Strings of Destiny

Yuria felt that there was no point in conducting the alchemy competition anymore since she had found the man she wanted. 

But at the same time, she felt it might be too late to cancel it now and could affect her father's image.

And as expected, King Krisen shook his head and said, "It's too late to do that now. We have invited all these influential people here already. We would be making ourselves look bad if we canceled it without any good reason."

Yuria nodded with a sigh thinking that her father would have to now give away those rewards for nothing.

King Krisen then slowly got up and said, "Okay, you don't worry about it too much. That Lancaster boy would probably win this and by giving him the reward, let's hope he returns home without feeling too bad."

Yuria squinted her eyes and asked skeptically, "Papa, were you thinking that I would be impressed with his skills if Maximus Lancaster won the competition. I mean, before all this?"