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

Chapter94: Cake

Chapter 94 Cake

“Cry-san, you receive a letter of thanks from Gladys House…”

“Hmm… Aaah, just leave it here.”

“… Please make sure to open it later, okay?”

Eva puts the gorgeous, sealed letter on my desk.

This is a problem as unlike Hunters, nobles and merchants will always write a letter right away. There are still many unread letters left on my desk in the Clan Master room.

I look at the letter I receive on top of the pile of letter, I confirm that there was a wax seal with the Gladys coat of arms and look away.

There is no reason to receive a letter of thanks, but in the first place aren’t they too fast to send one?

Since my Certification Level went up, the number of letters I got was increasing day after day and the amount I got was amazing.

In particular, with my status as a Clan Master, I had become very noticeable as I almost never leave the Imperial Capital. I receive a lot of letters for example, letters begging for some help, or invitation letter, or thank you letter or letter of challenge or curriculum vitae letter. There was only letter that won’t make me happy and letter where there was nothing I could do, so it started to pile up.

I know that I will have to open it someday, but my hand just can’t reach them. I am the type of person to put things off as long as I can if I don’t like doing it.

Recently, as I have left too much letter piled up, some of them were opened by Eva instead and she even gave them a reply. I think my action were the correct one as my reputation got better.

“See, I am also, busy…”

“… Contrary to those addressed to the clan or your Party, I don’t think I should open letter addressed to you personally… As it may contain confidential information…”

There isn’t. There isn’t anything that I am hiding from Eva. Can’t you tell by looking at how I behave usually?

If I have to say one of my benefit, then it would be that I have no secret at all. Eva makes a small sigh and carefully select some letters. I drop my line of sight on the pile of letters that doesn’t seem to go down and she quickly say.

“Looks like, éclair-jou impression on the cake Cry-san gave… Were, well, she particularly liked it.”

Aaah, right. There was another way for me to handle this.

I nod strongly with confidence to Eva’s words.

“Of course, she will.”

“…”

I am not bragging but I know all the sweets store in this Imperial Capital. From coffee shop to pastry shop, I went around all of them on my own. The only shop I don’t know about are the store in the 【Abandoned Metropolitan Area】 like the one Eva told me before, the cake I had prepared and served it to Ark is also coming from a shop that I can confidently recommend it.

It is a new product from an unforgettable store, it was the first Western confectionery store I entered when I first came to the Imperial Capital.

The first time I went there, there was no one, probably because it was in a remote location but nowadays, there are always queues in front of the store and even if you line up, it is hard to buy one. Both the customer service and the product taste are three stars. I am even acquainted with the owner.

Even if you ask me for a recommendation for a weapon store, dojo or information store my answer is always hazy but if you ask for a cake shop I can give as many answer as you want.

éclair-jou is a noble but this is why everything she eats are only high-class product, so she probably never tasted the street’s savor. Even if the ingredients are high-class, it doesn’t always mean that it is good.

However, who would have thought that my choice would even fascinate the tongue of the Count’s Daughter… It was as if I was evaluated for my own ability after a long while, so I am very happy. It seems that Hunters have a lot of chances to eat raw product so their taste buds got dull, so it is very difficult to get their approvals.

When I notice that Eva is looking at me, I hurriedly tries to clear my throat.

“Aaah. I don’t really like sweets but there is nothing I don’t know in this city.”

Aren’t I badass?

“…… Yes, I guess so.”

But, I see. This is the awakening of a new cake companion. I thought she was a troublesome noblewoman but why does only her tongue seem to be excellent.

I probably can’t take her over instead of Tino but I would really love you to introduce me to shop only known by nobles.

Well, this and that is a different story.

I decide to process all the letters on my desk together.

“Well, please give them an appropriately bland reply to all of them. Answer them while thinking of refusing all their requests and invitations… As you see, I am too busy.”

Eva is looking at me coldly.

I am sorry to answer them without opening it but when I read letters, it makes me sleepy, most of the letters from powerful people or merchants use stiff words and roundabout expression inside so even if I read all of them, honestly there will be many thing that I don’t understand. The best thing to do is to leave everything to this excellent Vice Clan Master and she will handle it.

Even more, I want you to process all the letters without sending them to me, but because of Eva’s sensitivity, she seems to answer me with a big 『No』.

“… You don’t have any plan though.”

“…… I need to keep being available, you know. Or rather, don’t you think, everyone is writing too much to just one Hunter? I wonder if the other Level 8 are also so busy… Even though Hunters’ main job is to explore Shrines.”

I would like you to forget about me if you want to involve me in a battle for power and I am also afraid of dealing with sly old merchant.

At the beginning, when the first latter came, I thought that, if I do nothing then the number of letters would decrease but there is no sign of that. Even though I am doing the best I can.

When I yawn, suddenly coming into my view was a white puzzle in a frame hung on the wall.

This item was the result of Eva and me working together to complete it. Actually, the last thing to do in that puzzle is to draw a picture on it but as it was a hassle, I just hang it without doing it.

“Aah, right. Moreover… It is time to draw a picture on it. Hmmmmh, but where should I start from…”

I don’t have an artist soul and my imagination is also on the poor side. In the first place, I will have to buy art supplies first. Why did I bought a pure white puzzle, the more I look at it, the more I feel like wanting to kill my past self.

When she raises her eyebrow and tilt her neck, Eva says as if she was trying to change the subject.

“… Speaking of which Cry-san, it is about the cake you took out for Ark-san, there are still some left over.”

“Eh? Aaaaah, I forgot about those. How many slices are there?”

“Two slices. I put them in the refrigerator.”

In a moment, all my thought goes to the cakes. I suppose I will finish the puzzle another time… It isn’t like it is a big deal if I don’t draw a picture on it.

However, two slices eh… It is a problematic number. Ark and his companion and éclair-jou taste it, and I also ate a slice of it. I also gave one slice to Eva… So, there are two remaining.

It is the new autumn work. I don’t know when I can eat it next time. This is a serious problem. It isn’t the time to read letters.

I can give it to Liz and Sytry but they don’t really like sweets. Rather, Hunters generally don’t have the delicate sense to enjoy sweetness.

After seriously worrying about it, I got tired of thinking as usual, so I give up.

“Tino it is then. Tino is the only choice.”

“…… Tino is the only choice… Is it?”

I am a kind Master. Moreover, I am badass.

Tino is one of the few Hunters who can feel the sweetness, she is my cake companion.

A new cake with only two slices left. It is not an exaggeration to say that I can only bring the slices left to Tino.

Two slices for Tino and me. It is the perfect count. Tino will be pleased and I will be glad that I could give her something back for all the time when Liz and the others inconvenienced her. After all that is said, I am somehow overworking my Kouhai. At the end, I am sorry for everything.

The me of today… got this.

“Eva, my bad but can you wrap it up for me? I will take it to Tino’s house.”

“Eh? You need it, right now?”

Yare Yare , Eva you don’t understand.

If I don’t bring it as soon as possible, the cake will lose its taste!

“! I understand. Please wait a moment.”

Did she notice that she left me aghast? Eva in a panic, leaves to prepare for a take-out.

No, you don’t have to panic so much… Eva is excellent but each time her reaction is always too serious.

Last time I went to Tino’s house was a long time ago, but I remember the place because it is close to the Clan House and for some reason, I also had a duplicate of the key. That is right, it is because Liz use it as her private property…

If possible, I would like to have an escort with me, but it will be manageable one way or another because the road to Tino’s house is always crowded.

When I was preparing to go out after a long time, I was sent off by a suspicious Eva, and leave the Clan House in a high spirit.

Recently I was only showing her my miserable appearance. Shall I show her the nice and understanding Master after a long time?

TL notes:

Thanks for reading!

Because a cake is always more important than any letter sent by noble XD

As expect of Cry! He also knew where to go as Tino is probably in the middle of a sibling fight XD

Tchao à plus!

Footnotes

Yare Yare: It means come on or gimme a break. You know the Jojo meme XD