Volume 5 Chapter 96 (1/2)

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Yuus.h.i.+n

Cyn

Aerosol31

rei_hunter

Chapter 96 - New member

After Luna ran away, the airs.h.i.+p was ready to take off.

I exchanged some words with the High Elf King, then king of Enol.

”Please, I'm leaving my daughter in your hands. Count Gunsmith.”

”Yes, you can count on me!”

In the end, I chose ”Gunsmith” as my family name.

Lute Gunsmith.

The euphony wasn't bad, and it also held the meaning of the magic tool (weapon) we handled. Pretty witty of me, I had to say.

The crest too, to emphasize the meaning of Gunsmith. I chose the design of a revolver with six bullets.

I had considered using the AK47 for the crest, but it looked like something a revolutionary guerilla would use, so in the end, I picked the revolver. I chose the revolver in the end, the very image of land of freedom, so that we could sell weapons like hotcakes and invade lands with oil in the name of freedom.

By the way, 'smith' in English meant 'craftsman'.

Watchsmith meant watch craftsman.

Locksmith meant lock craftsman.

However, the name was misleading. Gunsmith means gun craftsman.

Their main job, though, was gun treatment and tuning, they didn't create guns from scratch.

Gunsmiths customized guns (attaching gun parts, for example) according to the requests of the gun owner.

Fundamentally, you would join a gunsmith technical school or become apprentice to a senior gunsmith and study the techniques. You could also learn by yourself, but it seemed that there weren't many people that did so.

When the king said ”Please take care of my daughter”, the ministers and guards probably thought that it was about the studying abroad thing.

Snow and everyone else also spoke with the people who had taken care of them.

We boarded the airs.h.i.+p and departed.

The airs.h.i.+p took off, and the people on the ground became smaller and smaller. We waved our hands until they couldn't be seen anymore, loathing to part.

There was no sight of Luna among them.

Chris' attempt to smile normally so that she wouldn't worry the people around her was heartbreaking.

That night.

After we finished dinner in the dining-c.u.m-living room, I called out to Chris.

Only Chris and I were in my private room.

We sat on the edge of the bed.

[What did you want to talk about?]

”It's about Luna……”

Since it was currently only the two of us in here, the sad expression that she couldn't show other people appeared. I couldn't bear it anymore and embraced her around her shoulders.

”Even though you parted like that, I'm sure she will understand it by the next time you meet.”

I stroked her soft hair to comfort her.

Chris hugged my chest.

In response, I hugged her tighter.

Right at that moment, there was a hurried knocking sound and Snow entered the room, wearing a panicked face.

”Lute-kun! Chris-chan, it's terrible!”

”Something happened!?”

We froze at her panic.

”Anyway, you two, come!”

At Snow's urging, we hurriedly followed her back.

When we arrived at the dining-c.u.m-living room, we found―

”Chris-chan! We meet again!”

”!?”

For some reason, Luna, who should have left after having a quarrel with Chris was in the dining-c.u.m-living room.

The moment Luna saw Chris, she embraced her with her usual att.i.tude.

”Wh-why is Luna here!?”

”It seems that she boarded the s.h.i.+p without anyone realizing it…...”

s.h.i.+a explained while looking like she had lost all her bearings.

While Chris and I were talking in my room, Snow and s.h.i.+a noticed something strange.

They heard sounds from and felt the presence of something in the storage room of the airs.h.i.+p.

So, they went and checked it out.

It turned out to be Luna, who hadn't eaten her evening meal. Her stomach was growling, so she was searching for food.

They caught her by the neck and brought her to the dining-c.u.m-living room.

Her older sister, Lyss, was hugging her head in a corner because of the totally unexpected situation.

Even though I was also confused and face palmed, I still had to ask her.

”A, anyways, I understand the situation. But how and when, did you infiltrate the airs.h.i.+p? There was no chance for you to get on the s.h.i.+p after we left, right?”

Right, absolutely none.

One had to climb the bridge to get on the s.h.i.+p, but after she fought with Chris and ran away, there had always been someone by the bridge. So, there was no way she could climb the bridge without anyone knowing.

You could use body enhancing magic to infiltrate without using the bridge, but then we would be able to sense the use of magic and discover it immediately.

Luna smiled wickedly at my question as she explained.

She sneezed while hiding under the false bottom of the railment case and let herself be discovered on purpose in order to drop my guard, so that I wouldn't think that she would hid again in the storage room.

The rejection of the picture book that Chris had tried to give her was also an act.

”Actually I didn't want to do something that would make Chris-chan sad, but in order for me to leave that scene naturally, it couldn't be helped. Sorry, Chris-chan!”

To deceive the enemy, one first had to deceive one's ally, huh.

Then she pretended that she had returned to the castle, made a big detour, and went around the back of the airs.h.i.+p.

During that time, we were talking with the king and other people, so it was impossible for us to notice.

However, she couldn't have infiltrated with just that.

Without using the bridge, it was impossible to climb onto the airs.h.i.+p with the physical strength of a little girl.

”That's why I timed it and used body enhancing magic to infiltrate when the airs.h.i.+p was taking off. Luton and everyone were waving to the people on the ground, and I hid in the bottom of the s.h.i.+p.”

There was that method!?

The airs.h.i.+p flew using the ma.s.sive quant.i.ty of magic stored in the magic stones. That was why, when the airs.h.i.+p was in operation, you couldn't sense magic being used in the surroundings.

Luna had aimed for that gap and successfully smuggled herself onto the airs.h.i.+p.

She even purposefully let herself get caught once to drop our guards.

Luna separated from Chris, who she had been hugging, and circled around me with a smug grin on her face.

”Hey hey, how is it? lololol. The country saving hero-sama who has been outwitted, how does it feel? lololol.”

It was the first time that I had ever wanted to punch a little girl (appearance only) this much.

I clenched my fists and trembled.

(Oh right, calm down, me. It's childish of me to get mad here…...)

I regulated my breathing to calm down.