Bear-san Tours the Venue
After returning from the castle, we rested in the bear house, partly at the request of Tirumina-san, who was mentally exhausted. Then, Sanya-san arrived.
She suggested that we should go and see the venue where the dismantling event was going to take place.
“I think it would be a good opportunity for you to see it before you attend the event, don’t you think so?”
We agreed to take Sanya-san’s word for it and have a tour for ourselves.
It was a good way for Tirumina-san to refresh her mind.
The venue for the event seemed to be a bit far away, so we boarded a horse-drawn carriage that Sanya-san had prepared for us.
My bear outfit was quite conspicuous, so I was grateful for the horse-drawn carriage ride.
It might be possible that Sanya-san had decided to take the carriage because she was embarrassed to walk with me.
“You are not going to hold it at the Adventurers’ Guild, right?”
“The guild building is big, but not big enough to accommodate visitors. So we’re renting a bigger place for the competition. The place is also used to host various events, so it’s very convenient.”
“I didn’t know such a place existed.”
Was it like the Tokyo Dome, the National Stadium, or the Japan Budoukan?
What we arrived to was a large building. Surrounded by high walls, we could not see the inside.
We parked the carriage in what looked like a garage and got off.
“This way!”
Sanya-san asked the caretaker to valet the carriage, and we started walking.
We walked through a passageway, up a flight of stairs, and out of the building.
“Wow, it’s huge!”
Shuri exclaimed.
It was shaped like an arena, circular, with a spectator seating area around it. There was a magnificent spectator’s seat in the center of the auditorium.
Perhaps it was a seat for His Majesty the King or some other great person to watch.
“They are used for knight’s tournaments and other events. They used it for His Majesty the King’s birthday celebration before.”
I didn’t know that.
Maybe I could have visited the place during the birthday celebration.
But the Royal Capital was huge. You couldn’t see everything in a few days.
Even in Tokyo, it would take days to see everything, especially just around the train stations.
“Ugh, I didn’t think it would be in such a big place.”
Shuri was running around, Fina was looking around, stunned at the size of the place, and Tirumina-san was also surprised at the size.
“We won’t utilise all of the space. If we’re too far away, the audience won’t be able to spectate it.”
The organisers were going to gather the contestants and spectators in one place of the arena, but they would be flexible depending on the number of participants and the monsters to be dismantled at that time.
“I will prepare seats for Tirumina-san and Shuri-chan so that they will have a good view of Fina-san.”
“Thank you.”
Tirumina-san thanked her.
“I like it, sister. I wish I could join too.”
“Shuri-chan, can you dismantle as well?”
“Yes, I’m not as good as my sister, but I can do it.”
“Fufu, when you get better at it, I’ll ask you to join us next time.”
“Really?”
“Yes, I’m sure, and I’ll be counting on you then.”
Shuri was happy to hear Sanya-san’s words.
“Yuna-chan, can I have a word?”
“What is it?”
“Do you still have the monsters that you killed at the Elven Village? It’s still in that item bag, right?”
Volgwrath and the cockatrice remained in the bear box, not even dismantled.
“I’d like to talk to you tomorrow about that in more detail, can you spare some time?”
“I don’t have any particular plans, so that’s fine.”
I was thinking of taking Tirumina-san and the others on a tour of the Royal Capital, so it was fine.
After touring the event site, we were taken back to the bear house by horse-drawn carriage.
Then, over dinner prepared by Tirumina-san, we talked about what we would do tomorrow.