Legend

Hearing the words of Ray's participation in the martial arts tournament out of Pache's mouth, Dusker exhales with relief inside.

Of course, I was half expecting Ray to be allowed to participate in the contest from the start.

Anyway, the alias Deep Red is very famous in the Bestian Empire, for better or worse.

Naturally, it will stand out and be foiled if its deep red is to participate in the fighting competition.

It is also certain that it would be in the interest of the Bestian Empire if it stood out so much at an event called the Martial Arts Games.

Dusker, who decided so, felt honest that perhaps Pache would have wanted Ray to take part in the martial arts tournament even if he had asked him to.

With the name Deep Red, you can be sure that for better or worse, your attention to the Fighting Games will increase more than ever. He said that he would be more active with regard to other concurrent bets, and that the result would be more money coming into the empire.

"So, about the final tournament..."

Dusker opens his mouth trying to block the words of Pache, who just tried to explain quickly.

"No, it's Ray's hope that if he can, he wants me to join him from the qualifying round, is it possible?

"... from qualifying, or"

Pache who hears that word and unwittingly gets stuck in it.

As the prime minister of this country, I have a desire to express Ray's participation in the context of the finals tournament, which will receive more attention.

But when they say they want to get out of the qualifying round, they can't get back to me immediately.

That was sometimes to make the presence of deep red stand out, as I had thought earlier, but above all, the format of the qualifying round was a problem.

The Battle Royal, which means putting dozens of people inside the arena and the three remaining winners qualify for the final tournament.

In other words, a situation of one-to-many can easily arise.

Especially if you find out there's a person named Deep Red in that qualifying round, Ray's participating qualifying block will undoubtedly be rough.

That's all the damage Ray is doing to the Bestian Empire.

Of course, it is basically not true that the place where the martial arts tournament is taking place will die by the legacy of ancient magical civilization.

But basically, in the case of an imminent mortal wound, death cannot be overshadowed even if it was the legacy of an ancient magical civilization.

And if Deep Red is the opponent, there will undoubtedly be people out there who want that immediate death.

Then, as Ray, there's no mistake in challenging it with the right attitude...

(Well, what is it? It is true that the danger is great, but the profit is also great for that matter)

A damage account is quickly made in the back of Pache's brain...... eventually nodding with its round, fat, meaty face.

"Fine. Admit participation from qualifying"

Ultimately, that outweighs the danger more profitably and Ray's participation from the qualifying round is allowed.

If anything happens, there are a lot of people who stand up because it's a fighting competition. Also, some of them belong to the Empire and most of all...

(Even if someone hung on him had been after Deep Red, or Deep Red himself was raging... it wouldn't matter if the Thunder God axe came together. various hard to use guys, but useful in times like this)

Passing the back of Pache's brain is what a man looks like in his 30s.

He was the figure of a man who existed only three people in the world, including this empire.

When the conflicting thoughts of bitterness and reliability pass behind Pasche's brain, he returns to me in the voice of Dusker.

"Really, that helps....... Ray"

Dasker looks to Ray as he exhales in relief.

Understanding the meaning of that gaze, Ray bows his head to Pache.

"Thank you. As long as I'm happy to be at the top of all the martial arts competitions that will be held in the Bestian Empire. I would like to return this favor by being active in the martial arts competition. … and"

"Yeah?"

You still got something? It was Dusker who answered Pache, who would turn his gaze that way.

"Yeah. Actually, I'm afraid I just asked you to, but the son of Elk the Thunder God Axe here wanted to participate in the fight, just like Ray did."

Rodos steps forward and bows his head so that Ray replaces it with lowering.

"... I see. I don't mind."

Rhodos slightly bit his back teeth into a pache that nodded lightly compared to Ray's.

Because I understood that the difference in attitude toward me and Ray was the difference in impact when I participated in the competition.

But it's not like Rodos doesn't understand his position enough to put it in his mouth here. Return to your original position satisfied that you have been allowed to participate.

"Nevertheless, the son of the Axe of Deep Red and Thunder God? Interesting combination of things... what do you think? The thunder god's axe is also going to the fight competition. It wasn't until this year that your deep red name became famous. Compared to that, many are interested in the thunder god's axe and name just because they have been heard for a long time"

"Ha, that sounds interesting. But if you do, my escort will be gone."

"Oh? I don't mind that. If you have to, you can send an escort from the Bestian Empire."

"No, you can't just rely on your own escort."

"Are there not just those two, but also the knights of the escort?

"I do, but I'm still no match for the elks."

We're laughing at each other and exchanging words, but as a dusker, it was absolutely to avoid removing elks and mins from one's own escort.

Because if even the Elks take them off the escort and accept the escort from the Bestian Empire, it means that they will entrust their right to the Bestian Empire to kill themselves.

The person you dispatched as your escort becomes an assassin as it is, or you don't have to get that far. You can simply obstruct the action of the knight of the escort while intentionally missing out on anyone who is planning to assassinate you. Because only then will Dusker die, and the neutrals, who are also one of the three great factions of the Kingdom of Mireana, greatly diminish their power.

It is very bad to hear that they kill nobles from other countries while they are, of course, entrusted with escorts.

But if you insist on stopping Dusker from trying to set something up if you have to with that outside information, you have no choice but to back off as the Kingdom of Mireana beyond being able to find it suspicious or produce evidence.

If it was within the Bestian Empire that Dusker died by contrast, the evidence could be fabricated in any number of ways.

Naturally, conflicts between the two countries will deepen, but that would already be even more so now than it has been a hostile country for many years.

You don't have to worry about that because an adventurer with the alias Elk is on Dusker's side as an escort.

There's no way Dusker would have done that by signing his own death warrant.

"Hmm, well. As far as I'm concerned, I wanted to see the power of the rumored Thunder God's Axe, and I wanted the audience who came to watch the fight to see it."

"Unfortunately, that's another opportunity, please. If it's the next tournament, Elk won't deny waving that arm either. Elk's son will be competing in this tournament, so you deserve a lot of attention."

"... well. I'm sorry, but I can't help it. Well, that deep red is going to be in the fight this time. Even this one was a delightful miscalculation."

Even for a pache, I guess it was only the wish that it was possible to pull the elk away from the Dusker.

If you get pulled at one end, change the subject without strongly recommending it any further.

"With that being said, I see you had an uncomfortable visitor on your way to Imperial Capital."

"Uncomfortable?

It was a dusker who was bewildered for a moment by a sudden change in topic, but soon understood what it was about.

"Oh, speaking of which, I'm on my way to Imperial Capital..."

Dusker stops the words on the way and turns his gaze toward Chirali and Ray.

Because Ray was the direct victim on the matter.

Don't miss that trick of Dusker, and Pache's gaze is directed towards Ray.

"That verse was annoyed by the people of the Bestian Empire. Anyone who has acted such a fool is currently conducting a rigorous investigation. There are just a lot of aftersins out there, probably not coming out into the world of the table anymore. Good and criminal slaves, bad or mine slaves."

Most of those who were there frowned slightly at the words that came out of Pache's mouth.

That's just not because I was uncomfortable with Pache's words. I guess it's because I had somewhere to think about Dune, the man who's been so guilty.

By the way, within the mine-rich Bestian Empire, criminal slavery was still better handled above in criminal slavery and mine slavery.

Mine slaves are forced to work hard physical labor all day, and if anything is out of hand, the whip is wielded.

Nor is the meal, the taste, whatever the quantity, very much eaten by the average person.

There are also a large number of criminals in the Bestian Empire alone with vast prints and the supply of mine slaves is easy. As a result, it is a flow of harsh manual labor until death, when death replenishes the next.

Death is the only way to salvation, a mechanism that was conceived to be in the interest of the state at all rather than just making the sinner death penalty.

In the case of those who know more about the important secrets of the state, it is rare that they are slashed in the throat and made mine slaves.

Criminal slavery is another harsh treatment, but it would still be better than mine slavery.

… but if there is a war, it will be placed at the forefront and disposable.

While recalling that information, Ray recalls the matter of the back shield that Dune was talking about.

"Are you sure? The man has a second prince behind him..."

"Ray!"

Dusker's sharp scream of reprimand echoes in the room, interrupting Ray's words without letting him say them to the end.

The room filled with silence for a moment, but the laughter of the pache echoed as if it would soon break it.

"Ha ha. Sure, that's what he seemed to say... but I took the back here and there was absolutely no such fact"

"... Was I? I've got a mouthful to offer."

Keep your head down and keep quiet.

But for a moment... yes, it was just a moment, but I can't forget the sharp gaze that Pache directed at me.

(What's the point of that sharp gaze? If the second prince's back shields were cod like Dune said, you don't have to look so sharp at me... then……)

I have a bad feeling about the back of my brain.

I was wondering if it wasn't the man in front of me who was behind Dune in the true sense.

I was wondering if that's why I made mine slaves, including the meaning of mouth sealing.

(But then the prime minister and the second prince are hostile?

It would be a natural flow to think that way more than Dune had given the name of the second prince.

To Ray, who was thinking that far, Pache asks with a soft grin.

"What's wrong? If it's anything that bothers you, make sure you tell me. Sometimes adventurers like you can think of things from a completely different perspective than people like you."

Ray shakes his head sideways almost reflexively for such a pache inquiry.

I don't even know why I did that. But it was almost instinctively a choice.

"No, especially..."

Tell him that much, and then we'll decide no.

You can't delude the eyes of the Prime Minister of Kaiyama Thousand in front of you just by denying it.

Consequently, we shall continue to speak with a halt.

"It's just. Because we were talking about having a second prince's back shield"

"... Hmm, is it true you care about the neighborhood, given the words of that one"

I guess I also felt somewhat relieved to hear that word. Feeling the creeps in his gaze fade, Ray exhales in inner relief.

(Regarding this man himself, I don't feel any direct fighting power. But such a creepy sense of oppression that I don't think it matters.... I guess I'm just doing the Chancellor of the Bestian Empire)

Is it the difference between a tactician and a strategist?

A person who fights directly and Ray absolutely wins, but who has the ability not to let him take it to a direct confrontation in the first place.

"Excuse me, how many minutes with something still young. Sometimes I really don't know what I'm capable of, but I don't know what I'm capable of."

It was Dusker who broke what could be called the odd air that spread through the room for a moment.

Even for Dusker, he doesn't think it's just someone in front of him. Because he is a high ranking Prime Minister in this Bestian Empire.

Fortunately, when he heard Dusker's words, Pache immediately turned off the atmosphere he was emitting and smiled, shaking his neck to the side.

"No, no, being young is a good thing to be healthy. Well, let's just say there's not one thing you care about, whatever you think about him."

It was declared useless to say otherwise, and naturally it could not be said that much more than lay, and this topic ended with an implicit understanding.

The talks will then end, even as Dusker and Pache conduct various belly searches.