Climbing the arena.

　My opponent for the final came. It was the steward who welcomed us to the castle.

　I thought the strongest person in this country was the Elf King, followed by this steward. It was because the amount of magic power was high, and the magic flowed as if he had spent a considerable amount of time training.

　It was going to be more of a struggle than when he fought the general.


''Actually, I was taking care of Tina-sama when she was a child.

　The steward who faced him began to speak.

'I must confess that I have no intention of marrying Lady Tina even if I win.

'What?　Then why did you go to this competition?

'I didn't think Lady Tina had any intention of marrying him yet. It is not possible for her to find a man to marry within three days of her return. And it is unlikely that Lady Tina would be attracted to the wayward sons of a nobleman.

　...Oh?

　This elf could be a really nice guy, right?

　But I'm a nobleman's son, too.
　I don't want us to be together, though.

'At first, I was thinking that when I won, I would put the matter of marriage on hold, and when Lady Tina could find someone she wanted to tie the knot with, I would give the right to that person.

Do you want to think about it?

''In our earlier match, it seemed like Lady Tina was rooting for you wholeheartedly. She was rooting for you in this tournament, where the winner would be married to her. You are in love with Lady Tina, aren't you?

Yes.

I see. Lady Tina seems to want you to be with her too.

Are you going to abstain?

"Hmmm, no way. My role is to make you happy, Tina-sama. I will make sure that you are the one who can protect her from now on.

　I'm defeating the national army general of this country, and I'm not sure that's enough.

You're not considered as strong as the first general you beat. Lady Tina could kill that one instantly.

　Oh come on, what a way to talk about your own country's general. I'm sure you know what you're talking about.

"What I want from you is more power than Tina, to protect her. Defeating me won't prove such a thing, but at least I can rest assured that I can trust Lady Tina with my life.

'So you mean, if I beat you, you'll admit it?'

'I(-) said (I)-' What would the nobles of this country say? Well, it's one thing to get them to admit it.

Okay, thank you for telling me.

I'm curious about you, you've made it this far in spite of being human, and I wanted to talk to you.


　The elf playing the role of referee climbs up to the fighting table.

　The match begins.


'I won't go easy on you, will I?

Yeah. So do I.

　Knead your magic.

"Firelance!

　I create a flame knight and have it attack.

　But the flaming knight explodes before it can run.

How could they not be countered by the same move three times?

　The butler shot a wind magic arrow into the air and detonated the flame knight.

''Isn't it?''

　The butler raised the magic bow...

　The arrows flew at super speed.

　I generated a magical barrier on its trajectory to slow down the arrow and managed to avoid it. It was significantly faster than the arrows that Rifa fired.

''You dodged it well. Well, I don't want it to end like this.''

Welcome back, Firelance!

　I'll fire a thousand rounds of fire lance.

──?

　The butler turned himself around and avoided the spear of fire. The spear of fire hit the magical barrier that covered the dome around the arena...

　The magic barrier was destroyed to pieces.

　Screams and amazement could be heard from the nobles in the hall.

''Wha, what is that magic power now!

'You're right to avoid it. It's a thousand rounds worth of fire lance.

A thousand?

But what good is it if you can't avoid it? ...how about this? Firelance!

　It creates a thousand spears of flame in the air.

"──haha!

　The butler was astonished by the spear of fire that was filling the sky. The tips of the spears of fire all pointed at the butler.

''I don't think it's possible to avoid them if there are this many of them. Oh, and by the way, each one of them is as powerful as the one in.........

What the hell are you doing?

One of Tina's potential fiancées. So, what do you want to do? If you don't give up, I'm going to shoot you.

''Ah, haha, there's no way you can win this. Referee! I give up.

Thank you. You're not going to need this anymore, but...

　He pointed the tip of his spear of fire at the sky and launched it directly into the sky at high speed.


''Sho, victor, Hurt-Vie-Silvereigh, the boy of the human race!

　The referee pronounced victory.

　Almost simultaneously with the pronouncement, he detonated all the fire lances he launched.

　The fire lances spread out in the sky above, scattering multicolored fire.

　I thought that the butler would surrender if I showed him this magic, so I had built magic into the spears beforehand that would color them when they explode.

　It's a firework to celebrate my victory.

''Tina, come on!''
Yes!

　Tina comes running up to the fighting table, "Te Te Te," she says, "I'm the winner!

'I'm the winner! So now Alheim, as a nation, will recognize me and Tina's marriage?

　Holding Tina's shoulders, he asked to the nobles and royalty sitting in the audience.

''Mi, there's no way they would approve!
Yes, no human will be allowed to be united with Lady Tina!

　Nobles and ministers are shouting in protest.

'Listen up, everyone. I asked the Spirit King of the Wind to recognize the winner of this tournament as Tina's companion and grant them both his blessing. The sylphs accepted. Are you all going to turn it against me?

　The Elf King seems to stand up for me.

"Well, the mortal must have been playing a cowardly game!
'I thought you were letting your friends cast auxiliary magic on you! Otherwise, there's no way a human race could use magic like that!
'Certainly! It's not fair! This game should be annulled!

　They're going to accuse me of cheating, and the match itself is going to be nullified.

　It was expected.
　((That person is not cheating))


　((that person is not cheating))

　A voice echoed throughout the hall.

'This, this voice!
'What? A voice in my head.

　The elves all seem to hear it, too.


　The wind swirled in the center of the arena.
　) ((Hey, it's the first time in hundreds of years that I've been seen in this country.

　((Hey, how many hundreds of years it's been since they showed themselves in this country? Some of you are new to this. I'm Sylph the Wind Spirit King.

Master Sylph!

　(()) The Elf King, who had come to the arena before I knew it, kneels in front of the sylph.

　(()) ((I've met you before, haven't I? ) ((I'm a king now. Long time no see.

It's been a long time. I didn't expect you to manifest yourself.

　(()) ((Because I got the leaf of the world tree as a promise to give the blessing to the winner. ) ((I've already blessed both of you with a blessing. ((I've already blessed you both with a blessing...)) ((Are you kidding me?

!

　The wind that flowed through the hall became cold.
　The cold killing air of the Spirit King made the nobles and ministers tremble.

''Meh, no ruined phase! The Royal House of Alheim blesses the marriage of Tina-Haribel and Hurt-Vi-Silvaray!

　((Okay, thanks. ) ((Okay, thanks. That was not fair! Or you, for that matter.

　A sylph flew into the audience and choked on the nobleman who had been making a lot of noise earlier. (()) ((I'll testify in the name of the spirit king.

　(()) ((I will testify in the name of the Spirit King. ) ((I testify in the name of the spirit king. ((帖帖)) ((帖帖))

　) (()): ((It seems there's no one to argue with Sylph's declaration.

　) ((meaning: ) ((It seems there's no one to complain about. ) ((It seems like no one has any complaints about it. Congratulations!

　The sylph wind wrapped me and Tina in warmth.

　In the center of that wind, me and Tina kissed each other.