chapter 16
16 – Rookie Gladiator-2
With my head down, I carefully checked Daisy’s eyes.
Even if you give permission or not, the problem is not over.
It is also a burden for Daisy. However, he did not give up easily.
“Uh, why… Didn’t you go into Selam?”
“I was kicked out.”
I spoke with a bright smile, realizing my weakness that I hadn’t thought of before, and immediately stiffened my face.
“Uh… Come to think of it, that hasn’t been confirmed yet. Do you have to have no criminal record to become a gladiator? Will being kicked out of Selam be treated as a criminal record…”
“That’s not it. As long as it’s not a serious crime like killing a nobleman or causing treason, you can come in as much as you like.”
“I’m glad.”
If there was such a rule, it would have been a big deal. I did some preparation with Selam’s book, but I didn’t know what would happen in the world of real gladiators.
“Whoa…”
Daisy took a deep sigh and fell into serious trouble.
I knew that too. In fact, there is no reason why she should accept me as a gladiator.
If I have a bad heart and start reporting it, there might be problems with the entire Colosseum.
It wasn’t that he had exceptional strength or any skills.
Listening to the story, it didn’t seem like people were actually fighting in the Colosseum. However, according to common sense, there is no way that people will be safe when using swords and spears.
“Why, of course, a gladiator…”
“Well, um. It’s a bit embarrassing to say now, but it’s something I should have said at least once anyway, so I’ll just say it now.”
I took out a piece of stiff paper that I had copied from Selam’s book and read it.
“Zeta-Rule 7. Is it still in effect?”
“Yes?”
“I-I’m not saying I’m going to write this for just anyone, it’s because Dana… It seems like she still doesn’t trust me. If I don’t do something like this, I don’t think they’ll accept it.”
Daisy’s gaze at me trembled strangely.
“That, I’m not really trying to force something, it’s just like a proposal, I’ll really get permission in advance…”
“Ah, ah, ah… I see. Zeta-7 rule is still in effect. It’s difficult to decide right away, so let’s call the others and discuss it for a moment.”
“Well, really? Thank you… Thank you so much!”
I bowed my head. I was told that I could be rejected right away, but the reaction was better than I thought.
“Please wait here for a while. It’s time to have one person on standby, so if you have any problems, let me know.”
“Okay!”
Daisy still looked like she had a lot of worries, but I could wait.
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“Everyone gather! Come in as quickly as possible!”
Having summoned several gladiators and staff, Daisy wanted to gain empathy for this bizarre and absurd situation as soon as possible.
She felt it was too unfair for her to bear the burden alone.
“What’s going on again, I was having a good dinner, but he suddenly called.”
“There was a rumor that a man came in. Is that true?”
Although she did call them in for consultation, the gladiators weren’t very ‘disciplined’ sort of people. Soon, the meeting room became noisy.
“Quiet everyone!”
However, Daisy was the one who had been controlling them since she was not even ten years old. He may not have known strength, but he could not be pushed when it came to charisma.
“There’s no time, so let’s start with the main topic. A man has entered this gladiator arena. It’s the Evan-nim I saw last time.”
“Really? Did you come to see Dana again?”
“Ugh…”
Dana’s face turned red. After he had rejected him so bitterly, he thought he would never see him again.
“They do it this far, but I don’t know if I’ll be resentful if I don’t meet them. Huh?”
At least up to this point, it was an incident within the common sense of the gladiators and staff.
If you were a person with knowledge about men, you would say that even this is nonsense, but it was not impossible at all.
Although it was highly unlikely that Dana was not a young girl from a prestigious family that was comparable to royalty, or a young and wealthy person who could not be compared to men.
“That’s not the end. He… Said he would become a gladiator.”
At Daisy’s calm words, the noisy gladiators were silenced.
“Yes?”
“What?”
Even the gladiators who did not know what kind of attitude men show when dating, knew that the Colosseum was not a place for men.
“Why suddenly?”
“It’s because of Dana. He said he’d use the Zeta-7 rule on Dana.”
His party, Dana, had no choice but to keep his mouth shut at his unexpected development.
“What are the rules for my… What are you doing?”
“That’s why I told you not only to hold knives, but also to do some history studies…”
Daisy grabbed her forehead.
“In ancient times, it is said that the relationship between men and women was different from now. Men were strong, and women were oppressed.”
“Is it different now?”
“No, in the actual sense of force. The rules of the Colosseum with Zeta in front are mostly rules made at that time.”
“So, what kind of rules is Zeta-7!”
“In a sword fight with permission from the janitor, if a man beats a woman… That night, it’s a rule that the woman can do whatever she wants.”
The era when many strong men oppressed women, simply to satisfy their desires.
At that time, the Colosseum was not simply there for warriors to fight, but was also used to punish slaves and criminals as well as to excite them.
“That, do whatever you want, does that mean I know?”
“That’s right. It’s something that can only be found in the literature, but… By having strong men and a captured female warrior fight, the audience said they enjoyed watching the woman being trampled on.”
Depending on your point of view, the content could feel gruesome, but the eyes of the gladiators who were listening to it right away were a little different.
“Oh, that’s good. I’m a bit nerdy.”
“It’s strange that a man becomes a gladiator, but he doesn’t f*ck a woman who beat a man, but rather a woman who loses to a man? Isn’t that a bit strange?”
“If a gladiator with a lot of money pays in advance, it might be possible… No, no way.
“Strong male… Distorted s*xual desire…”
The gladiators sneered at the rules with silly laughs. It was a stupid regulation that could only come out of the delusions of immature women.
“So, actually, it’s an obsolete rule now. Who’s gonna find out about this and come here.”
Not one or two rules have changed like this.
Right now, even in the Empire’s Traffic Law, there was a rule that said, ‘A person riding a dragon must submit a driver’s license to the person in charge of each district and undergo related examinations and safety training.’
However, no one rode a dragon in the empire right now. Literally, ‘there is such a law.’ It is difficult to have more meaning than that.
And, in the perception of the women here, the man participating in the sword fight was in a fantasy farther away than the man riding the dragon.
“…Crazy.”
At first, even the gladiators who thought they were romantic or funny had no choice but to keep their mouths shut.
In my mouth, there could have been people who would scoop up sand instead of mountain and sea delicacies, saying that this was delicious, but up to that point, it was at a level where I could just say, ‘Your tastes are so bizarre.’
However, if there were people who said they would do a handstand to dig up the sand, circle the empire five times, swing a sword with their legs, practice warrior training, and go eat sand, that was the domain of madmen.
“Uh, what happened, Dana! You were actually a warlock or something like that? You used some suspicious drug or something…”
“No!”
Dana also seemed confused, but not as much as the others.
“Then how would you explain it! Why did that man even use that way to hug you!”
The opponent is a gladiator. In common sense, it’s a problem that can be solved by just saying ‘Let’s play a game’ as soon as you see the face.
But he dared to come in as a new gladiator, go through her training and training, fight her champion, Dana, and then try to get her.
There was no such thing as inefficiency.
“I guess… I have.”
“What is it?”
“That’s…”
Dana opened her mouth reluctantly.
“The last time we met, I refused… And said, ‘The world we live in is different.'”
“What?”
“So, Evan came into my world. In the world of gladiators, to hold me according to the rules of gladiators, like that…”
Dana felt like her world was holding her down. It was a burden too heavy for her to bear, and it was love.
But she was in a good mood.
“So Daisy, will you accept this?”
“First of all, I called to hear your opinions, but what are my thoughts? Everyone knows, doesn’t it?”
Daisy gave a small smile.
From the time she inherited this Colosseum in her childhood, there were always thorny roads and dangers ahead of her, and a brilliant future that would be obtained when she overcame them and endured them.
This is crazy. In a line that does not go against his planting, it is the most reasonable and common sense correct choice to refuse with a suitable reason.
Some kind of accident might happen. It is a world where it is common for men to be escorted even if they go outside for a short time.
It was more irresponsible to drop a man among these wild savages and hope that no accident would happen.
“Of course I have to accept it.”
Still, she was able to take the risk.