Translator: AkazaTL
Pr/Ed: Sol IX
***
Chapter 133 : The First Awakening
“Mmm…….”
The first thing that entered the sight of , Hein Reichart, as I woke up.
Was the sight of a yellow squirmy thing going up and down on my chest.
“Mas, ter. Mas. Ter!”
And the voice as cute as that appearance, heard by my ear.
I, whose sleep vanished in an instant, sat up while pulling back the blanket that had been covering .
“Hup!”
In that wind, the Earth Spirit, who lost its standing ground, hopped up and occupied the top of my head.
‘I did not notice this little one climbing onto my chest at all. Is it moving in a way completely different from the system of power I know?’
Before falling asleep, I had a habit of always casting detection magic on the room I stayed in and on my own body.
In spite of that, I did not notice this little kid climbing onto my chest and hopping around at all.
“……Shera-”
I, who picked off the Earth Spirit that was on top of my head, tried to wake Sherazade.
Because I needed her help to know the reason why this fellow woke up in the middle of the night.
“No! You cannot wake her! Sherazade is tired today! Too much!”
However, the yellow little kid flailed its short arms and refused the waking of Sherazade.
Only then did I realize that I was understanding the words this kid was saying.
“Are you doing this because…… you have sothing to say to ?”
“Yes! Yes!”
Whether it was moved that direct communication with had finally beco possible, the spirit expressed its joy by hopping up and down on my palm.
“I. Today…… power. Much. Awakening……! So. As I want…… et Master…… and thing to say!”
“So…… from today, you have beco able to manifest without Sherazade’s help? And you woke up because there is sothing you want to say?”
The spirit nodded its head while hopping up and down this ti as well.
Co to think of it, Sherazade had said so before.
If the affinity increased or the spirits’ power grew stronger between her and the kids, more direct communication would be possible.
‘It seems that using a lot of power while treating the World Tree today served as good stimulation.’
The Earth Spirit expressed its joy by spinning around on my palm or shaking its butt from side to side.
“…….”
Of course.
Even so, in my eyes, it did not look like more than short limbs flailing.
“I, over there!”
The spirit, which finished its dance, stretched its finger and pointed at Sherazade’s chest—to be more precise, at the magic armor hanging around her neck.
I placed the fellow on my palm and moved it to the desired location.
Sshhh-
Then the fellow began to dance once more while circling around the magic armor this ti.
“……♫♬”
As the fellow’s dance moves added to the excitent, the light emitting from the magic armor beca even thicker.
“Mmm…… Master?”
At that commotion, Sherazade eventually opened her eyes.
Toward , who was staring intently at her chest while resting a hand on the bed, she spoke with a beaming smile.
“Beast.”
“The word beast is not sothing you can use reflectively like that. If you have opened your eyes, first grasp the situation!”
And I, who felt an unknown anger at Sherazade’s smile, felt a surge of emotion without realizing it.
“Oh! Yellowie?”
At that mont when Sherazade, who finally grasped the situation, lowered her head.
The spirit’s dance moves also ca to an end.
“……!”
A cool ending pose of a dancer who finished the stage!
Clap, clap, clap!
“Good job! Yellowie!”
The sound of Sherazade clapping rang out, cutting through the intensifying cluster of light.
After both the sound of Sherazade’s clapping and the dazzling cluster of light subsided,
My eyes, which confird the position where the magic armor had been, could not help but grow wide.
The appearance of the magic armor had beco clearly different from before.
Rattle-
Overall, the point that it took the form of a necklace that could be worn around the neck was the sa as before.
However, the point that ‘a dagger the length of an index finger’ was taking the place where the gem had been hanging was clearly different.
Looking at the masterpiece, which was hard to believe was fashioned by human hands, down to the gem decorations ticulously embroidered despite the small size or the scabbard made to fit the size of the blade perfectly, I nodded my head.
‘It is an awakening. As the spirit’s power grew stronger, the magic armor also awakened!’
In the past life, Scada led six awakenings, and in that process, he had to consu an enormous amount of magic tools.
On the other hand, I led the first awakening without using any magic tools.
This must clearly be because of that yellow kid over there, who was acting all proud with a satisfied expression.
“Do you not feel any newly created functions?”
I, whose heart naturally beca urgent, threw a question to Sherazade, but she shook her head.
“It definitely seems like sothing has changed, but I think I will need a bit more ti to know for sure. I need to investigate it over ti.”
“Really? Then I shall ask you this ti as well.”
I nodded and fell into thought.
Disturbing sleep from the crack of dawn was not a pleasant experience, but if it was because of this kind of matter, I could endure it as much as needed.
“Okay. Master, I will talk about this with the babies. But since it is late today, let’s go back to sleep for now.”
“I should.”
“Yeah, then hurry up and lie down here.”
Sherazade patted the spot next to her.
Since it was a bed originally made for two people, the spot next to her was very spacious.
“What?”
“Are you not doing that because you want to lie down here?”
Only then did I realize that I was maintaining a posture leaning my upper body toward the lying Sherazade.
I had even forgotten that I was taking a sowhat embarrassing posture because I was so focused.
“I shall decline.”
“Hmph, such a skinflint, a penny-pincher as always!”
Leaving Sherazade’s grumbling behind, I lay down on the sofa where I was originally lying and pulled up the blanket.
Zzz, zzz.
A mont later, peaceful breathing settled in the bedroom.
The last night the two people spent in Veradora passed by like that.
***
“Shall we take a short rest here?”
Having reached the beginning part of the forest, I stopped my horse’s steps.
And I began to check the state of the items in my bag by taking them out one by one.
Crunch, crunch.
Sherazade looked at the items pouring out of my bag while munching on an apple-flavored candy.
Ropes, a large chisel, a hamr, a Minotaur’s tendon to make a snare, etc.
Unlike Sherazade’s petite bag full of snacks including candy, my large bag was packed with tools to make traps.
“Master, why are we here again?”
It had been one day since leaving the royal castle of Thebaia.
The place where the two people were was a forest located near the border of the Esper Kingdom.
Even though I had told Sion that I would return to Zodiac just like this.
With what thought had I turned my steps toward the Esper Kingdom?
“Did you not say you wanted to eat venison?”
“Huh?”
“To eat venison, you have to catch a deer first.”
While pulling a rope taut that had been reinforced by containing Harpy’s muscle fibers, I showed a mysterious smile.
With this much, it seed I could make a trap suitable to lure ‘that fellow’ out.
“Ah, and to eat a delicious venison steak, I definitely need your help. You can help, right?”
“Ugh…… I can’t cook. Ah, but I’ll work hard on the errands. I learned from my Master last ti, so I can do things like cleaning the entrails! I’ll start the fire too.”
Sherazade, who naturally thought the task she had to help with would be ‘cooking’, rolled up her sleeves while beaming.
“No, I will do all of that. The role you will help with is elsewhere.”
But I shook my head and grinned.
“Sherazade, have you ever seen a unicorn in person?”
“Yeah. A few tis before. They are big, but they look really cute. Sotis there are stubborn ones, so it’s frustrating, but-”
“Is that so? Then you must also know that unicorns like pure virgins?”
“Yes!”
“But unicorns are not the only hoofed animals that have a horn growing from the head and like won.”
Of course, there is an enormous difference in the ‘way they like’ them.
Thinking of the burly stature of ‘that fellow’ that must be captured from now on, my smile beca a bit deeper.
A size that would easily be two or three tis that of a large reindeer, and steel horns stretching to the left and right of a huge head.
Feet and hooves that could instantly crush the mouth of most beasts.
And,
“If you do a good job as the ‘bait’ to lure the fellow out, I will treat you to the most delicious venison steak in the world for dinner tonight.”
“, bait? Ugh, Master, just what are you planning to catch?”
“A deer.”
“We are going to catch a deer, so why do I have to be the bait! Deers are herbivores!”
“Its appetite is a bit peculiar. Since the prey this fellow likes most is a young woman, I need a lovely lady like you to lure it out.”
“Eek.”
Like that, having finished all preparations to hunt the super giant deer, ‘Taygete’, I spoke toward the sulky-faced Sherazade.
“Don’t worry and trust . It will be over soon!”
***
Thud, thud. Thud, thud.
A group of deers galloped through the forest.
A truly giant size and horns for deers.
Their movents resembled an occupying army that ca to conquer the forest rather than herbivores looking for food and checking their territory.
At that ti, the group of deers, which was rotating on patrol with sharp eyes, suddenly stopped their feet.
“Lalala♪”
In a place not far from their patrol route, the sight of a woman humming while picking flowers entered their eyes.
White ankles stretching long under the skirt.
Even without tasting it, it was self-evident that the at of that woman would be extrely tender.
Snort!
Eventually, one of the deers that could not overco its appetite let out a heavy breath and tried to go straight toward the woman.
Crack!
But the fellow’s spirited charge ended with it tumbling onto the floor.
The commander who was leading the patrol had ramd into the cheeky kid just as it was.
Snort, snort!
You cheeky fellow, if you discovered sothing like that, you should have inford the boss first.
How dare the likes of you touch it with your teeth!
Will you only co to your senses after having your bones broken by being stepped on by my hooves!
The rough body movents of the commander deer seed to be speaking like this.
The fellow who showed a premature movent returned to the herd while gathering its trembling legs.
A mont later, a scout who would inform the boss of this news left the herd.
Snort!
At the mont the commander deer signaled with its eyes.
The patrol deers scattered in all directions and began to surround the woman.
Even though this was the first ti hunting a human, they were already veterans of this kind of hunting.
Establishing a periter was a task they were more than familiar with.
Thud thud thud thud thud-
Not much ti after the periter was completed.
Along with the sound of hooves shaking the ground, the ‘Boss’, who had a burly body that would easily be twice as large as the other deers, revealed its appearance.
Snort-snort-
From the mouth of the Taygete, which confird the reality of the prey, a rough cry burst out as it could not overco its surging appetite.
It had already been several tis that it repeated waking from a long sleep to be active and then falling back to sleep.
Taygete, which had lived for a very long ti, had already tasted human flesh several tis before.
But it could tell by intuition as soon as it saw that prey with blue hair.
That that thing was exactly the prey with the ‘best taste’ that it had never tasted until now.
Clack clack clack clack!
As Taygete, which could not overco its appetite, flared its snout, its teeth, which reminded one of a saw blade, began to strike against each other while making a violent sound.
Taygete straightened its horns and put strength into its hind legs.
Snort-snort-
The fellow charged toward the woman with a montum like an arrow.
While being full of happy expectations that it would be able to chew that tender flesh in a mont.
And at that exact ti when the distance between the fellow and Sherazade ca within 100m.
Crash!
Ropes and snares stretching out from all directions wrapped around Taygete’s whole body just like that.
Snort-snort!
The flustered fellow tried to escape from the restraint while shaking its giant body.
But the ticulously made restraints did not let go of Taygete easily.
“Caught you.”
In the midst of that commotion.
A voice colder than Taygete’s steel horns was heard.
Looking at Taygete, who was acting like a madman as if it would cut the snares at any mont, I smiled.
As I was watching the struggle that shook the ground, a rumor concerning the king of the Esper Kingdom, ‘McPhein’, ca to mind.
‘I will be seeing his face soon, so I cannot et him for nothing.’
The journey this ti was sufficiently satisfying just with the fact that a secret treaty was made along with the alliance with Veradora.
But I thought that since I ca all the way near here anyway, it would not be bad to prepare a gift.
‘Shall we begin?’
Creak!
Gauntlets made of steel wrapped around my smooth hands.
Feeling that cold sensation, I took a step forward to wrap the ‘gift’ to be given to the king of Esper.
User Comments
0 comments from readers