Gold Course

### Outcome

* Aladdin, Dietrich von Bern, Attila, Kay, Wiglaf, and Tsuchigumo win for their respective teams.
* Accumulated gold was spent on the six victors.
* Tsuchigumo returns with gold to his party and discovers his contract has been rewritten.
* Attila discovers information about the curse afflicting Lynn.

The **Gold Course** (「金」コース, *Kin kōsu*) is one of three courses part of the qualifying rounds of the Rosengarten Schlacht.

## Overview

The Gold Course takes place inside a casino, Kasino Walhalla. The objective of the course is to obtain a certain amount of chips via gambling within the time limit. There are several tables with different games to play at with the highest payout being rewarded by Brunhild. If players do not have coins to bet, they must bet their personal belongings until they have no items left. As noted by Aladdin, the course was never meant to be passed as the regular tables do not give out enough coins within the allotted time and Brunhild herself is near impossible to defeat. As with all the courses, there are no rules against cheating. Likewise, there are no rules preventing the casino attendants and dealers themselves from attacking the contestants.

## Event Summary

By the time Dietrich von Bern is forced to bet the last of his belongings, his blade Eckesach, the majority of other contestants have already lost all their items. Dietrich plays against Brunhild and loses.

Aladdin watches the other contestants with no intention of participating himself. Mjinn tricks Aladdin into trying by sending him a picture of a sex-swapped Alibaba, telling him that he will get to have sex with her if he wins. Aladdin gets to work and with Mjinn's aid they recruit Dietrich, Kay, Attila, Wiglaf and Tsuchigumo to help defeat Brunhild. Mijinn explains their plan to have Attila gamble against Brunhild whilst taking advantage of her susceptibility to attractive men. While they gamble, Dietrich is to retrieve their belongings so they can defend themselves against the casino employees.

Attila plays against Brunhild while the others surround him in an attempt to seduce Brunhild. Tsuchigumo uses an illusory technique to enhance the party's attractiveness but Brunhild is unmoved. Attila manages to win anyways by cheating. An attendant attempts to call them out on the act but Brunhild reminds them that there are no rules against cheating. They give Aladdin his chips but in response the attendants simply attack him and his party. Dietrich arrives just in time, having recovered the party's equipment and returns it to them. While the remaining party defends the chips from the attendants, with Kay dressing up in his Idol outfit, Attila and Dietrich battle Brunhild. When Dietrich mentions Lynn, Brunhild is reminded of her and refers to her as a Kriemhild look-alike. Dietrich angrily believes Brunhild is being sarcastic but Attila has a epiphany. Brunhild easily overpowers Attila and Dietrich but grows frustrated over not being able to kill them within ten seconds. She removes the limiters placed on her eyes that had been obscuring her vision and goes in to finish them.

Wiglaf is easily beaten by the casino attendants only to enthusiastically get up and ask them to teach him, which creeps them out. Kay and Tsuchigumo rescue Wiglaf, binding the attendants before retreating as more reinforcements arrive. Meanwhile, Aladdin remains hidden with the chips, using a special cloak and decoy given to him by Tsuchigumo. Just as Aladdin prepares to relax with his own victory assured, Brunhild bursts through the wall, incapacitating Tsuchigumo, Wiglaf and Kay, with Attila and Dietrich already defeated. The head casino attendant notices Brunhild has removed her limiters and gives orders to find Aladdin as soon as possible to end the round. Mjinn tells Aladdin to remain hidden, having anticipated this outcome secretly planned for only for Aladdin to win. Aladdin refuses to abandon his new temporary comrades, revealing himself and giving up the chips in exchange for Brunhild sparing them. To their surprise, Brunhild is infatuated by Aladdin's looks and Mjinn realizes Brunhild had her vision suppressed to account for her weakness. As Brunhild begins to crush Aladdin with her affection, Mjinn activates the shock rings Aladdin gave to his team, waking them up and shocking Brunhild. Mjinn calls for them to initiate plan H and Tsuchigumo uses a smoke bomb. Brunhild comes to her senses and prepares battle once the smoke clears, only to find the men have set up a host club for her. Brunhild is overwhelmed to the entourage of handsome men and agrees to Aladdin's fee of 500000 chips per person, paying for each of the men's victories.

## Aftermath

The Gold Course if the last of the qualifiers to conclude and the only to not end in a mass disqualification.

Brunhild proceeds to drink and party as the men indulge her wishes. Having already lost, the other casino attendants arrive and decide to pay for the men's services as well. They party and drink all night and the men wake up exhausted the next morning. Returning to the arena victorious, Aladdin bumps fists with the others, stating even though they may meet again as enemies he will not forget their teamwork tonight. As they enter the arena, they are met with an overwhelming applause from the audience.

With Gernot's plans having gone awry and the casino attendants spending the casino money and Aladdin's host club, Gernot remains passed out in a state of shock while Hagen attends to him.

Dietrich reunites with his party and receives his beatings from Lynn and Lyng as a reward. Not fully satisfied, Dietrich tells Lynn he defeated Brunhild and Lynn kicks him into the ground for not referring to her with honorifics. Lynn laments not having gone to the gold course. Siegfried offers to tell Lynn of the time he took Brunhild's virginity and she smashes him into the ground too. Meanwhile, Brunhild vomits as she suffers from a hangover from the previous night.

Kay shows off his new improved skills to Arthur who is very impressed. Gawain watches but if more baffled than impressed by Kay's ability to emit shockwaves while dancing.

Wiglaf reports what happened to Beowulf ashamed of not being of more help. Beowulf reassures Wiglaf, complimenting his bravery when facing the most powerful woman alive. Bewildered onlookers watch the exchange occur as Wiglaf kneels to Beowulf while balancing on Beowulf's penis.

Tsuchigumo returns with the gold to Yamato Takeru who is very pleased. When Tsuchigumo asks for a reward, Yamato is unaware of what he is talking about. Tsuchigumo brings up their contract but Takeru states he could not read it so he rewrote it. Orochi arrives and asks Tsuchigumo to drink with her, while Tsuchigumo is taken aback by his party's poor business practices.

Aladdin asks Mjinn for the beautiful lady she promised him. Alibaba arrives to congratulate Aladdin, revealing himself to the the woman Mjinn showed him. Mjinn laughs having tricked Aladdin but he asks Alibaba for sex as reward for winning anyways. Alibaba agrees, to Mjinn's shock. Mjinn begins to protest before being summoned into Morgiana's graphics tablet and starts complaining to her. Atilla interrupts them, taking the tablet out of Morgiana's hands. He thanks Mjinn for helping them win but is aware she only intended to help Aladdin. Atilla states he bears no grudge against her but asks for her assistance in exchange. He asks her if she knows anything about the Kriemhild-like girl, pointing to Lynn. Mjinn identifies her as Lynn, accidentally revealing she is aware of Lynn's true appearance. With this info, Atilla has confirmed Lynn's resemblance to Kriemhild is real and is being hidden. Morgiana is impressed with Atilla and tells him that the curse afflicting Lynn may be the product of a powerful relic. She lists various types of relics with the mention of rings catching his attention.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 18
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 19
3. ↑ Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 17
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 20
5. ↑ Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 21