Answered Alice.

"We like to maintain the 'peace' by giving the families the opportunity to dethrone the powerful houses, in other words, our families, by sending their champions to fight ours, that's the, let's say. real purpose of this tournament" Said Radiel.

"I thought you said that this was only for your family soldier's, miss Radiel" Asked Alice.

"Well, that was a small little lie~" Said Radiel.

"Don't… don't misunderstand, miss Alice, we just didn't want you to back off, by hearing that other people would come, we know that you want to stay low profile after all" Said Katherine with a small smile.

"I see" Said Alice.

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"Miss Alice, there are a lot of gifted ones in this tournament, some houses even bring external forces. I mean look at them" Said Ezequiel.

Alice looked around a lot of powerful men and women, they all had this aura that makes you think that they will bite you at any minute.

Compared to them…

"This sister over here, are you free after this?"

"Little boy, I am working" Said the receptionist.

"Don't say that, big sister~ , you are so pretty, it will be a waste to let you pass your night alone" Said Dino while grabbing the receptionist's hand.

Alice looked from afar and she felt the urge to go and castrate this idiot.

"Control, take deep breaths, Alfonso Lockheart, you must stay calm" Thought Alice.

In the end, with a lot of effort, Dino schedule a date with the receptionist and successfully entered the tournament.

"Then, I am going~" Said Dino.

Just when he was about to go through the gate, Alice stopped him.

"Dino"

"Ye-Yes?"

"You understand what will happen if you lose, right?"

"I…."

Alice smiled sweetly and made a scissor gesture with her hand.

"Choppa~ choppa~" She said.

Dino felt a sudden pain between his legs and he nodded repetitively.

Ezequiel, Radiel, and Katherine who looked at this scene had only one thought in their heads.

"Lady Alice is really fierce"

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Dionysius walked leisurely in the hall, he looked out of place because everyone there was fierce warriors.

"Little kid, did you get lost?" Asked one man at seeing Dionysius.

"Mmm?" Dionysius looked around then signaled at himself

"Yes, I am talking to you" Said the man.

"Big guy, I am also a participant in this tournament"

"What!?"

Not only the man, but everyone around turned around stunned.

"What is this doing here?"

"Hey, tell the regulators that there is a kid here!"

The regulators came and asked what was the problem

"This one here is a participant in the tournament" Said one of the regulators.

Everyone was stunned once more.

Dino walked towards the restroom, he found some sisters that were among the participants and started flirting with them.

There were 20 participants in total and among them, four were women.

"Little boy, what are you doing here?" Asked one of the women.

"My big sister wants those entrances, so I entered" Said Dino.

"Your sister is out of her mind, how can she send a little kid like you to this kind of tournament, is like sending a sheep to a forest full of wolves"

"All of you are saying little kid this, little kid that, for your information. I am not a kid!" Protested Dino.

However, this protest didn't sound resounding at all.

"Anyway kid, just surrender when they call you, anyone here could kill you" Said another woman.

"Do you bet on that, big sister?" Asked Dino.

"Of course"

"Then, how about I give you 1000 gold coins if I lose even one battle?"

"1000-1000 gold coins!?"

"His family must be rich" Thought the other women.

"I accept!"

"Wait, if you lose, you have to come to my room tonight"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever" The woman didn't listen to Dino's word and just made her promise.

...............….

While Dino was busy scamming people, Alice was currently in the seat of honor with the Vlad family.

"I thought that Radiel-s family was on bad terms with yours, Ezequiel, at least in public, how come they still give you the honor seats" Asked Alice.

"We might be enemies in public, but the decorum still exists between both families, or just what nobility dictates" Said Katherine.

"I see"

While Alice and Katherine were talking, someone came close to them.

"Miss Alice I presume"

Alice turned around and saw a middle-aged woman looking at her.

She was in her fifties and was quite the lady, her green hair and emerald eyes reflected an aura of maturity. She had a long blue dress that combined quite well with her long hair.

Alice didn't hesitate and bowed to the woman.

"It's my pleasure to meet you, my lady" Said Alice.

"Quite the lady" Smiled the woman.

"You could learn a thing or two from Alice, Radiel" Said the lady.

"Mom…" Said Radier embarrassedly.

"So she is the queen of the Hammon family" Though Alice.

The Hammon family was a matriarchy, quite rare in Greycastle and Leitol, her case was similar of how the queen of winds was the overlord of the south in Leitol, Cecil Hammon was the overlord of the south in Greycastle.

"Funny enough, she isn't a champion or gifted ones like they said here" Thought Alice.

Although she wasn't a champion, nobody has ever won against her, not even champions.