Chapter 0-5 (2/2)

——Fast

With speed beyond what I'd expected, the arrow pierces into the piece of leather being tanned that's hanging froet”

No, that was as at such a close distance I can't use this yet in real combat

I need more practice

…………Ah

”shi+shou”

”Yea?”

”Thank you I'lasses, but I a this present

”Hehe, it's fine that you've taken a liking to it”

shi+shou laughs e I want to see clearly and vividly and distinctively His forehead…… no, let's just stop looking

”Well, if you said that you don't need it, then I woulda socked you good though”

Ahh, right

Every tiet a ne,” I did refuse and say I didn't need it

——Because I thought that if I got a bow that can hit far away, et found out

The fact that ot worse after that incident of near death due to shi+shou's fart, I haven't told anyone And I don't intend to ever tell

It's not so can be done about even if I do tell, and would just bother whoever it is that I tell

My eyesight ht have dropped a bit, but I have all four lih

It would have been fine if shi+shou didn't know ht, but he did test me when he accepted me as his apprentice

Well, I e, after all

If I changed to a bow that can aim far away, he would iotten worse

And then, judging by how I haven't had a serious injury ever again since, he would realize that that incident was the cause

In the first place, that incident was partly my fault

I don't want shi+shou to bear the full burden by hiize for the s e, actually Thatfor shi+shou to release all the ill will that's been fer inside his body

But well, even that's now been pretty lasses

I immediately throw myself into practice to fa used the sae in my hands I need to make my hands, body, eyes and ears, and sense become used to it as soon as possible

”Eil, you will surely leave the village toweird

”Why?”

”Because of your glasses”

……? What about theh they are incredibly handy

”To be honest, even I'ane' is I've seen my fair share of the world, but it'sof it Part of me feels like it's just a practical joke, but part of e

However, what I can say for sure is that it was created through Materialization In other words, you do have the talent to becoician”

Well, I suppose that's so

”That's why you will go to the city at least once Just as Horun did”

Ah, I get it

Even if it's an incolasses,' Materialization still lies within the realether with the soldiers who've come to Albat?”

”That's about it, yep”

”Understood I'll go, wrap things up in a flash, then come back as soon as I can”

Just as I turn away to resume my practice, shi+shou calls ood opportunity for you Go take a good look Not just at the capital, but also at the world”

”Eh? Why should I?”

”Because you are talented with the bow Far more so than me Surely there is a mountain of people ould need your skill, people who are waiting for you to enter their lives And for you, it would be an opportunity to grow

You can return to the village if you want

It's your freedoe for the rest of your life

However, there are s in life that you can only do in the mo But at leastthat yet Search for your own potential”

Potential

Potential, huh

…… How am I even supposed to respond here?

”All I want is to just get by without being found by anyone, though……”

I hate being on the receiving end of attention, and I hate being conspicuous

If possible, I'd very e

The next day

Bright and early, the soldiers who came to conduct the Ceremony of Determination knocked on the door to my house

”We did deliberate for quite a while, but…… we have deter Eil of Albat to present hi”

At the very edge of his words, I can really tell how conflicted they had been But well, the final decision see

Departure would be ie that the soldiers took to get here On authority of the king On orders of a guy that I've never even seen before

Two years ago, this hat happened to Sis

But that tie cae do cooing ”Megane?” ”Megane…?”

——And it is in this way that I leave the village that I had been born and grew up in

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The trip froe

During the eventless journey, I had nothing else to do, so I spent it testing lasses in various ways

It's an incomprehensible Talent, but I like it

Furtherifted ather e the very next day On authority of the king On orders of a guy that I've never even seen before He's probably just souy who's never known a day of hardshi+p in his life

So this is my first tilasses

After a simple self-introduction and brief chat with the soldiers, I tell thee

Having someone sit next tosouy too, so especially now that ht has iuy clearly and vividly and distinctively

And I personally don't want to be looked at either

The jolting of the carriage transmits quite directly to the roof, but it's stillstuck inside a small space with ossa— actually, the soldiers are quite a bit younger than I'd expected — with dudes that I don't know

With e pack as a pillow, I lay face up on the roof

”——When I get ho to propose”

”——Good luck with that As for me, I have to think of a na with each other belowfrom the content of their conversation, but I' up at the clear blue sky, I fiddle with lasses

Hht in a way thatfocused

If I adjust the curvature of the lens, would I be able to see even further? Or should I overlap thes

Firstly, I ath that gets drained out of ic power — is expended, such that after the third one I get dizzy and cannot lasses into ain Rather than saying that ic power is expended, it'd be ic power When I return ic power returns

And lastly, it becomes a physical existence separated from lasses

The first pair that Ithe entire time Aside from when I sleep, of course But even when I sleep, I didn't return it into ic poorth 1 pair of glasses' recovered naturally

In other words, the glasses that I aical creation, but a physical object that exists on its own

I can probably give it to other people too

According to what I heard froh-class item in the royal capital If I sell thelasses and earn money,' huh

On paper alone, it looks really stupid

In the first place, it h-class item, but there's no point if there's no demand

Are there many people with bad eyes? Or are there only a few? In the first place, are there even people aware of it? I are because my eyes went from fine to bad, but if someone was born like that, then would they even realize that what they see is different froive it thought?

Moreover, if it is the curvature of the lens that corrects eyesight, then I think each person would require curvature specific to that person alone

I think that each pair of glasses would need to be tailor-lasses in their heart' is different, surely their physical glasses would be different too Incidentally, what does 'glasses in the heart' even lasses have indeed already secured a living space inside my heart They've becoain

——Upon htly excited

Regardless of how everyone around thinks 'glasses su' is justto this Talent It is turning out to be ht

Noant to know even lasses

In addition, I also learned that 'the shape cannot be changed' and 'the color of the lens can be changed'

Well, in regards to the shape, it ination or visualization to e that I think 'I want it to look like this!', then perhaps I can ed' I discovered because I realized how bright the sun is

Because I' face up on the roof, the sun comes into lasses, it concentrates light, so everything becoht when it's covered by thin, dark clouds

If h the lens, then could I ht according to the previous reasoning?

So thinking, I ht, and it worked

The world that I ah noon, everywhere is dark like it's night tih black lenses

I can look right at the sun and it's not bright at all

It even looks kind of like a yellow spot

…… Ok, I thought that it's not bright, but when I stare at it for a long ti My thought that glassesin this world is dispelled iht is completely beyond me

On the first day, as well as the second, I stayed on the roof of the carriage I pondered upon lasses, napped every now and then, and fiddled with the new composite bow that I'd received from shi+shou

”——I'm al forof the second day on this journey that even the soldiers have gotten tired of, we finally see castle walls far off in the distance

So that's the royal capital It's huge

I only know ine what kind of place the royal capital is

…… Sooo, first I'll be going to the castle toto look for Sis

Because o take a look at your sister's face”

I too — well, I'm not that worried about her — am kind of curious about how she's been these past two years

To be honest, I only wanted to go back as soon as possible at the start of the trip But now I've changed my mind just a little

When I reach the royal capital, I want to lookto the soldiers, there is a place called a 'library' where there are a whole ton of books Apparently that's the place to go to look so, so I won't be able to read difficult books But I think there's value in at least going to check it out

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It is the second day afterarrived in the late evening, I was bundled off into an inn first thing I spent the night there, and now it is theof the next day

Before I was even able to eat breakfast, the soldier bro who said he'd propose after getting home came to pick me up, then promptly escorted me to the castle

Due to the early hour, the streets still seem a bit empty But I's everywhere

Last night, I was tired froht directly to the inn, and I was even told expressly not to go walking about, so I had just eaten dinner then bathed then went straight to bed

That is why this is ood look at the townscape

This is so different fro down the wide road that connects directly with the highway outside the walls, we eventually arrive before a splendid-looking castle paved entirely with stone I've only ever heard of a place like this fro to see it in person

Well then

The soldier bro shows souards who are already standing in front of the gate this early in thebehind hiatthrough the gate, there are two people standing in our way

One is a bearded ossan wearing top-quality clothes who looks to be in his forties, while the other is a pretty girl who looks to be two or three years older than ane person in the royal capital

”Welcome to Nastiara Castle, oh child of a subliirl in welco, and just stands there with an unreadable face

Being welco welcomed out here ht? Since we're technically not inside the castle yet This place is literally just the other side of the gate

In other words, this place isn't indulgent enough to allow bumpkins inside willy-nilly Not that I particularly want to go in, though There's probably a ton of people inside, after all

Soldier bro tells the girl and bearded ossan a, ne? Eh? Megane?”

Let alone a second look, both the girl and the ossan take even a third look

”…… Eh, 'lasses? Like those? Like these?”

The girl points towards the glasses that I'lasses that she's wearing ('these' glasses) repeatedly for confir asked, confir that their bewilderet those faces even here, huh

The girl and ossan, both of who the exact saers atched my Ceremony of Determination This aard air is also exactly the same

”Wh, what does that mean?”

Who am I to ask if you ask me?

I'm the one who is the ane' is all about I've already o, but thedeeper by the day

At any rate, it's probably best to just show theane'

I directly stick out a hand——then create a pair of glasses on top

”Ah, glasses……!”

Yes These are glasses

”Materialization……!”

The bearded ossan opens his irl, he seems calm, but I suspect that he's even ane' after all

”Eh? Eh? Are you giving the theht as well She's abeen only a few days, now I aane-lasses She puts thee for hers

”Uwah…… th-, the clarity is totally different! These are lenses of the highest quality……!”

Hirl seeht lasses that she had been wearing do look slightly clouded Is that what's normal?

”U~wah…… I can even clearly see Leoud-san's eyebrows These are a!”

”Shut up Don't look”

The ossan looks annoyed at the girl's delight See his nose and mouth with a hand

I myself don't really want to look directly, but it see able to clearly and vividly and distinctively see a irl irl, or if this is true for all feane'…… what a difficult Talent tohis other hand on his forehead, the ossan sighs heavily I personally love it, but I suppose this is the normal reaction from everyone else

”——kun, stay in the royal capital for a while”

Eh?

I want to go back to the village soon, but have just heard so unbelievable

”If my memory serves ane' It is surely a very rare Talent, one that even this country with its long history has never coht nohether it is important to us or not”

Which reical Talent,' then the country would personally eht? That, and 'rare Talents'

In other words, he cannot determine on the spot whether or not my Talent is one that is worthy of direct employment by the country

That's why he needs so the final decision, is the generalby this super aard atmosphere

The bewilderment of whether to welcoment is so palpable as to al for a while, but working at the castle——”

”That talk will be at a later date For today, just go back You, hand hi at the castle is soh

But without properly listening to irl back into the castle with him

Left alone with me, the soldier bro tells ht's inn' He handsjostled by the carriage and co all this way, this iscountry bumpkins unceremoniously really is true

Well, whatever

I have things I want to do in the royal capital anyways, so I actually don'tto wait for a few days

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Since I was told to wait for several days, it means I can't move fro Not that I kno ave the order Nor how ave the order known

In any case, since I can'tthis tio look for Horun My sister

Looking into glasses can wait

It is an ay, but anyone can tell with a single glance that its structure is simple I don't think I'd be able to learn o into technical specifics It will take quite a lot of ti to the letter she sent, an adventurer based in the royal capital

Adventurers did stop by our village every once in a while, so I have a general idea of what kind of occupation it is

To su, if I reather herbs andorder, and in spite of their large bodies and attitudes are actually just a reserve army of mean-spirited and selfish criminals

They don't have a specific job to do, instead relying desperately on coe to s that they pick up off the ground, and frequently fail because of being drunk They go broke because they gaerous jobs because of a debt they have to pay back

There is surely no other profession that suits my sister so well

Ever since I can remember, Horun has always been of a caliber that cannot be bound by concepts within common sense such as 'ordinary' or 'stable'

Generally, she often ate things she picked up off the ground

When eating naw on the bone afterwards

That tiht turn into a tree of meat,” I seriously doubted her sanity

How I pretended to be unrelated to her while watching her later get into a fight with a dog that dug up the bone is a rather treasured memory of mine

”'Scuse me~”

My objective has been decided

Let's ask this gate guard who is looking at me warily with a solemn face the location of the nest of adventurers

”……”

”'ScuseI want to ask you”

”…………”

”'Scu—”

”Godda! I'm in the middle of work, don't talk to otme because you're in the middle of work”

Since he didn't even flinch I couldn't help taking one step closer to hih to touch hi! I was ignoring you on purpose! ON PURPOSE! If you get it then leave me be!”

”Ah, is that so So then, where can I find them adventurers?”

”Don't talk to me when I'm in the middle of work!”

”That way? This way?”

”…… Follow the large avenue in front, you'll find the Adventurer's Guild near the city entrance”

Even though he clicked his tongue, the gate guard still properly answered my question What a relief People frouess it's not actually true

”Thank you~”

I say my thanks, but he doesn't respond to ot the information that I needed

Adventurer's Guild, huh I've heard of this as well Let's go check it out

As I proceed down the largest road a fro swords and axes and whatnot are co in and out

I can tell immediately

That is the Adventurer's Guild

It says so on the sign too As if they're trying to flaunt it

But that sure is a lot of people…… can I not go in?

And there's that too, right? If I go in, a bald adventurer with a terrible personality and half-assed skill whose career has already peaked will coht? Haaaah

…… But I can't very well not go in, right? It's not like I don't care about Horun, even though I haven't seen her for two years already

There's no helping it Let's slip in sneakily

I wait around for a while, until I spot a largearht before he enters, I erase

Then I srab a seat Not at a table that can seat several people at once, but at the counter seats, which is for people who coaze on me It seems that my infiltration was successful

——No, that's incorrect

There is one person looking at aze onThe person who's looking at er than I am

If it is a wild ani to prey upon ht ats out of the equation, this is definitely not a good thing to happen

”…… Eh? Welco at me with a 'since when has he been there?' face So that's a waitress, huh We didn't have those in our village

The waitress as busy going in and out of the kitchen carrying dishes and drinks finally noticedOur eyes did meet over the counter, after all

This person definitely feels like I'd appeared all of a sudden

Even though she passed right by me just now She didn't notice at all that ti I want to order, but…… oh right, I haven't had breakfast yet Might as well eat here then

”Please givesoup-like”

I don't knohat they actually serve here, so I give a vague order

”Bread, -like……?”

As I can't i in and out possessing any substantial wealth, the menu here shouldn't be that expensive It should be fine to just let the waitress decide for me But Iam on the lookout for rip offs If it seems expensive, then I'll just run away

”Ahh, umm, would the breakfast set be fine? It coive otten the ordering out of the way, so I can look for Sis…… but it see ht now, there are a total of 20 adventurers inside the guild Of the six tables, five are in use, and the flow through the doors is high voluaze at the papers stuck on a wall they then turn to talk with their friends or head straight out of the guild, I deduce that those papers must be the request forms that detail the daily employment jobs

Yep, Sis' presence is not here

And, sa at er than e

Daout to souarantee that it's directed towards rabbed the counter seat next to h

No, no, no, there's still no telling with that alone

That's not enough to be sure that it'sout to There is still the possibility that she's calling out to someone on”

As I keep up my 'it's no concern of mine' attitude, the waitress coood The bread doesn't seee, but it'sa soup that smells like this Did they put in a spice that I don't know? And there's evenThank you for the food

”——Oh hi there, Lorobel What's the matter?”

I maintainup my bowl of soup, but the waitress calls out to the wo next toat me, and why did she call out to h well, it's still not confiruess that's too large of a stretch, huh Since she's even gone and sat next toto hit on hih he does have a cute face”

”What, no It's just that there's so I'm curious about”

I would very h

”You know this kid?”

”No, it's ht?”

The waitress looks at uarantee that it'sand don't look at her and just continue sipping at my soup Mmm, soup in the city is delicious I wonder what they put inside Is it really an unknown spice?

”…… He's been like this the entire ti out to hiet involved with other people It's not that rare to see adventurers who don't want other people interfering with theht?”

Hear, hear Adventurers who don't want other people interfering with themselves is not rare, you hear? Not that I'h

”Ahh…… I think you are listening, so I'll just tell you what I want”

Having understood that I have no intention of responding, the woman next to me has apparently decided to tellot your hands on those”

Glasses?

…… My glasses, huh

I see, so it'sthe gazes of the waitress and the woer, I think about it for a bit, then turn lasses?”

I dislike getting involved in troubling things, but since it'sto at least hear her out a bit

In any case, I'd need to ask someone for information about Sis

This woman next to s, then

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