
Illias was off duty from the morning on Lord Ragdo's orders.
Find him, and invite him to ceremonies and dinner parties, and make sure he accepts the invitation.
Serious Illias immediately went around the city, and began to look for him.
But he couldn't find her.
It seemed like he was visiting "Dog's Bone", but he left the place after eating.
And they don't know where he's going.
He walked around the church where Maya was, then his house, even the market and various places, but he could not see her shadow or figure at all.
At this point, he even wondered if he was purposely hiding from her.
And when he realized it, the sun had already set.
“Even if I wait, or look for it, I cannot see it... What should I do?”.
The feral cat meow that answered him echoed in vain.
He went home several times, but there was no sign of him returning.
At night, fewer places are open in the city.
He drove around somewhere including “Dog’s Bone”.
『For sure, I'll find you, I'm sure of that. 』
"Where are you…"
Still he can't be found.
Despite not feeling physically exhausted, mental fatigue continued to accumulate and appear on his face.
That can't help. Let's just go home.
If after all this, she's home. huh, that's it, that's enough.
Thinking about it, he went home.
Then there's someone waiting there.
"Finally, I finally found you!"
Apparently someone's looking for him.
However, Illias did not know who that person was.
"Hm, who are you?"
"Ah, I'm one of Mr. Ban's subordinates."
Ban, by the way, it seems like the owner of a large trading house in this city has such a name.
Even after his parents died, he never had the chance to visit such a place.
Then, the memory of drinking with him in "Dog Bone" flashed through his mind.
He said he was visiting a merchant with a name like that.
And he's trying to guess.....Oh, are you there?
He was relieved that he could finally figure out his whereabouts.
"Perhaps. just maybe, is this about the young man who lives in my place?”
"Yes. Actually, she was kidnapped by Demi-human.”
“... Huh!?”
Illias' overtime work continues.
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The next day, I visited the Obaba place in the morning and started talking.
"Regarding yesterday's negotiations, I'd like to add one condition."
The black wolf around him buzzed, only Obaba silently looked at me.
“Why so suddenly? Son, you agreed to the deal yesterday. Do you want to retract your words?"
“No, yesterday's deal was set. Merely, if you accept my additional terms, I'll promise you, reasonable compensation for that."
"Hm, what is it?"
“I promise that when you are at the negotiating table, I will make it so that both sides are always aligned.”
“So, you say, if I don't want to accept it, we will never be considered equal?”
“No, but I will only prepare a seat for you. I'm not gonna do anything more than that. So, everything will depend on your negotiation skills.”
"I thought if I said it myself it wouldn't be possible."
“If you have confidence in your negotiation skills, there is no need to accept the additional terms. As promised, I will still prepare his seat.”
“Hmm... Can you tell me what your additional terms are?”
"I want you to give 'The Cursed Child' a chance to leave this village."
The surroundings were buzzing again, but it was even more noisy than before.
Obaba raised her hand and silenced them.
"Let me ask you one question."
"certain."
“Wah, it looks like you're close enough to him. But, can you tell me why I should give it to you?"
“I have two reasons. It was for the sake of 'Cursed Child', and for yourself.”
“I'm sure he'll be happy to leave this place. And we are happy to give it to him too. Still, just giving him a chance to leave, what's your goal of doing that?”
“Well. To explain the details of the occasion... hmm, who is the strongest here?”
I looked around the black wolves around him.
After a moment of silence, a man raised his hand.
He has an amazingly good physique, and his personality is perfect as a fighter.
" I'm."
"Then, you will duel with the 'Cursed Child', if he wins, you will set him free."
“So, you want me to fight to the death with him, right?”
“You only have to fight until one of you can no longer continue. But I won't complain if you overdo it and kill him. ”
"Hmm, I get it."
"Obaba?"
“The boy is the same as us. He loved her, but he hated her too. That's why he wants her to duel with you, and let him die easily. Then, when we start transacting, He doesn't want to see 'Cursed Child' is in this village, so he wants us to deal with him now.”
“I, I understand.”
“If you think like that, then it's up to you. So, did you accept it?”
"I don't mind. I accept."
"Thul? I'll keep your word then.”
“But there is no one in this village, who wants to kill him, and then be cursed. So, you wouldn't complain if he put her on the brink of death, would you?
"Don't worry, whether he plans to kill her or not, in the end, the man will have to fight with everything he has."
"I ?"
Suddenly, one of the black wolves came from outside.
“Obaba! There is a gunman at the village entrance!”
"It seems your pick-up has come."
And we all head to the village entrance.
There stands Grandpa Kara with corps member Lord Ragdo, and also Mr. Ban.
Everyone was armed and created a tense atmosphere.
Grandpa Kara started walking straight when she saw me.
However, he stopped in the middle of the road and looked back.
The other knights of the Ragdo corps started walking, and faced Grandpa Kara.
The knight's weapon was a huge hammer, he was the man who played an active role when conquering the bandits yesterday.
He called him Grandpa Bolveracti…. Grandpa***, yes.
[TN: in written sources ⁇ , not sure what the correct spelling is, so I will write it Bolveracti.]
The two of them set up their own stage, and the Black Wolf was disappointed by the sight.
"Fuu!"
At the same time Grandpa Kara shouted, a flash of spear struck Grandpa ***.
Without saying anything, he held back the spear that came at a speed invisible to the eye with his hammer.
At that moment, rumbling sounds and shock waves were generated around them.
Illustrations
Kara's grandfather didn't stop her spear prick.
Grandpa Kara barely avoided it, and the hammer pierced the ground.
The ground shook and shook the houses in the village.
Yesterday, I compared them to black wolves and gave them some superiority and inferiority.
Needless to say, it certainly could not compare black wolves to them, their movements were simply too excessive.
Every time their weapons met, the shockwave hit the village.
The black wolf that saw it could not stop their astonished expressions.
"Oooo!"
"Let's!"
Finally, the blows with all the energy they exerted collided, and produced an enormous shock.
Some of the black wolf tribe could hold their feet from that shockwave, but a few others, fell to their knees.
“Fuu.. I think this is enough.”
"Your skills don't even decline at all."
"You too, Fofofo!"
They both laughed as if nothing had happened.
I walked up next to the strongest man in this village and called out to him.
“They will not fight with you. They do come in small numbers, then they just want to show that their strength cannot be underestimated.”
“…..”
“Then, let's start. They will do nothing, and just want to see. Strongest human duel in this village.”
The man squeezed his weapon tightly.
There was no choice for him to return.
After being shown such a display of strength, if he tried to show a fight below that level, in front of the knights and in front of the tribe, it showed a clear difference in his abilities.
Even if they are successful and can negotiate equally through dialogue, they will be under pressure in future transactions.
If they could prove the strength of their tribe here, they could be on par with humans.
As the villagers prepared to bring the girl, Grandpa Kara walked over here.
Then salute and thank Obaba, then stand beside me.
"How was that? Is it what you expected?”
“It was a nice appearance. After this you can see something interesting.”
"Thul? But I'm a little worried…. Other than the roles I have to do after this..”.
"I'm sorry. Of the members of Lord Ragdo's corps, I always ask the most heavily to you. ”
“If you say such a thing, I can't blame you then.. Oh, it looks like he came.”.
A girl was brought here by the villagers.
He was pushed with a stick from behind and led into an open space.
Looking at the scene, the spear Grandpa Kara was holding let out a sound.
“Please do your best to refrain. Although I think that's the hardest for you to do."
“Ya, trust me.”
"I'll give you a sign in time, okay?"
I turned to Obaba and pointed at the girl.
"okay."
At the same time as his reply, I stood up and walked towards the girl.
The girl was trembling.
But, as expected, the gazes staring at him around him were too many.
I whispered in the girl's ear.
The girl opened her eyes bigger and looked at me, but I ignored her and went back to Obaba and sat down.
In the middle of the open space, the strongest warrior in this village will fight the cursed girl who is hated.
“Son, you made me too good. After you showed such an appearance, he couldn't let go of his arm.”.
"Maybe, it'll be over in an instant."
“The strongest and bravest people will eventually kill the 'Cursed Child'…. Whether he ends up killing her and being cursed or not, our standing in front of your people will be bad…. Ah, is that your real purpose? If so, you really make me good."
“My actual destination..Well, you'll find out soon enough. You can start now."
"so yeah... Both sides, get ready!"
The man held a stone axe, and the girl stood still while hanging her sword.
He looked at me worriedly.
"Grandfather Kara, I'm counting on you."
"OK…"
Grandpa Kara's spear, which was pushed to the ground, tilted towards me.
"Start!"
"Oooooo!"
The man shouted and jumped while swinging his stone axe.
His speed was comparable to Grandpa Kara's.
No matter how you look at it, he jumps at full force.
The girl closed her eyes tightly, dropped her sword, and tried to protect her body with her arms.
The girl had no weapon skills, she did not even know how to use them.
The man swung the stone axe with a single accurate blow to the arm of the girl who was trying to protect her head.
…. But the stone axe was crushed without a trace.
“…. Hm!?”
It was not only the man who was stunned. All the black wolves that were here made faces like disbelief.
And when I saw the man stop moving, I shouted.
"Now!! Break the chain with your own hands!!”
“Ah, Aaaaaahh!!”
The girl screamed and pulled her right arm back.
With all the strength he had, he extended his right hand to the man who stopped moving.
A dazzling light came out.
This was a huge amount of Mana, no magic formula was made, only an enormous Mana was put into the arm until it leaked into the surroundings.
But it was not until such an attack that Illias had made on the undead first, and his strength also seemed inferior.
However, the man who was hit by the enormous Mana flew through the air, he flew over the crowd, and flew up to crash into a house far away.
“…”
Everyone is at a loss for words.
The strongest person in the village had been defeated by the 'Cursed Child' whom they considered the weakest in the village.
He tried his best and lost in an instant.
They couldn't understand that, they just fell silent on the spot.
I let out a sigh of relief, and told Obaba.
“This is my real destination.”
I stood up and walked towards the girl.
The girl did not even understand what was happening.
Looking at his own palm, he made a strange face.
"All of you! Listen out! This girl you hate, is not a cursed child!”
The sadness and anger that I endured until now, I took it all out while shouting.
“He only has a genetic disorder called Albino. This is not a curse, this is just 'weirdness' that happens from one in 10,000 people.”
The Albino whose existence is famous in the Earth world is only one thing that has existed for a long time.
In a village of only about 100 people, that may not have happened in their entire history.
“The mother who died from giving birth. And the father, who, after losing his wife, hated his son, and the stress distracted him while hunting. It was just a tragedy that could befall anyone.”
The girl was destined to be persecuted just because of the strangeness and tragedy.
“But you don't know that. And just decided to make 'Cursed Child', and blame everything on him. Making a foolish move to look for easy results without understanding your ignorance, it is your sin!”
Still, even if I say this much, it won't change the fear they have of this child.
Only Obaba, who can detect lies, believes in what I say.