Peerless Rurune

Obeying the words of the official, each of the participants started to move to the start line .

In this Kings Royal Cup, its like a relay back on Earth was adopted here .

Moreover, so, the ones on the start line already have an advantage, and the ones further away are disadvantaged .

This is because there are many participants, so it cannot be helped . And, the participants agreed to the conditions, so they cant complain about this .

The other participants have large horses, made me look smaller because Im riding on a donkey . As well as unfortunately having to start all the way at the back .

[Fuuu Starting at the back makes me feel It cant be helped And unexpectedly to just go along the flow . ]

As Im not really interested in the race itself, I easily got on Rurunes back, and was slightly impressed as we can properly move .

If it were the me before my evolution, I wouldnt have been able to ride Rurune in the first place .

While I was thinking that, the group of horses is suddenly entered my line of sight .

The group of horse for some reason was not moving to the starting line .

At this time, the official also noticed that and called out .

[Otto~? The players over there! What on earth is happening there?]

But, the people whore addressed by the voice didnt hear it as they were desperately calling out to their horses .

[Hey, Johnson! Whats wrong?]

[Why arent we moving, Kelly!]

[Johnny, please move!]

Even the horses names are human-like .

The tsukkomi isnt that far, but I instinctively felt like that .

But still Whats up with them? I wonder whats the reason why the horses suddenly dont want to move?

After seeing the situation over there, Ive thought of some possibilities, but Im not a horse specialist, and so I still didnt understand what was happening at all .

Somehow, I looked towards the people riding the horses .

[Tsu!?]

And I finally understood the cause of this ruckus .

After understanding why I was surprised . Seeing that their horses didnt move, the other contestants got off from their horses and spoke to the horses .

[Really, what in the world happened?]

[Are you feeling sick somewhere?]

[Im not having you to run the impossible]

Each of them was worried about their horses, stroke the necks of their horses .

Thud .

Suddenly, all the horses fell to the ground .

Moreover, if you look closely, all that remained were that useless expression of pride .

Were you able to understand?

In other words, all the horses that suddenly stopped moving were .

[[[Ah . Theyre all dead!]]]

This Stuuuuupiiiiiiiiiiid horseeeees!!!!

And you over there! Just how stupid are you!? No, within the participants, certainly there was someone who noticed something .

No matter what you do, theres no salvation for the horses lives . The official, whos face expresses an I dont know what to say look unpleasantly says .

[I wonder what happened . Before the race started, 20 people are down for the count]

The number of people participating this race is that many!? Even with that many high-spec horses, isnt this already a problem, right!?

Somewhere in my heart, I continuously made a tsukkomi in my rage .

Ever since I came to this world, theres nothing that I havent made a tsukkomi at .

I dont know why but, I cant help but think that way .

Being in a good mood, Rurune says something while drooling .

[Tonights dinner, we will be having a large serving of horsemeat!]

[Rurune-san . That joke isnt funny, ya know . ]

[Well, I do feel pity to those horses but, it doesnt mean that it will cancel the race! Everyone, rejoin the race as soon as you can, and good luck in the race!]

While Rurune and I were having a silly conversation, the official said so and blew the whistle .

Even though a stupid incident occurred, the other participants that were safe, moved to the start line .

[Everyone, youre in your respective starting positions? Well then, Ill now start the count! 3!]

Okay, it looks like the race is finally starting .

Somehow, it took a long time to start the race, but now, lets just focus on it .

[2!]

When I heard the count on my ear, I spoke to Rurune .

[Well then Rurune, I leave it to you . ]

[Please leave this to me!]

After hearing Rurunes firm response, I thought that we can really win this thing .

[1!]

Thats right . Ever since weve been here, we have been treated as useless so far . However, I cant let them treat Rurune as an ordinary donkey .

While firmly gripping on the reins, I tightened my feelings .

Cmon, our race has- .

[Staaaaaaaart!!!!]

Only begun!

The horses started all at once .

As the cloud of dust soared, my vision was instantly obscured .

However, its a shame, fellow participants!

My Rurune is, dashing towards all of the horses .

[-has not left!]

[Haa,haa,haa . ]

As a result, Rurune remarkably gave me a betrayal to my expectations . No, in reverse, is this what Ive expected?

Rurunes speed is, surprisingly slow, was being left behind by the other horses in a blink of an eye .

Even the footsteps .

Pa-tsuka, pa-tsuka .

Right? These footsteps are surprising, right?

[Hey~? Rurune-san? Were the last, you know? Hey, you need to get serious!]

Its not over yet . Still, Rurunes seriousness is not this! As I re-think this, I reminded her so .

However, Rurunes pace still hasnt changed one bit .

Pa-tsuka, pa-tsuka . (TLN: Im trolling with the tsus . hahaha)

[Ah, this is no good . ]

The time it takes to make a step isnt good . Let alone winning, making it into the 5th place is impossible .

Let alone giving up, I dont give a damn anymore! While thinking like that, I hear the officials voice .

[Whoa!? Players Seiichi and Rurune pair arent progressing much! As I thought, using a donkey in this tournament is impossible!? They are in last place in a blink of an eye!]

Its useless .

[While player Seiichi is still on the starting line, the top 10 players are already halfway through the entire course!]

[Theyre that fast!?]

Already halfway!? Getting 5th place is absolutely impossible!

While I was surprised by the speed of the other horses, Rurune said in a pained-like voice .

[Kuh haa,haa . ]

[Oi Oi, are you alright!? Dont push yourself too hard! I know that youve already done your best!]

And, I also know that youre slow .

While I say that to be considerate to Rurune, painfully muttered .

[MyStomachis]

[Huh? Your stomach is what?]

[My stomach ishungry!]

[THEN EAT SOME GRAAAAAAAAASS!]

I unintentionally cried out . Well, it cant be helped .

Is it because youre hungry!? That youre so slow!?

While I didnt try to accept that, I asked just to be sure .

[Hey, Rurune . By the way, your breakfast pasture is]

[Master, youre making me eat like the other domestic animals!?]

[YOURE A DONKEY, ARENT YAAAAA!?]

Why the hell did I say that!? Just why the hell did I say something stupid to her!?

[Wait! For now, eat all the grass you can find here to your hearts content to satisfy your hunger! You can run if your stomach is full, right!?]

[I am no longer be satisfied with grasses, so I dont want to eat that! Human food is the best!]

[LIKE I ASKED, ARENT YOU A DONKEEEEEY!?]

No matter how much more I screamed, Rurune wont eat the grass on the ground .

Even though I tried to motivate her by bringing in the Bahamut on the conversation, but she still wont eat it . It seems like she wont eat anything other than things that humans tend to eat even if it meant dying .

For animals, you shouldnt let them eat human food .

And for me, who was too late to realize that, really regretted it .

[Argh! At this rate, Ill definitely lose and in this way, I definitely look like a loser! Is there something that I can give her food with!?]

As I searched the contents desperately in my item box, all of them are raw ingredients to be cooked, so there isnt anything that can be eaten right away .

Aah, Im completely finished .

Yes, its about time to give up .

[Hmm?]

Within my Item Box, my eyes stopped on a certain item .

That isthe [The Real Cultivation of the Fruit of Evolution Set] .

If I recall, the contents are how to properly cultivate the seed of evolution, and the fruit of the seed of evolution and so on and so forth .

[Maybe, a fragment of the Fruit of Evolution is inside here]

While having a pale hope on it, I took out the [The Real Cultivation of the Fruit of Evolution Set]

And then, a Zuta-like bag appeared .

When I looked inside, there really is a booklet of instructions on how to cultivate the Fruit of Evolution, and there are 15 Fruits of Evolutions in it too . Huh?

[The Fruits of Evolution are in here, but therere no seeds?]

Even though Ive scurried on the contents, the Fruits of Evolution are here, but the seeds arent .

While tilting my head because of that, I noticed something .

[Ah, come to think of it, when I ate the fruit of evolution, the seed never came out, right?]

Yeah, when I ate the 10 Fruits of Evolution at the [Forest of Endless Love], I ate all of it .

In other words, I didnt see the seeds . My skin is really lucky .

That is, in fact, evolution probably comes from the seeds . Thats why these Fruit of Evolution is similar to Earths Almond . Exactly like seeds or nuts .

Even though I said that, I somehow found something for Rurune to eat . Well, even though she has her preferences, at least its not grass that she doesnt want .

[Rurune! Can you eat this!?]

[T, this nut is?]

Rurune asked with a weak voice . And, just why the hell she doesnt want to eat grass?

[This is the fruit which saved me from dying and Saria from a pinch . Its name is the [Fruit of Evolution] . ] (TLN: should I name Shinka no Mi here as Fruit of Evolution? Or Seed of Evolution?)

[Fruit of Evolution?]

[Yeah, thats right! My thanks cant be summed just with that; I cant thank it enough . It had that much of an effect!]

[Ill eat it!]

[That was a fast revival!?]

While listening to me, Rurune instantly took a Fruit of Evolution and ate it .

[T, this is!]

[Hey, whats happeni]

[Gross!! This is really gross!]

[Ah, I see . ]

Rurunes expression was rather refreshing even though the fruit was gross . It made me remember the taste when I ate the Fruit of Evolution back then . Yeah, it was indeed gross .

However, the effect is amazing .

[Nnn!? M, my stomach is already full!?]

Right, the Fruit of Evolution whenever you ate one, it has an amazing effect which is that it instantly fills your stomach full .

[Master! With this With this, I can make it!]

[All right! Well then, Ill leave it to you!]

Again, I held tight on the reins on now the revived-Rurune and braced myself .

Well, I do feel that Im now too late again!

While Im thinking about it, Rurune asked me .

[Master, are you holding the reins firmly?]

[N? Ah yeah, its ok . Im ready whenever you are!]

To be honest, Im not really holding the reins properly .

Since it wont be that dangerous anyways, as a response to me being optimistic .

However, because of that optimism, it turned into something dreadful in an instant .

[Then Here I go!]

[Uh! AHHHH!?]

Immediately after I replied, my body felt like it was floating .

While I still didnt understand whats happening, then all of a sudden, I felt a strong impact on my ass . (TLN: maybe because he only bought reins, not including a saddle . )

[-tsu-tsu-tsu-tsu!!] (DAT tsus . . hahahaha . His Ass really mustve hurt like hell . )

And then again, my body felt like it was floating again .

While I still dont understand whats developing right now, I desperately racked my brain, noticed something .

[HAHAHAHA! Bahamut Im coming to eat you!]

Rurune made a great leap, is now running through the races course .

[EEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHH!!??]

FAST! ITS SPEEDING UP EVEN MORE!

Rurune made her first run look like a lie, now showed an amazing run .

As I sometimes didnt hold the reins properly, it made me feel like Ill get thrown off on Rurunes back several times .

[GYYYYAAAAA! SCARY! THIS IS SERIOUSLY SCARYYYYYY!]

[There is no one who can stop this Rurune!]

[SOMEONE, STOP THIS CRAZY DONKEEEEEEEEEYYY!]

As I involuntarily screamed, I still cant match up to Rurunes speed, ended up being dragged on her back while continuing on the race .

I- Mei Cherry, am watching the video feed on the magic projector .

The reason is that Im watching the race of the one who gave me the courage to participate in the painting tournament, the one who participated Seiichi-san .

But, as expected, using the donkey, Rurune-chan to participate in this race is reckless, immediately after the race started Seiichi-san was instantly in the last place .

While in such a state, the one watching the video on the magic projector with me, the son of Marquis Berger, Clay Berger sighed .

[Well, I know that it was impossible . But still, its still disappointing, right? Even I wanted Seiichi to do his best . ]

Clay-san has absolute confidence in his paintings, and it is true that he competed with me because of that, but that doesnt make him a bad person, or rather Id even say that makes him a good person .

However, even though hes a natural airhead, he still says some things that made him stood out .

[Mei . What happened to Seiichi is unfortunate, but you are you . You can make a great work to compete with me at the Kyarasuti Art Competition! ]

[Clay-san . By those words, it sounded like Seiichi-sans dead . ]

[That in your imagination!]

I didnt understand why I was stubborn, but Clay-sans behavior is as if he was busy with something .

Just after having that conversation .

Suddenly, the official announced in a loud voice .

[Na!? What should I say about this! Suddenly, in front of the leading racer groups, a pack Grand Wolves appeared!]

[Eh!?]

[What?]

When I shifted my focus to the reactivated projection, the Grand Wolves are blocking the course, and the contestant Michael and the others who were in the lead, without thinking, stopped their horses .

Indeed, there were sightings of a pack of Grand Wolves within the vicinity of Teruviel recently .

There isnt anyone here in this event that wouldve thought that theyd suddenly appear in this competition .

However, the security countermeasure is perfect, they wouldve suddenly dispatched a subjugation force to deal with it but .

[Nn!? P, please wait! If you look closely at the pack of Grand Wolves and A-Rank Monster [Hell Wolf] is among them! T, this is beyond a joke already! R-Riesu-sama! Help! At this rate, the horses will be eaten!]

Well, just as I thought that shouldnt be a problem, after hearing that, indeed its worse that I thought .

Just as the official said so, within the video projected, within the light-brown colored pack of Grand Wolves, a big jet-black colored wolf was behind them .

Hell Wolf is similar to this races 5th place prize, Bahamuts value is enough to buy a small castle, or make a town, is a really strong monster .

The Bahamut is usually in the depths of the lake, and unless its been attacked first, it wont fight back . But the Hell Wolf is different .

Acting basing on its wild instincts, if its determined to eat, itll really attack without hesitation . In short, its an aggressive monster .

Fortunately, Seiichi-san and Rurune-chan is ranked last, so its unlikely for them to be attacked . Them being last, its lucky for them, but that wasnt the case .

For this kind of things, we can only pray that nothing bad will happen on to the participants .

[Why did something troublesome appeared at a time like this! I still havent prepared countermeasures for the punishment of taking that spy photos of Riesu-sama! And with this, if the king misunderstood that I neglected the security of the town of Teruviel Id get more scolding!]

Umwasnt the officials name, name Luna-san, right?

Dont mind it .

In my mind, I prayed for Luna-san . But, she reaped what she sowed by secretly taking photos . When I thought about it, it cant be helped .

While thinking like that, suddenly, Luna-san noticed something .

[N? Hey!? J, just what does this mean!]

After hearing Lorna-sans surprised voice, the image in the video changed .

Some people were still confused as to the sudden change in the video and was more confused as to the one whos projected in the video .

[W, why!?]

[Hahaha! This is becoming interesting!]

Clay-san is laughing next to me .

Wait, this isnt a laughing matter, you know! Why are you able to laugh at this situation!?

I mean, the man projected on the video is- .

[HIHIIIIIIIN!!]

[SOMEONE STOP MEEEEEEEEEEEE!]

As Rurune-chan zooming in, Seiichi-sans appearance was swaying!

[Hey, thats enough! Its seriously dangerous, ya know!?]

[BAHAMUTOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!]

Ah shit, she isnt listening anymore! Its like talking to a brick wall!

[THIS ISNT GOING WELLLL! ONLY THIS HORSE!]

Well, this isnt the time to talk about it!

Seriously, someone stop her! Or else .

[R, Rurune-san is drooling]

[My Bahamut is only a few steps away!]

[Ah, dont go vomiting halfway, all right?]

While my face is bright red, Im still swaying on Rurunes back .

Furthermore, since she didnt hear me talking, she will definitely vomit halfway .

As I continued to fight desperately with nausea, I suddenly saw many horses up ahead .

[W, whats that!?]

While Im still in a foul mood, as I looked closer, it seems like up ahead a pack of wolves suddenly stand in the way of the races course . Uh oh, the nausea got stronger

Apparently to Rurune, shes too focused on the Bahamut that she didnt register the existence of the pack of wolves .

Moreover, the wolves are about to attack, closing their distance to the horses looking for an opportunity .

[Rurune! Theres a pack of wolves in front!]

[Is that true, master? Then there will be many horses thats stuck . ]

[Thats how it is . Thats why drop your speed]

[I see, this is our chance! To regain the time that we lost, I will speed up even more!]

[Huuuuh? You still want to speed up!?]

[I am Rurune! A proud donkey knight! Well, for the Bahamuts sake I shall press on!]

[STOOOOOOOPPPP! MY INTERNAL ORGANS ARE SHAKING!]

As my restraints were in vain, Rurune raised her forefoot high, like as what she said earlier, she sped up, and were dashing in on where the horses and the pack of wolves are .

As I couldnt keep up with the situation, my body felt like it was floating again .

As I regained my sanity, I tried to look around on my surroundings .

[oh] (TLN: literally)

I jumped over the horses and realized that Im about to land in the middle between the horses and the wolves .

As Rurune disregarded my scared state, charged towards the pack of wolves .

[Small fries DONT GET IN MY WAAAAYYY!]

Today, my common sense is breaking apart .

I never thought that a donkeys legs are this fast . Ahahaha, the wolves are getting kicked .

As the pitiful wolves became prey to Rurunes kicks, continued to receive sharp hooves on their faces .

And, for a while, Rurune became peerless against the wolves .

[AWOOOOOOOOOOOOON!]

As the howl resounded, a jet-black wolf confronted us .

That wolf is obviously different to the ones that Rurune kicked so far .

This wolf will be a difficult opponent for Rurune .

[GO TO SLEEP!]

[GYAN!] (TLN: is this the Hell Wolfs yelp? LOL)

-As I thought . Huh? Strange .

Indeed, this wolf had a last-boss atmosphere but, got blown around 20 meters away when it received Rurunes jump hoof kick in the face .

[Come to think of it, my All Language Comprehension maybe didnt activate because he got kicked . ]

As I am swaying on top of Rurune, I calmly talked about it . It might be related to ones ability .

As I started to think philosophically, Rurune continued her rampage .

And, I noticed that were closing on the goal tape .

[G,goooooooooooooaaaaaal!!]

Rurune made it into the goal in her peerless state .

[Hahaha! Amazing, it was truly amazing! They made it into the goal under that situation!]

[T, they really won first place]

I Mei Cherry still dont understand what happened on the projection screen .

It might be so . At first, Rurune-chan and Seiichi-san were in the last place, suddenly charged to catch up . Then a pack of Grand Wolves appeared with a Hell Wolf among them . However, they got kicked about .

As the Hell Wolf, the packs boss got defeated, the remaining wolves panicked and fled .

Thanks to that, the people who couldnt proceed earlier have reached the goal, and somehow ended the Imperial City Cup .

[Anyway, with this, can you now freely draw a picture then?]

[Yeah]

Right, as I looked on the video, I have decided on what to draw .

[After this, I will hurry to get home to paint my work!]

[I see Well then, I shall not lose too! Its because your work is very formidable . The next time we meet will be at the Kyarasuti Painting Tournament? Lets do our best!]

Clay-san said so laughingly as he walked away .

From the time, we met for the first time, despite having been falsely charged, to recognising the skill of my picture . a person, whom I dont really understand really well .

As I smiled wryly, I remembered the video projected awhile back .

That, Seiichi-san and Rurune-chan saved a lot of players in that predicament .

Ugh, I dont know what I will paint anymore .

[Alright!]

As I rekindled my fighting spirit, I also left the audiences seats .

At that time, I suddenly realized something and thought it out loud .

[Ah . In the end, he won the first placeSeiichi-san, didnt he aimed for the Bahamut?]

[Now Ive doooneeee iiiiit!]

In front of me now, I Hiiragi Seiichi am in front of a donkey named Rurune, bawling in sadness .

[I! ORIGINALLY WANTED! THE BAHAMUT!]

Right, Because of Rurune being peerless, as a result We won the race .

[Well cheer up . We won the first place, ya know?]

[I dont really, want to spend my time with the Valkyrie Knights!]

[Yeah, I dont want too either . ]

As I hear Rurunes heartbreaking voice, it also hurt me too .

I too also wanted the Bahamut as much as possible . I mean, its delicious, ya know? I wanted to eat it too .

[My My Bahamut is]

Incidentally, at the awards ceremony, as I see the person wholl be receiving the Bahamut, he had a joyful smile . As he can eat it with his family . Because of that, I cant bring myself to exchange my prize with him .

Furthermore, as I dont want to add to Rurunes mental damage as it already was so big, for her sake, I didnt participate in the awards ceremony .

Well, originally I hate to stand out, so it was a good opportunity too .

But still I never thought that the top-runners wouldve avoided them . Surely its because I originally thought that they wouldve outrun the wolf pack .

But, as Rurune kicked them off, it seemed like the jet-black wolf was an annoying opponent, and so they didnt want to advance further .

Because of that, Me and Rurune misunderstanding being late, and reached the goal at a breakneck speed .

[Gusu I wont be able to eat it anymore]

Rurune was more depressed than expected, that even for me to stay calm was impossible .

Because of that, I sit beside Rurune, and stroke her head gently .

[Well Its useless to think about it now . Its not like the Bahamut is only one in the world, right? Thats why, if we ever meet a Bahamut, well defeat it, and eat it together!]

[Gusu I, is that true?]

[Yeah! And also, besides the Bahamut, there are also many delicious food around too . Since were going to travel around anyways, well visit other lands and well find something more delicious than the Bahamut together?]

[Ah, Master! UWAAAAAAHH!]

Rurune jumped onto my chest and started to cry out loud .

Its fine that I know Rurunes voice, but from an another persons perspective, the impression can only be that of a person being attacked by a robber who is for some reason crying out loud . Whats more, the cry was [Hihi~n!] . Crap, just imagining it is making me feel surreal .

While I am hugging her with that impression, I gently stroked Rurunes head .

Suddenly, Rurunes body began to emit a faint light .

[Eh? Wait, what now!?]

As I got impatient, Rurune herself wasnt aware of whats happening to her .

Before long, the pale light was gradually getting stronger and!

Pikaaaaaaaaaaa!

[MY EYES ARE BURNIIIIIIING!]

As I saw something with an intense light right before my eyes, my eyes were attacked by an unusual pain .

I, who was wriggling due to the intense pain while hugging Rurune, felt like I had faced a similar phenomenon before .

After a while, when the light subsided, as my eyes have recovered from the damage, I slowly opened my eyes .

And then, I noticed something .

Somehow, theres something soft on my chest .

Timidly, I lowered my gaze and- .

[Gusun . Master]

Having brown hair and reddish brown eyes which were tearing badly, a girl who can be seen as a beauty or beautiful girl, looked at me with upturned eyes, and came hugging me . And while being naked .

.

I wonder if my hallucinations are getting severe to the level it became perverted that it transformed Rurune to this beauty? If thats so, then please let it stay like that .

.

No, could what happened to be understood?

To the surroundings around me, it appeared I am hugging a naked girl out of nowhere, and were surprised .

In other words, its like that? Rurune evolved? She did eat the Fruit of Evolution . And kicked many wolves .

Well, unlike Saria and me, she only ate one and I didnt think itd bring that much of a dramatic before and after changes? But well, I dont know if I understood this? Yea .

You know, the hair color, her eyes are similar to Rurune the donkey . Its certain that the girl I see in front of me is definitely Rurune .

Or rather, Im already good .

In other words, as Im the only one talking here, only one word came out from my mouth .

[UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!??]

Yeah, the only thing I can do is yell!