V6C120 (2/2)

It looked like she was sleeping. Her breathing was stable and there was a pulse too. (TL: Lol he only checks after he finishes getting his massage)

It was the typical symptoms of MP depletion.

“Pionia, next time, even if Marina say it’s alright, don’t suck her MP until she collapses.”

“Understood, master.”

I guess I’ll let Marina sleep here.

“Please tell Marina that I will come get her tomorrow morning.”

“Understood. By then, I would have completed the construction of master’s base.”

“Thank you.”

I replied as I carried the scrap woods and left My World.

Having returned to Otherworld, I walked back to where the others were and the four of us grilled fish to eat.

The fish that Stella grilled was quite delicious.

It’s quite sad knowing that among the female members that I travel with, the first to cook a proper meal was the Cat Sith Stella.

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Haru, Carol, and Stella were sleeping in the carriage.

While on bonfire duty, I looked at the starry sky.

The time to switch duty has passed slightly but I don’t feel sleepy so I thought of staying up a little longer.

Just as I thought so … it happened.

My skill ― Presence Detection, detected multiple presences.

However, that number was not only one or two.

From the organized movements as if to surround us as they approached, I guessed they were probably enemies.

“Master!”

“Haru, you woke up huh.”

As expected. The opponents were approaching from downwind so I thought she wouldn’t be able to smell them and she shouldn’t have the Presence Detection skill either, maybe it was her feral intuition?

… Oops, Haru is not a wild animal. That was a slip of the tongue even if I only said it to myself.

“Haru, wake Carol and Stella! It’s bandits!”

I shouted, at that time,

“Oi oi, Hume. We’ll be troubled if you bundle us with bandits nya!”

“Obediently hand us Stella nya.”

“Oh, I smell fish too nya. Hand over the fish too nya!”

“Hand over the Silver Vine too nya!”

“We don’t need money so just hand us the food nya!”

“Ah, hand us Stella too nya!”

They announced as what appeared surrounding us in a fan-shape were six gray cats … no, Cat Siths.

All of them were armed with dagger-sized swords.

“Oi, Stella, are they your friends?”

“N … no way, for the Seven Gray Stars to come here … what happened to the King nya …”

Stella was saying something cool while taking a pose though.

Erm, seriously, what is this?

Even though it was supposed to be some special Silver Vine harvest job, as expected, I sensed that it would lead to us getting entangled in some troublesome event like this.

However, before that, I had something I had to ask.

“Why are there only six of you even though you’re called the Seven Stars?”