Chapter 13
Ti sure flies, doesn’t it? Moreover, it’s scary that I have beco accustod to it.
It has been one week since the Kaizer Kong, Saria (Although I don’t have the will to call her this), has taken captive.
…You know, I am turned off by myself, because I have started to think, “Isn’t a gorilla fine?”.
As expected, a gorilla is probably bad. I an, we belong to completely different races.
However, if we talk about that damn gorilla’s housework, its amazing to the point where I start to think, “Isn’t it better than the average human woman?”
I am surprised.
And, recently the damn gorilla have given permission to touch her hair, it’s unbelievably comfortable to the touch. Her tail is also amazingly smooth and fluffy (fuwafuwa) to touch.
Though I have been continuously cursing severely, in the first place, I was in no position to do so. I was a bullying victim as well.
Although I have lost weight, when I was on Earth, I was fat, disgusting, unattractive, filthy, and stinky….
Man, aren’t I the worst? If poorly handled, I would be crueler than the gorilla.
No, it would definitely be absolutely terrible.
While thinking about that sort of thing, I realize that I am satisfied with being able to always eat delicious food without worry, it is about ti to start thinking, “I need to escape from here.”.
“Seiichi, here.”
“Yes, thank you.”
I receive breakfast from the gorilla……uwa, it’s like we are newly-wed. This is dangerous. My ntal state thinks lightly of the situation while I started eating breakfast.
…It is as delicious as ever. If she wasn’t a gorilla, she would be a very good wife.
“That…is embarrassing”
“Don’t go reading my mind!”
This fellow is scary at tis. After all, she’s reading my mind.
The Kaizer Kong…the damn gorilla before seems to be showing more of her personality traits recently, this damn gorilla did a gesture which seems to have rembered sothing.
“Co to think of it, today, is exploration day.”
“Exploration?”
I ask involuntarily.
“Yeah. and the Clever Monkey compete, Fruit Of Evolution, search”
“?!”
The fruit of evolution?!
I widen my eyes in surprise at the words which ca out from the damn gorilla’s mouth.
“Seiichi, Fruit Of Evolution, do you know?”
“………”
What should I do?……Should I honestly say that I know it? More importantly, I wonder if I can get information if I pretend to not know it.
I thought about it a little, and decide to pretend not to know about it.
“…No, haven’t heard about it.”
Like that, the Kaizer Kong nodded.
“Is that so. Then, I will teach you. Fruit Of Evolution, amazing. That race, best at growing. Various stats, will be surpassed after reborn”
…In other words, after eating a Fruit Of Evolution, evolution will occur and that race will attain excellent stats?
…Yeah, I don’t understand.
Eh, then what’s with ? Will I beco the strongest human being or not? Will my intelligence increase? Will my appearance improve?
I don’t have a human to compare my strength with, and I am still at level 1…As for my head I don’t seem to have any better of a mory, there does not seem to have been any changes to my head in any good way. I am still as stupid as ever! My Charm in status is still blank!… Even though I have already used life magic-[Wash]. I want to die already.
By the way, I am wearing my clothes that the damn gorilla prepared and even took to the trouble of washing it. Even though it was filthy, the damn gorilla said it’s a waste of good material, so now it is clean and beautiful.
Even the underwear as well, though it is a bit different in terms of material, it feels comfortable, furthermore the vines from a tree called [Byorn Juji] have excellent elasticity, and it is a durable material, I used it as a substitute for the so-called rubber in my trousers and underwear. As for my previous clothing, underwear and trousers, because the damn gorilla have been desperately requesting for them, I burnt them with Life Magic-[Fire], and gave it to her.
Well this sort of thing is trivial, these result are normal if you think about it.
It’s not good, I an. Why did I not experience any evolution?!…Other than the extre pain of my body. No, I don’t want this anymore!
While I was thinking in that manner, the damn gorilla continued
“I, until only awhile ago, cannot speak. Human book, I can not read or understand. But, at that ti I ca across the Fruit Of Evolution. And so I ate it, taking advantage of the ti when I go hunting, I read human book and morized human language.”
Areee? Sohow, isn’t the damn gorilla’s result quite good? To the level where a language can be understood……iya, it is rather amazing, is it not?
Besides, if the level does not rise like mine, her level would have already been at 700 when she ate the Fruit Of Evolution. Instead, sothing like Evolution x 1 is displayed. Strong…
“No matter other, appearance, change. Strong, to beco. After.”
“It’s too bad, can’t you speak more fluently?”
It is frustrating to see…or rather, why is it frustrating?…I see, its because she’s a gorilla!….it’s different, isn’t it?
“Sorry. But, my mouth, speaking function, originally non-existent. I can produce a roar, words, different. Therefore, smoothly, unable to speak. In truth, long conversation, tongue tied. Even though, want talk, more.”
“I’ll pass”
It wasn’t the main topic in the first place. What am I saying.
“By the way, Fruit Of Evolution, not more than 10, to eat. Eating anymore, evolution overtake body. Therefore, death.”
“Scary!?”
…Seriously?! I would die if I eat more than ten?!That was close, I was think about eating one more if I ever ca across another one…! That ans, I already have the maximum evolution and can no longer eat anymore…How regrettable. I was a little relieved to have gained unexpected information. The Fruit Of Evolution is amazing eh…
“I, already have 10 pieces. Therefore, collect again, to give to the one suitable to be my husband, plan to accumulate. Once more, find Clever Monkey. But, soone, stole it.”
…A-are? Sohow I feel an unpleasant premonition…
“Therefore, search again, to give Seiichi. While at it, the snatcher, kill.”
“I’m sorryyyyyyyyyyyy!”
I prostrated myself with all my might.
“I’m really sorry! I am the one who stole it! I was hungry, and I ate it!”
What pride? My pride can eat shit! Survival is justice! I did not forget the law of the jungle!
While I maintained prostrated, I timidly raised my head,
“What, Seiichi? If that’s the case, it’s fine.”
“Th,then…!”
“But, marriage. This, absolutely must.”
“Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
That’s right…Isn’t that right!? She was supposed to have given it to her husband and I ate it! I’ve done it now! It’s already too late to turn back now!
Th, this ans I have to really give it my all to escape…!
Fortunately, that damn gorilla seems to be going off to search for the Fruit Of Evolution.
I have to escape from this hell during that chance!
Even if just a little bit, I felt that being unable to eat this al makes a little sad……I won’t think too much about it.
When I was looking down and thinking about things like that, the damn gorilla showed an unexpected reaction.
“Seiichi…the things I do, you hate?”
“Eh?”
I don’t return an annoyed expression as I usually do but instead, I returned an expression of uneasiness. What happened? Asking sothing like this so suddenly…
That appearance of the damn gorilla left bewildered, the damn gorilla then said
“I, Seiichi, like.”
“……”
How many tis has she confessed?
“But, Seiichi, the things I do, hate?”
The damn gorilla looked really sad when asking so.
…This, how do I reply to her? She has asked such a high difficulty question so suddenly?!
But, seeing her ask with a sorrowful mood and in all seriousness, it would only be right of to answer honestly, as a man should.
“…I don’t hate you. Or rather, I like you.”
Yes, these are my true feelings.
But do not misunderstand. To the bitter end, my “like”, is “I like gorilla”. It is a ridiculous thing to say that I love the gorilla.
Cleaning, laundry, cooking, sewing, and for other reasons unknown, she was wholeheartedly earnest to . It would sound like the perfect existence if I have only heard this.
But…but she’s a gorilla!
Why is she a gorilla?! If she was not a gorilla, I would have been completely okay with it! In the first place, I am not in the position where I can choose the appearance of my partner.
But to , to be of a different race…and furthermore, a gorilla?! This is too unreasonable…! If it is a human, I would have been able to endure no matter how unattractive she is…it sounds very arrogant when I say it this way, but I do wish to marry a beautiful and sexy woman even if it is without any hope! Is it bad?…It’s the nature of a sad man.
While I was being arbitrarily depressed alone, the damn gorilla who heard my answer returned to her usual state.
“Yes. Then, let’s marry now imdiately.”
“…As expected, may I take back what I said before?”
Returning back to normal, I again used my annoyed tone. And guess what?
“Muuu…Seiichi, a shy person.”
“Please die”
This is bad, she’s being extrely annoying. I really want to give her a really hard blow…! However, it’s sad that it’s likely that the tables will be turned on .
“Whatever. I, Fruit Of Evolution, search.”
“By all ans, take care.”
I desperately endure the smile that threatened to spill out.
If I laughed here, it would certainly be suspicious.
Rather, I don’t know the reason why she has yet to have gone looking for the Fruits of Evolution.
“Incidentally, today I will bring back hunted prey.”
“Eh?”
At this ti, I noticed a sense of incongruity.
It goes and hunt monsters, and it kills the monsters. In other words, it did not evolve?
“Damn gorilla. Are the als thus far all things that you have hunted?.”
“No. Clever Monkey, hunt. I eat.”
Clever Monkeys. Aren’t you being thoroughly used…?!
“If the Fruit Of Evolution is eaten, will I evolve imdiately upon defeating a demon?”
When I asked so, the damn gorilla shook it’s head side to side.
“Yes. But no. Defeated demon, if level lower than yourself, pointless.”
“Oh”
In other words, is the reason that I am able to evolve easily is because I have been hunting existences that are higher level than myself?
“Stronger demons, I t recently. In the olden days, many demons, demon king army wanted to take along. I, have no interest in war. Therefore, hid myself.”
Will this be the place where the devil king will erge? Furthermore, it does not seems like it is talking about that sort of 100 years ago event. Even if she said it was in the olden days, unexpectedly it might have happened recently.
“Anyway, approaching……so its alright.”
“Approaching?”
I cock my head in puzzlent unintentionally when I heard what the damn gorilla said.
However, the damn gorilla seed to have not heard my words and did not give a more detailed explanation.
“More importantly, I, question Seiichi, have.”
“Eh?”
“Seiichi, human. Why are you here?”
That’s right. It is strange for a human to be in this kind of place.
“Maaa…many things happened….ah!”
Having said thus, I rembered a certain thing.
“I forgot to make a elixir!”
Yes, I have been disturbed by the Acro Wolf, and taken away by the damn gorilla, various happenings have made completely forget that originally I was gathering materials to make the [Elixir]!
When I rembered what I intended to do originally and started thinking about how to go about doing it, the damn gorilla tilted her neck to one side.
“Elixir? That sort of thing, exist?”
“Maa, it is amazing as far as human is concerned.”
I an, it can resurrect dead people. Dangerous isn’t it.
“But, to make the Elixir requires [Heat Rock] and the vital [Resurrection Grass] mixed in, which I do not have.”
“I, have it”
“Eee, that is amazing eh….hai?”
“I, have it.”
“Seriously?!”
When I said so unintentionally in a loud voice, the damn gorilla moved to the nearby bush and started searching for sothing with a rustling sound, and before long, it ca back with sothing.
“Here. This one, Heat Rock. This one, Resurrection Grass, and seed.”
“Seed?”
The damn gorilla handed a deep crimson coloured rock, a grass with a contrasting green and white colour and a ordinary seed.
“Seed, don’t know how grow. Elixir, make, I, not effective. Therefore, give.”
“Seriously?!”
Once again being surprised by the damn gorilla says, I tried to appraise the things that were handed over.
[Heat Rock]…A mineral which creates heat using special effect. Apply a light impact and leave it alone, the maximum emitted heat is 120°c. After a set period of ti, if not disposed, heat will naturally settle, has an unlimited usage. When the thing necessary to resurrect a dead person is included and mixed in water, if the Heat Rock is soaked in water, it will change into sothing which is good for the body.
[Resurrection Grass] Grass which is said to have the effect of resurrecting people from the afterlife. But this alone is not effective if not dissolved in water that has had a heat rock soaked in it.
[Seed of Resurrection Grass] If you bury it, Resurrection Grass will grow. However, it is necessary to mix the soil with a Heat Rock and water the seed with water which a Heat Rock soaked in.
“…”
“Da, damn…as expected it can resurrect a dead person, the effect is amazing.
Or rather, the Heat Rock has too many uses. Doesn’t it play too much of an active role…?
But, the damn gorilla is amazing for giving these to …then I shall accept it. I an, she said she would give them to .
“Th, then I will gratefully accept it”
“Un. But, marry ”
“I will return it after all”
“…It was a joke”
There was a pause?! Is it possible that it wasn’t necessarily a joke?! I, I must keep my guard up and be careful not to show an opening…
The damn gorilla turned to face the forest despite the surprised .
“Jya, I, wanted to ask, understand. Hunt, see you later.”
“Un! Take care!”
I said that really cheerfully with a smile.
With this, I will be free…! Nonetheless, as expected, the gorilla did not consider the possibility of running away. Fufufu, I’m going to bid this hell farewell!
I even had an unexpected harvest of the materials required to make the elixir.
“U, un. I’m off”
“Is there any reason why your face has turned red?!”
When I sent the gorilla off with a smile, the damn gorilla face turned red for so reason. I feel sick! At least…at least I want it to be a human…!
I see off the damn gorilla until it went into the bush.
Good…let’s go…let’s go…
As the damn gorilla gradually disappeared from my sight, I prepared to move imdiately at the sa ti I couldn’t see it anymore.
For the ti being, the destination will be the areas in black which the Clever Monkey and Acro Wolf’s map shows.
And then, I finally do not see the the figure of the damn gorilla.
“Escape!”
I cried out aninglessly as I started to run promptly.
Hahahaha! It’s my victory! One week…I kept on enduring!
I have tried to escape many tis but the damn gorilla always kept following wherever I went…I was beginning to give up slightly, living with the damn gorilla was just a little enjoyable…why am I beginning to think of such thing…?
At last…at last I am free!
“Hahahahaha! Wonderful! Freedom feels wonderful!”
Un, I think that I am broken if I do say so myself. Tension is chaotic.
As I am running through the forest with light steps, I suddenly felt sothing at my back.
“?!”
I turn to face behind in a hurry.
“Wait! Seiichi!”
“Gyaaaaaaaaaaa!It is chasing aaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
That damn gorilla is chasing at a terrifying speed.
It’s a lie right?! Didn’t it go out for a search?! Then why is it sprinting after with all it’s might like sothing out of a horror?! Why is she running like an athlete?!
Or rather, what if it really does manage to catch !? What happened to the search!?
As I think things like that, the damn gorilla shouts
“No! That direction is…!”
“I don’t understand what you an, but I can be free at last! Mou, I will not let go of this freedommmmmmm!
Mou, I have already co this far! It is already close behind…
In the first place, if I have to return, I would have to co up with a excuse for running away.
I decide to continuously invoke [Mont] to put so distance between and the damn gorilla even if by a little.
“[Mont]![Mont]![Mont]![Mont]!”
“――――!”
The distance between and the damn gorilla widened in the blink of an eye. As one would expect from a skill.
This way, by extensive usage of my skill, I pull away from the damn gorilla and a cave entrance appeared before my eyes before long.
“What?”
I tilt my head to the side puzzled as I gradually approached the cave.
Was there a cave in such a place?
Mou I had already co to the black-painted place on the map which was in-putted in my head.
“…Sohow, the atmosphere is strange and intimidating…”
Without stopping my feet, I approach the cave which is emitting a strange atmosphere which I am able to perceive sensitively for so reason.
“…maa, other than this cave there seems to be no other place to hide…”
Hiding in a cave seems like it will be easy for to be tracked, but for so reason, there are no trees growing in the vicinity of the cave.
From the start, there was no other choice than to hide in the cave.
“…Let’s go?”
It has been decided that I shall go into the cave. Because I have no other choice, and it is surely purely my anxiety that makes think that the cave has sothing. Moreover, it might beco harder for to be found if I enter the cave.
I enter the cave without slowing down.
When I was back on Earth, it would have been impossible for to be running at such a speed for such a long period of ti. But, since coming to this world and thanks to the influence of Evolution, I am not getting tired at all. Hmm…does all parallel universe people have this much physical strength/stamina? If you told that all the other people that ca from another world have this much physical strength I would believe it.
I entered the cave and continued running.
“…What to do. There are no winding roads at all.”
The road only continued in a straight line.
Moreover, as I continued advancing into the depths, luxurious ornants embedded sporadically in the wall for so reasons are getting illuminated by the flickering fla of the torches mounted on the wall.
……
“Eh, what? What on earth is this!?”
I suddenly felt anxious!? Do, does anyone live here!?
But, I will surely be caught by the damn gorilla if I were to return now…..What to do……
Th, there seems to be no choice but to go further in…
I steady myself and run through the straight road which leads deeper inside the cave.
And――――
“This is…”
Before my eyes is a gorgeously ornanted construct made of black iron…there seems to be a door.
Since the ti I started running intently, I haven’t t any demons and thus I arrived at this place
A crimson jewel is embedded in the middle of the door and an ominous atmosphere is leaking out of it.
“The, the hell?”
I back off subconsciously from the atmosphere given off by the door.
“…”
What is this…rather, after coming this far…I can only enter, right?
After making up my mind, I open the door which is giving off the ominous atmosphere.
“…”
When I set my foot in the room, the torch mounted on the surroundings ca to life at once and lit up the dark room.
“…”
Nonetheless, the room remains dim and gloomy, furthermore there is a sticky ominous atmosphere which coils around the body making it uncomfortable and it is not easing.
My gaze wanders around restlessly.
“――――This is a first. A human visiting my room…”
“!?”
I reacted violently to the voice which I heard suddenly and fixed my gaze over to the source of the voice.
“Wha――――”
There was a skeleton dressed in a jet black robe which is akin to a black mourning dress, bringing about a contradiction to the gorgeous robe and the skeleton.
“To have been able to reach my room…are you a strong person?”
“No, kefir desu” (TL: Kefir is a beaverage sen.wikipedia/wiki/Kefir)
“……”
The silence is painful…!
It can’t be helped!? I am confused! What is it!? This skeleton! Why can it talk!? Aren’t there no vocal cords in a skeleton!?
Although I was surprised, I secretly used appraisal on the skeleton before .
[Darkness noble Zeanos Lv:1]
“Eh?”
I let out such a sound unintentionally when I saw the displayed level.
Level…1? The sa as …?
Perhaps in the eyes of the skeleton I am showing a considerably stupefied look on my face…Zeanos is giving out a atmosphere of being satisfied for so reason.
“I see… you are able to see through my strength?” (EDN: The “you” used in this sentence is derogatory, sothing similar to “bastard”. I would use it, but it would make the sentence sound quite strange.)
“Wha-?”
I got found out!? Why!?
Zeanous continued his words indifferent to my surprised.
“It is sheer stupidity to discern my strength. My strength is not sothing visible. Besides I can deceive you. (EDN: Sa “you”.)
“De, deceive….?”
It was at the mont when I was able to squeeze out the word.
“――――”
The atmosphere emitting from Zeanous changed suddenly.
In the beginning, there was a lot of things I didn’t understand about this eerie presence, even though he is strong, he wore an atmosphere where he didn’t seem to be strong. But now, before my very eyes, that atmosphere was removed and his atmosphere changed completely.
――――Strong. Absurdly……strong!
The damn gorilla which is the Kaizer Kong is completely overshadowed……
Reading the strength of my opponent should have been impossible for before but for so reasons now, what is called the sixth sense or instinct, is blaring in alarm.
Dangerous……this fellow is too dangerous……!
I, for so reason, appraised Zeanos again.
[Darkness noble Zeanos Lv:1500]
“…”
Sohow, the number is now different from the single digit before? Eh, 1500? Could it be that it has surpassed 1000? 500?
……
“Haiiiiiiiii?”
I couldn’t help but raise my voice.
In contrast to , who exclaid loudly, Zeanos declared coldly
“…Boring. The first human to visit my room isn’t as much as I thought.”
At that instant, Zeanos rged into space and vanished.
“!?”
Wh, where did he go!?
I invoked the [Search] skill and got completely no reaction sohow.
The events that suddenly happened before made widen my eyes in surprise and I got impatient, then the space distorted again and Zeanos appeared in front of my eyes.
“Eh――――”
It suddenly appeared in Zeanos right hand, where did he pull it out from? With a single glance, I can tell from the atmosphere it is emitting, that it is dangerous, the jet black slender sword that he held in his right hand that is.
“――――seems to have been a small fry”
With such a sentence, Zeanos thrusts out the slender sword held in his right hand towards my left chest.
「――――」
――――However, the slender sword did not pierce the left side of my chest.
“Are you okay? Seiichi”
The sword which should have gone through my heart went through sothing else… Saria.
Instead of my left chest…Saria’s heart was penetrated and she attacked Zeanos with her thick arms.
“Mu…”
At such an attack, Zeanos pulled out his slender sword from the left chest of Saria and dodged directly.
Crimson blood spilled out from the Saria’s chest when the sword was pulled out.
…Why…why…why…
“I made it in ti…thank goodness…”
Saria said so in a gentle tone, to the who stood rooted to the ground in surprise,
And then, Saria fell to the ground.
――――――――――!!!!
“Sariaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
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