Chapter 306 (1/2)

「Stay on guard. Anything could happen.」

As Kain headed towards the colosseum, Ein whispered to him as she walked alongside him.

The notice detailing that he had passed the screening, along with a guide to where his next screening examination would take place, had reached him yesterday.

It was described to be a Knight Screening Tournament, but he wasn’t aware of any further details. It could very well be a trap.

In either case, there was no doubt that Mazenda would be there.

They’ve barely managed to get any information on her since they came to Kashnart(spelling?), but there was no way she wouldn’t attend an event like this. In that case, it was the place that would offer them the highest chance of coming into contact with Mazenda.

「…Well, we already have a ton of problems on our plate right now.”

「Right.」

Kain expressed his agreement as he took in the scene in front of him.

Mazenda was the trusted confidant of the First Princess Narika, who had made this city her base.

Taking her down would essentially mean turning this entire town into their enemy. Worst-case scenario, their infiltration would become even longer-term.

Even so, the first thing they had to do was to take care of the problem that laid in front of them.

Holding that resolve within them, Kain and Ein stepped forward towards the colosseum.

A facility like the colosseum, built to allow others to spectate battle between two people, did not exist within Elarc. After all, there were many people who would be against turning battle between people into entertainment.

But the existence of the colosseum in Kashnart contradicted with that.

Not only that, there were many more forms of entertainment that existed in Kashnart compared to Elarc.

Colosseums, brothels, and various gambling halls. The reason why Kashnart had so many facilities dedicated to entertainment compared to Elarc mostly came down to why Kashnart came into existence in the first place.

The lesser capital Kashnart was a city meant to be governed by the successors to the royal family after the king took the throne. In other words, the city existed to house the 「reserve」 members of the royal family that did not become king.

However, if the king were to have a son, it was only natural that the next king would be that son. So essentially, Kashnart was the city where the members of the royal family who were kicked out of the royal capital ran off to.

Seeing that they had built high-quality brothels and the colosseum in which placing bets was commonplace, those seeking to take advantage of their lack of resistance towards gambling began establishing gambling halls in the city. The result of all this was the current Kashnart.

If Elarc was the capital of light, Kashnart was shadow. The capital of shadow born from the shining light.

The colosseum was practically the symbol of the city, and today, there were many people gathering there to watch the show. The show being the fighting tournament that was the Knight Screening Tournament.