Chapter 90

“It seems that the preliminary will be a battle royal . Looking back at the registration, all the participants will be divided into ten groups or so . ” (Kuesu)

Kuesu said with an uninterested tone .

“That’s right . There will only be 32 participants in the main tournament, and the public participants will only be able to occupy half of them . ” (Gary)

Replied Gary because he knew of it too, but was also not impressed . That’s why he answered bluntly .

“The main tournament’s first round battle is all set between the public participants and the hero candidates . ” (Baara)

And just when I thought that was the end of the conversation . Baara gave her two cents .

When I asked Lux why everyone was like that, he said that everyone was curious about me .

Well, that was true . Those 3 were gazing at me with sparkling eyes after they explained so much about the preliminary .

And to top it off, even Seira who didn’t talk was peeking at me .

And everything was Zir’s fault, because she told them the story about the incident in Welburg, ‘The Nightmare of Welburg, Necromancer of Justice Vs . Evil Necromancer’ was the title .

And furthermore, the contents of her story…

It was about a black-haired necromancer and a skillful magic swordsman protagonist, the necromancer had white hair at the beginning, but for some reason the story took a twist and became a love story between the black-haired necromancer and the protagonist .

There was almost no one who knew about the story of the zombie and monster attack from that night .

Everyone desperately protected the gate, and the other civilians were asleep .

Maybe because of that, everyone was super interested in Zir’s fictional story .

After that Zir the storyteller was bored and ended the story with a cliffhanger at the important part . Because I asked them about the contest just after that, this was what I got because I asked at the wrong timing .

“I think we should ask the skillful magic swordsman himself for the rest of the story . ” (Baara)

Said Baara with shrugged shoulders appealing that there was no other way . But she was smiling when she said it .

“A change in one’s hair color is important for a magic user . The reason why the hair color changed hasn’t been explained . ” (Kuesu)

It seems Kuesu was curious about the reason why the heroine’s hair color changed . And because there was a real example here, brushing them off was not an option .

“There is still the love scene between the heroine and the protagonist too . So you have to tell that . ” (Gary)

Gary was easy to read . He was anticipating the bed scene between Zir and me .

“The whole story is not as interesting as you think, you know?” (Hibiki)

It couldn’t be helped so I told them about what happened that night with a little restriction .

Baara was probably only in it for the fun, so I bet she will be satisfied if I just told her the conclusion .

For Kuesu, I told her that after I kissed Zir, her hair became black . And that I didn’t have any other explanation .

When I was at the part with the love scene, for some reason Seira’s face was beet red and she was in a position even closer to me than before .

It seems Gary wanted to enjoy Seira’s expression, that was why he mentioned this topic .

I managed to end the story before it became too illogical, and then Kuesu came closer to me .

“What’s wrong Master? Nghmuuh!?” (Hibiki)

She kissed me without hesitation .

Ayla and the others quickly got up from their chairs to separate us .

“What’s wrong with you!?” (Amy)

Amy questioned Kuesu with an angry tone .

“I just tried it because it was the trigger of the color change in her hair . ” (Kuesu)

It seems that transfering magic power through membrane contact was popular .

However because of the high hurdle of the deed, it was only done between lovers, spouses, or family .

“[Annihilation] is my pupil, so he’s like a family to me . Is there a problem?” (Kuesu)

She tilted her head with a face of not knowing what was the problem with that .

“Of course there is a problem!!” (Ayla, Amy, Zir)

They said that with Amy and Zir standing between me and Master with Ayla hugging me tight to guard me .

When Kuesu and Amy were arguing…

“What a farce . ” (?)

A guy in the later half of his twenties wearing a robe was looking at us with a sour expression .

“To think that The Firestorm has fallen so low . Whoops, she has been there since the beginning huh . ” (?)

It seems he was Kuesu’s acquaintance .

“Master, who is he?” (Hibiki)

I wonder what kind of relation he had with Kuesu, a guy who insulted us from the get-go .

“…I don’t know?” (Kuesu)

“Wha-!? Damn you!!!” (?)

It seems that Kuesu didn’t know him .

It couldn’t be helped, I will confirm his status .

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Tiger Quigres

Divine Protection of Selection Priest

Effect: Slight increase in dark resistance Target: Self

Skill

【Wind Magic】 ★★★★

【Water Magic】 ★

【Fire Magic】 ★

【Lineage of Magic】 ★★

Offspring with a talent in magic are more easily born

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The Divine Protection of Selection Priest, it means he was one of the ‘hero candidates’ .

In terms of skill, he had the same level of 【Wind Magic】 as Kuesu and he carries the 【Lineage of Magic】, the rest were iffy though .

But if you were talking about a ‘hero candidate’ with high level 【Wind Magic】…

“Are you perhaps, the [Gale Hero]?” (Hibiki)

After I said that, Tiger smiled .

“That’s right . It’s a surprise that a lowly adventurer like you would know about me . No, it means I have became so popular that even a lowly adventurer like you knows about me . ” (Tiger)

It seems Kuesu remembered something after she heard that .

“I remember now, you’re Tiger the Weakling right?” (Kuesu)

“Don’t call me with that nickname!!” (Tiger)

Together with his shout a wind blew in the shop . The tableware on top of the table was blown off and the contents were spilled everywhere .

Fortunately it was past lunchtime, so there were not many customers, thus no major accidents happened .

I wonder if he was really a ‘hero candidate’?

“Tch, fine . I heard that he was your pupil . I actually wanted to crush you, but I will put up with him for now . ” (Tiger)

After he said that, he left the shop .

“What the hell is his problem?” (Hibiki)

“Tiger and I are fellow pupils . We both learned from the same master . ” (Kuesu)

When something didn’t go as he wanted, he would throw a tantrum, the crybaby Tiger .

It seems Kuesu never met him again after they had finished studying from their master .

“It seems he really doesn’t like you, Master . ” (Hibiki)

“I wonder why?” (Kuesu)

Again, Kuesu tilted her head cutely in question .

After that Kuesu tried to think of something that made him hate her, but alas to no avail .

“At any rate, Tiger is targeting you [Annihilation] right now, be careful . ” (Kuesu)

It seems the situation had become so dire to the point that I couldn’t eat my lunch peacefully .

I didn’t want to get involved in anything anymore today, so after I ate my lunch, I went straight to the inn and didn’t step out until the next day .

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The next morning, the preliminary had begun .

After the incident yesterday, maybe thanks to me being holed up in the inn, I could participate in the preliminary without incident .

My fighting block was different from the Dragon Warrior Ayla, even though our registration time was almost the same . It seems the grouping was not based on the time registered .

“Well then, participants from block 1 to 4, please get ready . ”

I was in block 3, Ayla was in block 12 .

FYI, there were 16 blocks, each consisted of about 20 participants .

That means the total amount of participants were about 300 people . Quite the grand scale .

Though, looking at all the participants in my block, out of 20 of them, there were only about 8 people and 1 beast who seemed able to fight properly .

Half of them used everyday tools as a weapon, such as hoes and rolling pins .

And that 1 beast I mentioned before…

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Euro Birke 390 y/o LV . 38

Status 【Mimicry (Human)】

Skill

【Demon】

Able to display the ability of a demon .

【Fire magic】 ★★★