Chapter 2960

"Rudeus' behavior in arranging things this way is because he doesn't want Hestia to be humiliated. If everyone participates so brazenly like you are, won't it show the other two continents that our alchemists are all so bad?!" Hearing that, Fane raised an eyebrow as he said loudly, "Stop looking for excuses; I won't be convinced just like that. You keep on saying you don't want Hestia to be humiliated, but what you're doing will only embarrass us even more. "There are so many alchemists here. Is it that hard to pick out a few seventh-grade alchemists? The fact that the seventh-grade alchemists are all unwilling to step up is purely because they'd be humiliated by Rudeus if they didn't satisfy him. "Who'd want to step up just to be berated? You're stopping others from taking part and humiliating our continent even more! In your eyes, sixth-grade alchemists are nothing, but what about seventh-grade alchemists?! "Surely it won't be hard to pick out a few seventh-grade alchemists when