“So, what’s your name?”
“Why do I have to give you my name?”
“Huh? Come again?”
Arnold was troubled how to react to every single of Hiiro’s unforeseen replies.
“Just kidding.”
“It was a joke!? That’s so annoying!”
“I’m Hiiro Okamura. An adventurer and… bookworm.”
“What the! The last one’s just a hobby!”
“Fufufu”
There Muir suddenly let out a small voice.
“Oh, Muir’s cute when laughing after all.”
Being told so, Muir blushed bashful. Arnold made a disgustingly delighted expression as well.
“……..Are you pervert into little girls?”
“Hey, hold it! I can’t let that pass!”
“Uhh…. I’m not… a little girl.”
The two of them got angry.
“Right! She might not look like it, but she’s twelve already! She can even give birth!”
Arnold said proudly with a thumps-up, but the little girl next to him glared at him intensely.
“D- Don’t say such embarrassing things!”
Seeing her talk angrily with her cheeks puffed up, Hiiro realized something.
“So different from before.”
He had imagined her to be a quiet child that never got angry, far away from being cheeky.
“Mh? You mean Muir? Well, duh, anyone would shrink back when a crude villainous guy with an evil look appears, not just my cute Muir.”
“Okay, sounds like you would like to taste my sword!”
Hiiro emitted a bloodlust with his glasses glittering.
“Pft! Just try! If it’s to protect Muir, I’ll even eat poop!”
“……You fail as a human being.”
Muir was stumped with mixed feelings too.
“Pah! She’s just that important! By the way, I got a question for you, Hiiro.”
“I’m not gonna tell you a thing about my ability.”
“Grr…”
It was about that after all.
“But I never saw a magic that stretches a sword before.”
“It’s not just a sword, but a katana.”
“A katana? Now that you mention it. So that’s a katana? Looks pretty well-made.”
“No clue, but it’s easy to handle.”
“Mhm~ So regarding the—”
“I ain’t telling you anything about my magic.”
“Why! What’s the harm! I shared my meat with you!”
“That was compensation for my help. The matter is closed.”
“Ugg…”
There was nothing to be done about it.
“Anyway, I’m surprised you can chit-chat with a total stranger.”
“Mh? Well, someway we ended up eating together after all. Besides, you don’t look like a bad guy.”
“What makes you think that? I’m human after all. I might attack that ‘Gabranth’ shorty.”
“!?”
In an instant, Muir turned pale and Arnold seized his broadsword. His expression was full of hostility. But Hiiro calmly looked at them.
“Wh- Whatsoever could you be talking about?”
“Your reaction tells me more than enough.”
Arnold’s reaction proved that Hiiro had been right.
“Kuh…. How did you know?”
“….Mm.”
He pointed his finger at a certain place. It was Muir’s bottom.
“B- Bastard! You were lusting after Muir!?”
As he seemed to have a huge misunderstanding, Hiiro reluctantly spelled it out for him.
“Take a closer look. It’s moving around the whole time… her tail, that is.”
“Eh?”
This time, Muir exclaimed surprised. She quickly checked behind her and had her breath taken away.
“H- Hey, Muir…”
Arnold had frozen up too.
“S- Sorry!”
Apparently her tail, hidden inside her clothes, had unintentionally popped out due to the delicious meal.
“The tail is a trait of the ‘Gabranth’, right? And that hat is hiding the other trait, the animal ears, right?”
The two fell silent on Hiiro’s utterance. Arnold then spoke with a troubled expression.
“…..Indeed, she’s a ‘Gabranth’. But Muir… we have done nothing wrong! So don’t tell anyone!”
He looked at him earnestly. At the same time, Arnold got ready to draw his sword anytime… but that was needless.