Chapter 41 (1/2)

Chapter 41

Upon the chance encounter, Akari was at a loss of what to do

If she were to greet him, ould she say?

Would she praise his promotion, or should she condemn him?

Oofuia and Makushi+ behavior

Kurando and Hayato silently stared at one another, un

The two of the

However, things did not immediately turn hostile

Fro over to them Chances are, those women are a part of Hayato’s party

It would be troublesome to have Erica here also

Erica’s presence here could lead to an unforeseen situation

Kurando prepared for the worst

Kurando looked towards Hayato and signals to him to make his way into the cave

For awhile, Hayato thought about it before nodding

While Kurando retrieved a notebook fro across froed it and they when into the cave

After being surprised that an Iruniiku was accusto

Hayato’s party caught up and they rushed towards the cave

――Growl

Yukishi+ro blocks the entrance and keeps anyone else fro

「Hey, out of the way, you ical beast」 (Erica)

Erica’s surrounding became noisy

Yukishi+ro’s elevated growl alerted them that it was ready to pounce

The force causes a stalemate between itself and Erica

「Ericsan, it has been awhile」 (Akari)

Akari called out to Erica as she forced her way in between Yukishi+ro and him

In truth they wanted to follow Hayato into the cave; however, Erica found it strange for the two of theed the mood was not hostile

「……Ah, if it is not the person who refused Hayato’s invitation, Akari the hunter, correct? Hayato has been searching the area for you Did you really ensnare those people?」 (Erica)

「I see, thank you veryyou, but Ichiharsan should be unrelated to this」 (Akari)

「Unrelated? Hayato orried, how does it not concern him?」 (Erica)

Erica round

「You are surprisingly quick-tempered」 (Akari)

Akari took a step back Although there are no ice ht, she draws the ice-warrior club at her waist

She felt fur brush against the bottom of her feet

At Akari’s back is Yukishi+ro

She glanced at Yukishi+ro as it glared at Erica Having Yukishi+ro’s support, Akari felt reassured

「I don’t knohat is going on but, I don’t think you should interfere」 (Makushi+mu)

Makushi+ a school unifor a katana

The woe and is taller than her

Her long black hair is tied with a single band The wos

When Makushi+e, his instinct warned hierous

「H officer of the『white spear』, 『wall smasher (破城鎚)』, Makushi+mu・Daaru…… move aside」 (???)

「It must not be a bad nickna manly is, well, a woman should be more composed」 (Makushi+mu)

The girl frowned and then glared at Makushi+mu

「……a woman?」 (???)

「What does itis merely a hindrance」 (???)

The girl wearing the uniform and Makushi+mu stare each other down

「The acadesuton (アリス・キングストンが), it see with the hero were true」 (Oofuia)

Oofuia s a pointy hat

「Why must people carelessly spread ruh sorceress (魔道を極めし者)』, and『the moon Goddess’s beloved child (月の女神の愛し子)』 I don’t want to hear it from you who is known by ot todemon (誘拐魔)』 if I recall」 (Arisu)

Even after as said, Oofuia’s expression didn’t crumble

「You, with your aht chaos to the lives of 78 people; do you understand the gravity of your action? Although you may be a princess, with all the power that you hold, have you reflected a little? How do you plan to make-up for it all? Whileto you to the best I can」 (Oofuia)

Arisu’s face cramped

「That is none of your business! I will do what I can along with Hayato I don’t have to follow your notation of what is right」 (Arisu)

Iraida is standing face to face with the tiger beastwoman

In coer tribe beaste physique

As she approached the feht this tiger beastwo And, the color was different

Above all, the beastwo feature was her white fur Her white hair is styled short And, a white and black stripped-pattern lines from her ears to her back, to the end of her tail

「……『bee stinger』, Iraida・Baagin?」 (???)

「Oh, you know of in So, what do you call yourself?」 (Iraida)

「……Fon (フォン) Will you not move aside?」 (Fon)

「So, you are a white tiger tribe beast around these parts?」 (Iraida)

「……Hayato saved me from slavery and I had vowed to serve him, my benefactor」 (Fon)

「Well, there is no need to get angry now Hayato should be able to wipe his own ass without you; he should not be that pathetic」 (Iraida)

「……move」 (???)

The girl with long black ears, clothed in black like a ninja, uttered feords

「Should you not introduce yourself first?」 (Diantia)

「I’m Maanya, nya」 (Maanya)

Maanya’s sudden interruption surprised Diantia

「Certainly, I should have introduced myself first…… I’m, Diantia」 (Diantia)

「……move I have… no interest… in you two」 (???)

Diantia analyzes the rabbit-eared girl

The girl’s eyes held no emotion, her expressions were few, her movements silent and her presence faint

「……an assassin?」 (Diantia)

The girl’s long rabbit-ears showed a subtle twitch

「……so what?」 (???)

「That is fine, I already know enough」 (Diantia)

Diantia and Maanya glanced at one another

Being intrigued by the rabbit-eared girl, Maanya watches her

Outside the cave, 5 sets ofeach other, while inside the room within the cave, Kurando and Hayato sit face to face around the fireplace

Hayato’s freshly cut black hair, confident black eyes, a single deep scratch ant face; Kurando thought Hayato’s appearance seeerous

Underneath that black leather armor, in opposition to Kurando, Hayato’s flexible body hides explosive power

To i to listen, Hayato sets aside the 2 longswords on his back Kurando silently watched as this happened

Kurando was the first to break the silence

「First off, I want to thank you for rescuing us」 (Kurando)

「……it is nothing I hateto the rescue, I came to kill the et destroyed」 (Hayato)

And then, silence

Once again, Kurando speaks up

「Why so quiet, do you not have anything to say? Why did you bother following me here? What――, are you here to kill me? You have become quite famous, is that not so?」 (Kurando)

In this situation, it is as if Kurando is the villain here While thinking this, Kurando showed a bitter smile

「……I won’t do so like that」 (Hayato)

Hayato said this as he looked Kurando in the eyes Kurando tightly grips the notebook in his hand

「Eh, am I not a cancer to you?」 (Kurando)

「While I ht believe otherwise」 (Hayato)

This guy, the ti his enrolled into the school, he spreaded ru Kurando’s ability Kurando couldn’t help but be bewildered by the person known as Hayato

「For so self-important How do you plan to settle that matter?」 (Kurando)

With this, Kurando really does seem to be the villain

Hayato frowned

「Sorry, there is nothing I can do about that You see, compared to before, I’m a different person now I can’t offer you compensation」 (Hayato)

「Like I was saying, what do you plan to do? Will you apologize by dying if I told to?」 (Kurando)

「…………won’t die」 (Hayato)

With that, Hayato stayed silent Barely 18 years old, he probably never thought to atone

However, Kurando doesn’t accept it

While using an apology as a pretext to acquire inforins to scheme

「For now, tell s you hold? As they say, there is no need to fear what you know」 (Kurando)

Of course, Kurando isn’t going to outright say that he doesn’t know the full extent of Hayato’s power

「What do you expect to do you even if knew?」 (Hayato)

After saying this, Hayato told Kurando the full details about his divine blessings

『Holy sword』: automatically raise the party’s spirit power, able to ht and increase affinity with light spirits while decrease affinity with dark spirits

『Bond (精霊の最愛, ボニー, the spirits’ beloved)』: increase affinity with all spirits, maryoku consumption reduced, maryoku power increase; able to see, touch, talk to and hear spirits (T/N: now that is OP)

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「After a bit of investigating, you should be able to grasp the idea」 (Hayato)

「Ehh, those are quite convenient divine blessings So, is that thing at your waist a gun?」 (Kurando)

Hayato showed a slightly bewildered expression

「……that is correct Except for my party, I haven’t told anyone else about this」 (Hayato)

「I’unpowder?」 (Kurando)

「No, the bullets are ic and it is shot with fire spirit un」 (Hayato)

And then, it became silent

As his irritation with Hayato grows, Kurando decided to pry for a possible weakness

「Umuys were searching for me」 (Kurando)

「About that……」 (Hayato)

「From what I have heard from Akari, no one bothered to look for me」 (Kurando)

Kurando says this while acting indifferent

After he heard this, Hayato gradually started talking

「So, Akari was here? ……after the sus had happened It wasn’t all that peaceful We had to go to the mountain to test out are power Erica & Kaede and almost all of the students practiced their power there」 (Hayato)

「Ehh, that sounds fairly troublesome」 (Kurando)

Kurando gave hioes into detail

「In the beginning, I was indifferent However, by chance, I happened to defeat aa few student & some other people On a whied Frolad Afterward, they rely on me a few times more and I saved them At some point, it became natural that I save them It wasn’t only students, but also the people of this world This was so that I a their opinion; no they were unable to speak out」 (Hayato)

「Well, they could not simply say that Hero-sa the they could do」 (Kurando)

Hayato glared at Kurando

「Everyone can say whatever they want abouttheir best to live, you don’t knoas like You don’t know about our hardshi+ps The adults that we beca smile, the next day they became a calm enemy Can you understand how dreadful it was?」 (Hayato)

Hayato took out his anger onto Kurando

As Kurando felt his back freeze up, he continued to grasp the notebook

「……I was su with everyone else; what do you think happened to me afterward?」 (Kurando)