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chapter 39




“So, we are cornered if we don’t enter the gladiator tournament?”
“Yeah . ”
Currently, we are having a meal of fish that we had fished from the ocean .
It would be extremely dangerous if we set up a classroom and were found by the town people, so we are eating while sitting on driftwood on the shore . This outdoor feeling .
……hm? That’s strange . Thinking about it, it’s strange, we have been outdoors all this time . Uwa—h, desensitisation is scary .
The menu is a simple sashimi with rice and miso soup . Mh—m, fresh fish is delicious .
We’ve never fished and just tried our hand at it, but we manage to catch a surprising amount of fish .
Is this another otherworld quality?
“To think they became prize—s, the classrooms . Ah, Maito-san, pass the soy sau—ce . ”
“Ah, Hariu, soy sauce for me next . ……the classrooms are prizes for Mono, Tri and Nona, huh . What about the prizes for Di and Hexa?”
“Including those, I think we have to go to the castle town to take a look . Either way, it doesn’t change the fact that we have to enter the gladiator tournament . ”
We have to gather the [Fragments of the World] . Even though it’s not clear what that is, we think that it’s probably the school’s classrooms scattered around . So before the classrooms fall into someone else’s hands and disappear somewhere, we need to secure them . At worst, the classrooms might be destroyed and if that happened, it will be too late .
And to obtain those classrooms……in the gladiator tournament, we need to win the solo, 3v3 and 9v9 sections……
This is bad .
Basically, we need to prepare 9 people that can fight but……excluding me, we have, 8……
“The problem is Maito . ”
“Mhm, I think it’s better to not let her participate . I can’t say for sure since we don’t know anything about the rules, but I think there’s probably a rule that allows the winner to request something of the loser . It would be bad if they took away Maito-san, or Mary-san that way . ”
“But then we will be lacking one person……”
“Should I try to learn shadow cloning?”
“No, both would need to be present for registration anyway……actually, shadow cloning? Don’t you have something better?”
Mh—m, it won’t work out . We’ll need to borrow one person from somewhere or accept the risk and send me out there .
“If possible, I would like to find one more person from somewhere, but Maito’s risk also applies to us . Since we are foreigners, we have no idea what they’ll do to us . Knowing that, is there someone that will join us?”
……ah, yeah . [Me being taken away if they lose] can also become [Everyone being taken away if they lose] . Well, there is still the difference of status of noble and slave though .
“Could there be people waiting to be scouted in the castle town?”
Yea—h, it must be tough to gather people, like for the Nona sextion .
It wouldn’t be strange for there to be such people .
oh yeah
“Then let’s go to the castle town . ……Hariu . ”
“Katorami ride……I would like to refrain though, can’t others do it?”
When Suzumoto called out to him, Hariu made a clearly reluctant expression .
Mhm, when shaken around around by Ketorami-san, no matter how much corrections they have, even they would definitely get motion sickness .
“Depends on the burden on Maito . Maito, is there someone you can [Share] with that will put a lighter burden on you than Hariu?”
“No idea……not like I’ve done it with everyone . Just that with Hariu and Hagasaki-kun, it was about the same . ”
Hariu’s view is always moving and is tiring . But Hagasaki-kun himself also doesn’t have good eyes and with the difference in height, it feels off and is tiring in another way .
“……there . For the sake of exploring new lands, is there someone else who will do it?”
Hariu, do you hate the Ketorami ride at full sprint that much? I wouldn’t want to do it either though .
‘I beg you just don’t make it that armour nii-chan okay? How am I supposed to run with that on my back?’
Ah, a request from Ketorami’s side . Yeah, you wouldn’t want someone so heavy .
“Ketorami doesn’t want Toriumi . ”
“Because he’s heavy?”
“Because he’s heavy!”
No, not his original stature, but his armour……
“Nn—……then other than Hariu and Toriumi, rock, paper, scissors . The one that loses rides . Okay, start . ”
“Paper”
“Paper”
“Paper”
“Paper”
“Rock”
“Scissors”
…… By the way, rock was Kadomi-kun and scissors was President .
As expected of them .
and it cotinues
The result of the following truly intellectual battle, President read too deep and ended up going Ketorami riding .
Have a nice tri—p .
rip
Now then . We have met up with him by using [Teleport] to the place I saw by [Sharing] vision with President .
And so, we are currently in the shade of a rock before the castle town .
About 2km to the castle town . About 10 minutes even at my relaxed pace .
“Then, same as when we entered Deichemoore, Mary, can you do it?”
“Understo—od . ”
The inspection at the castle town is apparently stricter than at Deichemoore .
We agreed that if anything happens, Suzumoto or Toriumi, who are skilled with words, would join in and headed towards the castle town .
round 2
“Stop! That group with the wolf!”
As expected, we are treated like that . Well, of course, no matter how you look at it, Ketorami-san stands out the most .
Now then, since victory goes to one who makes the first move, I quickly advanced forward, and the soldiers’ at the gate stirred a little .
……eh, could it have been bad for a slave to come out at this timing? But I’ve already stepped forward so it’s too late .
“These are the sons of certain powerful nobles of a foreign country . ”
For now, I spoke to the closest soldier-san . The contents are the same as at Deichemoore, but that’s okay right?
“Ah, yeah, I see . Then, you?”
“Like I said, the sons of certain powerful”
“Ah, no, not those people in the back, er, you . ”
Eh, me?”
“Just a humble servant . ”
Can’t you tell by looking? Oi .
“I, I see……mhm . Then, what business do you have in this country?”
“To participate in the gladiator tournament that will be held here . ”
“Hm, I see . Then hurry . The registration for the tournament is until tonight . ”
Oooh, th, then we are barely safe .
We really were about to be cornered . Dangerous dangerous .
“Where are the registrations carried out?”
“Go through here, go straight and there is the huge colosseum . The reception is around there, so just head to the colosseum first . ”
Ho—h . If it is that large a building, then we won’t get lost I guess?
maybe?
“Thank you for your kindness . ”
“M, mhm . ……ah, er, m . ”
Hm? Is there something else? Did I say something bad? Or did I do something? While shedding cold sweat in my heart, I worked to maintain a blank expression!
“Er……you are a servant, but, are you allowed to go out freely?”
“……huh?”
Behind the gatekeeper-san, I heard one of his colleagues whistle .
Wh, what what?
“N, no, erm, if you are free tonight, we, we could go for a meal . ”
……eh .
Er—r, mh—m……I’m happy for the free meal, but we can’t ask for free meals for 9 people . And I can’t leave everyone else either .
Actually, there are also servants that are free to go out? I see . I’ve learnt something .
“No, I am my masters’ slave . I will have to refrain . ”
Actually before that, being able to invite a stranger to a meal, otherworlds are scary .
“Sl, slave!? You!?”
For some reason gatekeeper-san was surprised by that, walked over to his colleague determinedly and started discussing something .
……bad . Bad bad bad . I might have messed up .
Was it bad to say slave just now?
Wh, what should I do . For now, to call for reinforcements, I gestured towards where everyone was and Toriumi and Suzumoto came .
After waiting together for a bit, the gatekeeper-san finally came back .
“I can give 180 gold . Can you sell me this slave?”
……that!?
“I refuse . ”
Aaah, Toriumi has become used to this kind of dealing and is calm, but Suzumoto almost snapped!
“Th, then 185 gold . ”
The price raising is miserable . That uncle in the pawn shop in north Deichemoore easily raised it by 20 .
“I refuse . No matter how much you offer, we’re definitely not handing her over . ……can we go?”
“……you are participating in the gladiator tournament right? Which section are you entering?”
“I have no obligation to tell you . ”
Uwah, cold . He really is mad .
“……fine . I will also enter the gladiator tournament . I will be victorious and receive that woman . ”
Tension rose on our side!
What’s that! I’m being taken away even if I don’t participate!? ……ah, I see, slaves are possessions of the nobles so that’s also possible?
“……ojou-san, your name?”
“Rosemary . ”
“Don’t honestly name yourself, idiot . ”
Ah, sorry .
“……come, pass . Let’s meet again at the colosseum ten days later . Lady Rosemary too, see you ten days later . Welcome to the capital エイツォール . ” (T/N: I’m not even going to try this time, what is this? Romaji: Eitsooru, help?)
……like this, we somehow passed through the gates of the capital .
No, how to put it……it was a strict inspection in a different meaning than expected . What? Was that a check of how easily we snap? Was it?
A—h a—h a—h, hey! Ketorami-san! Don’t howl! Don’t growl! Gatekeeper-san is trembling!
A—h a—h a—h a—h! Hagasaki-kun! Don’t give them the middle finger!
A—h a—h a—h a—h a—h! President! Please stop scattering poisons!
pffft
“I’m tired . ”
“You had it tough too, oi Toriumi, was it like this in Deichemoore too?”
“It was similar, but it was kind of a different type . ”
“I see……still, I was prepared since we know there is slavery……but it’s extremely unpleasant . We should also prepare some countermeasures for mary . ”
No, wrong . I’m tired because of you guys!
But still……I have the premonition that we are going to get caught up in something troublesome .
always
For now, we passed through the castle gates and entered the main street of the castle town .
We just need to go straight through here, so it’s easy .
Mhm, actually, we can already see it . It’s visible, the colosseum .
It’s super big . Mhm . We won’t be losing sight of that .
landmark
Okay . We’ve arrived at the colosseum .
Mhm . There’s brawny uncles and onii-sans gathered around .
Woman……there are a few, but barely any .
And……there isn’t anyone that looks like magicians . Even the women look like bandits or warriors . Never mind the uncles&onii-sans .
“Yo, nii-sans over that . You entering the gladiator tournament?”
“Yeah . ”
……oh, everyone somehow moved quickly and surrounded me in an instant .
“Oioi, it’s not like I’m gonna take a bite out of that nee-chan there . Calm down calm down . ”
“Ah, sorry about that . That has already happened a few times . ”
Even while saying that, they didn’t relax their encirclement . ……at these times, what kind of expression am I suppose to make? It feels complicated .
“Well, can’t be helped if it’s that nee-chan . Wouldn’t it be better to make the nee-chan wear a mask? ……never mind that . Hey, nii-chans . If you don’t have enough people how about hiring me? I’m quite confident in my skills . ”
Ooh, wow . Could all these people be people waiting to be scouted?
Then we can get it done quickly . Just hire someone here and enter the Nona section .
Hm . The problem is who to hire though .
“Oi, if you’re gonna hire that guy then I’m stronger . Hire me . ”
“Nonono, then hire me! I’ll make it cheap!”
“If you’re going to hire him then I’m better! My skill is definite!”
……like this, we were completely surrrounded .
Mh—m, what to do .
When I took a look around at everyone, President and Kariya’s gazes are moving like they are using [Appraisal] .
Ah, I see .
I also tried [Appraising] and managed to separate those that are clearly strong and those that are not .
Among them, a particularly strong person……mhm . It’s the same person President and Kariya are looking at too, so there’ no mistake .
“Let’s choose that person . ”
The person that looks the strongest……the beautiful red-haired woman was standing silently slightly removed from the crowd .
And when President pointed at her, she slowly approached, parting the crowd .
“Oh my, I’m nominated?”
“Yeah . How much to hire you?”
“How abo—ut 30 silver?”
Suzumoto stealthily peeked at me, so I stealthily gave an OK sign .
“Okay . Hired . ……Mary, get the money out . ”
“Understood . ……30 silvers . We will be in your care . ”
I took out 30 silvers from the bad and approached the woman to hand it to her .
Once the woman received the silver coins with a smile, she extended a hand towards Suzumoto .
“I’m Dalia . Nice to meet you . ”
“Nice to meet you . ”
Saying that, Suzumoto did not shake her hand . That……a—h……mhm . That . The handshake with Minehara-san is a trauma . Dalia-san is confused . Sorry Dalia-san .
Th, the future feels uncertain, but for now, we have 9 combat personnel . Okay, let’s go register .