Episode 96. The tiger who returned the favor (5)
Yuri tilted her head as she glanced at her.
“Why do you look like that? What’s wrong?”
“… no.”
There is a problem, but it felt like losing something when it was revealed.
Greta shook her head, and Yuri waved her hands vigorously again.
It’s as if he wants me to put what I want on this hand right now.
“Anyway, leap! An elixir would be a good reward for this job! Elixir is good too!”
Greta scratched her cheek in embarrassment at Yuri’s intense request.
“hmm… But, I don’t have anything like that? Elixirs and elixirs that increase mana don’t have much effect on me anymore, so I gave up before.”
Yuri’s expression immediately turned cold.
“… I want to eat but I can’t stop eating? Who is this lady raising drugs for?”
“ah! No, there is one!”
A face of glass that was wide open in an instant.
He bent over again.
“I believed in you, sister!”
Arin and Poppy enjoyed watching Yuri’s colorfully changing expression.
Greta let out a light sigh as she looked at Yuri, who smiled in front of her.
It was a sigh that I made because I didn’t even know what it was now.
“ha… When you join the Black Sword Corps and become a leader, you are given an elixir, but I didn’t take it because I didn’t need it. Maybe you can ask for it now.”
“oh? Wouldn’t it be nice if it was paid to the leader?”
“Okay. It’s hard to say exactly how it is because I haven’t tried it myself, but from the stories my seniors told me, it’s not bad.”
“It’s good! Keuuu, you’re hot as expected, sister!”
The smile of Yuri, who had blown the double stick, grew even thicker, and then he cunningly rubbed his hands together.
“Then when will the leap come… … ?”
“Well, it won’t take long. Anyway, now that my role is over, I have to return, so go and post the report and get a leap. Maybe you can come back before the quest is over.”
As soon as the words were finished, the active tiger left to repay the favor.
“Come back soon! I’ll be waiting for you!”
Watching Greta run fast through the forest, Yuri waved her arms so hard that she couldn’t see her hands.
When Greta completely disappeared, Yuri’s trembling face suddenly changed to a calm one.
He turned around and asked Arin and Poppy.
“What are you guys going to do from now on?”
The goal of the alliance, not the alliance of Yuri and his friends, was ‘tiger hunting’.
And now that that goal has been achieved, it was natural to discuss what to do next.
Arin replied in a tired voice.
“The points I’ve earned so far are enough, so I’m going to rest from now on. I can’t do it anymore because it’s hard.”
“hungry.”
Poppy also nodded as if she would agree to Arin’s story.
Since they had been hunting bears along with Yuri, they each had three bear skins in their hands.
That alone is enough to put you in the top ranks.
No, maybe they were the ones who earned the most points besides Yuri.
It was enough for the two people who didn’t have much greed for points, and what they needed now was a break.
And now, the territory of tigers without tigers, the center of the animal forest where no one is looking for, was the safest resting place for them.
Arin, who expressed his intention, asked Yuri in reverse this time.
“What are you going to do?”
To that question, Yuri answered without a second’s hesitation.
“I’m going hunting right away.”
“You too… amazing.”
“hungry.”
Poppy and Arin stuck out their tongues as if they were fed up with that answer.
As if earning that much isn’t enough.
However, Yuri did not understand their reaction.
‘Are you taking a break? why?’
It’s been 6 days since I entered Animal Crossing.
In a little while, it will be past midnight, and soon we will enter the 7th day.
It’s about 3 days left until the quest is over.
And the remaining 3 days were not just ordinary 3 days for Yuri.
I caught all the bears in the forest.
Even that was not enough, and even the tiger, the top predator, was organized.
The only remaining predator is the wolf, but they pose no great threat to Yuri.
Rather, it’s fortunate that he doesn’t get hunted by Yuri.
‘In other words, for the next three days this Animal Crossing… It’s my territory!’
The so-called three-day world!
A new owner has entered the forest where the tiger left.
In particular, only three people, Arin and Poppy, including herself, knew that bears and tigers had disappeared in this animal forest.
So Yuri couldn’t understand Poppy and Arin, who gave up that advantage and chose to rest.
To give up this honey-sweet opportunity.
‘Well, if they come out like that, I’m grateful.’
The corners of Yuri’s mouth go up with a smirk.
He stared out of the forest, revealing a greedy smile, as if he had no intention of hiding it.
Recalling the 50s who are being hunted in full swing by now, and the wolves who are excitedly playing.
“Ha, you all are dead.”
Yuri clenched his hands tightly, signaling the start of the frenzied hunt.
* * *
Time passed quickly.
Yuri continued hunting like crazy, day by day, befitting the word madness.
At that time, it was the afternoon of January 28th.
One day before the leather gathering quest ends.
“Give me your skin. Where is the leather?”
“I-I haven’t been taken away by someone else… … .”
“Are you sure there isn’t? If you come out after robbing me, I can’t take responsibility for the misfortune that will happen then.”
“Hey, you heartless bastard! Look at me! I’ve already made several pieces of the leather you ripped from me!”
“Did you say everything?”
After-.
“No, I couldn’t do it! It’s just that stores say that if you’re a regular like this, they’ll give you a bonus, but if you’re a regular like me, wouldn’t it be worth checking out at least once? And I’m a senior, but you talk about that bastard… Cuckoo, cuckoo! Ah Okay! I’ll give! give it! Aww!”
That day, Yuri was always bullying the rabbit.
The one he had been waiting for came to him.
The one that Yuri has been waiting for.
It was Greta Wigan’s return after three days.
Unfortunately, she didn’t bring what Yuri wanted.
“Okay, so… … .”
The two of them moved to a deserted place to have a deep conversation.
Yuri’s eyes widened as she looked at Greta.
“… Why are you empty-handed?”
my elixir? my elixir!
my elixir! my elixir?
my elixir? my elixir!
Where is my elixir!
… Greta scratched the back of her head at the barrage of eyes that read the thought so plainly.
“that is… … .”
Greta rhymes in a small voice.
She explained why she couldn’t bring the elixir.
after a while
After hearing the simple explanation, Yuri asked back as if she was dumbfounded.
“Isn’t export prohibited?”
“huh.”
“Wasn’t it being taken out? That’s why you went there.”
“… I knew it would be.”
As if he didn’t know that he would be like this, Yuri made an expression as if the world was collapsing at Greta’s embarrassment.
“then… Can’t you take that elixir?”
The moment Yuri’s shoulders are about to droop.
Greta shook her head.
“Oh, that’s not it. Taking it out is prohibited, but you can go to the supply station and eat it there. After looking into it, I heard that even if you are a member of the Black Sword Corps and not an outsider, you must take the elixir at the supply station.”
An elixir given to the leader of the Black Sword Corps.
Although it was a low-end type within the Black Sword Corps, it belonged to an advanced class outside the cradle.
Therefore, for the security of ingredients, it has been recommended to consume it on the spot, prohibiting taking it outside.
Greta explained that there was even a space to take elixirs and rest in the supply station, and that she had received permission to bring glass in there.
As a result, Yuri’s shoulders stretched out, and her face widened as well.
“Ah, what else am I saying! Then there will be no problem!”
“that is… … .”
Greta scratched her cheek again awkwardly.
There was a slight pity in her eyes.
“I think I have to go on a mission soon. I was assigned the next mission right away because I finished my role as a tiger too quickly.”
“Oh yeah? Have a good trip, and before you go, please take me to the supply depot or something.”
“to… hmm… that, you know? My mission… that… It’s tomorrow, I mean… … .”
“… … .”
Yuri’s face, which had been grinning, became fat again.
“tomorrow? When are you going and coming back?”
“I don’t know. I’m sure it’s a long-term mission, but the return date is undecided… … .”
I wondered why he came when the leather gathering quest wasn’t finished yet.
‘It must have been because of this.’
Yuri asked just in case.
“Is that supply depot or something, can I go alone?”
“No. This time, you have to cover your eyes as well. And letting you in was only possible because I stood up as a guarantee.”
“Then the supply depot is not in this Animal Crossing?”
“of course.”
“Then is it okay for me to leave Animal Crossing during the current quest?”
“… I asked that too, but it’s not a public matter, it’s your personal matter, so there’s no extenuating circumstances?”
Greta scratches the back of her head shyly again.
Yuri’s eyes cooled.
“Okay, let’s wrap things up. That’s why I can’t bring an elixir, because it’s the policy of the Black Sword Corps, I, the person in charge, must go. However, it is also not possible to get out of this animal forest. That’s also a rule, so the moment I leave the forest, I’m eliminated right away?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“Hey, nothing happens like this!”
Yuri’s sigh deepened.
In order to take the elixir, he had to go with his guarantor, Greta.
But Greta is leaving for a mission tomorrow.
The problem is that he still needs one more day to finish the quest and get out of this animal forest.
Greta was quite embarrassed and apologetic as she confidently boasted that she would bring the elixir, but things got twisted like this.
she hesitated.
“that… If you trust me and wait, I will definitely take you to the supply depot.”
“You said it was a long-term mission that might come back when? Then, what if you come after I graduate?”
“Ah, I hope it doesn’t take that long… … .”
“Are you sure you can come back in a few months?”
“… … .”
Greta’s mouth was closed.
To be honest, there were a lot of missions that would take years to complete once I went out, so even Greta couldn’t guarantee it easily.
I’m just sorry and embarrassed that I couldn’t properly keep my promise.
Yuri was worried about this.
After struggling for a long time, he let out a big sigh.
“ha… I can’t help it.”
“huh?”
“I don’t particularly like it, but it doesn’t matter.”
“Is there a way?”
“There is, but… … .”
From Yuri’s point of view, it was a very uncomfortable method.
But for now, this was the only way to get both the quest reward and the tiger’s grace.
Having made up her mind, Yuri brushed her butt and stood up.
“It won’t take long, so just wait here.”
“I get it.”
Greta nodded, and Yuri disappeared in an instant.
About 15 minutes after that.
“I am here!”
Yuri appeared with a bright face and shouted.
“Let’s go!”
The night before the leather gathering quest ended.
As Yuri left the animal forest, the quest failed.