Disqualified

"Wait, so Essence Heart Academy is done?" the prince asked with a surprised look.

"Yes, they are done," the headmaster said. "Gone from the competition. All 3 of their remaining players are disqualified."

"Oh!" Ning cried in surprise. "So does that mean I get to go to Top 8 now?"

"Hmm? Did you have an Essence Heart academy student as your next opponent?" the headmaster asked.

"Yes," Ning said, pointing to the board. "It was the guy we met yesterday outside of the gate. So I can now skip him, and go to the Quarterfinals, huh?" 

"That is amazingly lucky for you then," the headmaster said.

"I suppose I'm somewhat lucky too then," the princess spoke all of a sudden. "My current opponent was supposed to be a girl from that very academy too."

The headmaster looked at the board again with surprise in his eyes. "Haha, our academy sure is lucky. This is fate helping us for the bad start that we received."