Chapter 6 (2/2)
Well it can’t be helped that I missed that knowledge from the manual since the amount of things in it is ma.s.sive. I even blamed it on bad luck when I did not see any drops from the initial forest wolves that I encountered. It was a waste now when I think about it since I sold them at a pretty decent price.
But the Giant Moles that were done in by Emilia is too grotesque. The head is a goopy mess.
This RPG has been rated as R (and advised in the system again that there is a cruel depiction of events)., and might be too much for people who can’t stand violent depiction.
Ah, I’m resistant to such images since I have watched guro films.
……. But everyone looks surprised, why is that? Are they bad with guro stuff?
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Cornelia was not enthusiastic about this request.
Her love of cleaniness and her sense of ethics made her feel disgust.
On the other hand, she understood it was a necessary task.
Furthermore, since there was a discrimination towards elves and other subraces, as well as the fact that there were very few female adventurers, she was unable to join many parties. In order to pay back to the party that did not mind her presence, she accepted the request with much reluctance.
But her feelings were displayed on her face almost like she was still someone young and could not hold back.
The boy who accepted the quest together with them — Chaos, with black hair and a normal appearance.
Even though he looks like he was unfit for fighting because of his weak-looking body, Havoc had described him as an amazing rookie.
No matter how they looked at it, he didn’t appear to be a second or third son of a n.o.ble acting as a commoner from somewhere.
As he introduced himself, they looked at him once again just before they set out. He looked like he was tolerating something with his grim face.
‘Ahh, did he notice it—‘ They wondered if he noticed this farce. (TL: So I’m not sure if it’s a single person or the entire group in this ‘farce event’ the narrator is talking about.)
His standpoint did not really allow him to tell this to the other members.
In order to make this request a successful one, the girl who could not hold back her feelings merely kept her mouth shut. (TL: This particular line uses 口を紡ぐ, and it probably means sew one’s mouth shut?)
Liam was decided in advance to be the talker since he was of the same age and gender to collect information.
And in exchange, Emilia and Cornelia was to be the observers.
First, Liam tried to inquire about how much Chaos knew about the surrounding area.
The rumors about the orc and Evil G.o.d’s revival were famous in the surroundings, no, in the kingdom.
But Chaos nodded like he did not know anything.
He seemed to not know anything at all, and only listened to the stories. They wondered if the expression that didn’t contain much excitement or pride they saw before they left was his a natural reaction.
Next Liam talked about the birthplace.
He said that he was from called OSAKA. (TL: Katakana Oosaka.)
They had never heard of a kingdom called OSAKA, and thought it was most likely a faraway country from a distant land.
It seemed that he was a student.
Probably a student somewhere from a school that taught them how to become magicians. Even if you travel everywhere in this kingdom, only the capital has a school like this.
A skilled magician is something that a kingdom wants dearly, but it’s normal that only young people from n.o.bles or affluent people had the chanceto attend the school. Unless one had some quality attribute to them, people with low birth could not go to school.
They wondered if this rich youth who came from such a faraway land was due to his training in magic.
Then the topic moved to his family. He did not seem to have any siblings, and his father was working a job called ‘SALARYMAN’. (TL: Haha.)
SALARYMAN —- What exactly was that?
For magicians, most of the time bloodlines had a significant impact. If the parent is a mage, then his child would also become one, and it’s something that’s vice-versa as well.
Taken from the information from the previous talk they had. His father would have the financial power and conncetions as a magician to send his son to school.
A SALARYMAN with high income probably meant that his father was a high ranking magician like a Court Magician or the equivalent.
‘Doesn’t he have a splendid father—-‘ Cornelia thought about it with much envy.
‘My own father, huh—-‘
When she thought about herself and her father’s face, her disgust floated up to her expression. The difference between their fathers made her feel miserable.
The gazes at Cornelia come back to her senses.
Chaos and Liam’s talk came to an end.
It was apparent that they felt her taking a turn for the worse, and she apologized in her heart when she saw Liam’s reproachful look.
‘What are you doing really—‘ She fell into self-loathing.
In a few moments Emilia noticed the presence of monsters.
The elf who had better senses than others did not notice it as her concentration had fallen due to prior events.
She readied her bow.
The enemies appeared from the ground. Giant moles—- It was a troublesome opponent.
Liam was injured by them, and Cornelia clicked her tongue as she should have noticed them earlier. In response, she fired arrows at them but there wasn’t any effect.
Chaos cast magic as well, and it was clear that he used magic like any other magicians.
It was an elementary magic spell, and was one that did not have much firepower to it, and it was not enough to defeat even one Giant Mole.
It was a little anti-climatic.
They had heard of his exploits as a magician and thought he had powerful magic.
Perhaps he was stronger than their magician rookies, but they wondered if their opinions about him were over the top.
The battle continued and they kept thinking on how to handle the situation, but the only solution they thought could only be when the Giant Moles appeared from the ground.
[Cornelia! Aim for the enemy after my attack!]
Chaos yelled for the first time ever since he introduced himself. It seemed like he had a strategy.
Chaos released his magic again, and the result was just like before— not.
The magic that only exploded before and did nothing, revealed the appearance of the Giant Mole now.
His control of his magic was terrifying.
‘So that’s what you meant!’ —- The girl who understood his meaning immediately aimed and shot at the Giant Mole.
The conclusion of it kicked in an instant.
Even with his control, the thought to capitalize his allies in an instant—
It’s no doubt that he would become a splendid adventurer.
At the opposite image of this splendid person, Cornelia felt the differences between them and felt increasing frustration.
Even though they should be rookies, he was much more calm in reading the movements of the monsters, and came up with a strategy to compensate with the lacking power.
His magic was not dramatically overpowered.
It was about the same strength as her who held a bow, so it should be easy enough for her to catch up with him. She started wondering if she should learn from his actions.
It was a little too much to request to monitor his actions now because of a guilty conscience, but it should be fine to look at his techniques from the side.
Respect and envy could be seen in her gaze when she looked at him.
He moved over to the Giant Mole and started harvesting, and it was just like the rumors had indicated that his harvesting skills are first-cla.s.s. She thought of that was she tried learning from his actions.
But the corpses of the Giant Mole disappeared after he handled it after a while.
[….. What exactly are you doing Chaos?]
Liam looked at the empty air with admiration and stupor in his heart.
[Eh? I’m harvesting the loot from them?]
Chaos answered like it was a natural thing.
‘………….. Is that the magic for storing things……………….’
The girl thought there were more things to learn from him than expected.
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