V6C134 (2/2)

“Right? I felt that it was different from the other horses the moment I saw it.”

Jofre said proudly but Sutchino retorted bitterly in his heart ‘You felt that it was different from the other horses because it is a donkey’.

Then, while hiding from the workers carrying the rocks, he headed to the bushes beside the valley.

Just as he was about to skip out of work, he heard voices coming from the bushes.

He thought that they were people who were slacking off like him but when he listened carefully,

“It’s dreadful nya dreadful nya!”

He heard cute voices. Due to the unique way of speech, he immediately thought that they were Cat Siths. They may be a rare race but they can occasionally be seen even in Ferruit. They are a moderate race that fundamentally doesn’t like to fight.

“It’s dreadful nya, the King has passed away nya.”

“I heard nya! We should quickly return to the village nya. The fight to decide the new King will begin soon nya.”

“Before that, we need to gather five fighters nya! Let’s gather Adventurers from the Adventurer’s Guild nya! We’ll splurge on the rewards to gather them nya!”

“Nya, you are aiming for the King’s position nya?”

“If you’re a man then you must aim for the top once in your life nya.”

“So cool nya! I also want to try saying a line like that nya.”

“Then you give it a try too nya.”

“Is it okay nya? Then I’ll try. If you’re a man ―”

“Oi!”

Interrupting the Cat Sith’s words, Sutchino appeared in front of the Cat Siths.

“Nya, human, when did you begin eavesdropping from nya?”

“Rather than that, tell me. What do you plan to do by gathering Adventurers? Will it turn lucrative?”

※※※

That night, Sutchino gathered Jofre, Elise, Julio and Milky and revealed it to them.

That soon, a fight to decide on a new King would begin.

He doesn’t know about the fight contents but by gathering five fighters and a Cat Sith to enter the match, winning it would allow them to become the new King of the Cat Siths.

“Why don’t we participate too? We have just nice five people here. Julio and I may just be there to fill the numbers but you all should know Milky’s ability. Furthermore, there’s Jofre-san and Elise-san. There’s no blind spot. I will reply the Cat Sith tomorrow.”

“No no, Sutchino. We’re currently entrusted with the extremely important task of removing earth?”

Julio was the first to disagree. To him who usually didn’t work, the work this time round was tough but it was the trigger that made him discover the joys of labor. He was the exact opposite of Sutchino.

“No, isn’t it fine? It seems interesting and it can be where this Hero Jofre shows his skills.”

“Kyaa, Jofre is so cool! That’s right, I’ll make bento and bring it there.”

“That’s true, please make egg omelet for me. Elise’s egg omelet is the best after all.”

“As expected of Jofre-aniki! I will follow aniki and burn the image of that brave warrior into my eyes!”

Saying the complete opposite of what he was saying just now, Julio decided to follow Jofre.

“Ah, but instead of Sutchino and I, shouldn’t you invite Jo-aniki and Haru-anego instead?”

“No, we’ll go with the five here! I’m here after all, you can rely on me.”

Casting a sideway glance to Jofre laughing joyfully, Sutchino finally spoke to Milky.

Milky replied with a ‘Nn, sure.’ and announced that she would join without much enthusiasm.

Thus, the members were gathered but,

“By the way Julio. You call Jo-san and Haru-san aniki and anego but why is that?”

Sutchino inadvertently asked Julio that.

Then, Julio answered with a ‘Why are you asking something so obvious?’ expression.

“He is Jofre-aniki’s companion. As Jofre-aniki’s younger brother, I naturally have to address them politely.”

” … Nothing, if you are fine with it then it doesn’t matter …”

Sutchino thought to himself.

(Is it possible that Julio that idiot has not realized that Jo-san and Haru-san are the Ichinojo and Haurvatat who captured his respected Uncle Narube?)

That’s not possible, thought Sutchino as he shook his head. But, if it was true, at the very least he should keep quiet about it until this battle ends.

(Since I will be the one who obtains the King’s treasure.)