Village Daughter of a Potato Farmer, Until She Was Praised as a Sword God

Chapter 6: Meal with the princess 

“Is that really the meat of a divine beast?” To me, it looked like a normal beef.

  Divine beasts varied, and no one could say which was stronger than the other. There were quite a few low-ranking divine beasts that did not belong to any country and they attacked humans all over the world. They were called stray gods and were designated as subjugation targets in each country.

　My village was attacked by these stray gods several times.

    But even though they were called stray, they still had the moniker ‘god’. Therefore, knights must often band together to defeat them. Of course, some never returned.

　‘Being a knight is such a dangerous job.’ I said to myself.

"It's definitely the meat of a stray god. I bought it for 50,000 Noah. Tremina, let's share it in half. If we eat this, we'll win tomorrow!"

"Only one of us can win." I replied.

　It is said that if you eat the meat of a divine beast, you absorb its power. Your life force overflows, and your amount of mana also increases. For such an amazing piece of meat, the transaction price was rather low.

"Oh, you two eat here too?"

　When I turned around at the sudden sound of the voice, I saw Jill-sensei walking towards us from the entrance of the restaurant. And behind her was a beautiful girl with white hair.

　The last time I saw her was over a year ago. But I never forgot her face. She was Princess Lizteles.

"Wow, you are really pretty. Are you the Jill-sensei’s sister?" Cepharis had asked while trying to hide her raw meat.

“This is Lizteles, the heir to the throne of this country.”

　As soon as Jill-sensei introduced her, Cepharis stiffened.

"I…I was being disrespectful...! Forgive me!"

“It’s not rude, calm down.” She replied with a joyful laugh.

"Yes, thank you. Why are you here today?"

"For food, of course. The omelettes here are exquisite." The princess said, while sending a glance at Jill-sensei.

"Yes, we’ll have a meal too. By the way, Miss Cepharis, why did you hide that raw meat in a hurry just now?"

　Cepharis was too shocked to reply, so, I replied for her.

"Well, it seems to be the meat of a divine beast."

"Huh? Cepharis-san, please show me again."

　Drops of sweat began to form on my sister’s forehead as she placed the raw meat on the table.

"This is just beef, and it's even a little spoiled."

“Oh, I knew it!”

　After looking at the meat for a while, Princess Lizteles said,

"It's a malicious scam. Jill-san, please deal with it." She instructed our teacher.

“I’ll come with you.” Cepharis chimed in, with obvious anger.

　Cepharis and Jill-sensei immediately left the store to expose the unscrupulous merchants, leaving me alone with the princess.

"I'm going to watch tomorrow's events. Good luck, Tremina-san."

　The encouragement from the princess felt like a life changing event. It was something I needed, but I was also confident in myself. I have been training and preparing for tomorrow, so, I knew that I would definitely overcome tomorrow without killing anyone and be the winner.

　By the way, more than a dozen people were recorded absent from the tournament.

　The cause was food poisoning.