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Chapter 71: Speech

On the day of the ceremony, we rode on Drake in his dragon form and headed towards Alraine at breakneck speed.

「Shit! We’ll be late!!」

「I’ll definitely make us make it in time!!」

「I’m counting on you, Drake, I don’t know what Ruzark will say if I’m late!」

At this speed, we might just barely make it in time. Alraine’s royal castle is coming into view.

「Bro, where should I land!?」

「Anywhere is fine! Just try to land at a place where we can get off! From there, we will dash towards the terrace of the royal castle!」

Beyond Alraine’s outer wall, I can see that the masses have gathered in the streets. Ruzark’s voice can also be heard from the audio-enhancing magic tools installed around the city.

「Bro, there are too many people! I can’t land!」

「Just go towards the castle tower then! We’re already conspicuous anyway. I’ll apologize to Ruzark later!」

「Understood!」

When Drake reached the spire, something approached us in the air.

Is that a magic tool?

I thought we had managed to make it in time, but…

『The name of that heroic clan is…[Star Supremacy]!』

Right after that, as if an earthquake had occurred, cheers resounded throughout the city,

We jumped off the spire and landed on the terrace where Ruzark was.

「Sorry, did I make you wait?」

「No, you made the best appearance.」

「That’s good then. What should I do now?」

「It’s obvious, isn’t it? Everyone is waiting for Aun’s words.」

「Are you serious… I have not prepared anything.」

「It’s fine. Just say what you want to say.」

Saying that, Ruzark handed me the microphone.

What I want to say, huh. I got it……

『This is Aun of Star Supremacy.

……Two weeks ago, when we first entered this town, the first words we heard were scorns.

The reason is that we are demi-humans and beastfolks.』

The town fell silent. But that’s proof that they’re listening to me.

『With this speech, I was going to destroy such shitty doctrines and customs!

…But everyone’s already noticed, right?

Things such as if our races are different, or if our abilities are different, or which race is the best doesn’t matter at all.

…I think that the differences between races are due to individuality.

We look different and we’re good at different things. It’s fine, isn’t it?

If everyone was the exact same, then that kind of world would be… boring as shit, right?』

There were people who were simply staring at me, and there were people who were nodding their heads.

Human supremacism in this country is already crumbling. A little push on the back should be enough…

『Things are great exactly because everyone is different. Because everyone is different… new, interesting things are born.

Let’s all change this country, this world, into a really fun place.

Neither I nor the royal family nor the nobles can do that.

Only each and every one of you guys can!

Finally… Thanks to all of you, my power increased in the finals. Thank you!』

With a smile, I handed the microphone back to Ruzark.

I heard the applause, and it gradually spread out.

It spread throughout the city in tens of seconds.

As I looked down, I saw the beastfolks and humans crying while hugging each other.

Let’s hope that there will be no more discrimination in this country.

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The applause and cheers did not stop even after returning to the room from the terrace.

「Aun, that was the best speech. It was a speech that only you could give.」

「Thank you, Ruzark… Your Highness.」

「Hahaha… that’s enough, please don’t use honorifics. If you would like to call me by a title in the future, then I will do my best to be called “Your Majesty”.」

「Yeah! I’m looking forward to it.」

Saying that, Ruzark and I lightly exchanged high fives.

After that, the tournament’s reward was awarded in the throne room surrounded by dignified people displaying various emotions.

But the reward was just merely for form’s sake. In fact, the real reward was supposed to reach the beastfolk village in Plainevelt at a later date.

The rewards are three types of magic tools.

The first is a giant video projection magic tool and video transmission magic tool that were also used in the arena.

We will place magic tools for video transmission throughout the Plainevelt dungeon so that you can see the dungeon exploration in the square.

In which case, it will be easier to understand information such as how the adventurers are coordinating and what kind of monsters to subjugate and how, which will lead to the leveling up of the adventurers as a whole.

Furthermore, if it becomes a form of entertainment for the residents, more people will come to Plainevelt than ever before.

The second is a communication type magic tool that is also used in the adventurer’s guild.

This will be used by Barbaru. It will allow him to instantly contact every city and the Adventurer’s guilds straight from Plaienvelt. This magic tool will dramatically improve information transmission.

The last one is a voice expansion type magic tool. I don’t have any plans to use it at the moment, but as the town gets bigger in the future, the chances of using it should increase.

Thus, the Clan Battle Tournament came to an end, and we returned to Foret Noir with the Rank 1 sign, magic tools, and above all, the achievement of destroying human supremacism in this country.