Chapter 100 (1/2)

Summary of the last chapter in three lines

Reyshaw reveals his strength.

Grey also show a little of his strength.

Settled! Settled!

After answering the audience by raising his right hand, he returns to the waiting room. On the way, he pa.s.ses by Gargis in the pathway.

「Congratulation, you really are strong after all.」

Gargis shows a broad grin and then continue along the pa.s.sage. Grey who feel something out of place from his words turns his head to see only Gargis's back. Gargis gets out of the pa.s.sage without ever looking back.

Because it's not possible to ask the true meaning of what he just asked, Grey decides to proceed to the waiting room again. By the time Grey reaches the waiting room from the pa.s.sage, conspicuously large cheers can be heard from behind. The cheers are for Gargis's victory announcement. Gargis advances to the final, this is the second match that the results are decided instantly.

While Grey waits in the waiting room, Gargis comes back.

「Well done.」

Grey says words of encouragement to Gargis. He doesn't look to have any injury, in addition, Grey aware from the start Gargis would win against Santana from their difference in strength, so he never questions this result.

「To each other.」

Gargis returns his encouragement while raising his left hand.

「… Since when did you realize?」

Grey broaches the topic right away.

「Ahh, that figure is to hide your ident.i.ty right? Don't worry, I don't think anyone else notices. For me, I get my conclusion from how you walk, the atmosphere surrounding yourself, and magic power you emit.」

「Hahh~ so, what you're trying to say is that you know from the start?」

Grey points to his mask.

「You could say that. But, be at ease, I don't plan on telling anyone.」

Gargis answers with a smile that mirrors his thought.

「For the compensation, how about you're being serious in the final?」

「Ahh, understood.」

Grey fist b.u.mps with the fist that Gargis offered.

After that, an official comes into the waiting room to explain the flow of the next day event, and then they go their own way.

Returning to the inn, Souta and Dina gather in Souta's room after dinner.

「Soutsan, this is the money I gained by betting today.」

Dina picks out a bag contained gold from the magic bag and then puts it on the table available in the room.

「Oyoy, it somehow multiplied like crazy……」

「Heave-ho, and that's everything.」

Dina gets a certain amount of pocket money from Souta, but that amount now has increased by hundreds of times.

「This, how?」

「To tell you the truth, I've also placed bets on the match beside Soutsan's.」

Dina says proudly while puffing her chest.

「You know there were matches that were hard to guess right?」