Episode 3. Misunderstandings getting worse (2)
“What shall we do, Mr. Prause? Shall I kill you?”
Dex held the dagger behind his back.
“Don’t do it.”
“Master, can I burn it? Or will it be buried deep in the ground? Or should I drop it from a height?”
Maria was gathering fire in her right hand and wind in her left.
“Don’t do it.”
“You look so scary. Is that a monster too? Shall I cut it down?”
Tina draws her sword. Just look at it, you’re a person
“No.”
“I will continue to prove to Prause why I should be there.”
Iris growls in front of me. She was ready to run at the adventurers.
“You don’t have to.”
Why are these bastards always fighting? Why can’t I think of going over smoothly?
If I didn’t have the facial expression management skill, I would have cursed at these guys several times.
…… Oh, is that still possible?
Anyway, there was nothing good about fighting the adventurers.
It wasn’t about power superiority or rank level, but basically a fight that wasn’t a formal duel could have been fought with the adventurer’s guild.
In the first place, this part was a problem even with the law, so I could have been fined.
With only 32 gold in hand, I couldn’t afford to pay the fine.
Besides, since it was clearly us who were at fault now, the only way to get angry was to be in a difficult position.
In that sense, it was right to set aside their warlike attitude for a while.
“I will solve it. Stay back.”
From my point of view, they are preparing for battle. I stepped forward confidently.
It was the six adventurers who were confronting them.
Since Dex was made up of B-class adventurers yesterday, they must be quite strong among adventurers.
However, I couldn’t measure how strong they were.
If it wasn’t a character that had a lot of weight in the game, it wasn’t enough that it was named something like ‘Adventurer A’, and since there was no illustration, you couldn’t even recognize the face.
Well, whether you know his face or not, he’s probably stronger than me anyway.
I sighed and looked at them. All the adventurers startled, trembled, and drew their weapons.
“Whoop! You, what are you?!”
“Are you going to try it now!”
They pointed their weapons at me and shouted.
A voice came from behind as if they were preparing for battle again.
My speech is important here. Depending on my words, it will decide whether a fight will break out here or not.
“Hmm.”
I cleared my throat briefly and looked at them.
‘Sorry. We didn’t even intend to kill them, but the wolves rushed at us and we had no choice but to kill them.’
“Go away. We were the ones who killed that wolf monster.”
…… Yes. Yes.
I can’t let my muzzle speak for itself.
“What?!”
[As expected. Are you planning on provoking him like that, causing him to lose his temper, and then dealing with it! His strength is weak, but his psychological warfare is excellent!]
What else is he talking about…….
[Come on, draw your sword! Adventurers are those who prioritize violence over words. I will rush at you with a provocation from a while ago!]
Please shut up.
You just wanted to compete with swords after a long time…….
I groaned at the words of the sword master who slapped his forehead and said nothing but gossip.
“You dare to end our request on your own, and that attitude of being proud! It’s so disgusting I can’t stand it!”
‘So I mean, I couldn’t help it. If he hadn’t killed us, we would have died.’
“Are you telling me to think about your own interests in a situation where you might die? That sounds funny.”
“What?”
“Are you guys confident not to kill a monster that wants to kill you? If so, apologize.”
They won’t be able to answer either.
No matter how much money you risk your life and work as an adventurer, you’ll think that life is more important than anything else.
“Then I hope you didn’t camp in front of the Brihi Forest in the first place!”
In preparation for the future, to make those children into heroes, I have to meet the demons, but what am I going to do?
Please understand the situation here. There is no flexibility.
“Whatever it is, isn’t it good that we defeated the monster? Because they don’t have to risk their lives.”
“What about the cost of coming here because of you? What about the money I will receive after completing the quest?”
I can’t understand the language.
Apart from the fact that my tone is not good, I felt like I would get nervous at the attitude of not understanding the situation at all.
‘They know what they are up to. He couldn’t even become a nameless extra like me.’
“Do you think the likes of you will be able to kill those wolf monsters that have fallen over there?”
The words I spat out without my knowledge made the wrinkles between their foreheads thicker. The hostility of the adventurers is revived.
“What?”
“Aren’t you conceited that you can catch a rolling goblin or slime and kill the wolf monster we dealt with?”
“This bastard is talking nonsense about a pierced mouth!!”
He takes one step and approaches me.
I think it can’t be helped, but I wanted to get over it without living if I could…….
[Activates the skill 「Living」.]
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The moment the adventurers make eye contact, their pupils dilate.
As I stare at them, their bodies begin to tremble involuntarily. My legs are wobbly and I can’t keep my balance.
“Kuh, keugh! What spirit…… !”
“Uh, I think I got it wrong.”
“Yeah, but I can’t go back like this.”
I spoke to Phasma at the timing of their agitation.
“Pasma, there is something I want to try. Can I try it?”
[What are you going to do?]
“I want to see if I can use my power without you controlling my body.”
If that’s the only thing possible, I think I’ll be able to pass the current situation very smoothly.
[Equipped with 「Unshakable Vengeance」.]
[You can temporarily use the skill 「Ghost」.]
I don’t know if it will work, but I’ll see if it’s possible.
Even if it didn’t work, it was enough to ask Phasma.
“「Ghost」.”
[Skill [Venom] Is activated!]
Phasma is possessed by my body.
The feeling of having a new ego in one body. The sense of becoming two gives a mysterious feeling every time you do it.
Should I say the feeling of having Phasma right next to you?
It was a strange yet very reassuring feeling.
“Now…… Mana…….”
Come to think of it, I don’t know how to handle mana, do I?
The survival skill is activated just by looking at it, so I had no idea how to deal with mana until now.
For now, try putting strength into the hand holding the sword. But, like Phasma, I couldn’t put an aura on the sword.
“Mana is not something you deal with with power. Even if you don’t mean it, you have to flow mana through the sword naturally, just like blood flowing through your body.”
He throws advice into my mouth.
Even if I told her to let go of the mana, it was a sensation that I couldn’t understand since I only encountered everything through games.
“How can I do this?”
Muttered while looking at the sword.
As I stared at it, the blade of the sword began to glow blue.
“…… Huh?”
I tilted my head at the unexpected reaction.
No way, this.
Looking at you with your eyes wide open as if you were sending your life away.
Then I felt as if mana was being sucked into the sword, and at the same time, a blue aura began to rise in accordance with the shape of the blade.
As much greater mana was loaded into the sword than Phasma had made the sword, the blade became well over two meters tall.
Remembering the saying that life is proportional to magic, I sent life to the sword, and it reacted and fell.
Is this for real?
I laughed inwardly at the messy aura sword.
“What?!”
Adventurers point at me at the suddenly created aura sword and show agitation.
“That, that, that… ! Aura sword?!”
“What, what?! Why is the Sword Master here?!”
“That, that was it! The spirit that showed us from the beginning! What was in Brihi Forest was a monster that was so powerful that we couldn’t deal with it!”
They started guessing among themselves.
“That was it!”
“It’s because he speaks dirty, he was really worried about us!”
…… No. Not at all.
Even if even the brain is made of muscles, that was a really far-fetched idea.
I wanted to bet on it right away, but I thought I’d let it be misunderstood for now.
It was because the situation seemed to go smoothly if left as it was.
“Noisy. Stop turning off.”
“Over there! Sword Master, may I ask your name?”
Looks like a fool who ignores you as a weak-looking human and then changes his stance after realizing that you are a sword master. Kinda annoying
“There is no such thing as a name to tell you. Go away.”
“If you were camping around here anyway, weren’t you going to Aus City? We will guide you.”
“Do you want to die? I would have told you to turn it off right away.”
As I raised my sword high, the adventurers started to run away. As I was running, several people fell down when they saw me.
Anyway, they were really annoying.
It was fortunate that I didn’t get along with the Adventurer’s Guild.
“But, can I cut something with this aura sword?”
“It won’t work.”
I gently touch the ground. It doesn’t crack, and it can’t even push out a grain of sand. Rather, my mana faded.
Is this aura sword only able to radiate energy? I’ll be thrilled
I sighed and put my sword in.
“Oohhhhh!! Prause!!”
“…… Noisy. Dex.”
“As expected, you were the rumored eighth S-class adventurer!”
…… The eighth S-class adventurer?
You bastard, did you think of me that way?
“No.”
“The imperial sword master died decades ago! That’s how it went on!”
“No.”
“Finally, the 6th Sword Master is here. If the emperor sees—”
Huh? Is that a flag? Don’t tell me?!
“――I will be very reassuring!”
This bastard. There was a guy here who interpreted it as he pleased.
Damn it, the flag has been raised. Isn’t it going to be too long before we meet the emperor?
“Prause is a sword master? That official weakling?”
Thelma reacts in disbelief.
Who in the world came up with the village official? Let’s ask.
“Oh, Master, I thought you were quite advanced, but you are a sword master!”
“Can I do it too? Putting mana on the sword!”
“As expected, Mr. Prause!”
It was a performance to chase away the adventurers, but it seems that this one had the same effect.
Tears try to cover my eyes due to an unintentional misunderstanding.
[Still, it was cool. The size of the Auror Sword is several times larger than what I can produce.]
You sound cool.
I don’t really want to pretend to be strong.
“Prause will become a popular person.”
“Shut up, Ariel.”
“Ku-k-k-k-k!”
I just love Ariel, who knows I’m weak, she laughed. That nasty year.
“Oh, the way you speak harshly even to the King of Spirits! It must be the way he speaks because it’s Prause-sama, isn’t it?”
Dex, you bastard. Are you making a fuss?
I can’t really beat it.
“Ah, anyway so…… What are you going to do? Prause.”
“I will go to Aus first.”
You answered Delma’s question. There is one artifact in the city of Aus.
“Before that, I’m going to cut off the ear of the wolf monster over there. I will at least get some proof that the request has been fulfilled and fill it with money.”
“Who does that?”
“Of course you do. Dex. With the topic of escort, I’ve been eating rice until now. Do you have no conscience?”
“…… That’s right. I’ll be back.”
Dex said curtly, then pulled out a dagger and walked towards the wolf’s corpse. Thinking that I was relieved, I climbed into the carriage.
“I’m tired now, so I’ll get some more sleep. Thelma, even if I don’t tell you, when the time comes, drive the wagon to Aus City.”
“Yes, I do.”
Delma had a shy expression, but she answered my commands more subduedly than I thought.
Do you really think I’m a real sword master?
It’s crazy, really.
* * *
So time passed and we arrived at Aus City.
After entering the city, I immediately tried to find the artifact.
But when he came to his senses, he had to face the owner of the city, the Duke of Aus.
“Nice to meet you. The sixth sword master of the empire, Mr. Prause.”
…… No, so what is this development?
Why are you doing this to me?