-1365- Still not trust you?

Later on, Rozen shared intelligence on many other representatives from various academies with the students of Hagun Academy, enabling them to understand their opponents and prepare strategies for the upcoming competition, even devising tactics in advance.

Although each academy strictly manages intelligence due to the competition and does not easily disclose student information, even a large-scale selection battle like Hagun Academy's is tightly controlled. However, completely controlling information leaks is unlikely.

For example, Todo Touka, who attended the previous Seven Stars Sword Art Festival and even made it to the final four, had her abilities and her sword widely known not only domestically but also internationally.

Thus, it is impossible to keep Todo Touka's information under wraps; details about her abilities and swordsmanship skills have surely leaked.

Similarly, for Stella Vermillion, as the second princess of the Vermillion Empire, known for possessing the world's strongest magical power, her abilities have been extensively covered in the news, making it widely known that Stella is a pyromancer and a versatile warrior, undoubtedly an A-rank knight.

Likewise, information on the student knights from other academies can mostly be compiled.

As for the top three from the previous Seven Stars Sword Art Festival, the triumvirate from Bukyoku Academy, it's impossible to conceal their abilities, which are formidable. They can be thoroughly analyzed.

Even someone like Kurogane Ouma, who participated in elementary league matches in the past, even though it was a long time ago, the abilities of a Blazer cannot possibly change, allowing people to understand at least what their abilities are.

All of these can be used as intelligence.

Of course...

"Sometimes, blatant intelligence may also be a smokescreen, used to deceive the enemy," Rozen cautioned everyone.

Take Stella Vermillion, for example. Everyone knows she is a pyromancer, but in reality, Stella Vermillion is not a natural interference type for fire; rather, she interferes with the concept of dragons. If one plans to strategize against fire alone, it will certainly end poorly.

Even someone like Todo Touka, whom others believe they thoroughly understand, has worked relentlessly over the past year to defeat the great heroes at the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival and has undoubtedly become much stronger than last year. After this training camp, Todo Touka's strength can only have increased, so using last year's intelligence to strategize would backfire severely.

With this in mind, Rozen suggested that, apart from immutable intelligence such as abilities and sacred armaments, it is best to maintain some skepticism and uncertainty about other intelligence. It can be used as a reference but relying on it to win is not advisable.

Unless one has a mind like Rozen's, one can entirely filter out all advantageous conditions from existing intelligence, accumulate uncertain intelligence, delete misleading information, integrate them, and formulate more than ten strategies, applying them interchangeably. Otherwise, it's better to stick to straightforward frontal attacks.

Everyone promptly accepted Rozen's advice, taking the intelligence and pondering over it while eating lunch.

Only then did Rozen turn to Edelweiss, who had remained silent since the beginning.

"Is there nothing you want to say to me?" Rozen asked Edelweiss with a faint smile.

"...Haven't you already guessed?" Edelweiss remained silent for a moment before sighing.

"I suppose so."

Rozen casually flipped through the student handbook.

"In Donrou Academy, Kyomon Academy, Rokuson Academy, and Rentei Academy, freshmen have qualified as representatives."

"Bukyoku Academy and Bunkyoku Academy have suddenly introduced upperclassmen who have never participated in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival in the past."

"Almost all academies will have unknown participants appearing on the stage of the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival. If we say this is a coincidence, it's a bit too much, isn't it?"

Rozen spoke lightly.

"Rather than saying this year has produced many talents, I prefer to believe there is some internal situation at play."

Exactly.

While it's not impossible for talents to emerge, for all these talents to be distributed among every academy is too convenient, isn't it?

Even in Hagun Academy, unnamed freshmen are appearing. All seven academies are experiencing the same situation. If we say no one is arranging this behind the scenes, how is that possible?

Rozen doesn't believe in such delicate coincidences.

Therefore, Rozen can be sure there is something behind all this.

In other words, there is a hand lurking in the darkness, preparing to reach out to the Seven Knights Academy, to the stage of the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival, and perhaps even to the League, which holds a third of the world's power.

And there are few capable of doing this.

"The Rebellion."

Rozen affirmed, seemingly indifferent.

"It must be them, right?"

Apart from them, Rozen couldn't think of any other organization or force capable of shaking one of the three major powers entrenched as deep as the Rebellion.

As for the Union, while they can compete with the League, they cannot act recklessly on the League's turf. Only the Rebellion, who are unabashedly hiding in the darkness, can infiltrate the League's countries and do as they please.

Edelweiss, who has some connection with the Rebellion, probably knows about this.

And chose to watch coldly.

"...You're not going to stop it?"

Edelweiss finally asked.

Actually, Edelweiss wanted to ask if Rozen would be angry for hiding such an important matter from him.

But that's unnecessary.

"I didn't meet you yesterday, nor is it the first time I've known what kind of person you are," Rozen said unkindly.

"I know your honesty and your kindness very well. Would I still not trust you?"

Exactly.

With Edelweiss's personality, since he chose to watch coldly over this matter, it means this matter won't harm innocent people or those around him, and it might even be a good thing, something worth watching.

If that's the case...

"If you didn't tell me, there must be a reason. So I'll wait and see what happens and decide whether to intervene."

Rozen told Edelweiss like this.

So Edelweiss completely let go and smiled.

The two did not notice that among the people in front, there was someone who had been discreetly watching them.

In their eyes, there was seriousness and indifference.