“It’s been a while, I’m Graha from Sapphire Counter.”
“Ah, yes, it has been a while. I’m Deles from Nina Starlights.”
“Thank you for your help back then. I’ve heard rumors that you’re taking down the Seven Great Demon Lords.”
The surroundings began to murmur.
“Hey, hey, that A-Rank Assassin is acting familiar with them.”
“Huh? I heard Nina Starlights is an S-Rank party of only young women.”
“I’ve heard that those women keep young men around and manage them.”
“Stop itttt!!”
I shouted towards the voice before I could stop myself.
“…By the way, is Master doing well?”
“Um, Nii, no, it’s Anju, isn’t it? She will be coming to tomorrow’s duel.”
“Is that so? If your opponent isn’t present, I’d like to spar with you, though.”
It’s nostalgic, how Anju was called ‘Master’ in Shucco.
“She’s completely become our strongest adventurer now.”
“That’s precisely why. I want to personally know what true heights feel like.”
“Understood. Since you’re Graha-san, who helped us with the Quasi Demon Lord subjugation, I’ll ask for you.”
(I remembered completely. He’s one of the companions who buried and dug out that incredibly huge Golem in Shucco.)
Graha-san, who was about to look around at the ‘Yakarā’ who had spoken to me again,
But he was already gone. Looking closely, he had casually slipped away to a completely unrelated spot.
Perhaps that’s just how high a status Graha has achieved here…
“I appreciate it. The reason I came here is because I wanted to meet someone truly strong in one-on-one combat…”
“Speaking of which, in the Shucco Fighting Tournament, in the Assassin Division over there…”
“Ah, that time…” “This is Otuha, our seventh fiancé(e).” “Nice to meet you…”
As we were having a normal conversation like this,
A staff member arrived. It was the Hero Porter referee from some time ago.
“It’s almost time for the first match, Baraka of ‘Surprise Monkey’!”
“Already?!”
“Your opponent is already prepared. Please head to just before the entrance gate.”
“Um, we’re…”
Graha moved towards the wall.
“I can see from here.” “Ah, that’s right. There are windows lined up in a row.”
The audience was already full.
A street performer was putting on a show in the center.
That technique looked like something a casino dealer would have.
“Is Winza performing the preliminary match today?”
“Was it someone different yesterday?”
“Ah, ‘Invincible Nare’ cut down a cucumber that was thrown with her playing cards.”
She has such a title, that busty woman.
“Does ‘invincible’ mean she can’t be defeated?”
“Yeah, in gambling, she’ll make you feel good to a certain extent, but ultimately she wins.
Just when you think you’ve finally won a little, if you factor in the congratulatoryチップ fee, you’ve lost.”
Ah, Baraka had paid quite a bit because of that.
But personally, Baraka won. No, considering my and Otuha’s losses,
If we think of it as a team match, then Nare won. She’s quite clever, so that means…
“Could it be that Nare-san is a cheater?”
“That’s impossible, absolutely impossible, they say. If it were, they say you can embrace her.”
“Can you trust that?” “Because a person with a high-level appraisal skill checked it over and over again. It’s not possible for the sake of the casino’s pride.”
Then, she must be quite the Gambler.
“And yet, she’s invincible.”
“Also, any man who tried to court her has been utterly ruined.”
“Whaaaat?” “According to her, ‘I only take on men who are stronger than me at gambling.’ Of course, that’s in private.”
She’s a person with great luck, huh?
I mean, we’re supposed to have incredible luck stats, but…
We lost normally at the casino though, anything else?
(No, perhaps the party’s Synergy is also necessary for that.)
If everyone with that kind of skill went, they’d win overwhelmingly.
“And the men who became infatuated with her bet too much and went bankrupt.”
“That’s right. Those breasts captivate men unfairly… Oh, it looks like it’s starting.”
The female referee entered the center.
Is she a slender swordsman type?
“Now, we will commence the underground fighting battle. First, representing ‘Cutie Island’, warrior Baraka!”
Yes, she lumbered in.
That’s a deliberate way of walking to exude pressure.
I should have brought my boyfriend to the audience?
“Next, representing ‘Cutie Island’, Karna!”
A bigger body arrived, noooooooo!!!
Not just the husband, but the wife too…
Well, Cherin, who was the healer, is on maternity leave, so she’s probably earning money here.
(Yeah, in terms of height and width, Karna has the advantage.)
Still, Baraka is part of our Sub-organization.
Even if she’s our second team, she’s a member of ‘Nina Starlights’ in a broad sense.
I want to believe that she won’t lose miserably in a fight between female warriors…!!
(Oh, Karna is starting to say something.)
“…Hmm, quite a good warrior. However, you’re still not there yet.”
“Battles are not decided by size.” “No, there are various kinds of bigness.”
And after taking some distance… the referee lowers the arm she raised…!!
“Begin!!”
As a result… Karna, who took all of Baraka’s attacks,
Started panting from exhaustion, and was promptly flung away.
“Winner, Karna!!”
Yes, her capacity for fighting was big!
Baraka, who lay sprawled out, while the power of the attacks themselves wasn’t that great,
She must have been tired… Karna, who helped her up, yes, her heart is also big and wide.
(Huh, behind us, there’s a presence.)
“Next up is Otuha from ‘Nina Starlights’.”
“Y-yes.” “Since you use a bow, here are these arrows.”
Yes, they are the ones with rounded tips that are safe even if they hit.
“Then, please try them out.” “They are located just before the entrance gate.”
Waving to each other, we were led away.
“…She’s tall and beautiful.”
“Yes, Graha-san. She’s one-eighth Elf blood.”
“Truly, good women flock to strong men.” “No no no.”
In my case, at first,
I was captured!
(Now, I wonder how Otuha’s match will go…?!)
