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Beast Tamer Who Got Kicked Out From the Hero’s Party Chapter 4 Part 2

CHAPTER 4: THE CORRECT WAY TO USE THE “ULTIMATE SPECIES” PART 2

「Of course! Rein is not going to lose to anyone!」

「H-Hey, guys? Could you maybe not decide things like that on your own?」

「If I lose, I’ll get down on my knees and apologize. You will also be able to do whatever you want with me. But if I win, then you are going to be mine.」

「Alright! You’re on!」

So you’re not going to listen to me, huh? Even though I am going to be the one taking part in this ridiculous contest?.

But I could see that Kanade and that man were already in their own little world, with tension between them being so great that you could almost see the sparks flying in between them. There was no way that they would be able to notice me now.

Am I seriously going to arm-wrestle against this guy?

Arm-wrestle with a guy whose arms are probably twice as big as mine?

It’s absurd, no matter how you look at it.

We have to stop this, and stop this quickly.

「Right, let’s get this party started. Hey, I’m going to borrow that table over there for a moment!」

「Rein, make sure that you completely wipe the floor with this guy, alright!?」

I guess that things already escalated to the point where there was no way of stopping it.

How…… did it come to this……?

The man sees my confusion and gives me a nasty smile.

「Oi, come on now! For a proper Master you seem to be strangely unmotivated! Are you perhaps afraid?　As long as you bow your head and apologize, we can call it quits here and now. But oh well, that would still mean that I will be taking the Cat Spirit Tribe chick for myself, though.

「……………」

As for me, I don’t care at all if I get hurt, I don’t care what happens to me in the slightest.

But this time around Kanade was involved in this situation.

There’s no way I’m going to leave Kanade with this man. No way in hell.

「Alright, are we doing this, or what?」

「Well, well, looks like you do have a little bit of balls on you, huh? Or is this mere bravado from losing your temper? Are you perhaps that desperate?」

The man was right, I was somewhat desperate here.

Or it could also be that I was just being too stubborn to let it go.

But still……

There’s no way I’m going to do nothing when Kanade was about to be taken away from me.

I will do whatever I can in order to protect her.

This is all I can do in this situation.

So I fold my hands with the man and put my elbow on the table.

「You have some really skinny hands on you, huh? Don’t complain if your arm happens to break in half.」

「……………」

「Hehehe, what’s wrong? Cat got your tongue all of a sudden?」

「Let’s just start already. Or could it be that you are all talk, and those muscles of yours are just for decoration?」

「Why you little…… All right, fine. I’m gonna kick your ass, without holding myself back!」

The Adventurers around us looked at us with amused eyes.

Some of them even started placing bets.

It seems from the bets alone that I was not the favorite to win here.

This man seems to be quite known by other Adventurers for his strength, and considering that, it’s something that can’t be helped.

But…… Just you wait!

Even if I am like this, I have been a member of the Hero’s Party.

I’ll show you what I’m made of!

「I’ll give you the signal, okay? Then you can start.」

The guy and I both nodded at the same time.

「Ready…… GO!」

The game was instantaneous, not even lasting a second.

It’s true that I tried my very best here.

But, without feeling much resistance, I pushed through the man’s arm and slammed his palm down on the table.

「Gyii…… GYAAAHHH!!! M-My arm! My arm…… Aguuueeeaaahhh!?」　

From the way in which he was screaming, I could only assume that his arm was broken.

The man was holding his broken arm and writhing in agony on the floor.

Looking at the man, I tilted my head in puzzlement.

「…… How?」

There was no way I was going to be able to beat a man who looked like he was wearing muscle armor all over his body.

But somehow, I managed to effortlessly overwhelm him.

I don’t even know how I did it.

「We have a winner! Rein!」

The beaming Kanade called my name all high and mighty.

「That’s Rein for you♪! I knew that a man like that would pose no challenge for you!」

「No, I’m actually kind of surprised myself here. There’s no way I could have that kind of power inside of me……」

「What are you talking about? Rein, the way you are right now, you are the strongest there is! Because I’m sharing my power with you, you know?」

「H-Huh? What do you mean?」

「Oh, could it be that you only ever tamed normal animals, Rein?　Is this the first time you’ve signed a contract with a species above a certain level of power, like me?」

「Yes, that’s right. The most powerful animal that I have ever contracted up until now was an average bear, at best.」

「Hmm, I see. Then you don’t know. You know, when you make a contract with the Ultimate Species, you can gain power according to the contracted individual’s ability. We, the Cat Spirit Tribe are considered the strongest, so Rein’s own power was enhanced accordingly to that strength.」

「…… Seriously?」

「Yup, seriously~♪」

So, this means that I have managed to acquire the physical abilities of the Cat Spirit Tribe……

That’s something truly outrageous, if I am to be completely honest.

If you told me that I was dreaming right now, I’d easily believe it.

「I knew it, I’m so glad I followed you, Rein. I’m so, so, so glad that you were trying to protect me just now~!」

「No, well, I mean…… It was a given, right?」

「Ehehe♪ Thank you, Rein.」

Although I was still stunned to the point that my own perception could not quite catch up with reality……

For the time being, what is important here is that I was somehow able to protect Kanade.

So how about we call it a day for now?