Today is the day of the final of the school competition, that is, the battle with [Hero of the Holy Sword] Luke.
In the morning, the adventurers I knew, including Wolffang who came to watch the game, showed up and encouraged me.
The hero didnât seem to be very well-liked by the adventurers, and there were many opinions that he should quit being the hero if heâs that arrogant.
Then, as I left the inn and walked toward the venue, I saw a familiar middle-aged uncle from the other side. He seems to have noticed me and approaches me.
âHi, Sirius. Itâs been a long time.â
âTanato-san !? Itâs been a long time.â
Yes, Tanato-san, whom I met in the lower layers of the labyrinth before.
He wore the same black robe and hood as before.
Tanato-san was holding skewers in both of his hands. It seems that he is enjoying the festival, probably because he was eating skewers.
âThank you for your help in the labyrinth. I was surprised because you suddenly disappeared. Why are you in a place like this?â
âHaha, Iâm sorry. It was a little urgent at that time, so Iâm sorry I left without greetings. If youâre asking why Iâm here today, isnât there only one purpose? I came to see the match. I thought ⌠but I didnât think that youâre really the representative and leader of Central. I wanted to see your brave figure. â
He laughed happily and hit me on the shoulder.
âAnd today you are fighting with [Brave]. Itâs a really great year and Iâm excited.â
âIf you are expected to do that, I canât fight awkwardly, even if itâs not true.â
âYou wouldnât have to worry about that? Well, itâs okay to stop the finalists in such a place. Iâm looking forward to the match.â
âYes, thank you!â
He re-covered the hood deeply and disappeared into the crowd.
This time I left normally.
When I saw off Tanato-san and arrived at the entrance of the arena, a familiar face was standing guard at the entrance.
Well, that person is surely ⌠the person of the Labyrinth Strategy Corps who tried to catch me in the lower layers of the Labyrinth. Why is he in such a place?
I was wondering, but when I tried to go through, I heard a loud voice from the side.
âAh!!â
When I glanced over there, Shimobata pointed at me and opened his eyes.
âChild from that time ⌠adventurer !! What are you doing in such a place? This is the entrance for the people involved!â
Iâm a little tired, but I turn towards him.
At present, the school competition festival is being held, and the royal family, including His Majesty the King, are staying in this fighting capital, Domineus.
Normally, it is the Central White Knights Commander [Kensei] Lin Sword Fair who protects the royal capital, including the royal family, but it is different during the battle capital expedition.
Her primary mission is to protect the royal capital, and she is not allowed to leave the royal capital.
The guard of the royal family is the role of the guard knights, and the guard knights stay in the fighting capital with the royal family even during the opposition festival.
In addition, Beatrice Wizardry, the kingdomâs premier magician and president of our school, has joined the guard of His Majesty the King.
Apparently, the Knights request Beatrice every year during his Majestyâs school rivalry expedition.
Who really is that person âŚ
Apart from that, the fighting capital is visited by several times more people than usual during the rivalry.
Many young people who are overconfident in their own power visit the fighting capital where many rough people originally stayed.
Thatâs a lot of problems.
Prevention of such quarrels, processing, security of the arena, etc âŚ. Many soldiers with a certain level of ability are required for the operation of this tournament.
Therefore, the Labyrinth Strategy Corps is rushed to a mission outside the labyrinth once a year at the time of the rivalry.
I had heard that, but ⌠I never thought I would meet this man again in such a place.
Is the Labyrinth Strategy Corps short of human resources?
âBecause I am a participantâ
I immediately took out my student ID card from my pocket and showed it to Shimobata.
Shimobata received it and stared at it.
âSirius ⌠Astel ⌠What are you, no wayâBuhera !?â
A fist with a tremendous mass is swung down on Shimobata who tries to say something by looking at the student ID card and me alternately.
The soldier was slammed on the ground as it was, holding his head and rolling.
âHey !! Do you judge by looking at people again !? Or do you remember all the faces and names of the participants !?
A muscular daruma doll was looking down on him with an angry appearance.
This person is certainly Warren-san, the deputy director of the Labyrinth Strategy Corps.
âItâs been a long time, Sirius-kun. Our idiot has caused trouble again. Weâre lacking in education, Iâm really sorry âŚ! What is Centralâs representative student ⌠It was bad to stop such an adventurer at the entrance. Come on, letâs go. â
Warren-san, who has bad eyesight and muscular bones that did not suit his body and carefully bowed his head and guided me into the arena.
âHey, Abel! Youâre good at guarding the entrance! It wasnât useful even if you were here, look around and look for the stupid captain!â
âHahhhhhh !!â
From behind, I headed to the waiting room, listening to Warren-sanâs shouts and the voice of Shimobata, which resembled a scream.
When I entered the waiting room, senior Zion and senior Christel talked happily over a cup of tea. At first glance it looked peaceful, but there was a tingling tension in the waiting room.
âGood morning, Senior Zion, Senior Christelâ
âHi, good morning Siriusâ
âGood morning, Sirius-kunâ
It can be seen that the two peopleâs energy and magical power are sharp like never before.
Almost no energy or magical power leaks out of the body, that is, they concentrate on training their power.
âFufu, Sirius seems to be motivated too. Iâm looking forward to today.â
As I say this, I have been improving my concentration since the morning.
Seeing me like that, Senior Zion smiled happily.
While escaping the warm eyes from senior Zion, he reconfirms the strategy with them in a short while until the match begins.
That said, itâs very simple to do.
âWell, thatâs the strategy for the brave, the two girls of the members seem to have very high abilities, so letâs stay alert.â
âOh, leave it to meâ
âI will do my best too.â
With these two people, I can rest assured that I can leave my back to them.