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Suddenly waking up, the cruel but extremely truthful people couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Yes--

Wouldn't that make more money?

Too much trust in your own perspective of God,

Was it something that led them to believe Bram was weak without even thinking about it?

But can even the weak have no selfish desires and put all their hopes on others?

People who realized this loophole lowered their heads in shame.

It's so embarrassing--

To be fooled by mere images.

But there is still a problem that has not been solved...

Why did Plum really cast "love magic" for Blank and the others?

They looked back, looking for answers.

"—Having said that, there are still things that "concern" me. "

Sora continued while eating the grilled fish:

"Because I can't see that Plum is lying, and Izuna who is in the same room can't seem to read her lying reaction—ah, by the way, Izuna, don't you eat fish?"

Reminiscing about the night when he first met Plum, Sora handed out a bamboo stick and said.

"...No, des."

A little far away, Izuna shook his head slightly and refused.

Then the priestess who was sitting across from her drinking wine also—closed her eyes and shook her head.

"That's right, so just to be on the safe side, I also took her to the witch—but she still didn't lie."

If Jibril was on guard, she would see through the magic of disguising lies.

Then, in front of the strongest "priestess" of the Beastmen, as long as he told a lie, he would definitely be exposed, so Sora estimated.

He gradually put the fish on the fire to roast.

"But what Plum showed there was——"It's really magic that can truly fall in love with people." "

——Under the light of the fire, Sora seemed to be very happy.

However, with a grimly shaking smile on his face, Sora continued:

"So she really has the magic to win—then why ask us for help?"

"In short, that, that means, she wasn't lying, did she?"

Doesn't it mean that she really wants to empty their rescue—?

Hearing Stephen's question, he answered with a bamboo stick in his empty hand:

"Yeah, she wasn't lying - and 'that's the problem'. "

People's hearts suddenly lifted,

As if grasping something indistinctly but unobtainable,

What's the real problem? ! !

They saw Sora shifting his gaze to Shiro below his knees at this time, and Shiro responded:

"...UTC (Universal Coordinated Time) 6/20-22:42..."Brother"..."

Like a video recorder, read every single word correctly——

"..."What kind of price can we get for winning that game?"..."

Bai followed the standard time of the "original world" of the mobile phone - "completely memorized" the time series and even the accent.

She equated what Sora had said to a "replay", and said it correctly, and everyone's eyes widened after hearing it.

"—And when I said that, what did Bram say?"

Seeing the interaction between the two, the people who finally came to their senses showed horrified gazes, and got goosebumps all over their bodies, a thrill...!

This is re? !

From pure memory, calculate every minute and every second that happened in the past, and reproduce the dialogue of the scene...

What a powerful memory!

"monster"--!

If it weren't for knowing that Shiro was really just an ordinary human, people would have wondered if she was an Ex-Machina in disguise.

"...6/20-22:43 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)...'Bram'..."

Bai continued to remain expressionless, calmly——

"..."Uh...provide [-]% of the seabed resources of Oceande, and establish a permanent friendly relationship...and, and...that...I, I can do whatever you want."..."

People didn't even look at Bram's expression now, and they knew it must be very exciting.

They took a deep breath, and couldn't help but think of——

How much anti-stress and courage is needed to face an enemy like Blank.

This is to smash Bram's heart to pieces, rubbing against the ground!

so horrible!

I replayed Sora's words before, but this time I "replayed" what Plum said,

One can imagine that Bram's psychological shadow area must be huge now.

And hearing Shiro's response, Sora smiled wryly.

"That's right—it's "here", I'm not lying——

But "there is no truth either." "

Sora pointed at Stephen with the bamboo stick he was playing with.

"Steven, don't you protest against betting 'everything' on their game? "

"Yes, yes... because we are called to help others?"

"Yes, you are correct."

"—Eh, huh?"

Speaking shocking words as if nothing had happened, Sora, who was eating fish, continued indifferently:

"I denied you in order to obtain the necessary information.

In order to apologize, let me explain why Stephen felt out of place. "

Stephen felt a sense of incongruity that could only be described as "wrong", and everyone felt it too...

At this time, I heard Sora's words,

They all pricked up their ears.

Is it finally time to solve the puzzle? !

"This 'game' is like a 'horse race'. " Kong said metaphorically.

"Race, horse race? The one who bet on horse races?"

Fortunately, there is also horse racing in this world, Kong Kong nodded in rejoicing.

"Horse racing is a 'game (gambling)' in which horses are raced to predict which one will win...but at its core it is purely a horse race - a 'game of jockeys', right? "

To put it more clearly, that is——

"Horse racing is—"a game of gambling based on the rider's game"—a game of duality. "

"The riders (us) play a racing (love) game in pursuit of the Queen's love."

however--

"On the other hand, the provision of resources and friendly treaties proposed by Amira and Plum are purely "bonuses" for the betting ticket of "The Queen Awakens"—

Running and horse racing are obviously two independent games, but we are forced to participate in the game not only as horses, but also as gamblers-of course, there will be a sense of disobedience. "

Everyone: What?

According to this meaning,

That is to say, Blank and the others played two games at the same time? ! !

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Even though he was a rider, he was forced to bet everything and bought his own betting ticket——forced to "also" participate in the second game.

However, Sora shook his head and said, "That's not the problem."

"So, if this is a horse race, where do the riders' (our) - race 'prizes' go? "

Sora looked at Plum with an evil smile.

"...Eh, no, it's not the queen's love...would it wake the queen up?"

"——If you can make the queen fall in love with him, the queen will love him? Waking up for the prince you fell in love with?——This is totally incoherent, and only the queen can benefit from it unilaterally, right? Dedicated to the victory of "mutual equality" Where is the bet? "

The provision of resources, the treaty of friendship, Bram's personal freedom——

Each of these is not like the stakes set by the Queen.

Then, the game where the queen "swears an oath" to sleep.

Judging the "bet" of mutual equality - paid to the winner - about that bounty - she didn't mention it once! ?

People finally realized where the greatest sense of disobedience came from.

Bram was selectively avoiding questions.

As said before,

She didn't lie, but that doesn't mean it was true.