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Karina-chan here! At the invitation of my best friend Misha, I've decided to enter a certain rock-paper-scissors tournament!

But this tournament is an underground event with strip rules! To protect my delicate skin, Dea-kun agreed to participate too… Be still, my heart. Dea-kun, I love you! I'll go all out to win and protect you too!!

It's also convenient that I happened to be wearing gothic lolita clothes. In a stripping competition, the more layers you have, the better.

Right. So, I followed Misha to the registration area.

Hm? What's all this commotion? A guy decked out in bandanas and wristbands was arguing with the receptionist.

"Hey! Don't try to register for this tournament if you're a man!"

"My heart is that of a woman!"

"Shut up! You were hitting on women at the tavern!"

"That's because I'm a woman at heart and also a lesbian!"

"Nobody's gonna pay to see your naked ass! Just pay the spectator fee like everyone else!"

"… Tch, I thought I'd get to see some naked women."

At the back alley registration desk, a man was trying to enter and getting rejected.

Well, of course.

"… Um, Onee-san. I should probably not enter either, right?"

"Ooh! You ladies there, wanna join the rock-paper-scissors tournament!? … Whoa, such a beautiful girl…! No wait, cute… Cute is the only word for it…"

The receptionist guy looked at me, then Misha, then Dea-kun in order, and got completely fixated on Dea-kun.

Hehe, a man with good taste.

"Yeah, we came to participate nya!"

"Kukuku, let's have a good match, Misha."

"… Uuu. I'll participate…"

"For real!? Thank you so much! Thank you so much!! … Ah, but age-wise, it's borderline… No wait, what's the point of being an underground tournament if we worry about that! If she's an elf, her actual age should be fine…!!"

We hid Dea-kun's gender and got him registered along with us. Their fault for not asking.

Well, even if Dea-kun does get stripped, it should be fine. Last time he went to the men's side of a bathhouse, they treated him like some exhibitionist elven pervert…

"There are 16 participants… Win four times and you're the champion nya. Don't lose before you face me, got it?"

"… It's impressive that 16 people gathered for something like this."

"Perverted old men pay well nya! Even if you lose, getting 15 silver coins just for showing some skin is enough to attract plenty of participants nya. Stingy tournaments don't draw people, so everyone pays up."

That's 150,000 yen in Japanese terms (according to Karina-chan's research)…! This world doesn't have erotic videos or anything, after all. Other than blowing it at those kinds of direct establishments, this sort of thing happens too.

"Also, since it's not a fighting tournament, if they're short on participants, the ladies from those kinds of establishments join as reserves nya."

"Professional ladies, huh. They'd be tough opponents. Mentally speaking."

I heard that back in Japan, adult video actresses used to dominate those swimming competitions where wardrobe malfunctions could happen. Same idea.

Now then, let the underground tournament begin…!

I'll make all my opponents put on socks!!

"… Am I not totally out of place here?"

"Seriously though, shouldn't you back out while you still can nya? Ah, if you win the first round, your second round opponent is me nya. Karina and I meet in the finals nya."

"… … I-I'll protect Onee-san!!"

"Seriously, don't push yourself nya? Okay?"

Misha is so kind… And the fact that she's wearing striped socks today is another plus.

Ah. Speaking of Misha's socks, I totally forgot, but I never delivered Dea-kun's socks…

"Ah! That's right!? For me to forget Dea-kun-chan's socks!!"

Goddess? Please don't interrupt my thoughts with such a clear voice. Is there a shrine nearby or something?

"Curse you Misha-chan, this girl pleases me far too much! A butt that pleases god, truly fearsome…! I want to put pantyhose on her and drum out a sixteenth note beat."

Oh. Misha's now officially recognized by the Goddess as having a "butt that pleases god." Good for you.