Volume 4 Chapter 17 - The old man begins to move. (2/2)

[I accept. If you win, then I’ll do everything in my power to support you. And if I win, you’ll be the one supporting me. Lutra, let’s meet in the finals.] (Prince Aleck)

[Yes, I’ll see you in the final.] (Lutra)

Prince Aleck put his hand out for a handshake as Lutra responded to him.

It was an incredibly bold move as well as her message to Princess Aure and Prince Atla that they weren’t her enemies.

On the other hand, Prince Atla and Princess Aure’s reactions were strange. Prince Atla seemed depressed and full of regrets while Princess Aure was laughing from the bottom of her heart and not her usual charade.

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The first round has begun.

Judging from his skillset, Prince Atla’s class appeared to be a warrior and his level surpassed Lutra’s as he was able to enter the exclusive dungeon. However, his movements were second-class compared to Lutra’s. It was obvious that he had received proper tutoring in using the sword, however it was evident that his talent was nothing special nor did he have any experience in swinging a real sword. Lutra easily deflected Prince Atla’s sword, causing him to lose his balance. Taking advantage of his unstable balance, Lutra threw Prince Atla’s body onto the ground and pinned him to the ground before putting a sword to his throat.

[…If you don’t surrender, I’ll have no choice but to stab your throat.] (Lutra)

[I’ll surrender. It’s my loss.] (Atla)

The battle was decided in less than a minute. The audience sprang up from their seats as many of them likely thought that Lutra had merely inherited the famous Senki Renoir’s appearance but were now convinced she was her reincarnate instead. Lutra gracefully greeted the audience before exiting the stage and lending her shoulder to Prince Atla who was completely overwhelmed.

[Luta, nice win!] (Luna)

[Uhn uhn. Especially as a spectator, that was mesmerizing.] (Til)

There was no way I wouldn’t understand why the two girls felt.

The second round began ten minutes later. Prince Aleck had encouraged Princess Aure to surrender the battle, however she had refused his offer.

Princess Aure’s class was likely a Magician as she held a cane in one of her hand, making this small ring a major disadvantage. In the first place, Magicians had weak defenses and their long chants made them ill-suited for duels. Which just made me wonder how could she win the battle? The answer came immediately after.

As soon as the battle began, light particles began to appear forming the shape of monsters, producing a total of three monsters. A silver living armour, a werewolf and a gigantic high-class Orc with a club.

Prince Aleck cried out.

[I don’t know how you brought them into the battle, however this is a one versus one battle! It’s part of the rules.] (Aleck)

[I don’t understand what you are trying to say. This is the power of my Summoning magic. Isn’t it natural for a magician to use her spells?] (Aure)

Princess Aure had made proper preparations as the referee didn’t call out her foul play.

I finally understood the reason behind her flashy entrance from earlier. If she showed everyone that she was capable of casting teleportation magic then it wouldn’t be far off to claim that she could cast summoning magic.

However, that concept of summoning magic is a hoax. There should be a collaborator working with her nearby, using teleportation to send the monsters into the arena from another location.

Since there wasn’t any evidence of foul play, it wasn’t considered a violation of the rules as Prince Aleck continued to retreat from the onslaught from the three monsters, jumping backwards as his breathing became heavier and heavier. Eventually, he began to overwhelm the three monsters as loud cheers could be heard from the female public.

Based on their appearances, they were likely monsters in the upper thirties. Furthermore they were each special monsters that were stronger than an average monster in their level range. However there was a ray of hope in the battle.

[Aure, shouldn’t you use your summoning magic to call for reinforcements? If that was impossible then I wish for you to surrender. I don’t have the desire to cut down my own sister.] (Aleck)

[That naiveness will be aniue’s downfall. If I were aniue, then I would have already surrendered.] (Aure)

[… It isn’t naivety. It just isn’t necessary.] (Aleck)

[Although it is necessary? Even in the case with Lutra. Aniue’s actions are too kind. Which is why you are being dragged down…. Aniue is no king.] (Aure)

Prince Aleck was blown away by the werewolf as his magic chestplate was destroyed in the impact. It was an attack befitting a monster in the fifties as the three monsters had all evolved. Prince Aleck fainted on the spot.

[I always do whatever is necessary. Unlike aniue.] (Aure)

Under Princess Aure’s order, the orc walked over to Prince Aleck’s lifeless body, swinging down it’s large club. Everyone in the venue turned away.

Taking a direct hit like that, even if it’s Prince Aleck…

[Ara, what are you trying to do? Lutra.] (Aure)

Between the large club and Prince Aleck was Lutra as she deflected the club, causing the flimsy club to shatter along with the colosseum wall. All three monsters began to collapse onto Lutra but they stopped the moment Princess Aure clapped her hands.

[Isn’t it against the rules to interfere in another person’s battle? Referee, please disqualify Lutra from the tournament.] (Aure)

[No, aneue. Aniue has already lost consciousness. The match was already over the moment he fainted. I am just aiding the recovery process.] (Lutra)

[Ara, so that’s the case. I hadn’t noticed. Thank you Lutra, I was close to killing my own brother without realizing it.] (Aure)

Aure spoke in a volume large enough for the audience to hear.

[I look forward to the finals.. Ara, didn’t aniue say the same thing? Fufu, aniue looks so pathetic.] (Aure)

After erasing the three monsters, Princess Aure walked off the stage as the referee announced the victor. The battle begins in two minutes. However, it wasn’t a situation for us to relax.

[Everyone, let’s begin moving. That isn’t summoning magic, but rather teleportation magic. Princess Aure is violating the rules. She is hiding the monsters somewhere nearby, in the vicinity of the coliseum. We’ll defeat them right now.] (Yuuya)

If my guess was correct, then what she just did wasn’t summoning magic but teleportation magic. In that case, we could just find where she was hiding the monsters and defeat them. Even for Lutra, it was impossible to win against three level fifty monsters.

[Understood! Luna’s Presence Detection will find the enemy!] (Luna)

[I’ll search from a higher vantage point then.] (Til)

[Luna-chan, Til. If you find any of them be sure to tell me or Yuuya. You won’t survive if you challenge them on your own.] (Phil)

[Let’s hurry.] (Yuuya)

We began to move.

Originally, we wouldn’t be able to interfere with the battles once the inheritance ceremony began. However, the story was different now that we knew our opponent was violating the rules.

I will tidy up the story, and give Lutra the fair fight she deserves.

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Regarding this novel, I have several thoughts about what I’ve been doing regarding the translation.

Instead of directly translating the words and editing them to form a proper sentence, I’ve been trying to do a translate the japanese words into an english context.Though please understand that my english isn’t great since in Singapore we speak more of a dialect than proper english.

An example of this would be the speech scene. Although prince Aleck’s speech could be directly translated into a proper speech as if he was speaking to the public, princess aure and lutra’s speeches contained words like aniue and aneue which normally referred to their elder brother and sisters based on the context.

However for an english equivalent word, it would be saying elder brother and elder sister and it would sound somewhat weird when used in a formal speech to the public.

Do let me know if you would rather me directly translate this sort of words which doesn’t have an english equivalent or change it to fit the english language or as I’ve been on the fence about doing this, causing a lot of inconsistencies in my wordings for the novel.

This is also the case for names and several other things that I can’t think of right now but I’m sure is there. I tried to change the names in the story to actual english words that exists. Eg: Atra –> Atla(s), and Yuuya’s skill, Napalm strike.

In actual fact, the name of the ability is Exploding heat god palm (?) if I were to direct translate it. Since the original name seems slightly weird for english, I decided to change it to napalm strike (admittedly the name had randomly came up in my head at the beginning). Now that the series has progressed this far I’m feeling slightly guilty at changing things in the novel based on my own views.

Again, I’m stating this as this has even confused me since I’m feeling guilty at changing the novel on my own discretion, wavering between directly translating the words and adding in my own. Do let me know which you guys prefer and I’ll adjust accordingly.

Also, thanks for the concern and I’m sorry(?) for the fast release of chapters. Ever since I started translating again after the long hiatus I’ve kinda gotten hooked on novels again. Unlike the past where I did all the translations during the weekends, I have been able to work on chapters during the weekdays using my phone as I am currently done with my training phase.

Honestly I did think of just posting one chapter a week like I used to do but I kind of dislike the idea of restricting chapters that I have already completed so I decided to just post chapters as I completed them. I would usually either complete somewhere between half to an entire chapter during the day or none at all if I was busy, which meant that I could go home and edit the chapter before releasing it.

As to monetary support, there aren’t any plans to open the patreon again since I don’t intend to restrict chapters so I don’t really have any benefits for patrons. Although I do hope that everyone will turn off adblock since it helps me.