newbobooks Chapter 133 Darkness
Chapter 133 Darkness
Chapter 133 Darkness
"Ah, great Lord Eris, how has things turned out this way again?"
In the Eris Church in the town of Axel, a female knight in armor kneels before a statue of a god, pouring out her troubles to the deity she serves.
"I just rushed into the goblin horde, wanting to experience being ravaged by those filthy male goblins—or rather, to be used as a solid shield to protect my companions—but my companions couldn't understand my actions and afterwards said that I made the team take unnecessary risks."
Ah, the feeling of putting in so much effort only to be belittled by my peers afterwards is just... well, no, it's just awful.
"Lady Eris, you are the goddess of fortune, and I am your knight of the cross. Why have I been condemned to this fate of being constantly abandoned by my companions? Have you no longer favored the Darkness family?"
In the realm of rebirth, inside the goddess's boudoir, Eris, who was drinking tea, choked and began to complain.
"That's not because you keep charging into monster hordes. Your companions just want a Crusader who can hold aggro, but you, because of your own quirks, charge into monster hordes alone. Of course, your fellow adventurers don't want a Crusader who can't reliably hold monster aggro!"
Looking through the eyes of the statue at the girl from a devout family who had prayed to her since childhood, Eris, the goddess of fortune, rubbed her temples with a headache.
Lara Tina Ford Darkness's ability to survive multiple disastrous attempts is partly due to her fondness for the child.
However, if her masochistic tendencies continue to manifest during her adventures, she will eventually encounter an enemy who will bring her great misfortune, because luck is never invincible.
Just as Eris was thinking about how to save this child with such a problematic personality, she heard Darkness continue to pray: "Lady Eris, I am now all alone again. If possible, please grant me a friend who will never abandon me."
Of course, if you really want to abandon me, sob sob, then I'll still accept it.
This prayer sparked a brilliant idea in Eris's eyes.
. . . .
"Breaking news! Breaking news! The swimsuit beauty pageant is about to hold its third round of auditions, and the entrance fee is only 5,000 Eris!"
As Darkness finished her prayers and stepped out of the church, she heard children wandering the streets shouting this, while a flyer for a swimsuit beauty pageant floated past her feet.
Darkness hadn't intended to pay any attention, but she suddenly remembered her prayers before the statue and stopped in her tracks.
He picked up the flyer from the ground and muttered to himself, "Could this be Lord Eris's revelation?"
Darkness, who had just returned from defeating a goblin settlement and was kicked out of the adventurer's party, had nothing else to do for the time being, so she decided to go to the location of the swimsuit beauty pageant advertised on the flyer. After paying the fee at the entrance, she entered the venue.
The venue was packed with people, mostly men and a few women. Street vendors roamed the narrow aisles, selling all sorts of snacks and drinks.
"Now, let's reintroduce the four judges for this swimsuit beauty pageant..."
Darkness arrived at just the right time; the swimsuit beauty pageant had just begun. She found her seat and sat down, just as she heard the host continue speaking through an amplified microphone.
"They are Broly, the prize money sponsor and the prize money sponsor, High Priestess Aqua's prized student."
Prosecutor Serena, representative of the town administration that strongly supports the swimsuit beauty pageant;
Luna, the Adventurers' Guild representative who actively assisted in the successful holding of the beauty pageant, and the Adventurers' eternal mascot;
And Dust, the judge chosen by all the male adventurers to represent the aesthetic standards of the male population in Axel!
After the judges were introduced, the swimsuit beauty pageant began.
"Now, let's welcome our first contestant today..."
An adventurer who appeared to be female stepped out. The reason for saying "appeared" was that she was wearing a red women's swimsuit and her body was covered in bulging muscles, so much so that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that her arms could run a horse.
"Then, please let this lady showcase her beauty."
The host said with some difficulty that the first contestant on the third day of the beauty pageant was a "protein queen," which was quite surprising.
"I'm not married yet; I'm still a virgin."
The "Protein Queen" rolled her eyes at the host, but didn't care about such details, and just expressed her understanding of beauty.
"I think beauty is muscle!"
As she spoke, she began to perform various bodybuilding moves on the pool stage. In the last thirty seconds of her beauty demonstration, she even took out a prop—a real stone slab—and performed a talent show on the stage, breaking a stone on her chest. This changed the attitude of the audience who had initially complained about the quality of the first contestant, and they all applauded.
"Now that contestant number one has showcased her beauty and talent, we would like to ask the four judges to give their scores!"
"Women also possess masculine beauty. Those muscles clearly indicate a combat-ready woman, who plays an important role in town security. I give her an 8 out of 10."
Prosecutor Serena held up a sign that read 8 points, but also explained the reasons for giving such a high score.
"Contestant number one is a powerful adventurer. As a shield guard, she is a solid shield for her teammates, but as a beauty contestant, I think she is a bit too tough, so I can only give her 7 points."
Luna, the guild's mascot, also gave her rating and reasons.
"Muscle aesthetics, you've shown me a new kind of beauty, I'll give you an 8 out of 10."
Broly also raised his sign, and the scores he handed out were almost always no lower than seven.
"One point, that's the most I can give. While there's some merit to muscular aesthetics, this is a women's swimsuit beauty pageant. What man would want to see a muscular female warrior near the pool?"
Duster held up a sign that read "1 point," showing absolutely no mercy and expressing the thoughts of the vast majority of male spectators present.
"Dust, we support you! You're a real man!"
"Yes, the other judges are either children or women, and their aesthetic sense is completely abnormal. They don't represent the normal aesthetic sense of men in Axel at all."
"Only you, who once guarded the women's changing rooms and restrooms with gentle eyes and was detained multiple times by the town sheriff, are the true beacon of fairness in this swimsuit beauty pageant!"
"Charge, Dust, you men who represent Axel, reveal your true desires, ahahahaha..."
Undoubtedly, Duster's score received strong support from a large number of male spectators in the audience. They would normally not dare to offend those muscular women who could run a horse with their arms, but at a swimsuit beauty pageant, they were able to rally together to support their judge, Duster, in making a fair aesthetic judgment on the pageant.
"Hey, is muscle not good enough?"
Amid the enthusiastic atmosphere, Darkness clutched her stomach; as a very resilient Crusader, she had quite a bit of muscle.
"Lord Eris, did you lead me here just to send me to this beauty pageant, to have my abs criticized by these men with the most vile desires? Ah, how awful..."
For a moment, Darkness didn't know whether this was a reward or a punishment, but just thinking about how she, as the eldest daughter of the Darkness family, was wearing a thin swimsuit that could only cover her vital parts, and going up to that pool platform where everyone was watching, letting her body be scrutinized and criticized by countless lustful male eyes, made her feel both excited and uncomfortable.
Looking at the flyer in her hand, which was also the registration form, Darkness found it difficult to make a decision.
"But, isn't this a divine revelation?!"
But in the end, she muttered these words to herself as she walked toward the registration desk at the main venue.
"Hello, I want to register for a swimsuit beauty pageant, how do I do that?"
"All you need to do is register your information and prepare a swimsuit."
After registering her identity, Darkness asked, "Am I going on stage soon?"
"That probably won't work yet. There are too many contestants who have signed up here. We might have to wait until the afternoon to go on stage."
The female staff member noticed Darkness's nervousness and comforted her, saying, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Even if you don't go on stage later, no one will punish you."
"Huh, isn't there any punishment?"
Staff member: "???"
Why does this person look so disappointed?
(End of this chapter)