Vagabond Scholar
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the MC does not interrupt the fight, because it is something that is a long-standing debt, yet he follows them closely, in case he has to intervene if they get out of control. Kaede also does not intervene in the fight for the same reason, because there is this "fighting honor" between them, and it is what the MC has learned since he came to the Shogukuni.
As fighters this fight closes that arc of redemption for Cassie, and catharsis for Shizuka.
Shizuka still loves Cassie very much, she doesn't hate her at all, but her heart was hurt by that act of betrayal (the injury Cassie did to her when they were children), however, her pride pushes her to prove that she can defeat her even with that, and she doesn't deserve to be healed until she does it. She has an inferiority complex, after being given to the Bagliores by her parents, for being a "fragile woman" in a family of fighters (This is seen in the Christmas event).
I don't see the plot armor. On the one hand, Cassie had a “training” trip when what she was looking for was to feel better by defeating weaker fighters, while Shizuka has always pushed herself to the extreme, even preparing against Cassie since her arrival.
Shizuka is proud, but she's not that dumb, she even learned that her pride can hurt those she appreciates (like Yui), but in this case, she wanted to prove herself, she couldn't stand Cassie's condescending attitude towards her, since she always talks to her from a superiority point of view.
That pride hurts her later when she has to fight against Yaeko, since she is so exhausted and injured that she cannot do anything vs the princess (to reaffirm that her pride is wrong, not to reward her). this is part of the current arc, i dont want to make spoilers
In the end, she can smile, as she has lifted that moral weight off her shoulders, exchanged the emotional pain for the physical pain of the fight, and feels entitled to forgive Cassie.
Well, I could go on developing the idea, but it's getting too long already.
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