Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Vol. 3
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Nothing had changed for the past five hundred years. As her father had commanded the day he died, she had stayed alive. However, she was done with just living. Like her parents had done before her, Tio was ready to stake her life for a cause. That was the kind of life Tio Klarus wanted to live.
She could feel that something was changing. The dream she’d had the other day must have been a sign.
Her gaze pointed forward, Tio said with conviction,
“Something is going to change... I can feel it.”
“I can feel it, Maaaaster~”
“Quit moaning all the damn time, you pervert!”
Hajime held Tio up with his artificial limb. Every time he squeezed her face, she writhed in pleasure. They had stopped in a small town for dinner, but their meal was all but forgotten. The other customers were edging away from Hajime, while Yue and Shea had already moved to a different table. They were doing their best to pretend they didn’t know Hajime.
Twitching, Tio feebly tapped on Hajime’s arm. He would have let go at that point, but when he saw what she was holding in her hand, he started squeezing even harder. A vein pulsed in his forehead as he slowly put more force into his grip.
“No moooooooore! I’m dyiing! The ecstasy is killing meeeeeeeeee!”
“If you don’t want to die, how about letting go of that thing in your hand?”
“Nnngh. This is a misunderstanding. I swear I’m not lying. Please believe me.”
In her hand was a pair of Hajime’s underwear. When she’d gone to wipe her mouth during dinner she’d pulled that out of her pocket by mistake. He gave her a piercing glare and snatched his underwear back from Tio’s hand.
Released from his iron grip, she fell limply to the floor.
“Th-That was wonderful... Haah... Haah,” she panted, a vulgar smile on her face.
“Alright, so what’s your excuse for pulling this out of your pocket during dinner of all times? Well, you perverted dragon lady?”
“P-Perverted dragon lady...For me, the proud daughter of the Klarus line to be called a perverted dragon lady. Haah Haah. And that scornful gaze... Excuse me, Master. But may I change my panties?”
There was a metallic clunk as Hajime pointed one of his artifacts at Tio. “Three, two...” he started counting down. Tio hurriedly starting explaining herself.
“This is a misunderstanding! I happened to find your underwear lying on the floor of your room and thought to return it to you! However...”
“However, what?” Hajime lowered his weapon. So far, Tio had a surprisingly valid reason for carrying his underwear around.
“I realized depending on how I used it, I could get you to punish me—”
Hajime snapped. Tio was unaware of the sudden change and was cupping her flushed cheeks and preparing her next words.
“Oh, Master, what kind of embarrassing things are you making me say?”
“Hm? What is it, Master? Your expression suddenly turned kind—” His expression certainly did look gentle. Then, without warning, Hajime pulled Tio forward so she was on all fours. Confused, Tio looked up at him as he circled around to her back.
“So in the end, you’re just a pervert.”
He pulled out Donner and fired a full round into her ass.
“Ahiiiiiiiiiiiii! My arse! Oh my arse! Thank you so much, Master!” Sadly all that earned Hajime was Tio’s gratitude. She really was tough. There was no lasting damage on her butt.
Thanks to their antics, the group was kicked out of the restaurant. For some reason, Yue and Shea both gave him exasperated stares as they left. Depressed, Hajime dragged Tio behind him as they looked for somewhere else to eat.
For most of the journey she was just panting heavily, scaring off nearby passerby. However for a few seconds, she looked up at Hajime with a serious expression on her face and muttered,
“Grandfather, everyone. I do not think I can return anymore... Haah... Haah...”
Whether she meant to her village, or to being the princess everyone knew, only she knew.
It’s possible she may have meant something else entirely.
Afterword
Hello readers. Ryo Shirakome, chuuni-loving author of Arifureta here.
We’ve finally gotten to Hajime’s reunion with his classmates. Unfortunately, the introduction of our ultra-masochist dragon pervert kind of overshadowed the emotional impact of that.... To be honest, as I was writing this extra story, even I felt like this was a bit too dramatic a change from before to after. But if it managed to get some laughs out of you guys, then it was all worth it.
This is a bit of a digression, but the Ai-chan defense force got a lot more screen time here than in the web novel version. It still feels like the female students are kind of the mascot for the whole party, though. I actually based their design off some of the side characters in K-On. Yuka’s Himeko. Can you guess who the other two girls are? I’ll let you try and figure it out.
As always, many thanks to Takaya-ki-sensei for his wonderful illustrations. I’m grateful as well to all of my proofreaders, editors, and everyone else involved in the publishing process. Thank you all very much. Last but not least, thank you, dear reader, for picking this book up.
I pray we meet again in the next volume.
Ryo Shirakome
Copyright
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest Vol. 3
by Ryo Shirakome
Translated by Ningen
Edited by DxS
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2016 Ryo Shirakome
Illustrations by Takaya-ki
Cover illustration by Takaya-ki
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Ebook edition 1.0: October 2017