Kapitel 561: Bad luck
In the morning, when everyone was about to go to the booth where the Hagun Academy stayed at the venue, they were startled by the sudden news that appeared in their student handbook.
With 32 participants, the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival will be held for five days.
Those five days would be divided into the first round, second round, third round, semi-finals, then the final.
However, suddenly that day was cut into four days, and the second round and the third round were held at the same time, which made them startled and frown.
Many people thought that fighting on stage was easy.
However, each battle was nerve-wracking. Even if the battle didn't take much of their time since it usually ended in a few minutes, in that few minutes, their mind, body, and soul were constantly tempered and challenged to the limit.
The battle might only be a few minutes, but it definitely would drain all of their stamina.
This was also the reason why each battle was held on a different day since they could rest for a night that way.
However, if the second round and the third round were held on the same day, they wouldn't have time to rest.
This definitely brought a disadvantage, especially for Ikki, who could only use his ability once a day.
Ikki was helpless and dazed since he didn't expect this news. The second round aside, he knew that he would meet Tsukasa in the third round. If he didn't fight him in the optimum situation, then could he win?
Tsukasa also frowned and felt dissatisfied, especially when he knew the cause of this change. However, this couldn't be blamed on him since he only cared about the change of fate for the people he cared about. As for the rest, he simply ignored it. He might have become powerful enough since he could affect fate, but it didn't mean he was invincible to the point that he could watch over everything that happened in this world.
He wasn't god, alright?
Even the gods wouldn't be able to observe everything that happened in this world, especially the gods from the world he visited previously.
Anyway, this change brought much dissatisfaction from all the participants that still remained at the event.
"Let me explain why this happens!"
"Huh? Kagami?"
Stella was surprised when she saw Kagami Kusakabe.
Kagami was his secret lover, and she was also his manager and managed his publicity.
"Do you know why, Kagami-chan?" Touka asked.
"Yes."
Kagami nodded while sighing. "Everything is because of the sponsor."
"Sponsor?"
Everyone was in a daze for a moment before Kagami explained everything.
Holding the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival definitely wasn't cheap, and it needed a lot of money to hold this event. Naturally, it was impossible for the committee or the League to take out the money to hold this event, so this is where the sponsors came in.
Those sponsors invested their money in this event, so they could get the broadcasting rights for this event.
In other words, it was television, streaming websites, and many other entertainment businesses were the sponsors that invested in this event.
The league and committee also didn't mind since they could also get money from the sponsors, so their relationship was a win-win relationship.
Everyone was also excited and optimistic about this year's Seven Stars Sword Art since there was a participant of the Crimson Princess and the Sakra. If last year, they could get one or two billion yen, then this year, they might be able to get tens of billion yen in revenue since the popularity of Crimson Princess, and the Sakra was really that outrageous.
"However, an unexpected thing happened in the first round."
"What unexpected thing?"
"It's Stella."
"Me?" Stella was dumbfounded and asked, "What did I do?"
Kagami was helpless and said, "You defeated all the participants on the A-Block, so the number of battles in today's event will be reduced. The sponsors felt it was quite unacceptable, so they pressured the committee to hold the second and third rounds on the same day."
"What? So it's my fault?" Stella was at a loss.
"No, it's not your fault." Tsukasa interrupted while rubbing Stella's hair.
"Yes, it's not your fault, Stella." Kagami shook her head and showed indignation. "It's all the fault of those selfish adults!"
Yes, everything was the fault of those adults!
For the participants, this event meant everything to them. It meant that they were the strongest among everyone, and being the champion brought honor to them.
However, for the adults, this event was nothing but money. They were afraid the number of ratings for the second round would decrease and even turn bleak, so they decided to hold the second and third rounds on the same day. It was the ultimate selfish decision that one didn't expect, especially when one didn't even care about the condition of the participants.
Yet what could they do?
The decision had been made, and it was impossible to change.
The only thing they could do was fight.
"Shouldn't this be Amane Shinomiya's fault?" Shizuku suddenly said with a frown since she knew this battle would bring a great disadvantage to her brother, especially when his opponent was... she glanced in the direction of her brother's opponent, and her expression was complicated.
Their expression was grim when they thought about Amane since they were clear about what the power of this boy was. The ability of this boy was so unreasonable that they were still skeptical of it until now. However, the reality before them said otherwise, so they knew this was his real ability.
"I have reported this, but no one believes me." Kagami sighed depressedly. She had done everything she could, but there was nothing that she could do to change this situation.
"It's okay. You have tried hard."
He hugged Kagami, telling her that it was alright since he also didn't really expect anything since he knew among them, the only one who could fight Amane Shinomiya was him. It was also the reason why Amane Shinomiya would be his opponent in the second round.
Kagami felt at ease in his arms and wanted to keep hugging him.
"..." Everyone.
"Cough!" Kanata coughed and said, "Shouldn't we go to our booth? It won't be good if we're too late."
They nodded and prepared to go out. They had eaten their breakfast and were full of energy, ready for the battle. Even if their feelings were complicated, there was nothing they could do, and all they could do was do their best.
Yet when they arrived at their booth, they saw an unexpected person.
"Shinomiya Amane."
Amane sat at their booth with a smile and waved his hand toward Shishio in a friendly way.
"Good morning, Kugayama-kun. Did you have a good sleep last night?"
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