After I finished acting as Rasal-sanās chaperone, I returned home. It was already evening by that time, so I moved to the backyard to see if I could take care of Bell and Lynn until dinner, when I saw Aoi-chan and Hina-chan.
Somehow, Hina-chan seemed to be telling Aoi-chan something, which made Aoi-chan have an indescribable expression on her face.
[Kaito-senpai! The three of us, letās join this!!!]
[U- Unnn?]
When I called out to them, Hina-chan, who looked somewhat excited, showed me the flyer she had in her hand. On the flyer, written with considerably flashy and colorful letters were the words āThe Worldās Most Exciting Sports! Flying Board Competition Underway!!!ā
Somehow, with letters are colorful as that, and the flyer itself being flashy enough to make my eyes flicker, it smells really fishy.
[ā¦ā¦What is that? Flying Board?]
[Hina-chan apparently got it from some strange placeā¦ā¦]
[Itās not a strange place. I was jogging earlier when I happened to get this flyer from a weirdly-dressed person who was setting up a stall.]
So in other words, even if she didnāt get it from a strange place, the source was still strange? Heck, when she mentioned how she received it from someone weirdly dressed, that was already an explosion of suspiciousness.
[This seems to be a competition for teams of three, so even beginners can aim for victory!]
[ā¦ā¦Aoi-chan, what do you think?]
[Theyāre advertising a sport Iāve never heard of, but the prize money is strangely high, so itās really suspicious. As for Hina-chan, it seemed like she was developing a syndrome of wanting to experience youth with everyone.]
Hina-chan seems to like this sort of Sports Festival vibe. With that in mind, when I glanced at the flyer again, the winning prize was 1 white gold coin, 2nd place prize was 5 gold coins and 3rd place prize was 2 gold coinsā¦ā¦ Considering that the winning prize is 10 million yen, the 2nd place prize is 5 million yen and 3rd place prize is 2 million yen, itās an exceptional level of prize money for a sports tournament.
Indeed, how should I say thisā¦ā¦ The suspiciousness of this thing is so greatā¦ā¦
[For the time being, why donāt you ask Lilia-san and the others about this? If thereās that much prize money, it might be a pretty famous tournament that we just donāt know about.]
[Youāre right. In this world, there are sports like RINGTOSS that are just different from our common sense.]
For the time being, this topic was settled as something we would consult with Lilia-sanā¦ā¦ but still, hmmm, the suspiciousness I got from that flyer really was very strong.
It seems Lilia-san had some time to spare now, as she made time for us as soon as I asked. After explaining to Lilia-san what happened and handing her the flyer, Lilia-san looked troubled and showed the flyer to Luna-san, who was standing behind her.
[ā¦ā¦Luna, do you know what that is?]
[ā¦ā¦H- Hmmm, I feel like I happened to hear it somewhere back thenā¦ā¦ The venue is Hydra Kingdom huhā¦ā¦ If itās in that country, unusual competitions occurring certainly wouldnāt be strangeā¦ā¦]
[However, this placeā¦ā¦ it was in a rather remote place. A place like this is holding a competition with prize money of this scale?]
[I wonder why indeed. Combined with the suspiciousness of this flyerā¦ā¦]
It seemed like a minor sport shrouded in suspiciousnessā¦ā¦ or rather, a sport that even Lilia-san and Luna-san didnāt know that well.
Seriously, isnāt this a weird scam or some sort? Aoi-chan now has a troubled look on her face, and even Hina-chan looked uneasy.
[ā¦ā¦Alice, do you know about this?]
If even Lilia-san and Luna-san donāt know about it, the only person who we might be able to get an answer to is Alice. As I looked back and called out behind me, Alice appeared and accepting the flyer from Lilia-san, she spoke.
[As far as it goes, it was indeed not a scam. This Flying Board competition is real. I wouldnāt go as far as to say itās extremely minor, but it was still a fairly minor competition. However, I guess you could say it has a cult-like popularity, as people who like it like it at the level that they would bet their lives on it. Thatās why it gets strangely big sponsorshipsā¦ā¦ Hmmm, in Kaito-sanās world, it may be a little different, but you could say itās as popular as the birdman competitions?]
[Ahh, I think that really explains it. Those who like them, like them very much.]
In other words, there are many people who have heard about it but have never actually seen it, but there are many people who are quite enthusiastic about itā¦ā¦ For the time being, Iām just glad it wasnāt a scam.
Even so, this really feels like a strange competition butā¦ā¦ Hina-chanās face brightened up upon Aliceās confirmation, and depending on the content, it really seemed like me, Aoi-chan and Hina-chan were going to participate in it.