On this day, the semifinal match for Erwin's team in the Trapped Phoenix Tournament was due to be held, while the semifinal match for Lana's team was due to take place the next day. Thus, Aglea and Lana naturally weren't there when Erwin and the others arrived at the imperial palace. After all, there were no matches worth watching for Aglea. If she couldn't see Erwin go all out, then there really were no other contestants that interested her.

Even though Lana was absent, Erwin wasn't very dejected or disappointed as he was very confident that he would be able to invite Aglea to visit the City of Freedom. Hence, even if they were to lose to Aglea's team, it wouldn't be the end of the world for him.

The semifinal match was as smooth as all of the previous matches, with Erwin taking care of the opposing team on his own with ease.

Thus, all he could do now was wait for Aglea's team to progress to the finals on the other side of the bracket.

If everything went according to plan, then the teams from the Boll Dukedom and the Fano Dukedom would battle it out in two days to decide Lana's new home.

It had been rather surprising to Erwin that the road to the finals had been such a smooth one. He had thought that Sanfesa would've definitely tried to trip him up along...