Because she recognizes the stance, Chen has [i]just[/i] enough time to think gratefully about all the anime she's seen as the electrical energy strikes her. She rolls with the force and though she doesn't fly under her own power, her landing in the arena is not the graceless thud of someone caught flat-footed, but instead the rolling flurry of poofy skirts and squeaks befitting of a little princess such as herself. 

She comes to her feet breathless and, despite the gravity of the proclamation, smiling like Yue's best sunshine from ear to ear. She's not mocking Keron though, no no no, perish the thought! She's just, she's excited, that's all. She's smiling like she smiled when she knew she was going to lose to Rose that first time. Smiling like she did the day she held her first training sword and the weight in her hands just felt so right! Because, well, when it came down to it Princess Chen really didn't mind getting flung around a bit when she was having fun. Not even a little.

She looks over at Yue, halfway transformed back to a fluffy tea-color wolf, and to Tianic who seemed brilliant but not at all up to throwing herself into electrical laser fields. She's still got that silly [i]this is gonna be great[/i] grin on her face, and maybe, hopefully, they understand from seeing her that it's okay, they're not expected to hurt themselves for this fight. If she were really going all out to defeat Keron, she'd have dropped in with a full team, rested, refreshed, equipped with all sorts of neat gear and blessings from their loved ones, and at maximum power from having worked out all their personal conflicts before the big fight. 

But she never was here to go all out to defeat Keron. She came because she had to issue this challenge for both Rose and herself. But she'd been thinking about conceding or throwing partway through even before Rose had dropped the girlfriend confirmation bombshell and made her fantasize about training with her new slave and handmaid. She wasn't trying to conquer the Sky Castle, or ruin Keron's reputation out of the blue in front of an audience. Then who would defend all the other handmaidens and servants? Chen's realization from all that time with Jessic was that she had her own vision, but she wasn't out to steal it from somebody else. She was here to help them live their vision.

She let the smile at last turn to a serious face and set her sword stance: blade pointing towards Keron and hilt high gripped in two hands above the shoulder. From this reactive position, Chen could strike quickly or turn into a parry. She at last looked up at Keron and offered her not a bow but a respectful nod and dip of her sword. Because Keron might be demanding that Chen bow to her knees, but the thing about tyrants that every story agreed on was that brave princesses never just gave up when facing them. [i]Especially[/i] when they were overmatched. How else was Keron going to get to show off those laser gauntlets properly, gosh!

"I might" she said, putting her weight on the balls of her feet to be ready to move the instant Keron unleashed her next attack. "But not before I try and rescue my girlfriend!"