“I see. This child is like Meltera-sama, he is adult on the inside huh.”
“No. I’m a real baby, not even six months old.”
“Whaaat!? That’s an even a crazier pattern you know! What is your name? Where were you born!? How can you speak so fluently!? What about your parents!?”
“Wait……”
Matilua bombarded me with questions, as if her reporter’s soul has exploded.
“When I wrote an article about Meltera-sama, it was a big hit! This might be an even bigger scoop than that! Haa haa!”
Her eyes are bloodshot and she’s breathing heavily. Matilua seems quite excited.
(C-crap…… I may have said something unnecessary to someone who seems to be troublesome……)
『That’s seems to be the case. Why don’t you just be honest and confess the whole truth?』
Naturally, I ignored Lindwurm’s useless suggestions.
“Come to think of it, a while back, there has been an information that a baby adventurer has been born…… It was so absurd that it was dismissed and couldn’t be put in the papers, but I didn’t expect it to be true! Uh-, I, I suddenly feel sleepy…….”
Matilua suddenly began to stagger. She unsteadily sat down on the reception chair nearby and then she fell asleep.
“Reus-sama, did you do something?”
“Yes, it was a bit of a hassle, you see. When she wakes up, she’ll probably think it’s just a dream.”
I forced her to sleep. I’m enjoying a carefree second life to the fullest, it would be terrible when details about me is published in a newspaper and widely disseminated.
Just as we are leaving the newspaper office, Fana spoke up.
“Hmm. Martial arts competitions. Do you think we have time for that?”
“That’s right…… We don’t have any information at the moment too……”
Meltera nodded reluctantly.
“That’s settled! My arms are ringing!”
Anje is already swinging her arms in the air, showing her intention of competing.
“They said in the newspaper just now that the Hero Festival starts tomorrow, and the martial arts tournament will start the day after. I wonder if we can still register now?”
When we asked a passerby, we found out that they are accepting participants until today. We were also told about the reception venue.
“That’s the arena.”
“Mmm, it’s so big.”
Then we came to the arena, which is also the venue for the martial arts tournament. It seems that gladiatorial matches and monster-slaying performances are usually held here. It is large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of spectators, I think.
The registration of contestants was held in one part of the arena.
“I want to participate in a martial arts tournament.”
“Me too!”
“You guys? Sorry, but not everyone can compete.”
““Is that so?””
Fana and Anje were taken aback by what the woman at the reception had said.
“In previous years, we accepted all applicants, but as the number of applicants has increased year by year, we have only accepted those who have a minimum achievement record from this year.”
“What do you mean by achievement record?”
“Oh, for example, if you have achieved a reasonable rank advancement in the previous year, or if you belong to some knightly order, or if you are an adventurer of C-rank or higher.”
Apparently, just being an adventurer doesn’t count.
“Mmm, I’m A Rank.”
“Me too!”
“Huh!? S-sorry about this!”
The woman at the reception hurriedly apologizes to the two of them when they showed her their A-rank adventurer card.
“What about you, Master?”
“I’m not going to join. I don’t want to stand out too much. What about you, Meltera?”
“I’m going to refrain from joining, too.”
“That’s a relief. I don’t think we have a chance to beat you guys……”
Anje looked relieved.
“Then I’ll participate instead. I’m not sure what you’re going to do, but it looks kind of interesting.”
“…… Hmmm, I think it’s best if Lill does not participate.”
“Hn? Is that so?”
If Lill, who is not good at being careful, participates, there will be a lot of casualties.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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