Shinka no Mi Chapter 31

Posted on 29th January 2016 by Rumanshi Ichigo

Lot’s of stuff happened, yadadada.  Thus, this chapter is late.  Sorry.  Anyway, it’s done now so enjoy, aye?     I’m lazy and got a headache.  No nav bar for now.  I’m not really sure who the translator was, so I’m going to credit:  Many people at Raising the Dead.

TL: DaRkCkR and some other people

In Each Place

「Altria-san, Where are you?」

「… Maybe there are too many people around here to see her… 」

「That’s right! I can use the 『Search』 skill in this situation」

In the “acquired” section of the skills menu I have a skill called 『Search』. It can search for any living thing within a 500 meter radius.

I activated 『Search』 and — my shoulders drooped.

It certainly did find every living thing but…

「I can’t identify an individual person…! 」

「I won’t be able to tell where she went with this.」

I was reminded of the Black Dragon God’s story… Communication is important!
I called out to a few ladies that were passing by.

「Excuse me! Do you have a moment? I’m looking for someone…」

「Eh? … A-Adriana-san!?」
What a coincidence. What are the chances that the lady I called out to happens to be the Countess that owned the white “dog”. What a small world.

「What happened? You’re looking for someone…」

「What? Altria-chan? Ya… I haven’t seen her.」

「I’m sorry that I can’t be of any help…」

「You’re welcome.」

Judging by Adriana-san’s reaction she suddenly remembered something.

「Ah, that’s right. Seiichi-san」

「Would you happen to be aware of Altria-chan’s… predisposition?」

「In that case, can I ask a favor of you?」
The sudden request caused me to respond with a goofy sound which caused Adriana-san to smile.

「Will you be able to get along with Altria-san? Even though she doesn’t look to be delicate, she is on the inside.」

「That’s why just a little is fine. I want you to snuggle with her a little.」

I tilted my head as I didn’t fully understand what Adriana-san wanted.
Adriana-san laughed a bit then continued.

「Even if you don’t fully understand it’ll be fine. Just stay the same Seiichi-san that will diligently search for Altria-chan.」

Up until now Adriana-san has been just smiling and halting my search.

「She called me Oji-sama… 」

I unintentionally released a bitter smile at Adriana-san’s words.

「Should I start asking around again…」
I was beginning to think so but switched to wondering if I had a convenient item for this situation.

I took out a silver stone shaped like a compass needle. (TL: I will henceforth call this item the silver needle)

Well, I’m outside this time.

The Silver Needle began to float and pointed across the street.
Progress has been made.

「I see… This direction huh. 」

「 …That? …That direction is…」
Then, to catch up to Altria-san, I began running in the direction the Silver Needle had pointed to.

「Of course…」

「This is… Isn’t this where my first request was?」

I felt I could complete it without any skill because no one was around then.
However, I destroyed it without thinking and there was only rubble left.

I activated 『Search』.

Without any hesitation I walked over there and — found.
「Altria-san.」

Altria-san was hidden in the shade of some rubble sitting on her knees.

I sat down near her but because her back was facing me I couldn’t see her facial expression.
Silence was all that was heard for a while and in that silence I made no attempt to start a conversation.

I had no idea what to say… because I had no idea why she had suddenly run.

I was thinking this when a small voice came from Altria-san.

「Hey…Seiichi」

「Is someone… Like me actually… needed?」

「Even though someone like me will always cause problems?」

「 …You really don’t dislike the idea…?」
「…Really. Everyone loves Altria-san. Sarria, Gassul, and even Ellis… Everyone considers you important. Even I love you.」

I never thought as Altria-san as someone that shouldn’t exist.

I mean, if you don’t say it no one will know.

「Is that… so?」

「…Uu… gu~tsu…(gulping sound)」

Altria-san buried her face in her lap muffling her now frantic weeping.

Kenji or Shota would have been in this setting before. Unfortunately, I have always been traveling on the unpopular person’s road. I don’t know how to comfort women.

I squeezed my hand. I can’t save her heart.

At that time, suddenly Adriana’s words popped into my head.

『I want you to snuggle with her a little』

How do I… Snuggle? Physically? Or emotionally?

In that case, emotionally…

『Altria-san! Gyu~tsu! 』
From the moment I remembered Saria’s actions my body was already moving on its own as if it was prompted from Saria.

I hugged Altria-san from behind.
When Saria hugged Altria-san like this I was in wonder as to her insight into Altria-san’s anxiety filled heart. It was not like that this time. Altria-san was happy from being freed of that anxiety but was also confused. She had thought of herself as a calamity but instead she was rather liked by everyone. Contrary to earlier, how should I have contact with everyone… I think that kind of anxiety was swirling around.

だけど今、そのサリアはいない。(I know I added words in this one… It’s due to not having an equal expression in English…)
It’s too late once a child becomes insecure, regardless of the foundation a parent lays in the heart with what they say, a new understanding happens. If a parent thinks a child has insecurities they will handle them gently as if there are a fragile package. It was the same with Saria when we talked about the orphanage. Apparently she is naturally displaying her maternal instincts. Saria had also seen through Altria-san’s anxiety earlier and had handled her gently hugging her from behind to give her peace of mind… but Saria isn’t here this time.

There is no one else here that can become Altria-san’s foundation. It may be a completely unreliable foundation but a little should be fine…

「Na~tsu!? A..au…uu…」
…huh?

I thought it would be good to calm Altria-san down even if it was just a little so I imitated Saria’s hug…

…No, if you thoroughly think about it, haven’t I… done something extremely daring?
The moment my head reached the conclusion my face became hot. Oh… my face is definitely bright red…!

No, calm down! No matter how much patience it requires! I think Altria-san’s heart should have relaxed a little.

… That’s not the point?! Why should I relax!?

I know the title 『smell player』 once perfectly cut though… Ah my own insecure side has come out. That’s why someone gently hugged me!
Interrupting me, my arm was lightly patted as I hugged Altria-san.

「Alright… I’m fine already」

Separating really is embarrassing.

「T-that… is. Um… was embarrassing…」

「For hugging… thank… you…」

With her cheeks dyed red and while looking slightly upward Altria-san had said so.

But… I couldn’t do it. The destructive power we horrible. My resistance won’t come out.

Once again an indescribably air subtly flows around us.
…More than that, I think it’s good that Altria-san had the opportunity to face the person she had been avoiding eye contact with until now.

Still, Altria-san’s curse had not been solved.

But… the luck status was -2 million huh… Thinking about it again, that value is tremendous.

Is there nothing that can be done? Something I can do…

If only Altria-san’s luck value didn’t have the negative…

…The negative… didn’t exist…?

The way to solve Altria-san’s curse…!

「I beg of you!」

I immediately took out the equipment from the item box.
「H-hey. Just what are you doing?」

Altria-san raised a voice in confusion.

I took out the equipment I had received from the treasure box, 『The Ring of Misfortune』.

…Which finger should I put it on?
Come to think of it…. It wasn’t mentioned if the ring will resize itself automatically for the wearer…

It’s possible that it may not fit on any of Altria-san’s fingers.

Now all that remains is for the ring to cancel the negative!
With that I checked Altria-san’s fingers one by one.

「Se-seiichi?」

…Due to the cuteness that could likely cause me to fall in love I consciously moved back to Altria-san’s left hand.
「…Thumb… no good. Index… no good. In that case middle… ku~tsu! 」

The remaining ones are the ring finger and the pinky…

In that case it can’t be helped.

Oh! Perfect!

As luck would have it the ring perfectly fit Altria-san’s finger and I unintentionally smiled under the hood.

「Wh-what the!?」

Despite the ring shining right in front of my face there was no damage to my eyes. Instead Altria-san and I were wrapped in a soft light.
Eventually the soft light faded and the ring continuously emitted a small violet glow.

With exception of the light its appearance didn’t really change.

Spontaneously I used my appraisal skill.
『The Ring of Happiness』 …Dream class equipment. A blessing from two people’s feelings for each other— By treasure chest. The curse on the wearer is cancelled and luck is doubled.

Treasure cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeest!

I don’t really understand the part about two peoples feelings but thanks to you Altria-san was saved!
I should tell her that her curse was solved.

「Altria-san! Your curse is solved!」

As I excitedly say that Altria-san begins to confirm her status with a little bit of a low atmosphere.
As Altria-san looks at her status her eyes open wide.

「N-no way… that’s right?」

「T-that’s a lie. Th-this happiness continues. I received that from everyone… everything, it has to be a dream…!

To help Altria-san calm down I firmly took her hand.

「You may not believe it but this isn’t a dream! You are no longer a calamity! 」

I showed her the ring of misfortune — the ring of happiness on her finger.

「That’s why… I think you’ve had your share of unhappiness already, from now on be happy. I—- will support you with everything I have. 」

Let’s look back at the situation.

Then, remembering the existence of the ring I got from the Treasure Chest I put it on her left ring finger.

「Isn’t that a proposal!? 」

The fuck did I do!? This kind of a ridiculous mistake!?

… Huh? But… It could only be like that on Earth. Isn’t this a different world?

「but then Altria-san’s reaction… aaaaaaaah! I don’t understand! 」

There’s no point in escaping reality; while feeling that I chased down Altria-san.

…Ah but…

Finishing up to now, we’re on top a mountain of rubble.
Under the clear blue sky; it feels like an image of a Treasure box giving a thumbs up should be floating there.

「1.. 2.. 3.. Oh, it looks like I get some money for helping people.」

「10,000 G 」

「My turn next… Oh. I also got a 3」

「Ok. Um… Oh it looks like I get 50,000 G in baby gifts from the next person to roll」
「So much!? K the next person is… It’s me!」

I —- Bell Giselle, the fat Terry Hemuto, and the overly skinny Bosco Dan were playing.

「Ya I think so too. What was the name of this game again?」
「Wasn’t it… 『The Game of Life』 at least that’s what I thought it was called.」

That’s right. In front of us were a lot of little game pieces and the board which had a little road with instructions written on it. On the top of the board were instructions on how to move your pieces and the dice decide how many places those pieces can move.

「Ho~o. That’s a nice world… that kind of place.」

Bosco said he went to a nice world before and I was thinking of enjoying something like that.

To begin I’ve fought magicians to protect myself not too long ago.

That unintentionally leaked from my mouth.
Somehow the atmosphere became serious so Teri changed the topic to a more tolerable one.

「Oh next time can’t we play『Trump』?」

「Well… let’s see… you have 4 suits on these cards; Hearts, Diamonds, Spades, and Clubs. Each one has a number on it 1-13.」

I was unintentionally attracted to the explanation. Bosco answered my question

「I heard this from my friend… 『Poker』and 『Old Maid』or… Ah, and there is also 『Doubt』. Anyways, this torump (intentionally misspelled) can be played in all sorts of ways.」

「Ah it doesn’t really mean the Old Maid got a divorce though… 」
「I don’t really understand it. Wha? What do you do? 」

There were a lot of words with unknown meanings flying around and unless I played it I wouldn’t know if it was fun or not.

「That’s right… I don’t remember much of the rules of Doubt… 」
「Meh that’s ok let try it anyways. 」

Just give me a simplified version of the rules.
In short you hide your cards from your opponents and place cards face down on the table. If no one doubts your card is the said card then it stays on the table but if someone thinks you’re lying they shout “Doubt” and if you lied you have to pick up all the cards if it’s true then that person gets them all.

What a harsh set of rules those humans made…!

Fu~tsu… In short lying is good in this game. This game is composure!

[Seven]

[[Doubt]]
[Nooooooooo!?] (TN: Yeh, no idea about this sorry. It think it’s just an expression of surprise)

Result——-I suffered a disastrous defeat.

To we three people, who were non chalantly enjoying our everyday life, the door was suddenly bashed open.

[……]

The expression of Reiya-sama who had entered the room was surprisingly serious.

While playing games in the sitting posture, we stop to look at Reiya-sama.
Then Reiya-sama who had been quiet up until now, slowly opens her mouth.

[…..the Black Dragon God….has been defeated]
[[[……..huh?]]]

Together we raise a stupid voice.

I thought it was impossible. That person, if you exclude the demon king, has the highest war potential in all of *** (TN: Again another name, this time of a country). He cannot be defeated.

While looking down on us, Reiya-sama spoke once again.

“The black dragon god, it was defeated”
“………..” x3

The expression of Reiya-sama is too serious, her words must be true.

For this reason, i am surprised and completely dumbstruck.

“For now, to regain the Black dragon god’s power I must travel to [The labyrinth of the black dragon god]”

“During my absence, you must protect this place.”

Even if you ask with a serious expression, we have no choice but to shut up. Besides if we follow Reiya-sama, we will certainly be a burden to Reiya-sama. But, in the first place, to imagine Black Dragon God being defeated by humans, we wouldn’t have such thoughts. Because of that, it was troubling for Black Dragon God and Reiya-sama. 1111
“Somehow I expected what I imagined you guys are doing upon arriving here…. But, even I wouldn’t have thought Black Dragon God be defeated. That’s why, you guys shouldn’t worry about it. Besides, although the idea was good, it was still naive. Fortunately, thanks to the dungeon, Black Dragon God should have recovered…. That said, it shouldn’t be a complete recovery, I’ll be heading over to make sure he completely recovers.”

We were impressed by the words and actions of Reiya-sama. This guy’s various action… He’s quite amazing…. She still doesn’t have a boyfriend. Besides, if it is Reiya-sama, he will certainly be able regain the power of Black Dragon. We looked at Reiya-sama with shining eyes, as Reiya-sama grumbled slightly.

“Well…. the Demon King will be able to regain his powers”

“Anyways! While I am not here, make sure to properly guard this castle”

Hearing our replies, Reiya-sama nodded gratefully and used teleportation magic, disappearing from the spot. When Reiya-sama was sure to have left, Terry and Bosco called out to me.

“Hey….”

“Somehow, you seem to have a serious look”

The both of them seems to be worried about me. I have such good friends! While I was thinking of such things, I honestly spoke what was troubling me.

” ” Bell-san….” ”
It was painful looking at their cold gaze.

“Pull back your weapon! In combat, a single opportunity is fatal!”

“100 more times!”

The one who had been teaching us, is the knight commander of this country, Zakir Gilford-san.

The dull silver armor carved with many scratches, giving an atmosphere of a veteran, was clearly different from the ordinary soldiers.

We the summoned heroes, practiced in order to master the “Holy Sword” which will inevitably be placed in our hands.

Unlike the time with Zakir, following the instruction of someone with the common sense of this world, all of us were able to safely make the holy sword appear.

The so called 『Holy Attribute』, when used against demon folk, in order to have maximum effectiveness, surprisingly, all of us are undergoing training to skillfully handle it, under Zakir’s guidance.

“5 more! …4! 3! 2! 1! … Okay, that’s it!”

In sync with Zakir’s instructions, we held down our wooden swords.

Senior Kanazuki and I were originally Kendo club members, so it wasn’t that much of a hurdle, Kenji also passed through sheer will power.
As everyone catches their breath, while resting their aching bodies, Zakia said.

“Today’s training ends here. Each of you make sure to get enough rest.]

After giving out minimal required instructions, Zakir takes leave.
Normally this is where everyone disbands, but this time it’s different

“Please wait up a bit!”

The one who called Zakir to wait was, Seiichi’s class representative, Aoyama.

“When is it that we’ll stop swinging and get some real battle experience? Our status is increasing but our level is still the same.”

“Isn’t that what you’ve said before? I .. still think that defeating weak monsters and leveling up is still the best way to get stronger.”

As Aoyama said so, the others who’ve kept quiet up till now started stirring up unanimously.

“Yeah, thats right isn’t it !”

[The original spec of our body was high to begin with, so it’s definitely better to be strong via leveling up ]
[Zakir-san, please let us fight monsters already]

Voices of complaint slowly rise.

Indeed, leveling up will definitely make us stronger by now.

Then, Zakir who was listening to the student’s complaints in silence, said.

“……The policy will remain unchanged. tomorrow you’ll continue the swings, and perform simple combat exercise. And that’s that”

After saying that, Zakir turned and left.
When the figure of Zakir’s back disappears, the student’s throw out complaints one after the other.

[Whats with that guy!]

[What’s the point of doing something so meaningless?]
[Is there something wrong with his head?]

Everyone is just saying what they want

Though it’s true that i practiced kendo, but when its comes to real combat i’m just an amature. its best to leave things to pros.
As i concluded so, I continued to watch the scene as students kept spewing ugly epithets in front of my eyes.

[Ahhh…]

Upon the balcony where the beautiful moonlight shines, I…… Zakir Gilford lets out a sigh

[…This isn’t going to be easy is it… …]
[What isn’t…..?]

Unexpectedly, a voice came from behind.
I wasn’t startled by the voice that came from behind. As i’ve already sense that there was a presence nearby.

[Oh it’s you, Orpheus……]

[….Do as you please]

The one who replied my with a gentle smile was the gentle mannered man with brown curly hair, Orpheus Almond the knight leader assistant

Like me orpheus looked up at the moon silently
Then, slowly he started to speak.

[Zakir, the training today was harsh]

(everything below here still in yellow highlight, I’m not entirely sure about)<-Lonjest

While , I’m not trying to hide it in particularly, I tell Orpheus.

「What?」
Orpheus had a shocked expression on his face, was my answer that unexpected.

「They are…… a people not use to war. And yet, saying that they will be relied upon for the subjugation of the Demon King, it’s something that can’t be understood」

「Moreover. ……I’m telling you now, I don’t want to fight a war against demons. I hope to coexist」

Orpheus’s eyes, opened really wide.

「No problem…. That’s because there is… only you, here」

「It will not be alright if the [King Sword] is like that」

「…… Is that Alph」

He is gentle to the people, will immediately help those in trouble no matter their race…… That’s the kind of person he is.

From that day, there was never any peace.

「……Certainly, the present King…… Although the story has wandered off, I understand you don’t want them to die. But, why don’t you let them gain actual fighting experience?」

「That’s……」

「I know that I am selfish. However, they do not want to die just as much as us. If I came from a peaceful world, I’d want to live in that wonderful world. …… It’s simply that」

「Zakir…… You are too cowardly……」(it’s either awkward or cowardly I’m not sure here. I’m thinking cowardly)

I didn’t hear the mutter of Orpheus, and just disappear into the night.

Chapter end