Kuro Usagi gave Lily a significant look before chasing after Izayoi.
“Gry-san’s condition is quite bad isn’t it?”
“Nope, his life is out of the danger. And he’s already recovered to the point of regaining his mobility.”
“That...That sounds good!”
“Nn. Actually, the wings of a gryphon are just a leftover from the evolution process and is similar to the tail bone that humans have. Even without them, the gryphons can still fly. So he says not to worry.”
“……”
Izayoi laughed loudly without a change in his behavior that would say otherwise. His words should be the truth. Gryphons had the ability to control the turbulence in the air and step on it like solid ground. Hence, making their wings an extra accessory.
However, the loss of wings for a Gryphon is a fatal flaw. Because the lion is traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle the king of birds, the Gryphon is seen as an especially powerful and majestic creature, leading them to be very proud of themselves.
To be in this state would definitely be a huge blow to his pride, causing him to want to hide from the crowd.
Kuro Usagi was racking her brains trying to figure out a way to console the two who were treating each other with much consideration when Izayoi turned back to her without a trace of worry in his eyes. “……Don’t fret over nothing. It’s not like we can’t salvage the situation.”
“EH?”
“Though I haven’t found the exact method, it would be strange if we can’t find one or two gods that can help to treat amputations in Little Garden where all the gods gather right?......I may not know where to find them yet but I did say that I will take responsibility till it is accomplished. So I will also put in my effort to find them.”
Though his words sounded very casual, his determination could be seen from his eyes. It was as though he had just made an oath.
For a person who had such an attitude, sympathy would be an insult.
Hence Kuro Usagi decided to resume her lively self as she replied. “Since it is like this, Kuro Usagi will help too!”
“Oh? Do you have some leads?”
“YES! Kuro Usagi is a prestigious [Highborn of Little Garden]! And would definitely know one or two famous doctors!”
With a look that said leave it to me, she thrust her chest out proudly. Izayoi only nodded without making fun of her.
They arrived at the huge table that was covered by a mountain of ingredients and rolled up their sleeves getting ready to load into a sack that they brought along with them.
“Okay! Let’s just grab a load of food for him!”
“YES! To celebrate his fast recovery, let’s bring him more!”
“Well, let’s take a deer first…?”
“Uwa! Izayoi-san Look Out!”
Having stretched out his hand to take a nicely sliced chunk of meat, Izayoi snorted as he turned to look behind him. Only to see a faerie roughly the size of a fist swooping towards his face.
*Pak!* He slapped it once.
“Slapped into the sky? Slapped down? It’s dead right?! What did you just slap, Izayoi-sanNNNNNNN!”
“Just take it that you didn’t see anything.”
“O…okay….”
“Alrighty! Let’s just grab a load of food for him!”
“YES! To celebrate his fast recovery, let’s bring him more!”
“Well, let’s take a deer first…?”
“Uwa! Izayoi-san Look Out!”
Having stretched out his hand to take a nicely sliced chunk of meat, Izayoi snorted as he turned to look behind him. Only to see three more faeries roughly the size of a fist swooping towards his face----.[4]
*PakPakPak!*------ He executed a consecutive slap with his palm.
“Wa! Where did you slap them to? It sounded like you flattened a few more this time! What did you just slap, Izayoi-sanNNNNNNN!”
“Just take it that you didn’t see anything.”
“Okay---- Did you expect that to work? You tried that tactic once already! You Baka[5]!”
*Swish!* Her paper fan came down.
Izayoi also realized how forced it was to use the same tactic twice in succession but he reluctantly displayed the faeries before Kuro Usagi.
“Oh please. Why would I kill them without reason? I just snatched them from the air and chucked them into the sack.”
“Need…Needless to say, I already know that!”
Peeking into the sack that was filled with meat, Kuro Usagi saw four unconscious faeries lying inside that were now seeing stars while making sounds of “Ugu….”. Picking one up to take a closer look, Kuro Usagi’s gaze became serious.
“……EH? They aren’t faeries.”
“Oh?”
“This…… Could it be [Laplace Little Demons]? No way! Why would the top of Laplace come to ….”
Before she could even finish her words of “this level”, the music had stopped and the noise around them had quietened somewhat. Kuro Usagi realized that the opening ceremony preparations were complete and hurriedly looked towards the stage that was carved into the middle portion of the cliff’s face.
Only to see the Alliance leader who still had her broken dragon horn wrapped in bandages------Sarah Doltrake already on the stage.
Looking at the sky to confirm the time with the stars, Kuro Usagi panicked.
“Oh no! This is bad! I had promised Sala-sama and Shiroyasha-sama to be the MC for the opening ceremony!”
“Nn? Shiroyasha will be here too?”
“YES! I need to hurry over….. Any….Anyways, Please make sure to keep those little demons secured, Izayoi-san!”
“Got it~” Izayoi said as he waved goodbye to her.
Perking her rabbit ears straight up, Kuro Usagi started dashing towards the plaza of the opening ceremony.