Chapter 29
Today we take a request within town . However it isn’t by no means a simple one .
It’s a request to subjugate demonic beasts that made a nest at a certain house .
By the way, I and Firia have arrived at the suburbs where the house is located at .
“Demonic beasts appear even within town, huh . ”
“Our targets seem to be capable of flying, after all . No matter how tight the gate is guarded, it’s still impossible to completely block the ones coming through the air . Moreover, it appears that their size also isn’t that big . ”
Our targets are bee-like demonic beasts called Mabee .
They’re around palm-size big, for bees that’s indeed big, but compared to other demonic beasts, such a size falls on the small side .
To perceive such information ever before coming into contact with them, as expected of me, the intelligent muscle .
“Aren’t those the information that I gathered?”
“Don’t peek into my mind… . Moreover, Firia, you may be the one who gathered them, but given the fact that I managed to discern those information, that still qualify me as intelligent muscle . ”
I release the limiter only on my muscle arms and clench my fists .
The beauty of these muscles… no matter from where you look at them, they’re such intelligent muscles .
“I feel that your standard of intelligence is too low, though . ”
“Hey, let’s get going . ”
“Ah, yes . ”
The client’s house is straight a bit into the suburbs .
Each house is separated by around ten meters, so the area is kinda quiet .
The client is already waiting for our arrival in front of the house .
“I’ve been waiting for your arrival . Pleased to meet you . ”
“Hello . ”
“My name is Firia and he is Yuri-san . Likewise, pleased to meet you . ”
After exchanging short greetings, I immediately ask about where the Mabees are .
“Is the nest in the courtyard?”
“Yes . Unfortunately, they made their nest in the place where magic stone is installed at, so…”
The client points out at the inner part of the garden .
“—it turned into like that . ”
At the place he’s pointing at, there’s a huge nest that’s seemingly eroding the wall around it and a repulsive amount of mabees flying about around it .
“Uhyawaeah!?”
Firia lets out such a strange voice .
But it isn’t like I don’t understand where that comes from .
“So huge… . . ”
With such a size they can’t be called bees anymore . Aren’t they no less than thirty centimeters big?
Moreover, the wings size is clearly imbalanced to their body size .
The appearance of those mabees, which are flying while letting out nerve-wrecking buzzes, is indeed quite the nasty one .
“Ma, Mabee’s food is magical energy . Seems like as the result of accumulating so much nutrients through devouring the magic stone which was abundant with magical energy, they’ve grown to such a size, right?”
Firia, who seemingly has somehow overcome her shock, lets out such a comment .
“Yes, that’s why we are unable to do anything to them anymore… . ”
The client replies in a very troubled voice .
Well, that’s a matter of course, though . Given the fact that demonic beasts of such a size are flying about it his courtyard, it isn’t just a matter of obstructing daily activities .
Seems like I need to ease his worry first here .
I confidently pound my chest .
“Worry not . As we’ve already here, everything is as good as settled . Right, Firia?”
“Yes, please don’t worry about it and head to somewhere safe first . I think we will need about an hour to deal with them . ”
“Really?! Thank you very much!”
The client moves away from his house with a happy face .
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“… Yuri-san, Yuri-san . ”
When the client is completely out of view, Firia immediately calls out to me .
“What’s it, Firia?”
“Do we really have to deal with that?”
Firia floats the most forced smile I’ve ever seen, her face is all twitching .
“If my face is as thick as yours that can withstand being told ‘after spouting all those big words, in the end that’s all you could do, huh’, I think I don’t mind leaving them be . ”
“…we have no choice but to deal with them . For I’m the transcendental beautiful elf girl Firia-san, I shan’t allow such repulsive beings be . ”
Firia clenches her fist in front of her chest .
“I’ll still deal with them even by myself, though . If you can’t stand them, I don’t mind if you don’t participate, you know?”
If it’s a combat, it’s still fun even if I’m alone, after all, so if she can’t stand them, I don’t mind dealing with them by myself .
However Firia shakes her head .
“No, for my reward part… I have to… . ”
While rubbing her goosebumps hand, Firia utters so .
“Are you sure you’re alright?”
“If I die, please dispose of my bones to the sky… . ”
“Don’t say something that inauspicious…”
Like that, I and Firia decide to deal with the Mabees .
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“Ora!”
When I fire pistol punch toward the nest that’s sticking on the house wall, sensing danger, the Mabees are coming out one after another . There are about sixty to seventy of them .
Looking at the scene, that’s indeed quite bizarrely repulsive .
“Uwaa, a lot coming out… . ”
“Well, of course they are . ”
Seeing Mabees appearing one after another, Firia’s trembling .
“Are you ready, Firia? They’re coming!”
I fire another pistol punch towards the center of the Mabees .
Several Mabees fall to the ground, but most of them spread widely and surround us .
“Don’t come! Please! Please~!”
Firia haphazardly shoots magic toward the approaching Mabees .
Receiving never-ending barrage of magic, the Mabees are unable to come close to Firia .
“Not bad Firia . But I won’t let you outshone me!”
I won’t let her take all of the credit like this .
And so I charge forward toward the flock of Mabees .
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After tens of minutes passed, after defeating the last one, I confirm that we’ve completed the request .
“It’s over . ”
“No, no more… . ”
Firia falls down on the spot .
Looks like she’s pushed herself too much .
Prowess-wise, opponents of such level weren’t enough to pose as a threat to her at all, but seems like the mental burden wasn’t a light one .
“Hey, are you okay?”
I hold out my hand toward Firia .
Firia uses her tender hand to take mine and stands up .
“Mo, more or less… . More importantly, Yuri-san, you seemed to get stung several times, but are you alright? It’s hard to imagine you losing against Mabees, but…”
“I kinda wanted to taste their stings, so I let them stung me . ”
“…? Huh, so you got stung on purpose?!”
“Yeah . But they weren’t good at all . My skin seemed to be tougher, so when they stung me, their stings snapped instead . ”
I let out a sigh .
I thought it’d be a good training, but this level of demonic beasts weren’t enough at all .
“…Yuri-san, is your skin made of metal or something?”
“Don’t trifle with me, Firia . My muscles are way tougher than metal!”
Just look at these muscles .
Properly trained muscles won’t get injured by mere stings .
It can even be said that I’m wearing a natural armor .
As far as I’m concerned, the mightiest armor is muscle .
“…I see, good for you…”
Firia expressionlessly says so .
“Hey, isn’t your reaction too lukewarm?”
“I’m already too tired to be surprised . Moreover, thinking too deeply about you is just a waste of time, Yuri-san . ”
I see .
“The so called ‘Don’t think, but feel’, right? Not bad, Firia . ”
“…well, let’s just leave it as that . ”
Firia lets out an astounded sigh .
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When we informed that we’d subjugated every Mabee, the client exaggeratedly thanked us .
It could hardly pose as training, but it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing considering the client’s happy expression .
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