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VPnA – The Prequel Chapter 202
Chapter 203 – Meeting Ye-bobo Again
Chapter 203 - Meeting Ye-bobo Again
Having the experience once, she stopped eating, I really don’t understand her, ordering such a large table of food, but only eating a bite of bun in the end. Isn’t there something wrong! Helplessly, I could only call…
Chapter 203 - Meeting Ye-bobo Again
Having the experience once, she stopped eating, I really don’t understand her, ordering such a large table of food, but only eating a bite of bun in the end. Isn’t there something wrong! Helplessly, I could only call…
Having the experience once, she stopped eating, I really don’t understand her, ordering such a large table of food, but only eating a bite of bun in the end. Isn’t there something wrong!
Helplessly, I could only call the waitress over for the bill.
“Hello mister, you spend three hundred and thirty-eight Yuan in total, this is your bill, please have a look,” A waitress walked over and said.
“I have two hundred kuai of coupon here, then I’ll give you… a hundred and thirty-eight,” With that, I handed the coupons to the waitress, then took out two hundred kuai from my wallet.
“I couldn’t’ tell, you are rather rich! You spend three hundred something just eating one breakfast! It’s nearly up to a month of my salary!” When the waitress left, Ye Xiaoxiao looked over at my wallet and said.
I sweat! What do you mean I’m rich, you ordered this enter table of stuff! However, I said, “Isn’t this dependent on who I’m treating…!”
Ye Xiaoxiao felt rather joyful upon hearing it, not expecting I would continue and said, “If it was treating Zhao Yanyan, I would have directly gone to Shangri-La.”
“You! Heng!” Ye Xiaoxiao snorted and stood up.
I received the change the waitress handed me, and chased up to Ye Xiaoxiao who was in front, then said to her quietly, “You’re behind is wet as well.”
Ye Xiaoxiao exclaimed with an “AH” sound, then subconsciously covered her butt. That’s because the jacket tied to her waist could only block the front and naturally not the back.
I chuckled loudly as I walked out. Only then did Ye Xiaoxiao notice that she was messed with again, because how could the soup of the bun spill on the back.
“Liu Lei, I’m going to kill you!” Ye Xiaoxiao clenched her teeth and said.
“你家在哪儿？”我发动了捷达车，对副驾驶座上依然阴个脸生闷气的叶潇潇问道。
“Where’s your home?” I started up the Jetta, and asked Ye Xiaoxiao, who was still being silently mad on the shotgun.
“Governmental Staff Compound,” Ye Xiaoxiao glared at me and said in annoyance.
“What? Governmental Staff Compound?” Hearing that, could got a bit annoyed. “Why didn’t you say so earlier? The direction is completely on the other side.
The Governmental Staff Compound wasn’t far from Zhao Yanyan’s grandpa’s home, when we left Fourth High just now, we were going in the completely opposite direction, this Ye Xiaoxiao actually knew that we were going the wrong way and didn’t say anything.
“I thought you knew!” Ye Xiaoxiao knew that she was wrong, and thus she defended herself quietly.
I knew? How was I supposed to know.
It was fortunate that the traffic in 1995 was rather smooth and not so crowded. After ten odd years, the people on the road would move faster than cars.
“Your home’s compound is rather high class!” I got onto the elevator and said.
“A slight correction, it’s my parents’ home,” Ye Xiaoxiao said.
“You went independent?” I asked.
“Not yet at the moment,” Ye Xiaoxiao said.
I faint. I really don’t understand what this girl was thinking!
Ye Xiaoxiao lived on the fourth floor, from the height of it, it was a rather good floor, from this, I could tell that Ye Xiaoxiao’s father’s executive position was definitely not low, it would require at least the level of a section chief to have such treatment.
Ye XIaoxiao pressed the doorbell, not long after, a female voice sounded out from within, “Who!”
“Mom, it’s me, open up!” Ye Xiaoxiao said.
Not long later, the door opened with a “kaca” sound, inside stood a middle aged woman, although there were a lot of wrinkles on her face already, I could still tell that she must have been a beauty when she was younger.
From her middle-aged woman’s brows, she looked a bit like Ye Xiaoxiao, but wasn’t as pretty.
“Mom, this is…” Just as Ye Xiaoxiao was about to introduce me, who was standing behind her, Mother Ye interrupted her without letting her finish.
“Oh! I know, you must be Xiaoxiao’s boyfriend! This is the first time Xiaoxiao brought a boy home! Lad, where do you work!” Mother Ye checked me out with an ambiguous look, and said happily.
“About this… bomu, you misunderstood, Ye Xiaoxiao and I…” I quickly explained. I kept sweating! What kind of mother is this, I’ve never seen anyone like her, recognizing someone as her son-in-law the moment they go to her home.
“Hehe, I understand, I understand! You young people are shy, and find it embarrassing to admit it. Claiming to be friends, but stealthily go out, what’s wrong with it, what kind of era is this, it’s not the past! What’s there to hide for a young man, it’s very normal for couples to live together before marriage!” Mother Ye waved her hand and said.
I spun around three hundred and sixty degrees then fainted, this doesn’t seem like something said by the mother of a girl right, isn’t this encouraging their children to commit crime!
“Mom! What are you saying! He’s my student, dad told him to come!” Ye Xiaoxiao stomped her foot in annoyance.
“Student? Do you think your mom is senile or did water go into her brain? She clearly called you Ye Xiaoxiao just now, do all students at your school address the teacher by their name directly? Who are you trying to trick!” Mother Ye shook her head like she had everything under control.
I was really speechless now! Mistakes were made! Normally, I always call her Ye Xiaoxiao in private, and so it just came out just now.
Ye Xiaoxiao glared fiercely at me, I could only pretend like I didn’t see anything and acted without care, disregarding it all.
“Xiaoxiao, you came back!” At this moment, a thick male voice helped us out. A fifty-something years old man came out from the study. When I saw her appearance, I couldn’t help but blank, why was it him!
The man also blanked after seeing me, neither of us made a sound, but our facial expression made it clear: why is it you!
I calmed down very quickly, and said, “Hello Ye-bobo!” This person is that Ye-bobo I played go with at Zhao Yanyan’s grandpa’s place!
“Xiao Liu! We meet again, how is it, my daughter is no worse than Elder Zhao’s granddaughter right!” Ye-bobo raised an eyebrow at me and said.
It can’t be, why does he still remember this, last time he kept on selling his darling daughter to me, and now that he knows I’m Ye Xiaoxiao’s student, he’s still cracking such jokes! These extreme parents are really rare!
“Dad! You know each other?” Hearing that her father actually started making fun od her, Ye Xiaoxiao said with a red face.
“Can’t I not know him! Xiao Liu’s go ability is really great! Let’s have a match again later!” Ye-bobo nodded and said.
“Old Ye, is this not Xiaoxiao’s boyfriend?” Only now did Mother Ye understand, this person really isn’t Ye Xiaoxiao’s boyfriend.
- N/a
Chapter 202 – Little Kid
Chapter 202 - Little Kid
“Sorry, I don’t know you, and I don’t want to,” I didn’t even look at Wang Zhiyuan before saying slowly. “About this…” All of a sudden, Wang Zhiyuan didn’t know what to say, and blanked on spot, unable…
Chapter 202 - Little Kid
“Sorry, I don’t know you, and I don’t want to,” I didn’t even look at Wang Zhiyuan before saying slowly. “About this…” All of a sudden, Wang Zhiyuan didn’t know what to say, and blanked on spot, unable…
“Sorry, I don’t know you, and I don’t want to,” I didn’t even look at Wang Zhiyuan before saying slowly.
“About this…” All of a sudden, Wang Zhiyuan didn’t know what to say, and blanked on spot, unable to speak anything for a long time. He found it weird just now, how was it possible for a student to eat breakfast with the teacher? Now that the student actually looked down on him so much, and Ye Xiaoxiao didn’t mind either, he felt something was amiss in his heart, but couldn’t understand why. Thus he said awkwardly, “Xiaoxiao, you don’t mind adding another person right, to display my thanks, I’ll pay the bill.”
Before Ye Xiaoxiao said anything, I said coldly, “I mind very much, I hope you won’t disturb my meal!”
Wang Zhiyuan was about to explode out of anger, what the f̲u̲c̲k̲ is this person supposed to be, always messing his stuff up! However, he never thought that, he came in to mess stuff up first! And Ye Xiaoxiao was right in front of them, so he didn’t find it appropriate to get angry, so he could only smile gentlemanly, “Then Xiaoxiao, it looks like this little kid doesn’t welcome me at all, let’s get together another day!” When he said that, he emphasized on “little kid”, the meaning was clear, it’s that you, the little kid, don’t know the ways, I’m the bigger person, and won’t argue with you.
Ye Xiaoxiao also frowned, this Wang Zhiyuan is one of her many pursuers, her impression of him was pretty good, it wasn’t affability, but at least she didn’t dislike him. Yet now, after hearing her student’s cold words to Wang Zhiyuan, not only did she not scold him, she actually had a sliver of happiness in her heart, was he jealous? Thinking that, Ye Xiaoxiao felt her cheeks starting to heat up, he’s her student, why’s she happy about his jealousy! However, thinking back to when the waitress said he is her boyfriend, she felt rather sweat in her heart out of nowhere, could it be that she started liking her student? How is that acceptable! In her franticness, she didn’t hear what Wang Zhiyuan was saying and just answered, “Okay, then that’s that!”
Seeing Ye Xiaoxiao agree to his solo date, Wang Zhiyuan was unusually excited! This is a treatment he has never gotten before! However, then he thought about it and felt a bit unwilling, when he was in USA, don’t all the girls that he set his eyes on throw themselves into his embrace after beckoning at them with his finger, this Ye Xiaoxiao is too difficult to deal with right, after pursuing her for four years in university, he never even touched her hand. Wang Zhiyuan swore silently in his heart, one day he will make her submit under his crotch! However, he didn’t show any of these thoughts, and said very gentlemanly, “Then I won’t disturb you two having your meal! See you another day! Little kid, bye!”
Although Wang Zhiyuan appeared to be smiling, I could see a hint of menace in his eyes. Ever since my powers were activated, I was unnaturally sensitive to the people and thigns around me, and could easily capture a momentarily thought or expression of a person.
“Hmmph! How’s that, this xiaojie’s charm is infinite right! And you say I can’t get married, here, here’s one that came back from other countries!” Ye Xiaoxiao said proudly.
“The one called Wang Zhiyuan or something isn’t a good person, stay away from him!” I said softly.
“What, you’re just annoyed right!” Although Ye Xiaoxiao said that, she didn’t know why she felt a bit happy in her heart. Ye Xiaoxiao found her feelings really weird, the previous night, she had subconsciously thought about this student a lot, and got more and more curious about his identity, in the end the more she thought about it, the more awake she got, she only managed to sleep after a long time.
“Whatever, I’m just reminding you out of good will, whether you believe it or not is up to you,” I said, and stopped talking. I went back to eating xiaolongbao, let’s be honest, this bun is really spectacular, Zhao Yanyan and I ate here once, and got two hundred kuai coupons, but then never had the chance to use it, just now Ye Xiaoxiao was throwing a tantrum about eating breakfast, and after passing buy, we just came here. I’ll be honest, in the morning, I was afraid to be late, so I just casually have a few bites, now I really was hungry. I gobbled down a few buns, then just as I was about to pick up the cup full of special wheat tea, I saw that Ye Xiaoxiao, who was sitting opposite me, raising her head and staring at me.
“What are you looking at?” I asked Ye Xiaoxiao, who had an anthomaniac-like expression, strangely.
“Ah…” Only now did Ye Xiaoxiao came back to her sense, and said frantically. “Nothing.”
“Aren’t you hungry, why aren’t you eating?” I pointed at the food, that I have decimated a large majority of, on the table.
“Oh,” Only then did Ye Xiaoxiao pick up a xiaolongbao, put it beside her mouth and bite down. I was just about to stop her, but it was too late, the soup within the xiaolongbao spurted out, covering Ye Xiaoxiao.
I shook my head, she really had no experience, who eats a bun like that, this type of xiaolongbao should be eaten by using a plate underneath, it would be weird if she didn’t dirty herself eating like this. I reached out and handed Ye Xiaoxiao, who wasn’t sure what to do, a tissue then said, “Wipe it.”
Ye Xiaoxiao received the tissue, and didn’t have time to thank me before hurrying up to wipe her trousers, but how could the bun’s oil be wiped so easily, not only did she not wipe it off, she made the area bigger! Yet what made Ye Xiaoxiao feel awkward was that the soup and coin coincidentally covered her private area, from far way, the place with oiled spilled on looked like it was wipe. After wiping quite a while, Ye Xiaoxiao still didn’t see any effects, causing her face to go red in anxiousness.
Of course, I saw all this. Originally, I didn’t want to care, but seeing her pitiful expression, I could resist, thus I said, “Take off your jacket and tie it on your waist.”
Ye Xiaoxiao felt a sense of joy after hearing that and quickly did as I said. It was like she got hot from eating, and very naturally took the jacket off and tied it on her waist.
- N/a
[Vol. 1] Chapter 29 – Fujoshi
[Vol. 1] Chapter 29 - Fujoshi
(TN: There are no graphic BL scenes in this chapter it is mentioned though.) "Carlo-sama, can I talk with you for a bit?" Melissa suddenly came over when I was sitting in my office. After her Reina also…
[Vol. 1] Chapter 29 - Fujoshi
(TN: There are no graphic BL scenes in this chapter it is mentioned though.) "Carlo-sama, can I talk with you for a bit?" Melissa suddenly came over when I was sitting in my office. After her Reina also…
(TN: There are no graphic BL scenes in this chapter it is mentioned though.)
“Carlo-sama, can I talk with you for a bit?”
Melissa suddenly came over when I was sitting in my office.
After her Reina also came in.
It’s unusual for Melissa to come without being called and it’s not the time for a meal yet.
What is it?
She was obviously angry.
Did I do something? (TN: Oh, oooh you did a lot of stuff….)
Is it because I recently went out to play at night and visited the Fawn Pavilion and the Moulin Rouge?
“What is it?”
Ah, my voice broke out of tension.
I hate people being angry at me.
“It’s about this Reina”
That gentle Melissa looked like an ogre when looking back at Reina.
Reina turned her gaze downwards and didn’t dare to turn this way.
Aah, the one she’s angry with is Reina, huh?
Once I knew I wasn’t the one in trouble the tension left my body.
“Did Reina do something wrong?”
“Because I couldn’t see her working in the morning I searched for her and found her hiding in the shadows to read this kind of thing!”
That reminds me, didn’t Melissa hold something like a thin book in her hand?
“What is it?”
When she heard my question Melissa’s face suddenly reddened.
Reina became smaller and smaller. (TN: Yeah, well, the title says everything)
“Ehm, this is just too much to explain it with my own mouth. It is too dirty for your esteemed eyes but could you view it to decide upon Reina’s punishment?”
What’s going on?
The problem wasn’t her being absent from work but the contents of this book?
It feels like an ordinary novel.
I took the book from Melissa and opened it.
Then Reina began to sob.
……
Hoho, is the Earl with the scar on his cheek the main character?
He kind of looks like me. (TN: Cause that’s you. My condolences)
……
……
That beautiful knight of the Imperial Guard with blonde hair who swore allegiance to the Earl.
The best swordsmen of the country.
……
……
……
There’s also a refreshing brown-haired knight appearing.
In addition to being handsome, his sword skills were incomparable.
The blonde knight competes against this knight and ends up losing.
Isn’t that just like Lunos and F? (TN: Eeeyup)
……
……
……
……
……What the hell is this?!?!
The two knights compete with each other to gain the Earl’s favour and before long they fall in love.
Affection exceeding friendship sprouted between the rivals.
There were love scenes between the two knights and between the Earl and the knights. (TN: … I’ll… just… whatever…)
Tha, that fellow, did she become rotten……This is too early for this era.
I never thought I’d read BL with me as the inspiration in my life
Good grief, no matter in what world fujoshi always exist, don’t they? (TN: They are everywhere, everywhereeee)
Oh well, because I’m 2D otaku trash entering the Comiket while yelling I understand them to some extent.
But for the Maid Reina to get corrupted.
Even though I thought she was cute but her panting over me, F and Lunos doing those kind of things was kind of disappointing.
“So, Carlo-sama, what is Reina’s punishment? Though, I think a dismissal is only natural”
Melissa with a beet red face said this in a severe tone.
When she heard that, Reina raised her voice while bursting into tears.
“Aah, Carlo-sama, I’m sorry! I’m going to reflect on it so please anything but dismissing me. Please let me stay here!”
Mmm, well I don’t really think reading BL isn’t particularly bad.
I don’t think it’s good to skip work to read, though.
I’d appreciate it if you would stop just that.
“Melissa, Leave the rest to me. Would you let me talk with her alone?”
“Certainly. Please be strict.”
Melissa lowered her head and left.
“Reina, sit down.”
“Bu, but……”
I let the puzzled Reina sit on the sofa for visitors and I sat down on the opposing side.
“Are such books popular?”
“Eh, no, such things would never……”
“You don’t have to hide it. I think it’s understandable to like those kind of things and I also know some girls who like it. How long have you been reading these kinds of books?”
“……For about three years”
Because Reina is now 17 years old she started with 14!
She’s an elite in a sense.
“Are those around you reading this as well?”
“All my friends read them.”
“This book here, too?”
“Yes, we take turns reading them. I promised my friends to give it to them this evening and I didn’t have time to read so I skipped work……I’m terribly sorry”
Aah, my figure got exposed to everyone (teary eyes).
“Carlo-sama, please don’t fire me. Please let me stay here!”
Reina burst into tears again.
I’m the one who wants to cry.
“Ehm, well, don’t cry. Let’s over look this incident this time. I’ll convince Melissa, too.”
“……Aah, Carlo-sama!”
She looked at me with wet eyes.
Her face was cute but being looked at by those eyes, honestly, I pulled back a little.
“However, don’t read those books while you are in the mansion, working. What did your friends say?”
“Ehm, actually, it was one of my friends who wrote this book.”
……A BL writer, what kind of friends do you have? (TN: I have enough of those, too….)
“She frequently tells me that she envies me for working at such a heavenly place.”
What heaven, good grief.
Besides, as soon as she realised she won’t get fired she got really lively.
“Ehm, Carlo-sama, that friend told me to ask you something when I get the opportunity.”
I got a reeeeally bad feeling about this.
“What is it? Let’s hear it.”
“Ehm, that, uhm……”
Reina fidgeting like that is pretty cute.
But it’s something hard to say after all, huh?
“Ehm, if I dare to say, but, Carlo-sama, if you could answer this, you’re a uke, right? And what do you think about Gekokujo? I think it’s very wonderful!” (TN: Gekokujo = juniors dominating their seniors, 下剋上に関 gekokujo ni kanshite that’s the full thing)
……This girl is done for.
She’s completely corrupted (white eyed)
- N/a
[Vol. 1] Chapter 28 – Rozea
[Vol. 1] Chapter 28 - Rozea
After having defeated the Troll we reported this to the people at the windmill. Although the villagers who escaped to the windmill were still initially suspicious they were surprised by the sight of the two fallen Trolls. "Is…
[Vol. 1] Chapter 28 - Rozea
After having defeated the Troll we reported this to the people at the windmill. Although the villagers who escaped to the windmill were still initially suspicious they were surprised by the sight of the two fallen Trolls. "Is…
After having defeated the Troll we reported this to the people at the windmill.
Although the villagers who escaped to the windmill were still initially suspicious they were surprised by the sight of the two fallen Trolls.
“Is this the truth? You defeated them? Moreover, those two ……were tremendously strong.”
“To big bro Akatsuki and big sis Crescent Moon something of this degree is nothing!”
Pick seemed happy but Crescent Moon kept on staring at Knopf suspiciously.
“What’s the matter, Crescent Moon? This doesn’t look like you at all.”
“But with that said, Akatsuki. Don’t you think that cat ear magician is weird? That finisher, I never saw or heard of a spell like that. Even though one couldn’t see anything that big hole suddenly appeared and that thing immediately kicked the bucket. This is just too weird.”
Well, to a human of this world in which things such as guns do not exist it’ll turn out like this.
“Don’t say that. Knopf isn’t particularly suspicious. She just devises various spells out of normal ones.”
“Was it like that? That first fireball also had tremendous power, didn’t it?”
“Are you talking about me?”
When Knopf came over, Crescent Moon hastily tried to fix this up.
“Ah, no, I was just praising your magic, like your magic is more awesome than I first thought.”
“Is that so? Thank you. Crescent Moon’s skill with the bow was also amazing.”
That’s right, Crescent Moon’s archery is also of miracle grade.
Is this because Akatsuki was originally set to be an Archery master?
By the way, I wonder how skilled I’m with it.
I’ve never tried to use a bow before so I don’t know.
I feel like I’m able to use it for some reason.
“By the way, what are those demon eyes you mentioned before?”
I was interested in this so I asked the cat girl.
“It had its eyes sewed shut so that it couldn’t see, right? That’s demon eyes. It’s something like a curse that takes your vision in exchange for strong magical power. The question is who did this?”
So that means that someone was behind this Troll variant?
I have to be careful.
We asked the villagers to clean up and decided to go back to the town.
For the sake of reporting to the Guild, we cut off the Troll’s left ear each.
I entrusted the task of cutting it to Crescent Moon, though. (TN: You cut off a Troll’s head though)
I can’t do something so grotesque.
The Trolls didn’t have anything particularly valuable on them.
How disappointing.
When we left the village all the residents waved saw us off and waved their hands.
Though there were some victims I want you to work hard to restore everything to normal.
When we entered we got assaulted by a barrage of questions.
Stuff like, what kind of enemy was it, how did you defeat them? And so on, and so on.
What kind of enemy it was, was okay to answer but regarding how we defeated it I gave a vague answer.
Especially that last spell is top-secret.
When we reported to the guild and showed them the three severed ears our reward got increased to 40 coins.
The reason for this was the danger we were already exposed to by the two-headed enemy who could use magic and additionally defeating another one which suddenly appeared.
With this, it became 10 gold coins per person.
“Hehe, I’m grateful for this. But I wish they had given us a little more.”
The greedy Crescent Moon was saying things like that.
This person really likes money.
Knopf seemed to allot it to her research funds.
As Pick asked, “What should I do with this?” I was delighted to tell her “Distribute it among the Rabbit Group”.
I left the Guildhall, returned to the hideout, changed back into Carlo’s clothes and went back to the mansion.
For a moment I thought about going to the Fawn Pavilion but it was still early and I didn’t want to trouble Felicia. (TN: Yep don’t go~)
“Welcome home, Carlo-sama”
Melissa and Reina, but also the Imperial Guard’s captain Lunos greeted me.
When I entered the mansion Lunos handed me a letter.
“What, from whom?”
“First open it and take a look, please.”
Lunos flashed a grin for an instant.
When I opened it I saw that the letter was from one of “Moulin Rouge’s” Onee-sans, Rozea.
“What’s written in it?”
Lunos listened with an unconcerned face.
Is it like this? Or did Rozea give the letter to him? (TN: If it’s his letter…. why would he show it to you again?)
It was written that she had a fun during that time.
If I have time I should visit again by all means.
And she also wrote she found someone she wanted to introduce to me.
“Aah, something like she wants to see me again. Rozea’s also troubled.”
Alright, Rozea wants to see me and not Lunos! (TN: Cause money? And ya know, she just saw him and he’s there a lot apparently)
Honestly, I was bursting with joy and wanted to brag but I controlled myself and assumed a curt attitude.
“Well, for women with that kind of job sending letters like this to customers is part of their work.” (TN: Bingo)
That Lunos, is he jealous of me? (TN: Nooope. Don’t think so)
Rozea isn’t the type of girl who writes letters like this just for her work.
Unexpectedly that handsome guy Lunos doesn’t understand a woman’s feelings either. (TN: Heh. First the idol now her. Did ya even fall for spam e-mails before?)
“Well, can’t be helped. Might as well go today, huh?”
“Eh, you want to go at once? Then I shall also accompany you.”
That Lunos, what’s with you letting out that surprised voice?
Isn’t it normal to go to someone who wants to see you? (TN: In different situations, yes, but not in this one…)
“No, it’s fine, I’m going alone.”
After eating dinner I left the mansion and headed for the Moulin Rouge.
I’m glad that thanks to the herbs the eating habits have considerably improved.
The Genovese pasta with basil I had the other day was delicious.
I’d like to eat curry sometime soon.
“Welcome~”
As I entered the Moulin Rouge there were a lot of glamorous Onee-sans there again.
“Welcome. Do you want to see someone in particular?”
Just when I wanted to tell the name to the black clothed man Rozea appeared from behind.
“Oh my, Carlo-sama. Thank you very much for coming.”
“Yeah, I got your letter and came over.”
Today Rozea is wearing a crimson dress again though it has a different shape than the one before.
The neckline wasn’t as deeply cut as before but the deep slit in her skirt was also very sexy.
“This gentleman is my visitor. Let me guide you.”
Rozea took me by my hand and guided me to a seat.
Ah, this is dangerous.
This might be the first time after becoming and adult that I held hands with a woman so casually. (TN: Srsly? I mean, there had to be some kind of situation, right?)
I sat down while my heart was throbbing.
Rozea snuggled closer to my side.
“I’m sorry for giving you a letter like that. Did I trouble you?”
“No, I don’t mind. It’s alright.”
This was the first time I received a letter from a woman so I was happy.
I kind of became aware of something, I’m not good at talking. Rozea’s beautiful and white thighs became visible when she crossed her legs.
Aah, I can’t stare, don’t stare.
Just when I thought like that I just took a glance.
“What would you like to drink?”
Rozea listened.
Ehm, they certainly ask to buy “bottles” in this kind of shops and that makes the girls happy.
But they were really expensive, at least that’s what I saw in TV dramas.
I don’t have any idea what I should order.
I should have taken Lunos with me after all. (TN: Yeah, you should have)
Sigh, there’s no helping it, let’s tell her the truth.
“I want to order a bottle but, honestly, I don’t know anything about that. I’ve never been to shops like this.”
“Oh my, is that so? Then just for me……Thank you. Then I’ll order instead. What price would be appropriate?”
Rozea laughed with relish.
But she didn’t make me feel like an idiot, besides, she was a good girl who properly asked about the budget.
I got the reward from the Troll extermination today, so let’s use that.
“I see, today I have 10 gold coins with me so use them well.”
Those 10 gold coins are equal to 1 million yen.
Though I don’t know how expensive this place is but this much should be enough.
Then Rozea suddenly stared at me with a serious face. (TN: Eh? Did I misjudge Rozea?)
“Carlo-sama. I know that you’re rich. I’m also happy that you would order this for me. However, please don’t order such expensive liquor. Rather than using it all at once Rozea would be happier to see Carlo-sama many times.” (TN:Hmmm)
When she said this I began to smile, then she continued.
“In fact, there’s a Liquor I really like. It would cost one gold coin in total, so may I ask you to buy it for me?” (TN: Not bye bye 10 gold coins then?)
“Aah, well, let’s order it then, shall we?”
The liquor which got brought was a delicious sparkling wine with a slightly sweet taste.
While drinking it Rozea laughed happily.
Crescent Moon would never say things like that.
She’d say things like: More importantly give me more money.
“By the way, you wrote in the letter that you wanted to introduce someone to me.”
“That’s right. It’s when you came here the other day, but I think she might be useful to Carlo-sama. Though she’s a slightly strange person.”
Is that so? Rozea always thought about me?
Let’s meet that person next time.
Thus, the fun night continued on.
- N/a
[Vol 1] Classmates’ Side 2 (Prequel) – Return of the Nightmare
[Vol 1] Classmates' Side 2 (Prequel) - Return of the Nightmare
The day Hajime and Yue met, and survived their life or death struggle with the scorpion. Kouki and the rest of the heroes once again arrived at the 【Orcus Great Dungeon】. However, those who came were only Kouki’s…
[Vol 1] Classmates' Side 2 (Prequel) - Return of the Nightmare
The day Hajime and Yue met, and survived their life or death struggle with the scorpion. Kouki and the rest of the heroes once again arrived at the 【Orcus Great Dungeon】. However, those who came were only Kouki’s…
The day Hajime and Yue met, and survived their life or death struggle with the scorpion.
Kouki and the rest of the heroes once again arrived at the 【Orcus Great Dungeon】. However, those who came were only Kouki’s Hero group, a small group of rogues, and another group consisting of five boys and girls led by a bulky judo guy called Nagayama Jugo.
The reason was simple. Even if they didn’t bring up the topic, Hajime’s death had casted a deep, heavy shadow over their hearts. If they couldn’t face the reality of “death in battle”, they wouldn’t be able to fight properly. This was a type of psychological trauma.
Of course, the officials from the Saint’s Church wasn’t sympathetic. Thinking that as long as the students experience actual combat incessantly, they should be able to fight again after some time, they continued to urge them to return to the battlefield everyday. However, there was a vehement protester. It was Aiko-sensei.
Aiko did not participate in the expedition at that time. Due to the fact that her job was the special and extremely rare Agriculturalist, rather than combat training, the church hoped she would put her effort towards agricultural cultivation instead. As long as Aiko-sensei was around, there’s a high possibility that their provisions problem would be solved.
When Aiko learnt of Hajime’s death, she was so shocked that she was left bedridden. Faced with the fact that one of her students died while she was just leisurely spending time within the safety zone, and the fact that it was no longer possible to bring everyone back to Japan. Aiko, who had a strong sense of responsibility, suffered a powerful impact.
That’s why, she absolutely wouldn’t permit for students who couldn’t fight anymore to be sent to the battlefield. Aiko’s Class ⌈1⌋ was an extremely rare one which had the possibility of bringing about a complete change to the world’s food issue. And that Aiko-sensei was protesting with unwavering determination against the students’ forced combat training. The church, which wanted to avoid worsening their relationship, accepted Aiko’s objection.
In the end, only the Heroes, the rogues, and Nagayama Jugo’s party willingly continued with the combat training. After training for some time, they decided to challenge the 【Orcus Great Dungeon】 once again. This time, they were also accompanied by Commander Meld and several knights.
Today was the sixth day of their dungeon exploration. They were currently on the sixtieth level. It was just five levels before reaching the highest confirmed level. However, Kouki’s party was currently stuck. No, rather than being unable to advance, it was an involuntary recollection of the nightmare from that time that brought them to a standstill.
Yes, despite being clearly different from that time, similar steep cliffs spreaded before their eyes. They must cross a suspension bridge in order to get to the next level. This isn’t much of a problem per se, but as expected, they couldn’t help but recall that event. Especially Kaori, as she stood there motionlessly, staring over the cliff into the darkness of the endless abyss.
”Kaori……”
As Shizuku anxiously called out, Kaori who was looking down with a strong gaze, slowly shook her head and smiled towards Shizuku.
“It’s alright, Shizuku-chan.”
“I see…… You are not forcing yourself right? You don’t have to hold back because of me.”
“Eheh-heh, thank you, Shizuku-chan.”
Shizuku also smiled at her close friend. Kaori’s eyes were giving off a strong radiance, without any despair or escapism within. With her excellent insight and sensitivity to people’s subtleties, Shizuku realized that Kaori saying “It’s alright”, was from her true feelings.
(As expected, Kaori is strong.)
Hajime’s death was almost a certainty. It’s hopeless to even half-heartedly say he survived. Nevertheless, Kaori chose to neither escape nor deny, but advance to reach her own understanding. Shizuku was proud of her close friend.
However, being unable to read the mood is one of the hero’s quality. In Kouki’s eyes, reflected the appearance of Kaori grieving at the thought of Hajime’s death while staring below. He concluded that the kind Kaori is currently suffering over a classmate’s death. Consequently, under the filter of his assumption, Kaori’s smiling figure appeared to be forced as well.
Then, without the slightest consideration that Kaori thought specially of Hajime and still believed in the possibility of his survival, Kouki repeatedly gave Kaori misplaced consolation.
“Kaori…… I like that kind side of yours. However, you can’t let yourself be trapped by our classmate’s death forever! You have to move on. Surely, that’s what Nagumo would have wanted.”
“Hey, Kouki……”
“Shizuku, be silent for a while! Even if it’s harsh, as her childhood friend, I have to say this…… Kaori, it’s alright. I will stay by your side. I wouldn’t die. I wouldn’t let anyone die anymore. I promise I would never make Kaori sad.”
“Haa~, reckless as always…… Kaori……”
“Haha, it’s okay, Shizuku-chan…… Well, I know what Kouki-kun was trying to say, so it’s okay.”
“Oh, you understood!”
Kaori could only smile bitterly at Kouki’s completely misdirected words. It seems that even if Kaori were to honestly talk about her feelings now, it probably wouldn’t be transmitted to Kouki. For Kouki, it is already a fact that Hajime is dead. Thus, it is unthinkable that the reason why Kaori is zealously training and exploring the dungeon is due to her belief in Hajime’s survival. It is in his nature to persist in his beliefs without any doubts, he could only seem to interpret Kaori’s feelings as a psychological illness stemming from escapism. From their long association, Kaori somewhat understood Kouki’s thought patterns, which was why she didn’t say anything.
By the way, the nuance which appeared to be nothing but completely wooing her was said by the person himself without any ulterior motives, it only showed Kouki’s extreme earnestness. Shizuku and Kaori, who were already used to Kouki’s words and actions let it slide as usual, but if the other girls heard that, they would probably all fall together into sugary expressions at the sweet atmosphere.
Generally, a handsome guy with good character, proficient in both sports and studies would cause any female childhood friend to fall in love. However, influenced by her strict father, Shizuku had been in contact with and was raised by the adults under her house’s dojo from young. Coupled with her natural insight, she was aware that his sense of justice could be said as Kouki’s flaw, and he had displayed it numerous times, making her unable to harbour any feelings more than a childhood friend towards him. Although, for the others, the more important thing hasn’t changed.
Kaori was naturally insensitive about love and hearing about various things from Shizuku, her heart was unable to throb over Kouki’s words or actions. He is considered a good-natured person and thought caringly of as a childhood friend, but would never lead to any romantic feelings.
“Kaori-chan, I am rooting for you, if there’s anything I can do to help, please say.”
“Yeah~, Suzu will always be at on Kaorin’s side!” ⌈2⌋
Joining the conversation were Nakamura Eri and Taniguchi Suzu who were listening to Kouki’s chat nearby. Both of them are Kaori’s close friends since entering high school and they have an excellent relationship. They are also capable people who were added into the Hero party led by Kouki.
Nakamura Eri is a bespectacled beauty with black Natural Bob hair. Personality-wise, she is mild and meek, and basically makes everybody want to keep an eye out for her. She loves books and gives off the feel of a stereotypical librarian. As a matter of fact, she was in the library committee.
Taniguchi Suzu, she is a chibi whose height was only around 142 centimeters. However, it was unimaginable where her inexhaustible liveliness could be hidden within that small body. She always jumps about happily with her drooping braids bouncing along. That heart-warming sight secured her role as the class mascot.
When the two of them saw Kaori’s discomposure the day Hajime fell into the abyss, they understood her feelings and approved of Kaori’s goal.
”Nn, Eri-chan, Suzu-chan, thank you.”
Kaori smiled happily at the two close friends made in high school.
“Oooh~ Kaorin got her spirit back~ That Nagumo-kun! How dare he make Suzu’s Kaori-chan so sad! If he died, Suzu will kill him!”
“S-Suzu? If he died, how are you going to k-kill him?”
“Don’t mind the details! Oh yeah, if he really died, Eririn can just use necromancy to make him serve Kaorin!”
“S-Suzu, watch what you’re saying! Kaori-chan sincerely believes that Nagumo-kun is still alive! Moreover, my necromancy is…”
Eri remonstrated the reckless Suzu. That is the default. Looking at the usual boisterous scene between the two, Kaori and Shizuku displayed pleasant expressions. By the way, Kouki and the rest who were a short distance away didn’t hear the conversation just now. Of course, it was Kouki’s natural skill to miss the most important part of the conversation like this.
“Eri-chan, I don’t mind, so it’s ok?”
“Suzu too, you should stop it. Eri seems troubled no?”
“Mu~” Suzu puffed her cheeks upon hearing Kaori and Shizuku’s words, which were mixed with bitter smiles. Eri, who had turned paled at the mention of “necromancy” just now, finally relaxed her expression after noticing that Kaori seriously did not mind Suzu’s words.
“Eririn, are you still having trouble with necromancy? Even though it is such a rare Class…”
“…Nn, sorry. It will be very useful, if only I can control it properly…”
“Eri, everyone have their strengths and weaknesses. Besides, your magic aptitude is high, so don’t worry about it alright?”
“That’s right, Eri-chan. though it is your Class, having talent in that field is different from liking or disliking it. Hasn’t Eri-chan’s accurate and precise magic helped everyone?”
“Nn, but even so, I still need to do my best to overcome this. Because… I want to be of more help to everyone!”
Eri clenched her small fists tightly to show her determination. Seeing Eri like this, Suzu said, “That’s the spirit, Eririn!” and glomped her, while Kaori and Shizuku’s cheeks loosened into smiles at their friend’s tenacity.
Eri’s Class was 【Necromancer】. Dark magic was a type of Systematic Magic that affected the spirit and consciousness. It was basically recognized as a magic that inflicts abnormal statuses to the target in actual combat. And necromancy was one of the super-high difficulty dark magic. It was a magic that could gather the residual thoughts of the dead. In the Saint’s Church, there were also a few necromancy users among the priests. They draw the residual thoughts of the deceased and pass on to their bereaved family members, using necromancy in a way befitting of clergymen.
However, the true essence of this magic lies elsewhere. The proper way to use this magic was to wrap the residual thoughts of the body with magic and granting realization ability ⌈3⌋, make it possess the corpse and become a puppet. In other words, the necromancers would be able to control the dead, although their skills and true strength would be inferior compared to when they were still alive. Furthermore, even living humans could be possessed and trace the dead soul’s techniques and abilities to a certain extent.
Although the dead could be controlled to a certain degree, they had pale skin and were devoid of life, like that of a ghost. And because Eri herself felt that it was ethically wrong to use the dead people like this, she was unable to use this magic ability efficiently.
Behind the four girls, someone was staring, more specifically, someone was gazing at Kaori with dull eyes That person was Hiyama Daisuke. That day, after some time had passed upon returning to the capital, and after everyone had regained their composure, sure enough, severe criticism was awaiting Hiyama for bringing about that predicament.
Hiyama had already expected this to happen, so he earnestly plead for forgiveness while kowtowing on the ground. He knew that refuting at times like this would do nothing but only make things worse. The time and place for apology was also especially important.
Hiyama’s aim was to prostrate himself before Kouki’s eyes. He predicted that if it was Kouki, he would certainly be forgiven with his apology, and would even help to mediate among his classmates. His expectations came true as Kouki forgave Hiyama and settled the criticism against him. Kaori was kind to the core, and did not especially rebuke Hiyama who was apologizing in tears. It was as he calculated. However, Shizuku vaguely notice Hiyama’s scheme, and appeared to harbour disgust at the fact that her childhood friend was used.
And THAT ⌈4⌋ person’s orders made him go silent. It was an exceedingly terrible command. Or rather, it was a command which made him shudder in fear. He felt an intense sense of repulsion, but Hiyama could no longer stop, for he had long went past that line. However, that person who could integrate so naturally with the class while kneading such terrifying plans behind the scenes, made Hiyama fear while embracing joyful thoughts.
(That person is mad…… if I follow that person, Kaori will be mine……)
Upon hearing that as long as he obeys, he would be able to get his hands on Kaori, his suppressed joy involuntarily formed a smile on his face.
“Hey, Daisuke? What’s wrong?”
Kondo, Nakano, and Saito were all looking suspiciously at Hiyama’s odd expression. The three of them were still hanging out with Hiyama. From the start, the four could be said to be the same kind of people. Although there was a period of awkwardness, Hiyama’s laudable attitude recovered their friendship. However, it is extremely doubtful whether this could even be called friendship in the truest sense……
“Eh, no, it’s nothing. I am just happy thinking that we have cleared sixty levels.”
“Ah~, that’s true. We are just five levels away from the previously highest recorded level~”
“We have all become considerably strong. Good grief, the stay-behind team is too weak-willed.”
“Well, don’t put it like that. It looks like we are special.”
The three of them synced with Hiyama’s deception without any doubts. Becoming enthusiastic thinking of themselves who continued fighting as special, seems like small-time villains will always remain as small-time villains. They had a huge ⌈5⌋ attitude towards the stay-behind group back in the royal palace. Their haughty attitudes often lead to many complaints. However, breaking through to the sixtieth level also speaks of their definite abilities, proving that they are not all words.
Naturally, they are not at the Heroes’ party level, so they are docile around Kouki and the others. This seems to be the modus operandi of small fries.
The group did not particularly encounter any problems, and finally they arrived at the previously highest recorded sixty-fifth level.
“Concentrate! The map here is incomplete. I don’t know what will happen!”
The voice of the accompanying Commander Meld resounded. Kouki and the others tightened their expressions and stepped into the unknown territory.
After a short while, they entered a large hall. Somehow or other, everyone present felt an unpleasant premonition. That hunch was right on the mark. At the same time they entered the hall, a magic circle emerged in the center of the room. It was a dark red pulsating magic circle of about ten meters in diameter. That was, a very familiar magic circle.
“D-Don’t tell me…… it’s that!?”
Cold sweat formed on Kouki’s forehead as he shouted. The other members’ expression were distinctly nervous.
“Seriously, it’s dead, isn’t it!”
Ryutaro exclaimed, visibly shocked. Responding to that, with a grim expression but a calm voice, was Commander Meld.
“We have yet to elucidate the reason behind the formation of magic beasts in dungeons. It is normal to encounter magic beasts that have been defeated before many times again. Brace your spirits! Don’t forget to secure the retreat path!”
In case it was needed, to ensure that they could safely get away, Commander Meld gave instructions to prioritise securing the escape route. His subordinates obeyed immediately. However, it left a bad taste in Kouki’s mouth, as he retorted.
“Meld-san. We are no longer the us from back then. We are many times stronger now! There’s no way we will lose now! We will definitely win!”
“Heh, that’s right. We can’t keep thinking that we will lose forever. It’s time for our revenge match!”
Ryutaro also responded with a fearless smile. Commander Meld shrugged his shoulders while letting out a “Dear me”. As he was thinking that it will probably be alright with Kouki’s and the other’s current strength, he let out the same daring smile.
And finally with an explosion of brilliance, the former nightmare once again appeared before Kouki and the others.
“Guugaaaa~!!!”
A strange figure raised a roar and stomped the ground. Behemoth glared at Kouki and the others with a fierce intent to kill dwelling in its eyes. Just as everyone was about to run from their nervousness, a single girl was indifferent and with a resolute expression, returned the look.
It’s Kaori. Kaori declared not with an audible voice, but with strength dwelling in her indomitable will.
“No one would be taken away anymore. I will defeat you and go to him.”
Now, the battle to overcome the past has begun.
～～～～～～～～～
Additional: Amanogawa Kouki’s current status ⌈6⌋
| Amanogawa Kouki | 17 Year old | Male | |
| Class: | Hero | Level: | 46 |
| Strength: | 560 | Vitality: | 560 |
| Resistance: | 560 | Agility: | 560 |
| Magic Power: | 560 | Magic Resistance: | 560 |
| Skills: | |||
| All Elemental Aptitude • All Elemental Resistance • Physical Resistance • Composite Magic • Swordplay • Herculean Strength • Ground Shrink • Foresight • High Speed Magic Recovery • Presence Perception • Magic Perception • Limit Break • Language Comprehension | |||
- CX: Talking about her job, not her students. ↩
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CX: In case u didn’t notice, this is a nickname/pet name.
Silva: Yeah, thanks. I wouldn’t have noticed that xD ↩ - CX: Hmm.. making it become real, I have no idea how to word this better.. ↩
- CX: In case you forgot, there is a mastermind behind Hiyama, gender not specified. ↩
- TN: overbearing ↩
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TN: If you guys want to compare with Hajime, I think the last chapter which showed Hajime’s status was this:
http://re-library.com/translations/arifureta/chapter-14/ ↩
Chapter 197 – Unyielding, Triumphant Return!
Chapter 197 - Unyielding, Triumphant Return!
The bloody light had submerged Keke, the black light had opened the gate of hell. Any traces of the little critter had disappeared in the dark sky. The multicolored Peacock King let out a long cry, its bright…
Chapter 197 - Unyielding, Triumphant Return!
The bloody light had submerged Keke, the black light had opened the gate of hell. Any traces of the little critter had disappeared in the dark sky. The multicolored Peacock King let out a long cry, its bright…
The bloody light had submerged Keke, the black light had opened the gate of hell. Any traces of the little critter had disappeared in the dark sky.
The multicolored Peacock King let out a long cry, its bright and beautiful feathers were glittering and emitted thousand streaks of colorful rays of light. Its entire body burst forth with dazzling rays of light as it quickly rushed out from that colorless space.
The Golden Lion King did not pay any attention to the Peacock King. It was focusing all of its being on shutting the gate of hell. From within the black hole, what sounded like the rattling of iron chains transmitted outward. The eerie vibe had already broken into the actual world as the Golden Lion tried to seal off the black hole as quickly as possible.
For this reason, it did not hesitate to consume its vital energy. It wanted to close it in the shortest possible time. The entire body of the Lion King was blazing with golden flame as its body slowly ascended into the air and stopped right in front of hell’s gate.
It grasped the opportunity and made a firm decision. The Golden Lion didn’t want all of its efforts to go down the drain. Its instincts were telling it that the Eye of Destruction was not enough to put an end to the little critter, despite the fact that the other party’s defense was at the lowest point at that time. Perhaps, only with the help of the Genesis would it be able to completely get rid of this little troublemaker. If it didn’t grasp this chance, it wouldn’t be able to get rid of this troublemaker for all eternity.
After a brief moment of silence, everyone in the Amber Warbeast Castle flared up again. The turnaround of the battle was so fast that it was somewhat unbelievable. The Golden Lion King was too vicious, it actually made its move at such a crucial moment.
“Too shameless!”
“Damn it! How did this happen?”
“That sly Lion King!”
“The little critter is too naive, you shouldn’t be the slightest bit careless and merciful on the battlefield. It should have killed that Golden Lion first!”
……
Xiao Chen’s mind completely blanked out, but he hadn’t fallen into despair. He believed in the strength of the little critter. If the Peacock King was able to make it out, the little critter should be able to do it too!
He was secretly praying that the little critter was not injured by the countless bloody rays launched by the Golden Lion King’s Eye of Destruction, otherwise how would Keke have enough strength to make it out of the Genesis?
The Golden Lion King let out a growl as a gold radiance burst forth from its entire body. It was as if the Lion King had already transformed into a blazing sun. The energy around its body was rushing forth like a torrential river. The vertical eye on its forehead that represented Reincarnation was emitting a black light more powerful than ever!
It was not easy to force the little critter into Genesis, it must not fail. The power it was exhausting at the moment was several folds higher compared to the past. It hoped to save as much time as possible.
“Rumble!”
After the black hole produced a burst of ear-splitting noise, it was shrinking at a high speed. Thereafter, an absolute silence enveloped the sky as all sound was lost. All that could be seen was Hell’s Gate swinging shut.
The multicolored Peacock King was flying at high altitude, Goldie and the White Tiger were calmly standing on the ground. They had no intention of making their move as they didn’t want to wreck the results of the Golden Lion King’s battle at this point in time.
After all, from a certain point of view, the little critter was their most formidable opponent, more so than the Golden Lion. It was an opponent they couldn’t go easy against.
Every sacred beast has intelligence, so much so that they have surpassed humanities. With regards to opponents around the same level as them, they could brave the challenge to improve themselves. However, if it was an opponent they didn’t stand a chance against, they would think of something else and be even more decisive than a human. If there’s a chance to destroy their opponent, they wouldn’t hesitate to make their move!
Without anyone interrupting, it was smooth sailing for the Golden Lion King. The gate to hell was on the verge of closing.
Many female spectators who could sympathize with Keke were all in despair. Many people had already started to yell. Xiao Chen was clenching his fists tightly, the tip of his fingers were starting to get a little pale. His eyes were as cold as the edge of a blade as he stared at the big crystal screen.
A dragon’s roar pierced through the vast sky, it was as if life had been brought back to the spacious and empty plain. The desolate and lifeless atmosphere had been driven away in an instant.
A milky white dragon swiftly flew over from a high altitude like a flickering light and passing shadows, it was as fast as lightning. Tenax took the risk to receive one attack from the Crimson Dragon King in order to break away from it. It was on the fourth step of the Dragon Countersteps as it attacked the Golden Lion.
The sky was trembling, as if a surge of violent energy waves were fluctuating. It was grandiose like the turbulent sea, then again, it was shaking like a huge mountain.
That was the ancient martial skills of the dragon race that had been renowned since time immemorial!
Tenax broke away from its opponent at the crucial moment and came to save Keke. Even though its entire body was covered in frightening wounds, so much so that even its bones were already exposed in some places, Tenax did not have the slightest bit of fear as it faced the formidable Golden Lion King. It pressed forward courageously!
The Golden Lion King coldly shot a glance at Tenax. One of its heads turned over as the Eye of Destruction opened. The bloody light beam pierced the vast sky and swept over.
One’s nature determined their fate and the path they would pick throughout their life. Tenax was born for battle and lives for battle. Although it already has sustained serious injuries, it wouldn’t shrink back because of this. Tenax had taken the fifth step and the stellar diagram appeared under its foot, carrying with it, a brilliant ray and an extremely powerful energy fluctuation.
The bloody light beam was getting close. However, Tenax took the sixth step unflustered and it just so happened to step on the light beam to face the Light of Destruction head-on.
“Boom!”
The sky and earth trembled, it was as if this region was about to turn upside down.
The bloody radiance dyed the sky red. The power of destruction was present everywhere as it was scattered.
All the spectators were so shocked that their eyes opened wide. There was actually a sacred beast who dared to face the Light of Destruction head-on. This was a little unimaginable.
When the rays of light finally dissipated, Tenax’s injuries had become worst, but it did not get killed and was still standing in the sky.
“Oh my god, it actually survived that attack!”
“Even the Black Tortoise that is reputed to have the number one defense was penetrated by the Light of Destruction, how… just how did it survive that?”
……
Everyone in the Amber Warbeast Castle exposed an unfathomable expression. Tenax faced the Light of Destruction head-on and did not fall!
“It did not die… it really did not die!”
The warbeast castle was drowning with noise.
“It did not die… because it is a Dragon King!”
“The Black Tortoise’s defense has fallen behind after all. The dragons always choose to go on the offensive and use attacks to serve as defense. Their attack power is known to be the best under the heavens! Just now, when it executed the Dragon Countersteps, that was enough to prove that this little Dragon King was determined to fight to the death.”
“The race known to possess the strongest attack power, there’s no way they would shrink back. Just now, it used the dragon race’s ancient martial skill and successfully neutralized the Light of Destruction. That is enough to prove the dragon’s supremacy.”
Tenax’s nature of never admitting defeat made it impossible for the tough little dragon to shrink back, especially when Keke was caught in a risky situation. Although it had fought fiercely with the Crimson Dragon King for a long time — both sides had suffered and were covered in terrifying wounds from head to foot — despite this it still chose the difficult path of exterminating the Lion King.
However, it did not take the seventh step in the end. It was not that it didn’t want to take the step, but rather that it did not have the ability to take another step. It fought with the Crimson Dragon King for a really long time and had consumed too much energy. It had nearly exhausted all of its power.
However, the Golden Lion was also unable to launch the second bloody light beam. In order to seal the hell’s gate as soon as possible, it was unable to waste any more strength.
Tenax launched another Dragon Counterstep from the beginning again and pressed towards the Golden Lion.
And just at this time, with a roar, the White Tiger’s incarnation soared up towards the sky to block Tenax’s path. The Peacock King let out a long cry and radiated with colorful rays. It grabbed Goldie and flew up together to block Tenax’s path, making it so that Tenax was unable to execute the Dragon Countersteps unless it fought with the three sacred beasts first.
Tenax stood proudly in the sky alone, it did not fall back a single step, it just stood there silently and cast a glance at these powerful opponents.
Time wouldn’t wait for anyone, there’s no time to hesitate, it could only press forward while disregarding everything else. Although the outcome was obvious, there’s no way it could shrink back!
A dragon roar shook the vast sky. Although it was still very young, it actually possessed a piercing aura. Tenax decided to forge ahead and struggle desperately!
It executed the Dragon Countersteps to shake off the three sacred beasts!
“Swish! Swish! Swish!” The rays of light were dazzling as the five-colored divine radiance swept over.
Bursting with a roar, the White Tiger’s incarnation pounced over.
Brilliant rays flickered as Goldie’s Shadow Partners launched nine streaks of lightning.
Dragon Countersteps could trample the Gods and Buddhas. It was the secret art of the dragon race and was one of the strongest martial skills under the heavens. However, Tenax was still too young after all, the Dragon Countersteps was far from its peak state and did not possess enough power to push down the three opponents.
“Bang!”
Blood splashed everywhere, Tenax was sent flying by the powerful attacks of the three sacred beasts. Its blood dyed the vast sky red.
Dragon blood fell like rain, and the bones were exposed on many parts of Tenax’s body.
Originally, it still had a very long journey ahead. It had unlimited potential and could grow up slowly. It didn’t have the strength to solo the three saints, but it didn’t want to see Keke, who came from the same island, be sucked into Genesis. Thus, it decided to forge ahead and fight!
Tenax was on the verge of dying, but the glint in its eyes that was gradually getting dimmer suddenly burst forth with brilliant rays the instant it was about to be extinguished.
Waiting for death was not in Tenax’s nature. If it wanted to die, it would choose to die in a battle! Tenax executed the Dragon Countersteps with difficulty and stood in the sky. Its proud silhouette shook the hearts of every spectator.
At this very moment, an indescribable feeling welled up in everyone’s heart. This indescribable feeling had influenced a lot of people. Those who were emotionally weak were already getting teary eyed.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
As long as it still had breath left in its body, Tenax would not shrink back. It ignited its life’s fire for the last time as its unlimited battle intent pierced the skies.
Its dragon cry resonated in heaven and earth. Tenax transformed into a streak of milky white light as it advanced courageously!
Within the VIP lounge, Xiao Chen remained silent. The glint in his eyes was like the cutting edge of a sword. He tightened his fists, the veins were on the verge of breaking, and his joints let out creaking sounds.
Three layers of light screens were launched at Tenax. Nobody had the heart to continue watching this scene. This proud little dragon was fully aware that it was no match for the three sacred beasts, and yet it still continued to press forward. Could it be that it had friendly relations with the young sacred beasts?
To escape reality by averting his gaze was impossible. Xiao Chen stared at the big crystal screen from beginning to end, not saying a single word.
From the horizon, a bloody light dived down fast. A clear dragon cry resonated between heaven and earth. The Crimson Dragon King finally made its move.
Could it be that, under these kind of circumstances, it still wanted to land the final strike?
Many people did not want to watch the appearance of Tenax getting torn apart. However, very quickly, a surprised shout was transmitted from every general room.
The Crimson Dragon King did not choose to attack Tenax, but the three sacred beasts instead. The blazing bloody light illuminated the surroundings and forged ahead to face the three sacred beasts along with Tenax.
The outcome was beyond everyone’s expectation. Nobody would have thought that the Crimson Dragon King would assist Tenax. After all, they were in a life or death battle just moments ago!
Why did it suddenly offer a helping hand to its former enemy?
Those who had detailed information about the eleven Dragon Kings were very shocked. The Crimson Dragon King was the most ruthless among the Dragon Kings. This was a public secret, nobody would have thought that it had a merciful heart.
However, outsiders wouldn’t know what the Crimson Dragon King was thinking about at the moment. It was not because of pity, it was a dictator among the Dragon Kings. Although the Dragon Kings were destined to fight to the death upon encounter, they would also feel angry when they saw outsiders joining hands to bully their brothers.
If it was in a one versus one battle, the Crimson Dragon King wouldn’t care if Tenax was to die tragically. However, since Tenax was being pushed around by three sacred beasts working together, it was unable to tolerate such conduct. The dignity of the Dragon Kings must not be blemished. No Dragon King should die in such an unfair battle!
Violent light and rumbling noise rushed forth as a terrifying energy storm was given rise. It was just like a volcanic eruption that swept everything in the sky away. Every spectator was overwhelmed with shock. These sacred beasts were still so young, and yet, they possessed extraordinary divine abilities. Just think, how much could they accomplish in the future? If they did not die young, they might even become exotic beasts recorded in the history book of this world!
Tenax and the Crimson Dragon King were pushed back. After all, their battle before was too fierce, both sides had already suffered serious injuries. They still couldn’t gain an upper hand with two versus three.
The condition of Tenax’s injuries became even more serious. From a glance, it looked like Tenax didn’t have much energy left. However, half of the attacks were received by the Crimson Dragon King in the end, so it didn’t get torn apart immediately.
The Crimson Dragon King faced upward and let out a vicious roar, pretending as if it had went berserk.
Just at this time, the Golden Lion king finally sealed off the hell’s gate. The last speck of black light completely disappeared.
Tenax helplessly cast one last glance at the disappeared gates and fell from the sky. The Crimson Dragon King let out an angry roar and transformed into a streak of bloody light to carry Tenax to the ground.
Despite the fact that Tenax has astonishing regeneration power, this time however, it could already feel the breath of death enveloping it completely. When they reached the ground, Tenax nodded towards the Crimson Dragon King and was put on the ground. Its internal organs had already turned into paste, they were completely crushed. Tenax didn’t have much strength left in its body. However, it still mustered every last ounce of strength in its body to stand up and let out a prolonged roar. The dragon cry shook the sky and earth.
Among the spectators, even the older generation figures were moved. They would rather have the competition stopped at this very moment. Such a proud little dragon made many people feel as if their heart had been struck.
The Crimson Dragon King silently walked aside.
Xiao Chen silently stood in front of the big crystal screen. It was as if his body had been petrified as he stood there motionlessly…
The four sacred beasts in the sky descended at the same time. The powerful little critter had been sucked into the Genesis with the four of them working together. At present, Tenax was on the verge of dying, and the Crimson Dragon King was seriously hurt so there was no cause for anxiety. It was time for the four of them to fight.
Naturally, Goldie and the Peacock King would team up.
The Golden Lion King and the White Tiger did not have any hesitation, they directly walked together.
Before the battle began, they cast a glance at the Crimson Dragon King. They believed it would be better to get rid of it first. Moreover, absorbing the essence of the Dragon Kings would have tremendous benefits for them.
“Boom!”
An extremely muffled sound suddenly echoed in the sky. It was just like the sound of a sealed up stone room being rammed.
The sudden noise not only made the four sacred beasts raise their guard at the same time and raise their head to look around attentively, even all the spectators were feeling very excited. Their originally crestfallen mood suddenly had a hint of hope.
“Bang!”
A even clearer ramming sound was transmitted from high in the air. They could vaguely see one energy ripple after another appearing in the sky, it was as if space was about to deform.
“I did not mishear!”
“I heard it too, it is that little critter…”
Many people cried out in surprise. They couldn’t help but think of that little critter that was sucked into Genesis.
“BOOM!”
This time, the sound was even louder. Space actually had signs of collapsing.
The Golden Lion King, the Peacock King, and the White Tiger’s External Incarnation flew over simultaneously.
“Rumble!”
The space had been shattered, hell’s gate reappeared as the rainbow-colored divine radiance was launched towards the horizon. It was extremely dazzling. The snow-white little critter rushed out of hell’s gate.
The clothes on Keke’s body, and the gold monkey fur were completely crushed. It launched the rainbow-colored radiance unceasingly and pushed hell’s gate open. It broke free from Genesis and returned with its own power.
“Oh my god!”
“It can’t be…”
“This is too unbelievable!”
“This really isn’t an illusion!”
Everyone cried out in surprise. This was simply unbelievable, it was too outrageous.
Although Keke’s real identity had been revealed, everyone recognized it at first glance. That pair of glittering big eyes definitely wouldn’t be wrong!
Just what kind of exotic beast was this? How did it come to possess such an unimaginable power? It was actually able to make it back even after hell’s gate had been completely shut. It made everyone so dumbfounded that they didn’t know what to say!
It could make it back from hell’s gate by itself, does that mean it also had the power to open Genesis? Wouldn’t that mean it also have divine ability similar to the Golden Lion King’s Eye of Reincarnation?
Everyone in the Amber Warbeast Castle flared up, the voice spread over the entire Celestial City.
Just at this time, the Golden Lion King, the multicolored Peacock King, and the White Tiger’s External Incarnation moved simultaneously. One after another, glaring rays of light were launched towards the little critter. The sky trembled violently due to the terrifying energy.
“SQUEAK! SQUEAK!!!” The snow-white little critter was angry. Moreover, it was truly very angry!
The rainbow-colored divine radiance swept across the sky and shattered all resistance. It was much more powerful when compared to before it was sucked into Genesis. All the energy attacks were routed as the Golden Lion King, the Peacock King, and the White Tiger’s External Incarnation were sent flying.
Keke was panting with rage, it was not going to leave matters at that. Fortunately, it did not notice the condition Tenax was currently in, otherwise it would definitely flip out and reveal a side it had never before shown.
Despite that, it was already scary enough. It directly charged towards the Peacock King that was the closest to it. The rainbow-colored divine radiance swept away the five-colored divine radiance, it even broke through the drizzling sword-qi emitted by the Chaos Green Feather, and rushed onto the peacock’s back in a flash.
Pulling up radishes!
No, it’s more like, pulling up the peacock’s tail feathers!
Every spectator was completely flabbergasted, Keke actually exerted itself physically to pull that Primal Divine Feather. It was as if everyone had just swallowed a huge elephant, they couldn’t even close their mouths anymore.
- N/a
[Vol. 1] Chapter 27 – Troll Extermination II
[Vol. 1] Chapter 27 - Troll Extermination II
"O, oh no, that thing came back! Quickly, get inside the windmill!" The moment they heard the thudding sound the villagers started to panic. "I'll lure that guy. Crescent Moon attack him with your bow. Knopf,…
[Vol. 1] Chapter 27 - Troll Extermination II
"O, oh no, that thing came back! Quickly, get inside the windmill!" The moment they heard the thudding sound the villagers started to panic. "I'll lure that guy. Crescent Moon attack him with your bow. Knopf,…
“O, oh no, that thing came back! Quickly, get inside the windmill!”
The moment they heard the thudding sound the villagers started to panic.
“I’ll lure that guy. Crescent Moon attack him with your bow. Knopf, get ready to chant an aria and Pick, you’re support.”
Everyone positioned themselves as I instructed.
In fact, this is my first campaign, honestly, my legs are shaking.
Thanks to the mask my expression still looked fine.
Zuuuun, zuuuun
The thudding sounds came closer.
I was prepared.
Then one could see its head appearing beyond the trees.
Two heads.
One of its heads had a face resembling a human’s but its appearance was so distorted it made the viewer uncomfortable – – It laughed.
That’s right, it looked at us as if it couldn’t contain its joy over finding new prey anymore.
And the other head.
Similarly, it also had a face resembling a human’s but its eyes were sewn shut with something that looked like a huge thread.
Besides, it had the same smirk as the other head even though it’s blind.
This creature partly resembling a human evoked disgust, physiological repugnance and fear.
It was also considerably big.
For its head to tower over the tree tops, it certainly had to exceed 5 meters in height.
――That, isn’t that thing actually a Titan? (TN: Shingeki no Kyojin reference)
I don’t have any device to move in the sky and fight it.
But, I guess, magic is better in this setting.
So, how do I fight that?
The Troll inched closer while watching us and laughed.
In its right hand, it held a 2 meter long, big club.
Finally, it got into battle distance.
“The head with the sewn shut eyes has “demon eyes”. It can definitely use magic!”
Knopf shouted.
How troublesome, magic, huh?
But I’m grateful for at least knowing that much.
――Reus!
I call Reus in my mind, chant an aria and form seals with my left hand.
“Fire Sword!”
Then the Oricalcum Sword got wrapped in flames.
Gaaaaaaaah!
At the time the Troll released an incomprehensible roar it raised its club in front of me.
“Let’s go!”
The battle began with my shout.
The Troll swung down its club on me.
What a tremendous speed and wind pressure.
Kuu――
I avoided it by jumping to the side.
The arrow Crescent Moon shot pierced the Troll’s right shoulder.
“Hehe, how’s that?”
Crescent Moon shot one arrow after another.
She seemed to focus on its right hand gripping the club.
Then the Troll’s other head with the sewn shut eyes shouted something making a gust of wind appear which blew off the arrows at the same time.
“It’s useless, with this wind magic, not a single arrow will hit.”
While shouting that Pick threw stones with her sling but they didn’t inflict much damage.
But in that instance, I jumped to the Troll’s feet.
As I thought, it’s huge, my head doesn’t even reach its waist.
I flung the Fire Sword in my right hand against its thigh in front of me.
Guwaaa!
The Troll screamed in pain and kicked me.
It didn’t cause much damage as I was jumping back at the same time.
But it seems like I couldn’t give the Troll a severe wound either.
“Here I come!”
Knopf shouted, held her wand and chanted an aria.
At the moment, a huge fireball attacked the Troll’s upper body and exploded as it collided with it.
Looks like she added oxygen to the fireball spell with wind magic.
The Troll’s upper body burnt red and started to fester.
As is expected, seemed like it dealt damage.
Isn’t this good?
“There’s something coming from the left!”
Just when I thought that, Pick shouted this.
Looking to the left I saw another Troll run here with a tremendous force.
This one is about 3 meters in height and had only one head.
Though it’s slow but its feet were like heavy tanks.
This is a common Troll.
“We have another guest, what should we do? Akatsuki!”
I thought for a moment to Crescent Moon’s words but immediately gave an answer.
“I’ll fight this one so please take care of the other. It will mainly focus on Knopf because of her magic attack, so Crescent Moon and Pick have to draw it away from her.” (TN: Good that you can stay calm~ Author correction?)
Aggro management, it’s that.
My experience gained through MMO’s is useful in times like this.
“Understood, leave this to us”
Crescent Moon is reliable, really.
OK, I should give it my best, too.
This new Troll had also a club like the other.
But as long as it can’t use magic and isn’t that big I can somehow manage.
I held my sword with both hands.
Gowaaa!
The Troll was about to hit me with its club but I tried to block it with my Orichalcum Sword.
Kuwaang!
It gave off a dull sound, but it’s fine, I blocked it.
It’s strong indeed, but I have the author correction on my side.
I flicked the club away and stuck at the Troll’s practically defenceless torso.
Guyaaaa
The Troll was agonising because of the pain.
I didn’t go as far as cutting it in two with a single sword stroke but I inflicted a pretty heavy wound.
Bang, bang, bang!
The wounded Troll bangs around its club to attack.
It wasn’t fast enough to get me but those strikes had enough power behind it to instantly kill me if I was hit by them.
While carefully evading I waited for an opportunity.
I want to defeat it quickly and help the other but I can’t be careless.
I raised the Fire Sword’s heat to increase the damage a hit will give.
The moment the Troll made a big swing it broke its posture.
I struck the Troll’s neck with my sword after it became reachable.
The fire clad Oricalcum Sword cut into the Troll’s neck.
Even though I felt resistance I swung it through without change.
Zudoooooon
The Troll’s head fell followed by its body.
I did it, how about the others?
When I looked back to the right I saw Crescent Moon fighting well.
Crescent Moon didn’t use her sword and kept on shooting the Troll with her bow.
Because of its magic, the arrows hardly hit its mark, but this was more of a measure against it using magic against the others.
Pick provoked her enemy to make it attack her before avoiding the attacks at point-blank range.
Seeing that small body fighting against her opponent’s gigantic club was scary.
But it seems like it couldn’t even graze her.
Knopf fired a new kind of magic.
It seemed like she used the strategy of mixing ice splinters created with beginner ranked water magic with the beginner rank wind spell “Storm” to cut the Troll.
The Ice Storm caught the Troll’s head with open eyes.
How skilled, like this the Troll became blind.
Because the other head’s eyes were sewed shut it could see nothing now.
“Now, let’s go!”
I shouted as I ran behind the Troll.
While the Troll held its head in pain I swung my sword against its right knee’s back with all my might.
Zuba――
I continued on and aimed for its left knee.
This was also a good hit, with both its legs ruined the two-headed Troll had no choice but to kneel down.
“Way to go, Akatsuki!”
As Crescent Moon shouted that she shot some arrows at the Troll who couldn’t afford to use magic anymore.
The carefully aimed arrow pierced the open-eyed head’s left eye.
“You, did you see that?!”
Looks like she didn’t aim for that.
It’s a miracle, huh? Good grief. (TN: Says the no control fireball pitching machine)
I approached the suffering, crouching Troll’s body from behind.
I jumped up with all my might and struck my Fire Sword down on the neck of the head with demon eyes. (TN: Yeah, it’s like in Shingeki no Kyojin. The neck cutting.)
Guwaaaaaaaaaa!
Just when the head with the demon eyes let out a shout it stopped moving soon after.
Alright, then there’s only the open-eyed head left.
Moreover, one of its eyes was crushed.
The Troll tried to stand up while wielding its club in its right hand but it was difficult with those legs after all.
“Don’t miss that chance, go!”
I snuck to the Troll’s front left side as I shouted this.
The Troll whose freedom of movement got snatched away turned towards me and tried to hit me but because one of its eyes was crushed it didn’t have any more sense of perspective resulting in not hitting me.
While escaping from it I used the opportunity to cut at the Troll.
Furthermore, Crescent Moon and Pick launched an attack from the other side.
This fight’s end is already only a matter of time.
“Here I go! Ice Barrett!”
Just when Knopf shouted, paan! A small hole opened in the Trolls forehead only a dry explosion sound remaining, then the Troll slowly collapsed.
“W, what was that just now……?”
Without showing any joy for the victory, Crescent Moon turned around and unpleasantly looked at Knopf.
“You did that just now, didn’t you? What was it? I never saw someone use it before……”
“Car……That’s not it, Akatsuki, the spell went well just now. Although it’s hard to use because aiming with it is difficult.”
That’s right, I taught Knopf the spell she used back then.
In fact, the wand Knopf has is made out of steel and hollow inside.
I proposed to use it to shoot out bullets made with ice magic propelling it out with a to-the-limit compressed air ball made with wind magic.
It is, so to speak, something like a magic air gun.
I let the legendary blacksmith Mohan especially make it for Knopf.
The inside of the wand was carefully cut into spiral groves.
Thanks to that, the ice bullets could be propelled out at a high-speed and keep flying straight because of the gyro effect. (TN: Gyro effect)
This is our weapon for fighting the Titans.
- N/a
VPnA – The Prequel Chapter 201
Chapter 201 – Weird Relationship
Chapter 201 - Weird Relationship
After quite a while, neither of us spoke, I couldn’t be bothered with fussing around with a little girl, these few days are really pissing me off, ignoring getting harassed by that Huang Youwei, I missed out on…
Chapter 201 - Weird Relationship
After quite a while, neither of us spoke, I couldn’t be bothered with fussing around with a little girl, these few days are really pissing me off, ignoring getting harassed by that Huang Youwei, I missed out on…
After quite a while, neither of us spoke, I couldn’t be bothered with fussing around with a little girl, these few days are really pissing me off, ignoring getting harassed by that Huang Youwei, I missed out on little chick Xu, and met a fake police while driving! It looks like I have to act with a higher profile before, find a few bodyguards and lackey, I can’t always deal with these kinds of stuff in person.
“You…” Seeing that I didn’t say anything for a long time, Ye Xiaoxiao thought I was angry, just as she wanted to say something, I went to an emergency stop, and parked the car by the road.
“Get off!” I said emotionlessly to Ye Xiaoxiao.
“What?” Ye Xiaoxiao momentarily blanked, only seeing that I was about to chase her off the car, she realized the severity of the issue, she hesitated a bit then said pitifully, “Sorry, I threw a tantrum…”
“Oh,” I nodded.
“Then don’t force me off the car,” Ye Xiaoxiao said softly.
“Oh,” I was still expressionless.
“What’s wrong with you, I already lowered myself to beg you, what more do you want? Fine I’ll get off, what’s the big deal! Heh!” Seeing that I still didn’t move, Ye Xiaoxiao said angrily.
“Daxiaojie, are you still angry?” I pointed at the huge restaurant signboard on the side. “Get off to eat breakfast.”
Ye Xiaoxiao looked over at the signboard on the side, and finally reacted, she was messed with, but there was no helping it, she could only give me the evil eye. Ye Xiaoxiao didn’t understand either, why was it that every time they argued, she would lose to him, was this person her counter?
“Welcome, how many would it be?” The reception lady asked Ye Xiaoxiao and I with a smile.
“Can’t you see yourself!” Ye Xiaoxiao was already mad, at this moment, she could conveniently let it out on this unfortunate reception lady.
Seeing how ferocious Ye Xiaoxiao was, she knew that this customer got angry from who knows where and came here to let it out. There wasn’t too little of these customers normally, the reception lady was already used to it, and showed a helpless smile, “So two, please come this way!”
I smiled apologetically to the reception lady, casually took out a hundred kuai tips from my pocket and stuffed it into her hands.
Seeing my smile, the reception lady already felt better, and now I also gave her tips, she was really happy, and after thanking me, and turned around to lead us to an empty table.
“What would you like to eat?” After the reception lady walked away, a waitress carrying a menu walked over.
“Give it to this lady,” I reached my hand out to signal the waitress to hand the menu to Ye Xiaoxiao.
Ye Xiaoxiao opened the menu, and couldn’t help but be shocked, the price of the dishes inside were expensive to the point of tarrying, a steamer of Xiaolongbao costed fifty kuai, a bowl of preserved egg and meat porridge actually sold for the astronomical price of thirty kuai! Normal dishes all costed around six to seventy, the price of this meal was going to be around a month of her salary.
Ye Xiaoxiao stuck her tongue out, raised her eyebrows and asked me, “Are you treating?”
“When would the student treat the teacher?” I said intentionally.
“Outside of lessons, we’re friends, you said this yourself!” Ye Xiaoxiao said craftily.
“But jiejie should treat between friends right?” I shrugged and said.
“I don’t care, when boys and girls eat together, what’s the reason for the girl paying!” Ye Xiaoxiao said without giving in.
“Daxiaojie, you’re still a girl at this age?” I smiled.
“Heh! What’s wrong with my age? When I was going to university, they all said I looked eighteen!” Ye Xiaoxiao retorted.
“Ha, when you were going to primary school, they also said you’re not even ten!” This Ye Xiaoxiao was really no different from a little girl.
“I won’t say it anymore, just say whether you’re treating or not!” Ye Xiaoxiao glared at me and said.
“When did I say I’m not treating/ I still have two hundred kuai coupon that I haven’t used!” With that, I took out two coupons from my wallet.
“You! Why didn’t you say so earlier!” Ye Xiaoxiao picked up the menu angrily, and said to the waitress while pointing on this, “I want this, this, and this, and I also want a plate of this cream puff…”
The waitress looked at the arguing “couple”, and couldn’t help but smile, then said, “Miss, it looks like your boyfriend’s wallet is about to see misfortune, all of this already surpassed the two hundred kuai coupon.”
“Who… Who said he’s my boyfriend!” Ye Xiaoxiao blushed, then quickly explained. “I… I’m his teacher!”
“Teacher? What’s wrong with teacher, teacher-student relationship is the trend now, my boyfriend is even my extra-curricular teacher!” The waitress said like it was normal.
“Eat, eat, when you eat into a pig, you can’t get married!” Seeing at the back of the waitress with the long order, I said fiercely.
“None of your business! I’m willing if I can’t get married!” Ye Xiaoxiao said angrily.
“It just doesn’t pay to be a good guy,” I muttered quietly.
“What did you say?” Hearing that, Ye Xiaoxiao said in annoyance.
“Nothing,” I said. “The food’s here, hurry up and eat.”
Seeing at the table of alluring food, her appetite increased immensely, yet her heart was wondering, she really got a bit gluttonous, if this continues, she really will get fat, and at the time, she can’t get married out…
“Ye Xiaoxiao, it really is you!” Suddenly, a surprised voice rang out.
Ye Xiaoxiao raised her head and called out, “Wang Zhiyuan, why’s it you? Didn’t you leave the country?”
“I just came back, I called your home a few days ago, but you weren’t home, bofu and bomu said you’re teaching at school!” Wang Zhiyuan said excitedly.
“Yeah, how could I compare to you, Wang-dagongzi, I’m just a poor teacher right now,” Ye Xiaoxiao suddenly thought of that expensive menu and said in a bit of depression.
“Never mind, Xiaoxiao, you can come eat breakfast at such a high class place and you’re still saying you’re poor?” Wang Zhiyuan said with a smile. “On the other hand, I still don’t have a job yet.”
“Someone is treating me,” Ye Xiaoxiao said in embarrassment.
Only now did Wang Zhiyuan notice me, who was beside the table, he checked me out and said, “I didn’t think you, Xiaoxiao, would accept a man’s invitation!” That voice was full of jealousy.
“You’re called Wang Zhiyuan right? I think you misunderstood, I’m Ye Xiaoxiao’s student!” I said coldly. I don’t know why, although this Wang Zhiyuan acted gentlemanly, I really disliked him.
Hearing I say that, Wang Zhiyuan’s sullen face immediately brightened, and said happily like a sky full of stars, “Hi, little student, I’m your Ye-laoshi’s university classmate, my humble surname is Wang, you can call me Uncle Wang!”
My impression of him was really bad from the start, hearing him say these prideful words, I felt really disgusted. First, ignoring yourself, do you have the right to be an uncle, just because you’re older than me by that four or five years, you still want to be an uncle? Dream on, what’s more, laozi is thirty something years old, you’re telling me to call you, a s̲h̲i̲t̲t̲y brat, uncle?
- N/a
[Vol. 1] Chapter 26 – Troll Extermination
[Vol. 1] Chapter 26 - Troll Extermination
The next morning, I went to the hideout, put on my mask, went to borrow a horse and then visited Knopf. "Yo, Knopf" "W, who might you be?" She looked surprised at my face on which I wore…
[Vol. 1] Chapter 26 - Troll Extermination
The next morning, I went to the hideout, put on my mask, went to borrow a horse and then visited Knopf. "Yo, Knopf" "W, who might you be?" She looked surprised at my face on which I wore…
The next morning, I went to the hideout, put on my mask, went to borrow a horse and then visited Knopf.
“Yo, Knopf”
“W, who might you be?”
She looked surprised at my face on which I wore a mask.
That’s to be expected, after all, she saw me like this for the first time.
I took off the mask.
“It’s me, Carlo.”
“Aah, that surprised me. What’s the mask for? Did you buy it just to surprise me?”
“You don’t really believe that, do you? It mustn’t be found out that the feudal lord became an adventurer so I’m wearing this mask and pretend to be someone else.”
“I see, so it was like that. Then did you also change your name?”
“Yeah. I gave myself the name Akatsuki. Please call me that, Knopf”
“I got it, Akatsuki. Well then, what business do you have with me this morning?”
As I expected, this cat girl is quick-witted.
I wanted to rub her cat ear as a reward but I suppressed my desire because I would inevitably be treated like a pervert.
Generally, this cat girl, although she looks young is actually older than me as she is half cat person and half human.
“A two-headed troll appeared in a settlement near the Reed Forest. I wanted you to lend me your power to subjugate it.”
“Eh, two heads! I’m interested, but is it fine for me to come? I ‘m not experienced in fighting. Would I still be useful?”
I see, Knopf is essentially a mad scientist-type of researcher, so she doesn’t have any actual combat experience, huh?
But it’s for certain that Knopf’s abilities will be helpful.
“It’s alright. There are me and my very experienced friend acting as support. So if it’s fine with you, please.”
“Understood, I’ll go with you. I’ll prepare for it immediately.”
“Don’t forget to bring that, okay?”
“Yeah, got it.”
Five minutes later, I took Knopf and headed towards the Guild Hall.
Crescent Moon and Pick were already waiting there.
“You’re late. I already took the quest. The reward will be 30 gold coins, Ehehe”
Crescent Moon laughed with her drool nearly dripping out.
Pick seems to fight that urge to also do this.
“If we have Hea……not that, if we have big bro and Crescent Moon-san it’ll be an easy victory! So, who’s that girl?”
Though it’s you who looks like a little girl.
Pick might look like a child but on the inside, she’s a cunning thief rather than an adult.
“This is my magic teacher, Knopf. She’s half cat human half human and even if she might not look like it, she’s 30 years old.”
“Why so you have to emphasise my age so much? Ah, I’m Knopf. I’ll be in your care.”
“Heeeh, my big brother’s teacher is 30? You don’t look like it.”
Pick acted exaggeratedly surprised.
Even though you look like an elementary school student! What’s your actual age anyway?!
“I’m Crescent Moon. I work as a mercenary. Nice to meet you.”
“I’m Pick. I’m a Hobbit and Big bro Akatsuki’s younger sister. Nice to meet you.”
After the greetings were over we immediately started a strategy meeting.
Yesterday evening a Troll appeared.
It suddenly appeared in a village and they requested for it to be subjugated as soon as possible
It’s an about 5 meter tall Titan……I mean, Troll.
The surprising part is that it’s supposed to have two heads.
The damage dealt to the village is also unknown.
“Besides ours, many other parties have received this quest. However, they want to organise a collaboration between various parties, the discussion will be time-consuming. Meanwhile, we’ll monopolise it!”
Looks like Crescent Moon doesn’t want to share with other parties to the last. (TN: She’ll probably share with you, though? Isn’t that something?)
Well, it’ll be fine.
“Ehm, I’m able to use all four attributes of magic but as this is my first time doing real combat please do take care of me.”
“Heeh, being able to use all four attributes, isn’t that amazing? But you can’t use higher-ranked magic as it seems. Oh well, anyway, we’ll be in your care.”
“I can guarantee for Knopf’s abilities. Pick will cover her so that she won’t be disturbed during an aria.”
“Understood, big bro!”
We decided to depart.
After leaving the town, crossing the bridge and advancing along the edge of the Reed Forest eventually a village came into our view.
“Finally, don’t let your guard down”
They nodded to my words.
In fact, I might be the tensest of us all.
This time’s enemy is completely different from the Kobolds I dealt with before.
I’m nervous because this is my first campaign in a sense.
I approached the village’s entrance with caution.
I couldn’t see anything abnormal in particular.
It was actually too quiet.
“There are no people……”
Crescent Moon muttered.
Right, nobody’s there.
I couldn’t see any of the residents, not even a dog.
“Shall we enter?”
I pulled out my Oricalcum Sword as I said this.
Everyone got off their horses and pulled out their weapons and wands as we entered the village.
As I thought, there’s no one in the houses or barns.
It’s really too quiet.
There were some broken houses here and there, though.
There were traces of destruction but nobody was inside.
We looked into the other intact houses, too, but there wasn’t even a shadow of a resident there.
“Did everyone run away or something?”
It’s no surprise that Pick said that.
“Hey, come over here!”
When I went to the place Crescent Moon’s voice came from there was a stone windmill.
But its entrance door was closed.
“It won’t open”
Crescent Moon tried to open its door but no matter how she pushed or pulled it wouldn’t open.
Looks like it’s locked from the inside.
“Normally one wouldn’t lock the windmill’s door.”
“Is that so? Maybe someone’s inside.”
“Then should I pick the lock?”
Pick reacted to my words.
“Yeah, could you try?”
Pick tinkered with the keyhole for about 20 seconds.
“It’s open”
Fast!
What quick work.
When I opened the door I found some residents of the village inside.
Everyone was huddled together, frightened.
“We came to rescue you.”
“Rescue, but why is it only you? What about the others?”
“They will come later, but it’ll be alright with just us, too.”
To Crescent Moon’s words an elderly man who seems to be the resident’s representative totally changed his attitude and shouted at her.
“You just can be so carefree because you didn’t see it! Do you know how terrible that thing is?……No, I don’t know when that will return. Anyway, we’ll hide here until the others come.”
Looks like he saw something truly horrible.
“Is every villager here?”
“No, some failed to get here in time. Since we just barely got here I don’t really know what happened to them, but in my opinion, they probably……”
I see. So there were victims after all, huh?
We somehow have to protect these people and exterminate that guy.
“We were told a two-headed Troll appeared.”
“Yeah, there’s no doubt about that. It’s considerably bigger than other Trolls and its movements are quicker. I never saw something like that before.”
“Did it use magic?”
“That, honestly, I don’t know. I didn’t see it, but among those who ran away were some that said it used something like magic.”
Well, we should attack it while keeping this in mind.
“Knopf, attack it while assuming your opponent can use magic. This applies to everyone, too”
“Isn’t it okay for now? We’ll just hide here and – -”
Zuuuun, Zuuuun
As he was trying to say something, one could clearly hear an abnormal thudding sound.
- N/a
[Vol. 1] Chapter 25 – Bouquet
[Vol. 1] Chapter 25 - Bouquet
I who felt tired from work rang the bell and called for a maid. "You called?" Mirea-san dressed in maid clothes entered. It was good to see that she already completely recovered from her arm injuries. It's nice…
[Vol. 1] Chapter 25 - Bouquet
I who felt tired from work rang the bell and called for a maid. "You called?" Mirea-san dressed in maid clothes entered. It was good to see that she already completely recovered from her arm injuries. It's nice…
I who felt tired from work rang the bell and called for a maid.
“You called?”
Mirea-san dressed in maid clothes entered.
It was good to see that she already completely recovered from her arm injuries.
It’s nice seeing young Reina in maid clothes but Mirea-san’s figure is also quite good.
I can’t believe that she isn’t only a widow but also has a child even though she’s such a beautiful woman.
“E, ehm. Carlo-sama, what is your order?”
……Ah.
Mirea-san looks at me with reddened cheeks.
Looks like she became shy after I stared at her for too long.
“Aah, how’s Lucia? Is she fine?”
“Thanks to you she’s able to go to school. She seemed to have been able to also make some friends.”
“Is that so? That’s good. Mirea, can I have a cup of tea?”
“Yes, I’ll bring it in just a moment”
I tasted the tea Mirea brought.
Though it’s delicious regrettably there’s no sugar in it.
It seems like sugar is a luxury item and isn’t always available.
I want to eat something sweet.
The day slowly passed by and it was already dusk.
I was slightly hungry, too.
Ah, I got it, I just got a great idea. (TN: No… No, bad!)
Let’s eat out today.
The beef stew of the Fawn Pavilion.
M, maybe I’ll meet Felicia while I’m at it. (TN: Carlo, sit and stay….. talk with Mirea about her great tea and dooon’t go to that!!!)
“Mirea, I’m going out for a bit today.”
“Going out at such a time?” (TN: Stop him!!!)
“Yeah and tell Melissa it’s unnecessary to prepare supper because I’m going to eat outside.”
“Certainly”
“Also, is there a flower shop nearby? One which makes bouquets”
After I left the mansion I went to the flower shop Mirea told me about.
It’s good that Mirea knew about it though she looked at me slightly confused.
She told me I should bring Lunos, who became the captain of the Imperial Guard under my direct control, with me but I declined.
I won’t take such a lady-killer with me, absolutely not.
I had them make me a bouquet at the flower shop.
It seems like it was unusual for a man to order a bouquet in this world. I did get it but I got some dubious looks.
There were many colourful flowers and a lot of Baby’s breath in it.
What meaning does that have in flower language? (TN: Everlasting love of any kind, Innocence etc. there are some but mostly love stuff)
“If it isn’t Carlo-sama. Thank you for coming again. Let us go to the room.”
The plump shopkeeper of the Fawn Pavilion, Fats, greeted me at the entrance and brought me to the VIP room.
“I’d like to eat the calf stew again. My legs unintentionally carried me here.”
“I’m honoured that you seem to like it. Then I shall hastily prepare the calf stew. Shall I let Felicia come again?”
My chest tightens.
That’s good, Felicia-chan is here today.
I pretended to be as indifferent as possible and answered.
“Aah, I see. Then should I have Felicia come? As good as the dishes are they take long to be made.”
“Certainly. Wait a minute”
I grinned and Fats left.
“Carlo-sama, please excuse me.”
After a few minutes, Felicia-chan entered.
Ahh, she’s pretty as I thought. (TN: <___< I wanna hit ya)
She had a cool, irresistible look in her eyes and it felt like they could suck me in any moment.
Though an adult woman such as Rozea is good but the faint and discreet Felicia-chan is the best. (TN: I give up.)
"Felicia, please take this."
I handed Felicia-chan the bouquet I bought.
Though I thought about giving her a ring or a necklace, but even I would feel disgusted if a man I just met suddenly gave me those things.(TN: It's the same tho… doesn't matter if flowers or other stuff…)
Therefore I got a bouquet, are you happy about it?
"Well, this is for me?! How pretty it is. And also that fragrance……"
Felicia-chan brings the bouquet close to her face to enjoy the fragrance.
I'm relieved, she seemed to like it.
"No, I just passed a flower shop on my way here coincidently."
I'm a liar.
I took the trouble and took a detour to get it.
But I have no intentions to say this.
"This is the first time a gentleman gave me such a thing. Thank you" (TN: I call b̲u̲l̲l̲s̲h̲i̲t̲)
Felicia-chan carefully bowed to me and thanked me.
There doesn't seem to be a custom of men giving girls bouquets in this world.
But I'm a modern man though I'm a virgin.
I do have the knowledge that women would be pleased with this I don't have any experience, though.
Today it seems that the shop is not as busy as it was last time so she stayed a while longer in the room.
Meanwhile, I talked about various things with her.
Felicia seems to turn 19 this year.
She learned to sing and dance from her father at an early age but his business went bankrupt.
She said that she came with her mother to Braham and seems to sing here to help her household. (TN: Your run-of-the-mill tragic story)
When I thought about her hardships I felt tears gathering in the corners of my eyes.
By the way, I asked her whether she watched the Sword Fighting Competition but it seems like she didn't come.
What a shame that she wasn't able to see my majestic figure.
I had her sing one piece and then Felicia-chan returned to the hall for today.
I ate my stew and returned afterwards.
My eyes met with Felicia-chan's again as she sang across the hall.
I said my good-byes with my eyes and she smiled more clearly today.
I feel like we have gotten closer today.
I leave the shop while feeling happy.
After having left the Fawn Pavilion I stopped by the hideout.
I looked through the window but the lights were turned off then I entered wearing a mask just in case.
Pick wasn't in the hideout.
I changed my clothes to that of Akatsuki, wore my mask and left the house.
When I entered the adventurer's guild, it was pretty busy inside even though it was night.
"Yo Akatsuki, over here."
"Big bro, long time no see"
Pick and the masked mercenary Crescent Moon called me over
Pick seemed to have properly remembered me telling her to "call me big bro when we are out in the public".
Admirable, admirable.
"Why is it that it's that crowded even though it's night?"
"About that, Akatsuki. A slightly big job has come in."
"Big bro, it's about the troll-sightings in the village close to the Reid Forest."
"That's right. Besides, it's rumoured to have two heads."
Crescent moon spoke joyfully.
A two-headed troll, huh? That'll be troublesome.
That kind of report has yet to reach the feudal lord Carlo.
If I get a report that means the adventurer's guild failed and request for the military to be dispatched against the subjugation target, huh?
But when that happens they would have already lost a lot of people.
Trolls are relatively major creatures in the fantasy genre and are known for their image of being slow-witted giants.
This doesn't change in this world either, trolls are tall at approximately three metres in height and the have considerable strength.
They often attack by throwing rocks and swinging their big club.
Just because their intelligence isn't high that doesn't mean subjugating them is also easy.
Its monster class is C, it's on the level that it can be dealt with by one adventurer party.
However, the troll has subspecies.
These individuals are called "two-heads", which was mentioned just now, and "three-heads".
The troll literally grows more than one head but when it grows more than one head then its body gets bigger and its intelligence also gets higher.
In some cases, they are even able to use magic.
If that happens, it's necessary to raise its monster class to B, a joint operation of a number of parties is needed to deal with it.
"A "Two-heads" is a difficult enemy. Can it use magic?"
"It's a quest that just came in a while ago so the details aren't clear yet. Hey, Akatsuki, will you take the quest with us?"
Obviously, Crescent Moon is excited.
The reward will also be quite good.
"But when it comes to two-headed trolls, shouldn't their monster class be B?"
"It'll be fine, Akatsuki!"
As Crescent Moon said this she suddenly held my head with her left hand and whispered into my ear so that Pick couldn’t hear it.
"I watched your match. Aren't you amazing? If I'm with you it'll be an easy victory."
She was talking about the Sword Fighting Competition.
That's fine and all but your chest hit my mask, your chest.
Today I learned that a mask is really bothersome at times like this.
I'll never forget this vexation, never.
"I got it, I got it. Well then, shall we meet up here again tomorrow? Because I'll bring a magician acquaintance of mine."
"I did it, that's why I like you ♪"
"Big bro, I'll also come along."
Oh well, it should be fine.
I also have the authors' correction.
- N/a
[Vol. 1] Chapter 24 – Policy
[Vol. 1] Chapter 24 - Policy
The Sword Fighting Competition was over, Marcus officially became a General and F became the head of the Imperial Guard Order at the same time. The Imperial Guard Order's first corps' captain under my direct control was Lunos.…
[Vol. 1] Chapter 24 - Policy
The Sword Fighting Competition was over, Marcus officially became a General and F became the head of the Imperial Guard Order at the same time. The Imperial Guard Order's first corps' captain under my direct control was Lunos.…
The Sword Fighting Competition was over, Marcus officially became a General and F became the head of the Imperial Guard Order at the same time.
The Imperial Guard Order’s first corps’ captain under my direct control was Lunos.
Anyway, after the long inauguration ceremony ended I became tired out.
Such official things were really like stiff shoulders. (TN: stiff e__e)
After that was over next I had to work on domestic affairs.
Basically, I left most things to Lucas, but there are still various jobs that Carlo needs to do after all. (TN: I think the author meant Lunos)
“Pikaru, what is our present financial status?”
“With the increase in taxes, our present funds became abundant. Although some of it got used by Carlo-sama”
Ah, was that sarcasm just now?
I pretended to not have noticed it, though and continued talking.
“That’s good. Then how about the grain storage?”
“Additionally to the good harvest the tax increased so there is a considerably huge quantity stored. Around 70%, is it?
“There’s still 30% left. Pikaru, this year we had a good harvest so the price for wheat should be lower, too. Buy as much wheat for the storehouse as possible.”
There’s a reason why I ordered him to buy wheat.
According to the rabbit group’s information, the Yuroa countries had a good harvest this year but the western countries seemed to have had a poor harvest caused by the lack of rain, so next year will be pretty rough.
If that’s the case the wheat prices would soon rise again.
“Pikaru, when the harvest is over, I will create a new policy”
“What would that new policy be?”
“It’s roughly divided into three parts. First irrigation. We’ll make a huge reservoir and irrigation canals near Braham. For that purpose, I’ll mobilise the farmers who have finished harvesting.”
“That’s impossible. If we do something like that the farmer’s dissatisfaction would increase even more than it did at the time of the tax increase!”
“I know that. But this is absolutely necessary. We’ll draw the water from the Holms River near Braham and turn the wetland into a water reservoir. This has three advantages. First of all, it will improve the Braham’s drainage of the low lands, it’ll improve the life and hygiene of the common people. Secondly, because the water disappears from the damp ground it can be turned into farmland. And thirdly, it’s a measure against droughts. A drought’s damage can be reduced by using the water of the reservoir.”
“I understand what you are trying to say. However, it can’t be avoided that their dissatisfaction towards Carlo-sama will increase.”
“I said it before, but I don’t intend to get the people’s support. It’s not necessary for them to understand it in particular. I’m only doing what I want to do, that’s all.”
“But……”
“You’re too long-winded. The other two policies have something to do with the military. Call Marcus”
Pikaru left with an expression of which I couldn’t tell if he had understood it.
I’m not a politician chosen by democracy.
Besides, Carlo is a villain.
If I’m able to acquire power while making my reputation suffer it could be said I’m killing two birds with one stone.
Because there’s the money gained by the tax increase we had enough to pay the mobilised farmers.
“I brought General Marcus”
Marcus came over after Pikaru led him here.
“Do you need me for something?”
“Indeed. This border territory’s military power, except the Imperial Guard Order, only consists out of mobilised farmers, right, Marcus?”
“That is right. The only standing military power is the real Imperial Guard Order after that, farmers are mobilised.”
It’s like this after all.
Having hardly any reserve soldiers is the common sense of this world’s Yuroa countries.
Therefore in war times farmers in the off-season are mobilised.
It’s the same as Takeda Uesugi of Japan’s Warring States period.
But the barbarian’s riding mounts have no limitations.
“I thought about the counter-measures against the barbarians we talked about the other day.”
“Hoh, did you have any good ideas?”
“I thought about using the colonial soldier-settlement system.” (TN: Tuntian system it’ll be better to read a lil bout it to understand this somehow, cause I’m no expert on that topic)
“Colonial soldier-settlement you said?”
“We’ll collect people who can’t succeed the house such as the third and second son of a farmer, and organise an army. They’ll reclaim the vicinity of the northern border. We let them cultivate the land and make them the reserve border defence army.”
In the time of the three kingdoms Cao Cao of Wei was famous for colonial soldier-settlements.
This aimed for the improvement of our harvest and the defence capacity against the barbarians, killing two birds with one stone.
“I see, if you give them ownership of the land these people will be able to cultivate the land and somewhat become a defensive force.”
“That’s the case. In addition, we’ll build a great wall at the northern border. I said great wall, but it won’t actually be that big. At best it should be high enough for a horse to not just jump over it. It’ll be somewhat useful and we can build it at the same time as we reclaim the land.”
“This is a good idea. The most threatening thing about the Barbarian’s mounted forces is their speed. This could kill their momentum more or less.”
“So, immediately start recruiting and organise colonial troops” (TN: Tuntian troops.)
“Certainly”
Marcus lowered his head.
Looks like he agrees with my idea.
“The third policy concerns the tariffs of other merchants in Braham. Prepare barriers at every entrance of the town, manage who comes in and out of the city and collect the tariffs. Hand out bills to the merchants of Braham and the other caravan’s which have paid the tariff and were allowed entrance.”
Then at this idea, Pikaru posed a question.
“I think this is indeed very interesting. However, what if other towns have similar tariffs?”
As expected of Pikaru, an excellent question.
Your head isn’t only bright for show.
“If that’s the case we’ll look at the type and quantity of the products they want to deal with and agree on a reduction of the tariff if necessary. I will lead the negotiations.”
It’s a trade agreement, isn’t it?
I have to carefully consider how much tariff to put on what.
Low tariffs for things we need, high tariffs for articles that are competing with our local goods.
“I see, this seems to work out just fine. However, don’t you have to employ soldiers to those barriers?”
“That’s right, that’s what I wanted to talk about with you two.”
I can’t say that here, but I’ll let the rabbit group attack the caravans who didn’t pay the tariff.
Well, this is like the officially recognised privateers of olden times. (TN: If you don’t know what a privateer is here you go)
If that rumour spreads, the cases of tariff escape will also decrease.
It’s the advantage of being a villain to be able to do things like this.
“Additionally, I will abolish all business licenses within Braham. Anybody is free to do business here. Every guild except the adventurer’s guild will be destroyed. Selling thing in this town is also free. The 30% sales tax we took this year will be reduced to 10% starting next year.”
“This will repel the already existing merchants. Wouldn’t the economy stagnate?”
Pikaru asked this but I think it’s actually the opposite.
Rather, by doing this, merchants would come over to Braham.
If one does business based in Braham one has just to pay the 10% sales tax and everything else will be free afterwards.
Even if you bring in things from outside you will not be charged with a tariff even if you go to sell your things outside.
This is the simplified free-market policy of Nobunaga.
“Please implement those three previously mentioned policies as soon as possible. Particularly the irrigation. I want it to be ready by the next spring somehow. Therefore, I will divide the work among some groups, I’ll let them compete with each other and the team which reached the goal the fastest gets some reward money. That should be effective.”
I just wanted to use the words “As soon as possible”.
I didn’t have the opportunity to use them in my previous life.
The idea to make teams compete with each other was inspired by Tokichiro’s building of the “Overnight-castle”. (TN: Sunomata Castle)
Like kettles, everyone will burn with competitive spirit.
“Understood. I shall try to implement these three policies as promptly as possible.”
Pikaru and Marcus lowered their heads before they left.
To enrich and strengthen one’s country is the basic goal of these policies.
I have to take measures against the barbarians to prepare for the Hero’s reincarnation.
I’ll become an excellent villain!
Haa, still, I’m tired.
I’m working too much, am I not?
I have to relax somewhere. (TN: Don’t go to Felicia… pls dont)
- N/a
[Vol. 1] Chapter 23 – Onee-san
[Vol. 1] Chapter 23 - Onee-san
"I lost, I surrender. As expected of Sir Fitzgerald" (TN: At least you're being a good loser here <__<) When I put up my hands and F was declared as the winner the audience raised their voices in…
[Vol. 1] Chapter 23 - Onee-san
"I lost, I surrender. As expected of Sir Fitzgerald" (TN: At least you're being a good loser here <__<) When I put up my hands and F was declared as the winner the audience raised their voices in…
“I lost, I surrender. As expected of Sir Fitzgerald” (TN: At least you’re being a good loser here <__<)
When I put up my hands and F was declared as the winner the audience raised their voices in a great cheer and a huge quantity of confetti was dancing in the air.
F put away his sword, got down from his horse and thanked me deeply.
"Thank you. It was a close call."
I also got off White King and gave an attendant my Oricalcum sword before I asked F about some things.
"How did you predict my last attack?"
"Because Carlo-sama's attacks were too monotonous. I thought you surely were aiming for my Gonosen."
I was completely seen through, as expected.
"Good grief, I'm no match for you at all. You certainly are this country's best swordsman."
I mean I swung my sword charged with magical power at a speed that could defeat someone in a single blow.
How amazing is that?
"This concludes the Sword Fighting Competition. The champion is Sir Fitz-Morris Fitzgerald! Therefore, the new head of the Imperial Guard Order will be Sir Fitzgerald. Give your applause to the best swordsman everybody! Furthermore, give some generous applause to Carlo-sama who is the runner up!"
A huge applause echoed through the stadium at Marcus' words.
I also waved my hand to everyone along with F.
Looks like everyone somehow recognised my ability.
My image seemed to have somehow improved a little, this is a good result, right?
Ah, because I'm a villain I shouldn't improve my image, should I?
When the competition was over and I was again back in the waiting room, Marcus came over.
That irritating lady-killer Lunos also came over.
"Carlo-sama, thanks for your hard work. Honestly speaking your skills were a few steps higher than I thought. I was surprised because I didn't expect that."
Following Marcus, Lunos also gave his praise.
"I didn't know that Carlo-sama was that strong. I'm ashamed as a Knight of the Imperial guard which is supposed to protect you. Please, have a spar with me sometimes."
That's unpleasant, I don't want to do that with a handsome guy like you.
I'll get angry if I lose and I don't know what the girls in the vicinity will say if I win.
I already know that you're strong.
When I was sulking Marcus said something unexpected.
"Carlo-sama, how about going out to celebrate together? I know of a good shop"
As he said that an evil grin was on his face.
There's something about that old man making that face.
Lunos was also laughing on the side.
"Isn't that fine? I'll go along, too. Is it Fitzgerald's victory party?"
"Let's make it that. Let's have a big celebration."
The shop we are going to go to seems to be Lunos' favourite shop.
He might be an irritating guy but I'll forgive him if he introduces me to a good shop.
Together with F, whom I had to force to come with us, the four of us went to that store.
The shop's name is "Moulin Rouge".
With the meaning of red windmill, they decorated their shops top with a windmill.
"Welcome~"
There was a long queue when I entered the shop.
There were gorgeous Onee-sans.
Approximately 30 beautiful Onee-sans of different types were scattered around the store.
Here's definitely that, a playground for adults.
"Kya~ Lunos-sama, long time no see~"
As I expected of a regular customer, many Onee-sans were gathering around Lunos.
Everyone's clothes were so thin that I could clearly see their bodyline and they had put on gorgeous makeup.
It smells really nice.
The inside of the shop is really dim creating a good mood.
In the back, an elegant melody is played on a big piano.
All the shop's furniture is luxurious but refined.
It's a considerably high-quality shop.
Honestly, I never entered such a shop before.
I almost never drank alcohol itself and I was too shy to interact with such Onee-sans.
"Marcus-sama, you're back"
"Yeah, have you been well?"
That geezer's nostrils grew wider, he didn't seem to have aged at all.
"Hmm? Isn't that the victor of today's Sword Fighting Competition?!"
"Yeah, He's Sir Fitz-Morris Fitzgerald. I was completely done in."
S̲h̲i̲t̲, that lady-killer is refreshing even though he lost.
"He must be strong if he was able to beat Braham's strongest swordsman, Lunos-sama! Ehm, Fitz……?"
"Hoho, it’s fine to just call him Fitz. I'm calling him like that, too."
"Well, if Marcus-sama says so. Then I call you Fitz. Ufufu"
The Onee-sans in our surrounding start to laugh happily after hearing Marcus' words.
F looks somewhat troubled.
"Hey, what are you guys doing? How much longer do you want to keep Lord Carlo-sama waiting?"
At Lunos' words, all the Onee-san's looked at me at once.
Aah, I'll get nervous if you pay so much attention to me.
"Isn't this Carlo-sama? Please forgive my rudeness, I didn't notice at all."
When the Onee-san in the most outstanding bright red dress gracefully welcomed me the other Onee-san's also lowered their heads all at once.
Mmm, I don't know why but I feel good.
Under the guidance of a black-clothed Nii-san, I was brought to the back seat. (TN: older brother)
I sat down in the middle followed by the Onee-san in the red dress from a while ago and a young girl, sitting down on both my sides.
"Nice to meet you, my name is Rozea. We are in your care tonight.
The Onee-san again lowered her head deeply.
Rozea's red dress has a V-shaped neckline open until her navel and when she lower her head two large spheres are about to spill out from that gap.
"Yeah, I'm Carlo. Nice to meet you."
I desperately fought to get myself to greet her.
I wonder if she is slightly older than the 22-year-old me, she is well-mannered and really elegant.
I tried to ask about her age, but she gently avoided it. (TN: Don't ask a woman that, along with her weight)
At first glance, she looks strong-willed but she is a beautiful woman.
I never talked to a woman like Rozea-san.
Though they might not win against Crescent Moon's, but the roundness of her chest has a big enough size for her body.
I mean I'm not obsessed with breasts, you know? (TN: sure)
On my other side sat a pretty girl in a yellow dress called Lily. (TN: … reminds me of how much Lily of Kuro no maou hurt my fragile heart)
She told me her age from over there.
She seems to be 18 years old.
Even if one is not yet an adult they seemed to be allowed to drink alcohol in this world. (TN: Drinking age in Japan is 20)
It wasn't only Rozea's chest, but her thighs which one could see through the deeply cut skirt also gave off a sexy feeling.
I was surrounded by beautiful women. If I looked to one side I saw Lily's beautiful thighs, if I turned the other way I saw Rozea's wonderful valleys.
To be frank, for a virgin like me it was heaven on earth, but I also felt a mysterious pain.
Everyone got excited when we talked about today's match.
Like I thought after they saw my first match they seemed to have believed it was fixed.
After all, I also thought it looked that way.
But after seeing my match with F they understood it wasn't like that.
I got really embarrassed by all the praise Rozea-san gave me.
This might be a part of her work, but it doesn't feel bad to be praised by a beautiful woman after all.
I felt like I understood those uncles going to such shops.
But as I thought F was the most popular among the Onee-sans.
That's to be expected with that face and being the winner and all.
I came to love a woman as well.
Even Lunos went to a private place as expected.
It seems like F himself was rather puzzled by his popularity.
As we talked about the tactics behind the matches the girls grew excited as they listened.
Gee, it was fun.
Besides, Rozea is pretty.
Though the serious F seemed honestly uncomfortable, I had fun thanks to Rozea.
Finally, when I tried to pay the bill, Marcus told me he would pay with the budget of the Order.
Though I shouldn't have let him as a feudal lord, but, well, today is special so it's fine. (TN: Well…. he offered <_____> If they wanna pay, sure. Not me getting in trouble for it <__<)
F looked at me with a complicated expression, but no matter what I am supposed to be a villain. (TN: Eh? Isn't that just being cheap?)
We enjoyed ourselves until late and then left the shop.
It was really fun.
I was able to play the pocky game for the first time.
It unfortunately broke off before I could finish though. (TN:siiiiiiiiiigh)
Lunos might actually be a good guy.
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