CH 310.1

Chapter 310 Dreadful Man

Part 1

“Uuun………… Ma-Master~, you can’t………… This isn’t a situation where you should provoke………… Ha! ………… A dream?” (Tino)

Tino Shade is a Hunter. The training and experience I got from Onee-sama have trained me to be ready to respond to anything no matter how exhausted I am.

I got up from my bed soaked with sweat. At the same time, memories of yesterday flooded in, and Tino involuntarily held my head and exhaled heavily.

It was truly a divine act because I could not understand even though I was watching everything that happened with my very eyes.

The actions he took up until the middle made no sense at all, but what happened at the end inside Mimic-kun made even less sense.

I thought I understood the situation up until the middle, but at the very end, while Tino was frantically running away, everything ended in just a few minutes.

The last thing Tino saw was the black water flowing like a raging wave through the mysterious city that exists inside Mimic-kun’s body, and Master~ waving at me with a tension-free expression.

That attack――I am not sure if I can call it an attack anymore――Was definitely not on a scale that could be managed by humans. It was an overwhelming and mysterious force that could not be managed by someone even if you led an army.

It is indeed unbelievable that he managed to do that all by himself. Even Tino, who always supports Master’s~ actions while saying he’s god-like, so god-like, is honestly a little…… No, quite a bit pull back.

Tino definitely thought that Master~ would contain the curse inside Mimic-kun, but………… Looking back on it, he didn’t say yes or no to my suggestion……

I knew from the beginning that my skills are too different, but for that level――I do not think that I, who is said to be talented, would ever be able to reach that level no matter how many years…… No, even decades of training I do.  In the first place, the opponent is someone that even the other Members of 《Strange Grief (Nageki no Borei)》 couldn’t handle.

On the other hand, I don’t even know why he dragged the curse here and there and dragged it so far. No way, it’s for the sake of giving everyone a trial……

I’ve been through a lot of terrible things so far, but yesterday’s curse commotion is definitely one of the worst among them. It was physically tough, but it was also mentally stressful. As Master’s~ Kouhai, I thought I had undergone countless trials and thought I had gotten used to the battlefields, but to think that there are still such terrifying things in this world, the world is really too vast.

I don’t remember much about what happened after being rescued from Mimic-kun. I was physically and mentally at my limit, and I was completely in a giving-up state.

At that time, Tino was like a living zombie, and all I could do was run away from Master~ who had accomplished such a terrifying feat. People say they fear what they don’t understand, but that was probably a decision made by Tino’s instincts.

I was very sleepy. I wanted to just fall asleep in my bed, but I can’t do that.

My body is still heavy, but at least I have recovered enough to stand and walk. Yesterday, I made a pitiful escape, so if I don’t recover my honor soon, I might be abandoned.

In the first place, I am sure Master~ is worried about Tino. I think he is worried. I hope he is worried.

As usual, I was able to get up in the morning, probably as a result of all the rigorous training I have been doing.

I scolded my heart which was still slightly broken, took a shower, and quickly changed clothes. Tino knows very well how not to run away when I wanted to. I have to let the momentum carry me forward.

I walk outside. From citizens to merchants, Hunters to knights, the Imperial Capital was full of talk about the curses.

That curse had such a strong presence that even ordinary people could recognize it, and while it was chasing after Master~, we paraded it around the Imperial Capital, so it would be strange if it didn’t become a hot topic.

I enter the Clan House while listening to the rumors. It’s a little strange that the Clan House is still mostly in its original state despite having such a powerful curse run rampant.

I’ve heard that curses that originate from the grudge of a living being usually don’t affect non-living things, but that must have been true.

And the fact that Tino, who is supposed to be a living being, is caught in that curse and is properly and firmly alive means that…………… It means that Master~ is a god!

I gather my resolve and go up the stairs to the Clan Master’s office.

In the Clan Master’s office, Master~ who had done so much yesterday was confronting Mimic-kun with a big staff.

“Come on, Mimic-kun. Repeat after me1, ko-n-ni-chi-wa2!!” (Cry)

“…………” (Tino)

Master~, I am begging you, please don’t do something so strange.

For Tino, I would like to say that his mischievous side is one of the good things about Master~, but when there is such a gap, my emotions cannot follow.

Master~ notices Tino and smiles while holding the staff.

“Aaah, Tino. Good morning, are you alright?” (Cry)

“Y-Yes. And of course………… I’m glad Master~ is safe too. By the way, what are you doing, Master~……?” (Tino)

It looked like he was talking to the treasure chest, but………… Tino may have been a little too tired.

The staff that Master~ is holding is the one that was displayed when I visited him in his private room. I don’t know what kind of ability it has, but it’s still just the day after the curse uproar, so it must be an amazing item that Tino can’t even imagine.

Master~ smiled at Tino, who fearfully asked with an upturned look.

“I was wondering if I could have a conversation with Mimic-kun. Because he looks like a pretty talented treasure chest……” (Cry)

“Is…… Is that so……” (Tino)

I don’t understand at all. Sure, Mimic-kun has a mouth, but……

In the first place, Master~ who cleaned up the curse uproar (While sprinkling trials all over the place) should be the most sought-after person in the Imperial Capital right now. It wouldn’t be strange if he was summoned by nobles and the Explorer Associations as a person of interest…… I am not the one to say as I directly came to the Clan House first, but why are you taking it easy in a place like this?

For some reason, my heart was *dokidoki* pounding. This is probably not love.

I heard that once you become an expert Treasure Hunter, you won’t be shaken by anything, but when will Tino be able to reach that state?

Master~ says to Tino, who is more on the verge of giving up than on the verge of being an expert Treasure Hunter.

“Weeell, I was really in trouble. I was being summoned all over the place after that, you know………… And they took Eva.” (Cry)

“!?” (Tino)

I see, it makes sense that he is leisurely talking to the treasure chest.

Eva, the Vice-Clan Master, is someone who has been through as many trials as Tino. As one would expect, it doesn’t seem like her life would be in danger, but since she is being used as a scapegoat for the Divine Strategist without having any information shared, it is hard to say which is easier.

Then, when his words hit home, Tino tried to confirm something warily.

“If you are using Eva as your scapego――Substitute, does it mean………… Could it be you are…… Busy, Master~!?” (Tino)

“Aaah, un, un, that’s right. I am busy, right?…… And it is not like there is anything I can do even if I respond to the summon………… Uuuuun, I think he has a will, but after all, if there isn’t a sound, 『Round World』 does not work.” (Cry)

Master~ looks at Mimic-kun while *butsubutsu* mumbling without saying yes or no. However, that doesn’t work on Tino.

Only bad thoughts come to my mind. Even when Master~ says he is busy, there has never been a time when something not dangerous has not happened.

Could it be that a greater calamity than that cursed uproar is approaching?

I can’t imagine any Monster more terrifying than that Cursed Spirit People――But maybe the uproar is not over yet, or something?

TL notes:

Thanks for reading!

So Eva’s Infinite Trials is to clean up Cry’s mess before he causes another one.

But it is funny how Tino changed from being afraid of Cry to him being a god so quickly

Master~ wa kami!

Tchao à plus!

Footnotes

Here Cry says repeat after me in English.Konnichiwa: it means good morning.