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Published at 11th of October 2021 03:46:28 PM


Chapter 112.1

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Chapter 112 Exciting Vacation ② 

 

Part 1

In the midst of the peacefulness, we received a report from the coachman that the next town was in sight.

I was worried about the potion Sytry threw, but I guess I was worried for nothing.
Originally, my hunches rarely came true. We might have encountered a lot of misfortune in the past because of my bad luck, but it was also mainly the cause of my prudent personality.

I removed Liz who had closely snuggled next to me and stucked my head out of the window to see the town.

In general, the towns in Zebrudia are quite developed. This time the destination was also a town surrounded by a thick outer wall and had quite the reasonable defense capabilities. It was inevitably small compared to the Imperial Capital but it is not like I am particularly into big cities.

As I excitedly peeked into the town like a child, what I saw was ―― A town with a more heavy atmosphere than I had expected.
Outside the splendid cocoa colored outer wall, an unusually high number of soldiers was patrolling from a distance, moreover we can also see multiple robed mages over there. Multiple soldiers were lined up on the upper part of the outer wall and a caution flag with vertical lines on a red background was fluttering.
As they were not restricting the access into the town, it didn’t look like there was a big problem but there were clearly more carriages leaving the city than there were going in.

Sytry poked her head out from behind me when I was silent and stared in wonder.

“Ara. Seems like there is something going on over there…… A red flag with vertical lines ―― It looks like they have a problem involving Monsters.”

“Eh? Whatwhat? Is it dangerous?”

Hearing Sytry’s voice, Liz, who was full of energy, stuck her head on my back, looked at the flag and then said in a boring tone.

“What, it’s just a red flag. It doesn’t look like they are on high alert, it’s so boring.”

She is…… Too accustomed with incidents. Certainly, there were more full red flags raised during our adventures than I can remember.

The standard of flags raised were somewhat the same everywhere. Of course, I had seen them in the Empire but also in other countries and I had also seen some with unusual patterns in small villages. In towns where demon’s habitat are close to the town, the flags are raised quite a bit, and in this case, it isn’t strange that the flag is raised as there is a forest nearby. 

From my experience, in the case where a red flag alerting Monsters danger was raised, there was a fifty percent chance that it would be troublesome and among those there was a twenty percent chance that they would be really dangerous.

“We have…… Skipped this stop last time. We did that because we couldn’t predict how long it would take to capture the 【Night Palace (Castle of Myriad Demon)】……”

“Well, if we wanted to take a break, this place wasn’t exactly in the same direction. And we weren’t that tired either.”

“Master……”

As if the carriage knew what we were talking about, the carriage came to a screeching halt.
Tino was the only one who sounded anxious. At the same time as I was reassured to have the strongest lineup such as Liz and Sytry next to me, I also sympathize with Tino’s anxious feelings.

I crossed my arm and started brooding for the first time in a while.

This time the situation was different from Elan, our previous stop. We didn’t expect the attack of the Thunder Spirit but this time we know that something was going on (Even though we didn’t know the details).
It wasn’t like there was absolutely a need to resupply right now, nor were we following a schedule. If it was my usual self, I would choose to avoid this place without even thinking twice about it. Having only Liz and Luke running straight into danger was more than enough for me.

“……”

But, however, you know.

Normally, I would have chosen to avoid this place but…… Gula1 is a town famous for its chocolate. It is too blasphemous for me, a hidden sweet tooth, to avoid this town.

The chocolates themselves are famous so it can be found in the Imperial Capital but the manager of my favorite confectionery shop told me this. It seems there is a shop that serves a special chocolate parfait in Gula. And you can’t eat it if you don’t enter the town.

I am at a loss. Do I pick safety or sweet?
From my experience, it was very likely that it wouldn’t be a big deal if they were only at that level of alert, I think. At the very least, if a Thunder Spirit appeared, there would be more fuss around.


 

…… Ahh, I want to eat something sweet.

“………… Is, is there something wrong, Master?”

I looked at Tino who had been quiet like a small pet despite travelling with her two Onee-sama.

I was not the only one who was curious about it. I am a hidden sweet tooth but more than anything, I want to let this honest, hard-working Kouhai eat that enchanting chocolate parfait. Liz and Sytry aren’t good with sweets but spoiling her from time to time is fine, right?

I raised my hand to my chin and mumbled.

“…… I kind of want to give Tino something good to eat.”

“Eh!? Eeeh!? For, for me!? Master?”

“Cry-chan, so kinddd. But it is irritating so Ti will do two thousands push-ups later, got it?”

The problem was that they were likely to ask us to help them resolve the situation when we get into the town.
To get inside the town, you need to present your identity card. In Hunters’ case, your identity card had your certification Level marked on it ―― Well, it’s true that your level plays a role to determine if you are trustworthy or not, but in the case of an emergency situation like this one, nine out of ten I would be called out.

Originally, High Level is the sign of being competent and the Empire favors High-Level Hunters so I am not in the position to complain but on the inside I am fed up about this fact.
All I had to do was to refuse their request for help but because I am carrying 《First Step》 and 《Strange Grief》 name on my back… But above all else, I am easily influenceable and easily swept by the mood, so I always end up doing something about it. Like dumping it on Tino.

“Uuuun. Well, it is a vacation……”

I wish I could do something about it. I wonder if Sytry can help me.
As I sighed and didn’t look at no one in particular, a reliable Sytry *pon* hit her hand.
 


She lowered her voice and whispered in my ear.

 

“Cry-san, I don’t mean to be impertinent but ―― You want to get into the town without letting people know who you are, don’t you? For me ―― We have two ways to do it. Between changing others or changing yourself, which one do you prefer?”

“Aaaah, isn’t it fine to just climb over the wall and sneak in? I am ready to go anytime!”

Changing others or changing yourself, huh…… I wonder what you plan on doing.
Sytry *nikoniko* smiled and waited for my answer. It was always my job to make the final decisions.
I stopped Liz from jumping out by patting her bad head and nodded strongly.





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