After Trey left, everyone looked at the arena for a long time, trying to fully understand what they saw. Samantha and Cassandra still sat embracing for them there was a life before the arena and after.
Before the arena, they were popular princesses, talented, they were adored by all representatives of the races, they were next to the throne after their parents who would leave sooner or later.
After the arena, they did not belong to themselves, if before they understood that they would have husbands with whom they did not know.
But they were of the same species, and for the continuation of the royal and matriarchal family, sacrifices were necessary, as were unions concluded by marriages.
But the arena changed everything from the fact that they both knew who their husband would be, he would not be a light and dark elf, but a half-elf to whom they had more and more questions.
Will they be the next rulers? Of course not, they were lost to both the light elves and the dark ones.
They expected that Trey, after acknowledging his victory, would take them with him for the wedding ritual, but were surprised that he turned around and silently left.
A few minutes later, the arena began to empty until only the director, two princesses and two rulers of their peoples were left on the screen, who looked at the girls with different emotions.
The queen was sorry to give her last daughter to a half-elf, but the conditions had to be met and she, as a proud elf, could not go against it.
The matriarch looked at Cassandra with a bit of envy and pity, envy because the half-elf possessed the elements of darkness, and pity that, like the queen, she could do nothing against the half-elf, both covertly and openly.
Having risen, helping each other, Cassandra and Samantha went towards the exit, ignoring the words of the queen and the matriarch, in their opinion, they no longer belonged to the race of light elves, not to the race of dark elves, they were outcasts.
Waking up from a quiet knock on the door, at first it seemed to me that I heard someone ready to close my eyes and continue sleeping, I heard a knock again.
Getting out of bed, I could only guess who decided to knock on my room without seeing Keirin anywhere, quietly approaching her room and opening the door, I saw her sleeping on the bed.
She didn't even change her clothes, perhaps the fatigue and nervousness of this whole situation played. Sighing, I closed the door and went to the entrance to the corridor to understand who was knocking. The knock was repeated but louder, could it be Cassandra and Samantha, perhaps, but I think they still need to recover from the defeat in front of the whole academy and parents.
- Who's there? - I asked in a quiet voice, did not open the door to a stranger to learn more about his personality.
There was silence, or the intruder changed his mind or perhaps did not hear, preparing to repeat his question, a whisper was heard.
- This is us. - It was said to be quiet but he felt nervous about this whole situation.
All the same, they came, I could not help but praise their determination and willingness to admit defeat. I heard footsteps behind me trying to open the front door quietly. I didn't have to turn around to figure out who it was.
- Did you talk to someone or did it seem to me? - I heard the melodic but sleepy voice of Keirin.
- Yes, they came. - I answered briefly, she immediately understood what I mean.
- Oh, I'll go pour that thread to drink it will be a long conversation. Keirin sighed as she made her way to the kitchen.