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Chapter 336: To the Castle

"What?! Carina evolved!?"

"Yeah, I also formed a contract with a beast."

"You already formed a contract!?"

"..."

While on the way to the royal castle, the three siblings were happily chatting. It was natural for the siblings who hadn't seen each other in months to have lively conversations without including me. But... they didn't have to talk while sandwiching me in the middle. Bequa was on my right side, with Carina and Urza on my left. Bequa, can we change places?

"I want to evolve soon too."

"You don't have to rush. If you work hard to level up, you'll be able to evolve soon."

Bequa comforted Urza, who envied Carina like an older brother.

"Carina, it must have been tough for you to level up so rapidly."

"Yeah... it was tough..."

Carina said with a distant look in her eyes. Indeed, I think the latter part was quite rigorous. Carina really did her best.

"So, Carina, are you going to participate in the tournament? It's still possible to enter, albeit barely."

"No, I'll pass this time."

I also asked Carina if she would participate in the tournament. However, she said she wouldn't participate. The reason was that she still couldn't fully control Nyaona. (TN: Author changed the beast's name from Nekoma to Nyaona)  Moreover, in a tournament where magic was prohibited, Carina's eye power wouldn't be of much use, so she decided not to participate.

"Well, we've arrived."

"Oh..."

The main body of the beastmen's castle was surrounded by enormous castle walls, making it hardly visible from a distance. However, as we got closer, a splendid castle became visible beyond the walls. The castle was not vertically elongated but rather spread out horizontally. If we consider height, the elf village or the Lingaria Kingdom castle where we live might be taller. However, in terms of size, this castle might be even bigger.

"..."

What surprised me was that when we entered the castle walls, Bequa just raised his hand, and the gate opened, allowing us to pass. Furthermore, when we approached the door leading to the interior of the castle, Bequa again raised his hand from a distance, and it opened.

"What if you're an imposter? What would they do then?"

"Would an imposter try to enter the castle so confidently?"

"Well... I don't think so, but..."

I can't imagine that there would be imposters who would enter so boldly through the main gate, but still, it might be a good idea to investigate a bit more thoroughly. Of course, there might be some kind of authentication with magic devices that I'm not aware of.

"Well then, from here on, Zeros and I will go. You two wait at the training grounds."

"Yes."

"Understood."

"Wait a minute. Once I meet the king, I can return immediately, right?"

"What are you talking about? You can't return without having a mock battle. Did you think you could just leave without participating in a mock battle?"

"Haa... Fine, I get it."

I thought I could return immediately after meeting the king... I guess I'll be stuck here for a while, so it seems like I'll be going back at night.

While discussing such things and walking through the castle, Bequa stopped in front of a certain door. And without even knocking, he casually opened the door.

"Father, I brought him. This is Zeros."

"Huh!?"

I thought I would be taken to a place where I could change into proper attire before the meeting with the king since I was dressed like an adventurer.

"Hey, welcome. I'm the current king and the parent of Bequa."

However, in that room, there was a dashing man in his forties who appeared to be reading documents. He was the king. Furthermore, slightly older than Bequa, were two attendants or guards standing diagonally behind him.

"Hello, I'm Zeros Adolfo.”

Suddenly faced with the king, I was quite nervous, but I managed to greet him normally, I think.

It was fortunate that Suiyami and Suikou were in bracelet form. It would be inappropriate to have a sword at my waist when meeting the king, after all.

"Well then, let's go."

"Yes!"

"Huh"

"Hmm?"

The king and his guards passed by me and Bequa and left the room. Following them, Bequa also left the room.

"What are you doing? Let's go quickly."

"Huh? No way! Where are we going!?"

Bequa entered the room where I was alone and pulled me out as if to take me along.

"We talked about it earlier. We're going to the training grounds."

"What!?"

I had heard that we were going to the training grounds, but I thought it was something Bequa and I would do privately after finishing our conversation with the king.

"Even if we're going to talk, it's no use unless we fight first."

"Ugh... So it ends up like this, huh?"

In the end, it seems that I will have to fight. There's no way around that development.

『Darki, can I use Beastification soon? 』

I had already accepted that I would be fighting. But it's not like I can fight against a beastman without Beastification.

"Well... Your fighting style has improved lately, I must admit. Hmm... Fine, I'll allow the use of Beastification as a test in today's fight. If you pass, I'll permit its use in the future as well. But if you fail, you won't be allowed to use it even if the tournament starts. 』

"I'll do my best."

The use of Beastification was permitted as a test this time.

"However, today you're limited to four tails. No matter how close you are to losing, you can't go beyond that. 』

"Understood."

Having such a conversation with Darki in my mind, I headed to the training grounds with Bequa.

(Note: Again Carina’s contract beast Nekoma will now be translated as Nyaona)

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