Three Losses Worth the Victory

"Did you hear? Lord Phainon and the Kremnoan Prince are at it again."

Stranded in the Eternal Land of Amphoreus and unexpectedly embroiled in the intricate Flame-Chase Journey of the endowed Chrysos Heirs, Dan Heng chooses to use whatever spare time he has to learn about this newly-discovered world, observing the life, culture, and history of its inhabitants.

He is slowly adjusting to many things: to the everlasting dawn under the watchful gaze of the Worldbearing Titan, to the life of those residing in the city where the sun never sets, and, among others, to the occasional "clash" between two particular Chrysos Heirs, Phainon of Aedes Elysiae and the undying Mydeimos of Kremnos.

...No. Perhaps a "clash" is not the correct term to describe their strangely deep rivalry, to their habit of getting into competition at every opportunity they have, and their ability to turn even the most ordinary match into a fierce confrontation between two soon-to-be demigods.

But is a sense of rivalry all there is behind the pair's bizarre obsession with outdoing each other, or is there something else that only the two of them know?