Ishura: Grotesque Seeds Lay Dormant, Vol. 5 by Keiso and Kureta

Author:Keiso and Kureta [Keiso and Kureta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2023-11-21T00:00:00+00:00

The decisive turning point arrived four days ahead of the negotiations over the match conditions.

Just past midday, a report suddenly came to Hyakka as he attended to his duties.

“Milord Hyakka. We’ve received a complaint from the people. They have a matter they wish to petition you about directly.”

“Not again! More problems with General Haizesta?!”

Dealing with complaints involving Haizesta was almost becoming a routine part of Hyakka’s daily workload.

Hyakka didn’t know the reason why, but it seemed people considered him the one to bring any complaints against Haizesta, and it was an entirely meaningless bypass of proper procedure. Hyakka had firmly resolved to bring up this inefficiency at the next assembly meeting, no matter what.

“No, sir. It concerns you.”

“What?”

“Their complaint is lodged toward you, sir.”

Hyakka was at a loss on how to answer.

He listened to the opinions of those he governed in the agriculture division whenever necessary and had set things up that, outside a truly serious emergency, there wouldn’t be any situation that would bring the concerned parties directly to him to lodge their complaint.

Then had such an emergency broken out now, of all times, with the Sixways Exhibition close on the horizon?

When he headed to the reception room, unable to hide his confusion, there were already several woman sitting inside.

“Thank you for waiting. I am the Nineteenth Minister, Hyakka the Heat Haze! How may I help you all today?”

“Thank you for making time for us. I’m Yubalk the Goblet Hall, mayor of the sixth northeastern ward.”

The slender, middle-aged woman finished her slightly hasty self-introduction as soon as Hyakka sat down.

She was the type of person that Hyakka didn’t really enjoy dealing with, with the fact that she was there to lodge a complaint not helping the matter. Her position as ward mayor represented the opinions of all the citizens in her ward, and if she was making a direct petition on top of that, it was difficult even for one of the Twenty-Nine Officials to ignore.

“I’ll begin by saying I don’t want to waste your precious time, so I’ll get straight to the point—Master Hyakka, what sort of perception do you have of a true duel fight?”

“P-perception… By that, you mean…?”

“I am asking you if you believe combatants will be able to display their true skills in a battle on unequal terms.”

“Ahhh, you don’t happen to mean the seventh match’s—”

“Why, whatever else could I mean, when it is you yourself who designated Dogae Basin as its venue, isn’t that right? Everyone’s heard the rumors saying such. You realize your opponent is Mele the Horizon’s Roar, don’t you? The champion who protects Sine Riverstead, who took down the Particle Storm, and who’s known to everyone across the land. I can hardly believe I’m asking this, but you’re not trying to defeat him before he can fire a single arrow, are you?!”

The middle-aged woman slammed the table. She was trying to browbeat Hyakka with the gesture.

…Dammit. Just because I’m young doesn’t mean…

It was maddening. Supposing it was Haade or Jel sitting where he was, he knew she wouldn’t have been acting the same way.

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