The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick up Trash - Volume 6 - Chapter 298

Chapter 298:

Please Let It Go

“MR. DRUID, Guild Master Priya is scaring me,” I muttered quietly as I watched the guild master gleefully stare at Druid’s sword.

“I’d give up if I were you, Ivy. He seems to think of you as sort of…god-tier,” Druid answered in an equally quiet murmur. I wasn’t at all happy with what he said, though.

“Please…can’t it be springtime already?”

I wanted to go someplace far from Priya’s adoring gaze.

“Sorry, don’t think that’s possible.”

“Do you think Snakey could take us all the way to the next village if I asked it to?”

We were about to enter a true snowy season, so traveling seemed like it would be impossible. But I had the feeling we could do it if Snakey helped us… Stop it, Ivy, you know that’s not happening.

“I do get the feeling that it would take us away if you asked nicely,” Druid replied.

“Huh?!” His answer startled me. Would it really take us far away? But wouldn’t that be asking too much of it?

“You shouldn’t be so shocked. What did it do earlier today? It put your needs first and let you ride on its back.”

Come to think of it, he’s right. But I still think the next village over would be asking too much.

“If you did ask the serpent deity to take us to the next village, Priya would probably make you a legend in his circle.”

“Eeek…” I sighed louder than I meant to.

“Is something wrong?” Priya asked, looking over at the sound of my voice.

“Uh, everything’s fine, thanks.”

If only he could act normal all the time, like he’s doing just now. I sighed quietly and felt a soft weight on my head. I reached up and gave Snakey’s face a few pats. Well, I say “face,” but my hands couldn’t reach that far, so it was more like its jaw.

“Ciel sure is taking a long time.”

“Yeah.”

“Pu! Pu, pu.”

“Pefu!”

Ten minutes had passed since Ciel had gone on its little outing, and I still couldn’t sense its aura. Where in the world had it run off to?

“Oh!”

Then I suddenly felt Ciel’s aura coming toward us. It was still quite a ways away, but it was definitely the adandara.

“Pu! Puuu.” Sora happily bounced around, also sensing Ciel’s aura. And although Sol didn’t bounce, it did jiggle happily on my shoulder.

“Oh, Sol! That feels really nice.”

“Pefu!”

Sol’s vibrations were going through my shoulder, and it felt inexplicably good.

“Thanks, buddy.”

“Ciel’s back.” Druid drew his sword and cast his eyes toward the trees. The sound of Ciel approaching was getting louder and louder.

“Hi, Ciel… Oh, it’s got something in its—wait, that’s a bearth.”

Ciel was carrying a bearth in its mouth. It must have gone hunting. After I said I wished I could see a bearth moving around, a crazy thought had occurred to me. But apparently Ciel had just gone off on a normal hunt.

“Good to have you back, Ciel.”

Ciel walked over to me and gently lowered its catch at my feet, but there was something different about the way it was moving. It sent shivers down my spine.

“Wait a minute…is this bearth still breathing?” Druid asked.

I stared at the bearth. Then it jumped to its feet, looked at us, and froze on the spot. Its face was only a few meters away from Ciel and Snakey.

“Ivy…don’t tell me you gave Ciel a special request?”

“No, sir, I most certainly didn’t. I just…said it would be nice if I could see a living bearth.”

I’d never dreamed Ciel would catch one and bring it back to me alive.

“Now I get it,” Druid said. “Ciel must have brought it back to make you happy, Ivy.”

I had to admit I was pleased to see a living bearth…but still.

“That bearth…I feel kind of sorry for it.”

“Yeah, it’s in quite a tragic situation.”

Ciel was poking the bearth, probably trying to get it to move, but it still stayed completely motionless. And Snakey was even worse; it was knocking over the bearth with its nose.

“Um…er…what exactly are they doing?” Priya wore a look of utter bewilderment as he watched Ciel and Snakey play with the bearth.

“Um…it’s all my fault, sir.”

“What?!”

“Mr. Druid…I’m gonna go make them stop.”

“Yeah, thanks. This is a bit beyond me…”

Ciel, Snakey, you should both know better than to play with a poor bearth when it’s frozen in terror.

“Ciel, Snakey, please give it a rest.”

The two creatures stopped and stared at me. Ciel, I know you brought it as a present.

“Thanks for doing this for me, Ciel. I’m so happy I get to see a living bearth.”

Mrrrow.

“Well, I’ve had enough now. Could you please let it go?”

And you both liked teasing the bearth, didn’t you? I saw how you were pawing at it faster and faster.

“Pu, puuu.” Sora sounded a bit upset by my order.

“Sora, the bearth isn’t having a good time. It’s scared.”

Sora, who loved being poked around by Ciel, was eyeing the bearth with envy.

“It doesn’t think this is a game at all, understand? Just look how it’s shaking.”

“Puuu?” Sora gave me a strange look.

Come on, Sora, are you really that desperate to get pushed around by Ciel? It makes me worry for your future.

The bearth, now freed from its playmates, was jerkily darting its eyes back and forth. It couldn’t move freely, since Ciel and Snakey were still nearby.

“Ciel, Snakey, come over here. The poor thing is petrified.”

Mew?

“Ohhh, wait, were you trying to hunt it? Please don’t. It’s had enough.”

As soon as the two monsters moved over to me, the bearth jumped up and ran away. It wobbled a little as it ran, so that probably wasn’t how it normally moved.

“Oh, why did you let it escape?” Guild Master Priya pointed at the fleeing bearth.

“I just felt sorry for the poor thing.”

“Ah, yes. I can see why.” Priya smiled.

“Have you finished looking over this area, sir?” I asked.

It was definitely a treacherous place to explore, especially with the deep snow.

“Yes, ma’am. It’s an area I already knew pretty well, so all it needed was a quick once-over.”

Wow, he sure knows a lot about this forest.

“Do you want to head back, then?” Druid asked. “Or is there anything else you wanted to do while we’re here?”

“Oh, no, I’m fine, thank you.”

Since the guild master had finished his task, we decided to head back to the village.

“Would you please take us back, too?” I asked, petting Snakey’s nose.

It nuzzled its nose in my belly, then hoisted me up onto its back, just like before.

“See, Ivy? If you ask, I think it would take us to that place we were talking about earlier.”

“Take you where?” Priya gave us a strange look.

“Nowhere, sir. Honestly, Mr. Druid!”

“Ha ha ha, sorry. Come on, Guild Master, better get on or we’ll leave you behind. It’s okay for us to ride, too, right?”

Snakey nodded, then quickly brought its face close to mine.

“Thanks.” I petted its nose, and it smiled softly at me.

“Pu! Pu, puuu.”

“Pefu!”

Sora and Sol also must have been thanking Snakey, because its eyes narrowed into an even softer smile. Ciel was still in adandara form, which meant it would probably run alongside us. Its tail was spinning in circles, so it must have been enjoying itself.

“Wow, you didn’t wake up all day, did you?” I opened the lid of the bag Flame was in and took a little peek.

“Hm?”

“I’m talking to Flame. I’ve been checking on it in the bag all day, but it’s showing no signs of waking up.”

“Ha ha ha! Classic Flame,” Druid chuckled.

It was classic Flame behavior…but had it ever slept that long before?