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 .