Otherworld Dagashi Shop Yahagi

Chapter 124: Selection Event

After I sent out gliders about the MF Tournament between the four towns, the reply was immediate.

In fact, all the lords jumped on their horses and came to Luganda the next day.

The four lords unexpectedly gathered in one place and were able to hold a discussion.

Looking at the enthusiasm of the lords, it’s not difficult to imagine that the meeting went very quickly.

As a result, the following was decided.

From now on, the tournament will be held once a year, in the order of Luganda, Betzel, Ballast, and Toskea.

Teams will be made up of 5 representatives from each town, and league matches will be held.

The first tournament will be held in Luganda.

The tournament was to be held in one month, and the lords of each city started preparations immediately.

I’m going to be busy too.

First of all, I have to select my representatives.

I’ll make a flyer for a representative selection event right away.

Even though the season is autumn, a freezer has appeared in the store along with a level up.

Ice cream and anzu-bou are kept in the freezer, and they are selling very well for the season.

There seemed to be areas in the dungeon that were extremely hot, and adventurers who go to these areas buy them.

[Don’t they melt on the way there?]

I asked Merle, who had bought three ice cream bars.

[No problem, Mira can use her Frost Magic to freeze the Ice Cream. Home Run Granny is the best to eat in hot places.]

Even if one can’t use Offensive Magic, it seems like it’s still possible to keep ice cream cold with a little bit of knowledge.

Product name: Home Run Granny

Description: Milk ice cream. When eaten, it makes it easier to get a satisfactory blow. The effect lasts for half a day.

Price: 50 rims

It’s an ice cream with wrapping designed with an old lady wearing a helmet and carrying a baseball bat.

[Now then, let’s go and make a lively earning today…… Ahh!]

Merle let out a small cry.

[What’s the matter, did you forget something?]

[That’s not it, look at that.]

Merle pointed to a hand-written flyer on the wall.

The Four-Town Mobile Force Tournament was to be held!

A league competition will be held with a team consisting of five members. A selection event will be held in Luganda to determine our representative players. If you think you got what it takes, come and participate. For details, contact the shopkeeper.

[Yuusuke-san, that is……]

[You read that right. Well, it’s something like a small festival. You gonna participate, Merle?

[You betcha! This time, I’m going to make the name of Red Shoulder and myself known throughout the world.]

[Ohhh, that’s the spirit. We’re going to have the selection event for the representative players, so go participate. Spread the word to all your friends too.]

[Alright, it’s gonna be intensive training here on out!]

With those words, Merle left with a bang.

An amphitheater-like arena was created with Michelle’s Earth Magic.

It was beautifully decorated and very elaborate.

[To be able to create something like this in just 10 days, Michelle is as amazing as always.]

[We have guests from other places coming, so I can’t let Yuusuke be embarrassed around them. I’ve finished the arenas for the time being, but I will work on the spectator seating area after this.]

Thanks to Michelle, we are going to have a grand festival.

After the arena was built, the residents immediately held a tournament to select the representative players.

Since it was a cold day, I served stew, and the merchant Joshua-san set up a stall, making it a bit like a village festival.

Most of the residents even took time off work to participate.

The representative players were selected in a tournament format to determine the best 16, and the best 16 players competed in a league match.

Here are the 5 players who made it out.

A person that used to have a 300 million bounty on her head, a Curse Witch, and a Super Heavyweight Yandere, Michelle and her Gyan.

The exiled former Queen Consort, a reflecting villainess, Titti and her Z-Zeong.

The leader of Team Harukaze and the unluckiest woman when it comes to lotteries, Merle and her Zako Mk II.

The Rookies’ Elder Bro, Garm and his GGRKS.

The warm-hearted mage, Mira and her Dom.

In this way, all of them are using different machines.

Well, it’s reasonable that Michelle got in there and Titti didn’t lose to anyone but Michelle.

Those two are definitely Luganda’s top two.

[Hey, Yuusuke. Isn’t it bad for Titti to be in the tournament?]

Michelle looked worried.

[Why?]

[She’s a criminal, remember? It wouldn’t be good for our reputation to have her in the representative team.]

Hearing this, Titti immediately retorted.

[The heck is with you? My past crimes aren’t questioned after I get exiled. Besides!]

[Besides, what!?]

[Even I…… want to help Yahagi a bit. Yahagi helped me and Marco, so I do feel a sense of gratitude for him……]

[That is…… Well, if that’s how it is……]

It seems that this sisters quarrel was a dud.

I’m surprised that Titti thought of me that way.

However, I’m glad she’s doing her best.

[Mira is going to be at the tournament?]

[That’s right, Mani-san. Come cheer for me and my Dom, okay?]

Meanwhile, Mani-san and Mira are having a leisurely conversation by the side.

There was no tension of conflict between them.

It was like a conversation between a grandfather and his grandchild sitting on the porch.

Mani-san is especially fond of Mira, and his affection for her oozes out.

[I see, I see, Mira is doing his best huh. Alright, in that case, I will be rooting for you. For now, let’s apply a magnetic coat on your Dom’s fuselage……]

[Stop right there!]

I heard a line I couldn’t ignore.

[What is it, Yahagi? I’m just modding Mira’s Dom.]

[That’s cheating. We can’t allow modded machines in tournaments.]

[In that case, I will just give her a Giant Bazooka. That way, it won’t be a modded machine……]

[That’s not allowed either. Attaching firearms to the machines is prohibited.]

[At least allow attaching a Diffused Particle Cannon in the chest……]

[That’s not allowed either.]

When I banned him from doing this and that, Mani-san sulked.

[What’s with you, I’m not even giving her Psychic Frames or Funnels……]

Sometimes, when he comes to his senses, he says the most outrageous things.

[Yuusuke-san, is eating dagashis allowed? I kinda feel like drinking ramune before a match.]

Merle asked me a question. If one drinks ramune, their mana circulation will be regulated, which will make it easier for them to control their machine.

[I will allow that. However, allowing you would also mean I would also allow the others to eat snacks.]

My goal is to increase sales in the first place.

There’s no way I could do that without selling my dagashis.

It wouldn’t be unfair if everyone ate dagashis that improve their abilities.

[Then, I’ll give a Mobile Force Variation……]

[Like I said, you can’t do that!]

[You youngsters are quick to abuse the old.]

[No, no, there’s no abusing here……]

It was rough calming down Mani-san when he seriously fell depressed over this.

<Translator’s Notes>

Home Run Granny: based on Home Run Bar. Originally called “Home Run Baba” by the author.