Chapter 111

「Ha!? A festival??」

It couldn’t be helped that I had unconsciously raised my voice .

I was extremely surprised, and the water bucket used to wash my face was overturned .

Last night, I knew that the heroes were discussing various things, while I was forging our promise and carving rings on our fingers .

Even after Amelia and I returned to our rooms, the lights in the rooms allocated to the heroes were still on, and I thought they were coming up with a plan to persuade Amelia .

However, I never thought that they would come to invite us to a festival first thing in the morning .

Kyousuke, who came to invite me, picked up the bucket that I had dropped and filled it with water .

「That’s right . It seems that there’s a festival in Uruk . Are you not going?」

Kyousuke, who was, as usual, more poker-faced than Amelia and I, tilted his head in confusion .

Frowning, I received the bucket .

「…Uruk, huh . 」

The man who seemed to have summoned the demons was in Uruk .

The demons who tried to abduct Amelia .

Of course, it’s not enough to just punish him .

At the very least, if I don’t make him regret ever being born, I won’t be satisfied .

I moved towards the bucket and splashed water onto my face .

My half-asleep mind was now completely woken up .

「You and Yoru can move, but can’t fight yet, right? It’s important to train, but what about taking a breather every once in a while?」

Hearing Kyousuke’s suggestions, I groaned .

I don’t know what the festivals of this world were like, but I have no doubt they’d be fun .

Amelia would want to have fun every once in a while, and if it was the same as the festivals that I was thinking of, then they would probably have food stalls as well .

It’s the foodie Amelia, so she would definitely say that she wanted to go .

But that begs the question: what could Kyousuke’s motive be for coming to invite me?

「…are you scheming something?」

I looked at Kyousuke, as I wiped my face with my shirt sleeve .

He shouldn’t know that Amelia was a foodie yet .

Which means, he didn’t come to tempt us with food .

Was there something going on at this festival?

Kyousuke gave a wry smile when he saw the suspicious look on my face .

「Are you just a little on edge because you’ve been on the verge of death too many times? You’re thinking too much . The girls in our group wanted to go, so we were wondering if Princess Amelia would want to as well . We will slowly think of a way to persuade her . 」

Certainly, I’ve become more distrustful than when I was in Japan .

However, this much was probably just right in this world .

Since you don’t know when you’ll die, unlike in Japan .

「…for the time being, tell them we’re going . I’ll ask Amelia and Yoru, but they’ll probably say that they want to go . 」

Should I ask Kurou about the festivals of this world while I’m at it .

Feeling refreshed, I began to arrange today’s schedule .

I didn’t notice Kyousuke smiling meaningfully behind me .

「『A festival!?』」

When I told them that Kyousuke and the others came to invite us to a festival, both Amelia and Yoru gave the same response I did .

However, Yoru was disheartened, and Amelia’s face was filled with delight .

『Master-dono, are you perhaps talking about the beauty pageant in Uruk?』

「Who knows? However, he said that it was in Uruk . …things like beauty pageants, they have them in this world as well?」

I tilted my head at the frowning Yoru .

Meanwhile, Amelia took my hand with her face shining with joy .

「Are we going!? I want to go!」

I was taken aback by Amelia who was holding onto me tightly .

「Y, yeah . I thought that Amelia would say that she wanted to go, and had already told them that we’re going, but… . Do you know what kind of festival it is?」

「I don’t know!」

I was weak towards Amelia who declared that with a smart look on her face .

「You don’t know, yet you seem extremely happy . 」

「But it’s a festival, right? There’ll be tons of delicious food!」

Aah, as expected, her appetite trumped the festival, huh .

As I thought, she was rather easy to understand ontop of being adorable .

I stood up and looked down at the troubled black cat .

『Master-dono, Miss Amelia, that is a war in the name of a festival, you know? Certainly, there were also many food stalls, but… . 』

He was talking about it as if he’s seen it before .

「Have you been there before?」

『Aah, moreover, it was quite recently . 』

Yoru said this and began explaining the beauty pageant and the like .

According to him, it seems that it began in the human territory, and before he knew it, the festival was held in the beastmen territory as well .

The contest was separated into men and women’s categories, and each person would go to whichever one they wanted .

In other words, it was fine for a man to crossdress and enter the women’s category, and vice versa .

Basically, it would only be humans and beastmen, but a few years ago, there was an elf who took part and it was an overwhelming victory .

And, it seems that the winner received a special prize .

It changed every year, but last year, it was a free pass to a high class human ryokan .

TN: a ryokan is a traditional Japanese-style inn where you can eat delicious food and they typically have hot springs for guests to soak in .

This year, it’s in Uruk, so there was a high probability that it was a food-related prize .

…after he said such things, Amelia’s eyes changed color .

「I’ll enter . 」

『…Master-dono . 』

I looked at Yoru, indicating for him to stop, but I shook my head at Amelia who tightly clenched her fist .

It was difficult to stop Amelia when she had become like this .

Or rather, it was impossible .

「Then, what do you mean when you say it’s a war?」

If it’s dangerous, then even if I were to be hated by her, Amelia couldn’t go .

『…maa, the creature known as man is an unsightly thing, no matter the world… . Every year, when the girl who won was not the one that they thought would win, the men would behave violently . 』

Aah, I nodded .

I could easily imagine it .

「Akira, I will win . 」

Did Amelia not hear our conversation, she was dead set on entering the contest .

Yoru and I exchanged glances and shook our heads, helpless .

「I don’t think there is any other girl on Amelia’s level, so isn’t it a sure win?」

『…that’s true . 』