"The Royale is promising to be a spectacle, isn't it?" Rearren asked.
"Yes," Rias replied, his gaze lingering on Vali before she vanished from the bloody platform. "That woman is bold. She revealed what could have been an ace against strong opponents."
Rearren chuckled.
"That is only under the assumption that she has many contenders who can even challenge her to a mild degree. I count only a few. Besides, her intent in showing off something like this has quite an ingenious reasoning... Well, provided that she survives what follows," the man said.
"I know. It wasn't to impress. It was to reassure and intimidate, wasn't it?" Rias explained while turning to his father. "While she has been recruiting a lot of small Families under her wing through the event, she showed off some of her abilities to strengthen her image and deter any who might have second thoughts on whatever they agreed. She also wants to intimidate her opponents in the Royale too, doesn't she?"
"Indeed."
