But God Forced Me to Reincarnate!

Sudden Match: Begin!

"Are you ready, everyone?" Carbuncle asked.

I readied myself as I looked to my left and right. Luca and Kiri were on my side—meanwhile, Iris was behind me, with Carbuncle's mysterious crystal pendant dangling on her chest.

At the opposite side... My older brother, Alt-nii, was right in front of me, separated by a gap. Then, beside him, there were Clavis and Harvey. Behind them, there was Ein with the same crystal pendant dangling on his chest.

Outside the training ground, there were Dad, Mom, Nicole, and the escorts who came along with Nicole and the royal siblings.

Yep, Dad informed everyone involved, naturally, and all of them were anxiously—no, they were EXCITEDLY looking forward to us, children's friendly sparring!

Hey, be a little bit worried for us, young children, okay?

...Ah, they might put their trust in us a bit too much...

Anyway, Leticia was there next to Mom and close to her maid. Obviously, Leti was too precious to participate—err, I mean—too young. She barely began training anything, anyway.

Then, outside the training grounds but close enough to us—Carbuncle was floating—or flying. She was the referee of the match.

"Ready? ...And begin!!"

With her loud voice announcing the start of the friendly match, all of us began to move.

--A little bit flashback...

As per Carbuncle's idea, it was decided that we would have a team match.

Each team consisted of 4 people—3 people guarding one pendant carrier.

Alt-nii naturally teamed up with Harvey and Clavis.

I was thinking on how the other member of Alt-nii's group would be decided when Ein unexpectedly volunteered.

"I want to observe how Big Sis Lyra fights! So, it's better for me to be on the opposite team!"

That was his reasoning.

It wasn't incorrect. After all, he could see my movements better as the opponent—as we should watch over our opponents' movements and trust our teammates, so yup, we would be watching and observing our opponents more than our allies.

Since that was the case, my team consisted of me, Luca, Kiri, and Iris—with Iris as the pendant carrier.

The pendant carrier was more of a passive member, so yup.

Iris felt bad that she couldn't really do anything—and since it was like an [Adventure] class session simulation, she was allowed to carry her pouch—or bag that contained the very basic potions—limited amount ofher choice.

On the other side, it was said that Ein would be the [strategist] as he was a member of Loera clan, well-known for their amazing head... I wonder if the zombies who eat their brains will be smarter? Haha!

Despite him declaring that he would be the [strategist], Alt-nii and his friends didn't seem to hope much from him, as it would be their first time trying to fight with this composition.

Actually, Iris and Ein's role was to be the "protected" side, so it didn't really matter. Although their assistance might be able to help us, which would be much appreciated!

Still...

"Well, they're all younger than us anyway, so why don't we just give them an upper hand (referring to Iris carrying potions)?" Clavis said.

"Iris, do your best! You're the one who have to decide when to throw the potion and to whom after all! Consider it as a practice like what Carbuncle said," Harvey... encouraged Iris instead.