Kids' mixed division, sixth game people, go here!

　Carla's voice rises and preparations for the sixth game begin.

　It's finally here. An arm-wrestling match between me and Elinora's sister.

　Amidst many cheers, Elinora sister walks out to the battlefield with ease.

　With a fearless smile, she turns her arms and snaps her neck bones.

　The confident expression on her face and her demeanor suggest that she doesn't believe for a minute that she will be defeated.

　Sister Elinora is convinced that she is a hunter.

　It's not pride, but confidence.

　The victories that have been accumulated many times until now have formed the aura of a champion for Sister Elinora.

　.........Yeah, impossible. There's no way I can win an arm-wrestling match with Elinora-sister. It's only a pure power match or Elinora sister's ring.

'Please, Al!　Definitely win!

The whole village will think we're nuts if we don't.

'Alfried, avenge our disappointment!

　Perhaps unaware of my state of mind, Thor, Asmo and Eric say selfish things to each other.

''Even if you say something so absurd...''

"Don't get cocky!　You'd have to be petty enough to subvert that somehow, Al!

　I let out a weak word, and Thor yells at me, whether he's trying to blast me or not.

　He tells me to win with cunning, but there is no way to play a trick with simple arm wrestling in the first place.

　Most matches are already decided before they begin.

　It depends a lot on how much preparation you can do beforehand and how much advantage you can bring to the match.

　In addition to being able to do neither of those things, this is Elinora sister's field of pure power.

　If I were in a situation to fight Elinora's sister in the first place, I would never bring it into a power struggle.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of the situation.

　That's why in an arm-wrestling match limited to a purely forceful contest, defeat is a strong possibility.

　Huh ... it can't be helped. Since it's a certainty that we'll lose, I'll make it look like I'm struggling and not get injured so that people won't complain about me.

　When I made up my mind to do so, Ra-chan came right in front of me.

'Al!'

Hmm?　What's going on?

Good luck!

　Rah's pure eyes are turned on me.

　It's an innocent smile that makes me believe I'll never lose.

　What am I going to do? I can't help but feel ashamed of myself for thinking that I would never lose and try not to get injured.

　To me, Ra-chan is like a sister now.

　It's not cool to look hapless in front of your sister, is it?

　I know I'm not very good at it.

　I know I'm not very good at it, but I don't want to have an embarrassing match for the sake of Ra-chan, who has high hopes for me.

''Okay. I'll give it my best shot.

Yeah!

　Ra-chan sees me off and I come to the arm-wrestling stage.

　Then the villagers in the cafeteria are buzzing with activity.

'Oh, a showdown between Alfried-sama and Elinora-sama!

This might be the most brutal match of the day.

But it's hard to imagine Master Alfried being beaten so easily.

　The excitement is at an all-time high, perhaps because it's the last showdown of the day between sister and brother.

　Everyone is predicting as much as they want about how the match will go.

　As I thought, most of them don't doubt that the Elinora sister will win. Yeah, I think so, too.

　But I don't want to pretend I'm doing my best for Ra-chan, who's watching me.

　I look ahead and see Sister Elinora looking down at me.

''You look like you're ready for this, don't you?　You're guilty of ruining my practice time with a tea party, aren't you?

　Elinora sister says while snapping her knuckles.

　I wonder what that gesture is like for a woman, but it's strangely appropriate.

　The chilling voice and power of her voice makes me want to run away involuntarily, but I can't do that as long as Ra-chan is watching me.

'Well, I'll try my best to be reasonable.

Well, that's interesting.

　Sister Elinora rolls her eyes and smiles, as if she was expecting more pathetic dialogue.

　If it wasn't for Ra-chan, I would have been begging for my life. 'I'm not wrong in that prediction,' she said.

''Then join hands with me, please.''

　Carla's voice is the cue for me and Sister Elinora to put our elbows on the table and join our fingers together.

　Sister Elinora's slender hands are glued together.

　Elinora's fingers seemed to be saying, 'I won't let you go.

　She tried to shake it off, but it didn't even twitch.

　........This might be a bad idea after all.

　No, you can't give up. I have magic.

　There is no rule imposed on me that says I can't use magic in arm wrestling.

　It's a good thing that you don't find yourself in the middle of such a large crowd, although it is inevitable that you will be repulsed if you use flashy magic, but it's fine if you don't find out.

　I'm used to using magic to avoid being noticed.

　You can use magic to create a momentary squeak, and then finish it off in one go with physical enhancements.

　As I'm assembling the path to victory in my head, Carla-san, the judge, lays hands on me.

'Here we go then. Lady.........

　Before Carla-san could let go of my hand and finish telling me to start, I flicked the fingers of my free left hand and launched an air shot at Elinora's sister's nose.

　But Sister Elinora avoided it by averting her face slightly.

　Silly me!　You were read to?

　It's a high-speed air cannon that's so slight that almost everyone can't detect the magic power, and it's impossible to see. I don't see the point of avoiding it at this distance, even though I did it with the least amount of movement from my blind spot.

　It's impossible to surprise them with an air shot to frighten them and then take them down with body strengthening.

　That said, even if you use a light to blind them now, you can still do arm wrestling with your eyes. Besides, a surprise attack is only effective when the opponent is not on alert. It won't work against sister Elinora, who has amazing reflexes and maintains her vigilance.

　Yeah, if it comes to this, I'll use physical strengthening to push her in. I don't like this kind of brainstorming play, but it can't be helped.

Go!

　The moment the call to start goes up, I activate my body enhancement and put my strength into it.

　I'm far superior to Elinora's sister in terms of the benefits of magical manipulation and physical enhancements.

　Even if you're an idiot Erinora's sister is a fool, her hands and feet are still strong in front of her body strengthening.

'Huh?　Not moving?

　There is no doubt that my arms are filled with magical power. My power must have increased many times over due to the benefit from the magic power.

　However, Elinora sister's arms with her hands folded together hadn't moved at all from the starting position.

　--Eh?　Rocks?　

　I looked up at Sister Elinora and saw a vision of a huge rock.

　A true symbol of steadfastness. It made me keenly aware that there are things that humans can't reach, no matter how hard they try.

　And incredibly, Elinora sister didn't use physical enhancements.

　She's accepting my physical enhancements without any magical assistance.

　She's a monster now.

'What are you doing?　It's always good to start, right?

　Knowing that I'm putting a lot of effort into it, Sister Elinora speaks the words of provocation.

'What are you doing, Al!　Put some effort into it!

You!　You're going to do it!

　Thor and Eric are getting impatient with the fact that I'm not moving at all in the center of the stage, and Thor and Eric are coming at me with a wild look.

　I'm already doing my best and even strengthening my body........

　As I was immersed in a sense of despair, Sister Elinora slowly poured in her strength.

''Uguguuguugu!

　You'll be able to use your body strength to desperately resist, but Elinora sister's arms do not stop like heavy machinery in motion.

　I'm not going to give a d*mn about my resistance, but she pushes her arms into me.

　And Elinora is enjoying watching me resist.

　Her methods are more insidious than usual. I can tell that she is extremely angry that she was forced to attend a tea party instead of a training session.

　It's no good. I can't help it.

"Al-uh!　Good luck!

　Nevertheless, even Ra-chan is watching.

　I can't just let Sister Elinora lick me like this, slowly pushing me in and losing me unceremoniously.

　I make a pained expression as I exert my strength to endure Sister Elinora's push in.

　Then, when my arms are just short of the cushion, there's an opening in Elinora's sister's mind where she's convinced that she's won and that her retaliation will be successful.

　Seeing that point, I do my best to strengthen my body with my magic power.

''--!

　The full force of the body reinforcement that caught her off-guard successfully pushed her arms back.

　Elinora sister resists with all her strength in an instant, even though she's impatient.

　d*mn, what's going on with being able to resist my all-out magic power for a moment but in the flesh?

　Nevertheless, my all-out magic power is resisted by Elinora-sister, but I forcefully push it in.

　The crowd seems to have sprung up at my reversal from my inferior position, but it doesn't matter.

　I'm going to take out Elinora's sister right here!　Before Sister Elinora's physical enhancements come in time!

　However, sister Elinora's physical strengthening has come in time.

　The one that was certainly responsive until just now is gone.

　The moment the magic power passed through sister Elinora's arms, the arms stopped moving at all.

　I thought that Sister Elinora was going to slowly drive me down again, but she didn't do that, she simply laid waste to me with all her might.

　My arms moved like a broken pendulum, slamming into the cushions.

'Winner, Lady Elinora,'

　Carla's voice rose, and there was a thud of excitement from the crowd.

'Whoa!　What a hotter match than I thought it would be!

'Oh, at first I thought it was no good when Elinora-sama was licking me, but as expected of Alfried-sama. That was an act, and I was looking for an opening.

'I mean, wasn't Lady Elinora serious in the middle of it too?

'Alfried-sama must be surprisingly powerful to be able to fight like that against an older sister.

　They were probably wondering why I hadn't been beaten one way or the other against Elinora's sister.

　Everyone was tilting their heads in wonder.

''No, we were so close!

Well, aren't you doing well for Alfried?

　It's nice not to be unreasonably angry, but I couldn't explain why the second team was so great at evaluating it.

　Even so, my right arm still hurts. It's not a good idea to put all your energy into strengthening your body, but it's still too hard on your young body.

　I feel like it wasn't converted into power at all, despite the fact that I put a lot of magic power into it.

It's a good thing that you're not the only one who can do this.　I have so many finger marks.

..........

　She tried to talk to Sister Elinora, but for some reason she didn't respond.

　Sister Elinora stared at her right arm intently, squeezing and opening it repeatedly.

'Could you possibly have hurt your arm or something?'

''No, of course not. I mean, how dare you skip the air bullets before the start of the season and use physical enhancements to catch me by surprise?

I don't have a choice!　There's no way I'm going to do it fair and square and be a match for Sister Elinora!

　It's impossible to fight in the flesh against sister Elinora.

　When I try to escape from Elinora sister who is looking at me with a jittery gaze, Ra-chan tugs at my sleeve.

''Al, you were so close!

'Oh, Ra. I'm sorry, you were so supportive, but we didn't win.

'But it was cool to see Al doing his best!

"...Rah-rah!

　I'm touched by the kindness of Rah, who keeps looking at me the same way after I've been defeated.

Hey, Al!　I want to be able to do the one that can do magic on my arm!

Oh, it's body strengthening. Hmmm, I don't really recommend using it from a young age, but there's no harm in learning it. I understand. Why don't you practice arm-wrestling with me?

Yeah!



　That's how the arm-wrestling competition at Celia Diner was happily digested.