“Eh! Eh?!” [Jirou]
“High Elf is amazing, isn’t it? You are able to detect if there are any monsters coming out. But you don’t need to be that worried about it. At any rate, just return to the house.” [Rebecca]
In contrast to Diana who grew anxious at the sign, Rebecca-san appeared undisturbed. Well, they have mentioned it before that Shello-san and Rebecca-san were the ones who have been eliminating the monsters around here so if Rebecca-san said it’s all right, then it should probably be fine.
Upon returning to the house, Shello-san who has already armed himself was on standby. Although, even when I said ‘armed’, he was just equipped with a Claymore. Protections such as armour or shield and the like were totally ‘factored out’, his attire remained the same as what he usually wore.
To put it plainly, he was just wielding a sword in his usual hunter’s clothing.
“Oh Jirou? The alarm went off a while ago.” [Shello]
“I’ll be fighting off the monsters now.” Shello-san said so in a carefree manner. Well, this was already a part and parcel of his life. It’s their livelihood.
By the way, what alarm was he talking about?
“Monsters appear when there are high mass of demon elements collecting at one place. I think you knew about that too, right? So we have a magic tool to measure the amount of demon elements gathering in the surrounding that will sound off if there are fluctuations in the mass of demon elements. That is the so-called ‘alarm’. It does have an official name I think…..though I forgot what it’s called. But anyway, it’s a really valuable item in its own way, you know? Even though we undertook the job to exterminate the monsters in the surrounding, we were granted with only one of them for our house.” [Shello]
That is quite a convenient tool. I wasn’t sure if the other world should be considered as high-tech or low-tech now.
“It’s almost the time when the two moons overlap one another. There will be more monsters springing out after this period. If Jirou wants to gain some fighting experience, this might be a good time for you to give it a try.” [Shello]
Monster and battle….. It did interest me yet it felt scary at the same time……… I have an impulse to give my weapon performance a try in an actual combat……..Though, I truly want to avoid experiencing a hard fight. Pressure-free! It’s important to feel at ease in a battle too! It’s the real motive of those under the pressure-free training to be peerless warriors too if they could!
“…..It’s almost time. Then I shall go off for a while.” [Shello]
Saying so, Shello-san made his way to the forest. Even with a huge sword over his shoulder, his posture remained relaxed to the very end. I couldn’t feel any kind of fighting spirit from the way he walked.
Since Shello-san’s house is located on a small hill, we could see the profile of his back as he descended to the entrance of the forest. The distance from here to the entrance should be around 200m.
Rebecca-san on the other hand, went inside the house and returned shortly with a large sized bow and arrow. It didn’t seem likely for Shello-san to fail in defeating the opponents but, it might be just as an assurance—or something.
Shello-san stopped walking after about 100m. After a few minutes, the edge of one section of the forest at which Shello-san was glaring could be seen rustling—-and that fellow emerged from the thick foliage.