I Became a Gladiator in the World of Gender Reversal

61 – Post Response-7

“So, I ran into those who were covering Evan then…”

Jerry was talking about his own saga with an excited face.

“After that, what happened?”

“Well, nothing special. I tried to buy Evan time to run by running alone, but Evan didn’t run away and stood right behind me.”

“Such…”

The noble ladies listened to Jerry’s story with her mouth shut.

“Well, somehow, I ended up fighting until support arrived. Now I thought I was really dying, but Dana over there just appeared…”

Even if they are young girls of noble families, they are not people who live by fighting and building walls.

Compared to that soft tone, in this world, the ‘noble lady’ was actually a general term for the entire young aristocrat.

Knights, soldiers, bureaucrats. Any woman who did not inherit a title could be called a ‘noble lady’.

However, it seemed that it was their first time experiencing something like this.

It wouldn’t have been common for a man to fall into a crisis while wandering around alone, and the person who saved it in a cool way wouldn’t have been even more common than that.

At first, it was an interrogation. The atmosphere was harsh, and the way he looked at Jerry was not very nice.

However, Jerry gave her work a go-ahead.

She wasn’t the only one continuing her conversation.

“At that time, Evan-sama said with a serious face, ‘Pick up the sword.’ She got goosebumps all over her body…”

Florence didn’t stop her mouth either. Perhaps the first battle she fought with me was something she was so proud of, she was proudly talking about that fight.

The noble ladies listened to the story with their mouth shut, but the reaction from the audience was not very good.

Sword fighting was not their interest. However, I couldn’t pretend that I didn’t hear the story.

No matter how desperately I looked, I didn’t deny that.

It’s a job where you can get information about yourself without paying anything. What you like, what you say, and what actions you dislike.

A woman who knows me better than they do, is talking about me comfortably without looking at me or thinking that I will receive a price.

Whether you like it or not, whether you like it or not, there is no way you can reject it.

It was going well. I patted her Dana, who was sitting next to me, on the head, enjoying the gaze of her other noble ladies who were envious of her.

To some extent, I got the idea from a conversation with Jerry.

When I first heard that story, I couldn’t help but be surprised at the fact that my information itself was being treated as a commodity that could be sold.

In that case, it could have been used. Instead of me reconciling with them myself, the women around me spread the information gently.

Of course, the effect will be worse than if I directly express my favor to them. Because my information was only a clue that could reach me.

However, it seemed that their misunderstanding would not be resolved if they did such a thing, and even if the country could prevent attacks on individual humans, it would not increase the favorability of the Colosseum itself.

Enough time has passed. The noble ladies here are finally starting to notice how things are going.

Dana who sticks right next to me, women who sometimes talk to me casually and laugh and talk to me whenever I pass by.

My attitude and composure are too strong to be deceived or caught.

Rather than calling someone and starting a protest to get me out, you might be thinking, wouldn’t it be better to just make friends with the gladiators and then invite me to this place at least once more?

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“It was fun.”

After drinking all the tea, I stood up with a smile.

I don’t know why, but it seemed that women in this world liked it when a man made eye contact with them.

“Are you… Coming again?”

“Well, the season has started… Right now, the gladiators have a lot to deal with internally and externally. Protests are taking place, and they need to save themselves, so I don’t think they’ll come back that often.”

I only slightly changed my words, in fact, I just changed the words, ‘I think it will be difficult to come back because of you.’

“We’ll help you. It seems like there was a misunderstanding… Excuse me.”

Eventually, they lowered their tails.

“If you help me, I’m always grateful. I won’t be able to spend much time, but I’ll visit you from time to time.”

I left the tea party with a light smile. To some extent, I was lucky.

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“What is it, until yesterday you came out well. Now why are you saying you can’t come out all of a sudden?”

“That… I’ve been talking about it for a while, but it seemed like there was some misunderstanding.”

Cracks appeared in the solidarity of the demonstrators.

Those who came to the demonstrators knowingly through the nobility were the most numerous among the demonstrators, although they did not know their passion.

“Is it because you’re busy with work? No, we can’t get involved in other people’s personal affairs, but…”

The leadership of the demonstrators showed reluctance and were wary of their departure.

“That’s not it, that… There’s a young lady who looks after our guild, right? She… Said that since you can stop now, you don’t have to come out from now on.”

“No. We came together to do something good, but what if we get scattered like this? It doesn’t make sense.”

Protesters related to the nobility darkened their complexions.

“Well, I don’t think it’s that simple.”

“We gathered for the man who is being exploited in the Colosseum. You can’t change your attitude so easily!”

The leadership of the demonstrators shuddered with a sense of betrayal.

Where did the momentum that he would protest even at the cost of his life go, and now it was like leaving him alone.

“That is, first of all, Evan-sama inside must be exploited to be established. If not, what are you going to do?”

“Isn’t that it?”

“Not too long ago, he attended a tea party for a noble lady. He took several other women with him.”

“That’s how it was!”

“I’m saying this because things turned out this way, didn’t Evan come out and stop us last time too?”

No matter how faithful the protesters were armed with defensive logic, the incident was enough to shake the foundation of the protesters.

“That talk is over. Evan-sama, who is imprisoned by mean people in the Colosseum, couldn’t have said something straight…”

“If that happened, I would have told the other nobles directly.”

“…What?”

“Not too long ago, Evan attended a tea party for noble ladies I know.”

“That, that’s…”

“The aristocrats there said they could stop protesting now.”

Upon hearing that, the number of people who were agitated increased. The leader shouted in an urgent voice.

“Well, there’s no need to brag about that in the neighborhood!”

“I was going to go out quietly! You asked!”

However, words that had already spread could not be picked up.

“What? If that’s true, then we need to be like this, right?”

“It’s not impossible at all. Well, not one or two men, maybe there are people with peculiar tastes…”

Not everyone was shaken. Even in the midst of the chaos, there was someone who was determined.

“It’s different from what I expected, but it doesn’t matter anyway. It’s a man entering the Colosseum. Of course, don’t you have to take care of safety measures and facilities in the Colosseum?”

“Maybe…”

“A man was attacked on the street. Of course there was no escort.”

She was a woman associated with Selam. Even in her confusion, she confidently continued her assertiveness.

“It’s a good story at the Colosseum, and it’s spreading stories like ‘the gladiator who saved a man’, but shouldn’t we let that happen in the first place?”

The protesters, who seemed likely to disintegrate at any moment, were barely maintained.

“The facilities are like that. If you listen to them, they say that they eat and train together, but there is a difference between men and women, but doing it collectively is a bit too much!”

“Maybe…?”

“If he’s serious about training, that’s a problem in its own right. How many women will look at him with sinister eyes… It’s creepy to imagine.”

Surprisingly, she was remarkably aware of the daily life inside the Colosseum.

“Well, the slogan needs to be changed. But, I’m not going out.”

“Are you crazy? You all joined us in saying we should get him out of the Colosseum!”

“Because I didn’t know what he was thinking at the time! If he’s being treated unfairly at the Colosseum, I’m praying that he can get out of there anyway and solve it!”

“Now you’re going to change your words like that?”

“We’ve been insisting on this from the beginning! It’s just that you’re right!”

Fierce altercations occurred, but no violence occurred.

Even so, it was unavoidable that the protesters were divided. The women who were related to the nobility shook their heads and went back to their respective homes.

“Indeed, that statement cannot be overlooked. Whether he wants it or not, sword fighting is a violent and vulgar pastime.”

And, the demonstrators from the Pungi Guard, who had been keeping silent, also opened their mouths.

“It just makes no sense for a man to be in a place like that!”

“Why are you suddenly in trouble again? That said, we can’t forcefully kidnap a man when he doesn’t want to come out of the Colosseum, right?”

“We have to destroy the Colosseum itself! That filthy hotbed of corruption…”

The small wave thrown by Evan was shaking the protesters.