Shadow Farms
“7 Girls and 1 Man, Surely There Will Be Someone Forgotten"
Gamma, he's smart. He is really smart, but he also has a very big weakness.
His nickname is Gamma the Weakest.
Indeed indeed. In Seven Shadows, even though he was a senior, his combat strength was the lowest. Oh, and Seven Shadows refers to the first 7 people who joined the Shadow Garden. Sounds cool, so that's why I named them that way.
Among them, Gamma is the only one who has a fatal lack of hand-eye coordination and fighting instincts.
If it is said that Delta is the one with the highest instinct, then Gamma is the lowest. But in my personal opinion, both are the same. If I say this out loud, Delta will be very happy, and Gamma will give me a protesting look, but the two are undoubtedly the same.
While teaching Gamma and Delta the sword, I learned two things.
One: Regardless of how high one's instincts are, if they are idiots, then saying anything will only be a waste of time.
Two: Regardless of how intelligent a person is, if they have no instinct, then saying anything will just be a waste of time.
So that's why I ended up telling them both the same thing.
“Satisfy yourself with magic and just slash your opponent.”
I'm not asking them anymore. This is a pure fighting style, relying purely on the battle stats I hate the most.
Sure oes. My confidence after meeting with a strong defeat when I met these two people. Even now, every time I think of that day, my head hurts. No, that's enough. Eliminate from my memory.
I shook my head.
“For a long time no see, Tuanku.”
Gamma walked towards me like an elegant model.
Swinging her seductive hips, wearing high heels with a sharp voice at each step.
But.
“Peggyah!”
He stumbled even though there was nothing.
“H-, this shoe heels is quite high, isn't it?”
Then he blamed his shoes.
As she stood up while rubbing her nose, a nearby woman rushed in with ‘shubababa’ and changed her shoes into low heels in the blink of an eye.
“B-, alright, Milord.”
Gamma said as if nothing had happened.
That doesn't matter to me. After seeing this woman's embarrassment, there were actually only two options: to pretend like you didn't see her, or to tease her about it. And I was the faction before.
Nevertheless, there are things that need to be said.
“Your nose is bleeding.”
In an instant, another woman rushed in with ‘shubababa’ and wiped her nose.
“S, Please sit.”
Looking at the blushing Gamma, I thought.
It seems like he will never grow up.
Letting myself be led by Gamma, I ended up sitting on a large chair.
The view from here is incredible.
This is really great.
The hall was large and spacious, with dazzling red sunlight shining through the roof windows, and rows of beautiful women kneeling on either side of the red carpet.
It was as if I had become the king of the world in the shadows.
The really incredible work that Gamma has done, setting up a very expensive set.
I was so touched, my heart was so happy. So I crossed my legs, propped up my chin with my right hand, and raised my left hand. Then I gathered the purple-colored magic into my left hand, and released it into the air.
“Receive your gift..”.
The magic exploded into a rain of light.
When the rain touched the kneeling woman, their bodies reflected the violet light for a moment.
Well, to be honest, the effect of this light was just something like reducing fatigue, increasing the flow of magic, healing very small wounds, things just to that degree.
“Today is a treasure of my lifetime.”
So said Gamma with a trembling voice while kneeling beside me.
Very good acting.
But the thing is, Gamma isn't the only one shaking. The beautiful woman kneeling on both sides of the carpet also all shook, some even shedding tears. The woman who led me here also cried.
It seems Gamma also has talent as a director.
“Good work, Gamma. So, now I have some questions about this trading company.”
Really, this company. Chocolate, and all the products I saw as I passed through the sales floor, and even the design of this building. None of this world.
“Please ask anything you want.”
“What is possible Mitsugoshi Co product is the thing I talked about earlier?”
A long time ago, for some reason Gamma was very curious about my knowledge. Every time after being beaten by Delta, he would come to me with a face almost in tears and urge me to tell him more. At those times, I would just tell her random things in Japan in a dramatic way and wrap it all up as ‘Wisdom of the Shadow.’
“Iya my master. Although I am unable, I have attempted to realize a small part of the heavenly knowledge that you have given me, my Lord.”
“I, I understand.”
I mean, all I'm saying is on the level of ‘there's something sweet called chocolate made of bitter beans and a ton of hardened sugar.’ How could you reproduce it from that? Is this intelligence? Am I just lacking the intelligence to do so ?!
All over the world, there will be geniuses, and there will be idiots. That'sthat's all.
But there's something I need to ask.
“Do Alpha and others know about this company?”
“Ya of course.”
That means, this is it.
A pattern in which I'm the only one left behind (forgotten).
I get it, I totally get it. I'm the only guy, so it might be hard to include me in their girl group.
“D-, and did you get a little profit?”
“Currently we set up branches in major cities of the country and around it. Expansion went well. But of course, the more important point is how deep we can plant our roots through the company.”
No one needs a forced bond with the world behind the shadows.
In other words.
The girls abandoned me, used my ideas, and profited from it.
If only they had given me a bit of a share, I wouldn't have had to crawl on the ground to pick up gold coins, nor would I have pretended to be a dog and chased after gold coins.
But that's okay, they have prepared a large set for me. I'm quite satisfied with this.
But.
Just little?
“Umm, I just asked, but can I borrow some gold coins?”
I'll give it back. Might as well.
“Ya, My Lord, soon.”
After giving me an immediate answer, Gamma signaled to the woman who had guided me in.
In a short period of time, a wagon containing gold coins was pushed in.
A mountain of gold.
There's more than I've ever seen in my entire life, sparkling in that wagon.
The number might be over a hundred billion Zeny.
“This... too..”.
Even I am not a shameless person to borrow this much without paying it back.
“!? Is that too little? I will soon ask them to bring more..”.
“No, it's okay.”
I cut off Gamma's talk and grabbed the gold coins.
With an exaggerated movement, I stabbed my left hand into the pile of coins.
The coins are clinking.
The point here is to gather all their attention on my left hand.
I focused all my concentration.
Then.
“Hmph.”
I took about 15 coins with my left hand, then showed them I put them in my left pocket.
That's 1.5 million Zeny.
By the time they were all focused on my left hand, I had used the speed limit of my right hand to also pick up some coins and pocket them without anyone noticing.
Alpha and Delta might notice. But, there was no way Gamma would know about it.
“A-, are you sure with just that little? You can really take it all...”
So Gamma said, but I secretly laughed at him.
He thinks that I only borrowed 1.5 million Zeny.
But actually, I got double that amount: 3 million Zeny!
“This is fine. That's enough.”
That's what I said while suppressing the laughter that almost came out.
“Good my master. We'll save it back.”
Gamma clapped his hands, and several women came to pick up the wagon.
Then Gamma knelt down before me.
“We are fully aware of the reason for our master's visit today. No doubt it has to do with that problem.”
“Mmm.”
I nodded wisely. What does he mean by ‘the problem is’?
“We are really sorry. We are currently continuing our investigation, but have not yet identified the parties concerned. Please give us a little more time. The fool who wore all black clothes and called himself Shadow Garden while indiscriminately attacking the citizens of the royal capital – I, Gamma, vowed to bring him down without fail.”
“Fumu..”.
This is really the first time I've heard of this.
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