The King's Mandate: Anomalous System

"I was here for a duel or I wanted to, but now, I am here to defeat your boyfriend."

The duel automatically starts when a challenger enters the throne room, so I can't even reject it if I want to.

"Get ready, Adas."

"Wait! Can't we talk this out?"

"You want me to be your friend and give up on this duel?"

Exactly!

"I am not saying that, but...yeah. Give up"

"I will kill you today!"

Rikcy, Rikka, Xerah, and Elena were forced to back off by that NPC.

Grace was swinging her sword wildly, without even stopping for a second.

"Hey--oops, that was close. Hey! Listen, calm down! There is no need for us to fight."

"I have many reasons to fight with you. Tell me one reason for 'why shouldn't I fight you,' and I will stop"

She is not stopping even when she is speaking!

"I am the boyfriend of the girl you love! We shouldn't fight--"

"You are dead meat."

That had the opposite effect. I don't really want to fight her because--she just activated her skill!

It's the 18 swing attack. Dammit!

My skills are not on cooldown anymore, but I wouldn't be able to use them again if I use them now.

What if some strong opponents come?!

"Please stop!"

"Are you trying to mock me! Take your sword out and fight me!"

She is furious, unlike last time...she seems more serious.

"I don't want to fight you."

"Is it because I am a girl? Can't I fall in love with a girl?"

"Why are you bringing that up?"

"Fight me, and if I win, give me Elena."

"That's not happening."

I can't even see her attacks now. I am dodging by trusting my instincts!

"You agreed last time!"

That's because I was jealous of you!

"That was just a one-time thing."

The only reason I accepted the duel at that time is that I thought, 'If I win, then she will stop chasing after Elena', but the results were--

"Fight meeee!"

She swung her sword as if she wanted to cut me down.

This is bad, I can't dodge it, and I don't have enough time to block it. I have no other choice to use my skill---

"Stop it, Grace!" Elena yelled.

Grace stopped halfway...her sword is right above my head!

"Ele--Reina, what are you doing?" I asked.

"You get back, Adas. I will talk with Grace."

"....."

"What's wrong, Reina? I will defeat your boyfriend, and we will rule this world together--"

"I am sorry!"

"Why are you apologizing?!"

"A week ago, you confessed your love to me, but I couldn't reply at that time because I was thinking about it."

She was thinking about it?! Why? I am your boyfriend! You should reject someone if they confess...I have no right to stop her.

If she decides to dump me and go out with someone else...I have no right to stop her...after all, I am doing the same thing.

"Please don't say more," Grace said in a sad voice.

"I am sorry I can't go out with you!"

"....."

"I love Das. I love him to the point that, even if he dumps me one day, I am ready to be his slave and live with him."

I won't do anything like that!

"I..." Grace, let go of her sword.

Tears fell to the ground. It's so quiet here that I can even listen to her sobbing.

She is crying. She is...crying.

"I already knew that I don't have a chance...hic..hic...I...you loved him so much that I was jealous of him. I...wanted to beat him and prove...it...to..you...hic..hic...waaaaaaaaah"

She is crying like a kid. I don't feel anything by watching anyone cry, but...she is crying because of me.

She got rejected by Elena. She is crying because she is sad because she got rejected.

Why does it pain me to see her crying face? I should be--

"I am sorry."

Elena was crying too.

Is this how it feels when you reject someone?

Will Lier and Xerah make the same face if I reject them?

They...will cry, right?

I don't want...them to cry. I don't want to see Lier cry again...huh? Again?

We all logged out after that...I had to stay there for an hour, though.

After I logged out, Elena called me and apologized for Grace's behavior.

I still don't understand people's feelings.

The days passed by. Whenever I logged into LWO, I was automatically teleported to the palace of World Zero.

Elena had to come through the portal.

It's been a week. Today is the last day of the event. It is 6 AM right now. I can't wait for 7 AM. I just want this event to end already.

I never got a chance to sit on the throne. Whenever I went into the palace, a challenger would appear.

Every 5 minutes, a new challenger would appear and challenge me. Many ran away after entering the palace. Many ran away after coming into the throne room. Many ran away after seeing my face.

Do I look that scary?

Elena and Lily somehow knew that I thought that and said, 'It is because you defeated Byldger that day. Most of the players are scared of you now'.

I was both happy and sad after hearing that. Pleased because no one will come near me and sad because they think I am scared. It's rude, you know! Don't call anyone scary.

Ricky and Rikka didn't come after that Sunday. They said they will come today because they have only one paper left now.

Meanwhile, Miss Serah stopped by many times.

I am glad that no top players stopped by. The top 2nd is that girl, and the top 3rd is her boyfriend. The top 4th is that buldugar. Miss Serah is in the top 6th. Grace is also one of the leading players.

The top 4th wasn't that strong, but Grace is strong. If she had gone all out in our 1st duel, I might have lost it.

Oh, Robna and Biana also came to challenge me one day. I asked them not to fight, but they are more greedy than Elena. They attacked me together. I asked the NPC if this is okay? He said, 'Everything is fine as long as the Ruler is fighting alone.'

How is that okay? That's not fair. I am alone, and there were two of them, but I was worried for nothing. I had forgotten that they were klutz sisters.

They tripped when they were dashing at me. All I had to do was show my sword to them, and they admitted defeat.