After eating their fill, everyone leaned back in their chairs with full bellies.
No one wanted to move — they had eaten far too much.
However, soone had to clean up the ss on the dining table. They couldn’t just leave it looking untidy.
"Hey, gumin, it’s your turn to do the dishes, right?"
"Nooo, I absolutely refuse!" gumin shook her head vigorously, "Kazuma, you should do it! At least I helped Darkness with the cooking. You’ve just been sitting around doing nothing, so it should be your turn!"
"What nonsense! You were just sneaking bites of food in the kitchen under the pretense of taste-testing!" Kazuma rcilessly exposed her lie, "Besides, I did it yesterday and the day before, so today is definitely your turn!"
"Ughh!" gumin was clearly displeased but still wobbled to her feet.
However, when she saw Yunyun slumped in the chair across from her, she suddenly hatched a devious plan.
"Hey, Yunyun."
"Hmm?"
"Want to have a duel with ?"
"Eh?" The word "duel" imdiately caught Yunyun’s attention.
Ever since arriving in Axel and first eting gumin, she had always wanted to duel and defeat her to prove she was worthy of becoming the next Crimson Demon Clan Chief.
Hearing there was a chance for a duel, she naturally wouldn’t let it pass.
"A duel? What kind of duel?"
"Well... we just finished dinner, but no one has cleaned the table or washed the dishes... So, let’s make that the stakes." gumin’s lips curled into a smile, pleased that her plan was working, "We’ll decide the winner with rock-paper-scissors. If Yunyun wins, I’ll wash the dishes, but if I win, Yunyun does them... How does that sound?"
The clever sche was working perfectly.
It was originally her job anyway, and now she was using it to bait Yunyun into a trap. She couldn’t lose either way.
"O-okay! I accept!"
"Hey, wait—"
Before Kazuma could warn Yunyun about the trap, she had already agreed without thinking.
"Great! Best two out of three, okay?"
"Let’s do this, I’m ready!"
The two Crimson Demon girls faced each other, their eyes burning with the desire for victory.
"I will definitely win!"
"I won’t lose!"
They were getting serious!
"Yunyun, I’ve been winning with little tricks all this ti, but that was just to deceive you."
"W-what?"
"You know, Yunyun, I only know one spell and I’m terrible at physical skills, but there’s one thing I’m absolutely unbeatable at."
"D-don’t tell ..."
"That’s right! Rock-paper-scissors!"
gumin’s voice rose triumphantly, making Yunyun instinctively panic.
"Yunyun, we’ve played rock-paper-scissors hundreds of tis, and I’ve never lost! You rember that, don’t you?"
"Urk." Yunyun unconsciously swallowed.
She had been too impulsive earlier. Thinking about it carefully, she realized she had never won against gumin at rock-paper-scissors.
What should she do?
Before gumin could make her move, Yunyun was already losing her composure.
"Co on, Yunyun! Let finish you off quickly, just like always!"
"Eep—"
"I’m going to throw scissors!"
"T-then I’ll throw... paper!"
gumin, taking advantage of Yunyun’s confusion, quickly threw out her hand before the girl could react—
Scissors!
Paper!
Even though gumin had announced her move first, Yunyun still fell for it, instinctively throwing paper when she saw the scissors... She lost.
"Hehehehe!"
"Ah, ah... ahhh!"
The two girls’ expressions were complete opposites — gumin’s triumphant grin against Yunyun’s frustrated face.
"One more ti!" After a brief mont to collect herself, Yunyun challenged again, refusing to give up.
It was best two out of three — she still had a chance!
"No matter how many tis you try, I, the rock-paper-scissors master, will never lose! Train for another hundred years if you want to beat !"
"C-co on! This ti I won’t lose!"
"Then I’ll throw paper!"
"Then I’ll throw scissors!"
Rock, paper, scissors...
"Ah, look!"
"What?"
Yunyun was distracted by gumin’s sudden exclamation and pointing finger behind her, instinctively turning to look.
But her hand had already committed to throwing rock, and she couldn’t take it back...
Rock!
Paper!
This ti gumin had deliberately thrown late, waiting until after Yunyun’s move to secure another victory with her tricks!
gumin won!
Though this victory was, how should we put it... completely underhanded!
Not just Kazuma, but even Aqua and Darkness couldn’t stand watching anymore. For all gumin’s talk about playing fair, she had used tricks to win both rounds against Yunyun.
Everyone’s expressions soured.
"T-this ti... this ti doesn’t count!" Yunyun loudly protested. "gumin keeps interfering with — this round shouldn’t count!"
"No, you lost, Yunyun." There was no way gumin would give up her advantage now, not even if Adam asked her to.
She had Yunyun right where she wanted her.
"What a sha, Yunyun, but I won again."
"How could this..."
Yunyun’s dejected appearance made everyone who knew what had happened feel strong sympathy for the poor girl who had been completely outmaneuvered by gumin.
"Well then, I’ll leave it to you, Yunyun."
"Y-yes..." Seeing gumin slouch lazily back in her chair, Yunyun sighed resignedly and stood up, beginning to clear the table efficiently.
Another failed challenge left her feeling dejected. She trudged toward the kitchen with the plates, her gloomy figure reflected in the eyes of those still seated.
"Hey, that was too much, gumin!"
"Yeah!"
"Honestly, even I think that was too far."
"Mm... indeed."
The party mbers condemned the chuunibyou girl who sat gloating in her victory.
Winning through such underhanded ans was truly disgraceful. Especially doing this in front of everyone to bully the team’s newest mber—even though they were "lifelong rivals," her thod of winning was just too dirty!
But to everyone’s surprise, gumin didn’t try to defend herself. Instead, she pulled sothing from her pocket and began writing in front of everyone.
Looking closely, it appeared to be a notebook. Though not very big, it was filled with dense writing. Using his enhanced vision, Adam could see dates and various marks on its pages.
gumin turned to a new page, wrote down today’s date, and drew a circle.
"Another victory today!" She declared triumphantly.
Hey, that was going too far!
The party mbers voiced even stronger condemnation.
In the end, the farce concluded with everyone helping to clean up. gumin, who had won through trickery, felt all her earlier effort had been wasted and grew quite unhappy.
But given how underhanded she had been, nobody felt inclined to comfort her.
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