“Seventeen years old??”
The audience was stunned by the information displayed on the screen.
“Is the screen showing the wrong age? Shouldn’t it be twenty-seven?”
“Are you stupid? Twenty-seven is already past the age limit for entering the World Tree.”
“Then how do you explain this age?”
“Could it really be a seventeen-year-old girl who came here to duel?”
“Wouldn’t she just be giving away points? The person on the field right now is Ragnar, who has twelve wins and eight losses!”
The audience in the stands discussed animatedly.
“Excuse me, coming through.”
At this moment, a red-haired girl also arrived in the stands and found a seat.
Seeing the information about Sonia displayed on the screen, Tivia finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s not about being mind-controlled and making some secret deals.
But why is Xiaoya signing up for the World Tree Explorer selection in the Lower City at this time?
If she wanted to explore with her, she should have signed up after March next year, right?
And it’s already October; if she doesn’t make it, her points will be cleared next year. Isn’t Xiaoya just wasting her time?
On the dueling platform, the red-haired young man named Ragnar also looked up at the screen in the arena.
But after seeing the challenger’s information, he became even more impatient.
“What a joke, a rookie?”
Then, he saw a black-haired girl with an ahoge, a short cape, and an undeveloped physique everywhere except her chest, walk out from the passage opposite the dueling platform.
“I can’t believe my first duel today is against an underage brat like you.”
Ragnar shoved his hands into his pockets and turned his head to the side.
“How unlucky.”
Being cursed at right away, Sonia immediately became indignant.
“I’m not a brat, I shower every day!”
Yide: “Is that the point?”
“Hmph, whatever.”
Ragnar snorted, “I can’t believe the official duel arena would even let in a little girl who hasn’t even fully developed yet.”
“With an opponent like you, even if I win, I won’t feel any joy of victory.”
“Forget it, let’s just start quickly, don’t waste my time.”
With that, he lifted his jacket, revealing the card holder hanging from his waist.
“Mr. Yide, this person is saying such mean things!”
Seeing the other party completely ignore her, Sonia immediately complained to Yide in her mind.
Yide agreed, “I also think what he said was pretty mean.”
“Right, right!”
Hearing Yide’s agreement, Sonia quickly chimed in.
“So, Mr. Yide, for me, use your full power against him!”
Excellent!
This way, she could legitimately make Mr. Yide use his full power.
Although she was indeed very angry just now, her anger subsided as soon as she thought her plan would go smoothly.
Mr. Ragnar, thank you so much!
“Are you sure you want me to go first?”
Yide asked one last time.
But for some reason, his tone sounded a bit… joyful?
Sonia hadn’t noticed that Yide’s tone seemed to have changed, she just nodded in her mind: “Of course, Mr. Yide, we agreed on it earlier.”
“Alright then.”
“Clear your mind, leave the rest to me.”
“I promise I’ll get him back for you, hard.”
“Mm-hmm, I trust Mr. Yide.”
Fantastic!
Plan complete!
—Soul Possession!
The next moment, “Sonia” reopened her eyes, and her gaze had subtly shifted.
Meanwhile, Sonia, observing from the sidelines, secretly gloated.
This way, no one would dare to challenge Mr. Yide soon!
And she wouldn’t have to duel!
—Of course, she also knew that this latter goal was impossible to fully achieve.
In fact, Sonia wasn’t planning on completely backing out.
Since Mr. Yide was willing to take turns with her, they could just have two duels a day.
One for her, one for Mr. Yide, and whether they made it into the top ten would be up to fate.
Anyway, the academy’s selection only allowed at least second-year students to participate, meaning the earliest Tivia could explore would be the year after next.
If she didn’t get into the top ten this year and missed out on next year’s exploration slot, she could just enter the World Tree with Tivia the year after next!
The plan was a complete closed loop!
Sonia’s heart was already overflowing with joy.
However, she quickly snapped out of her joyful state.
Because she suddenly realized that after Yide took over her body, he immediately closed his eyes.
“Mr. Yide, what are you doing?”
“I’m brewing.”
“Brewing?”
Sonia tilted her head, not quite understanding.
Ragnar also didn’t understand what the little girl opposite him was trying to do by closing her eyes.
His tone wasn’t as polite as Sonia’s.
“Hey, hey, hurry up and get your deck out to duel.”
“You’re not so scared you’re crying already, are you?”
“If you don’t want to duel, don’t waste my time. Just surrender and concede…”
“Ragnar Leiden, twenty-three years old, with a record of twelve wins and eight losses so far.”
The girl recited the information displayed on Ragnar’s screen.
The next moment, she opened the card holder in her leg strap, drew out her deck, and pointed it at the opponent like a sword.
“In this vast dueling arena, only you are barely worthy of being my first stepping stone.”
“…”
Listening to what the girl said, the crowd in the stands was truly stunned this time.
What was this girl talking about?
Tivia also widened her eyes.
“What is Xiaoya saying?”
Even Sonia was deep in thought at this moment.
Oh right, what am I saying?
“No, what are you saying, Mr. Yide!”
“I’m helping you regain your footing.”
Yide’s tone sounded leisurely: “This person said such mean things, so there’s nothing wrong with me trash-talking back, right?”
“Besides, early in the morning, he’s indeed barely qualified to be our stepping stone. I wasn’t exaggerating about that.”
Sonia was so anxious that tears were about to well up in her soul form: “But, but… Mr. Yide, you just offended everyone with one sentence!”
While Sonia was anxious, Ragnar also seemed to have reacted, his eyes looking at her as if she were an idiot.
“Do you know what you’re saying?”
Ragnar let out a “heh,” as if he were laughing in anger.
“Are you saying that no one in the dueling arena right now is worthy of being your opponent?”
I’m not! I didn’t!
That’s not what I meant!
Mr. Yide controlled my body and said it! There’s a cause for every wrong, go find Mr. Yide for revenge!
Sonia quickly looked at Yide: “Mr. Yide, don’t offend anyone else—”
“Yes.”
The girl calmly uttered a single word.
She pulled off her short cape and threw it aside.
“That’s exactly what I mean.”
“Everyone here is trash.”