Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter Dreams of a Hero ~ Chapter 283，Part2: 2 - Useless Person ②

Chapter 283 Useless Person ② Part 2

Sage-san’s cheeks twitch as she begins to *gongon* tap the floor in front of her with her staff as if she sensed sothing in my expression.

“!? Oi, hey, what do you think you are doing! Listen to ! To begin with, Anna said that you wanted the Academy’s precious artifacts, but that was just a rumor! There is no way one of our fellow professors would divulge information about their precious artifact! Everyone is dancing around because of this nonsense――Right now, we are assessing the damage caused by this magical creature. You are to be imprisoned here until formal action is taken! If words get out, Lucia will also be in trouble, reflect on what you did!” (Sage)

………… Could it be that Lucia’s gestures are inherited from her “Teacher (Sensei)”? Or is her “Teacher (Sensei)” the one who has been influenced by her?*

That is when I spoke up for the first ti. On second thought, it would be bad if they don’t let go back ho.

“Ermmm…… I will be in trouble if you don’t let out tho’……” (Cry)

The refrigerator in my room is full of cakes that are close to their expiry date.

“You can get in trouble as much as you want. We are the ones in trouble.” (Sage)

Such cold words. I know you are in trouble――But I shouldn’t have co if I knew it was going to end like this. It is one of my bad points to move when I am pushed around even though I don’t have the ability to solve the problem.

“Seriously, even though I am already full with inquiries about curses from the Divination Institute…… It is one hell of an outrageous harassnt to cause a problem at this timing.” (Sage)

“Heee, so it is the sa for “Teacher (Sensei)”. What a coincidence.” (Cry)

“………… Shut up. I am Lucia’s “Teacher (Sensei)”, not yours! As you know, “Spirit People (Noble)” are not only powerful in Magic, but also in curses. The strength of our mind is different. Most of the curses that have been called disasters so far have been caused by Spirit People. That said, I don’t want people to keep making strange inquiries on my part.” (Sage)

Sage-san brushes her bangs and sighs with a slightly over-the-top gesture. She looks tired.

It seems that even a Magi who was recruited by the Emperor himself and earned the Alias of 《Immortal (Futsu)》 has endless troubles. I can’t help but feel a little bit of camaraderie here.

Sage-san starts walking towards the door while shrugging her shoulders. I tried to stand up for the first ti in order to stop her――But I couldn’t even move a little bit.

It is not so much that I can’t move, it is more that it is a strange feeling where it feels like the commands from my brain are not being transmitted to my body. Even though I could talk and even pinch my cheeks…… Is this the power of this latest type of her so-called barrier?

It is bad, at this rate――――Hey, Sytry… How long are you going to keep *gugu* snoring? Aren’t you moving?

There seed to be nothing I could do about it. When I gave up and sighed heavily, the door opened vigorously.

To my disappointnt, the one who ca in wasn’t Lucia. Sage-san frowned at the student Magi in his chic robes.

“What is with you?” (Sage)

“We’ve finished our assessnt of the damage. I have a few things I’d like to bring to your attention.” (Student)

When the Magi *chirari* glanced at once, the Magi quickly approached Sage-san and whispered in her ear.

Sage-san was glaring at as if I was her parents’ killer, but…

“………… Fumu, that’s…… I see――” (Sage)

“That’s――No, but, this is only the consequence――” (Sage)

It seems that sothing quite unexpected happened. The way she looks at changes.

When Sage opened her eyes widely, her expression distorted violently.

“………… It originally belonged to the 《Sword Saint (Kensei)》 ? Tsk………… What is that child thinking――” (Sage)

“Tsk………… Sure, yeah. I would hate to lose this, but――” (Sage)

“………… No, no, no, it is obviously strange. How does it co to this?” (Sage)

“…………………………” (Sage)

A voice full of passion.? What on earth is going on?

When I was waiting blankly for the story to end, the Magi who had been whispering in her ear moved away and Sage-san approached with a sour look on her face.

She looked down at us from a close distance for a while, but before long she made the biggest click of her tongue and poked the magic circle with her staff.

The light of the shining magic circle disappears as if it has lost its power.

As I blinked my eyes while Sytry was *gugu* snoring and clinging to , Sage-san said to as if she was spitting out.

“Shit. Release them… Lucia’s brother, the situation has changed.” (Sage)

“Release? What happened?” (Professor 1)

When Sage-san looked at the other professors around her with great disgust, she said with a really reluctant look.

“I am, definitely, not convinced, but………………. The ashes of that monster――Could be, potentially, a very, valuable, catalyst. I am, definitely not convinced, but――Most will agree with it and it is the dean’s decision. Punishing you would make it harder for us to claim ownership of the ashes. The scales don’t balance out. According to humans rules, it shouldn’t――” (Sage)

“Can you share so of it with ?” (Sytry)

Sytry is now back to normal. Sage-san looks at Sytry for a mont as if she is questioning her sanity but I feel the sa way.

In the past, you used to be timider than , so how did you beco like this……?

Sage-san completely ignored her request and said in a cold voice.

“…………. Lucia is waiting for you downstairs. Don’t worry your Imouto too much.” (Sage)

§

We left the room at the top of the tower and descended the spiral staircase.

The sudden abduction and denunciation had left physically exhausted. The day was too dense. Give a break.

Sytry, who had completely recovered, said with a victim-like expression while walking next to .

“Really, it was a terrible ss, right Cry-san?” (Sytry)

Sytry, you were just *gugu* snoring, weren’t you. It was one of your most useless tis in recent years. Well, it is not like you lost that much point in my mind tho’.

I looked at her accusingly, but Sytry only looked at strangely. Her ntal strength is too different from mine.

By the way, why were we going to Sage-san’s place? We had nothing to do there――That’s right. It was because Sytry told to. Lucia didn’t co with us because of Sytry encouraging Kilkill-kun to stall her, and if I’m not mistaken, it is all Sytry’s fault that we got into this ss, isn’t it?

“In the end, they didn’t give us anything…… Professor Sage is really stingy. You would think that a long-lived Spirit People would usually beco less materialistic. I wanted so ashes, too………… I should have secretly taken so. After hearing Lucia’s story, I was too focused on the preconceived notion that the other party would pay us a tribute. If only Cry-san had told first――” (Sytry)

I can’t tell if what Sytry said is a joke or not.

But in the end, I never did figure out why Sage-san and the others thought I did sothing bad.

“………… Even though they should have investigated people around them before accusing .” (Cry)

I am sure that it was because so Magi in a lab sowhere were conducting dangerous experints.

“Absolutely!” (Sytry)

Sytry very happily agreed with .

………… Well, all’s well that ends well. Let’s go back to my room and eat so cake.

When I was thinking about that while going down the stairs, the door next to suddenly opened.

Sothing with a brown robe covering its whole body jumped out in front of .

“I’m sorry. I really regret it. I never expected such a monster would co at like that――I regretted it, so please forgive eee!” (Magi)

Sothing suddenly stopped , shoved a tal canteen to , climbed over the spiral staircase, and jumped from it.

I froze for a few seconds and rushed to check downstairs, but there was already no one………… Was it a Youkai or sothing?

This school is seriously scary. I will never co here again.

“What is that……?” (Sytry)

“………… Who knows…” (Cry)

Sytry’s eyes sparkle and she looks at the canteen I was forcibly handed over.

If it had been Liz, she would have definitely caught her…… Whether it would have been a good thing or not is another story.

When I hand it to her, Sytry opens the canteen lid with careful movent.

I waited for a while, but there was no comnt from Sytry, and it didn’t seem to be a hazardous material, so I peeked inside.

――What was inside the canteen was a liquid moving around that was not transparent and had the color of strawberry milk.

Or rather, it slled like strawberry milk. I like strawberry milk, I drink it fairly often and have a stock of it in the fridge.

However, to suddenly jump out, push a canteen containing strawberry milk and run away…… Isn’t that person really a Youkai?

As expected, even I have a sense of crisis to not drink strawberry milk given to by a stranger. As I was getting dismayed, I noticed that Sytry was silent while holding the canteen.

She *tsuntsun* pokes my shoulder and says as if she has co to her senses. Her cheeks were flushed and her voice was filled with passion.

“…… This color, this sll――Could this possibly be the legendary Magic Potion that had been buried in the darkness because of its powerful effects and its danger, the 『Strawberry Blaze』? No way――All traces of it were supposed to have been erased, but to think that it still exists.” (Sytry)

“…… Heeeh…… Is it sothing that amazing?” (Cry)

You said strawberry, so isn’t it totally strawberry milk?

It is surprising but I don’t think she, a brilliant Alchemist, would joke about anything Potion-related. Sytry closes the lid with more care than usual.

Well, I am glad you are in a better mood.

While I was thinking about this in a carefree manner, Sytry told so outragious information in a trembling voice.

“Yes! It is a subordination drug that srizes both the body and the mind of any human being with a single drop. It was created by a genius Alchemist――Three countries were destroyed, and the surrounding countries should have cooperated to completely erase the manufacturing thod, the product, and the family of the Alchemist who created it, but I never thought that the actual product would still exist……” (Sytry)

“………… Is it that amazing?” (Cry)

“If it is the real thing…… We might be able to revive the manufacturing thod and we may be able to take over the world. No one has ever been able to replicate it, but if we have the real thing we can reverse engineer it――” (Sytry)

“Un, un, that’s right.” (Cry)

Maybe because of her excitent, I quietly picked up the canteen she was holding with much more glee than usual.

Sytry looked at with blank eyes for a mont, but then said in a sweet voice.

“Cry-san…… Well…… You will give it to this ti, won’t you?” (Sytry)

“Un, un, that’s right. Later, okay?” (Cry)

“Yattaaa!” (Sytry)

Sytry clung to my arm and *surisuri* rubbed her cheek against it. I *unun* nodded and patted her head.

So… This is definitely sothing I shouldn’t give to Sytry. I will secretly throw it away later.

TL notes:

Thanks for reading!

Even when he is sentenced to jail Cry’s only thinking about his sweets!

Priorities in Cry’s mind, Sweet >>>>>> Curse

And as Lucia thought Cry sent the Black World Tree monster to get a Potion!

What will be Sytry’s trial with the Strawberry Blaze!?

But seriously, the world will be dood if Sytry gets her hand on this mind-control potion or the whole world will worship Cry as god ans his wife. Take your pick

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Footnotes

Youkai: Japanese folklore ghost/monsterYatta: Yay!