Arifureta [Vol 1] Chapter 16 – Chatting at Ease (2/2)
Hajime thought to himself: “Even though I have already decided, that I will do anything to reach my goals, but it looks like I’m still too naive,” while he stroked Yue’s head.
“Ah~ If that’s so, want to come with me?”
“Eh?”
Yue opened her eyes wide in surprise at Hajime’s words. She was gazing at Hajime with her moistened red eyes that looked restless. Hajime got fl.u.s.tered and started to speak rapidly.
“No, I mean, to my homeland. Well, that’s a world with only average humans. It might be inconvenient for races other than human, with the family registration and whatnot&h.e.l.lip; also, with my current state, I’m not really sure what will happen&h.e.l.lip; but in the end of the day, what is it that Yue want to do?”
Yue was stunned for a while, but when her mind eventually caught up. She timidly asked, “Is that okay?” However, she couldn’t hide the expectations dwelling in her eyes. Her eyes were literally sparkling, Hajime could only nod his head with a forced smile. As if her expressionless face until now was a lie, a smile bloomed on her face. Hajime was mesmerized. When he noticed he was lovestruck, he shook his head in a flurry.
Unable to look at Yue, Hajime devoted himself to his work. Yue took great interest in his work. However, the distance between them had shortened, almost to the point of sticking close together&h.e.l.lip;
Hajime told himself not to mind about it.
“&h.e.l.lip;What, is this?”
Little by little Hajime was finis.h.i.+ng up different parts with the trans.m.u.tation. On the side there was a one meter long cylindrical pipe, a red bullet about twelve centimeters in length, and others parts scattered around.
This was the new weapon Hajime started developing as his new trump card, since Donner was lacking in necessary firepower.
“This is&h.e.l.lip; an Anti-matter Rifle: Railgun version. You saw my gun, right? This is an even more powerful version. The bullet is specially made.”
Just as Hajime said, when all the parts were a.s.sembled together, a 1.5 meter long rifle was created. Hajime was considering what he could do to increase the firepower of his guns. Electromagnetic acceleration and combustion charge was the limit for the Donner. The final verdict was that, Donner couldn’t be improved much further anymore. So he had to create a new gun.
Naturally the answer to increase the power was a larger caliber, and the length of the barrel. And the result, was an Anti-matter rifle. It could only load up to one shot but its theoretical power is enormous. In brief, its maximum output was ten times the destructive power of Donner. When an ordinary person fired with Donner, the repulsive force was enough to crush half of their body. Donner was that kind of monster gun.
The gun’s name: Schlagen. In theory, it was about ten times more powerful than Donner&h.e.l.lip; roughly. It was made with the scorpion sh.e.l.l. When he a.n.a.lyzed the sh.e.l.l with 【Mineral Appraisal】, this was the result:
Stella Ore
High magic affinity. A special ore where its hardness is increased by the amount of magic power used.
Apparently, that scorpion’s hardness was due to Stella Ore’s property. It probably had a ma.s.sive amount of magic reservoir to fuel that armor.
Hajime was thinking, “If this is an ore, will I be able to process it?” He gave it a try and was able to accomplish it effortlessly. If that’s the case, he could easily break through the sh.e.l.l with his trans.m.u.tation! Recalling the hard fought battle before, Hajime felt weak in the knees. This had turned into one of his bitter memories.
Hajime had gotten his hands on a lot of excellent materials to work with, so the result was still all right. He could use these materials to make a st.u.r.dier barrel. While Hajime was consoling himself with this, he fired Schlagen. Since he now had more experience compared to the time when he made the Donner, the work progressed more smoothly.
He paid particular attention to the bullets. The bullet was made out of Tauru ore coated with Stella ore. It could be considered a full metal cover&h.e.l.lip; or something like that. In each cartridge, combustion powder was installed with a suitable ratio of compression. After one bullet was completed, as long as he had enough materials, he could use Trans.m.u.tation Subskill, [+Replicate Trans.m.u.tation], to ma.s.s-produce the bullets effortlessly.
While Hajime talked with Yue endlessly without getting to the point, Schlagen was completed. The gun had a very powerful and brutal form. He finished his work as he indulged with self-satisfaction. After he finished the gun, Hajime started to feel hungry, so he began preparing the meal by grilling the scorpion and cyclops meat.
“Yue, the meal is almost ready&h.e.l.lip; Would it upset your stomach by eating this? That pain is not to be made fun of&h.e.l.lip; no, vampires should be fine with it, right?”
Since his daily meal consisted of magic beast meat, Hajime thoughtlessly invited Yue to eat with him. However, what if something happened to her after she ate it. While thinking like this, Hajime cast a glance at Yue.
Yue stopped playing with Hajime’s invention and shook her head to say, “I don’t need the meal,” to Hajime.
“Well, since you survived for 300 years without eating, I guess there’s no problem&h.e.l.lip; Won’t you feel hungry though?”
“Yes&h.e.l.lip; but, it doesn’t matter anymore.”
“Doesn’t matter anymore? Did you already eat something?”
Her empty stomach had already been satisfied? Hajime looked at Yue with an astonished gaze. Yue pointed at Hajime.
“Hajime’s blood.”
“Ah, my blood. Does that mean a vampire don’t need a meal other than blood?”
“&h.e.l.lip;Food can also provide nourishment&h.e.l.lip; but drinking blood is more effective.”
Seems like vampires could survive with just blood. She had sucked Hajime’s blood earlier and was satisfied with it. Yue stared at Hajime who looked convinced. For some reason, she was licking her lips.
“&h.e.l.lip;Why are you licking your lips?”
“&h.e.l.lip;Hajime&h.e.l.lip; delicious&h.e.l.lip;”
“D-Delicious you say. I thought that I would taste terrible considering I’ve eaten so much magic beast flesh&h.e.l.lip;”
“&h.e.l.lip;Mature taste&h.e.l.lip;”
“&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;”
From Yue’s description, his blood had a heavy, deep taste similar to a bowl of soup made with all kinds of herb and meat. The first time she had sucked his blood, she fell into a trance. This wasn’t his imagination. Having such a fine meal after starving for so long, getting infatuated was within reasons.
However, Hajime wanted to stop her bewitching lip licking. He realized Yue was past her prime. However, that childish figure coupled with the lewd act, it made Hajime unable to calm down in a certain sense.
“&h.e.l.lip;Delicious.”
“&h.e.l.lip;Please spare me from this.”
In all sorts of meaning, she might might be the most dangerous partner. Hajime broke out in a cold sweat.
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Omake (Not related to the main story)
Kaori: “&h.e.l.lip;Tsk.”
s.h.i.+zuka: “K-Kaori? You just clicked your tongue&h.e.l.lip;”
Kaori: “Eh? What’s the matter s.h.i.+zuku-chan?”
s.h.i.+zuka: “N-No. It’s nothing&h.e.l.lip;”
Kaori: “&h.e.l.lip;Thieving Cat.”
s.h.i.+zuka: “Kaori?!”
Kaori: “Fufu, it’s nothing, s.h.i.+zuku-chan. I just felt like someone was threatening my position.”
s.h.i.+zuka: “I don’t think this can be considered nothing&h.e.l.lip;”
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