The Great Martial Competition in Batcombe
　It was the afternoon of the second day.

　So me, Sara and Unja are participating in the qualifiers.

　Ex.
You're one of the co-hosts, so I hope you're representing us.
　Yes, I joined the war because the Lord of Batcombe, Gelter, told me to.

　There were no participants from the small frontier city of Eads, which is co-sponsoring the event as well as Liberty.
　To Guelter.
Wasn't it mandatory for the co-host cities to participate?
　I asked him that.
Did I say that?
　So you said that and laughed.

　Well.
　It wasn't until after the qualifying round had already started that I realized I had been tricked, yes....


　We made it through the first round thanks to Sarah and Unja.
　As it was, without a moment's rest, they slipped into the second and third rounds.

　........and

　As usual, Sarah and Unya are dominant.
　As for Unia, I had heard about her amazing fighting skills and speed since I was a nobleman living in the royal capital, but this was the first time I had actually seen her with my own eyes.
　In Unna's case, it's impossible to describe how fast it is.
　Probably, when the other party realizes it, they have already been caught behind.......and so on.

　The weight of the blow is not half as heavy as Sarah's, either.
　The blow will knock him out and leave him unconscious.
　Even if you only graze her, you can take a considerable amount of damage, so your opponent no longer even tries to get close to Sarah.

　........As a result.
　As the qualifying process progressed, I found myself being targeted more and more by the other teams.

　nevertheless
　When I was a teacher in King's Landing, I also taught offensive and defensive magic to a certain extent.

　While deploying a moving shield (moving shield) around
　You can deploy the Fire Lance around you and hit a frightened opponent with your shield, and so on.

　So while defending themselves, they were always in a position to participate in the attack as well.

.............Most definitely.
　I only had one direct attack on me during the qualifiers.
　
　Well, I mean, I got hit by one attack.
　It was a party of twin-sworded heroes from Batcombe.
　It wasn't until much later that I learned that these three were last year's sixth-place team...


　and so on
　Me, Sara, and Unja got through the first three qualifying rounds without incident.

　After the qualifying round
　We had an award ceremony at the venue.

"Don't play with me until you get a shot at me, okay?
　The presenter, the Lord of Batcombe, Gelter, handed me the trophy with a smirk.
　
Anyway, I'll do my best.
　So that's all we could do.


　After the awards ceremony was over, we moved with the other qualifiers to the corridor to the competitors' waiting room.

　It's getting there, for us players.
May I have a word with you?
You, the knight over there, do you have a moment?
　and
　A large number of people who were waiting for us approached us all at once.

　This.
　That's why they're called Scouts.
　So these are the people who are trying to scout out the players in this tournament who seem to be promising and hire them as mainline mercenaries/guards.

　And that's because
　In King's Landing, people who are skilled in sword and martial arts are
　First, they are usually collected by the knights of the castle, and when the nobles and merchants try to employ the fierce men themselves.
　The only way to do this is to recruit for the Adventurer's Guild or to scout for these martial arts tournaments.

　Just.
　It's a bit lonely, I thought.

　It means that not a single scout has approached Unya and Sarah.
　No.
　I'm not even going to let them go if they get scouted, from my point of view, so that's something.

　You've made your abilities known to the whole world.
　So none of them have been approached by the scouts.

　I'm sure the fact that two of them are representing a small frontier city, Liberty, has an impact on that.
　It affects more than that.

　Because they're subhuman.

　So it seems to be.

　After all, racial supremacy is still as prevalent in King's Landing as ever, and
　It's not like I'm going to hire a sub-human for the sake of it.

　When I was still a nobleman in King's Landing.
　Wunya, being a cat person, was employed by her former family.
　Even with this, it wasn't as a formal maid, but rather as a so-called slave-like contract.......


　In that case
Oh, isn't this my lord?
　One of those scouts was Quinn Chamber of Commerce/Quinn.

　Quinn noticed me.
　He ran up to me with a big smile on his face.
First of all, congratulations on qualifying.
　He said, and bobbed his head.
　And then.
　Quinn looked up and turned his attention to Sarah and Unja, who were standing on either side of me.
As long as you two don't have any members of my lord's entourage out, we would be happy to scout for you.
　He said, and smiled at me.

　Then.
　After a short conversation with us, Quinn went back to scouting.
　Quinn is not like other scouts.
'Hey there werewolf, can I have a word with you?
　and
　I was taking the initiative to talk to a sub-human warrior who had been doing a remarkable job in the previous qualifying round.
Well, you're not talking to me, are you?
　And.
　So the sub-humans had surprised me in reverse.

　Even in King's Landing.
　I can't believe there are still people like Quinn like this.
　It makes me very happy.

◇ ◇.

　after that
　Back in the waiting room.

Thank you for your efforts. Congratulations on qualifying.
　Erdena, who was waiting for us to return, greeted us with a big smile on her face.

　In the room.
　Other figures include Biblina, Googs and others.
We were all cheering for you in the audience.
　He smiled at me with a smirk.

　

　When I hear that.
　Googus chuckles and
''No, I think the Goopop guy got bored watching these fights.
　I started to doze off in the middle of the game.
　Lil' Pop brought me back to the anteroom here because it couldn't be helped, but...
　As he said that, Googs looked at him.

　With Goopop lying on the couch, breathing in his sleep.
　There was Lil Pop, who had apparently fallen asleep with a blanket over that goop and stroking its head.

　Lil Pop was asleep with his face snuggled up against the goopop's face, with his own face snuggled up against the goopop's.
　I'm exposing my unprotected sleeping face there.

　Lil' Pop is always spewing murderous energy around us, and in a way, it's valuable to see him like this.
　What was I thinking?

　Just when you thought those lillpops had disappeared from your eyes in an instant.

...What is it, my lord?
　indicates irony
　I heard Lil Pop's voice from behind me.

　it seems that
　Even though he was asleep, Lil Pop sensed a good sign.
　I'm told he moved on the spot instantly.

　If only Lil Pop had been a little more sleepy.
　


　in this situation
　We all drank the drink Erdena had brought for us, and we finally took a break.

　If we could, we wanted to just go back to Liberty and get some rest.
Well the dinner party is about to begin today.
　Saying that, Erdena pulls my hand back.

　Just because I'm the lord of the co-host city.
　But they won't let you go just because you participated in the preliminary round, yes.

　I am.
　I told him to at least wait until I had showered and moved to the bathhouse.

　At that point
　I put my mouth to Erdena's ear.
Can we talk after the dinner?
　Yes, when I say the words.
　Erdena is
I'll be waiting for you in your room.
　So he said that and smiled a little mischievously...