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Published at 10th of May 2019 06:43:20 AM


Chapter 89

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Strong Feelings

“I’m sorry for losing my composure. I’m fine now.”

Having calmed down after releasing her feelings through crying, Suori wiped away her tears, facing us with eyes brimming with strong determination.

“The vault is in the basement. Please follow me.”

With firm steps, she passed by the destroyed gates, walking onto the grounds.
In the garden, broken statues were rolling around, and you can clearly imagine the monsters’ violence.
All of the first floor windows were destroyed, and from there you can see the same traces of devastation inside.
Passing under the entryway that had no signs of a door left, straight ahead were signs of monsters’ footprints within.  However, there aren’t any traces of resistance, so it seems that Suori and the others didn’t hesitate and quickly fled to the Hunters Association.

“Well, it’s as expected. The decorations that look luxurious at a glance are actually not that expensive. This kind of treatment for them is natural for the people who lived here.”

The other members unintentionally gave a smile at her obstinate attitude that wouldn’t make you think she was crying a moment ago.
They’re not making fun of her; the smiles have a gentle feeling.

“My Lady. We don’t have much time.”

“I know. Everyone, follow me.”

With Suori at the head, everyone went into the mansion single-file. I can see the stairs in the atrium that connects to the second floor. But she ignored it and opened a door that had been knocked off its hinges that lead inwards, and we proceeded from there.
There are doors on the left and right at the end of the hallway, but without opening either one, she crouched down on the spot.

“This is where the secret passage to the basement is.”

When she pointed a finger at the boundary between the floor and the wall, a part of the floor glowed faintly and the floor opened up on its own with the stairs connecting to the basement appearing.
So this is also a type of the so-called magic tool.

“This way.”

The steeps stairs spiral, and magic-tool-like lights are installed along the walls at equal intervals.

“It’s quite cool.”

“The basement feels pleasant even in summer, so it’s also the best place for preserving food.”

At Mishael’s surprised voice, Suori replied with self-satisfaction.
So it’s a hidden basement. It’s a setting you see often in horror games, but when you experience it firsthand, it’s not that impressive.
When the stairs ended after descending for nearly three minutes, a circular space was there. There are doors at four places along the wall, but Suori went to the front of one of the doors without any hesitation.
That door has an excessive amount of silver ornamentation, with unknown geometric patterns engraved into it; is there any meaning to embedding so many gems into a basement door? Well, if I think too much about it, I’ll lose, I suppose.
When I watched to see how she’d open a door without a knob, when she waved her hand over a red gemstone-like object in the dead center of the door, the door slid to the side.

The insides are pitch black, and nothing can be seen. When Suorai advanced one step the inside lit up with lights, but it’s a dreary room.
The wall, floors, and ceiling are gray, and right in front of the door is a large, round door. It really is a vault exactly like a bank safe.
This door also doesn’t have a knob, and when Suori placed her hand on the square protrusion to the side of the door, the round door slowly opened.

“Ooooooh-“

“O o o o h”

We unintentionally made a sound at the unbelievable spectacle laid out before our eyes.
The walls were crowded with decorations all lined up. There are also necklaces and rings made with unsparingly with multi-colored gemstones; I wonder how much they’d fetch if we sold them.
There were also boxes stuffed with gold and silver coins left carelessly on the floor. There are even gold bars stacked like pyramids here and there.
Ah- they’re richness easily surpassed my imagination. Well yeah, of course I understand why the look in everyone’s eyes changed. Anyone would be stunned when seeing something like this.

“Uwaa-! We have this much saved up. Amazing.”

Suori clasps her hand to her mouth in surprise. No, why is the person herself surprised?

“It’s my first time entering, and it’s also My Lady’s first time.”

With what the black-clothed man said, I fully understood.
She has the authority to enter, but until now, she hasn’t set a foot inside even once, huh?

“We can’t use the gold bars, right?”

“U n.”

“Then, I’m lending it out all in gold coins. I’m putting them in.”

“Thank you Su o ri.”

I’m thankful that I can call Suori’s name with the words I can say.

“Oh my, you are very welcome. Hakkon can properly call my name.”

Stop puffing your chest out in pride and looking at everyone. There are some people getting sulky as they’re watching.

“H,hmph. Hakkon has also called my name.”

Ramis, you don’t have to be so confrontative.

“U n.”

“Call me, call me.”

“Ra -is”

“Se-e. He properly calls me.”

Sorry it’s defective.  Although it would be perfect if I had “Mi.”
Ah, Hyurumi is glaring at me through half-closed eyes, but let’s pretend I can’t see that.

“Hmph, he can say mine completely clearly.”

“Th,that’s, it’s kind of like a nickname, sort of.”

Why are you two competing … come to think of it, these two don’t get along well. I think it started when Suori had proposed that I enter her side for business, but Ramis refused.

“My Lady, we don’t have the time. Let’s joke around when we return to the Association.”

“I know. Everyone, won’t you help me gather the gold coins and insert them?”

The Big Eaters Brigade carried the boxes stuffed with gold coins over, and the black-clothed man carefully inserted the gold coins.
And then, he inserted one hundred gold coins, huh? Then, Suori likes orange juice, so let’s set the price of mikan pulp juice to one hundred gold coins.
In the end, I received one hundred and ten gold coins, so my points increased to 100,000. With this, I’ll have a considerably easier time.

“This is a loan to the end, so when this is all settled, I’ll be filing my claim with the Association.”

I wonder if she’s trying to hide her embarrassment. She says that like she’s angry, with her arms folded and face red.
They say people’s worth is shown in the face of adversity, and it seems that Suori will become a charming woman in the future.

“Now then, shall we withdraw?”

“Is it okay for Hunters to withdraw in the face of a mountain of treasure?”

“These belong to someone, so … can’t be helped.”

Mishael grasped the napes of the two from the Big Eaters Brigade, who were staring into the storeroom while trembling, and pulled them away.
I understand your feelings, but that’s a crime.
We left the basement and put the mansion behind us, but, was she reluctant to leave in the end? The appearance of Suori, who had turned back to look at the mansion left an impression on me.
There were no problems on the way back; we encountered enemies, but they were dealt with without being able to call for reinforcements, and we had were able to reach near the front of the Hunters Association before evening.

The reason we’re hiding in the area without returning to the Association is because in the break before the enemies converge on the Hunters Association, the surrounding enemies will be removed. Anyway, we can’t return until it becomes night and the enemies pull back, so we decided to reduce their numbers for now, if even by a little bit.
In a siege, there are magic, ballista bolts, and throwing weapons constantly raining down, and there are also roars and screams resounding about, so even if we make a little bit of noise, the monsters won’t realize it.
And so, you can go around without the surroundings noticing, and you can also perform surprise attacks more efficiently. I also have means to attack, but I shouldn’t transform into the <High Pressure Washer> or other special forms, so I’m in the middles of searching for a way to fight in my normal vending machine state.

Right now Ramis is in the middle of fighting with alligatorman demons, but if it’s one on one, then there’s no problems with her overwhelming them so I don’t meddle. There’s the worry of unnecessary help becoming a nuisance, after all.
However, in the event that other enemies also reach out for her, that’s where my turn comes in.
Warding off the enemies’ spears with reinforced parts of iron gloves, when their postures crumbled, the back of her fist exploded into their throats. That single attack caves in the enemies’ throats, and spit mixed with blood spews out of their mouths.
The alligatorman demons have sturdy skin, but it was impossible to defend against Ramis’ super strength, huh?
A new enemy leaps out from behind the alligatorman demon falling down, so the battle continues without time to take a breath.

Her concentration is focused in front of her, and from behind Ramis, an enemy creeps up. A frogman demon, huh? If it’s that, it looks like even I can deal with it.
I changed one of my products to a nostalgic bottled juice from the past, and using <Telekinesis>, I dropped it into my retrieval opening so that Ramis wouldn’t notice it.
The bottle of the juice is quite durable with a hefty bottom. It’s more than enough to be able to use it as a blunt object.
And so, when the bottled juice, that was fired off with increased strength and power to send it flying, hit it in the middle of its face, it hurts to the degree that it clutched its face with both hands and fainted in agony.
Lets hit the frogman demon that’s collapsed and writhing in front of me with bottled juices. It’s probably impossible to defeat it with this, but it’s probably possible to give a little damage to the enemy’s fighting spirit.

“Ah-, there was one behind me. Thank you, Hakkon.”

That’s right, it’s fine as long as I can buy time for Ramis to finish off other enemies.
Raising a leg, she forcefully swung it down like that, and crushed the frogman demon’s face extremely easily. Honestly, it’s pretty grotesque, but in the middle of a deathmatch with your life at stake, it’s rude to feel disgusted.
Recently, battles have become commonplace, so I forget that I’m a vending machine from time to time. I wonder if it wouldn’t be better to behave more like a vending machine.
While thinking about such things, I threw bottled juices at the enemy in front of me.





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