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

Chapter71，Part1: 1 - Money Issues

Chapter 71 Money Issues

Part 1

When we left the Relics store, as we headed to the Clan House, Tino asks me with a modest voice.

“Master… Well… Didn’t you say you don’t have any money left?”

“I finally met it… There is no way that I will let that Relic slip through my finger.”

Certainly, I have a lot of debt. However, if I let this opportunity slip, I won’t have a second chance to get the 『Reverse Face (Facial Transformation) 』.

It isn’t illegal to possess the 『Reverse Face (Facial Transformation) 』 that is perfect for crime because if just possessing a Relic is illegal, then it will be difficult for Hunters to take them back from Shrines.

Zebrudia is a country developed with the power of Treasure Hunters. Relics found in Shrines can’t be fully used without being identified by an appraiser first. No Hunter will bring a Relic back to the Imperial Capital again if you bring back a Relic after risking your life but is then found to be an illegal Relic and then confiscated.

The Empire laws allows the possession of all kinds of Relics, so it is not limited to 『Reverse Face (Facial Transformation) 』.

But conversely… If it is not a crime to possess one, if you think whenever it is legal to put those in a store to be sold, then the answer is NO. If you reasonably think about it, you wouldn’t think about selling Relics that would be consider a crime if you were to use it.

There are limited ways to obtain Relics that are not available in stores. Moreover, it may not even reappear in front of me while I am still alive.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I should get it even if I will get scold by my parents.

“… Tino, you know… Well… Ho, how much saving do you have?”

“!?”

“No, it is for reference. It is just for reference, you know. There is no problem because I will borrow it from Sytry. Un, there is no problem.”

But just recently, I have talked about my debt. The timing is too bad and my stomach is all stuffy.

“Master… You, you would go that far…”

Tino steps back and muttered with a stunned look 『Is that Relic something that means so much to you Master? It looks a little bit like the creepy mask you had before…』. What kind of face would you make if I say that it is to go visit sweet shop by myself?

There is no problem. If I can borrow from Sytry, there will be no problem. No matter how useful is that illegal Relic, I don’t think it will be that expensive.

Sytry-chan is an Alchemist. As the names implies, she can create gold! I don’t know what she does for an earning. But she is the kind of person who can afford to casually take out hundreds of millions Gils like *puff*. So, there is no problem!

I feel like I am going to become Cry Smart someday so, I am super scared.

A large carriage is stopped in front of the Clan House. It is a black horse-drawn carriage that seems to cost a lot of money no matter how you see it. What is pulling it is two black horses with a good physique. The horses turn their eyes around as if they were caution of their surroundings.

On the carriage sides, there is an intimating coat of arms with three swords engraved on it.

Tino finds the carriage and makes a suspicious look.

“Gladys House crest…? But that house was supposed to hate Hunters…”

Count Gladys. Even I, an ignorant of the society, know who they are. They are one of the nobles with the most power in Zebrudia.

They are also known as Zebrudia’s 『Swords』. They are soldiers who protected the Empire for a long period of time.

The territory they own is not wide but it has many Shrines in it. It is said that they sent a lot of their soldiers to the Knights Order and have a lot of powerful soldiers that won’t lose to Hunters. In Zebrudia, there are many Shrines so all the knights absorb more or less some Mana Material but it seems that the absorption rate is different in Gladys soldiers case.

We, “Strange Grief”, take care to not get too involved with nobles so I don’t know the details but as Tino says, they could even be a representant of noble houses that hate Hunters.

I have met with the head of the household in some party once before. I remember being stared at with terrifying eyes that wanted to shoot at me.

All the passerby also looks at the carriage with a strange look, probably because they know that this house thinks of Hunters as their enemy.

Is it going to be troublesome again? Why is there a carriage from a House that hates Hunters stopped in the front of “Footprint” Clan House?

They probably didn’t come here to harass us. However, even if they came to make a request, they need to first go through the Explorer Association first.

Tino looks at me and waits for my words.

Even though I am busy now, they are so annoying. Will they go back if I do a dogeza?

While thinking of something so impious, the carriage main entrance door suddenly opens.

“Thank you very much for showing me off. éclair-sama. Please give my best regards to Gladys-kyo.”

“Umu. Do not worry about that. I do not appreciate much Hunter but thou are different. Ark, I look forward to the day where I shall see thy sword again.”

“Ah…”

What appears next to Ark was a girl wearing a white dress. Perhaps due to security, there are several knights in a shiny light armor surrounding her.

To that long-awaited appearance, I succeed to stop my voice to come out just in time. It is because the girl who is next to him is clearly someone from the noble class.

Unlike my childhood friends, I am not willing to pick a quarrel with nobles. I don’t have an education or was raised very well, so I try to stay silent when there are nobles.

TL notes:

Thx for reading!

Cry and nobles, I don’t think it is a good recipe, maybe a chaos recipe, yes. XD What kind of trouble will he raise now? But it is also the return of Cry trump card, the hero Ark!

Tchao à plus!

Alchemist have the world Gold in Japanese 錬“金”術師 (Renkinjutsu-shi). 金(kin) means gold.

Puff: Onomatopoeia for something to magically appear or Pon in Japanese.

Kyo: Old Japanese honorific to says Lord.

I’m going to says this first I’m going to do the archaic speech 2 or 3 times and stop because I have no idea how to translate in archaic English. Just remember that éclair talks like that. Okay little update I found a translator online that make old English easy to understand so I will try to keep doing it, when there they are talking old jap. o/