Chapter 106: Dating Show · Act Two
"Barghest has successfully switched sides to Team Eikou,"
"I must say, Mochizuki Eikou, this brat does indeed have a bit of the handsomeness I had when I was young, so managing to recruit a sexy fairy knight is understandable."
"But it always feels like… isn't Lancelot in their team looking a bit angry? Anyway, he is Berserker, he is always angry."
Commentator Finn keenly noticed,
The reaction of Berserker Lancelot was somewhat strange, seemingly muttering something to Eikou.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Jeanne Alter muttered softly from within the gap of her black armor, tugging lightly at Eikou's sleeve.
"Isn't it obvious, I'm recruiting team members. Do you still expect the two of us alone to win the championship?"
Eikou said,
"Pulling Barghest here not only helps us, but also weakens Baobhan Sith's team. It's killing two birds with one stone."
"But you didn't have to go that far, using dating as a bargaining chip... that's utterly ridiculous! I've never even heard of such a condition in my entire life!"
Jeanne Alter said angrily.
Eikou originally wanted to reply "so what," since he had long been used to girls around him forcing him into dates for all sorts of reasons recently — he had already considered it fate.
But thinking carefully, he couldn't shake the feeling that Jeanne Alter's words carried some hidden implication.
"Naruhodo..."
Eikou revealed a look as if he had suddenly realized something.
"Jeanne Alter, you don't want to see me go on dates with other girls, right?"
"Gross... did you just trick that big woman and now your confidence skyrocketed, thinking you're some kind of walking love potion or what?"
Jeanne Alter's voice was cold, but her words came out faster than usual.
"Is that so, is that so~,"
Eikou placed his hands on his hips, laughing cheerfully,
"Sorry for making you jealous, but it's fine, anyway after all this you'll owe me a favor. When that time comes, you'll definitely have to treat me to dinner at a luxury hotel. For example, a place like the hotel 'Until My Body is Dry' would be great, I'd really look forward to you taking me there."
"I have never once been jealous from start to finish! And besides, that name sounds nothing but like a love hotel, just what kind of date are you looking forward to?!"
"Hahahaha!"
Eikou laughed heartily, finding that teasing a naïve Jeanne Alter was truly entertaining, like playing with a cat that easily bristles.
[Baobhan Sith cursed and pedaled away, relying on the advantage of Riding A to try to leave you behind.]
[Although no one in your team has the Riding skill, luckily your numbers are strong. By relying on superior manpower to make up for the skill gap, you ultimately didn't let Baobhan Sith get too far ahead.]
[However, you couldn't help but feel that Barghest's presence in the team was far too eye-catching.]
Barghest sat in the front seat of the bike, her round, firm, and alluring buttocks swaying with the jolts of the off-road terrain, truly too much of a distraction for the eyes.
Eikou really found it difficult not to notice that seductive and tempting body.
Especially since she was wearing rather tight sports shorts, almost outlining the beautiful curves of her hips, completely unguarded and displayed right in front of him.
Barghest herself paid no attention to the gaze from behind, wholeheartedly focusing her strength on pedaling, giving her all to win for her new captain.
"In the NP Clash earlier, could it be that I died and isekai'd into NIKKE?"
He felt a little embarrassed, unable to fully concentrate on the race.
"Barghest, we should switch places, as captain it'll be easier for me to observe the view up front."
He said, slightly blushing.
"No problem,"
The blonde knight readily agreed, and the two immediately swapped seats.
With no large figure blocking in front, his field of vision suddenly became completely wide open.
This way, he no longer had to pay attention to Barghest's "spoils of war."
All distracting thoughts seemed to be swept away.
"Still, this suits me better..."
Before he could finish the sentence, Barghest, sitting in the back seat, suddenly lowered her supple body, entering the sprinting phase, her large, full breasts in an instant pressed tightly against his back.
Eikou felt like he had been struck by lightning, his whole body trembled, his heartbeat skyrocketing.
Like this it was even worse, even harder to keep his mind calm for the race!
"..."
He suddenly recalled Gawain and Tristan — when their pecs pushed against him or when he looked at their butts (no homo), he absolutely had no stray thoughts at all.
"What's wrong, Captain?" Barghest asked.
Eikou quickly shook his head.
"It's nothing... I've already seen the figures of Baobhan Sith's team and Marie's team up ahead, we have to push harder toward the boobs----- I mean, toward the next checkpoint, we can't let them widen the gap!"
He looked around, but saw no trace of Charlemagne's team.
Most likely those Frenchmen had already passed this checkpoint, successfully entering the third racing track.
He had to think of a way to catch up to Charlemagne and the others!
[You have reached the sixth checkpoint.]
[The subject of the check is... Jeanne Alter!]
Eikou frowned tightly with unease.
It's over, this one is the jinx on the same level as Tristan!
Jeanne Alter's Luck was also E!
At this point, he no longer hoped she could succeed in the check, because with Luck E, to avoid a disadvantageous judgment, one absolutely had to roll a great success directly.
But was that even realistic?
As long as it wasn't the most miserable outcome — great failure — it was fine, an ordinary failure only meant a penalty of one bottle of vodka.
Eikou was already numb, he waved at the checkpoint staff in advance.
"No need to follow the procedure, just pour me a full glass——"
The dice fell.
[Dice result is... E!]
[Check — great success!]
"..."
"..."
Eikou couldn't help but freeze.
In that instant, the entire venue fell into silence, as if death had descended.
"Um, how should I put this..."
Commentator Finn looked at the slip Jeanne Alter drew, rubbed his eyes repeatedly, and only after a long while did he confirm he hadn't misread it.
"Did we just get rayshifted into a Lostbelt? It feels like I just saw Team Eikou draw the luckiest slip, but this kind of thing shouldn't happen in Proper Human History! Napoleon-sensei, has our history been altered by Goetia?"
Finn said with a gloomy face.
Napoleon patted his shoulder, equally full of helplessness.
"Think of it positively, at least I've finally solved one long-standing doubt — my one meter ninety height indeed only exists in a Lostbelt!"
"Hey," Eikou immediately snapped, "don't you think what you guys are saying is a bit too much, is my team not allowed to be lucky even once in our entire lives? Where's the prize, where's the reward for lucky children like us?!"
"Please wait a moment, let me confirm the reward..."
Finn glanced at the prize for this checkpoint,
"Heavens, this is..."
Even as a Knight leader seasoned in countless storms, Finn at this moment revealed a shocked expression.
"Congratulations, Eikou-kun! Your reward is —— to participate in another reality dating show!"
"Damn it, at the checkpoint before last I already participated in a reality dating show, that was basically a punishment game! Why are great success and great failure exactly the same, you people are obviously targeting me!"
Eikou furiously retorted.
"No no no, this time you're participating as a judge of the dating show..."
Finn's tone suddenly became extremely solemn.
"You now possess the supreme special privilege of a judge. The other female contestants present here are compelled to try everything to please you. As long as you are dissatisfied, you can directly use a single vote to eliminate them! Kick them out of this speed race!"
Eikou: "??????".