Volume 2 - CH 23

Goblia, Rufina, Orphe, Livia and I let the village together. Once outside we took another look at the village. …Yup, that wall is looking pretty solid there.

Orphe pushed the wooded wall with all his strength, but it didn’t budge. “…Amazing. We won’t be invaded easily with this on our side.”

“Looks like it.”

“…I’m seriously glad I’m under you now Crest, given you can make such a thing. It would have been really tough trying to protect the werewolves without you.”

“…You could probably have figured things out.” I don’t really like when they say they’re underneath me. I mean, I thought I would be temporarily on top of things beside Orphe and Livia.

“…Now that we’ve finished inspecting the wall, will we head out to find that new monster?” Asked Livia.

“…I guess so. You saw some to the southwest, right?” We were heading out in search of a new monster. They mentioned finding a praying mantis type monster. I checked my gacha window after they mentioned it, but my points only went up by 100.

…It’s probably not really a strong monster, but if I hunt 25 of them, adding on to the 7500 points I have right now I’ll be able to do twenty two gacha rolls. If I can earn all those points, then I think I’ll roll the gacha tonight.

“Well then, let’s go.” We started walking with Rufina and I taking care of detection.

“Wah, there are a bunch of fruits around here!” Marvelled Livia.

“…You’re right.” Now that I think about it, I haven’t planted any crops since I got back to the village. Considering the future, I should probably find somewhere to grow crops. …It would be a bit much to rely on the monsters for food forever.

“I really like them… Mind if I take a bite?”

“Go for it.” Livia happily grabbed an orange and took a bite. Orphe and I had wry smiles as we watched her blissfully put a hand on her cheek. Goblia also seemed to want one, but they were all too high up for her to reach, so I picked one for her and handed it over.

“Do girls just like fruit?” Pondered Orphe.

“I wonder… I’m pretty sure a lot of humans like sweet things too.”

“I really like them. M, may I have… another one?”

“Take your time.”

“Thank you very much.” Livia took another fruit. We had a lot of time to relax, so this would probably be a good break.

“You got any foods you like Orphe?”

“…I guess. If I had to pick I guess I’d say meat? Well, I can basically eat anything though.”

“That makes sense. Basically with your current lifestyle you care more about what you can eat rather then what you like then?”

“Yeah. Also it would take up a lot of my time otherwise. I’d rather focus on my hobby of training.”

“Training is your hobby?”

“Yeah, isn’t it fun to forge your body? Want to join me sometime Crest?”

“Nah, I’d rather not…” I was good with just swinging my sword, I had no intention of ‘forging’ my body.

“Alright.” Orphe seemed a little disappointed. Once Livia finished eating she joined back up with us and we started walking again.

…As we were walking, Rufina reacted to something, so I appraised our surroundings. …There I found a praying mantis. It was blending in with the trees.

It wasn’t that big. It was about the size of a human head. …Well, it would certainly be considered big if compared to a normal preying mantis, only that much. It was called a chameleon mantis apparently.

“…Gobu!” Goblia raised her hammer.

“Well Rufina, Goblia. You guys want to try fighting it just with you two?”

“Gobu!”

“Aroo!” Answering like so, the two of them sprung into action. …In the end, the chameleon mantis was squashed by Goblia’s hammer without even being able to flinch. …Well that was certainly weak.

No wonder it only gives 100 points. The fact that it blended in with the environment so well was pretty annoying to deal with though.

“Well, should we all split up then?” Couldn’t really fight them together. Didn’t really see any other monsters around here either.

“But the only ones who can sense them are Rufina and yourself, Crest. What should we do?”

“Well in that case, let’s split into two groups with me a Rufina. The other members can be whoever.” When I answered, Livia glanced over to me.

“W, well then… May I go together with you lord Crest?”

“I don’t mind.”

“Thank you very much.” As Livia said this, Orphe’s expression softened a bit.

“In that case I’ll go with these two monsters. This should balance out our fighting power right?”

“…Yeah, I guess so.” Orphe… you were definitely being considerate right there. Livia and I don’t have that sort of relationship. We just sleep together. That might sound a bit misleading…

“Well then Livia, let’s go hunt some monsters.”

“Yes, right behind you.” Livia adjusted the katana on her waist.