"Yes, I would rather hug anyone else in this room aside from you."
"So, does that mean you'll hug the men in the room as well?" Isabella teased.
"Ew, no. I meant only the ladies," Ariel harrumphed as she continued to watch the fans cheer loudly from their seats.
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Isabella giggled and returned to her seat beside King Edward. She wanted to keep teasing Ariel but she decided not to do this until maybe after the first part of the tournament was over.
Meanwhile, Evelyn and Elena sat down beside Ariel to see what was currently going on in the arena, and to their surprise, they could see so many of the students cheering loudly as the contestants slowly walked onto the arena floor.
"The students cheering from their seats aren't even up to three thousand but this is the most energetic crowd I have ever seen," Elena pointed out.
"You're right, and it's a bit weird because they are only calling out the names of two students," Ariel added, as everyone could hear the supporters cheering for only Orion and Lilith. "It kind of feels like there's some kind of tension between my underling and the demon princess."
"You do have a point, and it will be nice to find out what might have happened between the two."
"I wonder how the rest of the contestants are feeling about not having any support compared to that of the prince and the demon princess. Your Majesty, do you think this will make them give up on winning this tournament?" Karen asked Ariel.
"I doubt that, Karen. Look at their faces, everyone looks determined to do their best."
"You're right, Your Majesty. Perhaps, they are eager to impress everyone in this room."
"I was just thinking the same thing," Elena replied.
Since the strongest mages and knights in the mortal realm had visited the academy in order to watch the students who would participate in the tournament, all the contestants were eager to do their best while nursing the hope that the world's strongest beings would pay attention to their performance and maybe offer them a word of advice or possibly some praises as well.
Actually, it didn't matter what the Apex Mages would do to them, but as long as they worked very hard, the contestants knew that the Apex Mages and knights would definitely praise them or offer valuable advice based on the things they noticed during their performance.
"Yeah!!!!!"
"You're the best, Princess Lilith!"
"I love you!!"
"You'll definitely win this tournament!!"
"Can I kiss your feet?!"
"You look beautiful, like always!!"
"You're the source of my wet dreams!!"
"Please, step on my face!!!"
"Keep doing what you do!!!!"
Before today, the succubus princess had never smiled nor waved at her supporters whenever they tried to say hi to her.
As one of the top ten students, no one wanted to intrude on her privacy or do things that would make her unhappy with them because they could see how determined she usually was in her training and her studies.
As the daughter of the demon king, it was expected of her to be at the top of the ranking and that was exactly where Lilith was striving to be.
The only thing on her mind right now was to make her father proud of her and her journey towards making that dream come true started now.
The crowd continued to cheer loudly, and seeing this, a smile appeared on the demon King's lips.
He was seated with every other Apex Mage and knight, but he began to smile after feeling satisfied with how he had created the perfect environment to make his daughter feel more relaxed about the tournament.
With everything that was happening right now, Demon King Asmodeus knew that his daughter would definitely do her best so as not to let her fans down.