As a grand event on the continent, like the World Cup or the Olympics, it served to showcase the demeanor of Aran. Naturally, the desire of the Gione nobles to visit the backstage area of the competition was readily welcomed.
The Imperial Arena was by no means a dirty and chaotic underground fight club—the backstage preparation rooms were all quite clean. Contestants who applied to compete for redemption from the great prison even had temporary accommodations, as well as fully equipped training rooms.
Now, the identity assumed by Liszt and his companions was that of attendants to the Gione nobles.
Liszt didn't mind this at all. After all, he had killed plenty of nobles. But for people like Galen, it was genuinely a show of status. Even if it was temporary, they had stepped out of the bottom ranks and were now accompanying a Lord—or rather, a Lady. Suddenly, they felt as if they had blended into high society.
