Kawaii princess's Arc

Chapter 54 of 54

As her pillar shone clean, Kawaii Princess caught a glint at the edge of the field. A scout runner stood beside a small stone watchtower, frosted windows flashing. He held a silk-bound scroll across his arm. Each time she moved, his pen scratched another line. She watched him roll the scroll and run toward a low office with a tall antenna pole. Every mark on that scroll could flag her broadcast as rule-breaking spectacle. She had to act before he filed. Kawaii Princess stepped off her podium and crossed the field. At the office steps, she met the runner and asked, on air, for the head scout to read the scroll aloud. The runner froze. The head scout took the scroll, unrolled it, and read each entry: mirror flash, frost plate, bell strike, burned canvas. Every one already ruled legal in past rounds. The head scout rolled the scroll shut and handed it back empty of weight. He stamped the runner's report void and waved Kawaii Princess back to her pillar. The antenna stayed silent. But as she turned, she saw the runner climb the watchtower stairs with a fresh scroll, ready to start again.