Result . [*Cannot Be Appraised*] ……this bastard . In this case, President or Kariya who feel like they have a higher level of [Appraisal] than me might be able to if I asked them, but unfortunately, both of them are taking a nap! In which case, okay . Let’s try [Share]! ……no, let’s not . No matter how you think about it, that’s a landmine . Waiting until everyone wakes up and getting the two of them to appraise it won’t be too late . Anyhow, it wouldn’t be strange for someone other than me to be able to read this book . Okay, let’s just quietly make lunch and wait .
don’t mess around
And so, lunch is fried rice and soup . I felt like adding on gyoza too, but the only raw meat we have right now is snake meat…… If possible, I’d rather use boar or deer . After everyone woke up, I got out the book while eating lunch . “……and so, this is the book that came out from the chest that came out from the snake’s stomach . ” “Heh, then let me take a look . [Appraisal]” President immediately tried [Appraising] it while eating fried rice . “……a—h, cannot . Seems like I cannot do it . Only [XXXXX Grimoire] shows up . ” Grimoire……magic book? Hm, for now, we at least know that it’s a magic book for now . “Ah, then I’ll try next . [Appraisal]” Kariya also tried [Appraising] . “Ah, mhm . Lucky? We got it . [Alive XXXXXXXX] showed up, isn’t this [Alive Grimoire]?” ……living magic book? Something smells really fishy— .
sounds un
As that went on we finished eating . Since nobody could read the book, we decided to get out of the desert first . At this rate, the only fresh meat……ah, it’s not that they are against eating snake meat okay? But we do want variation . Actually, staying in this temperature is not what a sane person would do . out!
yep
And so, we are advancing through the desert again . As expected, nothing like the snake yesterday……night? showed up, so well, while sweeping aside the small fries that are treated like supply depots, we steadily advanced . We advanced but . always a but “……oi, Maito, where’re you going, we’re not going that way . ” Somehow, there’s a direction I strangely want to go in, and my feet just strangely turns towards it . No, rather than my feet, I’m turning Ketorami though . “A—h……somehow, I feel like there was something this way . ” “……the snake?” “The snake . ” “Should be the snake . ” ……mhm, I think it’s probably an after-effect of [Sharing] with the snake . Just that, the problem is…… “It somehow feels like something important is hidden there . ” to the snake? The result of a meeting, we decided to go in the direction I want to go towards for some reason . It’s a nice thing that we’re a group that likes detours .
not that much in a hurry
“Ah, this . ” Right in the middle of the desert, we discovered a large cliff . And when we tried entering a crevice in the cliff, we discovered the huge snake’s empty egg shell . This is a bingo . “It was, something important right?” “Mhm . I feel like it was something very precious and beloved . ” The crevice is quite large, and it’s dark The deeper parts can’t be seen just with the light from the entrance . “Da—rk can’t see—” “Ah, then I’ll make it brighter . It’ll be blinding for an instant, so please be careful . ” Just as I thought Kariya was mumbling something, poyan, a few balls of light floated up into the air . Those, seems to be [Light Ball], lit up the interior and we could finally see everything . Including the [Precious Thing] the snake was hiding . “……a—h……” “Mhm……what to do with this?” Their confusion is quite natural . Right there, was the snake’s child .
baebi
Similar to the parent snake, it is a pitch black snake and only it’s eyes are red like rubies . When I involuntarily reached out and touched it, it felt strangely nice to stroke . It’s length is about 0 . 5m . It’s thickness is about that of a thumb . A size that can be held in both hands when curled up . Very……cute . “So, Maito, what are you going to do, with that? Keep it?” Keep it, can I do that? We were the ones that killed the parent snake . But, it might also be better to leave it to nature . But that is also irresponsible, then again, if asked whether keeping it would be taking responsibility, it wouldn’t . Mh—m……ah, yeah . “Err……how about I ask the person, or snake, in question?” best way to decide Everyone was reluctant, but I begged my way through and got permission . Well, that one time ended horribly . Anyway, I’ll make use of what I’ve learnt and do well this time . “Come . ” I let the snakelet curl around my arm and put its head to my forehead . Ah, it’s cool . Then, [Share] .
hihi
……hm? It’s not that tiring . Is it because it doesn’t have much information since it wasn’t born that long ago? Or could it be that reptiles have a simpler structure? Never mind, doesn’t matter . For now, let’s try calling out while looking for it . “O—i” “He—re” ……the response came very quickly . That was slightly unexpected . When I tried heading towards where the reply came from, the small snake was swaying there . “Hi” “Hi . Who are you?” Who . ……mh—m, how should I explain this . “A—h, just a humble maid . Just yesterday night, I was eaten by your parent and almost died . ” “But you are alive . ” “Mhm . ” “Then mother is dead?” “Mhm . I didn’t want to die either . It’s fine to resent me . ” “I see . That’s fine . I knew she would be killed by someone eventually . ” The baby snake wasn’t particularly angry or sad, he just kept swaying . It felt like I just missed a step on the stairs . … . close enough “Did you kill mother?” “I think I dealt the deciding blow . ” It was a question that was hard to answer, but if I tried to cover it up, it would think I am lying, so I answered honestly . This snakelet also felt strangely dry and it’s easy to answer it’s questions . “Hmmm, then you are strong . ” As expected, the snakelet didn’t say anything in particular and just said that while swaying like it was tilting it’s head . Dry . Mhm, it’s dry . “No, I’m weak . ” “You defeated mother even though you are weak?” “I have comrades . ” “Hmmm . ” The snakelet seemed to want to talk, so I intended to just talk to it until it was satisfied . And then it dropped a bomb . “……now that you mention it, even though you killed mother, mother is inside you . ” “Eh?” I followed the snakelet’s gaze and turned around and, yes, it was there . The big snake . “……hi . ” When I tried greeting it with my heart pounding away, it licked my face with a ‘yes yes’ feel . Ah, this is the same presence as Ketorami . “……why are you here?” Didn’t you die? ……ah, could this, be, the memories? Are the parent snake’s memories here in the form of the parent snake? “That’s right . This here is mother’s memories . Thanks for bringing mother here . ” The snakelet winded around my arm and climbed onto my shoulder, then extended its body from there to poke the parent snake with the tip of its head . The parent snake dissipated from where it was poked, leaving only the snakelet . “I took mother, that’s fine right?” “Go ahead go ahead . ” With that said, the unnatural parts and memories that didn’t belong to me in my head are certainly gone . Does this mean I managed to escape from having my head in a mess?
maybe?
“……so . Snakelet-kun . What’ll you do?” “What will I do?” “Come with us? Or stay in the desert?” “Nn—……I’ll come along . You’re strange, you seem interesting . ” I, I see . Don’t praise me like that, it’s embarrassing . ……that aside . It’s late, but self-introductions . “Then, names . I’m Maito . ” “Maito . Got it . Please take care of me . ” “Snakelet, your name?” “Don’t particularly have one . If needed, Maito can give me one . ” What? What? Monsters generally don’t have names? ……how do you identify individuals…… “Then… . . okay, your name is Hanter . ” Origin is half-meter snake . (T/N:ハンめートル蛇 han meetoru hebi, since it’s just the half-meter part, works from English too, kind of)
great naming
With the naming is done, I withdrew . Right after I withdrew, I made contact with Hanter’s eyes . After making eye contact, Hanter smoothly climbed up my arm and settled around my neck . “Maito-san, how did it turn out in the end?” Ah, sorry . Everyone was being left behind . Sorry sorry . “Mhm, seems like he’s coming with us, so take care of him . ” ‘I’ll be in your care!’ ……it spoke…… It is that? Do these guys become able to speak once I [Share]? sharing speech And so, a new comrade joined us .
snaek
And keeping detours to a minimum, we once again headed south quickly . After walking continuously, we finally saw the end of the desert . By that time, the sun was already setting, so we set up the room on the land between the desert and plains . We will be staying here for tonight . We hesitated on eating snake meat in front of Hanter, so we are eating smoked meat for tonight’s dinner . For the snake meat, after discussing with Hanter, we decided to cremate it . As for the bones and scales, he actually asked us to use them, so we’ll be using them for something .
so generous
I probably won’t get sandy sleeping outside tonight, so I’ll be using Ketorami-san as my futon . After quickly [Cleaning[ him, I buried myself in his belly and heaven awaits . Aah happiness . ……and, as I was enjoying happiness, my neck felt cold . When I opened my eyes, Hanter was wrapped around me . Hm? That’s strange, I felt like I made a bed for you in the lab . ‘I’m also sleeping with Maito!’ And so, I asked Ketorami-san for permission . ‘Do as you like, one more younger brother doesn’t change much . ’ And so, one snake, one wolf and one person will be sleeping together from now on . The collaboration of warm, fluffy, cool and smooth .