Chapter 13 (2/2)

“If you lose….let’s see. Give me 10 of the spirit stones then. If you don’t have them in hand now, I don’t mind it even if you were to give me all the items you received from the guidance in future from now on.”  [Jephthah]

…..10 spirit stones is it.

I have not examined the value of the spirit stones yet. I received two from yesterday and today so it doesn’t sound so far off from the 10 that Jephthah needs.

That means, is something like this, my only penalty? If I failed, I might end up getting accused of bribery. Isn’t it something like that?……

Or in the first place, this match was never meant to be won and is just a trial? So if Jephthah-s.h.i.+ wants the 10 spirit stones, it could be possible that the value of those might actually worth the same as real money. In the case of spirit stones, they might be useful as the final form of credit then. These must be excellent. Or it could also be possible that he was just leading me by the nose, trying to use me……

……It will be endless if I keep thinking about it.

“How about it? Will you be accepting the match?”  [Jephthah]

“Before that I would like to confirm something first. First, I thought you didn’t have any elves in hand that aren’t under reservations?”  [Ayase]

“No, just the other day by some strange coincidence I managed to obtain the elf. I wasn’t able to come to a compromise with the other party who made the reservations so the elf is still in my hand. It’s still a young beautiful elf girl so you don’t need to worry about that part.”  [Jephthah]

Fumu~ That means there is still one.

I should ask him in detail on what I should do. But there is also a likelihood that this is a lie since you can’t fully trust what you can’t see……

But a guy who decides to give it a try and risking his life in a gamble just after hearing, “Young, beautiful elf girl” is seriously foolissh~

You’ll just end up meeting the other party’s expectation!

So I ended up partic.i.p.ating in the match by betting my life on it.

I have brought along various items to balance it out so I might be able to do well in this.

But if this doesn’t go well by chance, I can somehow escape to the residence and stay away from the other world until this cools down. If I’m left with no choice then I might just sell off the mirror itself……..

Anyhow to obtain the elf shoujo, there is no choice but to just do it.

I will be saving the elf shoujo from the evil slave merchant. Thinking about it somehow makes my chest feels heated up. With this she has no choice but be charmed.

The gift will be presented…..on Erishe’s 50th anniversary party.

In all honesty, the hurdle is really high. Compared to the time when I was doing the hard selling in the black company’s party previously, there are no blind spots. Working experience is great isn’t it.

Erishe’s 50th anniversary party will be held in the afternoon on the second day of “Erishe’s 50th anniversary”. On that day, Jephthah-s.h.i.+ will introduce me to the mayor and I will be presenting the gift to him at that time. It will be that kind of setup.

There will still be 15 more days before the festival so I will need to make the preparations in between. To be honest, there are not much time anymore but I’ll do my best, Elf-chan!

It was worrisome since the contents of the match were only made through a verbal promise but Jephthah-s.h.i.+ will be formally making the spirit contract for the elf and me on that day. “It’ll be alright even if you escape, you know?” Although Jephthah-s.h.i.+ said that to me as a challenge, if I do not have enough time to prepare then I will just think of another solution.

In the end, I casually asked Jephthah-s.h.i.+, “Why am I gifting the mayor?”

When he heard that he just replied, “It’s to celebrate the 50th anniversary.”

Then why are you not presenting a gift then? Are you stupid? Do you want to die?

After making a promise to meet up in front of the central square after 15 days, I parted from Jephthah-s.h.i.+.

Now, in order to win this match, just half the effort will not be enough. I will need to double up my effort from now on. First, I will need to gather more information about the mayor. Also if bribery is considered as a crime and about the 50th anniversary festival.

Speaking about trivial things, I still need to investigate quite a lot of things so it would be quite impossible for me alone. If only I could get someone to cooperate with me too…..

After further thoughts, in the end, the only ones who came to my mind who will be able to help me are only Sh.e.l.lo-san and Rebecca-san. I will need to apologize for running off that day too and ask them for help.

From now on I will be staying at the residence with the mirror so we are practically neighbours.

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