Chapter 57: Competition

Plot
It has been decided that the contest will last 5 days. At the end of the contest it is surprising that Katharina in not one of the leaders. The remaining members of the Dragon Busters have beaten her for 3rd place. While most of the group is gathering rare fruits and herbs, Louise has been killing monster and her way of killing leaves no external damage. Armstrong shows up and he has killed a large amount of monster and takes the lead and also lets everyone know that he has discovered some ancient ruins in the forest and plans on exploring it the next day. Burkhart tells him not to steal from the younger generation, but Armstrong informs him that his 2nd and 3rd wives are pregnant and he is earning extra income so he doesn't fall short. He then states he is hoping for a girl to marry to Wend adding to Wend's worries. Armstrong and Burkhart ask Wend to put them up for the night and Wend teleport's everyone to his mansion. After they arrive Elise reminds him they he forgot about Katharina,but he doesn't care about going back to get her as she rude to him and his group.

The next day they arrive back at the forest to start the investigation of the ruins and Katharina is there waiting on them. She is upset that they left her behind and wants to have a competition for a month. Wend asks her is she can win against Armstrong for a month and this stop her in her tracks. Wend then invites her to join them to explore the ruins. His reasoning is that they almost died exploring the last ruins and even though the have added Armstrong and Wilma inviting someone like her will increase their combat power. She agrees to join them and post-pone the contest.

Characters
Wendelin von Benno Baumeister

Elise Katharina von Hohenheim

Iina Suzane Hirenbrant

Louise Yorande Aorelia Oufelbeik

Erwin von Arnim

Burkhart Ringstat

Wilmal Etol von Asgahan

Klimt Kristoff von Armstrong

Katharina Linda von Waigel

Locations
Baumeister Knight Territory

Baumeister Earldom

Demon Forest