Chapter 294: Quickly Prepare and Head to the Arena! On Day 2 Too Let’s Work Hard to Earn Ransom and Free Slave Beastmen
"Ah. Crap. We have to go to the tournament. Iria, Duran, Esty-san, Elf-san. Iferaski, Ranjou, Kaka, Pipi. Let’s go to the arena!"
The tournament-related people quickly finished the small amount of preparation.
Lucia transformed into Baka and had Rafilia-san cut sweeka in half.
And she climbed up onto me so I rode Iferaski and it became three layers.
No, because Baka puts the sweeka on my head it’s four layers.
Before departing I called out to everyone.
"Everyone, Rafilia-san is the Minister of Meals. If you trouble Rafilia-san there will be no food so absolutely don’t trouble her. Esty-san is the Minister of Money. If you trouble Esty-san there will be no money to buy bread so absolutely don’t trouble her. Elf-san and fairy representative Ferris-san are the Ministers of Vegetables. From now they will make lots of vegetables so be grateful. Letree-san is the Minister of Meat. She will get meat by hunting. Even children who don’t eat meat properly listen to what she says!"
If I use food as the reason the simpler children will obey.
"Rui is the Special Advisor. She will give special advice so everyone listen well to what she says. Right now she’s inspecting the royal capital and absent but Dura-san is the Executive Producer. Because she’s an executive producer absolutely don’t go against her."
If I give katakana job titles it somehow feels amazing and everyone will obey.
"And though she’s not here right now due to various circumstances Capybara-sama is our guardian sacred beast. Let’s create a country where she can live with peace of mind and safety!"
That Capybara-sama gave birth to babies is a secret. We can’t bring any more confusion. If they see the adorable baby appearances the capybara girls’ tension will explode and I don’t know what they’ll do.
Finally I called out to the newcomers.
"So the national land is further north but right now it’s a country that just received kingship from a god. Everyone. If that’s still fine please lend your strength to make the country better."
"Yes. Of course!"
"I will devote my strength for the country!"
"I will also go together with everyone!"
"We’re no longer slaves but citizens!"
"Kemolori King banzai! Masaharu banzai!"
Alright. The newcomers also all hold a favorable impression of Glans Kingdom.
"The king is Kemolori but she’s a freedom child so she probably doesn’t understand well; if you have trouble please consult common-sense person Rafilia-san or Letree-san. Beaver!"
""""""Beaver!""""""
Because it’s the second time many of the newcomers also felt they should just shout for now and raised their voices. Eventually everyone will come to raise their voices.
In this way we left the bus carriage behind and headed to the arena.
It’s hard that common-sense people Iria and Dura-san and Esty-san can’t look after the newcomer companions.
We have no choice but to have Rafilia-san, Letree-san, the Lian sisters, and Ferris-san do their best.
And also Rui. Incidentally Bonbon.
The bus carriage surroundings are protected by Lucia’s barrier so as long as they don’t go outside it’s safe. Even in an emergency Ferris-san and Bonbon’s Battle Power is 3000 and 2400 so unless something extraordinary happens there is no problem. If a problem occurs we can forfeit the tournament and return to the bus carriage.
So we somehow obtain participation chances in day 2 events, receive ransom in bulk, free slaves, and buy food.
The ransom we received this morning, being the price of a noble-sama’s life, was considerable. Besides nearly 30 beastmen we also received cash and furniture and furnishings, and that amount according to Esty-san is "Uhyaa, with this much can’t we buy a sailing ship? M-maybe we can even build a trading house in a foreign country. Masaharu-san defeating the eldest son of one of the Four Great Nobles is truly the best. Uhhyahya! If it continues for several days can’t we build a cathedral in our settlement? Uhhyahya!"
Esty-san was unusually excited and her eyes had become gold-coin shaped. Well, the uhhyahya laugh is only my delusion but like a merchant she was drooling while counting the number of gold coins.
The money we received is probably a high amount but I still don’t really get it. Somehow it seems several hundred million in Japanese yen.
Because we have no tent that is lodging place and waiting place we sat in a circle in a gap in the tent group a little away from the entrance gate.
Baka had long since disappeared. Of course she went to Capybara-sama’s place.
Because standing is hard when wearing armor only we are sitting on the ground waiting. My armor is light so standing up is easy, Duran’s contents are empty, Steisan can float and stand up, and Mazorov can stand up with wind.
Iria also makes lightness her creed so her armor is light and the joints show the thick clothes worn underneath so even sitting she can bounce up.
Only we are abnormal; the other knights outside the tents are generally standing or sitting on chairs.
Day 2 morning schedule is free combat selecting representatives from both armies’ regular knights. Afternoon is target shooting using bows and swordsmanship matches. In between minstrel singing and clown performances and such spectacles.
We who participated in mounted lance matches as newcomer knights yesterday have an extremely low possibility of being called in the morning.
If it’s regular knight Iria she might be called but because participation slots are limited I don’t know whether she’ll be called.
"What’s the possibility of Iria being called?"
"Let’s see. Because I’m called every year the possibility is high. I incurred the king’s displeasure and am ranked 96th at the bottom of B-rank but I once became A-class. Dragunov-dono also evaluates me so a voice will probably come."
"I see."
Iria’s voice is hotter than usual.
As expected being able to fight as a knight is joyful and being able to free beastman slaves depending on her own activity is also big.
Now there is a reason the ones besides Iria who have no possibility of being called are waiting here.
"Those who wish to participate in the bow far-target from afternoon gather! From now we will select 10 people whose skill is especially excellent!"
A man in black armor raised his voice. He is not wearing a helmet. A man around 30. I recognize the armor design so he’s probably a member of the Black Dragon Order.
Yes. This is the reason we are near the entrance gate without going to the subspace spectator seats.
Participants in mounted combat are nominated by the king or royalty or selected by northern army general Dragunov from among influential people. Afternoon events also have the same selection method but there are several differences.
That is there is time in the morning to ascertain real ability. Especially for bow far-target if you actually place a target and shoot from far away real ability is obvious at a glance.
So although it’s not an official tournament event something like a first preliminary among the northern army is held in the plaza on the west side of the arena.
"Alright. Let’s go! Beaver!"
Iria "Beaver!"
Duran "Beaver!"
Iferaski "Pii! Pii!"
Ranjou "Pii! Pii!"
Pipi "Beaver ppi!"
Kaka "Beaver ka?"
Steisan "..."
Mazorov "..."
"Yes. Steisan and Mazorov didn’t say it—. If you don’t say it the promise is I massage breasts—. I’ll massage—. Please take off the armor—"
"..." ×2
"Masaharu. Doing that to people who can’t speak is a despicable act..."
"...That’s right. Sorry. Steisan. Mazorov. I’ll massage later so forgive me."
"Are you reflecting?"
Gunuu...
I averted my gaze from Iria.
Then Steisan quietly approached and whispered to me in a small voice.
"Thank you very much. I understand. Because I’m nervous you loosened the atmosphere with a joke right?"
...!
There was also that interpretation!
No, that’s how it was. Because Steisan was stiff with tension in yesterday’s mounted lance match I loosened her tension with a joke!
When Steisan left Mazorov stood in front of me.
’I can converse with only Masaharu using wind magic.’
’Ah.’
’Um... I can say beaver but I didn’t say it so... um...’
Massage breasts huh!
Rather, even further?
Even though she just fainted from anal sex two days ago she wants to do lewd things again!
’It’s bottle keep huh. Fine, I’ll keep one bottle of the best well-aged mellow easy-on-the-palate bottle.’
’Unn... But Masaharu lets it out frequently so there’s no time to age right?’
’This one took a bottle! I should have compared it to fresh milk instead of aged wine!’
To become able to say dirty jokes you’ve grown Fullru!
In the end Fullru participating in the tournament is more because she wants to do lewd things with me than earning money for companions so I have to respond to her request when I see an opportunity.