Episode 104. End of Month Rating (3)
“Ahhhhh?!”
As if surprised or perplexed, Arin kept making strange noises and pursed his lips.
“Oh, no!”
Then, with a shriek, she jumped off Poppy’s neck.
Then he ran up to the one standing next to Poppy, grabbed his face, and threw a tantrum.
“Why did you cut your hair! no! paste it again! Go back!”
That wasn’t enough, so Arin groaned and cried.
“No, dear! I was the only one who knew! aaah!”
As if other people knew about the delicious restaurant that only they knew about.
As if because of that, there were too many customers and he had to stand in line.
Arin reacted so sadly and violently.
Poppy’s eyes widened at the sight of her.
“hungry?”
who is this? does anyone know Arin answered while eating his nose.
sniff-.
“Who are you? Is it glass?”
“hungry?”
“… Then, is there any other glass other than that we know of?”
“… … .”
At Arin’s words, Poppy shut her mouth and glared at Yuri.
At the same time, it was not the external appearance of the other person, but the original temperament was detected.
and.
“I am hungry!”
Poppy screamed in fright and pointed at Yuri.
As if saying ‘Hey, it was Yuri!’
Arin reprimanded him for this.
“I said glass. And be quiet. Are you going to take responsibility if someone else sees Yuri because of you? Our glass faces are worn out!”
Then she covered Yuri’s face with her palms.
But it was after Poppy’s cry had already rang out loud.
No, actually Arin’s voice was louder.
The voice was so loud that the eyes of the audience were drawn to them at once.
buzzing voices-.
At the same time, a commotion broke out here and there.
“Who is it? Is this the first face you see?”
“Wow, I’ve never seen such a pretty guy in my life.”
All of them were exclamations toward Yuri.
In particular, some women stared blankly at the glass.
Even if you can’t see it openly, there are many people who constantly glance at it.
Arin, who knew right away that there would be such a reaction, eagerly raised his hand again and covered Yuri’s face.
In response, Yuri shook Arin’s hand.
widely-.
“Ah, what are you doing, get rid of it.”
Then, the face that Arin kept trying to hide because it was worn out was clearly revealed.
Clear skin and red lips.
And even golden eyes that feel beautiful like jewels.
It was clear that he was a man, but his strangely androgynous and beautiful face continued to attract the attention of the audience.
Yuri scratched her cheek at the gaze looking at her and the strange reaction.
“Ha, they treat people for the first time just because they cut off their hair.”
At the muttering, Arin reacted in a fit of rage.
“Of course it deserves it! This isn’t just a haircut! At this level, a face is created in a portrait drawn without a face, just a body?”
“hungry!”
“Even that face was not drawn by a mediocre artist, but by a master painter with all his might!”
“hungry!”
At Arin’s words, Poppy nodded fervently, as if there was no more accurate expression.
At this, Yuri put on a puzzled expression.
“… Is that enough?”
Somehow, Thearesia was startled and even dropped the window.
Yuri had never seen her drop a spear despite sparring numerous times.
However, listening to Arin’s expression, I could roughly guess how surprised Thearesia must have been this time.
Then he looked at Arin.
“Hey, but how did you find out right away? You say you have a head that wasn’t there?”
“me?”
The moment he heard Yuri’s question, the face of Yuri he had seen while arriving at the cradle came to mind in Arin’s mind.
But I didn’t bother to say this.
She laughed bashfully.
“Originally, I only have one eye!”
“… Wasn’t that the reaction earlier?”
“Ahahahahaha.”
Even while Arin smiled awkwardly at the sharp questioning, the eyes on Yuri were still the same.
And in those countless gazes.
There was someone staring at the glass with open eyes.
‘no way… No way?!’
The one who looked at the glass without even blinking was none other than Gunther.
Gunther, who was staring blankly at the glass, murmured softly as if possessed by something.
“… Yuri Holland?”
Although her size, height, and everything were different compared to Yuri in her memories.
The face he could see far away was very similar to the one he remembered.
Thinking of Yuri like that, Gunther immediately shook his head.
‘No, he cannot be here.’
Yuri Holland would be training with Johann Redner by now.
Why would he be in the cradle?
With that thought in mind, he erased Yuri’s face.
Instead, I got into trouble.
‘Then who is it?’
It was certain that he was in his 50s when he appeared here, but it was a face he had never seen before.
‘Black hair, golden eyes… … .’
At that moment, Gunter’s eyes widened.
‘Black hair? no way?!’
I was so surprised that the words that popped into my head just jumped out of Gunther’s mouth.
“… The dark-haired guy?”
The voice was quite loud, so some people around Gunther nodded their heads.
In particular, Nellie Blanc, whom she became close with while making a squad together, heard Gunther’s story and suddenly intervened.
“yes? Did you think so too?”
“… … ?”
“I thought so too. To be honest, he was the only one who got along well with those two. The black-haired guy.”
Of course, the two people Nellie mentioned were Poppy and Arin.
The three of them, to be exact, Nellie, who was looking at Yuri, admired it sincerely.
“Wow, I didn’t know when I was walking around with my hair that way, but looking at it now, he… It seems a bit like my taste.”
Fana, who was listening to Nelly’s story, burst into laughter.
“Ahahahaha! Who would prefer that face? No, even if my taste is different, I have to match my taste to that face!”
“Isn’t that true?”
“of course! Shall we go and talk?”
“Is that so? But if you haven’t spoken to me for a while and now you come and talk to me… Wouldn’t that be too revealing?”
“If I can win that face, I don’t mind being tricked a little!”
“Get… can you do it?”
“Certainly, the blue hair next to him is a bit strong, but… … .”
Watching Nellie and Fana whispering about women’s stories, Gunther kept his mouth shut.
In the meantime, the Black Swordsmen appeared.
Chubbuck Chubbuck -.
The black swordsmen brought several large pieces of paper.
The sound of the horsemen’s conversation disappeared as they appeared.
While everyone is watching the bulletin board.
As always, the man with glasses stepped forward.
“Now, we will start announcing the end-of-month evaluation.”
flutter -.
A large sheet of paper was attached to the bulletin board.
“What is that?”
“I know?”
“Isn’t it ranked?”
Those who expected a report card with a ranking because it was an evaluation expressed their doubts about the poster with only their name written on it.
At that time, the man with glasses answered their questions.
“The 68 people listed here are rated 0 at the end of this month.”
Along with that, he snorted.
“Congratulations, this 50th class recorded the highest number of passers ever, and this time it also recorded the most number of 0’s ever. 0 points for 68 people… Perhaps this is a record that will not be easily broken for a while.”
In other words, all 68 people whose names were written on the poster were 0 points.
The ears of those whose names were written turned red.
However, even though they were 0-pointers, some were rather confident.
“Evaluation is also evaluation, but shouldn’t we have to make a living first?”
“That’s right, I don’t even have points to get food… … .”
They may be a bit ashamed of their zero score, but they don’t think it will be a problem.
The reason they think so is simple.
“I’ll do better next time.”
“Sorry, next time I’ll do my best!”
Because they thought they would have another chance.
And the man with glasses smashed their complacent thoughts at once.
“next? That’s not even funny. Do you think you have something like this?”
“yes?”
“As of this time, 68 people who scored 0 are expelled from the cradle.”
“… … ?!”
Bombs fell on the riders.
Immediately, a backlash erupted.
“Chu, expulsion?”
“I’m expelled just because I got 0 points in the evaluation!”
“Hey, it’s only been a month.”
68 outcasts in a mass panic.
The man with glasses laughed at them.
“That gives you one more reason to be banished.”
“yes?”
“Like idiots who have been in the cradle for a month and still haven’t figured out what this place is like.”
“… … .”
“I’ll give you 12 hours from now. Inside, arrive at the dock where you guys first got off. Then, as a final generosity, I will send you out on a black ship.”
“ah… … .”
“However, if there is an outcast who remains on Cradle’s land beyond 12 hours, he is considered an enemy of Cradle.”
“… … ?!”
“If that happens, you won’t be able to return home alive. No, even if I die, I won’t be able to return to my hometown and will rot somewhere beyond that lake.”
It was a dire warning.
In addition, the person who issued the warning was none other than the Black Swordsman.
The faces of the outcasts turned blue from the killing spree of the Black Swordsmen nearby.
‘Gee, it’s real… this person… They will kill us.’
‘I’m not kidding!’
Seeing the frightened people, the man with glasses nodded.
“Are you still standing there? Surely you don’t think we’ll send you guys to the dock in a wagon like we did when we came?”
“… … ?!”
“If you want to run away, keep doing it there.”
Only then did the exiles remember that it took several hours to get from the marina to the amphitheater even by carriage.
If so, even if I ran hard from now on, it would be tight to arrive at the dock within 12 hours.
“Ugh, ugh!”
“Damn it!”
The frightened people turned around and started running.
That’s how 68 people fall out.
Silence fell among the remaining riders.
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Most of them were shocked because they did not expect that there would be deportation at a disadvantage.
Also, I remembered what would have happened if the person who did not participate in the presentation was an outcast.
‘I was hunted by the Black Swordsman without knowing English… It must have been thrown into the lake.’
With a corpse, of course.
Thinking of that made Ossu goose bumps.
On the other hand, he was relieved that he had a score of 0 and was not in the lower ranks.
But they didn’t know.
It was only the first bomb that exploded in front of them so far.
Shortly thereafter, the man with glasses detonated the second bomb.
“From now on, we will announce the lowest grades.”
flutter -.
Another billboard was posted above the list of zero-point exiles.
There were also dozens of names attached to it.
The only difference is that this time, the ranking and score are written next to the name.
At this, the riders blinked their eyes in amazement.
“Ha, the lowest grades?”
“Then a little while ago… What was it? Wasn’t that the bottom grader?”
Hearing the story, the man with glasses replied with a smile.
“When did I ever say that it was a lower rank?”
At that, the jockeys realized that they hadn’t said that the man with glasses was in the lower ranks.
I just said ‘0 points’.
“… … .”
A heavy silence hung over the fact that the purges were not yet over.