The news of Alice defeating the Salitch Family quickly spread throughout the kingdom. However, the authorities used the excuse that Alice had been disqualified for leaving the arena, making Salitch the "forced" winner of the Junior Knight promotion due to his opponent's departure.
Alice had been a bit down the past couple of days, but she quickly bounced back and started intensive training with me.
"Time to get up, little lazybones. Keep sleeping and the bears are going to crawl right into your bed," I said softly, pulling back Alice's blanket and tickling her.
Chapter 19