You do it, the main draw. (1)

A peaceful morning where I can relax and unwind at my accommodations for the first time in a long while.

Today, the ranking battle survival broadcast we had in the morning will be released, and in the afternoon, the draw for the ranking battle main draw will take place.

What’s a bit absurd is that the contestants don’t go to the drawing site, but only the influential figures and representatives of each country, as well as the imperial wizard who is in charge of this year’s ranking match, attend the place and choose our matchups like drawing lottery numbers.

So, Nora and I already knew that we would be assigned to the seed and work our way up.

“Uuuuu… Rudis, sister, just a glass of water… “

“Ugh. My head hurts… Ah, I’ll eat on my own… “

“Okay. You too, lie down and rest.”

I think to myself as I push Nora’s forehead with my palm as she tries to get up, making her fall back.

So they say you just need to rest and conserve your energy, but yesterday, my sister and Nora were so happy that they kept asking, “Just one more drink?” and ended up drinking five more bottles of soju.

Because of that, my older sister had no choice but to do acrobatic acts, carrying me on her back and Nora carrying me like a princess, and since I didn’t even know which dorm Nora was staying in, I had to let her sleep in my room and sleep curled up like a squirrel in the living room of the dorm.

And as soon as the morning came, both of them, still hungover, came out and stole the sofa in the room where I was resting.

Seriously, just stay in. Why did you have to come out and make it so I can’t rest?

“Okay, here’s honey water, sis.”

“Ouch, I’m sorry. You’ll be a really good husband… “

“I’m so sorry, I’m not good enough… “

“If you apologize again, I’ll throw water on your face.”

“… I’ll eat well.”

After hearing Nora’s apology so many times yesterday, I turned on the TV after somewhat curtly expressing that I didn’t want to hear any more.

What channel is the ranking battle broadcast on? I don’t really know because I haven’t watched TV much since I came to the Empire… no, since I was reincarnated.

“Gulp. 18 times… “

“You didn’t swear at me, did you?”

“It’s true… “

Nora, weakened by a hangover, drinks honey water and looks resentful as if she has no intention of straightening her messy black hair like before. It’s a little funny to tease her and then change the channel.

Oh, it’s started.

“Ah… “

“Oh?”

“Hey.”

The scene that appeared at the beginning of the early broadcast took place later than expected.

The boring time players spend recovering after being dropped into a fantasy world right from the start is completely edited out, and in the evening, the scenes where the lower-level players start to get ‘hunted’ for the first time by players of higher level than them.

And then, as soon as I turned the channel, this is what I saw.

“Ugh.”

“Hey, don’t laugh… “

“Hey, Rudis, why are you laughing? You did well in my opinion.”

It was a neat fight scene where Nora used black magic to pierce the heart of one player under the cover of darkness, and took out another player as well.

But somehow, the girl has a sinister expression on her face and speaks in a cold voice… I can’t help but think she looks like a middle school girl in puberty.

Oh, that’s really funny.

“Wow… But what about the next scene…? Huh?”

“Why?”

“Oh, no… There’s a battle after this too. Was that completely edited out?”

“Hmm, really? Wasn’t it boring to watch because it was a one-sided fight like this?”

“Ah, no… It was a scene where I was ambushed and beaten up, and then that princess girl helped me, but she just flew away.”

“Oh?”

“What? He helped you?”

“Oh, yes.”

What Nora explained was, frankly, a little hard to believe, but it seemed like it could be true.

He had a clean breakup with the girl he met in the afternoon, but when she came running after him asking for help, he knocked down the enemy magician who had surprised him by stabbing him from behind.

If I think about the princess in the novel, it’s not entirely impossible. But is it true that the current princess only shows her cute and foolish side in front of me, and shows her cruel side in front of others?

Hmm, I really wonder why Raul pushed this kid away because he really didn’t like him.

A beautiful woman who is only kind to me, isn’t she the best?

“Hmm… Everyone is pretty good.”

“That’s right. But Harve and I hardly ever come out.”

“What did you two do?”

“I explained it to my older sister yesterday, but on the way, I met Raoul and Albert who were fighting the water monsters and helped them out. They were with the princess, so I stole them from them. But that scene was completely cut out.”

“Ah… You two met too?”

“Yeah. Oh, don’t worry. I didn’t say anything. “

“Yeah.”

I watched the ranking battle broadcast for the whole time, feeling like it was a devil’s editing, as if they had intentionally edited out all the scenes where I would appear.

‘Hmm, the magician with the 4th level of blue magic and the auror level 3 swordsman that were mentioned in the story have all appeared. They are also quite important in this story, so I guess they advanced to the main event?’

I feel like it was a good decision to wake up early in the morning and watch the show live, as I was able to collect additional information about reality that I had not been able to gather myself, and the ranked survival was more fun than I thought after editing it.

As the ranking battle broadcast, which was more fun than expected, was coming to an end.

“… It’s coming out.”

“They’re sending this out.”

“?”

Yuria tilted her head at the words that Nora and I both said at the same time, but we swallowed dry saliva, feeling a little nervous.

The evening of the last two days.

The slime that brutally melted and killed the players… The shit that Watt made began to be broadcast.

-Kkaaa?!!

-Hey, save me…!!

“Oh, this is… Isn’t that a fantasy monster slime?”

“Yes, that’s right. The skills of the players participating in this survival were much higher than we had anticipated, so we summoned the monster that would be the greatest threat among the cards we had prepared to the fantasy world.”

The scene of the slime wiping out the players continues with additional commentary from those in charge of commentating and hosting the ranking battle broadcast.

Of course, there are no brutal scenes of flesh, bones, and blood melting away, but the painful screams and pangs of the players who cannot deal with the slime are sufficiently conveyed through sound alone.

What made me sure of that was the sound of Yuria swallowing her saliva as she lay behind me and watched TV with me.

“… Crazy, that’s a disaster that even a knight or adventurer can’t handle. Have you ever faced something like that in a ranked match?”

“Haha. What the heck… “

“We should have fought them, ‘we’ took them down.”

“What?!”

At Nora’s words, which she spoke proudly, as if she was a little embarrassed but had no intention of hiding anything, her sister’s golden eyes grew wide and her tail and ears, which had been hanging down due to a hangover, stood upright.

Hmm, I didn’t really plan on talking about it. But, that scene won’t come out, right?

“That’s ridiculous. Even if you two are skilled magicians, you’re not a phantom beast, you’re a fantasy beast? You’re a slime?! This girl can’t even use her aura, so she can’t fight properly! Aren’t you guys too great?!”

“Ehehehe… “

“Ah, it’s coming out.”

Nora bashfully smiled as if she was happy about her older sister’s compliments, and I happily watched the two of them before turning back to TV… I saw a scene where I was carrying the princess and running towards the slime with Harb and Nora.

Oh man, I can’t believe they’re actually putting this out there.

“Oh, is that Harb? Wow, as expected, someone with Auror’s talent is different! In that situation, Harb would have been more helpful than this older sister.”

“Well, it was like that in terms of characteristics, but it wasn’t like that either.”

“That’s right! There was a scene where Rudis was in danger because of that guy…!”

In the scene that followed, as soon as we confronted the main building of the slime, Nora shot a level 3 black magic bullet at the main building, and with that, the ranked match broadcast ended and the rest began to continue with the commentator’s words.

Well. I’m going to explain it in detail, but to put it simply, the players who couldn’t escape when the slime appeared were eliminated, of course, but the players who were able to escape with the help of others were all eliminated from the main event.

And the ‘four people’ who had just made it to the main building after breaking through the slime offensive were certain to advance to the main event.

But, you guys? What, is this confirming the princess too?

“Oh, what! Why don’t you show the scene where you guys fight the slime? Isn’t that the highlight?!”

“Ahaha, that’s it… “

“We used some dangerous black magic, so there was a separate discussion about it. We couldn’t show it to people.”

“Huh? What the. No way, again… “

As soon as she heard my story, my older sister frowned as if she had a bad feeling about it, and then her tail feathers stood on end as if she was genuinely angry, saying, “Another black magic discrimination?”

Well, that’s not wrong. It’s hard to just dismiss this as discrimination.

In the end, we spent a lot of time calming down my older sister, who started saying that she would personally protest to the Imperial Tower because our activities were edited out, by telling her the truth to some extent. After eating some noodles to relieve our hangover at the hotel, we watched the broadcast of the draw for the main draw for the ranking battle.

“Hello ladies and gentlemen who came to the festival called the Imperial Rankings today! Hello!! This time, I will be hosting~!… … “

A representative MC from an exciting empire appears and begins to lead the broadcast, and soon begins to introduce influential figures from each country who are participating in this draw.

One is the Minister of Magic in a certain kingdom, and the other is the head of a prestigious magician family in another kingdom.

Some are royalty of the kingdom, some are regents representing the king, and the one who appears after them.

“Master… “

“Please don’t cause trouble over there. I beg you…!”

The two magic tower lords representing the Kingdom of Frisia. Worst Katram, the magic tower lord of the blue magic tower.

And recently, the first magic tower created for the black magician, the black magic tower’s magic tower master, Piana Stone, has become more famous than any other magic tower.

With all the influential foreign figures present and only the two seats in the center empty, the MC finally began to say his final greetings.

“And, originally, you weren’t planning on coming here today! But since you expressed your will to participate as a special guest, we’ve invited you very, very specially! Specially!! You are a very special guest! Please give us all a round of applause!! “

Who the hell are you?

As far as I know, all the influential figures who are expected to appear have already been announced, but judging by the fact that he is being given so much attention, it is highly likely that he is an acquaintance of Clark Theodore, the wizard of the Imperial Tower.

However, I do not know that such a greeting appears here, because it is not in the novel.

I was staring blankly at the TV, half thinking that something else was happening that I didn’t know about, and half thinking that it was just exciting and enjoying it…

-Slurp~

“Ohhoho! I hope you are all well. I am honored to be able to grace this glittering festival on behalf of His Majesty.”

“””… … “””

A being who had been there with considerable high-level magic that could be seen even through the TV, yet whose presence had been completely unknown until now, began to convey a greeting to the screen that naturally drew the word beautiful while carefully lifting the hem of her dress in an elegant and dignified manner.

But, who is that person really? In place of Your Majesty? Where, which country’s Majesty are we talking about?

“My name is Emilia Royal Labyrinth. As everyone knows, I am the queen of this empire. Please take good care of me.”

Oh… So she was the crown prince’s mother, who never appeared in the novel.

I watched the broadcast of the main draw, feeling an awkward pressure as if the empress of an empire I didn’t even know was watching me from beyond the screen.