After the break, Lily got ready with her girls and helped each other get dressed. They were all wearing beautiful white dresses, but they all looked different. They came from different goddesses and elves, so they were unique in the human world. They were wearing earrings, bracelets and some had even got nail polish on which Katniss and Rosie had helped with because helpers were allowed. They all had beautiful flowers in their hair in different colors representing their names which was important to Lily.
She put on her white hanfu set, the white lily in her hair and the white hanfu shoes. She put on very thin make-up on her face or it was only pink lipstick, and she gave her cheeks a matte pink color. She rarely wore make-up and hated having layers on her face, so she always only put a little on her cheeks and that was it.
“You are all beautiful. Let's win that prize.” she said looking at them all.
They went out on stage and saw that more women had arrived which surprised Lily.
On the other side of the city, the men stood in a long line dressed in various kinds of clothing.
Ace was wearing purple clothes and a purple cloak that looked like it was on fire. He had a purple flaming longbow in his right hand and a purple headband on which was tied at the back.
To the left stood William in armor that looked like it was made of crystals, and it glittered beautifully. He had a crystal longsword in his left hand where the point stuck down on the stage floor.
“Wow. Lord William and Lord Ace get top points.” Said a judge.
"See. The Soul Reaper's daggers. Wow so cool.” Exclaimed a man who pointed to the stage where Aaron was standing who was surprised that he had come this far.
On Lily's side, the judges began to take notes and looked at all the women and nodded in satisfaction. When they got to Lily, they nodded even more satisfied and Lily glanced sideways at Celestia and it looked like she had smelled her own shit. She looked like a shriveled sour raisin and bit her lips.
Shortly after, the judge had written down all the points and they started arguing with each other while pointing at Lily, her clone, and Celestia.
When they had finished talking, a judge said, "3. place goes to Miss Zaila.”
The audience nodded in satisfaction and had no objections.
"2. place goes to Lady Celestia.” said a judge.
Upon hearing that, Celestia became angry and immediately shouted, “It's unfair. That dress is nothing special. It's just some old Chinese shit.” and pointed at Lily.
Ugh, Lily wanted to strangle that woman on the spot.
Could only crap come out of her mouth?
Master Zengzi would have killed her on the spot if it was because he had given her the book to unlock the cleric quest which was a goddess quest which had subsequently unlocked Mirage Master where she had received this hanfu as a reward.
She looked at the judges and said, "Do I have to prove it's not Chinese shit?"
When they heard her, they nodded eagerly because they wanted to see what else she had up her sleeve.
Lily smiled and took a few steps forward and said, “This is the clothes of illusion.” and opened her palms and white flowers began to fly out.
Flowers kept coming out and she spun around, and more flowers flew out swirled around her and flew out towards the audience so the whole area was covered in white flowers.
“Wow. So beautiful. She’s a real goddess.” shouted a man.
"Marry me." shouted another man.
“No, marry me. I’m strong.” shouted a man.
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It wasn't exactly the reaction Lily wanted because she just wanted to convince the judges.
She looked at them and said, “Is the dress accepted as not shit? Can Lady Celestia do the same with her precious nightgown?”
The audience started laughing out loud when they heard her, and the judges also had a hard time keeping their masks on. They looked at Celestia and shook their heads.
“Lady Celestia. You’ve lost. Even if you ask the audience, they disagree with you.” said one of the judges.
When Celestia heard this, she became very angry but had not given up.
Lily was relieved and knew she had won but as the judges were preparing to present the awards, they heard Celestia say, "I'm challenging you because I'm unhappy with the result."
Lily had forgotten that you could challenge someone and didn't want to duel with another cleric because it was just about who could spam the most heal on themselves and it was a waste of time. She hoped the woman wasn't that stupid but even though shit came out of her mouth she was cunning. She had personally experienced that when she was pushed into the gorge.
"Do you want us to compete for who can heal themselves the most? In that case, I don't have time.” she said seriously.
People started laughing because they thought she was joking.
Celestia smiled and replied, “We both know that would be a waste of time. Let us let our companions fight each other.”
Lily was fine with that and said, "Okay." and suddenly the stage transformed into a large oval arena. Everyone settled down and got ready for a good show.
On the other side, when the judges were about to hand out prizes, they heard a man shout loudly, " Celestia has challenged Lady Valerie who has taken first place. They will be fighting in the arena shortly. If you're late, you'll miss it." and hurried away.
At the same moment William, Ace and Aaron rushed away and took out their whistles and summoned a mount and quickly flew off. Everyone hurried to leave the area afraid of missing the good show. The judges were no exception and rushed off as well.
On the stage, Lily stood across from Celestia who smiled evilly at her, and it was clear to Lily that Celestia had challenged her to mock her in public. Unfortunately, she hadn't lived twice for nothing, and she wasn't going to be fooled twice by the same person either.
Celestia took out a white book and a large white magic circle appeared at her feet. Suddenly a head of a person in a white hood appeared and a face of a man with pale skin, white eyes and blond hair emerged. When the whole body appeared, there stood an angel in a hooded cloak with white wings and a silver sword in front of him with both hands around the hilt.
It bowed to Celestia and said, “My lady. You called me.”
“Wow. It’s Lady Celestia's strongest battle companion. That is an angel.” a man exclaimed loudly.
Lily had seen enough of deities, so she wasn't really excited to see something that just called itself a random angel, especially not when she had met Eco who was on the level with the almighty.
Should she summon the soul reaper now that there was an angel present just to tease it?
Nah, it wasn't her companion, so it didn't count.
" Mistress. " Let me fight it.” said Mamba suddenly sitting on her right shoulders which she had completely forgotten.
Lily nodded and he jumped onto the stage in front of her.
When Celestia saw him, she looked at it and blinked a few times and started laughing out loud.
“Is that a snake?” she asked mockingly.
Suddenly Mamba grew huge, and his thick snake body and wings looked majestic, and they all felt his oppressive aura.
Celestia gulped and asked nervously, “Is that your battle companion?”
Lily looked at the judges and asked, “Is it only for battle companions?”
They nodded and Lily sighed and said, “Fuck. No, he’s only my mount,” and looked at Mamba, “come back.”
Mamba nodded and grew small again and flew back and sat on her right shoulder.
Celestia looked at Lily like she was a complete idiot and crazy.
Lily couldn't use battle companions because they were too strong, and William had warned her not to use them and started thinking of another solution.
Suddenly she thought of Eco who was given by Eco and even though he was small he could grow big, so he was strong without a doubt.
She looked at the judges and said, “Unfortunately, I have no battle companion, but I have a bird that I’m connected to through my blood. So, can I use it?
"If you don't have a battle companion, you can't duel." said a judge, shaking his head.
Lily sighed but as she was about to give up Celestia said, “Judge. Let's change the rules a bit. It's just a bird. I accept." and looked at Lily with an evil smile.
"Eco. It’s your turn." Lily said.
Eco jumped out of her chest and landed in front of her feet.
When Celestia saw him, she started to laugh out loud and mockingly said, "Have you found a chick?" and held her stomach and was about to fall over laughing.
" Tch. She compares me to a chick. Can I eat her?” Eco asked annoyed telepathically to Lily.
Lily shook her head and whispered, "I have my own plans for her but if they fail you can eat her."
Around the stage The Gambler stood at a large table with people helping him set up a lot of things.
"Come and bet on who will win the duel. If you bet on Lady Valerie losing, you get 50x as much back. If Lady Celestia loses, you lose 10x more.” shouted The Gambler very loudly for all to hear him.
Suddenly people came running towards him and started betting and they saw that almost everyone was betting that Celestia would win which was in their favor.
The gambler smiled widely and had greedy eyes and chuckled, “It will be a good harvest. Lily will be ecstatic when she hears it.”