The Sub-Protagonist Is Retiring

39 – 039. Get ready for the next battle

One hour before the opening of the gladiator tournament.

Outside the Colosseum, Rene and Rewen were walking side by side.

Vern and Lyn were busy with the gladiator fight, so Renee decided to take Lewen to the inn instead.

Renee, who would normally have laughed and chatted with Rewen. But for now, she was silent with a sullen expression on her face.

At first glance, it seemed like there was a situation, so Lewen asked a question calmly.

“Renee sister, what’s wrong?”

“Ah, that… … .”

Is it okay to say this to a child?

Although it was meaningless to tell her about her situation, Renee, who wanted to complain to someone, pursed her lips.

Eventually, unable to bear it, she revealed her true feelings.

“I thought that I might be of no use to Bern-sama… … .”

“You say Renée is useless? Why do you think so?”

“Bern-sama often asked Rin for work, but he rarely relied on me. This time, just the two of us participated in the competition… … .”

“It is the right place. Don’t be too heartbroken, as there will definitely be times when Berne will rely on Renee.”

It was a logical and wonderful consolation, but Rene’s expression was still very gloomy.

It meant that there was still a lump in her heart.

“Even if such a moment comes, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to produce satisfactory results, Bern-sama.”

“why?”

“Rin voluntarily produces another result in the work Bern-sama ordered? I’m not that flexible… … .”

“Wouldn’t it be possible for Renée to find out her own strengths and use them?”

“Do I have that advantage?”

“There will be!”

Only then did the corners of Renee’s lips move up.

It meant that sincere consolation worked a little. Confirming this, Lewen smiled mischievously.

“Sister Renee!”

“what’s the matter?”

“I have a brilliant idea, can you lend me your ear for a moment?”

“Yes.”

Renee bent her legs to the child’s eye level and turned her head.

Rewen whispered quietly, bringing his mouth close to his outstretched ear, and Rene’s eyes widened as he listened quietly.

“Yeah, how did you find out who I am?!”

“I heard it from Bern.”

“Ah, that was it.”

“Anyway, that’s what I mean… … !”

Listening to Rewen’s whispers, Renee wiggled her tail.

Its tail waggled from side to side as if it was interesting to hear.

As a result, a passerby who passed Rene fell over, but the tail did not stop moving.

Fortunately, Rene’s tail was hidden by Bern’s magic, so it didn’t become a big deal.

“Are you really going to be okay?”

“Try at least once! Shouldn’t it be better to go down?”

“When I heard it, I thought it was… … .”

A boy who is devising an evil plan with an innocent face.

Unlike him, who was a regressor, Rene, who was pure at heart, was slowly falling into temptation.

***

In the midst of all the gladiators showing their enthusiasm, they could not shout for abstention.

Moreover, when he showed a lousy figure, his hairline was dangling.

I had a reason to do my best, but I couldn’t win.

Because at the end of that future, there was only hell.

‘How could the guest today be Princess Charlotte? … !’

[Are you that dangerous?]

‘Didn’t you mention the demon king in the carriage before? From my standards, she is more terrifying than the demon king.’

Holden Charlotte.

As the second daughter of the current king, Holden Gilbert, she was a gifted person who excelled in martial arts from an early age.

Combining talent and overflowing with a sense of victory, Charlotte subdued a B-class monster at the age of only 8 and rose to the ranks of the strong.

The king, who cherished Charlotte, did not hesitate to support her, and with the combination of the best talent and state-level aid, a princess knight comparable to that of a general was born.

I thought this was the case and passed it on.

As much as it is a world in a novel, it would be disappointing if there were no characters who felt like mothers and fathers.

The problem was in the change of the princess knight that would occur later.

In the second half, as the kingdom of Holden was destroyed by the Demon King, Charlotte was no longer a princess.

To make matters worse, one of her arms was burned to death due to the machinations of a demon official.

Kang Jun-hyeok reached out to Charlotte, who fell into a sense of despair after losing both her position and power.

However, funny enough, Kang Jun-hyeok in the story greatly regretted that choice.

Because the princess-knight who made her a heroine had a special talent hidden.

I don’t want to mention it, but to define it in one word, it was a talent to make even Kang Jun-hyeok a high-protein dispenser.

“Lynn.”

“Did you call?”

“Make sure to come up to the finals.”

“ah… … yes!”

When I guessed at the skills of the gladiators, there was no other person to compete with me on an equal footing with the exception of Rin.

There might be a strong person who hid his energy, but it was easier to judge that there was no one now.

Therefore, in order to fight well without being noticed by others, it was best to fight Rin and lose.

[In the end, it looks like he gave up on abstaining.]

‘I don’t have a choice… … .’

There was nothing I couldn’t do if I made up my mind to run away, but I didn’t want to lose to Holden Kingdom and Chuck.

From nob le mt l. co m

Not only my family in Bern, but also the people around me will suffer.

“Gladiator Bern, forward.”

The waiting room door burst open and the arena manager called my name.

While I was thinking about this and that, it seems that my turn has come.

[The Contractor will not be defeated, but do your best.]

‘Thank you for your support.’

[It feels strange to have to support a contractor who is in love with a different weapon than that.]

‘Don’t you think your expression is strange?’

Prach, who didn’t say anything when he was connected with Rene and Rin, only gets jealous when he uses a different weapon.

Is the point of view of weapons different from that of humans?

I laughed and drew the sword I used to use before.

“This first match must be an easy win!”

“… … .”

“hahahaha! Are you scared already?”

I swung the sword in the air a few times to get used to the sword I hadn’t held in a long time.

Confirming that there is no problem at all, I nodded my head in satisfaction.

The gladiator on the other side seemed to want to trash talk with me.

I rejected the rough talk of the gladiators who went through mountain battles because I didn’t have the confidence to win.

“The match begins!”

In the end, it was no different than saying that you should prove your skills.

The other person raised a halberd from the beginning and rushed at me.

I lightly blocked the ax that came down aiming for the shoulder blade with my sword.

The opponent seemed to be confident in his strength and was agitated as he easily blocked the first attack.

“Then how about this one!”

An opponent who pulls the halberd towards himself and throws it away.

This time, the sharp spear point came at my throat.

Just before reaching my neck, I grabbed the pole of the spear with my free hand.

Then, passing the direction of the spear over my shoulder, I took advantage of the opponent’s power.

He quickly pushed the blade of his sword toward the neck of the opponent that came along with the halberd.

forward 1CM. If I stretched out my arm just a little, I could carve a sword mark on the opponent’s neck.

“Ha, surrender… !”

The opponent who felt the difference in skill with me was frightened and managed to squeeze out his voice.

Because it was a match that proved that I had the upper hand in both strength and speed.

There was no such thing as an opponent being executed.

The only thing left in the arena is the cheers of the crowd.

“Wow, that’s great!”

“I overpowered my opponent in an instant without killing him!”

“Is that the skill the swordsman praised until his lips were exhausted… ! It’s quite understandable!”

The enthusiastic reaction of the audience was short-lived.

I looked sideways at the VIP seat where the princess knight was.

Fortunately, she wasn’t too interested.

For her, who had been doing heroic moves for a long time, this match must have been child’s play.

The high level of the princess knights worked rather well.

‘Just like now, I can finish the match quickly and lose to Rin at the last minute.’

[Fortunately, I can get over it safely.]

‘Let’s just go with this momentum. Only with this momentum… !’

The match with Rin is over after a few rounds of sword fighting, revealing the loopholes unobtrusively.

After that, it was enough to hand over the champion position to Rin and ask him to bring the demonic sword.

The only plan to get the magic sword without being seen by the princess.

It was the only way for me.

“With this, the first round is over. Then, let’s continue with the second round!”

“““Wow!!”””

The moderator said he would move on to the next stage right away even though he hadn’t even left yet.

However, given that no spectators objected to it, it seems to be the way it was originally.

“The second round is a fight between a gladiator and a beast! Will the gladiators be able to survive from the untamed beast’s teeth?”

It seems that it was planned to be able to compete with beasts like Bestiary in ancient Rome.

Just befitting the fantasy world, it was replaced by a monster, not a beast.

“The gladiators Bern and Dandan, who finished the match in an instant and made the audience tantalize, are C-class! If we unite, the battle against the group of B-class dire wolves will soon begin!”

According to the moderator’s instructions, the audience started to become even more enthusiastic.

It was a part that showed how much Lynn had blown the crowd.

Too many expectations are just burdensome.

[Is it okay to continue fighting?]

‘are you okay. There is no particular injury, and the condition is always optimal.’

[Then, I’m looking forward to showing you a great image this time too.]

‘Because it looks great. It’s a bit strange.’

If it was a C-rank monster, it would be easy to solve, but if it was impossible, the words would be different.

A moment of inattention could allow an attack, so I grabbed my sword right away.

Then, the door to the entrance where the monster was expected to come out slowly opened.

“You have waited so long! The long-awaited stirrup of the dire wolf pack… … yes?”

“uh… ?”

The Demonic Beast that appeared beyond the door was not a Dire Wolf.

The scales of a lizard measuring over 5 meters and covering the entire body.

It had sharp claws and teeth that could crush even a sword like tofu, and on its back were bat wings that reached the audience.

One peculiarity was that one side of the horn that extended straight like someone I knew was worn out.

If it resembles a Dire Wolf, it only has a white appearance.

Except for that commonality, it was an existence that could not be called a wolf anywhere.

“Kwaaang!!”

“… … .”

“I am a mutant wyvern!”

A dragon that speaks human language fluently and introduces itself as a wyvern.

They seemed to have hopes that the sophistry would work, but unfortunately, the crowd started screaming and running away.

‘Oh, what? Didn’t it work before… ?’

The dragon’s telepathy flowed into my head.

I hit my forehead at the familiar dragon’s voice.