Chasers
Translated by Omkar
Edited by Omkar
Musashi Kido was in a happy mood, humming to himself as he tied up the three Otto brothers.
“Uncle Musashi, what are you doing?”
A girl with silver hair tied in a single knot at her side came over. Her pointed ears were the sign of an elf.
She was wearing a light, somewhat revealing outfit that emphasized her well-shaped cleavage. On her thighs, she had an extremely rare ‘magic gun’ in a holder.
“Liza, don’t call me uncle. I’m still in my twenties.”
“You’re a year older than I am. You’re a great uncle.”
Musashi’s shoulders slumped.
“And? Who’s that? A bounty neck?
“Well, yeah. He’s the one who stole the Golden Statue of the Great Mother.”
“Wow, that’s amazing. There were hardly any clues, and you found him already?”
“It was not me, but a boy from the human race. I got all the credit. By the way, he never told me his name.”
He was a strange boy, Musashi recalled.
The sword requires different movements than a double-edged sword, but he was using it without any discomfort at all. His footwork and body movements were similar to those of Musashi’s “Double Swordsmanship”. No, it was only one sword, but you could say it was the same.
He looked like an ordinary boy with no distinctive features.
How does he, a member of such a human race, know about the sword techniques specialized for the demon race?
Surely he didn’t have the “Heavenly Eyes”……?
I murmured unknowingly.
A very rare unique skill said to have been possessed by the Legendary Hero Earth Dragon.
It is a unique skill that allows a person to deeply understand not only swordsmanship but any other skill just by looking at it with their eyes, and if they reach a high rank, they can learn in a few days what it takes 10 years of hard work to master.
It is said that Earth Drago’s legendary level of strength is most likely due to this skill.
What if that boy had a “Heavenly Eyes”?
“I screwed up. I should have at least tried my luck a little.”
But it is strange.
Despite his skill, he didn’t own a sword or any weapon that looked like a weapon.
“Really, I wonder what it was all about”
“What are you mumbling about?”
“No, I’m talking about this. I mean, how long are you going to stick with me?”
“I told you, until I get what I came for.”
“Looking for people, right? If that’s the case, there’s no need for you to follow me around pretending to be a bounty hunter.”
“I’ve already told you that. Gathering information is expensive, and I can only attack remotely, so I need a bodyguard who can fight with flesh and blood. That’s good, because I’m finding you a job instead of your absent-minded uncle.”
“Well, I’m a ‘bounty hunter’ by trade, but I have a different purpose.”
“You said you wanted to fight the only one in the country with the Heavenly Eye.”
Musashi nodded.
He is a genuine swordsman, wandering to become stronger, to fight and win against the strong.
A person with the Heavenly Eyes is considered a genius.
He had a strong desire to defeat them with the swordsmanship he had mastered through hard work.
However, since the holders of the “Heavenly Eyes” in this country are of high status, they cannot fight so easily.
As expected, he didn’t want to imitate a Tsujigiri. He had that much common sense. (Check TL Note 1 )
“I’ve got good news for you, uncle.”
The elven girl, Liza, fumbled to take out a piece of paper from the accessory case on her hip.
“I’ve got a great job for you. Yes! Priest killer and kidnapper.”
“Oh, so you’ve added kidnapping to your first-degree crime? That’s pretty cool.”
“But,” Musashi said, shaking his head.
“You won’t need to earn any money for a while. I don’t need to earn money for a while. The people who would harm a kind priest are not very strong.”
“Tsk, tsk, but that’s not the point.” Liza smiled wickedly.
“Actually, the Knights of the Central Region are in pursuit of the culprit for some reason. They just arrived in this city. Which order do you think it is?”
Musashi opens his narrow eyes slightly.
If it’s a quiz with no clues, I can’t answer it.
But if the flow of the conversation is a hint.
“Knights of the Red Phoenix, Vice Commander, Marianne Verdemion…..”
“Correct! She’s a genius swordswoman with the Heavenly Eye.”
Hmm, Musashi thought, crossing his arms.
If we are chasing the same criminal, there is no chance to fight directly.
However, it depends on the situation. You might be able to get together with them in an unconventional way.
Or you can do the straightforward thing and catch the culprit first, and ask for a mock battle as a reward……
Swordsmen are proud people.
But Musashi did not have the pride and pride of a human being. He had no qualms about getting down on his knees in public.
“Yeah, I’m motivated.”
“Hee hee, I did it~”
“But you’re very motivated, aren’t you, Liza? What’s in it for you, too? Besides money.”
“Oh, you figured it out? Actually, that kidnapped girl might be the girl I’m looking for.”
“Your aunt’s friend’s daughter, right?”
“Yeah, something like that.”
I think she used to say ‘niece of a friend of his mother’?
From the way Liza had been talking to him, Musashi thought that she might be a child of noble birth.
But there was no point in prying.
“So, what’s the characteristics of the killer?”
Liza replied, looking at the piece of paper.
“Uh, a 15-year-old boy. His name is Mel Lylute. Too normal for his own good, I guess.”
“Normal, huh …….”
I pictured the boy from earlier in my mind.
He is a boy who is too normal, as if his lack of features is his defining characteristic.
He had two girls with him.
One was a beastman type. The other was hidden by a hood, and I wasn’t particularly interested in him, so I didn’t know what he looked like.
However, the side of the robe was unnatural and raised.
It was as if there was a pointed ear hidden inside.
“The boy from the human race I mentioned earlier might be a bit suspicious.”
“Really? Really?”
Liza leaned forward, grabbing him by the chest.
“Yeah, it was a group of three, but considering the height of one of them, it’s hard not to think of her as a girl of about ten.”
Liza’s blue eyes turned excited, which could be described as both delighted and indignant.
“It’s suspicious, you know? He was a pretty good swordsman, but he didn’t seem like the kind of guy who could kill people.”
“It’s not uncommon for people to lose their temper, isn’t it? I heard that he was given a strange skill in the Blessing Ceremony, but he lost his temper and went on to commit the crime.”
“Seems like a pretty obvious motive.”
“I don’t care about the motive. We’re going to catch the criminals. That’s it.”
You’re here to find a lost child, aren’t you? Didn’t you say that?
“Then, let’s stick these Otto brothers out to the guards and go find them.”
“Do you have any idea?”
“Hmm, I think they were probably headed to some big inn.”
“Why?”
“They looked like they were in town for shopping. They had a big luggage, so they must have finished their shopping. Didn’t they use a carriage to get around? If so, they must have parked the carriage at an inn somewhere.”
“Oh, I see.”
Liza clapped her hands.
“I’m sure Marianne Verdemion is looking that way too. If we don’t hurry, she might beat us to it.”
“Oh, well, we’d better hurry.”
Liza woke up the unconscious brothers and urged them to walk briskly.
***
Meanwhile.
Marianne had found the carriage that Mel had taken.
“There’s no doubt that boy named Mel Lylute is in town,” said Gazuso.
“He’s probably shopping in town. It looks like we should just wait here.”
“Why don’t we split up?”
Some wait here, some go to the main street to look for them. That seems to be the more efficient way to go. ……
“Can you still do that?”
Marianne asked the old man in the robe. He was an “appraiser” for the court. He was one of only four people in the country with a skill rank of B who could appraise people.
“Yes, I suppose so. Four or five more and I’ll be…….”
The appraiser’s face was streaked with fatigue.
He had already appraised several boys and girls along the way as he entered the city.
It is a useful skill, but it places a heavy burden on the body and mind, especially on the brain. Also, appraising a person tends to require more information than appraising an object. The higher the rank, the better, but for rank B, the limit was about 20 people a day.
“So I guess we’ll just wait here… hmm?”
This is the place behind the inn where the carriages are tied up.
There was someone peeking at us from behind a building.
“Brother, what’s wrong with those people?”
“No! You can’t go out there!”
A girl with short black hair appeared in front of me. She had cat-like ears on her head.
Marianne was frightened for a moment, then she remembered with a start.
When I spoke with the receptionist at the inn, she told me that it was not a boy and a girl who had left the carriage for the purpose, but another girl of the beastman type was also with them.
Two hands snaked out from behind the building.
These hands were trying to pull the beastman girl back. One looks like a boy’s, the other like a girl’s hand.
“There you are! You’re Mel Lylute, aren’t you?”
“I’ve been exposed!”
“Oh, wait a minute! We’re–”
“Clara, let’s get out of here!”
The three shadows disappear, pulling the beastman girl with them.
“Lady Marianne? ”
“I’m going after them. Gazuso, please stay here. They may come back.”
I told the old appraiser to contact his men who were on their way to another inn.
“But Marianne, you can’t go to …… alone”
“It’s okay. The other party is a beastman. It’s a beastman……”
I can’t run a horse in the city. If that’s the case, I should be the one who is the fastest and go alone.
“I am the heir to the will of the brave. I am the heir to the will of the hero, and I must not be cowed by anything.”
Marianne ran as if to blow away her fear.
Chasers
Translated by Omkar
Edited by Omkar
Musashi Kido was in a happy mood, humming to himself as he tied up the three Otto brothers.
“Uncle Musashi, what are you doing?”
A girl with silver hair tied in a single knot at her side came over. Her pointed ears were the sign of an elf.
She was wearing a light, somewhat revealing outfit that emphasized her well-shaped cleavage. On her thighs, she had an extremely rare ‘magic gun’ in a holder.
“Liza, don’t call me uncle. I’m still in my twenties.”
“You’re a year older than I am. You’re a great uncle.”
Musashi’s shoulders slumped.
“And? Who’s that? A bounty neck?
“Well, yeah. He’s the one who stole the Golden Statue of the Great Mother.”
“Wow, that’s amazing. There were hardly any clues, and you found him already?”
“It was not me, but a boy from the human race. I got all the credit. By the way, he never told me his name.”
He was a strange boy, Musashi recalled.
The sword requires different movements than a double-edged sword, but he was using it without any discomfort at all. His footwork and body movements were similar to those of Musashi’s “Double Swordsmanship”. No, it was only one sword, but you could say it was the same.
He looked like an ordinary boy with no distinctive features.
How does he, a member of such a human race, know about the sword techniques specialized for the demon race?
Surely he didn’t have the “Heavenly Eyes”……?
I murmured unknowingly.
A very rare unique skill said to have been possessed by the Legendary Hero Earth Dragon.
It is a unique skill that allows a person to deeply understand not only swordsmanship but any other skill just by looking at it with their eyes, and if they reach a high rank, they can learn in a few days what it takes 10 years of hard work to master.
It is said that Earth Drago’s legendary level of strength is most likely due to this skill.
What if that boy had a “Heavenly Eyes”?
“I screwed up. I should have at least tried my luck a little.”
But it is strange.
Despite his skill, he didn’t own a sword or any weapon that looked like a weapon.
“Really, I wonder what it was all about”
“What are you mumbling about?”
“No, I’m talking about this. I mean, how long are you going to stick with me?”
“I told you, until I get what I came for.”
“Looking for people, right? If that’s the case, there’s no need for you to follow me around pretending to be a bounty hunter.”
“I’ve already told you that. Gathering information is expensive, and I can only attack remotely, so I need a bodyguard who can fight with flesh and blood. That’s good, because I’m finding you a job instead of your absent-minded uncle.”
“Well, I’m a ‘bounty hunter’ by trade, but I have a different purpose.”
“You said you wanted to fight the only one in the country with the Heavenly Eye.”
Musashi nodded.
He is a genuine swordsman, wandering to become stronger, to fight and win against the strong.
A person with the Heavenly Eyes is considered a genius.
He had a strong desire to defeat them with the swordsmanship he had mastered through hard work.
However, since the holders of the “Heavenly Eyes” in this country are of high status, they cannot fight so easily.
As expected, he didn’t want to imitate a Tsujigiri. He had that much common sense. (Check TL Note 1 )
“I’ve got good news for you, uncle.”
The elven girl, Liza, fumbled to take out a piece of paper from the accessory case on her hip.
“I’ve got a great job for you. Yes! Priest killer and kidnapper.”
“Oh, so you’ve added kidnapping to your first-degree crime? That’s pretty cool.”
“But,” Musashi said, shaking his head.
“You won’t need to earn any money for a while. I don’t need to earn money for a while. The people who would harm a kind priest are not very strong.”
“Tsk, tsk, but that’s not the point.” Liza smiled wickedly.
“Actually, the Knights of the Central Region are in pursuit of the culprit for some reason. They just arrived in this city. Which order do you think it is?”
Musashi opens his narrow eyes slightly.
If it’s a quiz with no clues, I can’t answer it.
But if the flow of the conversation is a hint.
“Knights of the Red Phoenix, Vice Commander, Marianne Verdemion…..”
“Correct! She’s a genius swordswoman with the Heavenly Eye.”
Hmm, Musashi thought, crossing his arms.
If we are chasing the same criminal, there is no chance to fight directly.
However, it depends on the situation. You might be able to get together with them in an unconventional way.
Or you can do the straightforward thing and catch the culprit first, and ask for a mock battle as a reward……
Swordsmen are proud people.
But Musashi did not have the pride and pride of a human being. He had no qualms about getting down on his knees in public.
“Yeah, I’m motivated.”
“Hee hee, I did it~”
“But you’re very motivated, aren’t you, Liza? What’s in it for you, too? Besides money.”
“Oh, you figured it out? Actually, that kidnapped girl might be the girl I’m looking for.”
“Your aunt’s friend’s daughter, right?”
“Yeah, something like that.”
I think she used to say ‘niece of a friend of his mother’?
From the way Liza had been talking to him, Musashi thought that she might be a child of noble birth.
But there was no point in prying.
“So, what’s the characteristics of the killer?”
Liza replied, looking at the piece of paper.
“Uh, a 15-year-old boy. His name is Mel Lylute. Too normal for his own good, I guess.”
“Normal, huh …….”
I pictured the boy from earlier in my mind.
He is a boy who is too normal, as if his lack of features is his defining characteristic.
He had two girls with him.
One was a beastman type. The other was hidden by a hood, and I wasn’t particularly interested in him, so I didn’t know what he looked like.
However, the side of the robe was unnatural and raised.
It was as if there was a pointed ear hidden inside.
“The boy from the human race I mentioned earlier might be a bit suspicious.”
“Really? Really?”
Liza leaned forward, grabbing him by the chest.
“Yeah, it was a group of three, but considering the height of one of them, it’s hard not to think of her as a girl of about ten.”
Liza’s blue eyes turned excited, which could be described as both delighted and indignant.
“It’s suspicious, you know? He was a pretty good swordsman, but he didn’t seem like the kind of guy who could kill people.”
“It’s not uncommon for people to lose their temper, isn’t it? I heard that he was given a strange skill in the Blessing Ceremony, but he lost his temper and went on to commit the crime.”
“Seems like a pretty obvious motive.”
“I don’t care about the motive. We’re going to catch the criminals. That’s it.”
You’re here to find a lost child, aren’t you? Didn’t you say that?
“Then, let’s stick these Otto brothers out to the guards and go find them.”
“Do you have any idea?”
“Hmm, I think they were probably headed to some big inn.”
“Why?”
“They looked like they were in town for shopping. They had a big luggage, so they must have finished their shopping. Didn’t they use a carriage to get around? If so, they must have parked the carriage at an inn somewhere.”
“Oh, I see.”
Liza clapped her hands.
“I’m sure Marianne Verdemion is looking that way too. If we don’t hurry, she might beat us to it.”
“Oh, well, we’d better hurry.”
Liza woke up the unconscious brothers and urged them to walk briskly.
***
Meanwhile.
Marianne had found the carriage that Mel had taken.
“There’s no doubt that boy named Mel Lylute is in town,” said Gazuso.
“He’s probably shopping in town. It looks like we should just wait here.”
“Why don’t we split up?”
Some wait here, some go to the main street to look for them. That seems to be the more efficient way to go. ……
“Can you still do that?”
Marianne asked the old man in the robe. He was an “appraiser” for the court. He was one of only four people in the country with a skill rank of B who could appraise people.
“Yes, I suppose so. Four or five more and I’ll be…….”
The appraiser’s face was streaked with fatigue.
He had already appraised several boys and girls along the way as he entered the city.
It is a useful skill, but it places a heavy burden on the body and mind, especially on the brain. Also, appraising a person tends to require more information than appraising an object. The higher the rank, the better, but for rank B, the limit was about 20 people a day.
“So I guess we’ll just wait here… hmm?”
This is the place behind the inn where the carriages are tied up.
There was someone peeking at us from behind a building.
“Brother, what’s wrong with those people?”
“No! You can’t go out there!”
A girl with short black hair appeared in front of me. She had cat-like ears on her head.
Marianne was frightened for a moment, then she remembered with a start.
When I spoke with the receptionist at the inn, she told me that it was not a boy and a girl who had left the carriage for the purpose, but another girl of the beastman type was also with them.
Two hands snaked out from behind the building.
These hands were trying to pull the beastman girl back. One looks like a boy’s, the other like a girl’s hand.
“There you are! You’re Mel Lylute, aren’t you?”
“I’ve been exposed!”
“Oh, wait a minute! We’re–”
“Clara, let’s get out of here!”
The three shadows disappear, pulling the beastman girl with them.
“Lady Marianne? ”
“I’m going after them. Gazuso, please stay here. They may come back.”
I told the old appraiser to contact his men who were on their way to another inn.
“But Marianne, you can’t go to …… alone”
“It’s okay. The other party is a beastman. It’s a beastman……”
I can’t run a horse in the city. If that’s the case, I should be the one who is the fastest and go alone.
“I am the heir to the will of the brave. I am the heir to the will of the hero, and I must not be cowed by anything.”
Marianne ran as if to blow away her fear.
