Looking at the names of the top ten contestants, Mia subconsciously tapped her feet on the ground with an angry look on her face.
She wasn't angry about Orion losing the race, she was just surprised to see Orion and Lilith having the number of total points.
"Two hundred and ninety-nine points," She muttered to herself, but it was still loud enough for Dahlia to hear it.
"And he's in second place," The pace of her tapping feet increased a bit.
Dahlia could sense Mia's anger from the way she spoke, so she tried to calm the cute spirit princess down.
It was easy for Dahlia to know why Mia wasn't happy right now. In fact, anyone could have guessed the reason she wasn't happy.
'Princess Mia isn't happy because she had expected her boyfriend to win the first round,' Dahlia uttered in her thoughts.
'I'm not happy with His Highness being in second place either, but I still think him being in second place is preferable to any rank that is lower than his current rank.'
'Although His Highness might not have been ranked first after this round, I still think that it can change in the second or third round.'
'And I'm sure Princess Mia knows about this as well.'
'Right?' Dahlia slowly turned to take a look at Mia's face, but her eyes widened the moment she noticed the scary look on her face.
'Her Highness has a scary look on her face again,' Dahlia uttered in her thoughts while gulping down a huge chunk of saliva.
Although It wasn't the first time Dahlia had seen Mia with a scary look on her face, every time she saw this look on Mia's face, she couldn't help but feel an overwhelming sense of fear course through her body.
After training with Mia for the past two months, Dahlia had instinctively developed a fear of this particular facial expression.
However, she was glad that it wasn't aimed at her like it usually was whenever they were training together.
Dahlia sighed deeply before calming her heart down a bit.
She tried her best to forget the scary experiences she went through during her training sessions with Mia.
Although one might not expect it, Mia was definitely a good teacher.
But, she was also a very scary teacher.
'Anyways, let's try to calm her down.'
With this thought in mind, Dahlia decided to help Mia see the bright side of things.
She turned towards Mia and said. "Your Highness, I understand how you must be feeling right now, but His Highness currently has the same number of points as the demon princess," She explained and Mia replied with a nod.
"I know, but that's not why I'm angry."
"Huh? It's not?"
"No, it isn't."
"Oh, I thought you were upset because His Highness didn't win the first round."
"Huh, why would I be upset about that?"
"Um, I don't know, I just thought you weren't happy seeing him in second place."
"I'm not upset to see him in second place," Mia replied, then added. "Judging by what we saw on the screen, my babe did everything right and I'm happy to see that he was able to tame a transcendent beast. Aren't you happy about this as well?" Mia asked with a smile on her face.
Hearing this, Dahlia also smiled at her. "Yes, Your Highness. I'm very happy His Highness was able to tame the strongest beast in the contest."
"I know, right," Mia swiftly held Dahlia's hand, and she squeezed it gently with a sweet smile on her face.
She was glad to see that Dahlia felt the same way as her and she had no doubt that she was definitely the right maid for Orion.
"Can we kill them?" She said loud enough for Mia to hear.
"Yes, we can... Huh?" Mia was surprised to hear what Dahlia said.
"Your Highness, you agree to it, right?"
"Nope, I do not."
"Ohh," Dahlia said, feeling disappointed to hear that. She had thought that Mia would agree to it, but she had been wrong.
However, she wasn't going to give up so easily.
"Ok, Your Highness, I understand, but can I pull them into my shadow space and break their bones at least?"
"No, you can not."
"Oh," Dahlia's shoulders became slumped due to her disappointment.
She couldn't understand why Mia was against her plans.
She was simply trying to help, so what was wrong with what she was trying to do?
She had heard that her favorite prince was sad, and as his maid, shouldn't her first instinct be aimed at making him happy?
So, what better way was there to help him other than eliminating the source of his distress?
'All I want is to make sure Prince Galdur is happy again,' Dahlia uttered internally.
She repeatedly brought both of her index fingers together while staring at the floor, and her cute lips had puckered up to make a pout, and this made Mia smile after seeing this.
She wasn't upset, and she could understand why Dahlia wanted to do something as dangerous as that.
Dahlia had told Mia about her past, so Mia knew that Dahlia had been raised and trained by vampires to become an assassin.
This would explain why her first instinct was to take action against those who had upset Orion.
Mia held Dahlia's hand and reassured her. "Everything will be fine, so there's no need for you to do that, okay?"
"Okay," Dahlia nodded her head in understanding.
Mia giggled, after seeing how cute the vampire elf looked right now.
"Tell me, Dahlia. Did you really believe that you could win against the three judges if you fought against them?"
"No, Your Highness, I wasn't going to fight them, I just wanted to break their limbs, that's all."
"Two of the judges are immortals, while the third is an Apex Mage. Do you really believe that you can have the chance to do that?"
"No, but I can pull them into my shadow space and keep them there for as long as I want."
Since Dahlia's magical affinity was darkness, she could summon her shadow clones from her shadow space, which was a large empty void.
As an assassin, Dahlia had killed a large number of her enemies in her shadow space, but none of the enemies she had encountered were immortals or Apex Mages, so her plan would definitely not work if she faced the three judges.
Mia knew this and she simply rolled her eyes with a smile on her face. "Your plan might not work, but I bet it will once you've ranked a lot higher than your current rank."
"You're right," Dahlia nodded her head in agreement and she vowed in her heart to become a lot stronger in the future.
Mia noticed the determined look on Dahlia's face and she beamed.
She knew Dahlia wouldn't do anything stupid and would instead try to become the best maid for Orion.
And so, with this thought in mind, Mia decided to turn her attention to the screen once again. "Oh, they're entering the portal now."