Akari exits the bathroom. Kurando and Yukishiro enters the bathroom. After bathing Yukishiro, Kurando gave it a thorough brushing.
Yukishiro was not pleased with the new brush that Kurando had purchased.
The âaromeri (äžćŁè§éčż, ăąăăĄăȘ)â brush/comb was given to Akari. The comb wasnât by any means fancy; it was nothing a girl/woman would desire. (T/N: âaromeriâ seems to be Author-sanâs go to word for the number â3â; by the way thatâs gross, âhere you can use my catâs combâŠâ)
With a little fix-up the comb became suitable for a human to use.
The next day.
It is early in the morning as the sun has recently risen. For breakfast they ate yesterdayâs leftovers. Afterwards Kurando, Akari, and Yukishiro when out to hunt on the Arerudouria (ăąăŹă«ăă„ăȘăą) mountain.
Since then two days had passed. For Akari this was good change of pace, and it was also a chance for Kurando to work on the uncompleted request. But above all, the purpose was to cheer up Yukishiro.
ăYou seem to be in a good mood, Yukishiro-san.ă (Akari)
ăYou can understand it?ă (Kurando)
Although Akari found his comment vexing, she slightly chuckles.
ăI do understand Yukishiro-san. During these past two days it seemed down. Well, considering all that brushing you gave it yesterdayâŠâŠ I feel envious.ă (Akari)
ăIt seems to be the same as always.ă (Kurando)
ăI rather not be disliked by Yukishiro-san so Iâll leave it at that. It does seem to be true that this Iruniiku (ă€ă«ăăŒăŻ) has a will of its own. If this were Japan you could easily harbor an animal in peace.ă (Akari)
(T/N: extoic pets, perhaps)
ăThere was a time I kept some tadpoles, but aside for that I never had any noteworthy pets. Anyways, this is a good time to spend with Yukishiro.ă (Kurando)
After saying so, Kurando stretches his hand out to Akari.
ăOh, Yukishiro-san, what large hands do you haveâŠâŠă (Akari)
Once again Akari tripped over something.
ââGrrh
Yukishiro is urging them to hurry up.
ăYes, yes, Iâm coming.ă (Kurando)
Kurando had also been stumbling. He and Akari hurries after Yukishiro.
Over there is the wild plant that Kurando had used as an ingredient in the curry he made.
It was a few days ago that Kurando had served Makushiimu (ăăŻă·ăŒă ) and Akari that curry stew.
ăW-why didnât youâŠâŠ inform me that you served us something expensive!ă (Akari)
Akariâs complexion turned blue.
ăUmm, do you mind telling me the name of this plant Akari?ă (Kurando)
The three of them had exited the cave and ascended up the slope. They had reached near the summit of the mountain. Around that area there is a garden of blueish green plants. If one were to look around they could see bits of snow here and there.
Behind them is an extending mountain range with snow covered peaks. Beyond the forest they can see the tiny spec that is Sarewado (ă”ăŹăă) village.
Kurando gently brushes away the snow. Underneath the snow is a blueish green and semi-transparent plant. He collects the plant and refrigerates it right away.
ăAlthough it may make a delicious meal when used as an ingredient in curry, a hand-full of these can be sold for 1,000 Rodo. The beak and the feathers of the Sunibariooru (Azure Eagle) couldâve also been sold for as much.ă (Akari)
In silence, Kurando clears away more snow from beneath his feet; he gathers more of the herb and refrigerated them.
âânibble
ăâŠâŠâŠâŠă (Akari)
ăYu-yukishiro-san, can you not nibbling on those plants.ă (Akari)
âânibble, nibble, munch, munch
Yukishiro continues to graze on the Toramora herb.
Eventually, Yukishiro consumed about three hands fulls of the Toramora herb before Kurando had finished gathering some.
Afterwards, the event that Yukishiro had been anticipating was commencing.
If it had not, then Yukishiro would have eaten all of the Toramora herbs.
âââ
ăI never been to this area.ă (Kurando)
They descend down the slope that is nearby the cave.
Dry leaves and shrugs are scattered about here and there. The atmospheric temperature around this area is different than from the cave.
ââGrrrh
From Yukishiroâs throat came a sound that indicates detectionă»warning.
Kurando quietly lowers his body. Yukishiroâs tail is swaying right & leftââ
ââShhh
Akari was hit by Yukishiroâs tail. Kurando hushes them as quietly as possible.
She tries to mimic Kurando by lowering her body as gracefully as she could.
Akari seems pleased.
The expression that she shown didnât seem to portray her as someone who is experienced in this sort of action.
Kurando didnât look towards Akari. He kept his line-of-sight on Yukishiro and followed it.
It is a person.
However, it has no mouth, no nose, no eyes, no eyebrows, and no ears.
Although, it has a wound. It is wearing leather armor, and it has a shield & a club. It seems to be a soldier.
The monsterâs body is clad in cold air. When it walks the shrugs and ground it walk near become frozen.
ăA monsterâŠâŠă (Akari)
Akariâs voice shivers as she mutters this.
In this world, the things that can be called an absolute evil are monster(s).
When the amount of spirits decrease, and the maryoku goes out of control the change causes a natural disaster to materialize.
It doesnât need to eat, and it doesnât propagate. It is a natural enemy to all living beings. There are no details about monster.
This is Kurando first encounter with a monster.
Although he had learned about them from the textbook.
It only has one habit.
It is attracted to maryoku and will rush after it.
The target is an ice spirit variant; a soldier type monster.
That thing is not a person.
ăâŠâŠcan you use your spirit magic?ă (Kurando)
ăâŠâŠI may be an out-of-place hero, but Iâm still a hero. There is no need to worry. However, it will take awhile.ă (Akari)
ăâŠâŠokay, then Iâll leave it to you. In the meantime, I will keep it distracted from a distance. Donât forget to aim.ă (Kurando)
Akari nods while having a serious expression. She seems to be slightly trembling.
Kurando also felt fear.
It is a baseless and instinctive primordial fear.
Nevertheless, Kurando prepares himself for battle.
It doesnât appear to be withdrawing.
The monster dashed at Kurando with the speed of a beast.
He flinches.
From the corner of his eye, Kurando sees Yukishiro rushing past him. It stops the monster from advancing.
Kurando no longer has a choose in the matter; the monster needs to be stopped.
He pushes forward and doesnât falter; Kurando throws his boomerang at the restrained monster.
ââping
The boomerang cuts into the monsterâs face.
It leaves a deep cut; red blood steams out, but right away the wound freezes up.
The monster had bled similar to a person.
Kurando doesnât loosen his grip.
Because, the textbook had mentioned that a normal amount of damaged wouldnât be enough to defeat a monster.
Near the foot of the monster, earth spirit magic is used to shoot an earth spike at it.
A spike skewers the monsterâs chest and stops the monster where it stood.
Yukishiro jumps on its back and bites off the monsterâs head.
Not long after earth spikes pierced the monster from all directions.
The monsterâs head falls to the ground rolling.
Kurando breaths out a sigh. He looks towards Akari.
Akari has prepared her bow. The bow is giving off a faint light.
ăI-it isnât over.ă (Akari)
Akari warns them.
Kurando turns around.
The earth spikes that are skewering the monster become frozen and then shatter to pieces. Without its head the monster approaches them.
Kurando draws the kukuri katana from his waist.
He was able to do this before the club could be swung down.
In one strike Kurandoâs physical barrier is silently destroyed.
Before his barrier could be restored the monster leaps at Kurando with the club.
From the monsterâs flank, Yukishiro rushes in and bites onto the monsterâs arm that is holding a shield.
Yukishiro was only able to slightly stop the monsterâs movement. With its club the monster aims for the lower region of Kurandoâs face.
If Kurando didnât have both of this arms blocking the path of the club, perhaps his neck would have been broken.
Both of Kurandoâs arms were ruthlessly broken.
An arrow is lodge into the monsterâs collar bone; it stops moving.
This time the monster remained motionless.
ăPhewă (Akari)
Kurando groans. Akari and Yukishiro rushed over to him.
He is losing consciousness.
Both of his arms are broken, and the club had knocked the sense out him.
Kurando hasnât come to his senses.
Akari and Yukishiro had confirmed the situation before they had rushed over to Kurando.
There in front of them is the monsterâs corpse.
In the distance the monsterâs faceless head can be seen.
ăâŠâŠearth, coffin.ă (Kurando)
Before fainting, Kurando had muttered one final earth spirit magic incantation.
âââ
It was evening when Kurando regained consciousness.
Kurando had slept as if he had not slept for days.
He lifts his body off of the pelt carpet that he had recently bought.
ăAh, you should lay back down. You dislocated both of your arms and your jaw.ă (Akari)
Kurandoâs body is quite feverish.
When Kurando tried to remove the blanket around himself, he felt a sharp pain run through his arms.
ăUrghă (Kurando)
Akari saw Kurando groan in pain; she removes the blanket for him.
ăWas it too hot? I tried to give you medical treatment to the best of my knowledge.ă (Akari)
Akari, who is sitting across from Kurando, appears apologetic. He noticed it.
ăIs this the result of Makushiimu-sanâs life spirit magic training?ă (Kurando)
Somewhere in the world a certain macho-man got the feeling someone was talking about him.
ăUrghă (Kurando)
ăIt must be difficult to move your jaw. You best refine from talking for now. Fortunately for you everything is still intacted.ă (Akari)
Kurando groans.
ăFufufu, although it may not seem like it life spirit magic is my strong point. Because you werenât conscious then, I couldnât give you a complete medical treatment. So once more, please accept it, okay.ă (Akari)
While Kurando was unconscious Akari confirmed that the body needs to acknowledge life spirit magic. If there is no consciousness and the vesselâs lifeforce is repairing the body, life spirit magicâs medical treatment and the effects of other abilities will not work.
In other words, for the treatment to work, Kurandoâs acknowledgement is required.
ăGyaaaaaaaaa!ă (Kurando)
Kurando opens his mouth and groans out loud.
First his joints will be popped back into place. Restoration magic will then be applied. Kurando must bare with the pain as his joints are affixed into place. At some point in time an earth cast was molded onto his legs and arms.
Akari controls the earth cast and moves the bones in Kurandoâs arms back into place.
ăGyaaaaaaaaa!ă (Kurando)
The medical treatment finished; both Kurandoâs arms and his jaw were reconnected.
Akari wipes away the sweat from her brow. She made a safisited expression.
The treatment Akari gave Kurando was quite sadistic.
ăAlthough the treatment was done all at once, you should be alright. This evening it will get fairly hot so try to endure it, please.ă (Akari)
As a result of using life spirit magic to hastily heal the body, it will cause a terrible fever.
Kurando wasnât aware of what happened with the monster.
Akari made an apologetic expression.
ăJaniâŠâŠ Kurando-san, before you passed out you dealt the finishing blow. I was surprised to see the mass of spikes. Everything is alright now. ButâŠâŠă (Akari)
Akari looks toward the area Kurandoâs feet is facing.
Kurando turns his head to face in that direction.
There laid a small round shield next to the downhearted Yukishiro.