My Status As An Assassin Obviously Exceeds The Hero's Chapter 111

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Here's the chapter, enjoy.

ED: Ignite

「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 j.a.pan.

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

Since you don't know when you'll die, unlike in j.a.pan.

「…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 appet.i.te 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 pa.s.s to a high cla.s.s human ryokan. 

TN: a ryokan is a traditional j.a.panese-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.』