This Three-Year-Old Is A Villainess - Chapter 112
At that time, Duke Astra ascended to the platform.
With the Duke’s appearance, all the blood relatives stood up.
Children in the primary-level classroom at the training ground, as well as other children who came to watch the combat training, bowed their heads.
The Duke sat down.
Only then did the second generation take their seats, and the third generations also raised their heads.
Viscount Debussy, who had come to observe with the Duke, spoke up.
“Start the match.”
Ding─ Ding─
The bell rang twice, and the teacher acting as the referee took his place in the center of the training ground.
It was the beginning of the game.
***
The training ground was transformed into a small forest by magical devices.
In this forest, we would compete.
Through the broadcasting magical devices scattered around, adults could watch us.
The rules were simple.
‘It’s another treasure hunt.’
It seems the professors really like treasure hunts.
It couldn’t be helped.
There are limited competitions that children from age 3 to 11 can participate in without getting hurt.
The teacher acting as the referee unfolded a paper with the conditions for victory and read it aloud.
“The side that finds the amethyst and holds onto it until the end of the match wins.”
The children buzzed with excitement.
“Then we just need to find the amethyst, right? Luckily, we have a kid with a smell blessing.”
“Do jewels even have a smell?”
The children hurriedly ran to find the amethyst.
Geoffrey’s team also started moving.
Riantine and Deianira looked at Geoffrey’s team with anxious faces.
“W-What do we do? Geoffrey’s team has a kid who can control bugs. If they release bugs in the forest, they’ll find it quickly.”
Deianira mumbled, drooping her eyebrows, and Riantine said,
“I have a special blessing too!”
Come to think of it, what was Riantine’s protection?
It hadn’t been mentioned in <Grandvill> either.
“What’s your protection?”
“Watch!”
Riantine shouted and flicked her wrist.
Several layers of light, like hairline fractures, wrapped around her wrist.
“…Is tha?” (…It’s that?)
“Yep! What do I do now?”
“…Jwus stay hewe.”
Riantine pouted her lips.
“Shouldn’t we hurry and find the amethyst…?”
“Nwo.”
“Huh?”
The condition for victory is [to hold onto the amethyst until the end of the match].
Even if you find it, you can’t win if you don’t hold onto it.
‘They want us to fight over the amethyst.’
I took Deianira and Riantine deep into the forest.
Deianira, being a good child who listens well, followed me obediently.
And Riantine…
‘She’s quiet?’
She must think I’m above her rank since I’m in the top ranks.
We sat down side by side deep in the bushes.
“What are we doing here?”
“Um. I’m curious about what we’re doing too…”
“We jwus west hewe.” (We’ll just rest here.)
Deianira and Riantine had puzzled expressions.
***
Adults watching the match through the magical crystal narrowed their brows.
The three girls entered deep into the forest and didn’t seem to think about coming out.
“What are those kids doing there?”
“Seems like the girls are scared of the competition.”
Laughter erupted from the platform.
There were kids who got scared and couldn’t move during actual combat training.
A five-year-old boy from another team started crying as soon as the match began, and the referee had to pull him out of the match.
Compared to that, Geoffrey was flying around.
[Did you find the location? Hurry up, can’t you?]
[Uh, I think it’s up in that tree…]
[Fabio, you climb up the tree.]
[What?!]
[You’re the tallest.]
“Geoffrey is skilled at commanding.”
It was more like coercion than command, but it was nicely packaged to flatter Geoffrey’s father, Valdrich.
Valdrich laughed heartily.
“Since he was young, I’ve taken him all over the place, and he must have picked it up himself.”
“How clever. He must take after you, Uncle.”
Everyone says they were strikingly alike.
Valdrich glanced at Duke Astra with a sly look in his eyes.
Then, as if to show off, he raised his voice.
“His scores from the test we saw today were very good as well. The professor praised him to me so much that it was embarrassing.”
Riantine’s father, Deacons, frowned.
‘That jerk…!’
Riantine had clung to her books throughout the break.
“Take it easy, will you?”
“This time, I will definitely be among the top ranks. Don’t bother me, Dad, just go!”
Despite her hard work…
