I Became a Gladiator in the World of Gender Reversal

33 – Breaking the Illusion-4

Florence had her golden hair beautifully and painstakingly braided.

After looking in the mirror at her bouffantly curled hair, she felt a little relieved.

“I-I wonder if this is not enough. No, is it not enough? Um, will it be enough?”

It was good that she could be put in the same place as a man, but even so, she still had to go through a lot to become a ‘special person’.

“Oh, oh hoo hoo!”

She smiled awkwardly, frowned slightly and cleared her throat.

“Oh ho ho ho!”

This time wasn’t bad. Florence smiled lightly, and vowed that she would never forget this sensation.

Actually, it wasn’t her behavior that matched her. Compared to the real ‘lady’ she sharpened her bones in the social world, Florence’s life had quite a lot of ups and downs.

She was the daughter of an aristocratic family, but she did not necessarily have a happy life.

Fortunately, her mother met a man and was able to give birth to two children. Even considering that she was an aristocrat, she could be said to have had a very successful life.

However, it was her eldest daughter who inherited her family. As her second daughter, she had to somehow find a way to survive alone.

She had to run her top to make money, and she even got into duels to somehow make her own advantage.

However, no matter how hard she tried, it was not enough to win the attention of men. It was difficult to say that her family was such a good family, and the money she earned from going up was not enough.

Even if she is a woman who has an advantage over other women, it hasn’t changed that she can’t reach a man after all.

“This time I’m really… Showing my true worth.”

When she wandered around Selam, she had many more noble and beautiful women than Florence.

Women with both power and wealth naturally attracted men’s attention, and Florence’s efforts were not enough to compete among them.

“I can do it here. No, if I don’t meet a man here, I really have no future…”

However, it was different among the gladiators.

The fact that she was able to even try to meet a man could be seen as having the ability to set her apart from the common people.

“I just need to highlight my strengths…”

She had an overwhelming advantage in information.

Those gladiators might know better about the human Evan, but Florence’s knowledge of what a man likes and hates will overwhelm other gladiators.

However, that was not enough. There must be something more striking about the difference.

“Really, I bought it with expensive money…”

She stared at the beautiful dress in front of her. She was so precious that she didn’t even want to touch her.

Florence, who put on her dress carefully, thought that, at least outwardly, she herself looked like a good ‘lady’.

“Good.”

Florence knew to some extent how other men viewed gladiators.

Barbaric, smelly, wild and hideous women. Reasonably, the men thought that they were people they did not want to meet.

Then, you have to look different from them.

This loud and bountiful hair style was also a decision that contained her worries and research.

There are many gladiators. There is no chance of winning being one of them.

With a hair style that a normal gladiator would never do, you should enter his head from the first meeting.

With her hair straightened, she went to the next level.

“Oh ho ho ho!

No matter how you say it, it’s strange. Florence frowned for a moment, then she began to recall what the “Girls” In her head had said.

Her way of speaking, her charm. To be precise, it was an essential element to show her ‘different from other gladiators’.

However, the language was not easily corrected compared to the superficial ones.

“Practice, I have to practice. No, I have to practice…”

Florence, too, was not one to neglect her efforts.

If she was that kind of person, she would have been satisfied with her status as the second daughter of an aristocratic family, giving up men and living a life of her own accord.

“Even in my dreams, somehow in a young lady’s tone…”

She unfolded a piece of paper, wrote down a list of ‘conversations you might have with a man’, and then changed each one out loud into a lady’s tone.

“Good morning, let’s move in. Jinji is delicious… Oh, did you enjoy your meal?”

Promising that she would use this tone even in her dreams, Florence changed into her nightgown and went to her bed.

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“You, clothes…”

“Can you train with that outfit? Well, you’re free to train or not…”

Most of the gladiators who saw Florence’s luxurious dress were amazed at her.

“Inside the Colosseum, is there a dress code of any kind? I haven’t heard anything about the girl…”

“No, it’s not like that. Until Evan came, there were some guys who went naked at all.”

Surprised by embarrassment, the gladiators did not dare to stop Florence.

Gladiators were not slaves, and as long as they appeared in the designated gladiator fights, they were free to spend the remaining time.

There were also gladiators who were wasting their time with alcohol and gambling, and did not even show nose-bleeding in the Colosseum, but only appeared in gladiator fights.

After Evan came in, they also reflected their faces in the Colosseum to get a glimpse of the man’s face at least once.

“Well, it’s none of our business.”

“This time, a somewhat unusual friend came in…”

Some gladiators with decent financial conditions said that the Colosseum was stuffy and would buy a house nearby.

The Colosseum was only about providing free meals and a training ground, not a prison to hold them there.

As the gladiators departed, Florence let out a sigh of relief.

“They’re all… Ordinary gladiators. Among them, even the girls are full-fledged ladies.”

Florence walked around the Colosseum with a face full of anticipation.

“In the dining room… There’s something that isn’t there.”

I could tell without looking for a long time. If there is a man, the person with him will not be able to hold his head upright.

Even if it’s not that, I’ll be a little more nervous and watch the man’s eyes. Upon realizing that Evan was missing, Florence took her steps.

“Even at the training ground… It doesn’t seem like he’s there.”

I asked the passing gladiators about Evan’s whereabouts, but no one seemed to know his whereabouts yet.

At best, ‘Evan? How about starting with the training ground? After all, I’ll be training there.’ It was all about saying the same principled words.

However, he was not seen even at the training ground. He searched all over the training ground again and again, but all the sweaty women were working out there.

“Uh, newcomer! The attire is quite unusual. It seems to be walking around here and there. Can you introduce the Colosseum?”

Florence led his weary body and adjusted his tone.

She was so nervous at the thought that she could meet Evan anytime, because she had to pay attention to her every step.

“I would like to express my sincere thanks for the kindness.”

“Wow, there are people who really talk like this…”

“If it doesn’t bother you, may I ask about Evan’s whereabouts?”

“Evan?”

The gladiator burst into laughter.

“Uh, why…”

“Ah, I heard about it. I heard that the champion of the Breeding League is blonde… But I didn’t expect him to be such a friend.”

“Kyo, Kyo… Please don’t use vulgar words!”

“Why, it suits you well.”

The gladiator giggled for a long time, and only after his laughter died down did he let us know his location.

“Evan is in the rooftop garden.”

“Well, then…”

“I don’t really recommend going right now. I went up with Dana and Marie. I don’t know if her daughter went too… Anyway, don’t touch anyone who is resting.”

I was already seeing a girl. Florence was engulfed in anxiety that if she fell behind in her priorities right now, she might be pushed back without end.

“Well, was there such a rule?”

“Well, there are no set rules… It’s like a promise between us. Think about it. How many gladiators do you think are like you?”

“Yes… Buy it.”

“Evan is also a gladiator, so don’t touch him when he’s resting.”

Florence, whose plans went awry, frowned and bit his lip.

“That, who is the gladiator named Mari?”

I knew about Dana. The fact that Evan became a gladiator because of ‘one woman’ was something he was familiar with.

“Mari sister? Well, nothing special… She’s a noblewoman with a daughter.”

Florence’s head became dizzy. A woman who has the slightest idea of meeting a man, she does not dare to give birth to a child.

Of course, men don’t meet women like that. There was no doubt that something, a huge secret was hidden.

“That, how did Marie… Get close to Evan-sama?”

“Well… I don’t think of her in particular. If she had to question, she said that her sister had a sword fight with Evan once, didn’t she?”

Florence’s eyes widened. She thought she had found her clue.