Chapter 239
“Man, that was some fight . ”
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“It was difficult to keep track of anything…”
“But still, that’s what makes it fun!”
The excitement had hardly died down even after we had left . That fighter was incredible . That style was amazing . It was the same for those around us . Everyone seemed to be preoccupied with searching for their favorite fighter and praising them to high heaven .
“Ah, Daniela . You look beautiful today-”
“I know, we should go and find a place to eat . ”
“Yes, there is so much we need to talk about! Let’s go!”
“Indeed…I would like to have meat . ”
“Daniela, I’m pretty sure you want vegetables . ”
And so we headed for the market district . It was as if we needed a quiet place to talk in order to settle our over-excited nerves .
We immediately started to walk toward the center of the city . It was then that I heard the ‘Hey, bastard . You’ve got some nerve to ignore me . ’
Which wasn’t quite as annoying as the hand that landed on my shoulder .
“Look here, I’m in a really good mood now . Do you mind not ruining it for me?”
“I wouldn’t talk like that if I were you, manservant . ”
“What?”
“You better stay away from my Daniela . ”
“Since when… Ugh, this is pointless . Let’s go . ”
It was a waste of time talking to these kinds of delusional people . It was simply tiring . You met them once in a while . Idiots who would not change no matter how much you talked to them .
“Don’t ignore me, you animal . ”
“You should try sticking to one insult, you idiot . ”
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“Oh, but there are many words to describe you . Living long gives you lots of knowledge . ”
“Living long and acting smart doesn’t give you the right to touch someone’s partner . ”
Oh, now I was getting angry . Did it really bother people so much that I was with Daniela? I didn’t understand why . And where the hell did he even come from?
Adlus looked at me smugly, but then he averted his eyes as if having lost interest . Of course, he was looking towards Daniela .
“Daniela . Might I take you out to eat?”
“I do love to eat . But I do not feel like doing it with you . ”
“You’re very stubborn . I know a good place that serves meat . ”
“Not interested . You would do well to stop talking to me . ”
Daniela said bluntly . For a second, I thought about what Adlus must go through . I wasn’t sure why he was only attracted to his own kind, but if he went around talking to every light elf he encountered…well, that was rather worrying .
I calmed down once Adlus had backed off a bit, and was able to concentrate on our surroundings again . I could tell by the expressions of some of the onlookers that they had seen this all play out before . It really made me wonder… What was happening? Either he was constantly getting rejected or he was trying to make a light elf harem . The later did not seem likely… After all, harems were things that just happened to you naturally . It would a look pathetic if he went around, laboring hard to build one around himself .
Well…who knew what methods this guy would use .
I stared at him up and down as he glared at me . He was wearing white robes that hid his physique but showed he was a sorcerer . But I still didn’t know what his fighting style was like .
Perhaps he fought with a sword as well . Were those blindingly white clothes for combat? Or were they just his casual clothes…
“I find no pleasure in being stared at by the likes of you . ”
“Well, I don’t get many opportunities to observe an idiot, so you’ll have to forgive me . ”
“Hmph… Very well . Daniela does not seem to be in the mood today . I will come again . ”
“Don’t ever come back, you bastard . ”
There would be no point, as he was likely to ruin Daniela’s mood on the moment of his arrival .
Adlus bowed smugly to Daniela and then walked away . He was annoying until the very last second .
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“I have been targeted by a most despicable man…”
“Well, he’ll be in the fight with us . I’ll give him a good beating . ”
“Yes, hopefully until nothing remains . ”
“I don’t want to get arrested…”
Daniela was quite cross now .
“Still, he is quite popular, you know?”
“Seriously? I can hardly understand why…”
“It is mostly women . They call him the blonde prince . ”
That wasn’t a very creative name . But I guess it was his only notable feature .
“Do you know anything about the way he fights?”
“Oh, that is famous!”
Well, he had apparently won before, so it was not surprising . According to the well-informed Lemon, Adlus fought not only with magic, but also with a long sword . He would control water in order stop his enemy’s movements and then finish them off with his sword .
A long sword, huh… That meant he had a much better reach than me and my one-handed sword . That being said, it seemed like a bad idea to try and bring out the Schwarz Tempest . I wanted to fight with ice magic as well . There must be a good way…
“More importantly, we should go and eat . ”
“Yes… Eating will help drive away negative feelings . ”
“I agree!”
Well, I was hungry . And so Daniela, Lemon and I continued on our way to our destination .
That night, I looked out of the window with Eyes of the God Wolf . Well, I wasn’t really looking, as there was something weighing on my mind . It was about what had happened during lunch .
Ultimately, we had gone to ‘Meat, Meat, Meat, Meat’ for the third time and ordered the same thing . It was a little awkward, but the conversation immediately moved to Adlus’s fighting style .
“Regardless of this difference in reach, I suppose we’ll just have to fight with the weapons we have?”
“It would not exactly be realistic for you to go out and acquire new weapons now…”
“That’s true . Even if I have a weapon with the same reach, it would take time to adjust to it . Something we don’t have . ”
“Indeed . You can always search for a weapon after the tournament if you really need one . ”
“In that case, I recommend the auctions . They often have rare and powerful weapons coming in . ”
“Ah, that reminds me! There is something we would like to sell as well . ”
“Oh? Do you two have something valuable?”
“Yeah, we dug up something really interesting . ”
“Dug up?”
Yes, I was thinking about the auctions . The massive event that was the Imperial Sword Tournament had made me forget, but we had come here in order to sell the Automata . …Wait, maybe not . It was probably because Daniela wanted to visit?
Well, whatever . After we ate, we went to the auction house to have our item registered .
The building was to the southeast . The fact that it was located so close to the inns seemed, slimy in a way, but I guess it was how they did things here .
I had been expecting something rather ‘underground,’ but it was not like that at all . There was an open atmosphere if anything . Perhaps it was because of some old perceptions I had about hidden routes and slave auctions . I had been feeling anxious about what kind of shadow auction we were heading into, but even the manager seemed to be a nice man .
“It will be held after the tournament . You will have to be here in person, is that all right with you?”
“And where will we be?”
“On stage . We like to show the faces of the sellers . It is the style here . ”
Like farmers, then…
“So, what item is it that you wish to auction off?”
“This thing . ”
I said as I shoved a hand into the hollow bag and then dragged out the Automata .
“Ahh!!”
“It’s an Automata . ”
“Ah, oh, yes… I thought you had brought out a corpse . ”
“That’s not really my kind of thing…”
But it was hardly a surprise that he was surprised . And I couldn’t say that I hadn’t enjoyed his reaction just a little .
“An Automata! These things are very rare indeed…!”
“And we have a few spare ‘cores’ as well . ”
“Wonderful! This will be the star of the show without a doubt . Would you mind if we advertise?”
“Of course not . I hope as many people as possible see it . ”
“Very good, Mister Asagi . Thank you for coming to us . I look forward to the event . ”
“Likewise . ”
We shook hands and finished the registration process . By the time we left the building, the sun had already started to come down, and so we split up . Daniela and I bought some food to eat on the way back . And that was it . The valuable Automata was still in the hollow bag . The manager was worried about it being stolen, and so it was decided that we should keep it until the actual date .
Well, it meant that we would be parting with the Automata… I felt oddly sad about it .
As it was made by the perverted ancient elves, the appearance was quite special . It almost seemed like a waste, but we had already made the agreement . And there was no going back .
“Maybe we’ll pick up another one someday…”
“And that one will go straight to the auction house as well . ”
“Damn it…have pity on a poor guy…”
“I do not think you need something like that . Am I wrong?”
“Oh, are you jealous of an Automata?”
“What? Fine, I will give you a lesson as to why you do not need such a thing . ”
“Sounds brilliant . You better teach me well . ”
It was late into the night, but too early to sleep . And I was very curious as to what exactly Daniela meant to teach me .