I Became a Gladiator in the World of Gender Reversal

32 – Breaking the Illusion-3

“Haa…”

It was not an easy opponent. Florence was breathing heavily, enjoying the afterglow of victory.

Even if it was a lower league, it seemed that the money going in here was not small. Just like in a real sword fight, a healer was placed and a blunt sword enchanted with magic entered.

I was lucky. It wasn’t that difficult for Florence to make a few scars in succession.

Because widening or narrowing the gap and making scars in the right place was her specialty.

It wasn’t a long and sharp rapier, but a relatively short sword, but it didn’t matter right away.

It was a small-scale sword fight that would not have attracted people’s attention normally. However, the number of spectators gathered here was not small.

They also had eyes. I could see the level of skill of those fighting in front of me. Now that the level of fighting had risen, it was natural for people to gather.

Moreover, these prospective gladiators were gaining a cult following among the lower classes of the city.

“Good fight! Florence!”

“Go! Breeding League Champion!”

Florence held her head down, her face stained redder than her own blood.

“Ugh…”

It was obvious.

Prospective gladiators were desperately claiming that ‘I’m not interested in male gladiators, but to really become a gladiator…’, But no one believed it.

The reason why they became gladiators after abandoning their stable jobs or putting off their original work for a while was very clear.

The spectators watching them knew it, and they themselves. The fact that all the women fighting here are fighting to meet one man.

In honor of their tenacity, courage, hope and shady desire to challenge the impossible, fans came to call them the ‘breeding league’, challenging the ‘steel league’.

“It’s a big deal… You can’t get caught with this…”

Not all gladiators accepted the name, but even so, it was not a situation where they could knock out each and every one of them talking in the audience.

Florence shook her head. Like the clothes, the erotic women couldn’t attract the attention of the men.

s*x could be said to be the same thing as a woman’s final purpose in meeting a man.

Of course, men do not give permission easily. They test a woman’s trustworthiness in countless ways, and try to get as much as they can.

“Why are you so crying!

There was an audience member who spoke dangerous words. Florence was startled and shouted.

“Who do you plan to put on the gallows?”

There was no time to be depressed. She didn’t even think of stepping out of her ring, she was thinking of that cursed nickname.

Of course, men did not like women who asked for s*x or who reminded them of s*x.

“They’ve never met men before…”

Florence was also inexperienced with men, but at least she knew that she could be caught saying something like that.

“Why are you so shy, the champion of the breeding league!”

“Ah, that bastard’s mating…”

But it wasn’t that she didn’t have the heart to expect her.

A few more new gladiators were added besides Florence, but she was the most likely one.

Although I was anxious, I felt just as much elation.

As Florence stroked her golden hair, she imagined herself entering the Colosseum.

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“Is your body feeling better?”

“So. In the first place, you weren’t even cut that hard, right?”

Marie slightly lifted her clothes to show her legs. Unknowingly, my eyes were focused.

I was worried that Dana would notice, but she smiled casually and looked at me.

Certainly, is it a world where there is no concept of ‘desire’ for men?

“You should brag to your friends…”

Mia was sipping tea that would have been too hot for her little tongue as she gazed at the beautiful flowers, with her enchanted face on.

“Is it pretty?”

“Yes, Evan and the flowers are so pretty!”

From my point of view, it wasn’t zero, but from her point of view, it might be okay.

“Daisy is really, what the heck…”

Objectively, if you take only the good parts off, it wouldn’t be such a messy garden.

Teacups and teaware looked moderately luxurious from my point of view, and the arrangement and color of the flowers were also beautiful.

Thanks to the handrails of the right size, there is no risk of falling, and it is absolutely fine to be able to look out at the outside scenery whenever you want.

“Isn’t it cool? Well, you must have entered Selam’s garden, so wouldn’t it be enough to set up a castle?”

“Well, maybe it’s something like that. Selam’s garden… Not bad. Plants don’t open their mouths.”

Perhaps, even the plants purchased that way may be luxury goods made by sucking the blood of ordinary people. Still, it wasn’t bad for a break.

If there were no uninvited guests, it was possible to get some peace of mind.

“All good, but…Why does this have to be on top of the Colosseum?”

The garden was, somewhat ironically, built on the roof of the Colosseum.

“Why? Isn’t the scenery nice?”

“It seems to be difficult to manage, and it seems that the eyes are a little…”

The gaze was not scary. People passing by this area already knew where my room was.

Sometimes, there were people who shouted that they wanted to see my face under the window, and in the morning when I opened the window and tried to take a look outside, I would meet eyes with countless people.

But, saying hello for a while and looking down at them while drinking tea felt a bit different.

“Daisy’s sister also thought about it a bit… This, other gladiators asked me to make it first.”

“Why?”

“I want to dream of meeting you at least… Well, that’s it.”

Dana carefully held my hand. Her eyes were constantly asking her permission, ‘Is this enough?’

“How are you?”

“That, that’s…”

She bowed her face cautiously. Since she also has Mari and Mia in front of her, it was difficult for her to do something deeper, but this level of skinship became a natural relationship before she knew it.

Actually, after proper training, there were rough touches, to the extent that holding hands seemed like cuteness.

She looked at Dana for a moment, then she gently loosened her hands and turned her head away.

“Well, anyway… Marie. Are you really okay?”

Actually, she wasn’t very interested in her. However, she couldn’t let go of her at all.

Her cold stare, which was shot at her triumphantly, left me with a semi-trauma.

On her return from the ring, what was given to her was her condemnation, not the cheers of her audience.

The reason I laughed at her in her hospital room and forced her to bring her halfway to my defeat party to congratulate her was all because it was on her mind.

“It doesn’t matter. When I go out to a bar, some idiots say, ‘Why did you stab Evan!’ I run at it while doing it, but I can win at that level.”

“It’s hard work.”

Even if Mari’s strength was weak, it was compared to other gladiators, not that absolute physical strength itself was weak.

In the first place, if you were really weak, you wouldn’t be able to wield that long pitchfork freely.

“Did my mom really beat Evan?”

“Please, let’s stop talking about that…”

Still, she was confident that she would fight again and not lose.

“I think I’ll have to do some more sword fighting.”

The reason why she is under intense fire right now is that she has the title of ‘a fearless gladiator who wielded a weapon against a man in the ring’ by herself.

However, it was natural for her to lose to a gladiator. I know the season hasn’t started yet, but I wanted to fight in the ring as soon as possible.

“As usual, Daisy has a lot of worries. She says she’s thinking about who to pick next.”

“Next opponent?”

“Originally, if you had won against Marie, next time you would have chosen someone who was moderately strong, because it would be okay no matter who you met and lost.”

“Hmm…”

“But this time it’s different. It’s not good for you to be portrayed as a ‘dominant male gladiator who is guaranteed to win’, but…”

In an instant, Dana’s hair fluttered in the wind. I slightly turned my gaze to look at the scene, then suddenly came to my senses and focused on her words.

“Still. It’s not a good thing to be labeled as a ‘weak male gladiator who can’t normally win’.”

“Well, I just have to go according to my skills.”

“Like it or not, it will happen the moment the next League of Steel starts. But, people’s perceptions are also important.”

“Why?”

“If your strength and people’s perceptions are too different, they won’t believe in your victory or defeat.”

That was also convincing in its own way.

If I put on the colored glasses and see it as ‘a gladiator that isn’t for women’, there might be people who won’t believe it later when I win with my own skills.

“I’m worried…”

“Well, don’t worry about that. Daisy will take care of it.”

“Who do you think you’ll take next?”

Dana thought for a moment as she wrapped her hair.

“Well, it seems that a moderately weighty person will be chosen as the opponent, but since I fought Agricola once, I think there will be a gladiator with a sword and shield rather than a somewhat irregular class…”

Seeing Dana deep in thought as she roughly shoved her tea into her mouth, her muttered Marie quietly.

“If it were Daisy, wouldn’t it follow the money in this situation?”

“Money?”

Me and Dana blankly looked at Marie’s face.

Marie nodded her head shyly.