Chapter 141: Defying Prophecy [1]
Early in the morning, Gerhard savored his morning coffee while picking up a newspaper.
[Daily Academy 10/6]
[Upset in the Magic Tournament. First-year second-rank defeats second-year second-rank...! Ariadne Florian’s storm overshadows Carlo Deneb’s lightning.]
[Gismond Ert, who caused upsets in the Jousting Competition, subdued by Luina Berchef in the round of 32.]
[Another upset, Aint Armian settles into the top 16.]
[The Jousting Competition and Magic Tournament have reached the round of 16. Who will be the final 32?]
The paper continued with articles about competition results, other top 16 contenders, and festival events.
"...What?"
Those weren’t particularly important parts.
Who defeated whom, who won against whom.
There were quite a few differences from the prophecy book, but he had anticipated that things would continue to go awry because of one variable.
Even without the prophecy book, he had a good grasp of the major talents, so while it wasn’t perfect according to the prophecy, he had made a decent amount of money.