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

Chapter58，Part1: 1 - Too Late

Chapter 58 Too Late

Part 1

“Oh yeah Sytry, you seem to have been busy lately, but are you fine now?”

Excellent Treasure Hunters often have multiple roles.

If we take our members as an example, we have Lucia who boasts outstanding magic power as a Magi, Anthem who can use healing magic that can recover defective limbs, and Sytry an Alchemist who possesses various knowledge is often called by various institutions, so she is often busy.

After receiving that weird Alias, she was rarely seen in the Clan Lounge.

Even if I say that one of her labs is located on the third floor of the Clan House. Although she comes to see me from time to time, I wonder if the member who recently joined knows Sytry’s face.

“No… Actually, the laboratory I was in until recently… Fired me…” (Sytry)

“!?” (Cry)

I was so surprised, I lost my word as Sytry was walking next to me.

Sytry is talented. She got a weird Alias and might be shunned because of it, but her technology made her once be called 『The Best』 in the Imperial Capital.

If it was because they couldn’t afford her anymore, I can get it, but I can’t believe she has been fired.

Should I give her… Some words of comfort as her friend?

When I was wondering what I should say, Sytry continued with a thoughtful look.

“… Well, rather than fire… The laboratory… is more like gone. How to say it… Argh! … Cry-san, it is as you already know. It was due to my lack of power… It is so embarrassing.” (Sytry)

Sytry cheeks became redder and embarrassingly looked down.

I see… The laboratory you were affiliated with collapsed. Now I am convinced.

The economy in the Imperial Capital wasn’t bad nowadays, but it was not like there was no companies that collapse. Alchemy is an academic subject that literally produces gold but even so, there will be research that doesn’t make any money.

Sytry is a genius but she is not a god, she is an Alchemist and not a merchant, everything can’t turn out well. I don’t know what the circumstances were, but it must have been a situation where only one excellent member wasn’t enough to save them.

As I already know… Well, I am not sure what she was talking about but maybe we were talking about a big laboratory I knew.

“Well, that kind of thing happens. It is fine if you learn from your mistakes. If it is you, Sytry, you will do better next time.” (Cry)

“… You are, right.” (Sytry)

“I don’t really know about Alchemists and I don’t know which laboratory was gone but I know Sytry.” (Cry)

She is smart, dexterous, curious, hardworking and she is a little strange, but she is a talented girl.

From my point of view, she seems to have the tendency to think too deeply about certain things but that wouldn’t be a weakness. It is just me who is not thinking enough.

“… Right. Cry-san doesn’t know anything at all.” (Sytry)

“If you want, you can do the rest of your research in the Clan House Laboratory…” (Cry)

“!?” (Sytry)

To the word I casually said, Sytry raised her head and continue to look at me.

Did I say anything strange?

I am certainly an outsider. I have no idea what Sytry’s research was about and even if she explains it to me, I wouldn’t understand.

However, the laboratory in the Clan House is a state-of-the-art lab. It had been prepared by Sytry herself. The rooms are large and there shouldn’t be any shortage.

Well, there was a possibility that the research can’t be pursued because of reasons other than equipment… But…

Sytry seemed to be lost for a while, but then she said with a smile.

“Thank you very much. But it might bother Cry-san so I will abstain.” (Sytry)

You don’t have to worry about me… I almost said that but stopped at the last moment.

Sytry and I aren’t in a relationship where we are being considerate to each other. If she is saying that it will be bothering me then it is a dangerous experiment that will really bother me.

For example, she doesn’t have enough equipment, or she doesn’t have enough people to do it.

It is too bad that I can’t help, but an amateur shouldn’t say anything.

Sytry put her hand together and said in a bright voice.

“And it is okay. I will find the next laboratory soon. Next time, I will do it better.” (Sytry)

“Un, un, you are right. Well, do it in moderation.”(Cry)

If it is Sytry she will find the next one soon. There seems to be nothing I can do.

After all, what came out was inappropriate words of comfort but Sytry happily nodded.

§

The lounge had many familiar faces even during the day.

Everyone was probably resting after the investigation on the 『White Wolves Den』 which was the big job, they had just finished.

Even if we called them Treasure Hunters, they don’t go to a Shrine every day. Preliminary preparation is indispensable for Treasure Shrine exploration. It is necessary to maintain their equipment and you also need to be in good physical condition.

”First Step (Ashiato)” Lounge was a place to relax for Hunters. You can collect information with fellow Clan members and there is no outsider around. It is a great place to kill time as you don’t need to pay for your food and your drink.

Sytry squinted her eye and looked around the lounge as if appraising them.

“It has been a while since I came here…” (Sytry)

『Strange Grief』 regularly eat together but most of the time we don’t use the Lounge. It is because they will start a fight with another party.

Of course, I stopped them, but I made the sad decision that it would be better to go eat outside than to create a bad atmosphere with the other members of the Clan. Luke’s sword was especially loose.

“Looks like 『Starlight (Hoshi no Seirai) 』 is not here.” (Sytry)

“… Upper-class Party are often busy.” (Cry)

By the way 『Starlight (Hoshi no Seirai) 』 didn’t participate in the investigation of the White Wolves Den… I completely forgot about that.

The party that was hanging around began to notice our appearance. A person with a gruesome expression, a person with a rough face, a person with shining eyes. Some are pointing their hands here.

Sytry raised a finger with a thoughtful look.

“The number of “Magi (Madoushi)” is… eight. We have ten dozen high-class “Mana Potion (Magic Recovery Medicine)” moreover three different kinds of it…” (Sytry)

““Mana Potion (Magic Recovery Medicine)” is extremely awful, right.” (Cry)

“Yes. It has a taste of something that doesn’t seem to come from this world. It is because the effectiveness is proportional to its taste. If you are not used to it, it will render you unconscious.” (Sytry)

“Mana Potion (Magic Recovery Medicine)”, as the name implies, it is a Magic potion that has the power to restore your magical power.

When you are exploring a Treasure Shrine, it is an extremely useful item to use when battling against powerful Monsters and Phantoms, but it has the fatal drawback of having a bad taste.

And it is not just a bad taste. It is bad enough to make you hesitate to drink it in a life-threatening situation.

In the past, Lucia shared a little bit with me to try it. But at the time when it touches my tongue, I lost consciousness. When I woke up, a few hours has already passed.

I don’t remember the taste, but for some reason, I know that it is bad enough that you want to die.

It seemed that if you can drink a Magic restoring medicine, it is proof of being a first-class Magi.

Since then, for me, Magi is an existence to be respected.

TL notes:

Hey, thank you for reading this.

I started to play Valorant and yeah it is pretty fun, I suck though but I won most of my games as I got carry every single time XD

Don’t worry I will try to not delay my translation because of it.

Cry the destroyed lab was an infamous one so I am sure you have heard of it. It is called Tower of something… XD

In the next part you will see the return of someone you know!

Tchao à plus!

Footnotes

Hoshi no Seirai: The literal translation is Holy Thunder StarMadoushi: The literal translation is Mage