Book 3: SS 2
Viros Stomachache Diary
Month Week
One day a ssage from Castro who was working in the black ops suddenly arrived through the adventurer guild.
I hadnt t him since the incident with Aria but, I heard that even that guy had a change of heart since then and had llowed greatly but, what kind of business does the black ops had with ?
I and my party were undertaking several requests from the black ops. This was a classified information but, the leader of the black ops his excellency the pri minister had a matter that he would want our partythe Rainbow Sword to undertake soon. It seed that the pri minister personally contacted our party and wanted us to start preparing for an expedition.
But even he wanted that. Our party still hadnt recruited any sorcerer.
I myself were doing request from the black ops right now by myself. I was making preparation in order to subdue Grave but, perhaps there was new information about it.
Geh!? I reflexively groaned seeing the content of Castros letter.
I myself had heard since so ti about the rumor of a crazy fellow who massacred a branch of the assassin guild and also annihilated a branch of the thief guild.
Furthermore the rumor ntioned that the culprit was still a kid. I didnt believe the rumor because if there was anyone who would do sothing absurd like that then it would only be soone like Aria but, it seed that Ash Crowned Princess was really Aria. Seriously?
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Month Week
Well, I had thought that the disciple of this great couldnt possibly die but, as expected she was still alive. A following report from the black ops ntioned that apparently it was Grave who attacked Aria. My guts went cold when I heard that but, if that Aria was actually the so called Ash Crowned Princess, I could sohow understand how that girl was still alive and also got into hostility with assassin guild.
That was fine and all but, after that Sera sent an additional request to . It seed that I had to contact that Ash Crowned Princess no matter what.
What am I going to do if its actually a different person and not Aria? For now I got to pick up granny Samantha who I was able to contact. Ill also search for Aria on the way there if I have ti I guess.
If Aria had gotten that strong, I might be able to use her for Graves subjugation. I planned to hold back Grave while granny would defeat him with her sorcery but, the success rate would go up even more if we got a nimble fighter to guard granny wouldnt it?
Normally using soone young for this kind of mission would require so caution because they might freeze from fear in real battle but, well, there would be no problem if it was her. In fact, she had actually defeated a rank 3 thief when she was seven years old.
Even if that so called Ash Crowned Princess actually wasnt Aria, she might be growing to be rank 3 soon. But, even if I found her, how am I going to persuade that stray cat to accept the request?
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Month Week
Was I soone this unlucky?
When I arrived at the northern part, I was thinking to request so equipnts to Galbas because our party would go into expedition after so long, but then I got inford that a group of orc appeared and I got summoned by the guild because Im rank 4.
Furthermore the orc group also got an orc general leading them. Could I manage sohow with a gathering of adventurers of rank 3 and below? I wont be able to face that kind of enemy without dragging the whole Rainbow Sword to face them you know?
Im looking for a sorcerer because granny Samantha had gone senile and retired from the adventuring business. Well, that grannys mind had been really out there since a long ti ago, so I dont know whether she had really gone senile or that was just how she was but. If it was for a short period mission like this ti with always watching her than we would manage it sohow, but if we had to face a group of orc, I would get busy with various things like scouting and the like, so I wouldnt be able to constantly be at the grannys side.
My other teammatesno good. The mbers of Rainbow Sword were fundantally individualist. Without a man of common sense like at her side, the granny would do as she please and run off sowhere. That was the only future I could imagine waiting in that case.
There would be no problem if only I could find a sorcerer to recruit but, there was no way a freelance sorcerer of rank 4 or higher could be found that easily, dammit.
The others said that it would be fine if its soone who could at least use rank 3 light sorcery, but a rank 3 wouldnt be able to keep up with us in battle.
That scamp Aria, she if I rembered it right she was able to use light sorcery wasnt she?
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Month Week
Lady luck was smiling at a little. No, the situation hadnt improved at all presently, and I also didnt know when the army of the count who acted as caregiver for this area would co, and I still had no idea at all of how to deal with the orcs but, the adventurer guilds pretty receptionist lady who I had been acquainted with since so ti ago, Mary finally got swayed by .
This was a super big deal. Well, we would only go for dinner, whats more she picked the priciest restaurant to go to but, this was a dramatic improvent compared to before. It was worth it for to visit Galbas once every half a year. Just why was I so weak against strong willed woman I wonder?
Guess Ill just show my face at Galbass place tomorrow. It was tireso being told to hold back the orcs with just rank 3 adventurers until the army ca but, my motivation was at different level that there was a good thing happening to no matter how slight it was yeah.
All the won I t before this were completely ssed up in various ways, like that one who only aid at my money and splurged like there was no tomorrow, or a woman who was friendly with from the start but it turned out that she was only trying to invite into an evil religion, or a woman who I laid my hands on turned out to be actually a mafias mistress, but Mary was different from all those won!
Hahaha, Im a winner in life too with this. Lets take a bath!
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Month Week
Are you kidding ? That scamp Aria, she massacred more than fifty orcs that included high ranked orcs and also a damn orc general.
Whats the deal with that!? Certainly her appearance had grown to look like early teen, and her combat strength had gone up like crazy but, youre still ten years old right!?
Ha? You secretly poisoned them? You were hiding in the orcs base for a month? What is your nerve made of!? Your average joe would die in three days if he tried sothing like that!
Aathis is why she got no problem with making the assassin guild and the thief guild her enemy at the sa ti. This might sound strange to say but, those guys were really unlucky. The scariest person was one who would co to kill you in earnest when a fight broke for real. It didnt matter what their actual experience or skill was.
After all even the thief guild was sent into chaos from the onsite reports that said things like that girl will co to slaughter everyone, no question asked if we try sothing with her, or how she cant be beaten even though shes still a kid, or how she dont have any weak point to be taken advantage of, instead she will make use of our own weakness. Because of that they decided to adopt non-interference policy with her for the ti being.
What Aria was doing was extrely reckless and absurd, but it still resulted in them getting goddamned scared of Arias retribution and beca unable to try taking revenge. Even so the fellows who were fixated with honor would still try sothing, so this scamp Aria had completely returned to be the prickly stray cat just like when I first t her.
Only soone like who could deal with problems on my own could interact normally with this girl. If she joined our party or Seras place then it would serve as deterrence against those diehard fellows but.
But wellthis was lucky for I guess? In the end I dont need to face the orcs anymore, so for now lets keep that thing a secret while dragging her into Graves subjugation.
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Month Week
I went to pick up granny Samantha. But that damn granny suddenly said that she wont go because shes busy playing with her great-great-grandchild!
I got no other choice, so I asked grannys grandson (he was older than ) to persuade her. Seriously, please help granny is absurdly strong, so I wont be able to defeat Grave without her!
Ehwhen are we going to eat? You just eat lunch together with your great-great-grandchild!
I wont last like this unless I quickly et up with that Aria. That girl looked cold hearted, but she was unexpectedly caring and wouldnt be bothered with doing troubleso work, so I wished that she was here in this kind of ti. Even so, Im still not gonna eat the food that she made no matter what.
It seed that Aria was visiting the place of her master in order to heal her tattered body. Then, perhaps I should contact Sera now while I canwait, that girls master is isnt it?
Well, doesnt matter. Even Aria understood that I was the one who trained her. She understood right?
Well, Ill report to Sera about Aria at the next townno, it will be a waste with that kind of combat strength. It feels like she can beco even stronger. Ill watch the situation for a bit more.
Say granny, actually I got a disciple who seed usefulwait, eh? Granny, where are you!?
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Month Week
Granny Samantha vanished from the inn again. When I tried asking the inns owner, she handed the bill from grannys food and drink.
Geh. Just what did she eat that made the bill bloated like this? Ha? Seafood? Were in the middle of mountain you know? You gave her products that were frozen using sorcery!? This inn is actually that high class? Tsk, well, fine. Send the bill to the black ops.
No, this isnt the ti for this, I gotta look for the granny. When I tried asking a group who looked like rchants if they know sothing, I got told that these days, a monster who rampaged through the highway and sprayed sand everywhere would appear when night ca, so I gotta be careful if Im bringing soone with .
Haa. Hee. Hoo. So there is sothing like that around here. Fuck. Dont screw with granny. There should be a limit to how senile you can be! Are you seriously senile!? You arent doing this intentionally right!? Then the granny had returned when I realized while I was getting enraged on my own like that.
Granny, where did you run off to!
Ha? There was a suspicious presence?
There isnt anyone more suspicious than you granny around here!
Haa!? Youre hungry!? Shit, waitress! Give us a sausage platter and a strong drink!
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Month Week
The granny vanished again when I realized. I couldnt find her around the inn, so I started searching outside the townha? Why is the granny fighting Aria!?
Whats more its a real fight where they both aid to kill in one attack at the others vital spot! Stop stop, you two are dragging so strange fellows there into your spat! So these guys are assassins huh! These guys really got no luck at all, getting dragged into the fight of these two of all peopleshouldnt the assassin guild start seriously considering of calling an exorcist?
But more importantly, with this we finally got complete mbers. I can leave granny to Aria with this. Haaaa~~~~Im tired. I dont wanna work.
Also Aria. This granny isnt a monster but an actual human. More or less!
But, despite everything, these two were unexpectedly well matched with each other werent they? This scamp is handling the granny even better than her own great-grandchild.
As I thought she could be used. As expected from the disciple of this great .
When I tried visiting the adventurer guild just now, there was a ssage from the black ops about that mission. It was decided.
I couldnt read it fully with how much code it had, but it seed so royalty would go into dungeon. Looks like our job is going to be acting as their vanguard but, there was additional request from Sera to quickly find Aria.
Is her objective to make Aria the princesss bodyguard? No, thats not all. Maybe I should also start making plan to bring her in into our party for real.
For now, lets get a move on. With this lineup even travelling at night wont be a problem.
Ha? Youre hungry? Granny, you just ate at the inn! Aria too, where did you take out that at from!?
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Month Week
That scamp Aria, just how did she manage to ta the Coeurl. I know there are so people in this world who can use animal but, that thing grew up real quick right after it got born yeah? Whats more you two were plainly trying to kill each other just now right?
Ehyou two ca to understanding after beating up each other? You did a damn manly thing again.
Whats more this scamp, shes rank 4 now! Do you know how long it took to beco rank 4? There isnt that many rank 4 people out here you know?
I still think that Im not gonna lose when it ca to close-quarter but, if sorcery is also used, then perhaps she would be able to fight in equal footing even against soone like Sera?
At first I was thinking to take custody of Aria in Rainbow Sword as an apprentice scout who could use light sorcery, but if she was a rank 4 dark and light sorcerer who was also a scout who could even fight evenly against Grave, it would be better to recruit her not as an apprentice but as a formal mber.
I was sure that Sera was looking for Aria partly because of her feeling, but she must also be wishing to raise Aria as her successor seeing that Aria was close with the princess and could be entrusted with the duty of protecting her. In fact, if it was Aria then she should be able to imdiately replace Sera after staying for five years in the black ops.
But, too bad! Aria wasnt Seras disciple but mine!
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I too looked young thanks to mana, but I was an expert as adventurer instead of rely being middle ranked. Unlike the long lived demi human race, not many human could work as adventure until they were fifty years old. Even I was confident that I would be able to keep fighting as first rate adventurer for ten more years if I worked hard, but I too wanted to marry already!
I felt bad for Sera but Ill have Aria beco my successor!
Now thats decided, Im going to put in serious effort to sweet talk Mary!
Im going to marry after this job is finished!
Ill say this before anyone can make any funny retort, Im not gonna die no matter what okay-!
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