End A lot of things happened, and the tournament ended in no time.
Or rather, the tournament itself actually finished after my match ended…
Yulo"s matter became bigger than I"d imagined, but I never would"ve expected the tournament itself would be cancelled.
Ultimately, I only fought against those sisters. It wasn"t something I could genuinely enjoy, and to be honest, I wanted to properly compete more…
… Or something. I pretended to be lost in thought, but I may have to soon turn my attention to the reality in front of me.
Before my eyes were many objects blocking my vision.
"Uwaa, amazing! Are all of these for Lillinoneesama?"
"That"s right, I wonder if that"s even half of them?"
"Fua~, as expected of Lillinoneesama!"
"Well, even if it ended unfinished, things would turn out like this after she demonstrated that presence in the tournament."
Ange-san and my grandmother happily talked while looking at the objects in front of them.
As for me, I wanted to quickly, really quickly, dispose of them.
"But really, this country"s culture developed in a peculiar way… Ah, I, I apologize."
Ange-san mentioned this country"s lack of common sense, and then recalling it"s my grandmother"s birthplace, she apologized.
I thought that it was indeed the truth, and again felt that different countries have different common sense.
"It"s fine, don"t worry. In the first place, I"ve always been perplexed by it. When I left the country and saw other countries, I understood well how muscle-brained this country is."
Grandmother sighed like she was exasperated from the bottom of her heart and said that.
It really feels that way, doesn"t it~?
Ange-san seemed relieved to hear that from grandmother.
"At any rate, they"ve done well to finish them at such short notice. Look, this one is quite a great work."
Saying that, grandmother lifted one of the objects.
Hmm, no matter how I look at it, I only see a "club".
Why a club? I don"t understand.
What grandmother lifted was a wastefully finely decorated wooden club around 1 meter in length.
And what came with it was a so called matchmaking picture.
"Hmm, this looks to be a self-introduction of the second son of the country"s wealthiest family. As expected, the craftsmanship is elaborate. This is from a ducal house, moreover from the successor"s eldest son… Oh, there"s also one from the Royal Family. Lillina, you certainly can pick and choose."
Apparently, they seem to be matchmaking applications.
Then, why did they all come together with clubs?
The sizes are different, and they"re decorated with things such as jewels.
"Umm, grandmother. Why did matchmaking applications come together with clubs? Does this country have a tradition of attaching applications to splendid clubs?"
No, it really is a mysterious tradition.
What should I do with this clubs collection?
I could open a shop, but would there be so many people wanting to buy clubs?
"Well, you could say it"s a tradition, but it doesn"t really mean you absolutely have to attach them to clubs. Formally, the thing you attach them to is the weapon that"s the other party"s specialty."
For the sake of an argument, let"s accept that what"s given is the weapon that"s the other party"s specialty.
However, why should I be given clubs then?
"Grandmother, why should I receive clubs like this? My weapon should be a sword?"
Grandmother smiled pleasantly at my words.
"Ara, Lillina, you see. Weren"t you fighting with a wooden stick throughout the whole tournament? It seems for people of this country a wooden stick equals a club. Moreover, the wooden stick broke into splinters at the end. It seems everybody properly saw your slightly sad face, so it"s become a little fad to gift you a club as a new wooden stick. "
I didn"t want to know about this recent fad.
"But clubs aside, these matchmaking pictures are amazing. Please look, Lillinoneesama!"
Saying that, Ange-san showed me a picture.
I took a glance and regretted it.
"Ange-san… Let"s forget about those. Yeah, let"s tie them together and seal them somewhere."
I took my eyes away from the picture and suggested that to Ange-san.
Why are the men in matchmaking picture naked above the waist. Is it a muscle festival?
Rather, it seems like the muscles on their upper halves are depicted more clearly than the faces.
At my words, grandmother said.
"Lillina, for a matchmaking application, a weapon and a picture with a naked upper half of the body is the usual in this country."
"Grandmother… I am deeply sorry, but I do not intend to get used to the common sense of this country."
I"ve had enough of muscles, muscle-brains, and exposing costumes.
Ange-san wryly smiled at my heartfelt words.
Anyway, I decline matchmaking, I also don"t want clubs, and most importantly I want to do something with these harmful pictures. On that day, I thought so from the bottom of my heart.
Editor: Valeria