[center][h1][b][color=fff200]AILE SCHULZE[/color][/b][/h1][/center]
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Aile was in a bad mood as she arrived at the cemetery the night after the tournament, her mind could not help by wander to the tournament itself. She had won the entire tournament, but her performance itself was subpar. There was that round against Tobias, that she was looking forward to for 'stress relief', and while she did beat him handily, she made a critical mistake of missing the timing for Sacred Artorigus. She did beat him thoroughly—because his deck was not optimal, to say the least—but her mistake marred what should have been a cathartic victory for all the troubles the younger boy had caused her...Even more irksome was the fact that he was also one of those given the special invite, meaning she possibly had to deal with him even more now.

After that, she advanced into the next round, where she faced another one who had been given a special invitation, Claire Turner. She did better than her match against Tobias, and advanced to the final round, where once more, she faced someone who was eventually given the special invite Anthony Arden. While she ultimately won the match and thus, the tournament, she once more made a mistake. She had forgotten that Merdaut became a five star with an equipped card, and thus can't be used to XYZ summon the 4 star, King of Noble Knight Artorigus, only to also forget that Borz also can become a 5 star if equipped with an equipped card she had on her hand, thus allowing her to XYZ summon the 5 star Sacred Artorigus. And probably the worst part of that final match was that she had the impression that her opponent had bad draws, meaning she also couldn't say she won that match due to sheer skills.

And that fact frustrated Aile. She was well aware that rather than pure skill, her deck—which was only possible to be constructed due to her very well-off financial situation—played a major role in her victory. And while that was simply the nature of a trading card game, it was not good enough for Aile. She would have been frustrated with her performance if it was but a mere card game, but now that she knew it was connected to a secret underground society? Simply relying on her deck alone wouldn't cut it.

She sighed, as she joined the rest of the society's members as part of the welcoming committee for those given the invites at yesterday's tournament.