My Level Zero System

Right on schedule, three hours later, the second match of the day took place.

Luckily, Kain guessed correctly, today was the day the other team challenged, not his team. Their opponent in this second match was the team that lost the first match against Kain's team the day before.

Looking at the two teams entering into battle stance, Myra suddenly asked.

"I have a problem."

"The next match, their team will be fighting Cecilia's team, right? So even if they win this match, the precious point they worked so hard to earn will quickly be deducted to zero points, making their efforts meaningless."

"So why don't they just give up?"

"That's only true if they weigh the pros and cons to the extreme, of course, only within the framework of this tournament."

"Even though regardless of whether they win or lose, they will only end up with zero points, but at least they have proven themselves, proven that they are not the worst."

"This is the kind of spirit that young people aspire to."

"And that's their goal, even if it's not to win the championship."

"It's different from us."

Kain's answer was somewhat vague, but it did answer Myra's question.

She clutched her sleeve tightly, her eyes lowered, seemingly pondering something.

This was in Kain's eyes, but he had no reaction.

He knew Myra's goal, and also knew that because of this goal, her perspective was different from others.

But now is not the time.

Their eyes were all on the screen watching the match, when suddenly Kain stood up and walked out, leaving everyone confused, but they weren't too curious.

Kain wandered around inside the arena and accidentally saw one of Cecilia's four teammates leaning against the wall, deep in thought.

Seeing this person, Kain raised his hand to greet him, and he quickly responded.

"Sorry, for last night I made you guys get scolded..."

Kain spoke first, starting to lead the conversation.

He also quickly replied with an awkward face.

"No, it was more our fault, if we had explained more clearly at that time, you wouldn't have been like that..."

This person sighed, his mood somewhat gloomy, obviously yesterday's storm did not subside so easily.

Otherwise he wouldn't be running out here right now.

Kain knew his chance had come.

Originally just wanted to try his luck, but unexpectedly luck brought itself before him.

"Well, she seems a bit overbearing, doesn't she?"

"I... that's not necessarily wrong, but I know she's still a good person."

He began to tell Kain as a confidant, or simply to vent a little of his feelings.

Kain later learned that Cecilia entered the tournament because she had another purpose, not for the ticket to the Tower of Magus or the three stars.

On the surface, we were still chatting normally, but on the inside, we were still thinking about how to take advantage of this situation.

"Hey, do you want to regain her trust?"

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"Of course, even though I told you before about the girls in my team, we don't get along too well, but we're still a team. You can probably see that already."

"Yeah, I can see that. That was a great match by the way."

"Thank."

The conversation between the two ended. They said goodbye to each other and left, but with different thoughts in their hearts.

Kain silently apologized to his friend, but Cecilia's power exceeded what he could muster, so he could only use a few less-than-glorious elements.

Returning to the break room, the person Kain had just talked to encountered Cecilia and was questioned by her.

"Where have you been?"

"I... just went out for some fresh air."

The atmosphere seemed to freeze. The remaining people immediately shut their mouths, not daring to speak.

But his hesitation, how could it escape Cecilia's sharp eyes.

"You just met that guy, Kain, right?"

"I..."

He was stunned, and her tone didn't sound like she was asking at all, but rather confirming.

He instinctively began to defend himself.

"I just happened to meet him. I was leaning against the wall, and then I saw Kain..."

"Listen to me? Never come into contact with Kain again. Need I say it again?"

Cecilia almost roared, even though she was a head taller than them, the aura she was giving off right now was too terrifying.

Seeing the fear on the other four people's faces, she also knew that she had overreacted, so she lowered her voice, but her voice was still cold.

"I'm doing this for the good of our team, don't have any more contact with Kain."

"Understood."

He replied, but his hand had silently clenched.

"Well, she seems a bit overbearing, doesn't she?"

Kain's words echoed in his head again.

His face showed a vague look of agony, at first he asked to enter here because of his admiration for Cecilia, but now even he couldn't help but feel helpless.

He didn't feel like he had done anything wrong, and this made him even more irritable.

This was also what Cecilia feared the most, but she could only vaguely sense it and couldn't see the truth, so she could only use this extreme method to separate her team from Kain. Little did she know that this was his true intention.

Since yesterday, Cecilia had stopped separating herself from her team, because she didn't want them to invite Kain in while she wasn't around to happen again.

But in the eyes of her teammates, this is not a bond, but a mental imprisonment. She monitors them, she doesn't trust them, in a team, this is the most fatal situation.

Although it is difficult for something like absolute trust to exist between people, they can still maintain a thin layer of trust as long as the other party does not break it.

And Cecilia accidentally broke it, just as Kain had arranged.

Kain returned to his room to find everyone watching him.

Kain simply said one sentence, but it was full of shock.

"I found a way to win over Cecilia."

…

The second day ended, the results were nothing beyond expectations.

On the evening of the second day, Kain went out again.

He went to the area where Cecilia's team's lounge was, but he was stopped in the middle by Cecilia.

"Oh, Sword Princess Cecilia, what are you doing here?"

Sword Princess, this is a relatively noble nickname.

But to Cecilia, the way he said it was uncomfortably harsh.

"Kain, if you stop this, I can guarantee you won't be eliminated so miserably."

"Don't worry about that, Cecilia. Having entered this tournament, I was always mentally prepared to lose. After all... no one can win forever, right?"

Cecilia narrowed her eyes, the aura from her body gradually emitted, like a sharp sword pressing against Kain's neck.

She knew his last words were aimed at her.

Faced with her sharp and deadly aura, Kain's expression did not change, he even smiled without any fear.

"And this is not a good way to handle a relationship, Cecilia. You don't understand the human heart, this is not how it works."

"Shut up!"

Cecilia almost roared, her arm gripping the sword at her waist even tighter.

In her heart, her hatred for Kain was almost on par with that of Faith, her unruly younger brother who always disobeyed her.

Kain shrugged and turned away, completely unaffected.

Actually, he came here just to confirm, and he got what he wanted.

He wanted to confirm how bad the relationship between Cecilia and her teammates had become.

Kain was lucky, meeting a wandering party member, adding to the conflict between Cecilia and the others.

As she used her momentum, Kain could imagine him faltering as she tried to explain.

To Cecilia, this was a manifestation of being slippery.

For someone as suspicious as Cecilia, something that was out of her control was unacceptable, so Kain knew she would try to control it. And given Cecilia's nature, this control would be quite aggressive and clumsy, not only would it cause her control to backfire by causing rebellion, but it would also push her to the opposite side of the others.

Even though neither side wanted it, they both wanted to reconcile, but they didn't understand each other.

This is the weakness of the human heart.

We have the same heartbeat, but the way we treat the world is not the same.

We have the same eyes, but the way we see the world is not the same.

We have the same mind, but the way we think about the world is not the same.

And it is Kain's job to exploit these differences.

For victory.