I Reincarnated Into a Vending Machine - Chapter 65

Chapter 65

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Ramis, who performed the rigorous special training everyday, although for only a few hours, was adapting to the environment .

The contents of the special training were; to go on errands within the community with me on her back . To go to the toilet within the inn by herself at night . Walk around the community with me on her back .

The excruciatingly painful contents seemed to break her heart time and time again, but she overcame it with a persistent spirit and became able to freely move about the community as long as I was on her back – – am I too sweet on her?

Maa, in exchange the urban legends of the community came to include one of a girl wandering around while carrying pleasant-smelling steel box, but that’s insignificant .

“Hyurumi, I’m now perfectly alright! I’m not afraid anymore . ”

Even now she’s startled when people suddenly come out of the side streets, to the degree where she’ll jump, but yeah, compared to before, she’s steadily made progress .

“I see, I see . I also saw Ramis doin’ her best, yeah? Then, let’s move on ta the next step?”

“Whatever it is, come at me!”

She strikes her chest full of confidence . Seems like she’s gained quite a bit of confidence with these few days of special training .

“Oo, you said it well . Well then, next is goin’ out into the community without Hakkon and – -“

“Impossible, please spare me . ”

Faster than she finished speaking, she nimbly bent her waist and took a position of lowering her head at a 90 degree angle . It’s pretty immaculate . She didn’t even hesitate a bit . Looks like walking around alone is still too high of a hurdle .

“I think it’ll be fine ‘cause you’ll be together with Hakkon even while explorin, but it’s that, yeah? The problem is whether you’ll be fine goin’ outside the community . ”

“I,I’ll be fine . Look, there’s also going to be other people . I won’t be alone .

“Maa, that’s true . Oh yeah, Leader said he’s expectin’ to bring the members for the exploration today . ”

O-, the search for the Ghost King is finally going to happen . I wonder what kind of other people will be participating alongside the usual Fools of Whimsy Brigade members . There are a lot of undead-types, so will the people coming be something like a monk or priest?

From what I know, people who have the Divine Protection of the type that can cures wounds are responsible for the job of healing in this world . It’s said that the old woman among my four early morning regulars has this Divine Protection

Magic that heals wounds also exists, so for me, I’m hoping for a nun-like woman and a man like a battle priest1

“-tto, this is where you guys are . Today I brought the lineup who are going on the exploration

This voice is, Leader Keryoil? Looks like he found us while we were wondering throughout the community for the sake of the special training .
The two girls turned around, and I also directed my line of sight towards Leader .

Behind Leader is the winner of the eating contest, the boy-cut wearing vacuum-girl Shui, and the four from the Big Eaters Brigade . The Red-White twins are there . So far it’s the usual members, but looks like there is another participant .

“It’s been awhile, Hakkon-san . Ramis-san and Hyurumi-san as well . ”

Jet black armor and a refreshing smile . So Mishael is also a companion . Although there’s nothing wrong with him when it comes to battle power… with just this large amount of people, will his communication disorder be okay?

“You guys already know Mishael, right? We’re trying him out in the Fools of Whimsy Brigade this time . If it goes well and the Lone Black Flash becomes our comrade, we’ll welcome him with both hands up . Seems like he’ll be checking our brigade during this time’s expedition . Naa, Mishael . ”

“No no, I’m just making sure of things like if I’ll hold you guys back, or if I can work cooperatively without being a hindrance . ”

It sounds like he’s being humble, but I’m the only one who knows that the latter part of that is actually the most important point . Right now it looks like he’s conversing normally, but I bet he’s so stressed out he’s sweating inside that armor .

He seems to be the only addition, but are there no priest-like people in this world? It’s bit of a pity .

“Right, then let’s go into a restaurant somewhere and go over the contents of the expedition and rough rewards . ”

Leader said, urging us like so, and all members flooded into an eatery nearby .

It’s a mid-sized shop with no other customers since it’s not a meal time, so it was bewildering to see a brigade come in suddenly .

“You see, you this many people . Could you make a reservation for later?”

Leader flicked a gold coin over to the waitress who came running up . ”

Seeing that, her attitude did a complete flip from before, and when she showed us to a large round table within the shop, she placed some sort of signboard-like thing in front of the door in the entryway . There’s probably something like ‘Currently Reserved’ written on it .
Everyone took their seats, and I was also set down in place of a seat after removing one of the chairs .

“I’m going to order an appropriate amount of food and drinks . Aa, you guys, don’t look at me like that . I get it, I’ll ask for a lot of food . ”

Upon seeing the watery eyes of Shui and the Big Eaters Brigade, Leader made a super-sized order . With these five people present, your Engel’s coefficient shoots up in an instant2 . Although for the food stalls, they’re delightful customers .

“Right then, I don’t mind if you eat, but listen up . This time, all members here are going to search out the Ghost King, with the intentions to bury it . A-, this time Vice-Leader has extenuating circumstances, so she’s doing other things . ”

“Because Vice-Leader’s scared -ssu, ne . ”(Shui)

“That’s definitely it; she’s too embarrassed to show her scared side to Leader . ” (White)

“For real, White? It’s way too unexpected for Vice-Leader to have such a cute side to her . ” (Red)

From the Brigade members’s whispered conversation, I understood the reason for Vice-Leader’s absence right away . In other words, she’s exactly like Ramis? People with strong wills tend to be bad with ghost stories, na .

But without the calm and composed assistant, Vice-Leader Felmina, I’ve become concerned about the expedition . I wonder who will divide the roles and settle the accounts .

“By the way, the reason we asked for the Big Eaters Brigade’s cooperation is because they won’t get overwhelmed with this kind of atmosphere and they have excellent tracking abilities . ”

“I don’t really get it, but humans aren’t good with dark places and things like corpse demons, or bone-people demons, or ghost-demons, ne . That’s not a feeling we understand . ” (Mikene)

“I hate the rotting meat smell of the corpse-demons, though . Because that stink makes me lose my appetite . ” (Pel)

Pel nodded his head deeply and wrinkled his face in response to Mikene’s statement . Seems like beastmen differ for humans concerning the sense of fear towards horror elements . When I think about it, the Big Eaters Brigade are fitting .

As a bonus, they have good ears and noses . In an emergency, they’re fast on their feet . You can say that these are considerably valuable abilities .

“This time, the search area is vast and the surroundings are dark . For us, we’re grateful that you can see in the dark . ”

Certainly, Tasmanian devils are nocturnal, after all… un, they might just be the best people for the job .

“I brought Shui and Red-White along by force . ”

“Tyrant! Even though I’m also scared-!” (Shui)

“Me too, even though, if I had to say one way or another, I’m bad with this stuff-!” (Red/White)

“Me too, me too!” (White/Red)

Leader Keryoil smiled widely at the Brigade members who were dropping complaint after complaint, and with, “You guys ain’t got the right to refuse,” he completely shut them down .

The Brigade members undauntedly jeered at him, and it became an unsightly quarrel . We’re used to this scene, so Ramis’ group disn’t stop, quietly lifting the food that was brought over to their mouths .

Mishael doesn’t understand the situation, but he doesn’t have the courage to insert himself into the conversation, so he’s petrified, forcibly keeping a smile plastered on his face .

After a while, both sides exhausted their vocabularies, so all the members of the Fools of Whimsy Brigade sat themselves down into their seat while breathing heavily, shoulders heaving .

“Right then, back on topic . The opponents on the Lamentations of the Dead Level are mostly corpse demons, bone-people demons, flame-rook-head demons, and ghost demons . For the explanations regarding these monster, Hyurumi, if you would?”

“Ou, leave it ta me . We fought the crap out of the flame-rook-head demons on the Maze Level, so I’ll leave them out . Oh, Mishael, you need an explanation?”

“No, it’s alright . Please continue . ”

“That so . Then, first is corpse demons . Like their name says, they are dead people movin’ around . There are ones with their rotten flesh sloughing off, an’ there are also ones like living people . Their main point is that their movements are sluggish but their power is strong . They group up, though rarely, and ya should avoid gettin’ bit . ”

In other words, a zombie .  In horror movies, typically it’s infectiously spread through biting, but since there wasn’t anything about that in the explanation, I suppose I don’t need to worry about that .

“Bone-people demons are movin’ skeletal specimens, na . There’re researchers who say that they’re corpse-demons who have had all their flesh fall off to the extreme, but I have a different opinion… –oops, I don’ need ta say that . They’re trait is fast movin’ but weak; it’s that, ya’ won’t go wrong thinkin’ they’re the exact opposite o’ corpse demons . ”

Bones seem like they’re very brittle, na . In certain moves, bone enemies are easily destroyed . The way Hyurumi talked about them also had no tension, like they’re small fry enemies .

“An’ so, last is the ghost demons, but they’re semi-transparent bodies won’t take direct attacks . So like, they’re pains in the asses, but their weakness is light . Ya can destroy them by bathin’ them in intense light . If your carryin’ light, they won’t get close ta you, either . ”

Is that how it is? So they won’t target me, huh? It looks like it will be better to constantly be lit up at night .

“Maa, those’re just the monsters that appear frequently, but aside from them, there’s also strong unique individuals and other monsters who’ve been seen in small numbers . So ya gotta be careful . ”

“Thanks for the explanation . I’m grateful that having Hyurumi here saves me the trouble of gathering information . We’re planning on leaving early tomorrow morning . Everyone make sure to make your own preparations . First we’ll spend about half a day searching then return to the community . We’ll repeat that for a while . So you won’t need that much luggage . ”

So we’re starting out with repeated day-trip searches? Thinking about Ramis’ situation, I think that’s best . It seems like the monsters get stronger at night, and it’s best to gather information about our enemies during a day trip .

While thinking about such things, when I glance over to the side, Ramis, whose fingers are sinking into my body, is nodding over and over like a broken mechanical doll .
A,are things going to be alright, from now on?