Volume 1
Chapter 47
Tekiru Asked
me to
Translator : PolterGlast
Another few days had
passed since then, and I was walking alone down the street.
Kakyoin-san was still
at Akana-san's place. In fact, ever since she took on the deal, she's been
spending most of her time there.
Apparently, she said
something like, "It's less stressful being around people who understand
me," and she's been in a good mood lately.
Well, for Kakyoin-san,
it's probably a win-win situation, as she can also get information.
I looked at the middle
of the road. There was a group of knights, all clad in silver armor, moving in
a formation.
According to Grammy,
the number of knights has increased recently, and they've become more active in
dealing with magical beast-related security.
Until now, knights were
mainly responsible for law enforcement against humans, similar to police on
Earth.
That's because
adventurers were more proactive in dealing with magical beast-related security.
It was also the general trend in this world for knights to deal with criminals
and adventurers to deal with beasts. If knights were to defeat beasts, it was
thought that they would steal the jobs of adventurers, and the nobles would be
hated for it.
That's why, even
though Akana-san wanted to restore the people's trust, she hadn't ordered the
knights to actively hunt down beasts.
Despite that, she has
now increased the number of knights and started hunting beasts. It's probably
the result of Akana-san's choice to restore the people's trust and improve the
security of the city. That alone shows how much Akana-san has changed.
Thinking about that, I
continued walking towards the guild.
□□□
Alright, I'm done.
I had already finished
the Rob extermination request I had received from the guild that morning.
The location was a grassland
near the forest. It was a wide-open grassland with no villages or towns.
I had defeated all the
Robs I could see in the area, but I should have probably checked the forest as
well. It would be a pain if I was later told that I failed the quest because I
missed some.
I turned my eyes
towards the forest and started walking.
"Someone!! Is
anyone there!?"
Suddenly, a loud voice
reached my ears.
That voice... was it
Tekiru?
I heard the sound of
branches being broken as if someone was pushing through them, and Tekiru
emerged from the forest a little to my left.
"Someone!!
Anyone!! ───!
Kushina-cchi!?"
Our eyes met.
"Good timing!
Kushina-cchi, help me out!"
"Eh?"
"Please! A
monster with a [Danger Level] of A has appeared! I can't handle it! My companions
are in danger! Please!"
"……"
I froze at the sudden
request.
Thinking that I would
refuse, Tekiru grabbed my shoulder and pleaded further.
"I know it's
cheeky to ask you for such a thing! But please! I'm counting on you,
Kushina-cchi! Only Kushina-cchi can help───"
"Okay."
"You can't...
Huh?"
"Where? If it's
so urgent, we should hurry."
"───"
"Tekiru?"
Tekiru remained
motionless, looking dumbfounded.
What's he doing? If
his companions are in danger, shouldn't we hurry?
"───! R-Right! Sorry! I'll
guide you right now!"
After a beat, Tekiru
came to his senses and started running to lead the way.
□□□
"I-It was here...
but..."
Tekiru led me to a
place a little further from where I was. There was still a grassland, but the
grass was bare, and there were several small craters, perhaps from a battle. It
seemed like there really was a battle here.
"It's strange,
why isn't anyone here? Could it be that they've already been defeated...? No,
they couldn't be that weak. Then why..."
But there was no sign
of the ones who had fought. Tekiru was also confused and muttering something.
"Kushina, just
wait here for a bit! I'll go search this area a bit!"
"Oh, okay."
Tekiru ran off and
soon disappeared from sight.
Hmm, I wonder if this
was a waste of time.
Although Kakyoin-san
told me to "stop taking requests from Tekiru," she didn't say
"don't help Tekiru." And it was obvious that if I refused to help
here, it would cause trouble later, so I accepted.
"………?"
Come to think of it,
there isn't much blood spattered for a place where a battle took place. What
kind of battle was it? ... Or maybe there wasn't a battle at all? But if I
doubt that, it means Tekiru is lying... Can he lie so convincingly? He's not an
actor.
Ugh, I can't figure it
out.
I wonder how far
Tekiru went to search. If he's looking for injured companions, I think it would
be more efficient if I searched with him... Perhaps, did he want to avoid
something?
Wait, huh... I think
something like this happened when I was trapped in the ruins.
"───!"
That's when it
happened.
I feel an impact from
directly below.
An explosion!?
Moreover, several hard
objects flew out towards me along with that force. What are these?
The explosion and the
flying objects took away the skin of my left cheek, right arm, left side, and
both of my legs up to my knees.
The damage didn't stop
there.
A hole even appeared
in the ground. And it was quite deep. It was as if a pitfall had been dug there
in the first place.
...It wasn't like
that. It definitely was.
Why... I can't
regenerate my legs in time. I'm falling!
I was helplessly
swallowed up by the pitfall.
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