Episode 21. Mutuje (16)
No matter how much I raise my eyesight, I can’t see up to that distance.
The Emperor must be watching me.
Unbeknownst to me, I keep smirking.
I came to this place.
I have already come to this place.
For now, all you have to do is watch from that high place.
Until I pull you down.
“Two players, please gather in the center!”
Even the person who appears to be a referee is not normal when dressed up.
Is it a noble somewhere?
Okay. I don’t think anyone will be sent as a referee in a game the emperor sees in person.
Unfortunately, my opponent in the semifinals was not my brother.
“Nico Kruger is the Young style!”
Did he even use an artifact?
The referee’s voice echoes throughout the arena.
“That’s right.”
At my answer, cheers came from all directions.
I only said one name.
“Is it Marken Heidegger’s zero formula!”
“That’s right.”
Cheers so much that the ground trembles at the opponent’s answer.
A character I don’t know whether it’s unfortunate or fortunate.
Then it’s said that it’s never appeared in a game, but I can’t tell if it’s weak or strong just by looking at its appearance.
Stand by for the medicine.
“Are you both ready!”
“I am ready.”
“Yes. I am ready.”
The weapon he is holding is a knife.
The format is not bad either.
Beep!
“Die!”
The snout is a bit bad though.
At the same time as it started, he started rampaging.
He doesn’t charge like a wild boar, but he comes swinging his sword like mad.
“Die! Die! Die! Kill it!!”
Why are you so excited?
Is this guy also the one who had a crush on Maya?
“Those like you are the princess!!”
I was a fan of the princess.
Because there are many fans of the princess inside the academy without knowing it, I knew that this would happen someday.
But it would have been better if it wasn’t for this place.
“How dare you hit the princess?!”
“Whoa. Calm down your excitement.”
“Shut up!!!”
Ah.
No words will come to your ears.
I know you well.
I’ve felt it in my past life too.
When Choi Ae gets hit by someone, it’s natural for her to be angry with anyone.
f*ck!
I gave the guy a slap on the head.
Didn’t he think he was right? The guy started to stumble.
“Calm down. If you get so excited, you won’t be able to touch me.”
Still, it’s the semifinals.
A place that shouldn’t be blown away like that.
“Kuh….”
He started to catch his breath.
“… I apologize for being rude.”
Soon after that, the guy who quickly picked up handed me an apology.
Your personality is not worthless.
“With something like this.”
He gets back into his stance.
It’s similar to the middle class that I often see in Kendo, but I’m looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
“Go.”
He kindly even tells me in advance.
At that level, it’s worth saying that you’ve paid off the debt you hit.
“Chahahaha!!”
An attack from a guy who has become more stable than before is approaching.
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The first attack is a slash across both eyes.
Does it by taking half a step backwards.
The sword path is concise.
He immediately turns around and attempts a horizontal slash from his pelvis to his shoulder.
“Kuk”
As expected, it moves only half a step to avoid it.
I move only half a step to avoid the guy who keeps cutting me down.
Sometimes it brushes my collar, but it never touches my body.
It is quiet all around.
I can hear only the sound of his breathing and mine breathing in my ears.
It is not a trance.
Everyone is just silent due to the overwhelming difference in skill.
The guy who tried to cut me over and over again stopped his attacks and dropped his knife before long.
Clanging.
“I lost….”
It was an empty victory.
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When I returned to the waiting room with a cold feeling, the princess was waiting for me.
“You were more cruel than I thought, right?”
“… Can I stay here?”
It’s not set by law, but there was an unwritten rule that no one except players was allowed to enter the waiting room.
Even if rumors spread about her, this princess did something that would quickly become a scandal.
“Don’t pay attention to the guy’s pettiness. Sleep anyway Do you know who your next opponent will be?”
“I don’t know.”
You must be my brother.
I can’t say I know that.
“Hmm…. You really don’t know?”
“Yes. I really don’t know.”
“Yes. If you don’t know, you don’t know.”
I was trying my best not to show off, but I didn’t feel good.
I reviewed the Marken Heidegger I just fought and all the opponents I had fought so far, but none of them could be called strong.
Except for the main characters, all of them are ridiculously weak.
The only one who was able to fight like a fight was the princess.
No one can even follow the feet of the main characters.
I don’t know what annoys you about this.
“Sorry. Florence, I’m not feeling well right now….”
“You know what?”
“Yes?”
“You really don’t know how to hide your expression.”
“… Sorry.”
“It’s probably because I lived a life with reliable subordinates and no regrets.”
“… What is that?”
“That’s it. Politicians who live in trust don’t know how to hide their expressions.”
“…”
“In some way, it proves that you are living a good life.”
“Is that so….”
“Get some rest. I’ll have to be here alone until tomorrow, can I get a girl for me?”
“Enough.”
With that said, the princess left her waiting room.
It was a bit like that at the end, but the princess’s words seemed to comfort me.
As expected, the title to become the next emperor.
On the outside, is this the dignity of the person I should serve as the owner?
Yes. Anyway, in a world where the game is the original, it’s only natural that the main characters are strong.
If that fact is intolerable.
There is only one way.
I will pull you up.
The ability to do so and the justification are sufficient.
It raises the lowly and brings down the highest ruler from above.
I will make it.
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The waiting room was a bit boring.
Because there’s nothing I can do.
They bring you rice every now and then…. Everyone just gave me food and left without saying anything.
I was just lying down and rolling around.
I don’t have anything to train.
Even when I try to do a shadow fight, I get frustrated.
How do you survive a day here….
“Nico Kruger.”
“Uh… ? Who are you?”
While I was rolling around like that for a while, someone came to visit me.
And, as soon as he saw the face of the person who came to him, he hardened.
“… Mother.”
“Yes. You still call me mother.”
“…Come in.”
There’s no place to sit in the waiting room.
Still, I couldn’t keep it outside, so I sent it inside.
“Why are you here?”
“How have you been for the past 3 years?”
“What. I had a good time.”
I wanted to get straight to the point, but I never thought you would ask me how you’ve been.
I thought you wouldn’t be interested at all.
“So. What are you doing?”
There are no specific words to follow.
I have nothing to say.
In the first place, the horse is my mother, but I haven’t even had a few conversations with her, so it’s awkward.
“… Abstain.”
“I don’t like it.”
I answered without a second’s hesitation.
Actually, I noticed a little bit.
You wouldn’t be a mother who would come all this way unless you said that.
“The family will fully compensate you, so abstain.”
“I said no.”
Pair!!
“… What are you doing?”
In an instant, my cheeks were on fire.
There was no other way to describe it other than that it was on fire.
“Let me say one last thing. Abstain.”
“There should be no one but players in the waiting room. Please leave.”
She issued an order to celebrate, but her mother didn’t budge.
She was just staring at me.
“You don’t know.”
“What do you mean?”
“You don’t know what you are trying to do or what will happen, so you must be running wild like a thunderclap.”
“If I ask, will you let me know?”
“If you didn’t know that, you were kicked out of the house.”
“You say it right. Did I come out on my own?”
“I was kicked out because I couldn’t win over the rice. I didn’t even know that, so I didn’t look for you.”
If I were an idiot who really didn’t know what was going on, I might have fought with extreme anger.
As long as you know what’s going on, it’s only funny.
“You are no longer Kruger.”
“Okay. Madam.”
Pair!
“Where does a commoner make eye contact with an aristocrat? I will lay my eyes on you.”
… I didn’t expect it to be like this.
“Be careful. Madam. If I were to get hurt in the waiting room, His Majesty the Emperor would be very happy.”
“Tsk. You’ve become more vulgar in three years.”
“It’s all thanks to what I learned from my parents.”
Pair!
“Shut that mouth!”
Three generations.
A total of 3 hits.
That was only hit on one cheek.
That woman was also not an ordinary woman, so her cheeks were burning like hell.
“I will hold on until here.”
I know why you’re doing this here, but I couldn’t bear it any longer.
I can’t have long conversations with people who think of me as an idiot.
“You better be prepared.”
I even threatened and went out, but it wasn’t particularly scary.
I didn’t know you could do this….
Is this also the butterfly effect?
The “Thing” Must have happened.
So I understand you don’t want to create a single variable on the other side….
Whoa. During vacation, I think I should go to the count’s house first.
Really, confession is expensive.
I don’t regret it.