Overlimit Skill Holder Vol 1 Chapter 4
Translator: Saitama-sensei
Vol 1: Chapter 4
…Oh, no! It’s too late!
「UOOOOOH!!!」
Right when the snake’s fangs were about to co into contact with the petite adventurer’s nose, soone jumped in from the side, like a black gust, and sent the snake flying.
「Mimino! Why were you just staring at it?! That was a Git Snake!」
「Wh-Whaaaaat?!」
The large man knelt and threw the dagger in his hand. The blade splendidly cut off the snake’s neck.
Thank goodness…
「And you there! Who are you?」the man who knocked away the snake, asked.
The man had dark gray hair standing on end and sothing which looked like a mane fluttering on his back. He had slanted sunburned eyes and sharp canines. Height was well over 180cm. The muscles of both legs were so well developed that his black leather pants was stretched tight.
「Ah, um… I am…」
The man approached while glaring with hostility. I was surprised by the fact that he made almost no sound as he walked. With that kind of developed body, he should be making sound when stepping on fallen leaves. It speaks to the level of training he had gone through to achieve that technique. There was no such person among the slaves.
「Stop, Raikira. He is still a child.」
「Child? Look carefully. This kid’s clothes… He is probably–」
「Probably my lifesaver!」
The large man, who was sitting, tried to cover , but before that, the woman in the hood cut in between and the gray-haired man.
「I was not aware of the Git Snake, so this kid tried to warn ! What else is there to consider?!」
「Oi, Mimino… I know you’ve noticed too… that this kid is a slave.」
「!」
「Not to ntion a fugitive slave.」
I was taken aback and tried to hide the tattoo on my wrist, but it was too late. It was very easy to tell with a glance.
…I guess it was foolish to try to save soone’s life recklessly, after all.
「… Even still, it doesn’t matter, does it?」
The woman who had been silent up until now spoke. Her green hair was bundled behind and she was wearing a nun attire. Her eyes were half closed, like sleepy eyes. Her age was about the sa as , 16 – I an, in the sense of my previous life.
「Slaves are regulated by contract magic, but being in the depths of this forest ans that the magic has already been cut. So either the boy was released from his slave status or the boy’s master died, right?」
「…He might’ve fled from the confusion of his master’s death. In that case, the contract for the sale of slaves remains. So the slave must be left there. You get it, right?」
「No, I don’t get it.」
「……Oi, what’d you just say, Mimino?」
「I don’t get it! I don’t care! And I don’t want to care!」
「You listen here! I’m not saying this for fun! I’m just trying to keep us out of trouble…」
「But this child!」
The woman in the hood, who was called Mimino, was as tall as I was. Despite being small, the way she spoke was like an adult — she might not be of the human race. Just as the gray-haired man was a beastn.
「He tried to save my life even though appearing before us put him in danger! That’s enough, isn’t it?!」
「Uhh…」the gray-haired beastn fumbled.
「Hey, I’m sorry to scare you. What’s your na?」she looked back at , and asked, with a kind smile.
She wore a loose dark green hooded robe, the edges of which were embroidered with colours such as red, white, and yellow. She might be so sort of a mage, as she was wearing a number of misanga bracelets on her arm.
「I am Reiji.」
「Reiji-kun, huh. That’s a good na! I am Mimino. The mage of this party. That boorish man is Raikira.」
「Who are you calling boorish?!」
The beastn, Raikira, had already sat down by the bonfire, sulkingly, and rested his chin on his palm with the elbow on his knee.
Half of his exposed skin was covered with fur. Born in a village of humans and worked in a mine where only humans worked, I rarely had the chance to see a beastn.
…This is a fantasy world, after all.
「…I am Dante. And this is my daughter, Non.」the large man who threw a dagger at the poisonous snake, said.
Daughter… Daughter?! At first glance, he seems to be around 30 years old, but I wonder if he’s actually older…
Dante was equipped with tal armor on important parts such as shoulders, chest, and elbows. And he wore a scalemail with 3cm brownish scales which covered the rest of his body. The scalemail that existed on Earth were pieces of tals woven together like scales, but these were real scales.
Even while wearing armor, you can see that his body was trendously muscular. The steel plate lying beside him was almost as big as a bench. Since it cos with a grip, I think Dante swings it around in battle. I wonder if he’s a Berserker?
He had a stern face, but his eyes were gentle. His green eyes and trimd green hair were the sa as his daughter, Non.
I suddenly noticed that his neck was partially gray. It seems to be “petrified”.【World Ruler】 told without consciously asking.
「…My body has been petrified by dusa’s curse, you see. And my daughter is following for treatnt.」
「We are heading to the royal capital of Saint Knight Kingdom for my father’s treatnt. There is a saint who is very good at healing magic there.」
「Oh, I see…」
That was all I could say. There seed to be petrification curses in this world. When I tried to confirm the treatnt thod with 【World Ruler】, images of raw material that I had zero idea of flooded into my mind.
…Hmm, I wonder what these are?
One of them looked like autumn leaves, but the tip was divided into five. Another was a silver tal, but… it was a very deep silver. And lastly, so squirming earthworm-like creatures… I think?
I didn’t think that 【World Ruler】 could provide with such information. Can these ingredients really cure petrification? I wonder if I should tell them about this… But, what if they ask where I got this knowledge from? And I don’t really know what these ingredients are in the first place.
For the ti being, Non-san was thinking about treatnt with magic, so I decided not to say anything strange.
「Co here, Reiji-kun! The at was just cooked!」
Mimino took my hand and brought to the bonfire. Her hands were very small. And so warm…
I sat on the ground, and exhaled, feeling tired.
「Here you go.」
Mimino offered skewered at. I don’t know what kind of at it was, but the surface was sprinkled with a lot of spices.
There wasn’t much fat on it, but that didn’t matter. As the steam and sll of the at filled my nostrils, I grabbed her hand and sunk my teeth into the at.
「————」
Sparks scattered in front of . The stimulus of the spices quickly spread throughout my mouth, and then my tongue perceived the fat on the at. It felt like the heat would scald my tongue, but I absolutely didn’t want to miss even a drop of the gravy, so I didn’t open my mouth at all.
When I chewed the at, my gums hurt. One tooth in the back was loose. My heart thumped like crazy and my body felt like it was on fire. Perhaps my body was taken by surprise by the animal protein that ca in.
The mont I swallowed was pure bliss. My stomach, which received a surprise piece of at, was doing it’s best to break it down, like a firefighter who was engaged in fire fighting.
「…Reiji-kun.」
I returned to my senses by the caring voice. I had been holding Mimino’s hand.
「S-Sorry… I am so sorry…」
「No, it’s all good. Children should eat properly.」
Mimino placed the skewered at in my hand, gently stretched out both hands, and hugged my head.
「Eh…?」
「Forget the painful things and just eat!」
And that’s when I noticed that tears had been rolling down my cheeks non-stop.
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