Fang Hong understood the implication. Although it was a bit unfortunate, he had to accept it now.
Sophie then shifted to a lighter topic, teasing with a fact Fang Hong already knew: "You've gotten famous this time."
Fang Hong, having been exposed to so much this past while, had heard some details, but when Sophie said this, he was still curious: "How famous?"
Sophie replied sourly: "You're now more popular than I am. People almost forget that I'm the Silver Weslan Princess in Fanric, the community discussions are all about you."
Fang Hong knew she was joking, but he couldn't help but ask: "Is it really that exaggerated?"
"Of course," Sophie answered somewhat seriously this time: "Your performance in the competition was one thing, as the Artisan competition is too technical for most people to understand. But your later performance was just too over the top—like the 'Star Patron,' single-handedly challenging Nikopolas, and the even more exaggerated Dragon Knight—"
