Story 60 Ominous Soul Tribe
Around that time, Mayuki and Sheila were also steadily approaching 【Sacred Mountain
Shinju】. On their way to 【Sacred Mountain Shinju】 , the two boarded a carriage which in
turn made the two smiled as they would arrive earlier than they had expected.
Mountain that had been dyed in autumn could be seen in the distance. Guessing the
conversations of the people riding on the carriage, their objective was to sightseeing.
The people inside the carriage were either aiming for the autumn sight or the specialty products,
but Mayuki and Sheila weren’t. The two were going to 【Sacred Mountain Shinju】 to acquire
the fruit called .
Once they obtained the fruit, they must quickly return to Mill’s place. They had assumed the
round trip would be two days, so they only have one day to search the fruit. Otherwise, Mill’s
mother would be dead from the disease.
From the information, Mill’s mother will still have several hours after the three days had passed,
but that depended on the person in the end. They had heard the case where the patient passed
away after only several minutes after the three days had passed.
Therefore, the two wished that the carriage would go faster. The time to search for
will increase if they arrived even a little earlier, and if they can quickly find it,
they would be able to return quickly thus the probability of saving the life of Mill’s mother
“Excuse me, Mayukisan.”
“What should we do once we arrived at 【Sacred Mountain Shinju】?”
“NN~ do you know where tree grows?”
“I thought so. So first, we gather information. It is good if there’s someone well informed about
the mountain, and because I heard there’s a lot of tourists, there’s surely someone who knows
Mayuki was quite an optimist, but it was indeed correct for them to gather information first. They
might come to a completely different place and waste the time if they blindly entered the
In other case, they would only lost the time if their searching range wasn’t narrowed.
“It seems there are shops there, so don’t worry, we will surely find it.”
It felt like Mayuki was reassuring herself. She didn’t want to think that they can’t find the fruit. It
was because Mayuki had told Mill to wait for her. It’s her policy to protect a promise that she
Following that, Sheila was thinking of supporting such a Mayuki.
Without stopping, the carriage ran straight ahead as if the two’s wish was transmitted to it.
Having entered the mountain, Souji was walking behind Femme and Testarossa who were his
guide. Walking on the road where fallen leaves spreaded, his feeling calmed by seeing the
Normally, Souji would be busy with works, but he began to think that it wasn’t bad to peacefully
walk around the mountain.
(Well, I would be happier if this mountain isn’t a dangerous one though.)
Walking, the path forked into two. The right was descending, while the left one ascending. And
of course, they choose the left one.
“By the way, Femmesan.”
“Femmesan is the eldest daughter of Lord Dresoj, a royalty and titled noble of 【Holy Kingdom
“Hee, so you know. What about it?”
“I heard Dresoj clan is a distinguished family of dolluser. It even has private school to train doll-
“...... you really know it well, Souji.”
Well, I think it is very natural to look for the details of the person who attacked us, was what
Souji thought, but he didn’t say it. Ehehe, Femme was laughing because she was pleased that
Souji knew about her then said,
“Well, even though it was called private school, it was more like a dojo. In the beginning, we are
family of dollmaker and produced , but the number of dolluser
had decreased, thus it was decided to train the dolluser. Souji must also had known it, but
is needed for someone to become a dolluser.”
“Ee, the master’s magic power is converted to the doll’s magic circuit thus the contract, right?”
“That’s right, however not everyone has and it isn’t good if there’s no talent for
it. Therefore, our house is looking for people that can become an excellent magicuser to train
“I see. Then, am I also able to make a contract with ?”
“Eh? What? Are you interested?”
Stopping, Femme turned around and pressed on Souji.
“Ah, no...... it is because I am also a magicuser, so my attention was slightly caught.”
“Wha~t, how boring. If you are really interested, then I would have make you my apprentice and
“Ahaha, Femmesan is a spartantype eh.”
“Of course! The teaching would not be forged into the person if it was done gently and slowly.
The person needed to desperately move on even if he feels it was hard.”
Souji was truly impressed by Femme’s words. It was because the words were the same as the
one Balmunk said to him in the past. In fact, between one that hurt the body and one that gently
learnt from a person, the former’s speed was far faster to be engraved into one’s body.
“Besides, even if I look like this, I had a hard time when I was making a contract with this child.”
“Is that so? I have never thought Femmesan would have such difficulty because you looked like
“Hear me, Souji, no matter how much talent one has, it’s not something ordinary for someone to
be able to make a contract with a doll. It wasn’t something easy because if one could not
aligned with magic circuit, not only the doll, the person itself will be receiving the load that
Souji had indeed heard stories about that. Among those, there were one where the doll became
out of control and killed the contractee before it.
“That’s why, no matter how talented a person is, a contract with a doll is a lifethreatening thing.
Well, there’s also monsterlike dolluser who contracted with multiple dolls though.”
“Was there such a person?”
Morrow, for the first time Souji saw a shadow casted on Femme’s face, then she only answered
with “Well there is.” Souji was slightly interested in it, but he decided to change the topic
because it seemed to be something that shouldn’t be asked about.
“Now that I think of it, how long have Femmesan and Testarossasan been together?”
“...... hmm, I think it is almost seven years now....”
Strong, deep emotions could be felt from Femme’s words. However,
“............ isn’t it eight year?”
Although the mood could be felt to be slightly stiffened, Souji didn’t butt in with “Well, one year
isn’t that much of an error.” But Femme blushed and,
“IIIII know! IIt’s that, you know! I am just testing if Testa remember about it!”
A terrible excuse. To begin with, as a doll, it was impossible for there to be a mistake in her
memory as long as she isn’t broken. However, a doll is very innocent.
“............ a test. Is Femme assured?”
She didn’t suspect Femme at all. Conversely, Testarossa began to watch out for Femme to test
or give her a question at any time.
Not backing away, Femme gave out various questions such as their past actions. Following
that, Testarossa correctly answered without any confusion.
With her cheeks cramped, Femme said, “As expected of Testarossa!,” and she continued to
bring out questions to hide her mistake.
(Even though she is a noble, this part of her is the same as a normal girl.)
Yoyo was the same. Although normally she behaved gracefully, she would acted just like
someone her age in an unexpected moment if she was with people she liked.
When the mood somehow became peaceful, Testarossa halted and stood before Femme to
guard her as she looked ahead.
Souji understood why she did that.
(A~ah, they came huh....)
Thus when he silently stared at the shadow of a tree, floating objects appeared from there. As
the size...... rather, their outward appearances were of rat.
However, the things that differed them from a rat were them being translucent and as big
“Both of you, please stay back.”
Souji moved before the two, facing the translucent rats.
“II remember that these things would come out....”
“Ee, Testarossasan, please protect Femmesan.”
“............ acknowledged.”
Receiving Testarossa’s agreement, Souji outstretched his right hand towards the translucent