Chapter 1436 - Flying Board ①

Chapter 1436 - Flying Board ①

After I finished acting as Rasal-san’s chaperone, I returned home. It was already evening by that time, so I moved to the backyard to see if I could take care of Bell and Lynn until dinner, when I saw Aoi-chan and Hina-chan.

Somehow, Hina-chan seemed to be telling Aoi-chan something, which made Aoi-chan have an indescribable expression on her face.

[……Is something the matter?]

[Ah, Kaito-san…… Actually, Hina-chan had……]

[Kaito-senpai! The three of us, let’s join this!!!]

[U- Unnn?]

When I called out to them, Hina-chan, who looked somewhat excited, showed me the flyer she had in her hand. On the flyer, written with considerably flashy and colorful letters were the words “The World’s Most Exciting Sports! Flying Board Competition Underway!!!”

Somehow, with letters are colorful as that, and the flyer itself being flashy enough to make my eyes flicker, it smells really fishy.

[……What is that? Flying Board?]

[Hina-chan apparently got it from some strange place……]

[It’s not a strange place. I was jogging earlier when I happened to get this flyer from a weirdly-dressed person who was setting up a stall.]

So in other words, even if she didn’t get it from a strange place, the source was still strange? Heck, when she mentioned how she received it from someone weirdly dressed, that was already an explosion of suspiciousness.

[This seems to be a competition for teams of three, so even beginners can aim for victory!]

[……Aoi-chan, what do you think?]

[They’re advertising a sport I’ve never heard of, but the prize money is strangely high, so it’s really suspicious. As for Hina-chan, it seemed like she was developing a syndrome of wanting to experience youth with everyone.]

Hina-chan seems to like this sort of Sports Festival vibe. With that in mind, when I glanced at the flyer again, the winning prize was 1 white gold coin, 2nd place prize was 5 gold coins and 3rd place prize was 2 gold coins…… Considering that the winning prize is 10 million yen, the 2nd place prize is 5 million yen and 3rd place prize is 2 million yen, it’s an exceptional level of prize money for a sports tournament.

Indeed, how should I say this…… The suspiciousness of this thing is so great……

[For the time being, why don’t you ask Lilia-san and the others about this? If there’s that much prize money, it might be a pretty famous tournament that we just don’t know about.]

[You’re right. In this world, there are sports like RINGTOSS that are just different from our common sense.]

For the time being, this topic was settled as something we would consult with Lilia-san…… but still, hmmm, the suspiciousness I got from that flyer really was very strong.

It seems Lilia-san had some time to spare now, as she made time for us as soon as I asked. After explaining to Lilia-san what happened and handing her the flyer, Lilia-san looked troubled and showed the flyer to Luna-san, who was standing behind her.

[……Luna, do you know what that is?]

[……H- Hmmm, I feel like I happened to hear it somewhere back then…… The venue is Hydra Kingdom huh…… If it’s in that country, unusual competitions occurring certainly wouldn’t be strange…..]

[However, this place…… it was in a rather remote place. A place like this is holding a competition with prize money of this scale?]

[I wonder why indeed. Combined with the suspiciousness of this flyer……]

It seemed like a minor sport shrouded in suspiciousness…… or rather, a sport that even Lilia-san and Luna-san didn’t know that well.

Seriously, isn’t this a weird scam or some sort? Aoi-chan now has a troubled look on her face, and even Hina-chan looked uneasy.

[……Alice, do you know about this?]

If even Lilia-san and Luna-san don’t know about it, the only person who we might be able to get an answer to is Alice. As I looked back and called out behind me, Alice appeared and accepting the flyer from Lilia-san, she spoke.

[As far as it goes, it was indeed not a scam. This Flying Board competition is real. I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s extremely minor, but it was still a fairly minor competition. However, I guess you could say it has a cult-like popularity, as people who like it like it at the level that they would bet their lives on it. That’s why it gets strangely big sponsorships…… Hmmm, in Kaito-san’s world, it may be a little different, but you could say it’s as popular as the birdman competitions?]

[Ahh, I think that really explains it. Those who like them, like them very much.]

In other words, there are many people who have heard about it but have never actually seen it, but there are many people who are quite enthusiastic about it…… For the time being, I’m just glad it wasn’t a scam.

Even so, this really feels like a strange competition but…… Hina-chan’s face brightened up upon Alice’s confirmation, and depending on the content, it really seemed like me, Aoi-chan and Hina-chan were going to participate in it.

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [Is this the second coming of RINGTOSS?]