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

Chapter206，Part1: 1 - A Reliable Ghost

Chapter 206 A Reliable Ghost

Part 1

“Aaaah…… Of course…… That is how it will end up.” (Sytry)

“! Rightttt!?” (Cry)

Ghost Sytry said while *niconico* smiling. And I wholeheartedly agreed with her.

I walked through the town with Ghost Sytry.

The capital was becoming more and more crowded. The Conference was approaching.

There were more and more Knights and Magi in the town, who had obviously come from other countries, and there was an air of tension in the midst of the bustle.

Although Toizant is a large country, it is not that prosperous.

I don’t know much about the history of this country, but I heard that it used to be a place with constant strife.

The majority of the country is a desert, and it rarely rains. The land is said to be a hell, where people compete for the scarce amount of food and is overrun by powerful Monsters that are native to the desert.

What broke through this routine was this era itself, the heyday of Treasure Hunters.

Toizant was a place unfit for human settlements, but at the same time, it possessed several Treasure Shrines unique to the desert climate. The Treasure Shrines, which were made up of the almost limitless energy that ran through the earth’s veins called Mana Material, are like limitless resources as long as there were people willing to dig them up.

Thus, Treasure Hunters poured into the impoverished land in search of unexplored Treasure Shrines. To welcome the Hunters who brought back treasures with them, several cities were built, and the people of the desert, who had been fighting each other, were united as one. This is said to be the origin of this country.

We have never been to Toizant’s Treasure Shrine. It is because it is too hot. And apart from that, having been stranded in other deserts, I don’t have a good perception of Sandy Countries.

But walking around like this, I realized how wrong my perception was.

“It seems that only some of the cities are developing…… It seems that the food system is quite a bottleneck. It is not that often that you can find food in Treasure Shrines, and importing food is quite difficult due to the Monsters.” (Sytry)

It is a much nicer place than I imagined it would be. When I told her this, Ghost Sytry *niconico* smiled and told me that (Ghost Sytry usually smiles when she is with me).

“That looks so thoughhhh.” (Cry)

“I also heard that they were planting trees nearby――.” (Sytry)

As I was completely ignorant about it Ghost Sytry *niconico* smiles as she talks about her knowledge.

Ghost Sytry was dressed in her green robe as usual, but unlike me, she didn’t seem to be hot in it, even though she shouldn’t be in a comfortable state.

Our destination is outside the city――The airship crash site.

Zebrudia’s most state-of-the-art airship, the 『Black Star』, was still abandoned at the crash site.

It is because they can’t move it or fix it. They were going to take the bare minimum out of the ship and send an engineer to work on the hull at a later date. It was heartbreaking to see Franz-san frowning as he said it was a heavy job, but there was no way I would ask Lucia to carry it to the Empire.

The airship, which I hadn’t seen in a while, had a slightly deflated balloon at the top, and there was no sign of the majesty I had seen when I first saw it. The hull, which had been pierced diagonally, had lightly been rebuilt, but it seemed that it would take a long time to repair it.

The half-buried in the sand airship was being watched by Zebrudia’s men, but I had already gotten permission to go in, so I entered through a broken window.

Maybe because the air conditioning system had also been destroyed, the air inside the airship was shimmering with heat.

The reason we came back to the ship was to find any traces of Term and Kechakchakka. Well, I had checked before we left, but I have holes for eyes, so there is a chance that Ghost Sytry will find other traces.

“Thank you very much! There is always a shortage of food and potions in this country……” (Sytry)

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“Well, it was originally something that was loaded by you, Sytry.” (Cry)

In addition, we also have another purpose of retrieving the supplies we had previously loaded onto the ship. We will retrieve them since the heat will ruin them but we won’t be using the airship on the way back, so I don’t need them anymore. We have already gotten permission to take them out.

There was no sign of anyone inside the airship. With Ghost Sytry in tow, I went around the airship.

“Come to think of it, I am surprised you guys didn’t get caught in the Treasure Shrine.” (Cry)

“Actually…… We wanted to get caught by it, but it seemed we weren’t flying fast enough.” (Sytry)

“…………?” (Cry)

“We had no choice but to get close and have Luke-san try to attack from the outside to make a hole, but we just couldn’t get a scratch on it, so…… We couldn’t join you.” (Sytry)

“………… Un, un, that’s right.” (Cry)

For some reason, Ghost Sytry said that apologetically.

“It seemed that the barrier around the 【Lost Inn】 was not physical…… Apparently, Luke-san’s sword does not work against spatial distortion. He said he was going to train.” (Sytry)

“…… Un, un, things like this do happen sometimes.” (Cry)

That’s why I couldn’t see Luke and the others. I don’t know if this is something that can be managed with training, but I really admire their ambition to train right after the crash.

I *unun* nodded my head, deeply relieved that Luke and the others couldn’t make it.

If Luke and the others had been there, my most precious things would have been Luke and the others instead of the carpet. Then we would have had to fight the fox head-on because I couldn’t give up Luke and the others. The odds of us winning would not have been very high.

“Well, I guess it just means that it is still a little early for the 【Lost Inn】.” (Cry)

As I said some random things in a completely comfortable state, Ghost Sytry appealed to me with a trembling voice.

“But, Cry-san. Please don’t misunderstand! My preparations were perfect! I did think of the small possibility of encountering the 【Lost Inn】!” (Sytry)

“………… Sytry, you are so amaziiing.” (Cry)

If you were thinking about it, you should have told me…… I was only doing unnecessary things… I even was the one who brought Term and Kechakchakka in.

I pat Ghost Sytry on the back when she looks at me as if she has made a mistake. If this is considered Ghost Sytry’s mistake, then how huge would my mistake be?

The look on Ghost Sytry’s face relaxes a bit. She looks up at me and asks me fearfully.

“By the way…… Cry-san. Did you find the Aburaage?I prepared useful?” (Sytry)

TL notes:

Thanks for reading!

I knew it she prepared some Aburaage!

Next time we see Luke he’ll be able to cut through dimension! What was his training you say? Just looking at clouds and foxes! XD

Tchao à plus!

Footnotes

Aburaage : Aburaage is fried tofu. In Japanese folklore, foxes love fried tofu.