That's enough!　The individual winner is Temma Ootori!

　Almost at the same time as Blanca falls, the referee's voice echoes through the hall, followed by loud cheers. In the officials' seats, my people on my side, plus Yoshitsune, are happy. Well, I don't see Blanca because she's unconscious, but during the game, Yoshitsune was growing in strength with hatred every time he cheered me on, and if I'd seen her, she would have attacked me even though the game was over.
　I answered the crowd's cheers by raising my hand and telling the attendant to hurry up and take Blanca away. This got my attention.
You should never see Yoshitsune happy when you follow him.

'Temma Ootori, we have a pair of finals in an hour, will you be okay?'
I'm fine.

　This year's tournament, even the pair that abandoned the tournament last time made it through, so they'll be competing in the finals in three divisions. I've just finished one of them, the individual competition, but the finals will be played on the same day in all three divisions, so I'll have to play two more times. Well, my partner in the pairing is my grandfather, and he's eager to get rid of last year's resentment, so I might just be able to help out in the rear, and the opponents aren't very strong, so he'll be able to win the game on his own.

"The question is, will it be the team game...?

　The opponent for the final of the team competition it was the Kingsguard team led by Mr. Dinh. There were five members, Din-san, Jean, Edgar-san, Sigurd-san and Chris-san, with no reserve. I'm used to seeing these guys around, but when they were chosen to participate, there was a lot of noise about them being the hottest team in the tournament.
　The victims of such a high-profile team, especially our opponents in the qualifying round, were so depressed that they ended up with no good points at all and looked like they might have been traumatized. Well, even among the knights who routinely put emphasis on cooperation in interpersonal battles, only selected knights could become the Kingsguard, and furthermore, they had to deal with the top five knights among them, so a half-hearted skill..................especially against a demon like adventurer In a team with so many opportunities, it's no wonder we ended up with nothing to show for it.
　As for "Oration", the usual members of me, Grandpa, Amur, Surarin, Shiroumaru, and Solomon clashed with the "Southern Selection" led by Blanca in the semifinals. Amur was damaged in the fight against Blanca and the others and had to leave, but he wasn't seriously injured, and he's confident that he'll be able to overcome his fears with Chris in the final. When Grandpa and Blanca started punching each other in the middle of the match, the top guys in the South took the odd step of watching the two fighters without a care in the world, but the crowd was so excited by the fight that they didn't get blamed for it.
　And as for the two men's fisticuffs, Grandpa countered a straight right hand from Blanca with a pair of blows, resulting in a double knockdown. But unlike Grandpa, Blanca was the leader of the Southern Section, so Blanca's team lost.

　An hour and a half later, he said.

"Grandpa, you did a great job.
'Ho-ho!　We wanted a little more challenge, but that was a pretty interesting game. With a little more experience, I'm sure we can become one of the top pairs.

　My opponent in the final, which was overrun by my grandpa, was a pair of young adventurers who were making their first appearance in the final. The match was our... or rather Grandpa's overwhelming victory, but Grandpa's reputation was high in spite of the result. In the final of the pairs, Grandpa, the vanguard, fought against the two of us, and I didn't have much to do. Well, since it's not a good idea to just stand there, I did a reasonable job of restraining the opposing rear guard whenever they tried to use their magic.


''Well then, 'Oration' people, the finals of the team competition will begin in an hour, so please get ready before then.　

　As soon as the attendant left the waiting room, we decided to plan our strategy right away. Well, even though we're going to plan a strategy, who is going to deal with whom is what we call in "Oration".............but first.

The finalists are me, Grandpa, Amur, Shiroumar and Slarin.
Cui?　.........cue!

　Solomon said, "You've been in the game before, why! I sounded like I was going to say.

'Simply because Slarin is stronger. When Solomon comes out, Mr. Dinh will probably be the first to go after him.

　In previous matches, Solomon's control of the airspace was a huge advantage, but that was also because our previous opponents had no way of defeating him. However, the Konoe Guard had Din-san, who was capable of dropping Solomon with a single blow, and they had enough members to hold the rest of us back while Din-san dropped Solomon. And while we may be stronger individually, we've lost a great deal in terms of coordination...there's a difference between us that's too great to compare.
　The pattern most likely to cause us to lose is that Solomon will be dropped and reduced by one person, and I will be surrounded by Mr. Din and Mr. Jean, then Solomon will be dropped, Amour will be held back by Chris, Grandpa will be surrounded by Edgar and Sigurd, and Jean will be the opponent of Shiroumaru. The three of us do. And while I'm going at it with Mr. Din, a handful of people - Chris or Jean or both - will take my back...but Amur, Shiroumaru is unlikely to be out of the fight, so it's significantly less likely than the best one.
　However, what both have in common is Solomon's dropping out of the race, and I believe the chances of him getting to that point are quite high, and that's why he's being replaced. In the first place, Slarin is the third of 'Oration' in terms of strength, so it was odd that he hadn't left so far out. Well, it was like Slarin was listening to Solomon's selfishness.

　Solomon had been complaining quite persistently, but in the end, Slarin had convinced him to allow him to be replaced.

'Next up is who's going to deal with who...'
"I'm gonna beat up Chris!
Amur will be Mr. Chris. So, Shiroumar, take care of Mr. Jean. The first priority is to not let him join Mr. Din, and don't force him to attack you. Slarin I want you to go after Mr. Edgar and preferably Mr. Sigurd. Grandpa, if Slarin leaks one of them, he'll be the one who does it, and if it looks okay, he'll go after Din-san with me........................... Well, it's only a plan, and it's possible that Din-san and the others will read that plan and try to outsmart you, so please be flexible at that time.

　We know each other's strengths and we're both top-ranked in our abilities, but we're the top team in the tournament, especially when it comes to cooperation, so we're going to bring in Slarin to increase our overall strength, and at the same time, we're going to have the selfish side, including me, to follow up on our cooperation. 　Slough?　There is none.
　After discussing a certain amount of strategy, we spent our time thinking about it until game time. And

Final, 'Oration' versus 'Kommandant'............................begin!

　As soon as the game started.

Uggee!

　Amur was blown away. His opponent was Mr. Dinh.
　As expected, our aim was read, and we had been outsmarted. But although Amur was blown up and sustained damage, he barely avoided a direct hit and was not rendered incapable of fighting. In the meantime, however, Din-san and the others took advantage of their numerical advantage and went to their respective opponents.
　Chris-san interrupted Siloumaru, Edgar-san interrupted Grandpa, Sigurd-san interrupted to block the front of Slarin, and Din-san and Jean-san rushed at me. Perhaps Din-san and his team's plan had worked out well in this(-) and this(-). Yes, up to this point.

Huh!　f*ck!　Slarin'!

　Jean, who was coming towards me along with Mr. Dinh, lost his balance and nearly fell over just before he got to top speed. His legs were entangled with tentacles that extended from the slarin'

I thought I was outsmarting them, but they read me!

　Mr. Din said that happily as he wielded his sword, but

'Unfortunately, I couldn't read it. It was rather chilling to be outsmarted. All thanks to Slarin.........!

　He exchanged a few strikes with Mr. Dinh, forcing him to gain distance with a forceful blow....

It's not something to be proud of.

　Mr. Dinh looked dumbfounded and reasserted his sword as if nothing had happened.

''Slarin is my subordinate, so I guess I can be proud of him, though!
'That would be true but!　If you leave it to your family, they'll laugh at you!

To whom?　
"Your Majesty!　Master Lyle, and!　Lady Luna........!

　When I heard the three names, it made sense to me. Then the image of the three of them laughing came to my mind and I felt uncomfortable.

''Well then, let's have the captain of the Konoe Guard, who can lose to me like that, change that role.......kah!
Sorry, that's my head!

　In the end, I'm going to go toe-to-toe with Mr. Dinh... or so I thought.

'Tsk!　I knew it was impossible!

　Mr. Sigurd cut at me from behind.
　I thought it was Slarin who was dealing with Mr. Sigurd, and while I prevented it, I blew Mr. Sigurd away and looked towards where Slarin was.

'That's a messed up way to fight...'

　Mr. Jean wielded his great sword with force and scattered the body of the slarin.

''Slurin are troublesome away and troublesome up close, but slime is a demon with extremely low defense. That's no exception, even for Slarin.

　Din-san is right, Slarin has an exceptional defense for a slime, but not enough to withstand Jean-san's attacks. However.

Ugh!

'Mmm-hmm!　Vice-captain of the Kingsguard, strike it out!

　Amur attacked from behind Mr. Jan, who was facing Slarin.
　Jean-san also noticed Amur's approach and was about to intercept him, but the moment Jean-san's consciousness turned to Amur for a moment, a part of Slarin's scattered body clung to Jean-san's leg, blocking his movement and causing him to faint under Amur's attack while he was almost defenseless.



　Din-san was right, Jean-san had left, and the Konoe Guard was losing the battle.
　Amur, who had defeated Jean-san, attacked Chris-san, who had managed to handle Shiroumaru's attack, and Sigurd, who was about to attack me again, was trapped by Slarin, who had collected his scattered body, and Edgar, who had been dealing with his grandfather, was pinned down on the ground and unable to move! It was a state of affairs.

'So, Mr. Dinh, shall we decide on a tie-in?'
Nice of Temma to go to all the trouble of a one-on-one meeting.

Good job!
'Hey!　It's not safe, Amur!

No, if it gets dangerous, you might switch places with your grandfather.
'Well, that's what team games are supposed to be about. That's just the way it is.

Hooray!
You buzzing, buzzing round!

Then feel free to throw Grandpa and Slarin in there if it's too dangerous.
Temma said, 'I can't beat Master Din, so help me! And if you're going to call it that, I'll admit it.

Hey, hey, hey!
'Oh, f*ck it!　If I wasn't so tired in Shiroumaru, I could easily avoid such an attack!

Shut up...
'Well, we're not the only ones fighting...'

　Me and Mr. Din's motivation was greatly diminished by the exchange between Amour and Chris, but it's not wrong because it's a team fight so those two are right, and most importantly, the crowd is very excited about the two of them fighting. What's wrong is me and Mr. Din talking without paying attention to the people around us in what should be a melee team fight, Grandpa sitting on top of Mr. Edgar watching the game, Slarin caring for Mr. Jan while he has Mr. Sigurd in his grasp, and Shilomar lying there yawning. It's unusual that half of them are wrong, but for some reason the audience doesn't care, and on the contrary, they seem to be getting excited, so maybe it's both unusual and normal.

''Well, there's no point in worrying about it...''

It's called 'catnip'!
'What!　'Catcalling'!

'Temma, those guys don't care. They'll care, but I think it's part of their training.

　The two of them were starting to go off the rails in many ways, and I was about to lose too much motivation, but I told myself that Din-san was right, it was part of my training, and I decided to focus on the single combat.

'Let's go, Temma!
I'm ready for you!

　And so the one-on-one battle between me and Mr. Dinh began.
　Unlike the usual training, there was a unique sense of tension and exuberance as this was the final of a tournament, and the battle continued, with techniques that we wouldn't show in normal training, and mistakes that could lead to fatal mistakes if we weren't careful even a little bit. And then.

Oh, shit. I give up.

　It was a close call, but I'm glad I beat Mr. Din in a swordfight on even terms... but...

Go to hell, Chris!
Don't get cocky, Amur!

　If it weren't for the two men behind me, still fighting, I would have been able to rejoice from the bottom of my heart...

Hey, ref, come here.

　When Mr. Dinh called the referee over and gave him an earful, he nodded lightly. And then.

The winner is "Oration.

　He declared the victory of 'Oration' loud enough for the two people still fighting to hear it, and indicated me with his hand.

'Temma, let's get out of here so the two of you don't notice us.
Yes, sir. By the way, what did you say to the referees earlier?

　As we were all leaving the arena, except for Amour and Chris, I asked Din what he had secretly said to the referees.

'Yeah, I told the referee, 'Those two still seem to want to fight, so let them do it to their heart's content. And I said, 'Oh, and don't make a big deal out of your declaration so you don't get in the way.'
I see........Mr. Dinh is very kind!
"Yes.

　I understood that it was the least we could do to leave unnoticed, so as not to disturb their service to the audience.

'You're a demon. The captain, and Temma....
You two are to blame for not realizing it, but there's no denying that they are devils.

　Grandpa and the others seemed to agree, and none of them called out to Amour and Chris, but they followed behind me and Din.


'Why did you leave us!
I demand an explanation!

　After that, Amur and Chris continued to fight for a while after we left the arena, and when they left once to regroup, they found that they were the only ones left in the arena. Meanwhile, we were chatting over refreshments and being called in by the king to explain the situation. Then the two of them came over and confronted me.

No, you don't usually find out without being told.

　The two men choked on their words with a single word. Furthermore, the

In the first place, in a team fight, you have to assume that you will be attacked by someone other than the one in front of you, and if you were attacked from behind in that condition, you would have died, right?　Amur might end up with only himself in the damage, but in Chris's case, the worst thing that could happen is that the king would be killed, right?

Nuh-uh!

''If that happens, at the very least I'll be deprived of my title and fallen into slavery, at the very worst I'll be executed. Well, I'm sure I'll be punished in some way as well, but it'll probably be demotion or house arrest.

'Hey!　Even the captain!

　Mr. Dinh is also teasing Chris, but what he's saying is quite likely what he's saying, so Chris couldn't argue with him even though he knows he's being teased. And there's more to it.

"Chris I'll pick you up in the South when you fall into slavery. And ... I'll rub it in!
That's not possible!

　Amour's teasing with a yawning smile, Chris-san denied it with a tremendous swagger....

No, I guess that's about right.

　The king, who had been listening quietly (while stifling his laughter), suddenly took Amur's side.

...I mean...

　Chris complains about that while glancing at me, but

That will never happen. The slaves of the Temma are nothing more than a reward. It has been decided that a person who has fallen into slavery for this reason cannot be made a slave of those closest to him or her. There are many people who know Chris and Tenma's relationship. It's a good thing that the Viscount Nambu family, although close with Amur, is far away from the capital, and considering Chris's accomplishments so far, they can disguise their ownership of the property to Viscount Hana, who served as his partner at the tournament.

Well.....

　As the king explained, Chris-san had a look of despair on his face.

''If you don't like that, then you won't make the same mistakes you just made when you were on your original mission.
'Yes!　I would never do that!　I will never be a slave to Amur!

　At Mr. Din's warning, Chris-san straightened up and declared loudly. When Amur heard Chris-san's words, he looked very boring, but since I don't want to see someone I know have someone I know as a slave, I would definitely want Chris-san to take care of a lot of things.

　A short while later, we all went to the venue, as we were ready for the award ceremony.

'I see that Amour and Chris-san have caused a delay in your schedule,'
I'm sorry I'll make sure Chris gets it right. As a slave master!
I'm not a slave!

　Chris overreacted to Amour's words and yelled out... but...

Chris, shut up!　As a Kingsguard, you are exposing yourself to shame!

　Because of the proximity of the ceremony site, Mr. Dinh was pissed at me.

'Amur, you should be careful, that joke will be unfashionable in some cases.

　Amour was also warned by Grandpa, but not as strongly as Chris.


'It was a more exciting awards ceremony than usual, wasn't it?
Isn't that the most exciting thing I've ever heard of?
That was all thanks to Amur and Chris, wasn't it?

Buh!
Don't.........say anymore........

　Because Amur and Chris fought until the last minute, the heat of the audience didn't take long to settle down before the awards ceremony was held, and it was a more exciting ceremony than usual. During the ceremony, the audience called out Amur and Chris's names, and whenever Amur waved his hand, they cheered. Chris, meanwhile, looked down in embarrassment.

　Then, a week after the tournament, at a party hosted by the royal family.


Yes.
'This is indeed a cute one do you want me to go and call you now?
'Branca, that's not possible. Chris's guy, he volunteered all the way out of King's Landing for a mission outside King's Landing and went out early this morning.

　It was a party hosted by the royal family, and Chris-san of the Kingsguard was allowed to attend, but he was too embarrassed about the award ceremony, or maybe he was too embarrassed to be made fun of, so he declined to participate, saying he didn't want to be made fun of, and also volunteered for a mission to leave the royal capital temporarily. However, the other members of the Kingsguard are participating, and since Din-san is off today, he has left the king's side to eat and drink with us.
　Only then would Chris-san be able to

'Temma, there's another guy who wants to ask me about Chris.

　He was very popular with the men. They said they liked the way Chris was fighting with Amur, or the way he was embarrassed at the award ceremony, and they tried to talk to some of them in the days leading up to the party, but Chris thought they were going to make fun of him, and he was running away from them.

'Shut up, you blind idiots,'

　While Chris was running away, Amur was watching the scene with amusement, but the participants of this party may have mistakenly thought that Chris's partner was Amur, and he had been calling out to Amur every time he went to get food and drink. Amur didn't seem to be amused by such a situation where Chris-san was so popular, and his mood became more unhappy whenever he was surrounded by people.

The next time you're surrounded by people, I'll go get it for you. As expected, you won't have the guts to surround me.
Blanca's got a scary face, so she has to be used at times like this, and there's nowhere to do it, dammit!

　Even though Blanca had taken care to say something self-deprecating, Amour had taken some of his resentment out on Blanca and had been fist-bumped on the head in public.

'Hmm?　Is it getting a little noisy?
'His Majesty will be here what's the matter?　........Ho. That's going to be interesting.

　One of the Kingsguard came up to Mr. Dinh, who was talking with me, and gave him some kind of earful. Mr. Dinh heard the report and smiled happily.

''Mr. Din, what happened?''
"Hmm. This is definitely a concern. Whenever you smile like that, something bad is happening or about to happen.
Well, I won't deny it, but I'm sure His Majesty will have more details to say about it. So I'm afraid His Majesty will sulk if I tell him first.

　Grandpa agreed with my question, but Mr. Dinh wouldn't tell me because the king was sulking. Well, when he said that, it was easy to picture the scene of the king bullying (and even the scene afterwards where the king was complaining and getting angry with Maria), so I didn't ask any more questions and waited quietly for the king's announcement.

'I see you are enjoying yourselves, gentlemen. I see that you all are enjoying yourselves. We have just received a report that the Sword of Dawn, a regular participant in the tournament, but who did not participate in this tournament, has conquered the dungeon in Seigen.

　It was something of a hazy story about the existence of the competition winners.