Chapter 21 (1/2)

Mabbo, Alex, Schwarz, Yakult

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21 Megane-kun, Moves

「Whenmythical, then it has to be this

「In the unexplored region deep inside the forest, a lake is there In theat the swaying surface of the lake, the big tree that was basking in the filtering sunlight, I was oodness was that not a spectacular sight So beautiful I forgot to breathe, so spectacular the thought it was a dangerous backwoods left ether

「And then, there were the animals who drank the lake's water

「Maybe because the sacred tree keeps the ical beasts at bay, the air in that place was obviously different Should I put it as it was being protected by a holy being… anyway, it was such athe crowd of aniolden furs, faintly standing out

「—That's right, that was the ruendary even, Golden Rabbit There was a legend right in front ofa story in a sor

「And I ate it! I hunted it down by force! Like, there's nothing else to do than eating it, right!?」

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That will make the fifth time I heard that line

The first time I heard that line, it was about the Phantom Deer that once overhunted until their nuhtings is never heard again

—「And I ate it~!」 Said her

The second tie Silver Fish that is said to bring luck if you meet it even once in a lifetime

—「And I ate it~!」 Said her

The third tion, known as a giant frenzy beast that even Three Star adventurers avoid

—「Most of its rilled it~!」 Said her

The fourth tiratory bird that isn't rare to be found but impossible to hunt

—「I ate it like it was a yakiniku~!」 Said her

And, the fifth ti why sister was suddenly telling us a story, well, it was that Bragging For Lexton and I and e, meats are fundamentally a feast A feast that we can only eat if there's a festival or celebration Even I like ht, I' the fact that I'm more of a meat-lover than my sister I like them way more than she does, it just doesn't show Even the reason why I beco one will allow me to eat meats outside festivals and celebrations

「How is it, Eil? Onee-chan has eaten a lot you know」

Un……

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Honestly speaking, I'm so, so, so envious and frustrated Those five preys she told just now could be said as legends that even bumpkins like us know They absolutely won't be found in the forest near Albat village If I have to, I'll even say that it's hard to tell whether they truly exist or not

I see I thought anything I want to do could be done in the village, but I rong I also want to meet a prey which name is widely known but hard to encounter I also want to eat the meat of rare animals

「Or, rather… umm」

Laila who listened in silence like I did, opened her mouth nervously

「It's rather a miracle to meet so many rare aniht that here, in the city I could meet the preys that I couldn't find in the countryside But is that wrong too?

「Listen」

Horun declared thus tensely;

「Go to a place where nobody coo to the place where there's a human nearby」

Well, that's the standard ironclad rule for hunting If a huets closer, the prey will escape

「But, it's dangerous to go to the place where nobody comes…」

「What would an adventurer do without adventuring」

What an extreh, for soet settled even after beco an adult, huh」

The one who said that was Lexton who doesn't know anything about those encounters Laila had, but rather than saying he's tired of hearing it, he's half-i off to soe It seems like the scope of her activity has ree Day

「But Lexton, if there's ht?」

That's not the probleuess I'll eat it, but that's not the probleround, you'll eat it too, right?」

That, I won't Noretables are fallen on the ground, aren't they? And you eat theetables on the ground andthat logic since I was a kid Those are words she'll use whenever I or our parents or anyone froround I didn't think I'll hear that even after we become adults In the first place, just how rown not fallen on the ground until she understands?

「But, as expected, I have stopped eating anything that has fallen」

I know that it's so obvious, but as so step for her toward adulthood

「I eat them after I wash them」