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Trial of Illusions – Part 02

“What are you guys waffling about?” Waffa snapped. “If some false rumor spreads that I lost to some scrawny human, how do you think that’s gonna make me look?”

“It was surprising, but it’s not exactly false,” one of them muttered.

“What?!”

“All right, all right, we get it,” another said, trying to soothe her. “But like I said, other clans are watching. If this escalates, it could reflect badly on your grandfather.”

“Tch… dragging Grandpa into this? That’s low,” Waffa grumbled. “When you really think about it, this mess started because he claimed he killed the saber-toothed tiger and conned Gittan Trading out of a reward. I did nothing wrong!”

“Actually, we’re the ones who killed the saber-toothed tiger,” Sophie interjected. “Hikaru had nothing to do with it.”

“What?!” Waffa looked incredulous. “You’re saying someone as slow-looking as you took it down?”

“To be precise, it was our