9-5 Part 2
Yesterday's Wind
- The Beast's Shackles -
Translator : PolterGlast
「Impossible hyan... We are
weak-willed hyan...」
「Is that so? Beastmen are an
interesting race though. So, what happened after you were brought to the Imperial
Capital?」
I want to know about the organization, but asking directly
might make her unnecessarily wary. After all, no one would want to know that
the person they happened to meet is a monster who goes around slaughtering
villains.
「Hmm— An auction? I
was supposed to appear in one, kyan. But a buyer was decided for me
alone before that hyan... That was the last I saw of my friends hyan...」
「I see, that's worrying...」
「Why... Why did I end up like this? hyan...」
「Even I understand that. You are
beautiful.」
「Gefu?! Keho keho, auuu... Don't say
outrageous things suddenly hyan! Are you trying to kill me hyan!」
「You think? That
white fur can only be described as beautiful. Besides, wolves are special
beings to us humans, so it's natural to be attracted to a white wolf like you.
...Oi, why are you hiding under the table?」
Did I say something unnecessary again? Wondering what was
wrong, the white wolf Yashu curled up fidgeting under the table.
「Is Shinza, perhaps, a special
human who loves beastmen hyan...?」
「I just praised your appearance. And seeing
someone like you being persecuted in this Empire, I just wanted to do something
about it.」
「Y-You're going to do something to me
hyan... Kyauuun, that's embarrassing hyan...」
「Why are you blushing... Anyway,
details about the organization—do you know the name of the organization?」
Thinking somehow that food was the key to making her talk, I
offered her a thick slice of ham pierced on a fork. Might be the correct
answer. Yashu ate it in one bite with great joy.
「Ngu ngu... Wind of Yesterday.
I feel like they said that, kyan, ahh meat is delicious kyan!」
Realizing it was better to eat than hide under the table, Yashu
returned to her seat.
「I'm truly sorry. Those guys are the
shame of the Empire.」
「That's not true kyan! Shinza
is weird, but a super good guy kyan! I almost started falling for you hyan...♪」
「Oh, seems the additional order
arrived.」
「There's still more kyan?! Shinza
is god kyan!!」
「Just put on your hood, or the
landlady can't come in. ...Landlady, sorry but please wait a moment.」
However, is this the physical ability of a beastman? Like a
bouncing ball, Yashu flew around the room and donned the hooded robe in
the blink of an eye.
「Go ahead, sorry to keep you waiting hyan!
Food, food!」
「Ahahaha, my, aren't you energetic!
Heeere, today's main dish—wait, you two ate quite a lot...」
The landlady lined up a grilled whole chicken on the table.
Well, basically a whole roast. The color of Yashu's eyes changed at the
chunk of meat.
「It's fine, good for dessert.」
「I can still fit more kyan!
Haaa... keeping this all to just two people, I even feel a sense of immorality hyan...」
「But that was fast...」
「Well, I was grilling it before you
ordered, you see. Enjoy.」
Saying she was happy to have generous customers before noon,
the landlady left in a good mood. I can just earn back the money I spent. I now
understand well the feeling of Sigrun treating people until she's broke.
「Hagu hagu, happy kyan♪」
「Sorry to interrupt while you're
eating, but I want to continue the talk. Do you know roughly where you were
confined?」
「Sorry, I have no idea kyan.
The Imperial Capital is too big; a country bumpkin wouldn't know where
is where hyan... Ah, Shinza, eat this too kyan!」
「Well, even I who was born here get
lost sometimes. Sorry, I'll take it.」
Without me realizing it,
Shuria have me a large chicken wing. I continued the conversation while
biting into it. Oh, this is delicious. Couldn't that landlady become a chef in
the palace?
「If the auction is in 3 days, it
means those kidnapped are confined in the same place until that date. I want to
save them before they are sold and scattered.」
「Eh... Save, them...? Eh, eeeeeh?!」
If saving, just Yashu isn't enough. I'll take back
all her friends too. I'll snatch the merchandise from the kidnappers and bankrupt
their management.
Even without the Book of the Evil Dragon telling me
to 『Protect
the Beastman and Eliminate the Cause』, I would have taken this action from the start.
「I should have captured those punks
earlier. Right, one more question. Yashu, those kidnappers—do you think
they deserve to die?」
「Eh... Eh, eh... that means...」
「I'm asking if you hate them enough
to want to kill them.」
「Eh, eeeeeh... No way, killing...
that's...」
「I see, sorry. I’m serious
about saving them,
but that was a hypothetical just now.」
「Haaah, you startled me kyan...
I certainly hate them, but to the point of killing—ah, this looks like a Korruriha
leaf... ah...」
At that moment, Yashu's ears, which had been
flattened, stood up straight. Furthermore, the corners of her eyes and mouth
lifted, and a low wolf growl leaked from her throat.
What is this? Yashu, who had been so gentle,
transformed into a ferocious real wolf without any warning.
「Yashu, what's wrong...?」
「——I take it back.」
That cold, low voice harbored anger like a storm.
「Yeah, that's right... Of course I
hate them enough to want to kill them!! Hundreds of my friends have been
kidnapped by them!! If you go back in time, thousands, tens of thousands,
countless brethren!!」
There was a raging wolf. A beast possessing fierce emotions,
ferocious, communicating with words but not with reason.
「Those who drove that many friends to
ruin, what else can judge them but death!! Obviously, I'll f*cking kill them!!」
「I see. So f*cking killing them is
fine, right?」
「Aah, f*cking kill them!!」
「Understood, I'll f*cking kill them. Just
hearing those words was worth it.」
Then what happened this time? Yashu changed
completely again. Her ears flopped down crumply, returning to the gentle Yashu
from before.
Though, to me, the figure of that raging white wolf appeared
radiant—as if it were a fragment of a myth come to life.
「Kyaun?! O-O-O-Outrageous things, I
blurted out kyan!」
「You, do you
perhaps have multiple personalities or something?」
「Wrong kyan! Th-This... it's
the Korruriha leaf's fault hyan... This, when we eat this,
beastmen are released from the shackles imposed by God kyan...」
From the grilled whole chicken, Yashu picked up a
coniferous leaf. She seems to want to say she became like that because that Korruriha
was used as an herb for the grilled chicken.
「God, huh.」
「That's right hyan... We were
created as a gentle race hyan. But we're too gentle, completely unsuited
for competing with other races... We get deceived, captured hyan...」
「I finally understand why you guys
are secluded in the south despite having such superior bodies. Now then, wait
here for a while. Based on the information I got from you, I'll investigate a
little.」
「Are... are you going to f*cking kill
them hyan...?」
I smirked at the beautiful white wolf girl. Then standing up
from the table, I disjointed the chicken wing tip, held it in my mouth, and
shouldered the Shovel.
「Yeah, you said so yourself. I don't
intend to show mercy to villains. Nor do I think they'll reform with time.
Villains are villains no matter how much time passes. Before they harm others
any further, on behalf of the Emperor, I will—f*cking kill them.」
When I showed my twisted true nature, the girl stared at me
with surprised eyes, then moved the Korruriha leaf away from the grill.
Beastmen. They are pure and righteous. A race made much better than humans.
「Did I perhaps, get picked up by an
outrageous person hyan...? But, to think of us that much... It's scary,
but I'm a little happy kyan...」
Now then, trustworthy partners are limited. Keeping the
strait-laced Georg-aniue
as a last resort, if I'm to rely on someone, it would be—Black Horn Sigrun,
huh.
I don't know how far she'll cooperate, but she should still be much more knowledgeable about the underworld than me. First, I'll start digging from Sigrun and search for the roots connected to the potato.
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