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Chapter 103

A few days later





There is no problem on the other two division, and the winners for them are no different than the winning candidate prediction .
Although the result of the tournament already out, with how the winner of the fighting king division — which is a mysterious masked man— surprised everyone, everyone is getting excited on whether there are other people that can beat the winning candidate of the others division .

「It will be exciting whatever the outcome is . 」
「Well, it’s good that you can enjoy anything . 」
Those kinds of words are thrown around, the residents are only looking for hot topics . However, it’s also a fact that the hustle and bustle are driving the economy without anyone aware of it .
「It seems small tournaments are regularly held on the arena, a large part of it might be because everyone here loves fighting . 」
「Because that sort of thing is in the root of many, this country also benefit from it too . 」
Making fighting into business . Originally Souta thinks it would be difficult as it’s out of fashion, but remembering that the tradition had been ongoing for more than a thousand years, he changes his mind and just thinks it’s part of everyone’s life .

Souta and Dina go through the lingering excitement from the tournament in the city to go to the royal castle .
A messenger from the castle came to the inn for the second time yesterday night to give a message saying 「The tournament is over, I will hand over the promised reward . 」





Now then, I hope they will just give the books honestly . 」
「Are you implying there will be something else, Souta-san?」
Dina questions what Souta means, but he just shakes his head .
「There is no problem if it’s only that, I have produced the result they want, if they refuse, then I can easily correct them with just sound argument . 」
Once he reaches this point, wrinkles start to gather between his eyebrows .
「The problem is if the related books are removed from the archive . I don’t think they would, but that civil servant guy was against the betting . When I won, they all had a difficult face . I can’t shake off the feeling the books are going to be removed . 」

「At that time, you could see that far?」
Knowing the distance between the stage and the VIP seats, Dina is surprised that Souta grasped their expression .
「Ahhh, well, I have good eyes . Also, at the award ceremony, I did a little talking to them in a low voice together with the loud cheers, it agitated them . Their face stiffen . 」
「That’s not on the good eyes level anymore…… Wait, so that’s the reason the king act strangely in the end . 」
Dina stares at Souta with a reproachful gaze .






「Well, they give us that kind of condition . A little talking down is fine isn’t it?」
Dina isn’t dissatisfied with the king who has granted her wish that Souta participate in the tournament, so she just shrugs .

When they reach the gate, they tell their name and ask the guard to contact the minister . As the guard remember their face, and also already informed of their arrival, he conveys the message without any question . When the guiding knight comes, they’re not lead to the waiting room, but instead directly to the audience chamber .
At the opposite end of the room, the same faces as before are lined up . When Souta and Dina close enough to the king, he starts talking .
「Yo~ Sorry to have you come here in short notice . Good job on the tournament, I never thought you’re that strong . 」
「You’re welcome . 」
Compared to the king’s praising word, there is a difference in degrees of enthusiasm within Souta’s answer because of the earlier reward talk .

「So, how is the reward going? It seems that your minister opposed to it . 」
Souta moves his gaze toward Rudredd, but there is no sign of panic in Rudredd .
「Well, he was…… But after watching your match, it seems he’s fine with it now . There is no one who opposed to the betting now . 」
「If it’s like that then fine, but I thought someone might move the books from the archive . I’m relieved if this is not the case, after all, if I found out, then I’m gonna get angry for real . 」




Souta says so with almost no change in his expression .

「There is no way we will do such a thing . It’s a promise after all . 」
The king answers with a smile, but deep inside he gets a cold sweat . In the discussion last night, an idea about moving the book was actually proposed . However, the plan was dismissed after thinking about the disadvantage of making their relationship with Souta become hostile .
Currently, the general, the strongest person in this room, after seeing Souta’s fight, even he doesn’t think he can win against Souta . This is one of the reasons why the plan was scrapped .
Therefore, they concluded that being in a friendly relationship with Souta is the best option for the country .

「Let’s guide you to the archive already, Rudredd, I leave it to you . 」
Rudredd nods after the king’s order .
「Now then Souta-dono, it will be my task to guide you . Let’s go . 」
Rudredd bows to the king and then lead Souta and Dina to the archive . Souta and Dina also bow to the king before they follow Rudredd .

When they reach the archive which is the room that was confirmed by Souta before, Rudredd unlocks the room .
「Please come in . Confirming the promise again, Souta-dono will look for the books he needs, which we will give them to him after . 」
「Ahh, that’s right, thank you . But…… as there are many books in this place, I will need several days to go through them, is it okay?」
Compared to the scale of the entrance, the library is larger than expected, there is also a staircase that leads underground . Taking account the underground, the number of books in this archive might be on par with the library in the city, furthermore, because there is a large number of valuable books that can’t be stored in the library, Souta thinks that he wants to get any books he needs beside Grevin’s one .

「It’s fine . Just say my name to the guards to let you pass . If it’s daytime, there will be someone here, so I will keep the door unlocked . The books also need to be organized a bit, so this is a good time to do so . 」
Rudredd seems to be convinced with Souta taking the books, there is no barb in words .
「Well then, I will read the books right away . 」
「Yes, please tell someone once you’re finished . Once you know which books you’re taking, please send me a message with a list of those books . Well then, please excuse me . 」
After bowing, Rudredd leaves the room .

「Then, let’s go see the books, Dina . 」
「Yes!」
Souta and Dina, who by nature, like to read books, are excited by the sight of all the books in front of them .





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