Among the adventurers who came as reinforcements was Azur Rise known as Great Oni.
「A gold-seal adventurer.」
Kainzel-san noticed who I was looking at and told me.
「A monster, huh.」
「Indeed. In the Margrave Koraus Territory, he is probably the only one who can hunt a Magu alone. Even if there were five of me, I would not win.」
In that case, someone like me would probably die just from him breathing on me.
「Do you think we can head back now?」
「Yes. We came here on our own and lent our strength on our own. There is no need to stay until the very end. That said, we do need to stop by Rihar Town and make a report. Ah, what about the magic stones? Will you sell them?」
Now that he mentioned it, I had not checked what kind of magic stones they were. When I opened the bag, they turned out to be purple.
「That attribute is strength. It is commonly used for physical enhancement. Most frontliners use purple magic stones. At that size, I think you can sell them for three silver coins each.」
Physical enhancement, huh. That sounds nice. If I could use that, fighting would be much easier.
「Then let’s sell them. It doesn’t seem like Miriel needs them. Ah, Kainzel-san, can you not use them either?」
「I am not very good with magic. My attribute seems to be heat, but all I can do is make a simple flame.」
He formed a small flame at his fingertips. If he smoked, he would never need a lighter.
「I want to try using magic too.」
I came to this world by teleportation, not reincarnation. Given that useless goddess, there is no way she changed my body into one suited for living in this world. I probably cannot use magic at all.
「Takato, you already possess power beyond magic. Guns, the Pioneer, alcohol, food. You can even take on commission work. Wanting magic on top of that would be greedy.」
Well, when you put it that way, I guess so. I do not want to use magic badly enough to give all that up.
Until Ladarion returned, we decided to have lunch ourselves.
Kainzel-san had eaten Mokudan meat a little earlier, so he lightly toasted a baguette and ate it with garlic butter. I had a large serving of cup ramen.
Cup ramen is not something I want to eat every day, but it is something I crave once in a while. Slurp, slurp.
「That looks pretty good.」
Kainzel-san seemed interested. Giving food to people from another world is… well, Ladarion eats it happily too.
「Then give it a try. This is the standard flavor.」
I pulled out a soy sauce ramen and made it for him.
「It’s light and tasty. Are there other flavors?」
「Yes. There are a lot of them. You should look around for cup ramen sometime.」
「I see. I’ll look for them.」
He ate it with clear enjoyment and even drank all the soup.
While we were relaxing and drinking coffee, Ladarion came back. Guess it is time to get ready to head out.
「Takato」
I turned around when Ladarion called me, and Azur Rise the great oni was standing there. Since when?!
「Azur Rise. Do you need something?」
Since I had no connection with him, I stayed quiet, and Kainzel-san spoke up instead.
「I would like to buy this.」
He held up an empty cereal bar wrapper. Huh? What? Why?
「Why that of all things?」
「Because it has the sweetness I like.」
Kainzel-san tilted his head and looked at me. No, that does not help me at all.
「You like sweet things?」
「Yes.」
For some reason, Ladarion and Azur Rise were staring into each other’s eyes, silently communicating. Huh? What is going on?
「Here. Take this.」
With that, she took a cream puff from her shoulder bag, the snack bag, and handed it to Azur Rise. What exactly are we being shown here? When I looked at Kainzel-san, he shrugged as if to say, how should I know.
As I silently watched the exchange between these two taciturn people, Azur Rise pulled out a leather pouch and handed it to Ladarion, and Ladarion handed over the entire shoulder bag. Huh? What kind of negotiation just happened?
「Lasagna Village.」
「Got it.」
What? What did you get? Use proper words so people can understand!
Azur Rise turned his back and walked away. For some reason, his back looked like that of a man who had just finished a job.
「…Comrade…」
Comrade in what, exactly? You are creatures who can speak, so communicate with words. I am your companion, you know.
「Well, whatever. Let’s head back.」
We loaded the luggage, and with me driving, we left Mubando Village. Ah, I forgot to buy the stuff that tastes good when stewed!
I regretted it for a moment, then decided I could just buy it in Rihar Town and continued on.
「Takato. I smell Mokudan.」
I hit the brakes and stopped the Pioneer, and Kainzel-san jumped out and raised his G3.
「Can you tell how many?」
I got out of the Pioneer as well and raised my Glock.
「The smell is two or three.」
「Kainzel-san, can you see them?」
Kainzel-san was the one holding the glasses.
「There! They’re chasing something! That way!」
「Ladarion, revert and chase them! Turn on the radio switch!」
「Got it!」
She became a giant about five or six meters tall and ran in the direction Kainzel-san pointed.
「I’m going too!」
「Then take the backpack with you. I’ve put most things in there.」
I would like to hand over the apport pouch, but it takes time to remove it from my belt. If that meant losing sight of Ladarion, the backpack was the better choice.
「Please take care of Ladarion!」
I called out to Kainzel-san’s back as he ran off, then got into the Pioneer and headed for higher ground.
Ah, it’s snowing again.
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