The hall is filled with the sweet smell of hamburgers and sausages.

"Everyone in the hall! What do you think of this scent? Can't you bear it?"
``Oh, my God!'
"This is the ultimate dish, adult lunch, which is a combination of the merits of each restaurant in the 42 wards!"
``Oh, my God!'
"Don't you want to try it?"
``Oh, my God!'
"Eat!"
"That sausage is enough! Drop by!"
"Loretta is cute!"
`I can't stand the smell alone!'
"Hamburg is the best!"
"A plate of dreams!"
"Yes! I understand! I got your feelings right! If you want to eat it, come to the 42 wards after the competition! It's decided that it will be on sale for a limited time at a special restaurant.
``Oh, my God!'

　Loretta is fuelling customers.
　He's good at that kind of thing.

　...there was one dangerous fellow in it... well, let Loretta go through Loretta alone.
　And Hammaro... You're here.

"Brother! The cheering seats in the 42nd leg are warm!"
"Oh, well, well," What a great!"
"Hey!? You were complimented honestly!? Are you sure you're older brother?"
"If you get this warm, you'll be enthusiastic about your support. Your art of uplifting is useful at times like this. I wish you the best of luck."
"... yes, yes!"

　Loretta, who had been dumbfounded for a while, smiled happily and nodded cheerfully with a million dollars.
　Cheering can be a source of strength in a competition like this. Let Loretta do her best in that direction.

`Well... there are a lot of people... they're all looking at Atashi... well, don't look at her with leering eyes!'

　...and Norma, the leader of the cheering squad, is that guy.
　Paula, a sign of health, is now away on a cook's errand.
　Neferry is a chicken...

　Let's get Loretta to cheer us up here.

　Well, let's say that's all right with the support... Is it about time?

"Bertina, aren't you nervous?"
"Yes, as usual."

　Bertina, who was participating in the first match, stood quietly in a calm atmosphere as usual.
　It might have been right to bring this first.
　The first game of such a big tournament is a nerve‐racking experience. If it had been a woman, she would have been plumped with ease.

"Womaro is a bad guy,"
"Why are you cursing me all of a sudden, Oira?"

　There's no particular point.
　I'd like to tell you not to worry about details.

"Well, I'm going to go warm up."

　Bertina bows her head and begins to wander.
　... you know...

`Don't eat with your fingers,'
"It's a warm-up."
"I can't!"

　I guess you're completely blown away by the sweet smell. Bertina seems to be anxious about the special kitchen.
　This means Bertina could run away hungry if she didn't start the game early.

"Oops!"

　Suddenly, cheers erupted from the stands in the 41st leg.
　Apparently, the players over there have started getting ready.

"...that's the Isaac of the Hunting Guild,"

　Magda says she sees a dog-faced man who started doing calisthenics in a waiting space in the 41st leg.

"Do you know?"
"...he's a good hunter. What made Isaac more famous than that was his willful appetite and over-brilliant appetite. None of the hunting guilds know Isaac."
"Do you eat that much?"

　Even though it's inside the guild, it's so much to eat that no one knows it."

"...a dog‐eating Isaac. When we eat together, we feel very embarrassed.
"Isn't it just dirty how you eat it?"

　Famous is notorious!?

"...but I've heard that the amount of food you eat is tremendous."
"Well, he must be a strong enemy,"

　Is it a dog‐eating Isaac? Well, if you call Bertina...

"Huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

　This time, a strange cry came from the waiting space in the 40th leg.
　I saw a gorilla-like man with a strangely developed thoracic muscle dancing naked to the waist.

"That's Austin, the Woodman Guild,"

　Imelda seems to know that gorilla.

"How's his food?"
"I've been invited eight times,"
"I don't want that information!"
"And I've refused nine times,"
"One more time!"
"Put it down, sir.
"Are you a demon?"

　I feel a little sorry for you and it's hard to look at you as an enemy!

"I don't know much about it, but if you think your father is advising you on the selection of the Forty-Ward... you'll see how the first round goes." Your father is the type to keep his favorite food until the end.""Well, it's not a bad strategy, is it?"

　The Forty-first Ward also preserves the rumored glutton, Gustave. Perhaps he's the last one.
　If we could win three games by then, it would be easy for us.


　--can't do it'


　A bell rings on the stage.
　It's a signal to stand by.

"Bertina,"
"Yes, I'm ready."

　I can't see any excitement or tension, but...

"Go and have a good meal at your own pace."
"Well... I'm sorry for your concern."

　tear one's expression and bow deeply
　And when I raise my head, I gently put my hand on my head.

"Yasilo is kind."

　stroke one's hair like a child

"No one else, I'll do my best for you."
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
"Huff. Just a little more."

　Bertina keeps patting me on the head, as if stroking me gives me strength.
　There's no good in your head.

"Well, I'll be back,"

　Again, thank you, Bertina heads to the stage.

"Please, Bertina,"

　speak to someone's back as he moves away
　It's all right. Bertina should be able to secure a win.

　All the players line up on the stage.
　Players from other wards are clumsy and Bertina looks particularly small.
　I can only feel uneasy from the looks of it... but it's OK, we know the power of Bertina.

　Players shake hands and sit in their seats.

　Each player is given a large desk for four people.
　The reason why the desk is so big is to pile up the finished plates on the desk. That would be more exciting.
　Individually, they are concerned that refill can be put right in front of the players.

　After you finish a plate, ask for a second helping, and compete on the number of plates you have piled up.
　If the number of plates is the same, the winner or loser is determined by weighing the plates. The lighter the better, the better.

　There is a prayer time before meals ahead of the start of the game.
　Most of the people in this city are Alvistans, followers of the Spiritual Church.
　Even now, Bertina are praying.

"Yasilo, wait."

　Breathless comes Estella.
　I wonder if he ran as fast as he could. ...make a useless effort without shaking.

"You're late. Were you sticking that fake milk so hard?"
"I didn't have time to tear it off!"
"That fake milk can be removed in a fleeting moment."
"I feel bad about your expression, Natalia!"

　Behind Estella is Natalia. Do you want to see him here, too?
　Does that mean that the lord's room is empty now? What a waste! It's a VIP seat.

"And, Mr. Jillo,"
"Huh?"

　When Natalia called me and looked over there...

`Mr. Ottoman, Mily is here,'

　Milly was there.

"Millie, are you here just now?"
"Well... I'm having a hard time bringing him here..."

　said Milly, withdrawing????

"... oh... ah... ah... ah! With this population density, I'm dying... I can smell people... I can smell people... I can smell people...
"What princess are you?"

　it was Regina, almost intoxicated by the smell of man.

"Because Mr. Tento-mushi said that Regina was absolutely necessary."
"And you brought me here?" I'm sorry."
"Well, I wanted to cheer for you all, too."
"Yes, yes. Stand still for Milly."
"Well... oh, the men's leering eyes fell upon our chest."
"Oh, that's because you're so self-conscious."

　If I have time to look at your chest, I'll pour it into Norma's valley.

"Ah... Homma, where are all these people hiding?"

　Regina gazes at the auditorium reproachfully, as if she were watching a large number of insects.
　No, no, it's not like this yet.

"Oh, there's a private room over there... We're going over there..."
"That's the changing room, you fool."

　As she managed to hold Regina back, the ukurinness burst out of the changing room.

"Millie! I've been waiting for you!"
"What, what!? What!?"
"Now! Change! I'll make you look cute!"
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, "my God!"

　Milly asked me for help, but rather than saying something, she was taken away by the Ukraines.
　I'd like to help you a lot, but... I'm sorry, Milly. Honestly, I want to see your cheer."The game seems to start."

　turn one's gaze to Natalia's voice
　Cooked adult lunch is placed in front of each player.

　Austin, a gorilla from the Fortyth Ward, tears his facial muscles to the scent of rising meat.
　The dog‐eating Isaac of the Forty-First Ward is sticking out his tongue.

　And Bertina in our 42nd leg... cool.
　It is as gentle and beautiful as a clear spring deep in the mountains, quiet and cool. Her benevolent and gentle eyes just stared at the adult lunch... ...with a lot of drooling from her mouth.
　Oh......I've ruined it at the end.

"Oh... I feel like I'm going to win."

　Estella's muttering had no choice but to nod.
　Well, that's all I can rely on now.

　Now, please, Bertina!
　First of all, give us a win in the 42nd leg!


　--huh!


　The bell rang loudly, and now the 45-minute battle began.
　The time limit can be checked by a giant hourglass set up on the stage.

"Wow! We're the representative of the Forty-Second Ward, Sister Bertina! We're raking in adult lunches like crazy! This is amazing! We're running out of food... What!? We're done with the first dish...?"
``Oh, my God!'

　Loretta is on the scene and the audience is excited.
　Eat the first plate with tremendous force and raise your hand with a beautiful gesture.

"I'd like a refill, please."

　A second plate is immediately placed in front of Bertina.

　Isaac next to her and Austin beyond her can only roll their eyes at Bertina's power.

　But Bertina doesn't mind that, and throws food into her mouth and into her stomach at her own pace.

　Scratch! Scratch! Scratch!

　No, the sound is weird.
　But that's all right for today!

"No, Bertina! Break the other two!"

　I couldn't help but cry out.
　Oh, what? I guess I'm having a good time, too.

"I'd like a refill, please."

　Bertina piling up two or three plates without slowing down at all.
　Austin and Isaac finally get back together and eat their adult lunch.

「ガウガウガウッ！　ガルルルルッ！」

　皿に口をつけ、まさに『食い散らかす』といった描写がピッタリくるイヌ食いを披露するイサーク. ……確かに、こいつと飯は食いたくないな.
　ちなみに、テーブルに零した量が一定量を超えると減点される.
　机に落としたものを食べる行為は美しくないということで、一度でも机に落とすと『食べ散らかし』として、量りの上の器に入れられる.
　そして、大会が規定した錘より重くなり、天秤が釣り合うと減点となる.
　錘の重さは、料理の総重量の四分の一となっている.

「おかわりだっ！」
「ウッホ！　ウッホホ！」

　……オースティン、言葉しゃべれないのか？

"Oh, I made a mistake. I'd like a refill, please."

　You're making too many mistakes!? So you usually use a polite tone, aren't you?
　In any case, Isaac and Austin are both on their second plate.
　Meanwhile, Bertina was working on her eighth plate.

　Yeah, yeah. You've won!

　The sand on the hourglass is trickling down.
　The spectators in the 40th and 41st wards gradually became quieter and much quieter.

"Ekekeke, Bertina! Hi!"
"'Ekekeke, Bertina! Hi!'"
"You don't need "Hi!"?"
"'I don't need 'Hi!'"
"No!"
``No!'
`Oh!'
``Oh!'

　Only spectators in the 42nd leg are enjoying a great time. ...well, idiots are the main defects...

"Chick-shoo-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

　Dog‐eating Isaac speeds up.
　It's a hunter's spirit, or something like that, of great guts.
　The spirit of the man who has already won't give way even if he is already more than ten plates apart is great.
　From Ricardo's words, 'We're going to fight to win,' he must have been the second or third player. When we in the 42nd and 40th leg put in a wait‐and‐see player, we seemed to be trying hard to secure a win. Is everything the same as thinking...

　But you're the wrong man!

　This is my favorite Bertina!
　She's a god-like sister who has a four-dimensional stomach and loves to eat!
　Look! He's already finished forty-eight dishes, but he looks delicious.
　It's because Bertina can love and enjoy her food that makes her so high!

　Austin in the 40th leg is now finished with 31 plates. The 32nd plate has completely stopped.
　The Isaac in the 41st district is now complete with 37 plates. The Isaac, who shows his guts, continues to boldly challenge a large adult lunch.
　And Bertina has now finished 49 dishes. The fiftieth plate is almost gone.

　look over an hourglassWe have fifteen minutes left.
　Half an hour has passed since the start of the game!
　At the same time Bertina finished her fiftieth dish!

　And Bertina, with her beautiful movements again.........don't you raise your hand?

"Thank you for the meal."
"What!?"

　What did he say?
　Thank you for the meal!?

"Hey, Bertina! There's still fifteen minutes left!? Just ask for a refill so you don't have to eat! You can rest a little, and you'll do your best until the end of the day!"
"But Mr. Jillo,"

　When I scream, Bertina looks at me on the stage.

"It's a waste to leave something behind."
"I don't care because the staff will enjoy it later!"

　It's a competition!?　
　What's wrong with you?

　When she heard me, Bertina nodded.
　Then, raise your hand with a beautiful gesture.

"I'd like a refill, please."

　The 51st plate was brought before Bertina.
　But Bertina won't budge at all.

　Hey!
　If you look next to me...

"I don't know what it is, but it's a chance! Before long! Geez! Geez! Geez!"
"I can't keep losing, either! Woo-hoo-

　Bertina's hand stopped and the other two picked up the pace.
　When you see the back of a goal, you can sometimes get more power than you can.

　Austin is in that state in the Isaac right now.
　I might catch up with Bertina, the absolute power.
　Their elation and sense of mission have pushed their stomachs beyond their limits.

　The sand on the hourglass seems to have dropped slower than before.
　Eight minutes left...

"Here's another helping!"

　The isaac goes into the 42nd plate.

"I'd like another glass, please!"

　Austin grew faster than Isaac, perhaps because he had been absent earlier.
　I've piled up the sheets in no time, and this is my 40th plate. There's momentum on the horizon to catch up with Isaac.

　Meanwhile, Bertina refuses to eat anything.
　What's wrong with Bertina!? No way, you're thinking, 'You can't eat more than 50 plates,' because you're strangely interpreting what I said, '50 plates are hard.

　The sand on the hourglass doesn't decrease at all to the point where you think it's stopped.
　d*mn it! Hurry up! Hurry up and fall!
　There seems to be no way for us but to get away with it!
　Then hurry up! Sand, fall down!

`I'll cheer for you, too!'

　Loretta starts jumping.
　Apparently, the earthquake is trying to speed up the sand's fall, but... that won't have any effect. Rather, it's troubling that this level of influence will affect us.
　Loretta's actions, therefore, are completely useless."

"Good! I'll jump too!"
"Well, then, so do I!"
"... all right,"

　Hurry up and get off!　
　That's all we wanted, and we continued to jump.
　I know it's useless!

`Better, Beltie,'Yes! But do your best!

　Milly cheers with a thin voice.
　What!?　
　Milly is transforming into a cheerleader! And isn't it a pigtail with hair that's never too long?
　The hair ornament of a large ladybug is worn around the waist of a cheer suit to keep out of the way of pigtails.

"We're rooting for you, Bertina! Show us your true strength now!"

　Natalia cheers in a clear voice... what!?
　Even Natalia became a cheerleader!?

"Natalia ... before you know it?"
"Just now. Didn't you notice, young lady?"

　Estella is also a bit off.
　Well, I would be surprised if I and this maid-in-chief became super miniskirts cheerleaders.

"Gambare, gambare, shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

　The referee is jumping, banging his pomp.
　Give it up, you're a bird that can't fly!

"Cheer girl leader!"

　Natalia calls Norma.
　...thiagall leader......

"Please cheer for me too!"
"Ah, Atashi... because she's dressed like this..."
"Mr. Bertina is fighting alone for the Forty-second leg! Don't cheer for her! What is the cheer girl!? She's from the same leg!"

　What do you mean!?
　Is Natalia saying something right!?

"Why is your milk big for? When are you going to shake it instead of shake it now?"

　Oh, yes. Natalia is Natalia after all."...the big milk of Atashi is.........to shake her here!"

　Some obscure persuasion seems to have paid off.
　Are you okay, Norma? Is that okay? Your life!

"I have to get Sister Bertina to win, you know, I'm in trouble... yo! Look at her support!"

　As soon as I said it, Norma shook her bump and started jumping!
　Buck, bye!
　Norma's G-cup bounces wildly and rhythmically.
　It's like... Thank you so much!

"Sister Bertina! You have to do your best here, or you'll be ruined! Show me your guts as a woman of the same 42nd leg!"
"Bertina, fighting!"
"Gun Valley! Sister!"
"Oh, my God! Good luck!"Yes!

　Starting with cheerleader Norma, Natalia, Neferry and Milly shout.
　The stands are united to cheer for Bertina.

　The hourglass... ...one minute left!
　Here Bertina laid her hand on the fork.
　How many!?

"Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!
"Woohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoo

　Isaac is now nearly finished with his 49th plate.
　Austin also entered the 49th plate.

　I don't want to... I'll be caught up with you.........oh!

"Here's another helping!"
"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! I'll have another... Oh, please, please... Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

　Finally, fifty plates...
　If you finish eating this... line up!

`...sigh...sigh...sigh...sigh...sigh...sigh...sigh...sigh...sigh...sigh..."'

　Bertina takes a slow, deep breath. 　
　Then he nodded a little.

　...what? He, by any chance...

"Geez......Geez......Geez......!"
"Uh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh."

　I have half a hamburger left.
　Austin leaves sausages and Napolitan.

"Losing.........oh!"
"Me too... ...still able to eat."


　--crumble, clank!


　Then the closing bell rang.
　The result is--

"The winner, the 42nd leg!"
````` ``Ooh!''

　Neither Isaac nor Austin could finish the fiftieth plate.
　a narrow victory It's a narrow victory.

　………………My heart hurts.

　The narrowly victorious Bertina quietly returns to us.

"What, Bertina! Let me chill you!"
"Really~" I was afraid I was going to lose!"

　Delia and Neferry complain to Bertina.
　Bertina takes such words with a smile.

"But I'm glad we won."
"Well, that's the case, isn't it? Well done, Sister."
"You did it anyway! Long live to Sister Bertina!"
"'Bangzai!'"

　The cheering squad is excited about the victory of the first game.
　After staring at the scene, Bertina begins to wander.

"I'll rest in the shade for a while."
"Well, it's more exhausting to be in front of people than you think."
"Is that your own experience, Norma?"
"Oh, Natalia! Shut up!"

　the people of the forty‐two wards playing wild Backed by her voice, Bertina heads alone towards the changing room.

"Bertina,"

　As I slowly approached and walked side by side, I called out.

"Huh... did you worry?"
"Well, not a little,"
"But I'm glad I kept my promise." I'm relieved."
"...I'm sorry.........thank you."
"...yes,"

　Bertina nodding and stopping.
　I think I understood the meaning of my words correctly.

"Thank you very much, sir. But you don't have to worry."

　Slowly thanking her, Bertina turned her back on me and started walking again.
　The back seemed to say, "Please don't follow me."

　see off Bertina as she walks into the changing room

"You, myself," Is it Akan's fault to go and peek into the dressing-room?"

　Regina came after me, saying stupid things.
　Yeah... I think he's very attentive, too.She didn't seem to notice Bertina, but she noticed what had happened to me.

　That's probably why he came to my side while talking down like this.
　It's a relief that the conversation is quick.

"... Regina,"
"Huh? What is it?"
"Prepare some stomach medicine for you."
"What? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."
"Oh, and don't ask me again." I can't get into the women's changing room."
"Yes, yes, if you wish. We've been looking at Sisterhan's breathless clothes for him."

　Slapping me on the back, Regina went into the changing room.
　You'll be all right now.

"Mr. Jiro,"

　Looking back at his familiar voice, he saw Jeanette with a troubled face.
　They must have finished cleaning up the kitchen and hurried back. be out of breath

　I'm sure he's aware of Bertina's change.

"I'm sorry. I pushed you too hard."
"No. Even if this doesn't happen, even if Mr. Jiro doesn't say anything, or doesn't want anything... I think the Sister did the same thing."

　Jeanette says, exuding solid confidence.
　with a lonely smile

"She's a little too much for her loved ones... she's a mother in trouble, Sister."

　Bertina must have already exceeded her limit on her fiftieth plate.
　If I'd had one more bite, I'm sure I'd have suffered from the same stomachache as before.
　Once he fell asleep with a stomachache, he must have realized his limitations.

"When my sister went to bed before... she had been depressed for a while since she recovered. I think he was in a state of remorse for causing us trouble."
"I've been protected from what I've got to watch... ...that Bertina might think."

　That's probably why he thought this.
"I won't worry you again."

"Mr. Jiro,"
"Huh?"

　Jeanette's eyes looked a little lighter than usual.
　It was a nostalgic... a nostalgic hue.

"Do you know why Sister eats so much?"
"What? ... isn't it just a glutton?"
"No,"

　Jeanette shakes her head with a funny smile.

"When I first started living in church, I was rather a light eater."
"Huh!? Bertina eats little!"

　It'say
　Jeanette, do you also have a desire to be a frog?

"But... I did too, but there were many other children who didn't eat."
"Is that... ...somehow... ...against the Church?"
"No, it's not......."

With a short breath, Jeanette pursed her lips and said with a bold look.

"We were abandoned children...."

　There are homeless children living in that church.
　Some people may have lost their parents in accidents or illnesses, but... many of them were abandoned children.

"So they had this in their hearts... 'We don't need them... If they don't do it well, they'll throw it away again.'"

　I didn't know what to say to that word.

"That's why, somehow... by feeling... by feeling... by being reserved." If I eat, I'm afraid I'll get thrown away... ...without realizing it."
"And... is that so?"
"... yes. And, sir,"

　Just as the children ate, the sisters took the initiative in eating...
　Sister, who was originally a light eater, acted to show the children who endured it unconsciously...

"I've had a lot of refills, and I'm like, 'Look, this is how you eat a lot' ... 'You don't have to be shy' ... I think you've been pushing yourself a lot."

　And my stomach was getting stronger and stronger...

"Now the kids laugh and watch the sisters eat so much. Thanks to you, I don't have a single child to put up with. because... the Sister looks more delicious than anyone else, and above all, she eats more happily..."

　Was Bertina's gluttony for the sake of her children?

"But I woke up to eating, and now I'm quite an eater..."

　If you giggle, Jeanette laughs.

"But we can't help but hate such a sister."

　It was a word that was declared with convincing.

"Whatever happens in the future, I'll never -- we'll never -- I'll always love Mother Sister Bertina."

　say proudly and with a big smile
with a wistful look on one's face

"Showing off?"
"Yes, I'm proud of my mother."
"Well, I'm sure it's the top of the list of good breasts you want to be a mother."
"Now, Mr. Jiro. The Sister will get in trouble again."

　Jeanette laughed happily, puffing up her cheeks.

"Then let Regina take care of the rest, and we'll be ready for the second battle,"
"Yes!"

　turn one's heels and start walking toward the stage
　Awakened as a cheerleader, Norma is leading the way to cheer Paula.
　It is somehow a lively sight.

　In the midst of this, I suddenly stopped and looked back again.

　the changing room where Bertina entered
　Have you been prescribed medicine while being nagged by Regina... ...well, take a good rest well.

　Well, just one word.



"Thank you, Bertina."



　As expected, I was too shy to say "mother."