by volume 2
(Sorry. I am not your mother……)
(……Eh)
The person replied me with a clear voice.
The blurred vision gradually became clear.
The body lines were slowly shown.
The first thing that formed was the dazzling golden hair, followed by a beautiful and dignified face.
Last of all, it was the same color of her hair, the golden eyes.
“……”
“Are you awake……?”
I was completely awake. My head.
But time still stopped.
My head was completely blank. I could only stare at the face of that person that was looking at me.
The back of my head, it was very soft. Very warm.
I could already guess what I have done. Certainly, probably, a lap pillow.
That person……Wallenstein’s fingers was still combing my hair.
The eyelids that were touched was currently very hot.
“……”
I slowly lifted up my upper body.
Although I felt unfortunate about the warmth from behind my head gradually disappearing, but I should still stand up.
She disappeared from my vision. Instead what entered my vision was numerous beheaded Monster corpse.
I pretend that I did not see anything and turned around. Wallenstein-san still did not disappear.
“……An Illusion?”
“……Not an illusion”
Nnn, Wallenstein-san’s expression changed. Her finely shaped eyebrows was slightly tilted.
Since then, we have been staring at each other’s eyes.
The crimson eyes exchanged gaze with the golden eyes. Just when she revealed confusion towards the silent atmosphere. Her head began to see that I was gradually turning red. When Wallenstein-san noticed this, it had already turned into a ripe apple.
I could not focus. My eyes were currently like earthworms on a plate and was constantly revolving.
I stood up with full momentum.
“——DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!?”
I desperately fled.
“……Why do you always flee?”
If someone heard this, it was indeed a somewhat lonely whisper.
Chapter 4: God’s Wine
“Please”
“Okay”
The decoration was placed onto the counter. Wearing a red hat, the Gnome owner sporting a white beard, held the embedded jade jewelry into the depths of the shop.
The Gnome’s Miscellaneous Goods Shop. In this antique shop with an uncreative name, it was engaged in small scale business transactions today.
Inside the shop with numerous decorations, the customer Hobbit was quietly standing, surrounded by items that lack any uniformity.
“Ararara, I’ve made you wait”
“How is it?”
“It has been beautifully given
Towards the owner’s words, the Hobbit nodded with satisfaction. The trade was established.
“Do I have to pay with cash today?”
“No, it is fine if it’s the same as usual”
The negotiations occurred in a bland manner.
The large clock that was tilted inside the shop, had the sound of its hand swinging spread between them.
“This old man, although I can’t say I am a great Gnome……”
Slowly, the Gnome owner spoke.
Ignoring the customer who tilted his head, he played around with his decorations using his hand and after a short period of them, he continued to speak.
“It is still better not to put your head into something overly dangerous. Although it may have been too late by now.”
“……”
“Although the general public does not know to this extent, this has been spreading among the Adventurers that there is a dishonest Hobbit that steals belongings. He would occasionally even empty the whole team”
“……What are you saying?”
“Nothing, also,I am not doubting you. That Hobbit is a female, and it seems to be a repeated offender. To you, who is a male, these words may indeed be said to the wrong target”
Only, the Gnome owner moved his white beard.
“I heard that all the items that were stolen, almost all of them were appraised by this old man’s eyes……Isn’t it? This old man was thinking that it may be better to not overdo something if you want to have a relationship with your friends”
Throwing a sinister sight at the owner’s words, the male Hobbit revealed a slightly arrogant expression and exposed a smile.
“It seems like there is a rather malevolent Hobbit. But even if they say this, what’s the problem, the Adventurer-sama shouldn’t be qualified to talk about other, right? Most of them are also doing dirty acts. Aren’t they similar? Robbing, or intimidating”
“That is, Nnnnn…….”
“If it was me, I might also want to say this. Do not turn a blind eye to your own actions”
In the end, the Hobbit customer gave off a faint laugh.
“It might be cruel, but it is still the side that got tricked was still at fault”
Nnn, the distressed moan by the owner was absorbed by the sorrowful sound of the large-sized clock.
× × ×
“Ugguuuuu~……!”
“……What are you doing, Bell-kun?”
I maintained my posture of lying down on the sofa, while pressing a cushion onto my head. Although Kami-sama was confused about the meaning of my posture that covered the head, but not the body, I couldn’t answer her.
I fled from Wallenstein-san back there.
While I had no clue how that situation evolved like that, the only thing that I was clear about was that everything was real. Whether it was that the person I look up to did a lap pillow, or me, acting like a big idiot as usual, and fleeing with all my strength.
Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn……I want to die, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……
“Is it that, you wet the bed?”
“NO~”
If it was usual, I would ferociously reply back. But right now, I could only issue an unpromising sound.
After the atmosphere of shame and confusion that appeared in front of that person had disappeared, where I went, how I got there, I already completely forgot about it. When I had already noticed, it was already night time. When I noticed it, I was already dragging my body back to the door of our base, as if I had lost my soul.
“Ha. Although I do not know what happened, but you are really still a melancholy and moody child……”
It is not melancholy and moody, Kami-sama, it is painfully heartbroken.
I, who slowly got up, still had my ears red. Anyways, I should eat breakfast together with Kami-sama.
Although I thought about continuing to be depressed, but, as I expected, it wouldn’t work. The matter about Wallenstein-san, I should forget about it for today……What, it was probably impossible.
When will the day come when I will thank and apologize for this day.
“Right. Bell-kun, let me see the book from yesterday. I am very free until noon”
“Ah, yes. No problem.”
Kami-sama seems to have her work shift at noon today. In addition to
I handed the heavy book that I borrowed from Seal-san towards Kami-sama.
“Fuu, the more I look at it, the more I feel that it is a strange book, wha……?”
Staring at the cover, Kami-sama simply browsed through it and suddenly stopped her action.
Just as I was thinking about it, her corner of her eyes twitched. As if a problem that she did not know about had occurred.
Eh……?W…What?
“……Isn’t this a Magic Guidance Book?
“Magic Guidance Book?”
I spo
ke the never heard words like a parrot.
The nasty premonition had already become sweat and exposed onto my face.
“W…What is that thing, that……?”
“In short, it is a book that forces mastery of Magic……”
I felt that another of my sweat glands had opened up inside my body.
“If I talked about
——I understand what you mean, Kami-sama.
The achiever of two types of
Probably, it was similar to the person known as the
I revealed a petrified and broken smile.
“This is the reason why you obtained Magic, right……By the way, Bell-kun, how did this Magic Book end up in this place?”
“I borrowed it from an acquaintance……It seems like it was something that someone dropped……”
“……”
“Is it very expensive……”
“The same as
Bikiri, cracks appeared from my petrified body.
“Incidentally, the effects will disappear after reading it once. Once you used it, it is only a heavy and useless book……”
It’s over.
The expensive book that condensed magic to externally interfere and obtain a
A gloomy silence enveloped the headquarters.
I, who had done this irreparable act, could only despair.
Kami-sama, as if she was wearing a mask to wipe out any emotions, pulled over a chair and walked in front of me shortly. She stood up and placed her hands onto my shoulders and said to me from above.
“Listen carefully okay, Bell-kun? If you suddenly meet the owner of the lost book, before it was read, just directly hand it over to the owner. As long as the book is not in your hands, it does not exists the possibility of using the Magic Book in the first place……That’s how it will go”
“That’s too black hearted, Kami-sama!?”
Why would you want to brush it off so normally!?
“Bell-kun, there are many things that aren’t perfect in the Lower World. I have personally witnessed it. Just like being chased out from the place where I was living, not being able to buy potato croquettes when I’m hungry, being held up in the basement of a ruin……being forced to hold a large debt. There are so many things that do not make sense in this world”
“Isn’t this all Kami-sama’s fault!?”
Rather, isn’t the last sentence too unlucky!?
Why did you hide it and not say anything, Kami-sama!
“A…Anyways, I will explain it clearly to the person that lent me the book!”
“Bell-kun, no, you are too pure! The world is even more fickle than the gods!”
“Don’t give out false words at this moment!? Hiding it, won’t it be revealed one day for sure!”
There was already no path to take! Not only will Seal-san ask whether if he had read the book, even if we continue to lie, it will be over the moment the owner of the book appears!
Since things have progressed to this point, why not directly confess to it without being secretive, and gamble using
I rejected Kami-sama’s advanced to stop me, and single-handedly carried the book and rushed out the headquarter’s door.
“Is Seal-san here!”
“Ohoh, this nyaa is the boy. Morning nyaaa”
At the entrance of the wine bar
Indeed, it is the shop personnel called Chloe right, her tail behind her was shaking left and right and revealed a smile towards me as if she was up to something bad.
“Nyaa what, nyaa what? You did not even say a greeting and you want to call Seal nyaa, so full of vigor in the early morning——“
“Please help me call Seal-san!!”
“——Nyaaa!? I understand, nyaa!?”
Towards my menacing look and desperate cries, Chloe-san jumped up surprisingly. Was it because she noticed that I was unusual, she hurried inside the shop. The doorbell issued out a crisp sound.
Quickly, Chloe-san leaned out her head from the door and beckoned me over.
I stepped into the shop that was still in preparation.
“Good morning, Bell-san. Is there any problem?”
“Seal-san!”
Seal-san, who was, patapata, running over quickly from the kitchen to this direction, was still holding a wooden tray.
Towards Seal-san, who had a bandana equipped on her light-rust colored hair, I began to explain the situation from start to the end.
Seal-san, who was revealing a confused smile, gradually began to widened her eyes as the topic advanced, and at the same time, the color of her face was constantly changing……Until I was finished, I, as usual, looked away.
“……Really now, you did something incredible, Bell-san”
“Wait a minute Seal-san!? Why are you talking as if it was somebody else’s matter!?”
Towards the unnatural attitude, I could not help but frantically shout out. It feels like I was treated as the sheep for the sacrifice.
Seal-san lifted the tray that she was holding onto and covered her lower face, she stared at me carefully.
“So, it’s not okay?”
“Although it is very cute, but no!”
I made a clean break towards Seal-san’s petition with a red face.
“It’s really annoying, brat. In someone else’s shop, and also this early in the morning”
We had launched a question at the spot, was it because she heard the commotion, but I do not know why the female boss Auntie Mia appeared. Regardless of the dwarf’s identity, she, who had a strong body, easily pulled out the book from me, who was frozen , and casually flipped through it.
“Indeed it is a Magic Guidance Book……But if it was already read, then there is no other way. Brat, do not mind it”
“Ehhh!? B…But……”
“Originally, it was the fault of the person who placed it in the shop as if he was saying please read this book. Even if you, brat, did not read it, a nearby Adventurer who noticed this precious Magic Guidance Book, will aim for this book claiming that it was his own item. This is that kind of thing.”
Towards the mysterious persuasiveness, I kept silent and listened, Mia-san issued a hum from her nose.
“The moment the owner let go of it, he should already have the resolve. Brat, you too, if you lost your wallet stuffed with money, will you imagine that someone will return it back to you untouched?”
“That……”
“That’s the case here. Even if you continue to think about it, it will go nowhere. Just pretend that it was a treat from the sky and quickly forget about it.”
Auntie Mia rightfully declared it.
Seal-san, who was looking beside her, was also plagued with a wry smile expression. Her head was tilted to the side.
Should I say that it feels like it was too ambiguous. In the end, I still revealed an unaccepting expression……and was stared fiercely by Auntie Mia. She said, “If you are a man, then don’t murmur nonstop!”.
Towards that loud roar, I reflexively stood up straight stunned, “Yes!?” and expressed my understanding.
While sending off Auntie Mia, who disappeared into the depths of the store, I wondered if this is really okay.
Using my hand to scratch my head, my emotions were somewhat complicated.
“……That, I’m very sorry, I caused tro
uble. Then, I’ll leave now”
After a period of time, I said this, and prepared to return. Seal-san took the basket from Chloe-san, who suddenly approached……and timidly handed it out to me.
“Today, can you also accept it?”
“……T…Thanks”
While I stammered out my thanks, I took the basket with both hands with an embarrassed smile.
Although I usually always feel that it was rude, but whenever it was during this moment, Seal-san always seemed to be very happy. It felt that an unusual joy was also slipped in……No, although it does not mean that I was normally not happy……Why, it was impossible to use words to describe it well.
I blushed while thanking again. This time, I really left the
Once I returned to the headquarters, I placed down the Magic Guidance Book, in order to wear the equipment to explore the dungeon.
After explaining the situation at the wine bar to Kami-sama, she sent me away with a gentle voice, “Safe trip”.
(Speaking of which, my recovery potion was used up right……?)
As I was walking down the street, I suddenly remembered the situation regarding my items. Three days ago, I had used up all my recovery potions in the dungeon exploration. My pouch strapped on my left thigh was beautifully empty.
(I was also taken care of a lot by them up till now……Should I make a trip?)
On the path heading towards the dungeon, I decided to visit the shop that I had neglected for a long time.
The shop location was situated at the West Main Street’s outer area, in the depths of an alley.
A single building was built alone in a slightly damp land, it had a logo of a
“Excuse me, good morning……”
Peeking in through the slightly pried open wooden doors, a female beastman was currently looking at the items on the shelves inside this slightly dim shop. She noticed me and turned her half-closed eyes to this side.
“Good morning, Bell. Long time no see……”
Although the sleepy voice coupled with the sleepy expression makes it easy for others to think that she had just woken up, but this is this person’s usual state. Above her skirt that her tail was sticking out from, she was wearing a strange shirt with short-sleeves on the left and long-sleeves on the right. Her right hand was even wearing a glove. Although her age range was similar to Eina-san, but the petite figure stopped what she was doing and moved to the counter where it was located in the depths of the shop.
