238 – [4] Welcome
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Waterville.
This village, which is also Shannon’s hometown, was our destination today.
This place, which seems to be full of water just from the name, is interestingly a village built on the seaside.
Of course, the road to this village was a coastal road next to the sea.
It was a pretty nice view.
It was even more so because I went in a car with the top open.
“Hey, this is a trip~”
“Hey, don’t stick your legs out! Don’t even stick your butt out! “Boobs too!”
Cheonma-ri continues to indulge herself as if she is in a good mood because she feels like she is traveling.
The time continued as I held onto her steering wheel and tried to stop her.
It was after being beaten to the limit with her fist that the thousand birds became quiet.
Once she regained her peace, the panorama began to come into view a little more.
[The Ring of Kerry]
“Ring of Kerry?”
“It’s the name of the most famous tourist course here.”
“Aha. But how did you know that?”
“I typed Waterville on the Internet and it came up right away.”
Surprisingly, it was not a village.
It could be said to be a good village considering that it has a well-known name and even has a tourist course.
It’s not a place in a corner where you can’t even hear news about hunters or monsters.
A place where you just live each day immersed in nature.
Well, if he had been too gangster, Shannon wouldn’t have become an aspiring hunter.
I guess we were able to get to where we are now because we have minimal infrastructure.
Anyway, as we continued along the tourist course and road, Waterville appeared.
Except for the statue of an actor wearing a fedora, there was nothing particularly special about it.
Nothing more, it feels like an ordinary European village.
That’s why I felt like I was on a trip.
However, there was a strangely eerie feeling.
It was as if some bad news had come and gone.
“Um…… “Where is the destination we were supposed to meet?”
I thought it was just my mood and slowly drove the car.
And then, on one side of the village, something that looked like a large warehouse caught my eye.
[Blacktail Guild]
“Um…… Black tail?”
Shannon came to mind.
She scratched her head and looked at the navigation, and sure enough, there was that place marked as the final destination.
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“I heard her parents run a guild. “I guess that’s it.”
The warehouse is probably an office.
Small hunter guilds rent warehouses to set up offices.
I’m a little scared, but since I’m invited, there shouldn’t be any problem if I go in.
I parked the car, closed the lid, left the car, pressed the lock button on the remote control, and quickly headed to the office.
“Oh, no! “You bastard!”
I could hear someone swearing and barely getting out of the car, but I didn’t pay any attention.
When I opened the door and entered, a sad scene of a small and medium-sized guild was revealed.
“Gym?”
It felt exactly like that.
I feel like the gym is going pretty well.
There were only a few rooms and the storage lockers were a little rusty, but the training ground was still spacious.
She looked around, wondering where Shannon was.
She was about to walk in like that.
“There you two! Sorry, but outsiders are not allowed here!”
“No entry?”
When I turned my head, I saw a person standing at the counter that I didn’t even know was there.
She gestured with her hand as if telling us to leave.
“Oh, I was planning to meet my friend here. “I said I could wait here, but is that not possible?”
“Hang? Friend…… Yo. This? “Can you tell me your friend’s name?”
“Shannon. Shannon Cleod or Redmond. “He’s a friend I met at the academy.”
The woman standing at the counter was startled and frowned.
She then hurriedly headed somewhere, telling others to wait a moment and asking others to take care of those two people.
I’ve been here for a long time, but I didn’t expect the reaction to be like this from the start.
Could it be that Shannon didn’t say anything about us coming?
It was truly questionable.
I sighed and pointed to a chair in the corner.
“First of all, I think it will take a while for it to arrive. “Let’s sit over there.”
But that wish did not come true.
The moment I took a step in the direction of the chair, everything was crushed.
“Ugh?!”
“Huh?”
I feel like gravity is doubled and my feet are tied down.
It wasn’t enough to make me fall over, but it felt very unpleasant.
I immediately looked around.
I saw a group walking quickly.
“I’m sorry, but I would appreciate it if you could sit there for a while until the verification process is completed.”
The masked girl at the head of the group answered.
She had a black tail and horns, and in her hands was a long magic wand.
“Because of the beasts in the neighborhood next door, instructions were given regarding bad incidents. “We would appreciate your cooperation.”
Etiquette and hospitality are words that are taken with a grain of salt.
I felt endless vigilance because there was a bad incident.
What on earth happened to make it like that?
That’s what I thought, but when I think about it, we didn’t need to know that.
“No…… ! This seems like too much…… !”
“I’m sorry. “It is because there is something inevitable.”
“No matter what…… ! Doing this to customers…… “Where is Heaven and Earth?”
“There is a reason for everything, so please cooperate even with the rudeness.”
I just repeated like a parrot.
It was unpleasant, but as an outsider I had no other choice, so I tried to sit down.
Actually, unlike me, a thousand birds were still standing.
After thinking for a moment, she finally shook her head as if she was dissatisfied.
“Just sit down for a moment.”
“… ….”
“Please understand that this is for each other’s safety.”
“… ….”
“If we continue to hold out, we will have no choice but to force our way out.”
She tapped her floor with her magic wand.
Then the air fell once again.
The strength of the magic was strengthened.
The gravity exerted on the thousand birds has increased.
As if to reflect this, her clothes and hair were weighed down even more.
Luckily, I was outside the sphere of influence.
“Please sit down.”
“…… “This town has such a warm welcome, isn’t it?”
I answered, slightly raising the corners of my mouth.
At this, the woman shook her head several times.
“…… It’s a situation that has no choice but to be intense. So, thank you for taking a seat~”
“I know it’s not a good situation. But what you’re saying is that there was something so dangerous that it needed to be disarmed, right?”
“That’s… ….”
“In that situation, I don’t even know what’s going on. Dropping everything off at someone else’s guild base doesn’t seem like a very safe move.”
“… ….”
“I’m sorry about that, but I can’t sit down.”
No matter how you look at it, it seems like an unusual situation.
What do you want me to believe and sit down disarmed?
Just as much as she feels threatened, I also feel threatened.
Because of this, I could never sit down.
This was especially true since it was a guild other than her own.
There was a high possibility that nonsense or harsh words would come out.
“Whoa…” … She really just needs to sit down for a moment. “If this continues, we will have no choice but to come out by force.”
“It already feels oppressive enough. And personally, I think it would be difficult to sit in this situation because I haven’t had a very good experience.”
Repeated refutation.
She was likely to agree or suggest a compromise.
However, both sides, both strong in pride, did not give up their opinions.
Finally, the woman gestured to the large men on either side of her.
“Ma’am, I understand.”
“Don’t do it too hard, but do it gently.”
Two people come forward.
Overall, they were heavily armed.
Hunter watch, weapons, armor, and consumables scattered throughout.
It was too much to say that it came while training.
It seemed like they were preparing for some kind of fight.
I had doubts, but some of those distracting thoughts disappeared.
The big men grabbed the shoulders of a thousand horses one by one.
However, since the heights were similar, it was not an overwhelming composition.
“Hey, kid…… That’s not it, he’s a bit taller. “I’m not even wearing high heels.”
“Yes, it seems similar to us. What should I say in times like this? Taffy? Dwarf? Loser?”
“It’s like a telephone pole. “You idiot.”
“Oh yeah. Hey, it’s platinum blonde. “Why don’t you sit down while I say something nice?”
“Okay, if you don’t want to look bad in front of your boyfriend, sit down quickly.”
“Wait a minute, but you’re my boyfriend?”
“…… “Huh.”
Despite efforts to act coercively, there is a clumsiness that cannot be hidden.
Cheonma-ri sighed and raised three of her fingers.
“I’ll count to three. “Let go.”
“What if I don’t let go?”
“We need to activate our right to resistance.”
Sounds like they are going to hit you.
In fact, it was a way of saying that he would fight.
“Three.”
“Even if you fight with us, it won’t be a very good experience—”
“Two.”
“Quickly sit down and apologize to your wife”
“One.”
“I can’t help it. Hey, press this guy—”
“The end.”
Cheonma-ri quickly shook off the hands of the two people who were trying to push her down.
Because the opponent was heavily armored and slow in movement, it was unable to properly respond to the actions of a thousand horses.
My hands were pushed to my sides, and I was temporarily defenseless.
Cheonmae took advantage of the opportunity and attacked the large ship on the right.
Click!
The sound of metal meeting a fist and metal crushing into a fist was heard.
If it weren’t for the Hunter Watch, it was an attack that would have caused internal injuries a long time ago.
It was even more so because he hit it like a push rather than a short hit.
Just like that, the large figure rose in the air for a moment.
Hands, feet, and eyes quickly lost their place.
Just when I thought I would fall to the ground like this, Cheonma-ri took one step further.
Finally, he quickly turned around using one of his feet as a pivot.
As soon as he accelerated like the wind, he threw out his legs.
Crack!
He hit the stomach again with a turning kick.
The metal of his armor was torn apart as the shock exceeded its limit.
“Ahhhhh?!”
Being able to fly even higher was a bonus.
The large man’s gaze became closer to the ceiling than anyone else.
It flew endlessly.
And if something goes up, there is also something to go down.
Boom!
I fell to the ground far away.
After rolling and rolling, I stopped and couldn’t stand up.
He didn’t die, but it was clear that it was a fatal attack.
The rest of the large men were shocked at this sight, while reflexively punching Cheonmaly.
Because Cheonmaly was defenseless, there was a good chance of being hit.
Of course, a thousand birds were defenseless, but that did not mean that I was defenseless.
“Where!”
It jumped straight forward.
I quickly placed my palm on the large man’s stomach.
“Tu (透)!”
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I tried to set off a shock wave.
But, is it because it has a lot of magical power?
It felt like a shock wave stronger than before exploded.
There was nothing good about using more magic than necessary indoors.
I relieved some of the shock wave with magical power.
Boom!
Nevertheless, a strong shock wave hit the large body.
Just like his colleagues, he also flew into the sky.
Of course, it fell after flying.
I rolled on the floor and couldn’t stand up.
Two people were defeated.
The gaze turned to the masked girl again.
She looked back at the rest of the people behind her and shook her head.
The moment I wondered what this meant, the magic wand touched the floor once more.
“Waterball.”
Common yet basic water magic.
I don’t think the attack would have any effect, but I wondered why they used that.
“Huh? “What is this? Huh?!”
“Huh? Jiangshi?! Wait, what-“
That was a misjudgment.
From our toes to our heads, the waterball magic that suddenly appeared took us.
Cheonmae and I stirred in the floating water droplets.
“Kko, kkororok…” … Remove the magic! Huh?!”
I also tried using a release spell that I roughly knew about.
But perhaps the magic itself had been obfuscated and there was no sign of it being resolved.
Now there is only one way to escape from here.
It was the blood of a thousand birds.
Cheonmae tried to bite his own wrist to take away control of the waterball.
Actually, before I could bite my wrist, a familiar voice rang out.
“Uh, huh?! Mr. Sian? Mr. Marie? What is this…… ?!”
A black tail fluttering.
Shannon had finally arrived.
However, for some reason she was wearing pajamas.
It seemed like he had overslept and came here in a hurry.
But it’s not time for hibernation yet.
“Oh~ My daughter woke up─”
“Mom, what are you doing now! “Free them both immediately!”
“Um…… Mind?”
“Maman?”
I thought it was strange, but then I realized it was my mother.
Well, this is why people started calling me madam or something.
Shannon immediately clung to her mask girl, her mother.
Eventually, she cried out, shaking her mother’s body to break the water ball spell.
“Was it too much…… “I understand, my daughter.”
Did she say that children have no parents?
Shannon’s mother lifted the waterball spell.
She was able to escape from the restraints that had been suffocating her.
She must have disarmed all the remaining magic and could not feel any abnormal gravity.
She could be said to be truly fortunate.
I don’t know if it’s a good thing she actually fought with her friend’s parents.
What should I do with this?
It’s a big deal.
* * *
My anxiety was short-lived, and I moved to a large space that resembled a training room.
We were served a cup of warm tea and were able to sit in a ‘real office’ with a chair with a backrest.
It was comfortable and I felt much better.
But I didn’t feel all that good.
“… ….”
“… ….”
“Hmm~”
It seemed incredibly awkward.
It seemed incredibly bloody.
Because she didn’t do as instructed, she got into a fight with her friend’s parents, which was enough to get them noticed.
However, not long after arriving at the office, the whole atmosphere turned upside down.
“Oh, I was so worried! I can’t believe that our Shannon had friends like these~ It was worth studying hard and going to the academy! “Thank goodness~!”
What is it?
What is this tension?