Chapter 17 (1/2)
Chapter 17 – Father’s Gaze＊
A dull pain shot through the back of his head
The pain forced Luru back into consciousness, and he opened his eyes
Having only just woken up, he looked around with an absent expression
The scent of alcohol ran through his nose, but when he heard the clatter of drunkards, ‘Ahh, this is the tavern, huh?’ he realised
“Have you awoken?”
A gentle, calaze towards it
It was a falossy like silk, and eyes redder than fresh blood
However, she looked a little older than she did in the past, and Luru suddenly realised for the first time that an intense seductiveness dwelt about her that she didn’t have seven years earlier
“…Is so the matter, Oniisama?”
Asked Iris, seeirl as officially the adopted child of the Cadisnola fas, when they were in the presence of others, Iris referred to him as Oniisama as she did just now
Luru shook his head at her so she wouldn’t notice what he was thinking about just now[ie that she’s hot], and advanced the conversation in the direction of the question he ondering
“U here?”
“That is because you were unconscious the whole tiht”
At that concise answer, the ain
The ht
And then, once again looking around at the surrounding drunkenness, he found that his father and st the rare for them
Whilst looking at this scene, he thought
‘Didn’t I lose the fight?‘
However, he mysteriously didn’t feel any frustration about it
It wasn’t as though there were no feelings of ‘because I lost without using my true power’, but ht with his father, he felt that he did his very best with the swordsmanshi+p he learned
In particular, the very final exchange made him as elated as the battles he had with the heroes
The happiness probably ca that an opponent existed that he couldn’t defeat in a serious match
He didn’t like war, and in his previous life he wanted to avoid it if possible, but he by noin and of itself
He liked it enough that were it a battle with only their two lives on the line, he would surely enjoy the fight
“…But I still don’t get e’re in the tavern They seeive birth?”
Looking around the rooain, Luru felt that the bustle in the tavern was different fro merry to celebrate some auspicious event
Hence his question, but Iris seemed to reply in disbelief
“Goodness… Oniisain with?”
It was an obvious reply to Luru’s question
Right
Luru was fighting with his father to show the power he needed to become an adventurer
And then he was supposed to win against his father, and leisurely start his journey, but…
Preparing a celebration for that in itself wasn’t anything strange
However, Luru lost
Despite that…
When Luru voiced these concerns of his,
“It was not an issue of winning or losing, was it? And indeed, did Rusty and the others not leisurely set off on a trip a few ? Were they not were beaten down terribly, with a strength that would not be problem for you, Oniisama…?”
replied Iris
Rusty’s group―――― Mii and Yuuri included ――――were not in the village right now
The three of the to be adventurers before Luru did
Though they were of the saroup, the reason they didn’t set off at the same time was because Rusty and Mii were born a few ly, the tiister as adventurers came those few months earlier
Seven years earlier, Mii and Yuuri tried their best to soe, but noan adventurer wouldn’t cool down, so they eventually gave up Since there was no other choice, they began training so that they could co with him
There was technically the issue of ould teach them the skills, specifically the combat skills they could need to become adventurers, but because there was the adventurer pair that regularly cae, Iris, and finally Patrick as well, in the end there was no proble a teacher
But, because Rusty was learning swords that into consideration, Yuuri and Mii wanted the positions frouard for themselves, so they chose Yuumis and Iris as their teachers, and in the end they left the village quite skilled
Before they left on their journey, as expected, the three of the their teachers just like Luru did; Rusty fought with Luru, Gran and Patrick, whilst Mii and Yuuri fought with Yuumis and Iris The result was that Rusty and the others suffered a crushi+ng defeat
In other words, the pride that was growing in the three of them was smashed to pieces with a massive hammer
Having said that though, the fact that they had pretty much become skilled beyond any normal novice adventurer was evident fros were fine then, in the end they were pere
In these seven years, Rusty, Yuuri and Mii had decided that to become an adventurer, they would first head to the royal capital and join Gran’s clan, and it ht now they were supposed to be in the capital, doing their best as novice adventurers
The letters from Rusty and the others that arrived once a reat ti this h he were a normal boy from the countryside
Luru heard that the fae received letters fro novices, they seeed adventurers
Even the three of theainst their teachers were allowed to leave the village
If you thought about it just a little, you’d realise that there was no way that Luru, who had put up quite a good fight, would be forbidden to leave, but Luru somehow ended up with the idea that if he didn’t win then he wouldn’t be allowed
Itti, where loss was immediately tied to death
Luru now realised that he had a disposition towards thinking that he had to absolutely win to achieve his goals, but because that wasn’t necessarily a bad trait, he gave up on correcting himself
“And hence, this party is for celebrating your departure, Oniisah it may be presu the departure of I ill be accoh, as expected the most important one is you, isn’t it, Oniisa wrong with you, we immediately started the party here… Since then, Okaasama and Otousa endlessly about their memories of you, Oniisama”
Having been told that by Iris, Luru strained his ears to hear those ‘memories’ or whatever, and found that they were endlessly repeating stories froht with Patrick, and up until when he collapsed at the end frole blow
And the audience nodded along, going ‘ up drinks without end whilst they listened
“…I’otten bored yet”
Said Luru in shock, and Iris suddenly laughed in reply
“Drunkards are probably that sort of thing, regardless of the era”
Luru coreed
And while he was at it, it didn’t apply to just eras, but to races as well
After all, even to the de
Whilst memories of scenes that existed in this world in the distant pass came to mind, Luru nodded deeply at Iris’ ords
Even this party that seemed like it would continue until the end of the world had to end, and as the nu people, and people returning home became to steadily increase, the party slowly came to a close
Medea and Iris returned home first
Luru had actually planned on returning hos like ‘since you’re a er?’ and ‘drink, drink’ so he was denied the option of leaving his seat
The legal drinking age in the Kingdom of Lezaad was fourteen In other words, itLuru a drink today Having said that though, he wasn’t going to force Luru, and it seemed somewhat that this was just a pretext
Since it couldn’t be helped, Luru listened to his father’s story on loop whilst drinking [ie the stories he’s been telling endlessly], when his father’s face suddenly turned serious, and after looking around to check that there was nobody listening, spoke
“…Luru Why didn’t you fight me seriously?”
In that moment, Luru lost his breath in shock
Shocked enough that his father could probably see his expression stiffen