"Can I ask for some of your time?" Tiana asked Ryuu. She was watching everything that happened, but she chose not to interfere. After the fight was over, she decided to risk talking to Ryuu.

"I take it you want to meet people in my group?" Ryuu heard Shin say that it might happen that some power wanted to meet them.

"If it's not inconvenient for either of you." Tiana wasn't rude, but she wasn't polite either. She was a Queen, so she couldn't show weakness. Ryuu thought for a moment and decided to go along with Tiana's request.

"Follow me."

-

"Hahaha, it finally worked." Naomi finally managed to fly with stability after a lot of practice. "You've made a lot of progress, despite getting the air element recently." Shin praised her.

Naomi showed a happy smile when she heard Shin's praise. She got the Air element recently, but was too excited to fly, so she practiced a lot.

"Shin, let's go out to play!" Mari couldn't stand to stay at home anymore. They had made a treehouse, as they didn't bring cabins. "Don't be impatient, you can have fun in the tournament." Shin stopped Mari from leaving. After all, they would have a guest arriving. When Mari was about to speak again, the door opened.

"I'm at home." Ryuu walked Tiana into the house. Mari was startled when a woman entered with Ryuu suddenly. "Ryuu, did you… did you get a girlfriend?" Mari was stunned. She thought the first guy in the group to start dating would be Shin.

'Well, it's better this way.' She didn't want Shin to date. 'What the hell am I thinking?'

"Unbelievable! To think this guy would love someone in this life." Naomi was also surprised. She already knew that Ryuu only thought about training all the time.

"That…" Tiana didn't know what to say when her arrival was so misinterpreted. Ryuu didn't change his expression and kept walking. Coming up to Shin's side, he said, "Why didn't you stop me?"

Everyone was confused by his question, but Shin replied, "It wasn't necessary." When Shin heard from Mari that Ryuu had left, he used the eyes of truth to check the situation. He was surprised when Ryuu decided to help the child.

'Looks like this guy isn't as cold as he looks.' Shin thought, smiling.

"The enemy will not be alert?" Ryuu thought the enemy would be even more alert with the group. After all, Mari caused a lot of turmoil on the island, now Ryuu too.

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"Yes you are right." Shin replied.

"Then why?" Ryuu knew that Shin used his ability to see everything that happened on the island, so he thought Shin would stop him from killing the Prince. When Shin didn't move, Ryuu thought this might be a confirmation that he could do whatever he wanted in that situation.

"The first reason is because I'm sure the enemy has already started his plan; the second, the strength you showed at that moment isn't enough to threaten him; The third, I didn't like that prince." Shin would probably do the same as Ryuu in that situation.

"I understand." At this point, Ryuu began to consider Shin as his leader.

"What the hell are you talking about?! And who is this woman?!" Mari got angry when the two just started talking, and they forgot that she had an unknown woman in the house.

"You must be the Queen of the Elves." Shin said as he looked at Tiana. Tiana had been a little annoyed when her presence was ignored, but when she looked into Shin's eyes, her annoyance vanished.

'That…' She couldn't describe her feelings when she was looked at by those eyes. She felt as if her entire life had been discovered. Tiana had started to get scared, but…

"Welcome." Shin said with a sincere smile. Tiana looked at his smile and was mesmerized for a moment. She felt scared when she looked into his eyes, but felt mesmerized by his smile. Contrary emotions made her heart beat faster.

"O- Thank you!" Tiana replied a little shyly.

"So could you introduce yourself?"

Tiana realized her mistake and quickly introduced herself. "I'm Tiana Holimion, you can call me Tiana. I'm currently Queen of the Elven realm, Sandarim."

"My name is Shin Akash, just call me Shin. This is Mari Sekiguchi, Naomi Aoki and Ryuu Yamazaki." Shin introduced everyone to Tiana.

"Nice to meet you." Tiana replied. The three just nodded.

"So why are you here Tiana?" Shin asked.

"I would like to know more about you and your goals. Why did you decide to participate in the tournament?" Tiana asked with a straight face.

"Do people not participate in the tournament to fulfill their wishes?"

"I don't think that's your main objective." Tiana replied.

"Why?" Shin asked curiously.

"Intuition." Tiana always had a really good intuition.

"Well, you're right. Our main objective is another one, but the tournament is interesting too."

"Then…"

"We just know that something big is going to happen during the tournament, so we came here to check."

"Something big?! This…" Tiona had a strange feeling that something was going to happen, it seems she was right.

"Don't think about it too much. If the worst happens, we'll help." Shin needed to solve this problem even without Tione asking.

"Thank you very much!" Tiana knew they would be of great help. "Well, let's have lunch." Shin prepared lunch for them.

-

"Your Highness, we are coming." An Elf man spoke. "Aren't you excited?"

"I hope it's fun." The boy didn't think he was going to lose this tournament, he was the greatest genius of the Elves race. "Let my mom know I'm coming."

"Yes"