Volume 3 - CH 3.2
Act 3-3.2: Notice of Competition For The Throne
The tall man with long, blonde hair and a sideburn—he seemed like the leader of the knights called the imperial guards—sent a glance to the king,
「Your Majesty, are you sure about this?」
He placed his hand on his ch*st as he respectfully asked the king.
「I don’t mind. It also serves as a good side show. Don’t hold back, Geralt!」
The king spoke as he leaned forward, looking at me with impish curiosity on his face.
The tall man with the sideburn then unsheathed his sword and pointed it at me.
Hou, that movement alone is enough proof of his polished strength. Overall, he is comparable to Zack. In short, he still has room for growth. But, he’s still a far cry from mine and Arnold’s realm. [TL: Kai never saw Arnold fight before, so he is still under the impression that Arnold is as strong as him.]
「Kai, make sure to only inju―」
「I understand.」
I signaled to Rose, who was flustered for some reason, with my right hand that I understood her request. The other party was a greenhorn. It was unbecoming of me to go all out against him.
Just when I thought that he was going to charge like the Sword Emperor and Zack…
「…」
He stood rooted at his spot in his stance, sweating like a waterfall.
「Commander… Geralt?」
His subordinate knights called him with worried looks on their faces, so…
「Maybe that’s enough. This is too childish.」
The gray-haired man, Isaac Gijidoor, said so as if he was changing his opinion while looking at me.
「I agree with him. Such an incompetent isn’t even worth being knocked out by Commander. Moreover, doing that is like smearing mud on Rose-sama’s face.」
「Yeah. The impoliteness he showed to His Majesty is worthy of a penalty in the throne competition.」
「Maybe our commander feels that this cheeky incompetent isn’t even worth a single swing of his sword. As expected of our commander.」
Hearing the voices of approval and praises that agreed with Isaac’s opinion, Geralt, whose face was already as pale as white marble, sheathed his sword. Then, he turned around and nodded in silence toward the king.
「Interesting! Really interesting!」
Although the king amusingly smiled upon seeing Geralt, who had lowered his head in silence in front of him, that smile vanished as he stood from his throne.
「Well then, let’s continue from before.
Now, I’ll bestow each contestant with an area to govern.
Gilbert, The Westland of the West
Louise― Thousand of the south.」
The king paused for a moment, and then the tips of his lips rose to form a grin. Rose, who was familiar with such a face, instantly stiffened.
「Rosemary, end of the east―East End.」
A moment of silence. It was followed by a mixed murmur in the throne room.
「Your Majesty, there are no inhabitants in the East End! It’s literally impossible to develop that place!」
Rose protested with a pale look on her face.
She was right. East End was the furthest end of the east, even further than my birthplace, Lamour. It was literally the end of eastern land. Only vast wilderness and jungle lay in that place. Forget people, only monsters inhabited that place. I’m even confused whether that place can be still regarded as the Amelia kingdom’s territory.
「Rose, this is a handicap for you. You of all people should understand what I mean, right?」
「…」
Rose could only grit her teeth upon seeing the king say those words with an impish smile on his face. Then…
「Worry not! I guarantee the fairness of the evaluation of this competition. And that’s all I want to say. Now you may break up!」
The king left after saying so.
Though the other chief vassals and knights sent sympathetic gazes toward Rose, they followed the king to leave the throne room too.
Well, that was only natural. On top of having an incompetent who symbolized the weakest as a royal guard, Rose had been checkmated with a condition that made it look like she wasn’t allowed to win.
Well, that harsh condition might really be because of my remark back then. If that’s the case, I feel bad for her.
But, I guess this handicap is under consideration of Rose’s current severe status. She has no choice but to put up with it.
「Nothing can be done even if you’re depressed like that. Let’s go.」
Anyhow, we have to visit East End first.
「Yeah.」
Rose drooped her shoulders as she walked, but then, a black-haired youth, the sage Satoru Mizoguchi approached us.
「I’ve told you right, Rose? This happened since you rejected my proposal!」
He gleefully let out an ambiguous remark.
「I have no regrets about choosing Kai as my royal guard.」
「But that’s the reason you’re in this situation where you’ve lost even before the start of the competition, right?」
Sage Satoru took a glance at me, then asked Rose as if he was making fun of her.
「It’s just a matter of different opinions. I don’t think that I’ve already lost.」
「Whattt, so you think you can win against me?」
Sage Satoru squinted as he looked at me.
It seems he has fallen in love with Rose and is jealous of me. Just your usual hot-tempered kid in love, eh? And he seems to be an extremely troublesome character on top of that. Well, he’s a youth in puberty, after all. As an adult, I have to act like a likeable adult in front of him.
「That’s a good sense of rivalry you have toward me. But worry not! I have ZERO interest in Rose AS A WOMAN. So I’m not going to be the third wheel in your courtship attempt.」
I’m far too old to feel any passion for a youngster 100k years younger than me.
「――!!!?」
I said that while patting on Sage Satoru’s shoulder. The young man’s face flushed red until the tip of his ears.
「Such an immature feeling is truly the sign of youth. SO DO YOUR BEST, YOUNG MAN!」
I encouraged him with a smiling face.
「D-DON’T GET TOO FULL OF YOURSELF!」
Sage Satoru left in a hurry after stuttering. Yeah, it’s good to be young after all. Well then, time to go back, I guess.
「Let’s go. I want to take a look at the territory first.」
「…」
I turned around since I didn’t hear any reply from behind me, and then, I saw Rose glaring daggers at me.
「Is something the matter?」
「IT’S NOTHING!」
Although I was puzzled about the reason for Rose pouting, I followed her to exit the throne room in silence.
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Character design: Signiel Gastrea… A man who should become MC
The tall man with long, blonde hair and a sideburn—he seemed like the leader of the knights called the imperial guards—sent a glance to the king,
「Your Majesty, are you sure about this?」
He placed his hand on his ch*st as he respectfully asked the king.
「I don’t mind. It also serves as a good side show. Don’t hold back, Geralt!」
The king spoke as he leaned forward, looking at me with impish curiosity on his face.
The tall man with the sideburn then unsheathed his sword and pointed it at me.
Hou, that movement alone is enough proof of his polished strength. Overall, he is comparable to Zack. In short, he still has room for growth. But, he’s still a far cry from mine and Arnold’s realm. [TL: Kai never saw Arnold fight before, so he is still under the impression that Arnold is as strong as him.]
「Kai, make sure to only inju―」
「I understand.」
I signaled to Rose, who was flustered for some reason, with my right hand that I understood her request. The other party was a greenhorn. It was unbecoming of me to go all out against him.
Just when I thought that he was going to charge like the Sword Emperor and Zack…
「…」
He stood rooted at his spot in his stance, sweating like a waterfall.
「Commander… Geralt?」
His subordinate knights called him with worried looks on their faces, so…
「Maybe that’s enough. This is too childish.」
The gray-haired man, Isaac Gijidoor, said so as if he was changing his opinion while looking at me.
「I agree with him. Such an incompetent isn’t even worth being knocked out by Commander. Moreover, doing that is like smearing mud on Rose-sama’s face.」
「Yeah. The impoliteness he showed to His Majesty is worthy of a penalty in the throne competition.」
「Maybe our commander feels that this cheeky incompetent isn’t even worth a single swing of his sword. As expected of our commander.」
Hearing the voices of approval and praises that agreed with Isaac’s opinion, Geralt, whose face was already as pale as white marble, sheathed his sword. Then, he turned around and nodded in silence toward the king.
「Interesting! Really interesting!」
Although the king amusingly smiled upon seeing Geralt, who had lowered his head in silence in front of him, that smile vanished as he stood from his throne.
「Well then, let’s continue from before.
Now, I’ll bestow each contestant with an area to govern.
Gilbert, The Westland of the West
Louise― Thousand of the south.」
The king paused for a moment, and then the tips of his lips rose to form a grin. Rose, who was familiar with such a face, instantly stiffened.
「Rosemary, end of the east―East End.」
A moment of silence. It was followed by a mixed murmur in the throne room.
「Your Majesty, there are no inhabitants in the East End! It’s literally impossible to develop that place!」
Rose protested with a pale look on her face.
She was right. East End was the furthest end of the east, even further than my birthplace, Lamour. It was literally the end of eastern land. Only vast wilderness and jungle lay in that place. Forget people, only monsters inhabited that place. I’m even confused whether that place can be still regarded as the Amelia kingdom’s territory.
「Rose, this is a handicap for you. You of all people should understand what I mean, right?」
「…」
Rose could only grit her teeth upon seeing the king say those words with an impish smile on his face. Then…
「Worry not! I guarantee the fairness of the evaluation of this competition. And that’s all I want to say. Now you may break up!」
The king left after saying so.
Though the other chief vassals and knights sent sympathetic gazes toward Rose, they followed the king to leave the throne room too.
Well, that was only natural. On top of having an incompetent who symbolized the weakest as a royal guard, Rose had been checkmated with a condition that made it look like she wasn’t allowed to win.
Well, that harsh condition might really be because of my remark back then. If that’s the case, I feel bad for her.
But, I guess this handicap is under consideration of Rose’s current severe status. She has no choice but to put up with it.
「Nothing can be done even if you’re depressed like that. Let’s go.」
Anyhow, we have to visit East End first.
「Yeah.」
Rose drooped her shoulders as she walked, but then, a black-haired youth, the sage Satoru Mizoguchi approached us.
「I’ve told you right, Rose? This happened since you rejected my proposal!」
He gleefully let out an ambiguous remark.
「I have no regrets about choosing Kai as my royal guard.」
「But that’s the reason you’re in this situation where you’ve lost even before the start of the competition, right?」
Sage Satoru took a glance at me, then asked Rose as if he was making fun of her.
「It’s just a matter of different opinions. I don’t think that I’ve already lost.」
「Whattt, so you think you can win against me?」
Sage Satoru squinted as he looked at me.
It seems he has fallen in love with Rose and is jealous of me. Just your usual hot-tempered kid in love, eh? And he seems to be an extremely troublesome character on top of that. Well, he’s a youth in puberty, after all. As an adult, I have to act like a likeable adult in front of him.
「That’s a good sense of rivalry you have toward me. But worry not! I have ZERO interest in Rose AS A WOMAN. So I’m not going to be the third wheel in your courtship attempt.」
I’m far too old to feel any passion for a youngster 100k years younger than me.
「――!!!?」
I said that while patting on Sage Satoru’s shoulder. The young man’s face flushed red until the tip of his ears.
「Such an immature feeling is truly the sign of youth. SO DO YOUR BEST, YOUNG MAN!」
I encouraged him with a smiling face.
「D-DON’T GET TOO FULL OF YOURSELF!」
Sage Satoru left in a hurry after stuttering. Yeah, it’s good to be young after all. Well then, time to go back, I guess.
「Let’s go. I want to take a look at the territory first.」
「…」
I turned around since I didn’t hear any reply from behind me, and then, I saw Rose glaring daggers at me.
「Is something the matter?」
「IT’S NOTHING!」
Although I was puzzled about the reason for Rose pouting, I followed her to exit the throne room in silence.
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Character design: Signiel Gastrea… A man who should become MC
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