Vol 1: Chapter 19
「That person… is also a beastn, the sa as you, right?」
「Yeah. I can sowhat manage since I’m a party mber of Silver Balance, but this country is too unforgiving for a beastn to make a living. You saw it too, right? Even a half-beastn woman can only get a job of pulling in custors. The position of beastn in this country is low. If that woman stood out as a beastn, human custors won’t even approach. Needless to say, a pure beastn won’t even get that job.」
「Hmm…」
「Even for you, a hairy woman is a hard sell, right?」
「Uhh, y-yeah.」
「That is sothing that can’t be helped… but it’s also true that this country is bad for beastn to live in.」
「Wouldn’t it be better to move to another country?」
「The road has been closed. You need a guild letter of recomndation to cross the border, and you need to take that to the governnt office and get a pass permit. I am just taking advantage of Dante-ossan’s treatnt. That’s pretty much it.」
「S-So, you’re going to leave when we reach Saint Knight Kingdom?!」
「Well, most probably. Mimino and ossan already know this.」
「B-But…」
It’s only been a few days, but I feel like I’ve beco a little more friendly with Mr. Macho Tsundere Beastn. And he drops this on …
「Does that an you have so other purpose?」
「…Yeah.」
Raikira-san ca to a halt and looked up at the night sky.
The moon, which was almost a full circle, was rising… Wow! There is a moon in this world, too. However, this moon had additional three satellite moons orbiting it.
「There is… soone I want to kill.」
Those matter-of-factly uttered words did not carry a sense of reality.
「I and the guy I gave money to just now, originally belonged to the sa rcenary group. It was called “Dark Fang rcenary” – a group made up of only beastn. Employed by money, we moved around from place to place. From battlefields to monster hunting grounds as requested by our client. But we made a stupid mistake.」
I didn’t know what “rcenary group” ant.
「We destroyed an underworld business of a noble with great power and influence. It was a drug business. Rigura Kingdom, one of the kingdoms in the Keith Grand Federation – just next to Achenbach Dukedom. It is a small country, but they were making a killing by distributing drugs to every country. We knew that fact. However, when we were told to “kill the monsters that are nesting in the mountains of Rigura Kingdom”, we didn’t think those monsters were protecting the drug manufacturing plant.」
「What was that? Monsters? Protecting?」
「There seems to be a ridiculous skill called 【Monster Taming Technique】.」
…Are you serious?! Just how versatile are these skills?! As expected, the world of skills sure is deep… I an, now’s not the ti for that.
「So… what happened next?」
「When we reported to the client that we had subjugated the monsters, he excitedly charged into the factory with a suicide bomb magic tool. And blew up the factory with himself.」
「Wha?!」
「We found out later that the client’s only daughter was a drug addict and that cost her her life. We played a part in his revenge.」
I was dumbfounded. This world is full of violence. And so is desire…
「He died and it was over. But we were still alive, and were paid the full amount – that’s how we got tracked.」
Raikira-san explained that due to the movent of large amounts of money, the Rigura Kingdom kept a watchful eye on “Dark Fang rcenaries” as a party involved in the destruction of the drug factory.
「Rigura Kingdom paid a fortune to the mayor of Valhalla, the top person at the capital of the federation. And the mayor moved the Adventurer’s Guild with the narration of, “Dark Fang rcenary is the originator of the drug factory. Find and exterminate.”」
「EHHHH!?」
「You’re too loud.」
「B-But! That sort of thing is…」
「The death of a wealthy person is a big deal, and because of that the factory ca into light. So when the question of “who made this drug factory” arose, Rigura Kingdom skillfully shifted it onto us.」
「……」
Raikira-san and the rcenary group were just victims.
「And the adventurer they sent after us was a…. Mithril-rank.」
Mithril rank.
The pinnacle of adventurers.
「A rcenary group of 50 was annihilated by that one guy. I barely escaped with my life and my friends were scattered.」
「The person from before was one of your friends?」
Raikira-san nodded.
「…We told the adventurer everything – that we were being frad and are the victims. He listened to us noddingly, and imdiately fired a great spell. My friends burned and scread. The whole place instantly turned into hell.」
I could only listen silently.
I wonder if the fla that burns in Raikira-san is as intense as the flas that he saw that day.
「He laughed while killing my friends… saying, “So what?”…! I could only pathetically run away with my life. And so I ran and ran till my legs could no longer carry . When I was thinking it was the end for , I was saved by Mimino.」
「…I don’t think desperate efforts to survive is pathetic.」
Raikira looked at and laughed a little. It was a very sad laugh.
「Reiji… Even if I can’t destroy the Rigura Kingdom, I must still retaliate in so way. If that’s the case… then, I must definitely kill that cold-blooded bastard.」
There was a dripping sound.
Raikira-san’s fist was clenched so hard, that blood dripped from there.
「Crysta-la-Crysta, a half-elf Mithril-rank adventurer. I must kill him no matter what.」
* Magic Airship “Sky Princess Castle” *
The humming noise never stops. The magical airship “Sky Princess Castle” was flying 1,000 ters above the Geffert Kingdom.
It was shaped like a roundish boat rather than a huge ship, and was flying in the sky with dozens of huge propellers and small propellers rotating around.
The black body, which was a combination of special wood and iron plate, gave off a faint blue light even at night, making its presence widely known.
The large body with a capacity of up to 500 people was slowly but surely in a straight line, heading for Achenbach Dukedom.
「…It’s so boring when you get used to it.」
「Huh?」
「At first, I thought the magic airship was novel, but I got tired after riding it many tis. Not enough entertainnt on board.」
「W-We are very sorry.」
「Why is it called “Sky Princess”? It can’t even satisfy an adventurer like , much less an actual princess.」
「Y-Yes…」
It was a staff mber of the Adventurer’s Guild, with a huge body, putting up with the questions.
There is a lounge inside “Sky Princess Castle” where you can enjoy als and alcohol.
In front of the staff, sat a man, with a slender build, slouching into a sofa, and enjoying wine, out of a transparent glass – which is incredibly rare in this world.
And he was tall, which made him seem more slender on the contrary.
His smooth blonde hair was trimd just above his shoulders. The hair hides his ears, but it was slightly sharper than humans.
His red pupils were not aid at the staff, but just staring at the glass.
The surface of the wine reflected a magic lamp hanging from a rugged ceiling with exposed pipes running across.
Tsk, the man clicked his tongue, and gulped the wine. The staff filled up the glass again by pouring from a decanter, knowing that this one cup was worth enough for the common people to survive for a week.
He also knew that this man can buy dozens of barrels of this wine with one request.
「What ti will we arrive?」
「We’re scheduled to arrive next morning.」
「Can’t we go directly to the mine? It will take ti if we move from the city.」
「Unfortunately we can’t leave without greeting His Excellency the New Duke… The takeoff and landing of the magic airship is fixed, thus we can’t fly freely.」
「…The human race has acquired wings, but limit themselves for nonsense?」
The man said, in a fed up manner. He left the glass of wine as is and stood up.
「Monsters are boring. They just get angry. They don’t cry or beg for their lives. In that respect, it was so much more fun when I killed a lot of those beastn.」
「………」
The staff had already averted his gaze from the man. This was because the man’s nether region swelled as he licked his lips.
「I’m going to sleep. Wake up when we get there.」
「……Understood.」
The man then picked up a robe of thin make on the sofa and left.
「…Because guys like those are made Mithril-rank adventurers, this world is beyond saving.」
The staff sighed deeply, but what he next thought was what to do about the glass of wine.
The “Sky Princess Castle” was steadily flying toward the Achenbach Dukedom.
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