Chapter 128 - Reason for Fighting (1) (1/2)

“So, did you accept it? The duel.”

Aoi, who was feeding Jaja with a bottle of milk, asked me while sitting on the sofa.

Next to her, Rouge was struggling to give Nana milk while imitating her.

“I’m going to put it on hold for now and get back to him over the weekend.”

“It’s a bit sudden, isn’t it?”

Shouhei and I were preparing dinner together.

My dad will be home soon, so we have to hurry.

By the time we politely saw Prince Atol and the others off, it was already around 6pm.

I ran to the supermarket and scored some boneless beef ribs that was on sale.

Shouhei had decided on the menu and was now simmering the stew.

“You should have refused such a dangerous thing right away.”

Aoi pouted her lips in frustration.

“Hmm. Is duelling dangerous?”

Rouge finally managed to get Nana to suck on her bottle and joined in the conversation.

“I think it’s something we need to do, since that shitty rat set us up. I don’t know if I can say no to that. I just can’t get into it. In the meantime, I heard that Kayone can use healing magic, so we don’t have to worry about injuries.”

“Earth dragons often play with each other to test their skills, but they shave mountains and wither lakes. Everyone is a wreck by the time they’re done.”

Changing the terrain while just playing, stop shitting me.

“Sky Dragons don’t do that, right?”

Aoi smiled bitterly as she listened to Rouge’s story.

“The rules of duelling, that Kayone-oneechan said, right?

Shouhei asked me while stirring the pressure cooker with a ladle.

As I washed the cookware in the sink, I recalled it.

“No weapons, no backup, it’s decided by admitting defeat or losing consciousness. Was that it?”

But the other side is a demon tribe and can use magic.

As for me, I’m at a disadvantage from the start because I have nothing but my body.

It could be over as soon as it starts.

“Do you really have to win? Can’t you just play along and admit defeat right away?”

“They’ll let us use transference magic even if I don’t win, but there’s an extra prize for winning.”

The transference magic of the Dailan royal family is a one-way ticket.

Because the royal tombs have to be the destination.

So if we use that transfer magic to go to the sphere continent, what are we going to do on the way back?

And that’s why Kayone proposed the extra prize.

『When the Dailan royal family gives rewards to the people, they usually take the form of ‘three wishes that are within the power of the royal family member who gave the reward’. In other words, three wishes that are possible with money or power that can be moved by His Highness Atol. That’s right. If Kazamachi-sama wins against His Highness, we will add this condition as well.』

『Well, what does that mean?』

『With the first wish, you can wish for transportation from the sphere continent to Japan. Using a plane owned by the royal family, you can return to Japan without having your passport or identity checked. The other two are at your discretion. Money is fine, and anything else His Highness can do is possible, you know?』

That’s what they said.

In other words, they’ll let you use the transfer magic anyway, but if you lose the duel, you’ll have to find your own way back. If you win, we’ll take care of you until you return home. That’s it.

I don’t know if he’s being stingy or generous.

“It doesn’t make any sense. Why would he do something so mean?”

“Oh, that idiot His Highness thought of it. It’s boring to have me hold back, so he made an excuse to make me give it my all.”

It’s the battle junkies who are the only ones who can think like that.

They are self-centered people who will instantly find a convenient way to achieve their own ends.

I hate that kind of thing.