(Um, Sorry) I’ve Been Reincarnated! - Chapter 136

Chapter 136

” Good Morning~ ”

Ruby sang as she pushed open the thick wooden door even if the sign said [Closed] . She was treating it as though her own home . Well, that was because this was ‘Dyan’s Magical Tool Shop’ . Zen’s father’s shop, who always caused his son to worried after his sloppy lifestyle .

Ruby had been coming over ever since she was little . Plus, she had gotten used to entering and changing the sign to [Open] every morning for the past 6 months . Because if she were to leave it, the sign would remained [Closed] forever . Zen had, with deep worry in his eyes before leaving for school, asked for her help in looking after his father .

To Zen, Ruby was his childhood friend as well as an older sister whom he could rely on . That very Zen had also promised her that he would try his very best in school, even trying to skipped grades, all so he could take over the shop someday .

As for Ruby, she was thinking of staring out as a newbie hunter in this town, Tattora, of the Sociunnov territory . It seemed that a few generations back, Ruby’s family had migrated over and was working as a hunter by using their special Cat Beastmen’s nimble and agile ability . Ruby wanted to continue the family’s line .

Zen had always said that he won’t lose to her so she was looking forward to what he would say this time . As Ruby had also teased this little boy who loved sticking close to her, she had forced him to say stuff like ” I am going to graduate in a blink of an eye! And I definitely will not return home before then! Definitely! ” before glaring at her . But she was sure that he would find an excuse and come back .

Ruby smiled .

” Oh . You’re early, Ruby . ”
” No, I’m not! Baron is the one who’s late! The other shops had long since opened for business . It’s because you’re like this that even Zen is worried about you! ”

The ‘even Zen’ phrase shown how much Ruby knew about Zen’s natural airheadedness . But Ruby was not wrong . The common time to open up the shop was when adventurers or hunters started heading towards the adventure guild .

As the missions they took was often more than not dangerous, they loved spending their money as they do not know when they would meet their demise . Very few would had money left on them overnight . So it would be hard for normal merchants not to bank in on this chance . Even Ruby was on her way to the adventure guild as she dropped by the shop, it being along the way .

” Ah, but I just seem to always forget about turning the sign over . ”
” That’s why I said it’s better not to even hang up the sign in the first place! ”

That sloppy way of thinking made Ruby can’t help but to tsukkomi . But to think Baron’s eyes would started sparkling .

” Good idea!!!! ”
” Stop jokinya around!! ”

She yelled, even stumbling over her words . Aah . Ruby sighed . This happen every morning . Ruby’s mum had always said that it was because Zen had such a father that he grew up to be so diligent . But Ruby thought otherwise .

Zen’s father was sloppy, but underneath all the sloppiness, he was actually quite airheaded . Yes, like father like son .

” Seriously… . Get a hold of yourself! I’m going to the guild! ”

Ruby had started to nag even though she was still young but that was also because she was forced to .

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Reaching the guild, it was already packed with people . As most of them were her sempais, she greeted them as she headed towards the notice board . As a hunter, she was always on the lookout every morning for missions that requesed for the subjugation of a certain animal or beast, or the supply of some ingredients . Also not forgetting to look for gathering (herbs/plants) missions that she could do on the way to hunt .

After checking the notice board, she confirmed the missions she had accepted before heading out towards the forest .

” The subjugation of [Hornet]… ”

She mumbled to herself as she walked . [Hornet] were a large bee-type of demon beasts . Requests to subjugate them would come out every summer . But, these [Hornets] had extremely good sense of smell so for Cat Beastmen who hide in the shadows, they were a huge threat .

But, the meaning behind these requests appearing every summer would meant that there were quite a number of them in the forest . It would be bad if she were to met one . Not only has it had a fiery temper, it also had that poisonous sting so all Ruby could do was to pray that she would never meet it .

” Sigh… . . Please don’t let it appear, please don’t let it appear . . ”

She was rather unwilling to hunt during this season . But she was her job so she could only try to overcome it when it came .

Taking a deep breath and preparing herself, Ruby then stepped into the forest .

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After walking in the forest for a while, Ruby began to notice something wrong . There was no beasts around . [Tanuki] or even [Rabbit] that she always hunted was no where to be seen .

This was the [Demon Forest] . It should be brimming with beasts . Then, Ruby noticed something in front of her . It was traces of a campground . And from the traces, there should be quite a number of people .

Weird .

Definitely weird .

Those who entered the forest were usually locals who rarely ventured deep inside . That’s why it was normal for them to head home once the sun set . Although there were still people who would go deep into the forest, they were mostly people who knew what they were doing and would not leave such obvious traces around .

Plus, that large number of people .

From the leftover traces, Ruby can determined that quite a large number of people spend the night here . The only group that passes by with that amount of people would only be merchants that came a few times every month .

But they would usually enter through the path facing south near the town and not through this forest .

As Ruby was deep in thought, she suddenly snapped her head up .

” … . are… . coming… . ! Hunters… . . danger… ”

She then felt a force hitting the back of her head . As she heard some voices talking behind her, her consciousness began to go black .