Translator: Tsukii

Editor: Lilia

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Chapter 66 – Trials that Befall②

At the moment, right in front of us was the Tokyo Big Si… I mean, the Omike venue. ¹　

It was inevitable for me to confuse the two. After all, the appearance of the Omike venue was pretty much a carbon copy.

I guess this was just the playfulness of the game developers.

I laughed out loud when I first saw it in the game, but now, actually seeing it in person, I almost cried from the nostalgia.　

It stuck out in a weird way considering the scenery and people’s clothes, but the familiarity I experienced seeing it was greater than the feeling of unbalance.

“What a strange-shaped building~”　

“It’s not a strange shape!!”

“What’s wrong all of sudden?”

As soon as I heard Erin’s words, I protested out loud, which caused Sharon to look at me suspiciously.　

Oops, that wasn’t good.

My aesthetic taste from my previous life just leaked out.

“But there wasn’t any necessity to make the building in this shape, ri~ght?”　

“Regarding that, well, there were a lot of circumstances. The practicality of building isn’t everything, and the same could be said of weapons and magic.”

“Eh~…? I think practicality is the most important in the end, though♡”

The circle participants sent here using teleportation magic were now lining up to follow the staff.

There was no way for us to trust the staff anymore, but since there wasn’t anyone else to trust for Omike, it was a complete deadlock.

“Haruto-sama.”　

“Hm?”

One of the staff members who had completely erased his presence approached us.　

It was the ninja-like person who had run in parallel with me back in the woods.

Kuyumi should be capable of that much… no, from what I sensed, Kuyumi was clearly better in that regard.　

However, it was because she was specially trained from an early age.

I think it was impressive that someone could do this while adapting to society as an ordinary person.

“This is a message from the honored guest who participated as an advisor for this Omike event.”　

“It’s Aias, isn’t it?”

“‘I’d like you to refrain from spreading hero beams over a wide area within the venue, since it will be troublesome if the venue is destroyed’; such is the message.”

“I had no such intentions to begin with though… Also, that’s clearly Aias, isn’t it? The acquaintances that refer to that as a hero beam are few, so it’s almost certain.”

“Please excuse me.”

The staff member didn’t answer my question and disappeared.　

I was considering grabbing the scruff of his neck and hauling him back for answers, but I couldn’t disturb the queue, so I held back.

As I was dreaming of doing that, an announcement echoed throughout the area, its volume amplified with magic.　

[“Sorry to have kept you waiting. We will now begin admitting circle participants──”]

At that moment, a magic circle spread out at my feet.

He really didn’t learn his lesson! I already expected this much.

I quickly stepped away to cancel the teleportation while grabbing the arms of the three students.　

If someone who wasn’t the target of teleportation was touching the circle upon activation, the magic would teleport them as well.

However, I could interfere with the magic that intended to capture me. I used my magic to destroy the circle and cancel the teleportation. 

[“Eh, what?!”]　

The glow of the shattered magic circle disappeared as if melting into the atmosphere.　

The three students’ eyes widened as they experienced a situation where magic was activated, yet failed to work.

Since I already got hit by that carriage warp, I couldn’t afford to let Aias manipulate my location anymore.

“That’s his specialty magic… there’s no way I wouldn’t know how to counter it, right? Actually, I’ve been taking precautions against it ever since I was a student.”　

It was something he had been good at since a long time ago. The disturbance magic that swapped locations, I mean.　

Whenever he got ganged up on 4 VS 1, he often switched locations with one of us out of nowhere.

“……Hm?”

As I had a smug expression thinking I saw through Aias’s trap, a strong wind blew through the leaves.

The other participants had been teleported away, and there was nobody left except us.

And nothing happened.

“……Um, did you refuse the teleportation?”

The staff member from earlier timidly asked an awkward question.　

“Ah, yes. I didn’t want to be teleported away, so…”　

“Um, that one just now wasn’t a trap, but one that transports each person to their respective circle booth at the venue.”

“………………”

I felt the gazes of the three students pierce through me and I stared at the sky with half-lidded eyes.

Like hell I could notice that. He already did all he liked with teleporting people, yet he decided to do things properly for once. Like hell I could expect that.

Rather, regarding this world… well, it was a world that was based on a game, so it couldn’t be helped, but people didn’t have enough wariness toward teleportation magic circles. I knew it was often used in dungeons, but it was still really scary to not know where one would be teleported to.　

If Aias became a military man and used teleportation magic to go on a rampage, then I was sure the common sense of this world would collapse.

“That fellow actually prepared such a trick…!”　

“No, didn’t Teach’ just self-destruct?”

The three poked me in the stomach and kicked my shins, and, half in tears, I followed the staff guidance and entered the venue on foot.　

By the way, the salespeople that Sharon hired had already arrived at the venue and set up the inventory ahead of us. 　

Apparently, it had been arranged that even if the circle owner failed the trials, the book itself would still be sold.

Then, what was the point of all those trials?!!　

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“As expected of my best friend… The part of you that makes you take the initiative to try your best, only to end up in a worse situation, still hasn’t changed. Well, it’s true that your specs are outstanding, so it still wasn’t a problem for you. As I thought, it’s troublesome to deal with him if he’s serious.”　

“Aias-sama, your mouth seems to be curling up despite what you just said, though?”

“Eh~? Isn’t it just your imagination?”

“I see… also…”

“Yes, from the movements of the participants in the woods, we were able to identify the Special Forces from other nations that infiltrated. I teleported them to different places other than the venue, so wouldn’t this make things easier to handle? I think the possibility of a battle suddenly breaking out in the venue has gone down significantly.”

“Thank you very much. You’re actually thinking ahead about things to avoid… even though you’re a good-for-nothing.”

“Huh? Isn’t the order of your words reversed? Your sentence ends with me being degraded, doesn’t it?”

“Well now, Omike is about to begin, so what will you do?”

“You actually ignored me… Err, about that… aren’t my tactics enough to handle any infiltrators among the general participants?”

“Yes. But Aias-sama himself would be…”

“Hahahah! What, are you worried about me? That’s surprising… of course there won’t be any problem. Once Omike is concluded, I will explain to you in detail how prepared I am to face Haruto. Until the next morning, that is.”

“Tch, this guy’s annoying… then I will proceed with our preparations… this guy is really annoying…”

“Just now, you reacted in the most painful way, didn’t you?”

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