Volume 1 Chapter 1 Part2 (1/2)
TL: I decided to divide the job like in the Harry Potter. A man will be a wizard and a woman will be a witch.
ED: Speaking of witches, I'm shamelessly promoting Release That Witch (though it's a CN novel). Go read it! It's gud! Though apparently, the TL's kinda… hit a snag? Under civil war? Or something? Well whatever, regardless it's good!
Anyway, if you see any mistakes on my editing, please feel free to send us death threats corrections! Thanks!
”Good job!”
I told Suriya after confirming that all the werewolves were beaten. She jumped off the rock, at quite a height, and slowly landed on the ground like she was carried by the wind. It was a floating spell; one of many of the Spirit category. Though this ability can't be used as a reliable means of transportation, it's still convenient nonetheless.
”Fufufu~,” Suriya drifts towards Gray, laughing.
”Haaa……… Haaa………”
On the other hand, Gray's panting heavily, trying his hardest to catch his breath while sitting on a rock.
Somehow, everything went well, is what Gray is thinking. This task made him go all out on his effort to lure the werewolves to the planned location. Although everything was planned, he was still the person who had to expend the most.
”Well done, Suriya. You did great!”
Suriya, who wanted to get her prize, replied, ”Hey! As a reward, give me a hug!… Huh? You stink!”
”What were you expecting?!”
Gray s.h.i.+ed away from Suriya with a retort of his own.
”I ran a lot, you know? Plus, I was chased by five werewolves! Geez…”
”Was it that hard?”
Gray shrugged in response.
”Being chased by five beasts in a dense forest, that's just stupid!”
”I see~ So you have to say thanks to the great, first-cla.s.s witch for giving you a hand; me!”
”What great witch? If I had to grade you, you'll get just 3%!”
To relieve the tension after the battle, they start picking on each other.
”But I'm serious, Gray. You keep doing reckless things.”
Suriya leans forward towards Gray. Looking at her, Gray knew what she wanted. So, he patted her head gently.
Without her help, he wouldn't have been successful in getting out unscathed from his encounter with the five werewolves.
”No matter what it is, there will always be a risk.”
Being adventurers isn't a hobby; it's a way of life.
”The hero's work is winning against the opponent by challenging them fairly, and with a sword, they overcome difficult situations. But, we aren't like that. Just doing things steadily is fine.”
”Luring, keeping your distance, controlling their positions from far away, those are all essential, right?”
”Yeah, that's right.”
”Then I'll be alright. What I did was acceptable.”
Gray's mood became bad.
Suriya knows. She knows he is carrying a burden on his shoulders.
Though his situation should have made him draw his sword, he didn't. Instead he solved the problem with only his wit. Though she knows about Gray's burden, she doesn't know what it actually is.
But she knows that it was something that makes him suffer all the time.
”Alright!”
Gray's shout interrupted Suriya's thoughts.
”Take what should be taken and leave everything else. Let's go back!”
Suriya decides to stop thinking about it for a while. She should just focus on cheering Gray up. So she, to lift her mood up, raised her hands to the air and excitedly yelled, ”Yeah!”
And thanks to her, Gray's mood brightened, pulling his lips to a smile.
Suriya laughs as she saw Gray.
”Hey, hey! Your smile's creepy, it makes me s.h.i.+ver!”
”Eh? It is?”
”Yeah, really weird.”
”It's not! I don't smile like that!”
They continue teasing each other as they gather materials from the werewolves' corpses. Suriya, still enjoying Gray's company, pauses for a moment as somethings went through her mind.
The Devil, the [Crawling Darkness] and its enemy, the one favored by G.o.d, the Hero.
”This time, we managed to kill these werewolves… I hope the next time, we could do this together again.”
Gray, shocked, looks at Suriya who stated something quite touching.
”… what?”
”No, I mean. You were pretty good, I think.”
”You fell for me? Huh?”
But Gray continued teasing her…
”Ohh! You did fall for me! You really are honest.”
”What do you take me for, huh? Hmph!”
As their bickering continued, they successfully extracted the Magic Stone from the corpses' chest. According to myths, the Demon Race is born of blood and flesh from the [Crawling Darkness] which envelops life with hatred, and as such, they are humanity's sword enemy. Places contaminated by the [Crawling Darkness] give birth to these [Magic Stones], and in time, these become creatures of the [Demon Race].
”Oh wow, this [Magic Stone] is pretty big! It also has a nice color!”
”Seems our hard work has paid off. As expected from a pack of five werewolves.”
”They are quite a dangerous bunch. But to get these, entering the forest is needed.”
Humans aren't always threatened by demons. Because [Magic Stones] are fuel for [Magic Tools], hunting demons became a necessity. Thus, demon hunting became a part of everyday life.
Although from the beginning the humans struggled against the destruction the [Crawling Darkness] and its sp.a.w.n caused, they survived.
”Hey Gray, what are you thinking? We could make a huge profit off these, huh?”
”Ah, but you know… there's something that bothers me. This island is located close to the garden, a place with abundant water supply. And, the concentration of magic here is quite dense, plus this quest has a short deadline, right?”
”Yeah, this quest was supposed to be a mere sweeping quest.”
”Then, why did these five werewolves show up?”
”Because dense concentrations of magic make them appear?”
Gray shakes his head in disagreement and falls into thought again. He takes out a magic tool, the [Ouija Board], and checks the dials.
”The density of magical power should be normal around these parts - no, it's much lower than average.”