I’m already bored of dealing with these two. I let out a yawn. I had set out early today so there would be few people to witness me, so I want to sleep.
“Well, it’s not like I’m the real thing. Only my form has changed.”
“Hm? So your physical abilities are still human?”
“Pretty much.”
“I see, but still, your magic is quite amazing.”
The two seem to have seen《Word Magic》’s true usefulness. They let out sighs.
“Anyways, where will we be heading from here?”
As Hiiro asks, Arnold points his finger.
“If we head due west from here, we should find the village of 【Doggam】”
“What sort of place is that?”
“It’s a town of the 『Bearnt』 clan.”
(TL: Written as Bear People, read as Bearnt)
(『Bearnt』. I read about them in an encyclopedia. Apparently they’re quite a peaceful race, unlike bears.)
In the human capital, I tried to gather knowledge by reading the books stored at the guild.
“Well, the 『Bearnt』 are gentle folk, I don’t think you’ll be attacked even if you’re found out.”
So the information I attained was correct.
“Also the honey they produce is said to be quite a delicacy.”
“Ho? I’ll look forward to it.”
“Yeah.”
“What? The shorty’s never been there?”
Muir’s reaction is similar to my own, so It can be concluded she has never been to that village.
“Y-yes. T-the truth is, well…”
It seems to be difficult to say, but I can sense that she believes that it is something she has to mention. But Hiiro waves his hands.
“Ah, if you don’t want to say it, you don’t have to.”
“Eh?”
Muir stares blankly at Hiiro. Arnold follows in suit.
“I have no interest in you people’s past, so there’s no reason to force yourselves to tell me anything.”
“… T-that’s not it, but…”
Arnold looks towards the sad Muir, and tries to say something to lighten the atmosphere.
“As long as Hiiro’s fine with it, I guess we can leave it at that, Muir!”
“Uncle…”
“Let’s just go already.”
Hiiro begins walking off. Arnold begins patting Muir’s head, and then whispers into her ear.
“I know that you’re anxious, but Hiiro being Hiiro, if you tell him, he’ll probably just respond with something like, ‘and so what?’”
“Y-yeah… that’s true.”
Upon hearing Arnold’s words, it seems that a burden has been lifted from Muir’s chest.
“I hope that you will be able to tell him one day.”
“Yeah!”
“Now then, let’s get going so we don’t lose him!”
“Yeah!”
As he watched Muir running after Hiiro, he thought something like, ‘how cute’. If Hiiro had seen Arnold’s expression, he would have dragged him off to court already.
After walking for a bit, they come across the first monsters they have seen in a while.
“I think this was… a BukBuk?”
BukBuks are monsters that exist in the shape of books. It’s size is quite large. Moreover, this monster’s power comes from…
Snap Snap!
“Uoh! Quite a powerful bolt of lightning there.”
Arnold shouts out as he avoids it.
Right, BukBuks are monsters with the ability to use magic. Whatsmore, different species of the monster could learn different varieties of magic .However it is difficult to tell apart BukBuk subspecies.
“It’s been a while since I’ve met a monster worth fighting. Old Man, I’ll leave that one to you.”
“Perfect! Watch Arnold-sama’s brilliant swordplay! Muir, back off!”
“F-fine!”
We each take them on one at a time.
(The old man’s one uses thunder. Mine is…)
Bang!
Suddenly a large hand emerges out of the ground, trying to grab Hiiro.
“I see, so your specialty is earth!”
Hiiro takes out Piercer and tears apart the earthen hand. But the BukBuk’s magic causes several small fissures to open up. The fissures advance towards him, halting his movement.
“Don’t be so conceited…”