Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter Dreams of a Hero ~

Chapter91，Part2: 2 - Strange Grief Want to Retire ③

Chapter 91 Strange Grief Want to Retire ③

Part 2

And this kind of Ark becomes all tattered. If a monster strong enough to make Ark fight with all his might and still come back tattered, appears in the Imperial Capital, it would have been a big incident, but there was nothing about it. So, the next thing I can only think is that a monster that Ark can’t fight at full strength has appeared.

So, there is only one possibility.

I can’t believe how Ark who is always so cheerful, speaks in such a bad mood tone.

“……… What are you doing, suddenly, lowering your head?”

“Ojou-sama threw a tantrum, right?”

“…… Tan, tantrum, you say?”

Bingo.

I am sure Ark couldn’t respond like an adult when the Ojou-sama presented him the mask on her high horse.

There is no mistake, he must have said that he doesn’t need it or that Cry would be happy about it.

And when she heard this, the Ojou-sama started to sulk, exploded and threw a tantrum. The reason why Ark is tattered is probably because he had a hard time restraining the violent Ojou-sama.

There is no mistake, even the strongest Ark can’t raise his hand on the small monster.

I raise my head and push away the trembling Ark.

“Don’t get me wrong, Ark. I thought that it would have gone smoothly if it was you, Ark! I would have never expected that you would need to do so much hard work. Maybe I didn’t speak enough.”

There are remorse and frustration inside of me.

It was my fault that I couldn’t predict that. I should have told him to not offend the Ojou-sama.

However, if you think it calmly, it would be normal to think that Ark can dealt with this problem without any trouble.

It is certain that I have some fault as I am the one who made the request, but I can’t say that Ark was faultless.

“But you know, Ark. Don’t you think it was needless to say to not piss off the Ojou-sama?”

“That is…”

“In the first place, didn’t you have an excellent Mage in your Party. If the Ojou-sama started to rampage, you could have use 『Hypnos Cage (Sleeping Shackles) 』or whatever it was necessary. I would have order Lucia to do that.”

It seems that Ark main magic is attack magic and body strengthening magic but, in his party, there is also an excellent Mage who has mastered a wide variety of magic.

Isabella Melnes with her light purple hair peculiar from the northern people, raises her eyebrow when she hears me.

“Haaaa!? Are you saying, my technique is inferior to Lucia’s!? I used it! I used it and it didn’t work!”

“Eh… Ah, it was like this… Somehow, I am sorry.”

“Don’t apologize!”

“No… You see, it is fine. Everyone has some areas where they aren’t good at. Like me, I am not good in everything. However, it is better to learn how to use abnormal condition type magic because it can be useful in case of an emergency. If you want, I will talk to Lucia…”

“Don’t, don’t try to comfort me!”

Isabella cheeks become red and she stomps on the ground.

To think that she couldn’t make an ordinary Ojou-sama who isn’t a Hunter or anything, to sleep… I thought she was an excellent Mage, but I wonder if it wasn’t the case.

I take a deep sigh and reach out for the decoration in the Clan Master room. Eva is standing while looking uneasy and asking herself what she should do.

“For the time being, I was waiting because I thought you would be coming back soon. We have cakes and I also prepared some champagne.”

Seeing the twinkling decoration on the ceiling, the priestess Yu says amazed.

“So, so many decoration…”

“I decorate it with my own hand. In the middle of it, it got really fun… There are even candles too.”

“………”

“It is my bad. I wouldn’t have thought that it will takes so long… I thought that Ark could have done it in a smarter way.”

I didn’t overestimated Ark. He managed to be so popular and unlike me, he is as good as his reputation says.

Why would I think that he will struggle against one single Ojou-sama.

Ark keep being expressionless and didn’t say anything for a while but he finally breathe deeply.

“… Cry, you are… Using too few words. I don’t know everything.”

“It was my bad.”

“I heard that éclair-sama did something rude to you. You also warned her that it was a dangerous Relic. But still… if it was you Cry, you should have been able to do it in a better way.”

“It was my bad.”

“It is okay to involve me, but it isn’t good to involve unrelated citizen. Wasn’t it you the Clan Master who decided to implement the rule to not bother ordinary citizen?”

I didn’t say enough. I could have done it better. This is exactly true.

I didn’t mean anything bad, but it isn’t because I didn’t mean anything bad that the story is fine.

I reflect on it higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea.

“There is no way that I would think it would become something so important. What you said Ark, is absolutely true, so from now on I will try to only involve Ark as much as possible.”

“You didn’t reflect at all.”

Isabella stretch my cheek and looks at me.

It is a fact that I regret it. No, it can be said that everything is wrapped up.

But more than that, I am relieved that Ark didn’t think about leaving the Clan.

Ark is one of the few fighting friends my childhood friends have. I didn’t mean it like they are always fighting each other but that they are still friends even after a fight. Their violent impulse will explode if they aren’t release regularly, so Ark is their best partner.

“So… That… After all, did you get your hand on it?”

It isn’t really the timing to ask this, but I can’t not confirm it.

To my question, Ark throws out a leather bag that he had in a bad mood.

“I struggled. I really struggled. It was hard to hold down éclair-sama who was rampaging while holding her sword. The speed of her attack was on another level, it was exerting her power to the very limit of her physical strength. I managed to pull them apart, but what exactly is that? She didn’t try to wear it by herself, but it seems to have jumped at her…”

In the middle of it I couldn’t hear what Ark was saying.

I feels like I got a present for my birthday. I unravel the string on the bag in trance and stick my hand inside. Ark and the others open their eyes as if they were startled.

So nostalgic, this unpleasant sensation when touching it, it is like putting your hand inside damp flesh.

“Cry, it is dangerous… Careless action isn’t…”

I raise the flesh mask I took out. I have just lost it not so long ago, but I miss it very much.

Blood vessels are coursing through the pink flesh. Ah, how disgusting! Fantastic! Excellent!

At the time when I was solidified because of being so impressed, the opened mouth starts to move without me touching it.

“So much, power. When I thought I got myself a masterpiece, but to think there was a warrior who can easily suppress someone who was enhanced. Well, well, well, the people of this age are stronger than what I remember, eh. I need to change my standards.”

!? It is speaking!?

I feel some vibration on my hands.

The 『Reverse Face』 I had until recently was just a mask, it didn’t talk or move by itself.

Among the Relic I have, there are no Relic that speak or move by itself.

“In, Infinite Variety… Well… It was my mistake. I thank you for sending Ark.”

From behind the door, a familiar figure appears.

However, at that time I was pressing the flesh mask onto my face.

“Hii!?”

Ark and the others scream. The disgusting feeling on the back of my head moves. Apparently it has a convenient function to fix the mask so that it doesn’t come off my face. Awesome!

“Uooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh.”

The fleshed mask roars. And then, a voice in my brain echoes.

『This, this is… Muscle E-, Agility E-, Physical Strength E-, Magic E-, Growth E-, motivation zero, overall rating, seven points. 『Over Greed (Evolving Devil Mask) 』 hasn’t reached the standard for activation. It will now be forcibly release.』

The mask quivers as if he was running away me.

The empty eye holes in the mask miserably let go of me, a tentacle like string which was fixed on the back of my head helplessly falls down.

My motivation is sky diving. I sigh deeply and the mask naturally come off when I remove my hand.

This is very similar, but it isn’t the 『Reverse Face (Facial Transformation) 』at alllllllll!

It is a scam! Damn it, to think that there are many kinds of such a disgusting mask, I totally didn’t expect that.

I want to sue the developer who made Relics base on this. Developers are probably people from who-know-how-many previous civilizations, so it isn’t possible though.

… Well, let’s put up with the fact that I got my hand on a rare Relic.

“A defected product, this is unexpected. Eva, have a glass case ready. … Areh, what happen?”

Eva is, well it is pretty usual, but Ark who is always unmoved to what I do is also looking at me dumbfounded. And all the other Members are hiding behind Ark, the only one who stands next to him is éclair, but she is pale and quivering. There are some tears in her eyes.

“… N, no, nothing at all…”

“Ah, I forgot to ask you. Can I keep it?”

“Ah, aaah. Don’t want it. I’ll give it! I will give it to you. I tried to get my hand on a Relic you wanted, it was my mistake! I will never, I will never do it againnn! Forgive meee!”

éclair-jou cries and raises her voice. Well, of course you don’t need a Relic looking like this.

However, even though I worked so hard, this was the result.

As I misjudged a Relic, it means I am disqualified as a Relic collector. I will bury this mistake deep inside my memory and take it to my grave.

I change my mind, look at everyone and laugh.

“Well, I end up with the result I wanted but I specially prepared a cake. Let’s eat it together. There are also candles too?”

TL notes:

Thanks for reading!

Ahaha Cry just put on the mask like that and everyone was afraid XDDD

So it is now confirmed that Cry is really weak and doesn’t have a hidden strength or something. And even the mask can’t change it XD

And Cry why are you so obsess with candle XD

Tchao à plus!

Japanese idiom to say that he is deeply contemplating what he did.

Areh: Japanese “eh?”.