Yomigaeri no Maou

"... Whoa, here we go"

Such a voice was heard in a glassy special gallery set away from where the Lulu's men were sitting.

The Lord of the Voice is the Untold Family (Klan) "Explorer of the Age (Elam Kupidr)" Chief Gran.

Others can see that most of them are well-known adventurers on the spot, all of whom are guaranteed superior or higher strength.

And because it is such a them, such viewing seats were available as a privilege.

"You just said a small hand check first. I can see how hard that Illis girl will work on Agnos opponent..."

It was the “nun (manaca)" Himeros-Blacchiale who rubbed his jaw with that said.

I guess I'm drooling three long, feminine brunettes today because today, she fights exactly at the martial arts competition.

Gran replies to such a Himeros voice.

"Well, the way you put it, that means you bet on Agnos' win, right?

"... that would be so. Agnos is superior to that. No matter how many opponents say you are the newcomer to expectations that guarantee strength, you should lose the boulder..."

Gran laughed when he heard the words.

I said so much before, and he said that Himeros still can't believe it because he hasn't actually seen it.

Besides, I'm a deputy chief of my own family (clan), so I guess it's because I have one.

Himeros seemed completely agnostic.

"Right. Then I'll bet against Illis. If you lose... it's your luxury today. All right?"

Himeros the boulder also becomes anxious for Gran, who says that with an invincible grin.

Bet between Gran and Himeros, and when I say luxury, it doesn't mean personal luxury, it means luxury on a family (clan) basis.

In order to be superior to each other, even assuming they are luxurious to all of their families (clans), they are not so nostalgic because both "Explorer of the Ages (Elam Kupidr)" and “Nun (Manaka)" are medium-sized clans (clans).

But there's a lot due to a kind of loser-loathing gut that will even try to be better than the others that we both got up to the extra grade.

I mean, even these little bets have an unforgivable personality to defeat someone.

Nonetheless, Gran said Illis, betting on the victory of a rookie of his own family (Klan), and Himelos questioned this situation, which was supposed to bet on Agnos, an advanced adventurer who was supposed to be the biggest winner.

In the first place, Himeros thought that Gran was pushing his family (clan) rookies this time as if they were first-hand idiots, to use the rookie as a badge to bring in a lot of powerful people, since the principals would be able to compete from this fight.

For that reason, I really couldn't believe that the rookie was strong enough to defeat Gran, and I just tried to attract the interest of the others by saying so, which means that's the story.

So it should have been right from the common sense of Himeros to judge that Gran's presumed rookie strength is good, intermediate, or no matter how strong he is, he is not strong enough to beat Agnos, who is superior among the superiors.

Yet Gran laughed and bet on a newcomer named Iris, as if to laugh at Himelos' judgment like that.

- Could I lose this bet myself?

Such anxiety always brings me to heart.

But Himeros immediately shakes off the suspicion of coming to his chest.

No, that can't be right.

Agnos is a belly-hearted subordinate to Himeros, and knows him as well as his prowess.

I'm not working out to beat a pompous rookie easily, and believing in her victory is a way to show her trust as a companion of the same family (clan).

So while remembering the various questions, Himeros decided to make a decision and tell Gran.

"... fine. I bet Agnos. I can't believe he's a deputy chief, and what's a chief?"

Gran laughed at the words of such Himeros,

"Okay then I say to the victory of Illis that you bet on the victory of Agnos...... hey Yumis! This guy's treating me to dinner tonight!

That's what I talked to Hummis about to watch the game while sticking it on the glass.

Yumis looked back at Gran at supper, around the, a treat, and when he heard the voice of, he came to the front of Himelos and tried to grab that shoulder,

"Really!? Must be true!? There's no word for a woman!?

Start saying things like that.

Himeros also grabs his shoulders with tremendous force in the sorcerer's habits,

"Or if I lose on a bet! If it does, I'll pay for it!

To those words, Yumis asked Gurin, tilting his neck and looking back at Gran as he was.

"... bet?

"Oh. I bet if Illis wins or Agnos wins. It's better to lose tonight's dinner."

Yumis hears it and starts to listen in a hurry.

"Duh, which one did you bet on! No way, Gran. You.........!!

From the way he put it, Yumis worried that Gran might have wagered on those who didn't win.

Himeros also meant to understand how Yumis felt because he thought it was natural to bet on advanced because it was a game between rookies and advanced, and Gran, who didn't, had failed.

Then, Gran said, tapping gently on the shoulder of Pong and Yumis.

"Don't worry. I bet on Iris."

To the words, Yumis would curse Gran with his head, Himelos was convinced, but unexpectedly, things didn't.

Instead, the moment he heard the word, Yumis looked relieved and told Gran even more.

"What. Then don't worry about it. Good. Himelos, thank you for your time!

That's why he stuck to the glass again and started backing up.

Gran laughs and says to Himelos, who is flattered by how such a humiliation looks.

"You know what I mean? You lost."

With that word, Himeros with something cold running on his spine.

Himelos knew well to say that Yumis was an unusually obsessed guy with food treats and stuff like that.

I am convinced that she will win this time.

Have I bet against those who should never bet?

Really, is that rookie who says Illis so powerful?

To Himeros, who can't stop sweating cold, Gran says.

"Don't even call the battle luck of time. Maybe Illis has something to lose too. Let's just take a look."

Needless to say, Himeros decided to watch the game more seriously than anyone else in the venue.

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…… Aren't you here?

Ilis stood in front of him and turned to Agnos staring at this one, squealing so.

The game has already begun.

Iris thought it was something that would jump from Agnos because he stirred up all that before the game started, and he showed how annoyed he was, so he felt something strange about how she was still not trying to move.

Agnos tells such an Illis.

"No... if you think calmly, I'm advanced, you're a junior. Think this is the one I'm gonna lend you my chest for. That's why I reconsidered giving you the first blow."

I couldn't tell if that dialogue was saying it because I thought I could really afford to fulfill it, or because I had some ruse.

But whichever it is, it is the same thing for Illis.

Whether it includes it or not, because it means nothing to Illis.

So, Illis said.

"Then don't hesitate..."

Surprisingly, by the time such a voice reached Agnos' ear, an Iris dagger had already approached his neck muscle.

Agnos, who waited with care to put up his sword and be able to cope with any situation, succeeds in taking the attack painfully.

"... Kuh!

sounded like a bump between hard metal and metal.

Agnos tries to shake it off with force in his gripping sword in order to bounce back the dagger of Illis.

Usually, that should have been enough to play the opponent.

Because Agnos bounced off the attack of Illis and waved his sword once he thought about getting a distance.

But reality didn't.

It turns out that Agnos' sword still has horrible powers in it, such that the Rigiri and the Iris dagger are not poked away, and he wants to hear where such powers are.

Whether he exercised physical enhancement magic without Agnos' notice or sought physical enhancement through a magical circulation, that power must be described as a terrible output.

Agnos and, as a swordsman, physical strengthening through the magic circulation has been going well since the game began.

I am proud to say that the output is to such an extent that I can also stake out with a man's senior swordsman.

Nonetheless, the girl staring at this one with those red, shining, cold eyes in front of her is powerful enough to overwhelm Agnos' sword with one hand using both hands.

What should I be surprised at without being surprised at this?

Agnos thought so.

I push it down like this, that's when I thought, the girl pulled back and distance herself from Agnos.

And look at the dagger and say something.

"... all you have to say is that you are still strong... because you were going to sink in one blow and you were defended... your dagger is missing"

If you look at the dagger the girl has when they say it, it does lack a lot and still looks like it's going to break.

In contrast, Agnos' sword, the slender two-handed sword, has no slight chip.

"You can't trust cheap stuff because of this...... even though you say you just put it out on the grind. I'm still in elementary school, so I don't have any money, so this is all I could have got for the game. Is Mr. Agnos' sword, after all, a sword of name?

I think for a moment, such as chatting during the game, but Agnos understood that with his current reward, he was quite tired.

And I also understood painfully that the person in front of me was not what he looked like or had a reputation for.

On top of that, I decided that this chat time was necessary to recover my health and I dared to ride it.

"Yep... I ordered it from a good blacksmith there. I went out of my way to collect ingredients... so it's different from the sword there."

"I see... then"

The moment I said that, the girl disappeared again.

And now that missing dagger was even approaching Agnos' neck.

I might say that it was a miracle that I was able to react.

Agnos felt a life-threatening crisis in his hair at that moment, bringing his sword almost exclusively to his neck.

Then, as earlier, I heard a metal bump into my sword with enormous force, so I just waved my sword as my own inquiry commanded, and played what looked like an Iris dagger.

Everything in the sequence of motions was completely invisible to Agnos.

Not so much, Illis' blow was fast.

And at some point, Iris was distant from Agnos and raised his voice as he was disappointed while entertaining his dagger at hand.

"... now it's broken"

Said, if you look at the dagger that Illis has, it is certainly almost broken from the roots and looks like he will no longer make use of it as a dagger.

As Iris complains,

"I can't even fix this... I guess I'll have to throw it away"

That's what I say, throw down the dagger.

Teasing, teasing, and being dumped on stage.

If this isn't a match with Illis, it's nothing more than a trick to represent a surrender.

I thought the contestants couldn't win, because that's when they often throw down their weapons and tell them to surrender.

However, Agnos had understood from the bottom of his heart that with only two sword rewards, Illis was not the type to surrender to the extent that his weapon was broken (...).

I was so sure there were other hidden balls.

Why, because he seemed to look at the look on the face of Illis now, that there was no rush at all, he just lost one of his means of attack.

And, unfortunately, that Agnos account was true.

After he threw down his dagger, Illis smiled at the doll's face.

"Your brother will laugh at you, too, as you seem to struggle in the qualifying round. It's a little early… it's time to settle."

And at that moment when Illis said so, Agnos felt a mighty shock on his face, and somehow his body was dancing through the universe when he realized it.

I don't even have a sense of my own sword in my hand.

Myself, in one, Agnos had been thrown out into the universe.

"... Huh?

The stage looks far away.

Downstairs, Illis stands and looks up.

I saw the audience staring at this one.

And when my body climbed up and reached the top, I felt my own body fall toward the ground, along with a feeling of disgust.

I knew that falling would not kill me more than strengthening my body with magic circulation.

However, it was still very scary to say what it felt like for my own body to fall.

That is all the more so if Illis is waiting with his sword on the ground at Agnos' drop point.

If I stab him in the head, I won't be fatally injured.

But there's no way to escape.

After confirming that, Agnos gets to the answer in his panicked head that all he has to do is surrender.

And Agnos said as he fell.

"Here, I surrender! My loss! So, please, take me!!

When Illis, smiling at the words, threw down Agnos' sword, he opened his hands and welcomed Agnos' body.