Kuishinbo Elf - CH 75

Red Oath

Right next to Hustle Bobby is another large building that is also owned by Bobby. And surprisingly, the entire building is dedicated to Golem Masters. Amazing! Just how much passion is he pouring into Golem Masters! ?

「Nfufu… it’s amazing right? Grand Golem Masters will take place in this building.」

We entered the building while being guided by Pururu.

「「Uooooo… amazing! !」」

Both Riot and my voice splendidly overlapped.

In front of us is a colosseum. One that is exclusively for hobby golems.

In the middle of the large stadium, there is a ring that is surrounded by various equipments. Those devices are probably used to change the environment of the stage.

Unlike the ring in Hustle Bobby, this one is quite wide, about 30 meters wide?

「It’s big right? Because the tournament is a team fight, the ring has to be bigger.」

「We can freely move our golems around there… 」

「Hehe! I’m getting more and more excited, Shishiou!」

「Nyan! !」

There are spectator seats surrounding the ring. When the day of the game arrives, the seats will probably be filled.

「Hobby Golem have a surprisingly long history… It is made by a golem craftsman called Kyodai Shirou.」

Pururu’s eyes are getting passionate. Oou… the Pururu right now is really passionate! !

「He started by creating golems meant for battle… in order to protect the Langsten Kingdom from foreign enemies. Gradually, the battles with the foreign country became a war and more golems were created for battle.」

Fumu fumu… that is what tends to happen, I can see where the story is going…

「After winning countless battles with his golems, the king of that time awarded him handsomely. It is so that he wouldn’t defect to other countries. 」

Right, he can die normally.

「Eventually… thanks to Kyodai’s effort, the war ended and peace arrived. In the era of peace, powerful golems weren’t need.」

“Fuu”… exhaled Pururu. Fumu, in times of peace, an abundant amount of weapons are unnecessary.

「However, Kyodai had already thought of his next idea! And that is this… Hobby Golems!」

Pururu’s eyes are sparkling and spinning around. The surrounding people are laughing, you know?

「Kyodai’s idea of Hobby Golems was not only accepted by the adults… but also the children. The country also saw promise in Hobby Golems. Even though it is peaceful now, a war can start anytime. They think that Hobby Golems’ technology can be useful for a situation like that… 」

Pururu made a fist and her eyes are blazing.

… It’s scary, Pururu-san.

「Hobby Golems were developed, produced, and distributed to the public under the 『Magic Weapon Guild』’s management. 」

… Riot, don’t start smoking out of your head at this point. Tsutsuou, you too! ?

「That was a story from 250 years ago, currently, Hobby Golems are under the newly created 『Golem Guild』’s administration. 」

「250 years… that’s quite a long time ago.」

“Right?” said Pururu with a smug face. She looks really happy…

「At that time, the war just ended and there wasn’t much entertainment… so it was widely accepted.」

「And like that, it is still going strong today.」

Your history is deep! Golem Masters!

「Nfufu… now then, let’s leave the explanation to that! Shall we go to the practice area?」

「Uho, I was waiting for this!」

「Nyanyan!」

The parent and child that were smoking white smoke out of their head rebooted. You guys really are parent and child.

The place that we arrived at after following Pururu was… a large venue with six 10 meter wide rings set up.

「This is the venue where the preliminaries will be held. Unlike the main matches, the rings are small, but if we don’t win here, we won’t be able to participate in Grand Golem Masters.」

「… Here is where the preliminaries are going to be held」

「What are you afraid of? If it is our golems then it is a walk in the park! ?」

「Nyaaaaaaaaan! !」

Where did your confidence came from? In a way… I’m jealous.

「Anyone can use them before the tournament… it’s open over there so let’s practice there.」

We move towards the open ring near the edge. Once I got a closer look at the ring, it is surprisingly wide. The main match will be even wider…

「Now then, let’s give each golems their role… Museru will be the attacker. There is no one else that is suitable… Ishizuka is slow, and Tsutsuou is powerless. 」

Fumu, that is to be expected. However… if Museru is defeated, wouldn’t we lose right away?

「I know what you have to say, that’s why the other golems will completely focus on supporting Museru. Tsutsuou will cause confusion and act is diversion… Ishizuka will guard and escort.」

「Strategy-wise, it seems good… 」

「Oya, you’re unsatisfied?」 Pururu looked at me as if she’s seeing something rare. This rare beast apologizes!

「No, it’s just that… I don’t like how Ishizuka and Tsutsuou are getting treated like disposable pawns. 」

「Nfufu… I didn’t think about that, indeed… there is that feeling.」

「Let’s see… Shishiou, do you want to act violently! ?」

「Nyaaaaaaaaan! !」

「I see…」 said Pururu looking at the golems affectionately. That expression, is exactly… one of a mother!

「Un, I understand. Our team doesn’t need any plans! Let’s entrust everything to these children! That’s because… these child are siblings! !」

Un un! Pururu also seems to understand! For these siblings, strategies… aren’t needed! They’ll be considerate of each other… What should I do to help? They understand instinctively, they’re siblings… a family.

「What we should be doing is to support and root for them so that they can do their absolute best!」

「…Ah, I feel like I understand how my old man feels now.」

Riot-kun had slightly advanced in the staircase to adulthood.

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In the ring, Museru and the others had thought of their strategies themselves and are now putting their ideas into practice and training repeatedly. They really are clever…

「Museru had been modified quite boldly. Did you turn it into a shooting type? The red on its shoulder is conspicuous… is it the type that uses decoys and shoot their opponent?」

「No? It’s a melee type?」

The firearms are decoration. It is decided that a man’s weapon are melee weapons!

「Bu… but, it has a hexamissile launcher and a machine gun… 」

「Those are decorations! Erotic people don’t understand that!」

Pokan*, stumbled Pururu.

「Th, then… the red shoulder, what sort of meaning does it have?」

「My personal taste.」

Gakuu*, Pururu fell over. Seeing that, Riot laughed while holding onto his stomach.

「Half of it… is a message to Essac.」

Pururu and Riot raised their face and looked at me with great interest.

「Through that battle… Museru and I learned of our shortcomings. At the same time… I’ve learned of the depths of Golem Masters.」

I gently stroked Museru’s head.

「I want to fight her one more time… and win! I want to prove that Museru… isn’t weak! This is an oath for that reason! Until we win… it won’t be taken off! I won’t let it come off! 」

Museru rubs his red shoulder.

… And then, he made a tight fist.

Essac is an opponent that he must overcome. Museru also seems to understand that.

We’re lucky. The fact that there is a strong opponent that we respect…

「Nfufu… excellent. Ishizuka… make sure you support your sibling! 」

It raised both of its arms high in the air and seems to imply 「Leave it to me!」

「Shishiou! Help your younger brother become a man! !」

「Nyaaaaaan! !」

… Before I noticed, Museru was acknowledged as the youngest child. Well, he was the last one to be created…

In the middle of the ring, they formed a circle facing each other.

… Like this, even if the future battles are tough, they should be able to win.

In that way, we believed in them.