Kusakabe came into our sight. Sakura, Cattleya and I are in the back, wearing a hood. There is a chance he would run away if he sees our faces before we get close enough. Although Mio, Sera and Dora were in the audience room, it is unlikely for him to remember their faces so they’re not hiding them. A group where 6 people out of 11 are hiding their face is unnatural after all.
Kusakabe stands up and approaches us when he notices us. Honestly speaking, although we have many members, I thought of the possibility that he would be suspicious of a party that’s composed of nothing but beautiful girls, but he is approaching us as if he doesn’t mind it.
[Do you have some business with us?]
[Yes. There is something I want to ask you for a bit… From which town did you enter the dungeon?]
When Maria speaks, Kusakabe asks her while showing an ikemen-like smile. Proper manners dictate that you shouldn’t be too concerned with other explorers in the dungeon if there is no critical situation. Well, I wasn’t expecting him to have good manners though.
[From Lilia city, but… What are you going to do asking for that?]
[Err, I will be doing…]
A : Here he comes.
[This you know!]
At the same time as Alta’s warning, Kusakabe activates
[[Not a chance (wa)!]]
Sera puts her shield forward and when he stopped his movement for a moment, Maria kicks him away.
[Guah!]
Maria must have aimed for it, but Kusakabe who was kicked away got exactly in front of Cattleya.
[This is the end!]
Cattleya stabs her sword in the stomach of Kusakabe who lost his balance. Kusakabe collapses and Cattleya falls down from the momentum.
[Gafu~!]
[Did she do it!?]
Stop it Mio. Don’t you raise a strange flag.
[D-Damn it… In a place like this…]
The flag is safely broken as the collapsed Kusakebe’s HP drops to 0 and his death is confirmed.
[It is over… Oniisama, I have avenged you.]
Cattleya feebly mutters while sitting down on the spot. Her dark resolution has disappeared from her eyes and it doesn’t seem like anything is reflected there.
To be accurate, what killed Cattleya’s brother Julius was a volcano golem and not Kusakabe, but him sending her brother to his death means the same thing I guess.
Come to think of it, she hadn’t uttered even a single complaint towards the Volgano Golem. It’s probably because she understood that it’s a matter of course to be injured against a monster in the dungeon and she must have prepared herself for it. It’s a dungeon that includes some irregular events after all. But then again, it doesn’t look like she intends to pardon an irregular event like being betrayed by a teammate…
While I’m thinking about that, a white hazy thing rises up from Kusakabe’s corpse.
Name : Garbage (祝福の残骸: Gift’s remains)
Note : Details unknown
When I try appraising it, I only understood the fact it’s called Garbage(Gift’s remains). Judging from its name, it should have something to do with gifts. I’ve snatched away the skills from Kusakabe’s corpse, but only his gift remained. But the gift has disappeared from Kusakabe’s status right now.
The garbage approaches Maria while flickering.
[W-What is this!?]
Maria instinctively distances herself with a backstep. When Maria separated from a certain distance, it approaches Cynthia this time.
[Cynthia! Step back!]
[Y-Yes nanodesu!]
I shout and Cynthia also distances herself from the garbage. It flickers on the spot for a while, but it suddenly starts to move and approaches Maria.
[Maria! Put it in
I’m digressing, but the potion I made using mana leaves could achieve even 90% effect of store sold quality. 1 Mana leaf is at least 10,000g and with one you could make 5 potions. And 1 potion is around 2,000g… Yup, even if I sell this, it’s a complete deficit. Or rather, to think it’s 90% even with that…