Gate: Thus the Sorcerous Kingdom Fought There

CHAPTER 29: The Rondel Roulette [Part 1]

"Isn't this, I don't know, a little bit dangerous?" Itami looked around worried. "I mean, both can get seriously hurt."

"It is a duel, isn't it pretty obvious?"

Everyone around watched the man with slight irritation.

"Raidyn-san, aren't you even a little bit concerned about them?"

'Boom!'

The streets turned into a mess under the fight of the two sisters. And now, many craters decorated the ground around the two.

"Not really, why do you ask?"

"It's just..." Itami bit his lip watching the sisters fighting. Obviously, both of them had their fair share of beating. It was only a matter of time before one of them injured the other, seriously this time.

True, Mimoza had explained it was always this way how the mages of Rondel solved their problems. Even so, he hoped more from the people who lived in the so-called "City of Wisdom."

A logic play or something similar? But this? This was just too simple for his taste. He hoped for more.

"How long will this go on?" Itami wondered quietly, and right away received the answer.

"Usually until their shields collapse."

Looking around, it was a dull looking elf who stood not far from them that had answered. His hair was blonde, but compared to an elf, he looked quite, how should we say...? Plain? At least compared to a normal elfling.

"Oh, thanks..." with that, Itami continued to watch the battle, biting his thumbs worried.

'Boom!' A new crater appeared on the square, and from the dust, the running elder sister burst forward. Her clothes were peerless, a thin layer of a translucent field surrounding her.

"Dammit! Stay put, will you?"

While Arpeggio used her bolas and mineralogy based magic to gain the upper hand, Lelei used her staff and all the things she had learned under her stay with Kato. Naturally, the girl had also found use in all the things she had learned under her journey with these strange people — all of this she utilized to defeat her sister and get revenge after her humiliation.

"I will get you this time, Alfie..."

Her previously pristine, white clothes were still stained with the reddish soup. But strangely, no dirt one might expect with such a heated battle was visible on it. Around her body, the same translucent shield blinked up from time to time.

"Doesn't it seem like the two of them could blow each other up any minute now? And all the people around, isn't it a little bit dangerous standing this close?"

Indeed, all around the crowd started to grow and grow. More and more people gathered to witness the clash of the sisters. More and more gathered to make their bets and drool on the two fighting girls. Mostly on Alfie's perfect curves that swayed wildly under the heat of the battle.

"My! My! My! This reminds me of my younger years. Youngsters are always so fiery." Placing her hand on her cheek, the old Sage's expression softened, remembering her youth, the adventures she and Rory had shared, and her many duels under which she wrought great destruction upon anyone who annoyed her.

"Indeed, I was so fiery! Oh, poor Kato and the rest, I wonder how they are doing now..."

Itami and the people who heard her mumbling could only sweat, backing away slightly.

From the old lady's stature and easy going attitude, it was hard to imagine her with the attribute: "fiery."

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