The city shone in a dim light. The street lamps engulfed the streets in warm colors. The fifth match started moments ago, and the audience slowly quieted down. They checked the streets every now and then to find the locations of the two fighters.
''Lalalalala...'' However, to everyone's surprise, a calm, and sweet singing voice appeared.
A beautiful young woman, around 21 years old, stood in the middle of the crossroads. Her singing voice even pleased the ears of the gods and goddesses. They had only heard this kind of voice from one person. From the Goddess Aphrodite.
The gentle light shone on her delicate face. Her face soon adorned every screen in the arena. Everyone was amazed at her gentle, and sweet voice. With her beautiful face, she seemed like an angel.
The male audience members started to slowly fall in love with her. They hadn't seen anyone like her before.
Swoosh, swoosh... Suddenly, the singing was interrupted as two daggers flew across the air.
''Lalalala...'' Evelyn turned towards the dagger, and gently sang. The vibrations of her voice caused the daggers to tremble before completely missing her body.
From the top of a nearby rooftop, Noelle, clad in an all-black outfit, looked at her coldly.
''Hey, how dare you to stop her singing?!'' Out of nowhere, several rageful-looking men stood up from their chairs, and shouted towards the city. Some of them even had their girlfriend or wife next to them. They looked at their husband or boyfriend strangely, with a tinge of anger.
The Gods and Goddesses looked at the scene with a frown. After hearing the singing, they realized her legacy. Aphrodite.
Goddess Aphrodite gently giggled, ''Her singing was still a little crude, but much better than before.''
In the Four Seasons, Lady Evelyn's diehard fans screamed with outraged faces. Their tears almost turned red as they hatefully looked at Noelle. They finally heard their queens' singing, which was a rarity in the past year.
It felt like someone had stabbed them with a knife, and twisted it into their wounds.
Lady Noelle's expression didn't change as she pulled out an short bow from her inventory. She placed a small arrow into the string, pulled it back before letting it go.
Swoosh!
The arrow pierced through the air as it flew towards Lady Evelyn.
''Lalalala!'' Lady Evelyn looked like she was hugging herself as she gently sang. Again, the vibrations in the air disturbed the arrow's airflow, causing it to miss her body.
Noelle grabbed two daggers before leaping off the roof. She descended, and threw the daggers at the same time.
Evelyn again opened her mouth, and caused the daggers to turn around before flying straight back at Noelle.
Noelle quickly snatched them from the air without even a problem. Her thief class helped her to rob anything and everything, even her daggers that were in the control of someone else.
''Are you done singing?'' Noelle asked after landing on the pavement.
''No, you see, I love singing, and everyone loves it too.'' Evelyn smiled sweetly while looking around the audience. Once her gaze landed on them, they averted their gaze with flushed cheeks, ''Everyone loves me.''
"Well, not quite. Not everyone.'' Noelle held the daggers in a back-grip as she kicked the ground, and lunged forward. She knew that Evelyn was weak in close-quarter combat. Thus, her idea was to counter her ability by fighting with daggers.
''Oh, how scary.'' Evelyn's eyes rounded up as clear tears started appearing in the corner of her eyes. Noelle frowned, and was about to slash with their daggers.
However, then, a ball-shaped fruit flew from the audience's direction, landing on Noelle's cheek.
''Eh?!'' Noelle staggered to the side. When she looked at the item that hit her, she saw an apple.
''Stay away from our queen!'' Surprisingly, it was the audience members that started throwing the fruits!
''Hey, what are you doing?!'' However, not all of them were bewitched, and they tried to stop others from throwing items. But, they were soon overwhelmed as more got bewitched than not.
The Gods, and Goddesses sighed. They knew this was going to happen. However, they didn't stop it.
Not even Heimdall. They allowed it to happen because it was Lady Evelyn's ability.
''Noelle...'' Xerxus gritted his teeth, and stood up. However, at that moment, a hand touched his shoulder, forcing him to sit back down.
''Eh?'' Turning around, he saw a silver-haired man wearing a grin on his face.
''Master!'' Xerxus bowed with his head lowered.
''Sit straight.'' God Mercury sat next to him, and looking at the screen, ''You shouldn't be worried about your fiancee.''
''This is not a fair fight. Everyone is against her, and I know how weak-willed she is... knowing that everyone is against her, will make her feel unwanted.''
''No need to worry... my brother did something unexpected.'' Mercury patted his shoulder, ensuring him.
''Your brother... Hermes?'' Xerxus frowned.
''Yes, just watch...''
The fruits flew across the air, landing on the streets, and hitting Noelle across the face. However, they didn't injure her. However, it made her stop all thoughts of attacking.
''See, everyone loves me.'' Evelyn moved the bangs to the side, revealing the amused expression.
Noelle bit her lip, and stopped trying to evade all the fruits. They struck her in the temple, waist, cheek, neck, and legs.
Turning to the starry sky, it was like she could see flying stars. The month before the tournament, she sat on top of a cliff, watching over the shining city. Next to her was a blooming tree. It was beautiful. Above was the starry sky, alongside a gray sphere, the moon.
As she looked at the shooting stars, she closed her eyes, and smiled with a heartfelt expression. However, at that moment, she heard a swoosh, and when she opened her eyes, there was a notification floating before her.
A transparent screen appeared out of nowhere. The shooting stars flew over her, like they were acting as a signal for something special about to happen.
[Legacy Received!]
[Hermes, The God of Thieves, wants you to be his Legacy Carrier!]
[Legacy: Messenger of Humans]
[Legacy Rank: Godly]
[Class: Thief]
[Accept/Reject]
