I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 102

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#102

“M-My Lady, are you alright…?”

“Shh. There are many listening ears, so be careful.”

Rosalin cautiously looked around, scanning her surroundings.

Fortunately, everyone seemed focused on the match, so no one appeared to be paying attention to them.

Only then did she let out a sigh of relief and slowly look down at the arena.

“Good heavens, how can a woman have such strength… Does this make sense? What kind of race is she to be like that?!”

“No, from what I hear, she’s not even a beastfolk!”

“What? Then surely she must have used drugs? Otherwise there’s no way…”

In the women’s preliminaries, the center of attention was undoubtedly Zoe Blanc.

“My word… My Lady, I mean Miss Rosie. Did you see that just now? She’s not even a beastfolk, so how does she have such strength…?”

‘Rosie’ was the alias she used to participate in this tournament.

Instead of answering, Rosalin ground her teeth.

The fact that the tournament format prevented her from even having a chance to face Zoe Blanc, who was assigned to an earlier group, was extremely frustrating.

‘For such a noble lady to engage in such childish behavior… Others might be one thing, but Rosalin, I never knew you would act so vulgarly.’

How dare some crude country wench call me vulgar.

Since that day, Rosalin had been plagued by nightmares.

Leonhardt’s disgusted expression and cold words were etched in her mind, tormenting her endlessly.

When she heard through her confidant planted in the royal family that Zoe Blanc would participate in the martial arts tournament.

For the first time, a burning fighting spirit ignited in her chest.

As the noble Lady Luadel, who had always reigned above everyone else, she was seized for the first time in her life by the desire to defeat someone.

That was why she had even used an alias and signed up for the tournament behind her father’s back.

“…Gis, Father won’t notice that I came here, will he?”

“Oh, of course not! I told the maids that you’re resting in your room all day due to your chronic illness, and that no one should enter your room, so don’t worry!”

Although no one from the family would likely barge into her room anyway, she had taken precautions in case her father summoned her.

Rosalin nodded at Gis, her personal maid, and touched her shortened hair.

‘…It was hastily obtained, so the hair texture is a mess.’

She combed through the tangled wig with her hands and lifted the corners of her mouth.

Though it was a wig prepared for disguise, unlike her original long flowing hair, it was much easier to move her body.

The same was true for her outfit, which completely disregarded design and focused solely on practicality for light movement.

Short messy hair and extremely unfashionable clothing.

And even a bare face without a trace of makeup.

If her father and mother saw her current appearance, they might clutch their necks and collapse on the spot.

“Gis… No one will recognize me like this, right?”

“Of course, My Lady! Who would imagine that the noble Lady Luadel would go around looking like this?”

Gis whispered in a small voice. She was absolutely right.

Rosalin’s first attempt at rebellion, if it could be called that.

But strangely, she didn’t feel bad about it.

She even felt a strange sense of liberation.

The freedom she had felt as a child with Leonhardt up in the trees.

“Next! Group C participants, please come out!”

When her number was called, Rosalin calmed her excited heart and stepped forward with a determined expression.

“I absolutely won’t lose to you. Zoe Blanc.”

* * *

“Kekeke.”

No matter how much I tried to hold it in, giggles kept leaking out.

Why?

“Thus, a total of eight female participants advance to the main tournament!”

Because I, Zoe Blanc, was proudly included among those eight advancing to the main tournament!

“Well now… These muscle-heads aren’t much after all? Kekeke.”

Honestly, I was terrified at first because of the huge physical difference with the beastfolk, but when I actually fought them, it seemed like they all wore their muscles as decoration since every single one was defeated in one hit.

So the audience even gave me a nickname.

Lightning Undefeated Lady. Shortened to Lightning Lady.

“Waaah- Lightning Lady defeats them all!”

Somehow… the sound of it isn’t quite right…

I pretended to throw a punch as fan service to those enthusiastically chanting my name.

“Good heavens, look at that incredible spirit!”

“Wow! I want to get hit by that fist too!”

My, how embarrassing.

Is this what it feels like to be a celebrity?

But if there are fans who like me, there are bound to be anti-fans too.

“For a woman to participate in such a tournament without dignity… It’s so shameful I can’t bear to watch.”

“Exactly. Tsk. What was the 1st Princess thinking, allowing even women to participate in the martial arts tournament and creating this situation? Isn’t this a national embarrassment?”

Wow, what truly old-fashioned thinking.

The 1st Princess has many mountains to overcome in the future…

I let the old-timers’ conversation flow past me and naturally looked up toward the VIP viewing platform where the 1st Princess was seated.

At that moment, our eyes met directly.

The 1st Princess smiled with satisfaction and whispered to me with her lips.

“Lightning Undefeated Zoe Blanc, fighting.”

“Th-thank you…!”

I bowed my head with a rather flustered face and called out quietly.

At my greeting, her lips curved in an arc as if she had enjoyed an interesting show.

“Zoe unnie! Fighting♡”

3rd Princess Rin, who was watching, also smiled brightly and waved at me.

Beside her, Leon was looking at his sisters with a sullen face, grumbling quietly.

I smiled and waved back at the tiger siblings.

“Now, we will begin the main tournament for female participants shortly!”

Finally, the announcer declared the opening of the main tournament.

Well then, shall I properly crush these muscle-heads’ spirits?

Feeling excited like a fish in water, I stepped vigorously toward the tournament venue.

* * *

“Now, the result is… Miss Rosie’s victory!”

When the announcer raised Rosalin’s hand high, cheers and sighs echoed from the audience.

“Don’t lose, Lightning Lady!”

“Rosie, I bet on you!”

The fierce arm wrestling match was currently tied 1:1.

The cheers and applause from the audience filling the arena thundered toward the sky.

“Huff… Hah.”

Zoe and Rosalin.

The sweat beads on both their foreheads sparkled in the sunlight.

Rough breathing continuously flowed between their lips, but their expressions somehow held enjoyment.

“Ah, this is truly a nail-biting match! Now only one round remains!”

The announcer’s highly excited voice echoed throughout the arena.

The audience all held their breath, anticipating the outcome of this fierce battle.

‘How strange… That person is definitely a stranger, but why doesn’t she feel unfamiliar?’

Zoe gazed intently at the girl who felt somehow familiar.

The short-haired girl with a youthful voice and amber eyes was clearly different from the other ladies she had faced so far.

The ladies she had fought until now approached the matches with awkward expressions and movements as if they had been reluctantly pushed forward, and even then, they couldn’t fully display their strength, intimidated by the cold gazes of some nobles who didn’t welcome women’s participation.

Even with her high strength stats, the beastfolk’s superior physicality should have been worth competing against at least once.

Nevertheless, the matches had gone far too smoothly.

Zoe, who had been expecting an intense match from this utterly boring competition, felt completely deflated.

She had even been considering giving up midway.

However, this girl called ‘Rosie’ whom she faced in the final match was different.

In Rosie’s eyes and attitude, she could glimpse some kind of desperate determination.

“Um… You said your name was Rosie, right? Please take care of me until the end!”

When she greeted Rosie, their gazes met briefly.

However, Rosie soon averted her gaze from Zoe and murmured quietly.

“…Likewise.”

“Now then, let’s begin the final match that will decide the winner!”

It was the moment when the two clasped hands together with the announcer’s shout.

KWAAAAANG—

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