Chapter 136: The Elven Nation of Sylph(Part 6)
"Hey, Commander...you look tense. Well, not that that’s anything new," Remarked Aster with a wry smile.
"Hm? Oh, it’s you, Captain Aster...I take it you couldn’t sleep either?" Jules greeted him as she glanced back.
"Not exactly, it’s more than I just am not feeling all that sleepy right now," He replied with a shrug.
A few hours had passed since the banquet, it was currently a few minutes to midnight. After the feast, the group from Persona returned to the guest lodgings to rest up.
Most of them were already asleep, but Jules had been feeling restless and unable to fall asleep, concerned over the sparring matches that Lyra had suggested and the Elders had agreed to.
The duels were to be held in two days time, with the Elves suggesting that tomorrow be used to relax and look around.
"Well, if nothing else, at least we have a timeframe for the Elves’ response now...they did say that they would finalize the alliance after the matches conclude," Sighed Jules, as she took a seat on the grass and stared up at the peaceful night sky, as a pleasant breeze blew across the area, the leaves on the trees surrounding the clearing rustling melodically.
"Are you worried that we won’t put up a good showing? I don’t think we need to be too concerned about that...those of us who’ll be participating are all pretty damn strong, after all," Pointed out Aster as he joined her, taking a seat beside her on the grass.
The Elves had agreed to a total of seven matches between their Warriors and Persona’s Knights. Of the Knights, those participating included Jules, Aster, Raven, Colt, Tilda and the two Vice-Captains, Jacks Aldi and Wein Beryl.
Of the others, Celia decided to opt out since she wasn’t really interested in participating, as had Arren Rowser, for the same reason.
As for Hart Riner, he did want to participate, but since there were only seven spots, he had to compete for the last spot with Tilda and Colt, since the three of them were the lowest-ranked among those who had volunteered to participate, all being First-Class Knights while the others were all ranked at Vice-Captain or above.