Other World Assassin Life of a Man who was a Shut-in 098

A few hours after we had lunch in the cave.
Shingu and I returned to scouring the forest in search of the Guros Rabbitsu.
In any case, I was able to listen to Shingu's true feelings. I don’t know if it’s fine but since then a change has emerged in Shingu's attitude towards me.
Until now he used to speak with a mature tone. But now I can feel that Shingu has now become a little softer. In other words, he has gone back to how kids really behave with their child-like attitude. Now he actually resembles his age.
This is indeed something that I am happy about. As matter of fact, children really should have a child-like attitude is what I thought, so I was pleased at first. But now I regret it quite a bit; the reason is……….

 [Hey hey Nii-chan are you listening!? I definitely think that Minarisu-san is the most exceptional among all the other S-rank Adventurers! Her strength is really amazing and she is even actively playing as an S-rank Adventurer for so many years!]
[That’s right. I have met with Minarisu-san before and she is definitely a wonderful person]

At this point, Minarisu-san is the only person that I have met with whom Appraisal did not work. I feel that I am considerably stronger than before but still, in front of Minarisu-san, it might be absolutely nothing. She is the person who is my immediate goal.
And when I told Shingu that I had spoken with Minarisu-san previously,
Shingu who was right next to me, started rhapsodizing with his eyes literally shining.

 [WOW, I did not know that Nii-chan had already met with Minarisu-san. Nii-chan I hope that I can meet with Minarisu-san someday and talk about various adventurer stories! Then then, the next most exceptional S-rank adventurer is Revunanto-san!]

Eh?, who is this Revunanto-san, I haven’t heard of him before.
After listening to this much, I think I understand now, Shingu is an Adventurer Otaku.
Even several hours after leaving the cave, Shingu is still talking about all the amazing adventurers. Also, this is the third time Minarisu-san’s story has come up…….

 [Surely Revunanto-san is extremely young compared to Minarisu-san, but of all the S-rank Adventurers, his speed is definitely nonpareil. Hey Nii-chan are you listening!?]

Shingu asked while showing a dismal expression.
To be honest, I am tired of Shingu who keeps on boasting about the adventurers, but I can't say that to Shingu who's having so much fun talking to me.

 [..........Aa, I'm listening, so it’s okay Shingu]
 [Then that’s good. Then the next story is about Kurue-san who is an S-rank adventurer, and his Swordsmanship skills are really amazing. it's almost as if he can see the future…..]

And then after that, Shingu continued speaking about other adventurers,
A few minutes later, a story that I was actually interested in came out Shingu’s mouth.

 [But even after all these people, the adventurer who is the most famous is that person, why that's because he was the one who took down the Demon King!]

……..hm, Demon King? When I was in Japan, indeed such themes in anime appeared.
So there was a Demon King in this world as well. I am interested in this a bit now.

 [Shingu, can you tell me more about this Demon king that you mentioned?]

When I asked of Shingu about this, Shingu looks at me with a surprised face.

 [Nii-chan, you don't know about the Demon King, that’s quite unusual.
Well, if you don’t it’s alright, I'll tell you all about it!!]

Thus the explanation about the Demon King began.

 [First of all, the Demon King is said to have existed hundreds of years ago.]

It has been hundreds of years since the last Demon King existed.
Well, how did Shingu even know that the Demon King existed, was it by books?
If there really exists such types of books, I would like to read them.

 [During that time, the demons were very active; the Demon King along with many different kinds of demons, attacked and terrorized many villages and towns.]

Hmmm, then regardless of the existence of the Demon Kingdom, the existence of the Demon King was a monster.
There are really a lot of things that I still don’t yet know about this world.

 [Then when the Demon King finally attacked this continent, only one adventurer stood in the path of the Demon King!!]

From the story, I can understand that the Demon King had quite the considerable strength.
It is quite amazing that there was a person who could stand against the Demon King alone.
I decided to ask a question about the Adventurer's name as I was a little interested.

 [Shingu, can you please tell what the name of the adventurer?]
 [Aa, sure, the name of that adventurer was Kurodsan]

It was someone I knew aaaaaahhhh! No, wait wait; it might be someone with a similar name!

 [Hey, Shingu, that Kurodsan person, by any chance, do you know what he looked like?]
 [Umm, his looks, he had black hair and black eyes, it was completely unusual as said by the book.]

Aah, it's confirmed.
Kurodsan is the same person who Shingu is talking about; the person who took down the Demon King,
But why did Kurodsan fight against the Demon King?
Was it to protect the people?
No that's wrong; my intuition tells it was not just because of that.

 [Shingu, by any chance, do you know for what reason did Kurodsan fight against the Demon King?]
 [Well I don’t really know about this in detail, but it seems that Kurodsan had a certain purpose for doing so, but even so, no-one really knows about this purpose. ]

Kurodsan's purpose, perhaps was returning to Japan.
Was it the Demon King who got in his way.
No, I don’t think that the Demon King would know about his purpose at any point.
I suppose it is time for me to ask Minarisu-san about this.

 [Thank you Shingu, I now know about the Demon King.So what happened to the Demon King and the demons that followed it?]
 [Well the Demon King was annihilated on the spot and all the demons immediately surrendered at that time. They lost the Demon Kingdom and they returned to the continent where they came from.]

What, if that story is true then the demons escaped.
Is it not a bit dangerous, I mean if they start a battle again.
When I asked Shingu that,

 [Don’t worry too much about this. Apparently, the demons cannot show their true power unless a Demon King exists.]

I see, so that’s why the survivors were allowed to return when the Demon King was destroyed. Well, I guess there is no need to worry about them anymore since the Demon King is already dead.

 [Ok. Shingu, thank you for this valuable information]

Then I gently stroked Shingu’s head while thanking him.
Previously, he was embarrassed when I stroked his head, but now his face was full of smiles.

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After listening to Shingu speaking about the Demon King for about another hour,
Shingu and I headed deeper into the forest, eventually finding our target Monster.
Currently, Shingu and I were hidden behind a grassy foliage.
And in our sight, was a monster of overwhelming size.
Is that, the Guros Rabbitsu.
This monster looked nothing like the other Rabbitsu around.
The size of the monster could even exceed that of a Cyclops. No, it definitely does.
And a huge horn was growing at the top of its head, which was quite intimidating in and of itself. Ok, for now, let's appraise it.
[Appraisal] Activate

Guros Rabbitsu level 67
Power 145
Endurance 123
Agility 98
Luck 97
[Skill] None
[Title] None

Indeed, it is as Grace-san said, it has the strength of an Rank monster.
Perhaps its strength lies in between that of an Orc King and that of Goritorisu. [1]
The power and endurance are equal to that of an Orc king but the speed is overwhelmingly greater than an Orc King's,
This is certainly quite troublesome, but the good thing about all this is that it does not possess any special skills.
Well, the real question right now is whether Shingu can defeat this monster or not.
As far as I can see from the status screen, it looks like Shingu has almost zero or no chance of winning this battle.
However, status alone cannot determine victory and defeat in a battle.
In fact, Shingu has sword talent that can more than compensate for the difference in stats easily.
Also, according to the information that Zongsan provided, the Guros Rabbitsu seems to be suffering from an injury on its left leg. If Shingu can successfully exploit that injury, he should be able to get a victory somehow.
Well no matter how much I think on this, only Shingu can decide about it in the end.
Thinking such, I looked at Shingu who was crouching next to me. And then,

 [Ni- Nii-chan…..]

Shingu who was crouching beside me, was trembling slightly.
I see, so this is what happens when the status difference is high
Shingu probably feels terrified by the Guros Rabbitsu.
I spoke gently to Shingu who was trembling beside me.

 [Shingu, does the Guros Rabbitsu look terrifying?]

To my question, Shingu tried to force a smile.

 [I-I’m not scared. I was just preparing myself…..]
 [Shingu, you seem to be misunderstanding something, feeling scared is not a bad thing.]
 [.......what do you mean?]
 [The fear that you are currently experiencing is very important to human beings like ourselves. Since humans are fragile beings, they will die from the simplest of things. Therefore, this feeling is absolutely necessary for us humans. So that we don’t die.] [2]
 [th-then, what should I do if feel fear]
 [If I was currently in Shingu’s place, I would have definitely run away.]
 [That’s right, so I should run aw…eh?]

Did he not expect me to say something like that.
Shingu’s face was depicted his astonishment.
Even if he does make such a face, it cannot be helped since that was what I honestly felt.

 [Don’t look so surprised Shingu. I am a human as well, and I also feel the fear of dying. If you meet an opponent who makes you feel real fear, then I think that the best way of confronting that would be running away.]
 [Then is running away, the right option?]
 [That's it. So Shingu, if you fear the Guros Rabbitsu right now, it’s alright. You do not have to fight, I'll clean up everything for you. That’s all there is to it,]

When is said so, Shingu looks down and pondered about something.
Then, when he looked up again, the emotion in his eyes was different from before.

 [No, Nii-chan, I shall be the one to defeat the Guros Rabbitsu, I feel like I will never be able to go forward on my path if I am not the one to do it.]

Even so, his body's trembles seem to have not stopped.However, the look in his eyes said something else entirely.

 [Is that, your final answer?]
 [Yes!, I will be the one to defeat him. I know that Nii-chan can defeat him easily. But even so, I wish to be the one to do it. I’m sorry for being selfish about this Nii-chan…]

Hahaha, the brave face that he tried to put up ended up being messed up.
I spoke up while slowly stroking Shingu’s head.

[If that is your answer, I will help you with all the power that I have so that you shall only take on the Guros Rabbitsu, I'll take care of all the other garbage on the side. And if it gets really dangerous then I might just help out a little bit, then are you fine with this?]

When I said so while stroking Shingu’s head,
Shingu raised his head with a huge smile on his face.

 [Thank you Nii-chan. I WILL, definitely defeat him.]

Shingu showed that he was completely prepared to defeat the Guros Rabbitsu.
He neither trembled nor revealed any fear when he spoke those words.

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TL: I mean come on, just imagine if Shingu was a female loli and she ended up defeating Guros Rabbitsu. Yuuma would easily obtain a sword loli. *tch*
ED: …tbh, sword lolis are actually pretty cool (IMHO)

[1] TN: the upgraded version of the Cockatrice
[2] EN: HE EXPLAINED NOTHING!! WTH was that paragraph?

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