#Chapter 337: Past His Limits

Whether I was in danger or not, I was still likely to be eliminated at the next elimination ceremony. Being more popular than Bridget was not something I ever expected to happen, but now that it had, and now that Selma was confirming it had caused me to draw ire from the King and Queen, I knew the end was near for me in this competition. Julian finished his conversation with Selma by trying to lift her spirits somewhat. He patted her arm and gave her soft encouragement. Even though I had been the one wronged, I also couldn’t help but feel for her a little. She was simply trying to obey her king and queen. When they gave her morally questionable orders, she had no choice but to follow them, whether or not she agreed with them. I wasn’t angry. The most she had done to me so far was to sabotage me into making a poor impression in front of the merfolk. Well, my ruined suitcase might have also been her. But she wasn’t the one who had dug that pit on the island. She wasn’t the reason