I Became a Gladiator in the World of Gender Reversal

40 – Breaking the Illusion-11

“…Why?”

Florence, who was kicked out, returned to her house after wandering aimlessly.

The dishes he had prepared for him were getting cold before he knew it.

Florence cut a piece of meat that was slowly getting hard and munched on it. It was delicious.

“I prepared so many…”

It was cold, but it was delicious nonetheless.

However, that didn’t help at all to comfort her miserable mood.

Being left alone at the party was simply because the food was delicious and tasteless and it gave me a huge sense of despair that I couldn’t overcome with the difference.

The robe he had prepared with expensive money came back without even reaching his hands.

Florence was full of confidence even the moment she found him at her bar.

According to common sense, it was a fight she could not lose. Right now, among the women around him, there was no one comparable to Florence.

He thought he would be in a hurry too. He thought he would be sad to be around a woman who didn’t even value him and took him to cheap bars.

However, he coldly threw her away.

“Losing… Are you disappointed?”

That was the only possibility. It was common for men to like strong women.

No man. He fights with all his might. He won’t like a woman who is weak enough to lose to him.

“But, that’s a bit different…”

Even so, he was terrifyingly strong ‘for a man’.

As if it wasn’t a lie that he wanted to become a gladiator, he ran around without getting tired even wearing that heavy-looking armor.

“Seriously, I can try…”

This time, nothing has changed.

The face of the man she saw was always obvious.

‘Is this just this?’

‘Looking cheap on people. The gift will be well received. Next time, bring me something more proper.’

He thought he had saved up enough money. Among the aristocratic women meeting men, ‘I succeeded in making a lover with this money!’ Because there were a lot of people talking about it.

However, the wall of reality was high.

The amount of money she thought was enough was far from insufficient in the eyes of Selam’s men.

The women who said they succeeded in finding a lover with little money had different strengths.

If you have a crazy talent for painting or music and can fill a man’s vanity, you can make a lover with relatively little money.

People with great families or holding high positions in the empire could meet men with relatively little money. Their strength and lineage were also abilities.

However, this was not the case for Florence.

The fact that it was not the money supported by the family, but the money earned directly from going uphill was a deductible factor.

Men wanted a woman with a lot of money ‘of course, for no reason’. The money that the ambiguous woman earned through desperate efforts with an ambiguous status was not very valuable.

“I’d rather, like those idiots, if I didn’t know anything…”

If that was the case, I might have given up.

If it wasn’t for Evan, if you lived a normal life where you couldn’t even see a man’s face all your life, if you wanted to have a baby, give birth to a baby without a father.

However, she was always one step behind.

If only the family had been a little better, if she had been the eldest rather than the second daughter, if only she had a little more luck in her business.

If only I had a little more talent in dueling, if only I could have made a little better network.

Being coldly rejected in front of a man was something I had experienced so much that I was used to it now.

“Should I give up…?”

However, she had no following to her.

She is the one who once set her feet up in her sword fight. There was no man who would take a good look at Florence like that. Most of the money I saved was spent.

Now it has to be Evan. If he rejects her, she will live alone all her life and grow old alone.

“You have a pretty sad face, don’t you?”

“…Daisy? Why are you here… Buying?”

At her lonely party, an uninvited guest visited. The caretaker of the Colosseum sat down naturally with her brown hair flowing.

“I think you can tell by the look on your face, but… I guess it’s not going well?”

“Now say that!”

Her anger was Florence soaring to the top of her head, but it was a handshake that got her mad at her right now.

Giving up even the smallest remaining hope is giving up on oneself. She already knew she had no chance left, but Florence didn’t want to admit it anyway.

“…For a moment, it seems that the man’s eyes are blurred.”

“Well? I’m not an expert on male-female relationships, but I don’t know if I can describe it as ‘my eyes are blurred.'”

Daisy took a bite of the cold bread in front of her with a confident face.

“What is that…”

“Miss Florence and I are in a poor position in front of men, aren’t we? Then, no matter how blurred those eyes are, we have to adjust to that.”

“…”

“If you like strong women, you should become strong women. If you like rich women, you should save a lot of money. If you like beautiful women, you should improve your appearance…”

Florence agrees with her, but she can’t help but resent him for not choosing her.

“No matter how crooked it is, it’s meaningless. What to choose among them is ultimately a man’s choice.”

“Then why! I… Why!”

“Why do you love Dana, meet Marie, but hate Florence? Are you curious about the reason?”

Florence clenched her teeth and nodded her head cautiously.

It was the only reason she had her confidence and the reason she was so angry at the rejection of him she was so used to.

When Florence was rejected by Selam’s men, they were already dating women who were much more beautiful, dignified, and wealthy than Florence.

She thought she could be the fourth, no, she could be the twentieth woman. She thought it was okay to have s*x once or twice in her life, and even if she couldn’t bear a boy, she couldn’t help it.

The people occupying her place had overwhelming abilities, even in Florence’s opinion.

However, this place is different. The people around were only gladiators without dignity, and they did almost nothing to Evan.

At most, it was all about watching him exercise.

It’s just that the information hasn’t spread right now, there are many aristocratic women who will spend a lot of money just to be able to exercise with a man. They would show more support, love, and interest to Evan.

Even Dana, who was practically his lover, did not give even half of what ordinary lovers invested in him.

“I didn’t think of the hospitality that other aristocratic women give to men. Anyway, there must be a limit. But, if you don’t have enough money to go to a bar like that with a woman named Dana, wouldn’t you?”

Of course, you cannot go to a proper high-end restaurant just because you have a lot of money. Without connections or reservations with nobles, it was inevitable.

However, even so, there were appropriate restaurants that merchants frequented. If Dana was really sincere with Evan, she wouldn’t have made him eat poor quality food among so many women.

“Well… Well, that’s enough room.”

“It’s unfair! A woman who loves, is loved, a woman who barely does that much to a man! How can Evan’s heart be monopolized, no matter how much I think about it, I can’t figure it out!”

I could only imagine. He said that if he had been there, he would have treated him in a more compliant and polite manner.

It was unrealistic for a man to enter a gladiatorial arena because he wanted to be with a woman.

If I wrote this story and spread it, it wouldn’t be strange even if the Punishment Guard arrested him, saying, ‘We share distorted imaginations about men.’

If that actually happened, shouldn’t we be more grateful? Shouldn’t the person receiving that favor be a better person?

“Why, why such people can occupy such positions… I have no idea!”

It was unreasonable. Feeling inferior to someone who shouldn’t feel inferior was a very dirty feeling to Florence.

“I thought it would be like this, but… I guess the advice was a bit weak.”

Daisy shook her head.

“Now that I have the money I received, I might be able to help you a little more.”

In the eyes of Florence, who was drowning in anger and despair, there was a faint hope.

“Really?”

“Of course, I can’t give you a definitive answer. He tends to be friendly with all the other gladiators, but he didn’t seem to date any non-Dana gladiators.”

Daisy’s advice was infinitely light, but Florence had no choice.

“What, what should I do… Come up with something?”

“First of all, how about observing?”

“Observe…”

“You seem to have fallen out a bit, but you’re a gladiator too. There’s nothing strange about coming into the training ground and training.”

Florence nodded slowly.

“See with your own two eyes what kind of person he is.”

Daisy, unexpectedly, did one last act of kindness.

It is said that the amount of money invested in Florence was not small, but it was not comparable to Evan’s value.

Daisy said that if Florence made Evan uncomfortable, he was ready to slash Evan.

“Okay!”

Florence, who didn’t know his heart, clenched his fists tightly and made up his mind.