Vol 2 Chapter 2 (2/2)

“Imperial School Magic librarian third seat Yatano Fuso ArcLight. When you oppose her, you will turn the whole world into an enemy.”

…It’s her world. (世界っておまえ) I also thought.

Indeed, it was also her turn (実際、彼女の出番ってほんの少しだったしなぁ). Well, in that short amount of time she could quietly erase 500,000 Crusaders from the Kingdom. Her Divine Phenomenon Phase skills are also strange.

As it is, Yatano is a terrifying opponent. Although I’m not going to quit calling her -chan.

“…I do not know much, but I am acquainted with her.” (Hiragi)

“There seems to be a lot more to you, so what is your purpose?” (Shuten)

“Huh?” (Hiragi)

“I entered the Imperial territory for a purpose in the Southwest from here. But since it’s in a different from the direction of the capitol, aren’t you here for an ancestor?”

(Shuten)

“…Oh, something like that.” (Hiragi)

Hiragi nodded in a.s.sent. Her expression contained gloomy things, so I pretended not to see what was going on.

There is no need to take the trouble to explain it. Once you’ve watched the story from the other side, you can ride the flow and maybe clearly finish something in the Empire.

“Oh, is that it? The village of Rene.” (Shuten)

“Oh, yeah. It looks like that.” (Hiragi)

She’s probably thinking of something else and so is a little absent-minded. (だからちょっと上の空なのもきっとなんか考えてるからだ。)

Well, I’m sure it will be fine to leave it alone until something concerning my life happens.

Meanwhile, we could see something like a small village beyond the route on the Silverwhite Highway we were following. Surrounded with white fences, it was dusk so it looked like there was white smoke coming from the chimneys of the houses.

Somehow, the village is in the air. (なんというか、ザ・村って空気のそれ) Are the houses made of brick? It almost looks like a wall made of baked mud because it is so dirty.

There are 12 in all. Even one person is enough to take care of this. (一二がなくて皆殺し。そんな奴はこれで十分だっての)

“So, when Yatano and Matilda were talking about this place earlier, this was a monster infested village.”

“You can kill them all for food.”

“Please stop asking about that or you might be killed by Yatano-chan.” (ヤタノちゃんに殺されかねないからやめてお願い)

This aspect of our relations.h.i.+p is the same since we first met.

I grab Hiragi by the scruff of her neck and pull her along.

“Let’s go –” (Shuten)

“Why like some kind of dog or cat!”

“But a fox.” (Shuten)

“A fox!? A fox!? What is this treatment!?” (Hiragi)

“How do we get in Rene’s abandoned village?” (Shuten)

“Right here. There is a road to the right, where we follow the mountain.” (Hiragi)

“Well then, we will go this way.” (Shuten)

It seems that the people of Rene’s Village will not be returning any time soon. Well, there’s no need to worry about come across people who will hate us. Also, here and there monsters are wandering around.

If you get off the silver road a little before the village of Rene, you can enter the mountain right next to the village. I thought it would be an animal trail, but it seems man-made. There are stones buried everywhere to prevent slipping and mudslides. If so, it seems there is no mistake in the a.s.sumption that there is something ahead.

Plants that come up to my knees tickled strangely, and sometimes monsters came out so I would swing the Demon Slayer.

“My tails are getting dirty.” (Hiragi)

“Aren’t you struggling because the path is narrow?” (Shuten)

“I am not struggling!?” (Hiragi)

“What’s the problem, nine-tails, just do something with magic.”

“Ugugu…I’m not good at turning into other people…” (Hiragi)

“You seem to be having a hard time. Probably because you have been relying on your Charm.” (Shuten)

“The charm…because the only men have been Shuten and that blonde magic librarian, I had forgotten.” (Hiragi)

“Be clear whether you are bold or delicate.” (Shuten)

“So annoying!?” (Hiragi)

While teasing the young woman, we traveled along the path.

No but, a natural enemy for me is also an excellent companion. Well and, the name of that companion is Hiragi, and is surprisingly nice.

Aside from that.

After walking roughly for awhile. In about 30 minutes of this experience there appeared a cl.u.s.ter of deserted houses.

“So it reveals abandoned houses…but is there a river nearby?” (Shuten)

“No, I am at a loss as to why you would ask.” (Hiragi)

“It seems either your eyes or nose are useless.” (Shuten)

“Your treating me like a beast knows no bounds!!” (Hiragi)

“So, what exactly do you sense?” (Shuten) (で、実際どうなんよ)

“…Well, there seems to be a murmur of water. But I mean, there was no sign of water in the village in the first place.” (Hiragi)

“Is that so?” (Shuten)

Besides putting Hiragi on the spot on behalf of the beasts, for the time being I sighed while leaning the Demon Slayer against an abandoned shop that was supposed to be treated like the main square.

Looking around, it seems a long time since the village was abandoned. There are places that have become monster nests, houses wrapped in ivy, and in some cases collapsed walls or broken chimneys about to fall to the ground.

“Yeah, it’s a good ruin.” (Shuten)

“What is a good ruin?” (Hiragi)

“I mean to say that it has a nice atmosphere, it is not bad to spend a night in this kind of place.” (Shuten)

Well then…I have worked up quite a sweat today.

“Should we try to take a bath?” (Shuten)

“I will have to fold.” (Hiragi) (角折るわよ TL: This one needs help. It basically translates to “folding the horn/angle/corner.” From research, I got an idiom about cattle horns, dogearing paper, or folding speakers – whatever that means)

“Uissu.” (Shuten)

It is useless even if I were to say it’s natural.

I had been watching for the right moment to point out her threadbare clothing, but I would likely be killed if I said such a thing.

“Let’s hunt some monsters and cook the meat first. Then bathe. After that we can eat.” (Hiragi)

“…Got it.” (Shuten)

Once I nodded at her words, Hiragi turned away. After watching her figure go down the opposite direction I went up and threw the Demon Slayer at the rabbit-like monsters that were nearby.

*Kupyi!* (くぴぃ) (the sound of the rabbit monsters)

After the monsters cried out I walked over and hung the dinner over the Demon Slayer.

“Oh, I should have started the fire first.” (Shuten)

I plucked branches from dry trees nearby and gathered them for burning.

Well, after I finish bathing and come back the food will be ready.

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