CHAPTER 49

　　And so the race began.

　　The participants were bent on moving the free brick(s) that was behind them forward and stepping on those same brick(s) before bringing the brick(s) they were standing on earlier forward. That's how they did it. Each of them was in a squatting position.

　　They had to go round the fire once but this was an arduous task to do. Mel was surprisingly ahead of them despite having to deal with 6 bricks. This invited a lot of cheers from the audience.

　　"Hey,Beatrix. You think I should try this sometime?”Lavana asked Beatrix, who had suddenly come over to her side.

　　“Big sis, what are you saying? What if your bones break in the process? Though you will heal but the process will hurt.” replied Beatrix.

　　“So I need to fatten this body and get stronger. You support that notion too?”

　　“Big sis, you really need to get fat. I mean...”