Chapter 103 (1/2)

Summary of the last chapter in three lines

Get the prize and certificate.

Grey is the topic in the city.

Today as well, at the restaurant.

A few days later

There is no problem on the other two division, and the winners for them are no different than the winning candidate prediction.

Although the result of the tournament already out, with how the winner of the fighting king division — which is a mysterious masked man— surprised everyone, everyone is getting excited on whether there are other people that can beat the winning candidate of the others division.

「It will be exciting whatever the outcome is.」

「Well, it's good that you can enjoy anything.」

Those kinds of words are thrown around, the residents are only looking for hot topics. However, it's also a fact that the hustle and bustle are driving the economy without anyone aware of it.

「It seems small tournaments are regularly held on the arena, a large part of it might be because everyone here loves fighting.」

「Because that sort of thing is in the root of many, this country also benefit from it too.」

Making fighting into business. Originally Souta thinks it would be difficult as it's out of fas.h.i.+on, but remembering that the tradition had been ongoing for more than a thousand years, he changes his mind and just thinks it's part of everyone's life.

Souta and Dina go through the lingering excitement from the tournament in the city to go to the royal castle.

A messenger from the castle came to the inn for the second time yesterday night to give a message saying 「The tournament is over, I will hand over the promised reward.」

Now then, I hope they will just give the books honestly.」

「Are you implying there will be something else, Soutsan?」

Dina questions what Souta means, but he just shakes his head.

「There is no problem if it's only that, I have produced the result they want, if they refuse, then I can easily correct them with just sound argument.」

Once he reaches this point, wrinkles start to gather between his eyebrows.

「The problem is if the related books are removed from the archive. I don't think they would, but that civil servant guy was against the betting. When I won, they all had a difficult face. I can't shake off the feeling the books are going to be removed.」

「At that time, you could see that far?」

Knowing the distance between the stage and the VIP seats, Dina is surprised that Souta grasped their expression.

「Ahhh, well, I have good eyes. Also, at the award ceremony, I did a little talking to them in a low voice together with the loud cheers, it agitated them. Their face stiffen.」

「That's not on the good eyes level anymore…… Wait, so that's the reason the king act strangely in the end.」

Dina stares at Souta with a reproachful gaze.

「Well, they give us that kind of condition. A little talking down is fine isn't it?」

Dina isn't dissatisfied with the king who has granted her wish that Souta partic.i.p.ate in the tournament, so she just shrugs.

When they reach the gate, they tell their name and ask the guard to contact the minister. As the guard remember their face, and also already informed of their arrival, he conveys the message without any question. When the guiding knight comes, they're not lead to the waiting room, but instead directly to the audience chamber.

At the opposite end of the room, the same faces as before are lined up. When Souta and Dina close enough to the king, he starts talking.