Chapter 402 I Dont Think It Would Be So Easy (1/2)

I currently have three stamps…… and in front of us is the fourth arena.

After getting a stamp from Epsilon-san, we had a quick bite at one of the stalls along the way, and arrived at the arena, which seemed a little smaller than the previous three.

However, it was quiet around here. It was too quiet that I almost forgot that we were in the middle of a festival…… I mean, it was also the case for the previous three arenas, but aren’t there any other challengers beside me? Are they simply too lazy to collect enough stamps, or do they think it’s silly to challenge the War King’s Five Generals……?

With those questions in mind, I walked into the arena…… and found another strange person in there.

[……Hmm? Ahh, welcome. Could you excuse me for a bit? Please wait a minute for me to finish smoking.]

[Ah, yes.]

He had shaggy red hair that was faded like rust. A man in a shabby, wrinkled coat and stubble told me this as he puffed on a cigarette.

He somehow feels like a useless adult…… I mean, he doesn’t look like he has any ambition at all, you know? Is he really one of the War King’s Five Generals?

I’ve already met all of Megiddo-san’s subordinates before. Bacchus-san, Kong-san, Epsilon-san…… Then, Agni-san. The four of them had different atmospheres around them, but I could feel it…… How should I say this…… I could feel this aura of strength from around them.

He looks exactly like the kind of person you might find in a pachinko parlor on holiday. The type of person that would strangely make you feel that he’s unreliable.

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Filled with silence that would make you think that he’s tired after a day’s work, the man finished his cigarette and put the butt in some kind of portable ashtray before turning to me.

[Well, sorry for making you wait~~ Once again, welcome, Miyama-kun. Uncle’s name is “Ozma”. Well, it’s nice to meet you.]

[Ah, yes. Nice to meet you too.]

[Well~~ Even so, good work reaching here. It must have been tiring, walking from here to there, wasn’t it? Would you like a cup of coffee?]

[Ah, n- no, thank you.]

H- Hmmm. As I thought, he’s rather lax. He really seemed like a pleasant middle-aged uncle, and I didn’t feel intimidated at him at all.

[Can I see your stamp card?]

[Y- Yes……]

[Ohh! You’ve already collected three stamps? Well~~ Young people really are so energetic. Rather, uncle is going to be your fourth challenge huh? Good grief, why have you come here this late? You should have come to uncle’s arena first, since I’m “the weakest among the Five Generals”.]

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[Eh? I- Is that so?]

[That’s right. In terms of strength, Epsilon-chan is second only to Agni-chan…… Well~~ If Miyama-kun is able to get through her, I guess you would be able to easily win against Uncle huh?]

Ozma-san is saying that he’s the weakest of the War King’s Five Generals, but his words didn’t sound like he’s belittling himself, sounding like he’s very at ease even if he was the weakest.

[……Well, there’s no point in just chattering here, is there? How about we get started? I take it that the girl over there is Miyama-kun’s proxy?]

[……No, ummm, if possible, “I’d like to challenge you”.]

[Master!? Y- You can’t! It’s dangerous!!! He may act like a sloppy, ambitionless trash, but he’s still one of the War King’s Five Generals!]

[……When youth these days are so straightforward about things like this, it honestly hurts Uncle’s feelings.]

When I told her that I want to challenge him myself, Anima panicked and hurriedly stopped me.

Of course, I think it’s pretty reckless of me too. But even so……

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[Anima, until I reached here, I’ve always been asking my proxy to fight for me. Even though they’ve placed a handicap so that even I could have a chance to win……]

[……Master?]

[Megiddo-san didn’t ask me to fight myself, but the fact that he went to the trouble of thinking about handicaps like this…… I think he’s hoping that I would go try it out myself. So, I’d like to give it a shot…… so that in the end, I will be able to say with pride that I won……]

[That’s great, Uncle likes children like that.]

This is what I truly feel. If I were to leave everything to the proxies to reach Megiddo-san, I’m sure that I would regret it. Even though I was given the chance…… the chance to do my best.

That’s why, unnn. Let’s try to do our best for once…… Well, in the end, I don’t think they’d be able to attack me…… The fact that it was safe for me also gave me a push.

[H- However!? Mas……]

[Whoa, stop right there, young lady.]

[……Mhmm?]

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[There are times when men are creatures like that. There are times where we’re stubborn, times when we want to keep appearances, and times when we would want to fight. On times like those, the people around him shouldn’t interfere, okay?]

[Guhh…… T- That is……]