The Magician Department concluded flashily, and my slaves lost as expected.
So far, only Baraka has survived in the Deru Deru Ecstasy, but…
“Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize for the change in the order of events from the brochure.
Though it’s a bit late, the Swordsman Department will now begin. However, a swordsman who desperately wanted to participate just finished the registration!”
So that’s why the order changed?
I thought it was a problem with the program’s flow due to the inclusion of the Dancer Department.
But if it were a Special Class, it would make sense, but for a Swordsman… could it be a past champion?
“First, Ms. Amoras, a female swordsman belonging to ‘Rouge Mulan,’ who won last week’s qualifiers, has unfortunately withdrawn.
Taking her place is Ms. Forin, a female swordsman from the Mu Mu Empire, belonging to ‘Beautiful Love Letter’! Please give her a wa-wa-wa-warm welcome!”
What’s with the “wa-wa-wa”?
(Whoa, she’s huge! As tall as Nina, and… quite stout too!)
“Her gigantic sword is apparently called the ‘Crusher Sword’!”
Is she trying to counter Nina’s Berserk Sword?
This sword is bigger than hers, and it looks like it’s meant for smashing rather than cutting.
“Deles, what do you think of that?”
“Um, it looks like an attempt to scale up Nina, but it ended up failing.”
Yeah, it’s a completely inferior copy.
Her armor, by the way, is supposedly called the ‘Red Scorpion Armor,’ and it’s a dazzling crimson.
“Now, for the first match of the Swordsman Department’s Top 16, her opponent is Ms. Camilla, a female slave swordsman under ‘Nina Starlights’! Please give her a ye-ye-ye-yes welcome!!”
(It’s a women’s match. Her self-proclaimed signature move, the “chest flash” attack, won’t work.)
This means she’ll have to defeat that giant opponent through sheer skill.
“Ah, Camilla’s getting cheers.”
“Lately, there have been voices asking if I’d sell her.”
“Is she making those weird appeals everywhere again?”
But if she becomes free, won’t she have to say goodbye to the Princess Sisters?
“Now, for the information on both contestants. First, for Ms. Camilla: if she wins, she will be freed from slavery!”
Oh, it’s true. Some of the male audience members are getting excited by that news!
“Next, for Ms. Forin: if she wins, she will have an arranged marriage meeting with Ms. Deles under Nina Starlights!!”
What?! I didn’t hear about that!
“Nina!” “That’s the first I’m hearing of it.”
“Clarice!” “I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
“Anju!” “I don’t really understand, but I said it was okay to just meet!” “It was youーーーーー!!!””
I grabbed her and shook her!
“Waaaaaah!”
Anju shouldn’t have the authority to make such decisions. Or she shouldn’t.
When did that conversation even happen?!
Where has she been sneaking off to all this time, if not the toilet…
“Now, let the match begin!!”
“…Both combatants, assume your stances! …Begin!!”
Ah, it’s started.
“Gyaaaaaaa!” “Toaahh!!”
(Camilla slipped inside the arc of the larger opponent’s swing!)
The result was incredibly quick.
“That’s enough! The winner is Camilla!!”
Well, it’s clear that the woman named Forin, despite her large size, was defeated by an even larger sword.
“Nina, was that…”
“It’s because she’s trying to attract Deles’s attention, so she’s resorting to swords she’s only seen.”
“I see.”
Camilla is enthusiastically jumping and appealing towards us.
No, it’s towards me.
(I don’t think it will happen, but what would she do if she won?)
If she abandons the Princess Sisters so easily and goes somewhere, I suppose that’s unavoidable.
I’m scared of what she might demand; I don’t think she’ll be satisfied with just slavery liberation.
“By the way, Deles, what would you have done if that woman from the Empire who lost had won and they had their arranged marriage?”
“Honestly, I wouldn’t have done that either. It’s just that… well, she looks like she has a… you know.”
I won’t say what “you know” is.
The Empire really doesn’t learn anything…
“And now, ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for the most anticipated, the most awaited, the ground-shakingly exciting event, the Hero Department!”
Three of my male slave heroes will be appearing,
I wonder how many of them will manage to win. I’m excited!
“Nina, how many wins do you think they’ll get?”
“Who knows, but in the end, Princess Butterfly will be the one to win.”
“Ah, you’re right.”
(If Nina wins, I wonder what she’ll get…???)
And the heroes’ battles proceeded swiftly, and the result was:
“Winner, Chagre! Ms. Citye, who lost, fought valiantly! A great fight!”
(Ah, a total loss… Well, it wasn’t going to be that easy.)
Even though they trained in preparation for the tournament,
They weren’t directly trained by Nina Starlights herself, you see.
Besides, they were lower-ranked among the Asrik Twelve Heroes.
“Nina.”
“It’s not bad. She inflicted a certain amount of damage on my, no, Princess Butterfly’s rival.”
“Ah, so that was the role.”
It’s a bit of a cheat, or rather, a sneaky tactic.
No, no, even without that, Nina is strong!
“That concludes the Hero Department for now. And now, we have a big surprise!!”
Ah, could it be?
“Unbelievably! We have participants in the Angel Race Department for the first time since the 89th tournament!”
The Colosseum erupts in a roar!
I wonder how they even found the records from the last tournament.
“Now, please enter! Let’s get this started!”
