"I don't know how many times, but when we meet, I wonder if I don't have a choice but my room."

The five survivors gathered at Tiana's apartment.

And

"I'm sorry"

"Oh, no, I'm not so blaming you."

Tiana panicked when she saw Nick kneel down and bow his head.

"No, it's not about the rendezvous point, it's about the duel."

"Oh, well. Wouldn't that be nice?

"No, I let you hang out with my personal fight..."

"Hey, Nick."

Tiana sighed heavily.

"I don't know if it's the Iron Tiger team over there, but I wouldn't be working with you if you had a leader like that who would bow his head to those assholes."

"No, but..."

"One way or another, I doubt I can usually pull it off...... If anyone in the guild finds out, they'll be here."

"Well, there's something about both fighting and losing... And if you're gonna sue me for being a fraud, I'm gonna have to go out to the Sun Knights, not the guild."

"The Knights of the Sun?

Tiana asked in return.

"It's the Knights of the Labyrinth City. The Knights of the Lord."

"Nick won't sue you out there?

"... I think I can."

Nick puts his hand on his chin and worries. As a Knights, you will move if you look for a boy in a protective gear shop who was tricked by Clodine, or a victim who would be there, and sue him together. Or possibly already in motion. But...

"I don't know how long it will take. If I suck, they tell me to cooperate with the investigation, and I don't get a lot of time for this one to work. That's why adventurers are more or less annoyed to get involved with the Knights and want to get it done in a duel... Maybe Baba sees it as such an extension."

Duel in this country is legally binding.

Slave someone, be it an exchange of money in excess of a certain amount, nullify a boulder if it is an illegal arrangement, but it is not considered a problem if it is within the limits of legality. Rather, there are even people who praise it as a manifestation of masculinity. That trend is particularly strong for humans who have to boast of strength like adventurers.

"But it's good that you listened to me as much as you did."

"I know that would have happened if I hadn't bladed it out there too, but you followed me out... They made it look like both fights were over."

"Oh, that's why we duel."

"In the meantime, I'm going to go explain it to the guild again. Maybe the adventurer's got Leon fooling him, too. Hey. Just wait a little longer to appeal to the Knights."

"Why?"

"If you sue the Knights, the duel is likely to be nassied too. We've been talking about this ever since we beat the shit out of them."

To Nick's words, Tiana and the others broke their faces with joy.

"Do it or win. I mean, I'm gonna win."

"Yes Da! I don't want to be left alone, Zo!

"Yeah, let me show you something."

"Well, I appreciate that... I'm just trying to explain a little bit more about how it went. You're not all surprised it's a duel, are you?

"Oh, that's..."

Tiana turned her gaze toward Kizna.

"Because I've heard it all."

"I was listening, so I wouldn't have been in the back alley."

"Yes, I am."

"Well, I heard..."

And I realized that Nick was about to say it.

"You're sloppy again, huh?

"It's not sloppy!

Kizna got pungently angry.

"By and large, I would have said it before. My audiovisual acute."

I thought you heard me talking in the alley.

Don't tell me you're not a good bugger, huh? I was alone with the werewolf. With Karan and other crying faces. "

"Wow! I don't know what to cry about!

"Uh, no..."

Nick looked so subtle.

Kizna seems interesting about that,

"What?

"I'm sorry to say it's a bad idea."

"Um, that's good"

Kizna exhales and flinches greatly.

"So you guys called that old lady... Vilma"

"No, you're not, are you? Those in the Adventurer Alliance had already moved when they perceived signs of a fight."

"Really? So, was someone watching you, or..."

Nick started to think about it.

But after a while I slap myself on the knee and see the faces of everyone.

"You don't think the other one's a guru, do you?

Tiana said with a smile on her face.

"No, I don't think so. I don't know if you're a fancy nobleman, but we're just a middle-class adventurer party. If you're powerful enough to work with an Alliance employee, there's no reason why you should be a mid-level adventurer."

"You know what?"

"Anyway, I'll take specific measures. I'm sorry, but let me postpone next week's adventure. Sorry."

"Ooh!" "Okay." "Yeah." "Oh, yeah."

"Me and Karan get ready for a duel. Karan."

"Un"

"As soon as this happens, I'm going to have you slap your study right into your head. Zem and Tiana will work together, but you're a party to this. All right?"

"... ugh, un"

At Nick's peril, Karan caught sight of him about to lag behind.

"... I see"

"What do you say, Da?

Karan had solved the problem by going to a coffee shop with a private room.

What I'm solving is the problem of arithmetic put out in a duel that's happened so far in the Adventurer Guild Fishermen. Computational problems are listed that capture the situations that adventurers are likely to face while at work, such as quadratic arithmetic, distance and time, percentage, and geometric problems picking the shortest route.

"The correct answer is 70%."

"Oh, yeah kah..."

Ha, and Karan sighs.

"Well, you don't have to go for perfection. No problem. You'll be within the limits of passing."

And Zem, who adds Karan's answer, said to comfort him.

Besides, I don't decide to compete with a slight score difference in the test.

If you score badly, you will be disqualified there, otherwise the battle will be carried over to the fistfighter.

"... but if Nick is in trouble because of the eagle"

"Mr. Nick doesn't care."

However, depending on the discrepancy, a handful occurs in a fight in a fist fight.

To that end, Karan needed to devour Clodine.

"Damn, you can count on me for something good. Is that sweet enough to make you okay?

Kizna complained about the coffee shop's chair.

There's actually a way to make sure Karan wins.

I hope the sword of bondage solves the test problem.

With Exploration and Shinshin of the Sword of Bond, you can canning without anyone finding out.

In fact, everyone noticed this method when the story of the duel sprang up.

Nick, who had blood on his head, also realized, "Oh, speaking of which, you had Kizna".

Regardless of Nick and Leon's fighting, arithmetic can be completed without any problems.

But Nick and the others decided, "Don't rely on Kizna as much as you can."

If it becomes unavoidable, ignore the rules and prioritize their own survival.

But I don't want to rely on deception from the beginning before I get there.

Besides, Nick decided to use it because he thought this was going to be for Karan.

It also made sense for the Adventurer Alliance to do this. There are actually quite a few people out of the country like Karan who are deceived. There are large educational disparities between regions and cities, and many cannot write before basic arithmetic. It's an outfit duck for a man who could have become a labyrinth city. I can't complain or even ask for help that I don't have some wisdom. Such human endings are tragic, and the only way to prevent them is to have some wisdom. To that end, the Adventurer's Guild had also coached parties that were clearly surrounding humans coming out of the countryside to look and sometimes be wise. Forced to incorporate arithmetic into duels to correct a trend that tends to rely on violence was part of it.

Most of all, I can't tell you that I'm overwhelmed. As Karan was not allowed to do anything but fight at the party "White Helan" to which he previously belonged, and was even kept away from talking to guild officials.

"Now, this makes sense."

"But wouldn't it be better to rely on cowardly means if you were enough to shrug your legs with trivial things?

"Right. I think that makes sense, too."

Zem nodded without objection.

"Hmm? Then why don't you use me?

"Mr. Nick said the back hand was something to keep to the end. And."

"And?"

"This is my personal view... but no matter how awesome Mr. Kizna is, I find it difficult for anyone to notice, don't you? It's better not to throw away the possibility that you know the Mindfulness itself, and even if you don't, you can probably figure something out. So Mr. Kizna kept it in his wife's hands, and I'm in favor of doing something about it without using it for the moment."

"Hmm... so is that"

Kizna is reluctantly convinced.

But Karan shrugged in a worried voice.

"... but Zem"

"What, Karan?

"The eagle's turn, the ka that comes around? If Nick defeats Leon, that's it. Lo?

"... No, I don't know"

"Were you that strong Na...... that Leon guy"

A question mark is spinning around Karan's head.

If you're Nick, you can't beat the adventurer in that corner bare hands.

My head screws are blowing up at the point where I'm going one-on-one against the Auga.

I didn't think that a tiger like Leon could defeat that nick.

Karan thinks Nick would definitely have defeated Leon if at least he hadn't gotten in the enhancement when Nick and Leon were fighting in the alley.

"I don't know about strength or weakness, but Mr. Nick said it before he went out. Mr. Karan said he was coming around. So get ready."

"Well, good luck with that..."

"... Mr. Karan. What do you think our purpose is?

"That's winning a duel......?

"No, you don't. It's only a means."

"Then... we will defeat those people so that no evil can be done, Toka..."

"Right. Oh, these people are scratching. There will be no reason for us to add or subtract."

Zem gave me a mean grin.

"Anyway, to do them thoroughly, Mr. Karan. So your studies are important. Good luck."

"... Speaking of which, how's Nick and Tiana doing da? I just left to train you."

"I guess by now it's time to reach the Dark Wolf Cave."

"Ugh... the eagle would be better off exploring the labyrinth too..."

"Let's take a break when we solve this problem. I'm going out at night, too."

"Zem is easy and good na...... ha"

"That's not true. There's something I have to do, too. Whatever, Mr. Karan, let's do our best."

"Un"

And Karan twisted the bowl again and grabbed the problem set.