Vol 1 Chapter 8 (2/2)
Mogzo raised his sword overhead and with all his ob’s head The force of the blow soblin’s head in, crushed to somewhere between a half and a third of what it had been
It was over
“Yes!” Ranta pumped a fist in the air
Haruhiro started to exhale in relief then inhaled sharply Theincredibly quickly
“No way~yan…” Yume said, dumbfounded
There’s gotta be soht But there was no doubt about it Theto make an escape
Manato too seemed stupefied for a s Haruhiro was taken aback when the ht towards him Did it intend to try to slip past him?
“As if I’ll let you!” Haruhiro stuck his foot out at the oblin wasn’t able to dodge It tripped and tumbled head over heels
Mogzoready to strike it with his sword but was cut off “Mogzo, outta the way!” Ranta shouted “I’ll finish it!”
Haruhiro inadvertently turned his gaze away There was a sickening sound then Ranta’s laughter “Behold ht has taken a life with his own hands and will offer up a portion of its body as Vice at the guild’s alter! Ears are kinda big… A claould be perfect… Oy oy oy!”
Haruhiro looked in Ranta’s direction where the gobin lay, supposedly dead, and was shocked at what he saw
shi+horu let out a little gasp and seemed as if she was about to cry
“It’s not dead…” Yuether andindistinct in prayer
Haruhiro hesitated a little before entering into the role of the straight man “But it’s not dead yet…”
“We need to finish it,” Manato said, lifting his staff above his head “Othere’re just prolonging it’s suffering”
Haruhiro didn’t want to look, but also had a feeling that he needed to see this out to the end Manato dealt the oblin a final, ruthless blow, and then confiresture that rese a few last words as well But he didn’t say anything Perhaps it was because he didn’t want tothat was considered his job
“M-Manato!” Ranta pointed a finger at him “You bastard! You stole my kill! I told you I needed to collect Vices!”
Manato forced a s”
“Sorry doesn’t cut it!”
“Even if it doesn’t cut it, I already apologized and said I didn’t mean to”
“Doesn’tto do that? WE CAN’T!!” Ranta moaned “My celebratory first Vice… RUINED” He dropped down on all fours and beat on the ground with a fist “Fine, whatever then”
Haruhiro blinked “That’s it?”
“What’s done is done,” Ranta said, getting up and crouching down by theoff its neck’s our reward? What is it?”
Haruhiro crouched next to Ranta He tried not to look at the actual body, but focused instead on the cord it had around its neck “What thing?”
The thin cord looped through several small objects One of the with a hole drilled into it Another object was quite dirty but… Indeed, it was some sort of coin
“A silver?” Haruhiro guessed “It’s got a hole in it though…”
“Nice!” Ranta reached out to pull the cord off, then quickly withdrew his hand again “Haruhiro, you remove it It’s too dirty for me to touch…”
“Fine” Haruhiro cut the cord with his dagger then pulled off the fang and coin It was a silver after all; daed, but a silver nonetheless “I wonder if we can sell this… How did itthis hard?”
“In any case,” Manato put a hand on Haruhiro’s shoulder “This counts as our first victory”
“And it’s all thanks to me!” If Ranta puffed out his chest anymore, he would have definitely fallen over backwards
“Right,” Yume said, tone chilly
Ranta stuck his tongue out at her “So you still have a grudge against headed brat”
“Being stubborn has nothing to do with the size of Yume’s breasts~yan!” Yume cried
“That’s right! It has nothing to do with it so just forget about it! Water under the bridge! I’ll say it outright, pigheadedness leads to so!”
“boobs are cute big or small!”
“boobLESS boobLESS boobLESS boobLESS boobLESS! Welcooodbye Ms boobless ! boobLESS!”
Yuht red and her cheeks made like a pufferfish She nocked an arrow onto her bow and ai to shoot you, and she has a feeling she isn’t going to miss…”
“W-wait! You—Sorry! I’m sorry!” Ranta twisted his body around, spun several ti “I’ll stop! I’ll stop it, so forgive me already!”
“I didn’t hear a ‘please’ And what you should say is, ‘Please find it in the kindness of your heart to forgive me, Lady Yume’!”
“L-Lady Yu you ask! ”
“Nope, not convinced” Yume’s cheeks were still puffed out but, unexpectedly, she lowered her bow a bit She gestured with her chin to the bubbling spring “Jump in there then”
“Wha—?”
“The spring Juive you for what you said today”
“I-idio—you—that’s—who do you thi—”
Yuain “Fine Yume will simply shoot you then”
“…I will be happy to jump in”
“Good luck” Haruhiro patted Ranta on the shoulder
“Be careful,” Manato said to hirin
“Like I don’t already know to be careful…” Ranta muttered
Just as he prepared to jump into the pool of water, shi+horu whispered, “He had it co”
Haruhiro didn’tin midair, so he probably didn’t hear her at all
“H-he’s definitely going to catch a cold,” Mogzo remarked