Chapter 236: Grado Clans Culture (1/2)

“Alright, guys. Isn’t it about time to lay off on bullying me now?”

Due to my earnest pleading, the topic of my female relationships was finally dropped. Well, at least Tinia and her attendants finally understood that I, Mimi, and Elma got along really well and acknowledged each other.

Actually, Mei should be included as well, even though she was a maidroid. And from their reaction earlier, I get that Tina and Whisker were serious in getting into ‘that’ sort of relationship with me, but let’s put that aside for the time being.

Mei wasn’t really all that assertive when it comes to matters like this, and as for the situation with Tina and Whisker, they do understand my current situation and were simply expressing their favorable feelings toward me without reserve.

Well, it does feel like I’m sort of backed into a corner though.

“Now then, let us talk about ourselves as well.”

“We’d be happy to hear all about you. What’s a good topic to ask though?”

“I’m curious about the lifestyle of the elves. What does life on a planet look like?”

“What is it like……?”

After hearing Mimi’s question, Tinia tilted her head and organized her thoughts for a few moments.

“We of the Grado clan are a tribe of hunters. Everyone wakes up at dawn, and the women wash and cleanse themselves using freshwater from streams or watering holes. The men gather firewood in the meantime, and once the women are back, they would take their turn in cleansing themselves as well.”

“I see. And after performing your morning routines, the men would probably go out to hunt, right?”

“Correct. Our main prey are dingirs, mumbas, lezarias, pirurus, and kinjas.”

“I can’t tell what kind of creatures they are just from their names.”

Mimi tilted her head. I also couldn’t imagine what those creatures would look like.

“Dingirs are ferocious creatures that would even attack people in some cases, and mumbas are usually cowardly, but are extremely dangerous when they go into a frenzy. Lezarias are dangerous beasts with large bodies and tough scales and skin. Pirurus and kinjas are birds.”

“There seem to be a lot of dangerous creatures though……”

“Well, even if they’re dangerous beasts, they shouldn’t be as dangerous as the monsters you fought before, Hiro. You know. Those Twisted. They’re all wild beasts in the long run, so they probably won’t attack with no reason.”

“Have you won against beasts before, Hiro-sama?”

Tinia tilted her head curiously after hearing Elma’s words.

“The ones I fought were actually biological weapons rather than beasts. They were created with the instinct to attack every creature apart from themselves. It wasn’t just limited to people. They would kill everything apart from the one controlling them.”

“……So they were beasts that were made to kill everything apart from their own kind?”

“That’s basically it. There are actually lots of creatures similar to those things and people who make and take advantage of them outside Refill IV, or rather, Theta.”

“……That’s quite a frightening story.”

Tinia-san gasped and drew signs in midair with her right hand. It was probably a prayer or ward of some sort.

“But even so, you still managed to fight and overcome such frightening creatures, Hiro-sama.”

“That’s basically true, but it’s not like I fought them with just my flesh and blood body. I did use power armor to fight off those white abominations a while back.”

“But you did fight those Twisteds unassisted though. They were far more dangerous.”

“I didn’t exactly want to get thrown into such a situation y’know……”

I definitely don’t want to experience being thrown into a planet that’s in the middle of being terraformed a second time. I’m definitely gonna buy lightweight power armor once I get the chance. It might be a good idea to head to a high-tech star system specializing in those products once we’re finished with our business in the Refill system.

“Hey, hey, what kinds of weapons d’ya guys actually use to hunt those creatures? I think using laser weapons would do a number on the quality of the meat and stuff.”

Tina, who’s been listening in without commenting previously, finally opened her mouth to ask a question while raising up a mug of alcohol. As a tech-loving dwarf, it makes sense that she’s curious about that stuff.

“Basically, we do not use non-local weapons when hunting for game. The hunters use spirit silver arrows, spears, and hatchets to hunt.”