a guild in a remote guild On the ground floor, a woman was processing the papers with an expression of displeasure.

"These papers... no problem." The sign is a little weak here, so you need to check it out. It's okay here."

　Even if she's in a bad mood, the reason she's not stuck with paperwork is probably because she's used to working as a Guild receptionist.
　But no matter how good you are with your work, please refrain from being a bad-tempered colleague at work close by.

"Well, Kenny," Mr. Ray doesn't have to be so offended by the guildmaster."

　Kenny quits at Lenora's discreet remarks.
　The cat's ears above his head move and direct his gaze to Lenora.

「……」

　Silent protest has prompted Lenora to spin her words away.

"You see, Kenny is so s*xy that he hasn't lost to the guildmaster. My breasts... compared to mine... they're big...

　He turns his eyes to his own complex, his chest, but gradually loses his energy from his tone.
　Did you feel sorry for Lenora, or did you think it was childish to keep showing off your bad temper? Anyway, Kenny breathes a little sigh before bowing to Lenora.

"I'm sorry, but I don't know how you felt as a receptionist." --but you know what?"

　On the ceiling... more precisely, Kenny looks towards Marina's office, the guildmaster.

"Renora tells me she's no match for the guildmaster, but she's not even close to her feet. Her beauty and her ability as a guildmaster...."
"Well, are you going to give up on Ray said. Ray?"

　Kenny shakes his head in disbelief to Lenora, who finally feels the atmosphere around him is getting lighter.
　At that time, Lenora's cheek twitched at the sight of his chest shaking, but he pressed it to death without showing any further irritation.

"Ray may be the flower of the high mountain," But I'm definitely the first one to look at... you can't give up. There's only an offensive here."
"...yeah, yes. Not too long."

　You don't learn as much as you think.
　Thinking of Kenny as more aggressive than ever, Lenora hoped for Ray's hard work.

(Cheer up, Ray.) If you make a mistake, you'll go right away.)

　in one's heart's support for Ray





"Wow!"

　Speaking to Marina, Ray screams at the cold sensation of running down her spine.
　Marina looks suspiciously at Ray and opens her mouth.

"What's the matter, all of a sudden?"
"...no, I suddenly felt a chill."
"You only have a few days left, don't you? Take care of course.
"It should be all right about there..."

　Being a body created by Zepyle and his companions, who were called witches, Ray did not think he would lose to a half-disease.
　That's so unlikely that you'll catch a cold.

"Would you like me to warm you up?"

　Marina suddenly tells me so, as I leaned against the cold feeling I had just had.
　Marina's face is an inviting smile.
　A man of the average age of Ray would follow him in an unsteady manner.
　Ray, who was about to be swallowed by it for a moment, immediately shook his head and opened his mouth.

"I'm sorry, but I'll refrain from it." I've got a lot of preparations."
"Oh, that's too bad."

　Marina, who has lost her glamorous air as easily as to say what her inviting smile was a few seconds ago, has a s*xy smile.

"I hope you don't make much fun of me,"
"I'm not teasing you at all." Well, that's all right. How far have you heard about the competition?"

　Ray looks bewildered for a moment by a sudden and unusual topic, but he opens his mouth, remembering what Theoreum and Vihela explained.

"It's one of the largest scale events held in the Empire of Bestia, and we can't fight with demons. If it's the final round, senior officials of the country, including members of the Imperial family, will come to see it."
"...that's all you've heard?"

　Ray turns his head mysteriously to Marina, who asks with a dumbfounded look on her face.
　I had no idea what I was so dumbfounded about.
　Eventually, Ray would have found out that he really only had that level of knowledge. Marina breathes a little sigh before opening her mouth.

"Do you like it? A competition. It's called the Bestia Games, but there are many differences between them and the competitions that are held elsewhere. First of all, as a formality, the number of participants is very large because it is such a big competition. In other words, it takes too much time to play the preliminary rounds for each match."
"... well, I suppose so,"

　Ray nods to Marina's words.
　The Empire of Bestia is one of the greatest powers in the world. That being the case, a nationwide competition will attract a great deal of bragging.
　If we do all those people on a tournament basis, no matter how much time we have, we're sure to run out of time.

"Then what do you think we'll do?"

　Ray responds to the question.
　One game at a time is not enough time. Then we need to narrow down the number of people at once. In other words, a form in which many people fight at the same time. That's...

"Battle Royal".
"Answer".

　Marina smiles like a teacher at a good student.
　Nevertheless, he is unconsciously displaying a tremendous amount of sensuality, so it would be unbearable for him to deal with.
　However, he continues to speak without even realizing it.

"Battle Royal is exempt if you win another competition, if you're a nobleman seed, or if you're a high-ranked adventurer."
"A high-ranking adventurer?"

　His rank is B, and he's called a high-ranking adventurer enough. If that's the case, I don't have to go to Battle Royal.
　She looks at Marina with such expectations, but she bends her glamorous lips into a smile and shakes her head slightly.

"Even if you say you're a high-ranked adventurer, in this case you're a rank A or a rank S. --however, it seems that the Rank S in the Empire is not interested in this kind of competition, and rarely appears."
"Then perhaps I should have given him an elk,"

　Ray muttered that, but immediately refused it himself.
　There's no doubt that if you were already with Theoreum, you'd be furious about last winter's affair.
　Furthermore, if I told him to participate in a competition for Teoreme or Vihela, he judged that he might be killed before Teoreme if he was not good at it.
　You must have read the general picture of Ray's insidious denial of Elk's participation. Marina continues with a small smile.

"Well, that's why Ray needs to get out of the preliminary round for the competition.""...but,"

　a faltering ray
　It's because I'm proud of my ability.
　I don't think I'll lose to those monsters, adventurers, soldiers, knights. But basically all of those abilities were deadly... or, no, most of them were too high.
　For example, Ray often hits the opponent with a death-size handle, but it's a combination of his own strength and a death-size weight of over 100kg.

(As long as he appears in a competition, he must have the right skills, but he still doesn't like killing people in a show-like way.)

　I wonder what Ray was thinking with that expression on his face. Marina catches Ray's attention by waving her finger lightly.

"Don't worry, there will be no fatalities in this competition."
"What do you mean?"
"It's a piece of course. Are excavated ancient relics used in the stadiums of the imperial capital? It would be more right to build a stadium where ancient relics could be excavated."

　Ancient relics. Passing Ray's mind when he heard the words was a metastatic device installed near the entrance to the dungeon in the labyrinthine city of Egjir.

"What effect does the ancient relic have?"
"I heard that they developed a special field, and that the injuries that occurred in it would have been eliminated once they came out of the field."
"...what?"

　Ray is dumbfounded at what Marina says.
　I'm afraid what I've just heard was something wrong.
　But Marina probably expected such a reaction. shake one's head with a wry smile
　with implication that it's not a mistake to hear

"And there were some very extraordinary ancient relics,"
"But I can't do anything that wasn't done in the field except for injuries, and if I die, I can't help it. That's why it's considered a foul to intentionally kill someone. And..."

　Marina's smile comes from her mouth when she tells her that point.
　However, it's not a bitter smile, but a smile that should be described as nimmari.

"Do you think that ancient relics that boast such high performance can be used at no cost?"
"...the price?"
"Yes, it seems to take quite a bit of magic to activate the device. That's enough to require the magic stones of Rank B and Rank A monsters."

　Ray reminds me of Seto at Rank A Monster, but immediately shakes his head.

"It's only natural that it's effective," and if I could use it all I wanted, I could use it for military training."

　Even if you fight to the brink of death, there is no problem as long as you get out of the field. There is no better training ground for soldiers or knights.

(If it had been that kind of opponent who fought in the Spring War, it would have covered the odds.)

　Ray thought like that inside, but no matter how elite he was, he could not help himself if he had been swallowed up by a tornado of flames. In addition, the tornado contains a large amount of metal fragments thrown by Ray, which can be released around at a bullet-like rate. Even if they were a little more sophisticated than other countries, there would have been nothing they could do about it.

"Anyway, that's why quite a few people die in competitions." and yet there will be some deaths every time."

　Little shrugged, Marina continues to explain, smiling at Ray's somewhat dumbfounded expression.

"And the one who wins the Battle Royal goes on to the main game... from this main game to the tournament style." I don't know how many people will play in the finals because the number of people is different every time, but I'm sure there will be people with a certain amount of skills. though I don't think there are many that Ray would struggle with."

　Even though not in full swing, Ray has outperformed Rank A adventurer Elk.
　That being the case, it didn't seem to Marina that Ray had so many opponents to struggle with.

"I hope so," but it is true that it is easy for us to do so."
"Well, yes," I wonder if it's about time. If things go on like this, there will be a lot of trouble downstairs."
"... a commotion?"

　As she says so with a charming smile, Ray leans his head slightly.
　But he stood up from the sofa where he was sitting, without any particular comment.

"You'll find out. ...more than that, many people in the Westian Empire will have a grudge against Ray. Be very careful when you go."

　Ray also nods a little and stands up from the sofa as he smiles.

"There's a connection between guilds, but I can't help them because they don't have much face in the guilds of the Bestian Empire. However, as long as Ray is an adventurer, even the guild should be able to handle something. You must remember that."
"Well, if anything happens, I'll turn to you."
"...you must be very careful. You are a big newcomer, and I hope you will continue to be active in guillem."
"No problem," There's Elk, and above all, there's a partner, Seto. If something happens, it's a force that can be helped."
"I hope so..."

　Marina eventually smiles, looking a little anxiously at Ray.
　I don't want to send her off with a worried look on my face, I want to send her off with a smile.
　The smile came from that thought, but strangely enough, Marina's smile never gave me the richness of color that was always emanating.