Yari no Yuusha no Yarinaoshi - Chapter 430

430 Three Sets of Clothes
 

Following my words, Father-in-law and Eclair turned to face me, their stiff movements all but audibly creaking.
It’s such a dear memory, right?
The figure of Father-in-law magnificently going and snatching away those thieves’ stockpiled money and goods.
After that, he was able to put the money he squeezed from them to use in fixing various issues.

“What!? Sir Iwatani would go so far as to do such a thing!?” (Eclair)
“I don’t know anything about this! Or rather, when was this even!? What is this sudden, brutal revelation!” (Naofumi)

Oh? It seems Father-in-law was so abruptly embarrassed that he has grown flustered.
Personally, I thought that Father-in-law back then seemed to overflow with kingly authority, what with the way he ignored Onee-san’s warnings.

“Motoyasu-kun!” (Naofumi)
“That’s right. ‘Robbers are resources! Release them without killing them, and then later you’ll be able to harvest them again’, you always exclaimed.” (Motoyasu)
“Sir Iwatani! By no means can it be said that you were summoned for such a cause, correct?” (Eclair)
“The heck Future-me, how much are you guilty of!” (Naofumi)

Oh? The atmosphere has been taken over by a great uproar, huh.
I wonder why?

“You didn’t work your slaves hard though?” (Motoyasu)
“I heard that much, but things like personally leveraging on robbers for their lives, what sort of bad joke is this? Depending on their reasons, wouldn’t they just continue to act like troubled individuals after only chasing them off?” (Naofumi)
“Well certainly, but… Even if we properly arrested the robbers, a different bandit group would just spread their influence into the vacuum, so one could say the result wouldn’t vary at all.” (Motoyasu)

Eclair looks shocked, looking down at her hands as she speaks.

“It is not likely that Sir Kitamura would speak falsely of Sir Iwatani. Going from what I see and believe of the present Sir Iwatani, I wonder, what sort of hell did that future Iwatani experience to be able to say… Something like that. Or rather, if my country’s reason has been warped to that extent… For that, I wish to apologize.” (Eclair)
“Well, before that, are there really so many bandits that you can say the world is bursting at the seams with them? Seriously, relief organizations may be nonexistent here, but really!” (Naofumi)
“Certainly, even when beat down again and again, they would always spring forth once more later.” (Motoyasu)
“You could say that potential bandits are as numerous as grains of sand at the beach. At least, some former heroes are said to have muttered as much following their own bandit exterminations, but… At the same time, if it’s such an impossible task, I feel like I have glimpsed a portion of Future Sir Iwatani’s strength in this scenario.” (Eclair)
“I don’t want that sort of scenario!” (Naofumi)

Father-in-law yelled out, for some reason appearing quite confused.
Well, I’ve grasped the atmosphere.
It’s only my former self, the me prior to my awakening as a hunter of love, that simply saw things in a way that would favor myself.
It’s even possible to say my former thought process pushed me into distaining Father-in-law’s every action.
Good Grief… I’m once again dumbfounded by the foolishness of the man I used to be.

“Motoyasu-kun’s words aren’t about the events from this loop, right? That is to say, this time, thanks to something like the butterfly effect or force of history, it’s unlikely anything could force us back onto the original timeline, you could say? Right?” (Naofumi)
“Is that how it is? Then, Sir Naofumi’s hellish experience after this…” (Eclair)
“No way… Will I really be thrown out and abandoned, homeless and penniless?” (Naofumi)

Father-in-law turns frightened eyes to the Silt Welt Messenger.
“The Butterfly Effect”… I think I heard that it’s some sort of Sci-Fi thing.
Unfortunately, since the me of before was interested only in pigs and net games, I don’t have any accurate recollections of what the the phenomenon entails.

“Honorable Shield Hero! No matter how such a thing could come about, I will never force you into such a situation, so please calm down!” (Messenger)
“Hm~…? Naofumi, what’s wrong?” (Sakura)

Catching on to the current situation, Sakura-chan tilts her head.

“Future Naofumi, because of a cruel experience, became able to calmly make extremely difficult decisions, or that’s how it seems to me.” (Yuki)
“Is that it? Still, Sakura will protect Naofumi without fail, you know?” (Sakura)
“Bandit hunting? I wonder, is that tasty?” (Kou)
“It’s not! You’re splitting off in a weird direction! Kou obtaining a taste for people would be extremely bad!” (Naofumi)

For some reason, things got noisy.
I think it’s a good trend, coming out of that gloomy atmosphere.
As I warmly gazed into the distance, Father-in-law shouted out.

“Motoyasu-kun, don’t you show a face like it’s someone else’s problem too!” (Naofumi)
“Wait, if one thinks of Sir Kitamura’s conduct properly… I assent.” (Eclair)
“Don’t assent! I don’t want to become a villain!” (Naofumi)

Father-in-law’s scream echoed out across the river band.

“No way… I don’t want that sort of experience…” (Naofumi)
“For that reason, it would be good to become strong in advance, Sir Iwatani.” (Eclair)
“T-that’s right, huh…” (Naofumi)

With such a troublesome period behind us, Father-in-law’s group and the filorials began to depart.
Since I would be making clothes in town, I will be housesitting.

“Well then, have a good trip!” (Motoyasu)
“We’re o~ff!”
“Uwaaa! Run a bit slooower! If you don’t, we’ll-!” (Eclair)
“W-wrap your hands into their feathers! Persevere; don’t fall off! Honorable Shield Herooo…!” (Messenger)

Eclair and the Silt Welt Messenger are already groaning.
However, as mentioned before, this is necessary practice.
In passing, Yuki-chan and the others will continue their development today, even as their level stagnates.
Since their levels can’t progress beyond 40, they have a long ways to go before they’re sufficient I think.
Watching the filorials become stronger every day really softens my heart.

“Naofumi, let’s go~!” (Sakura)
“Yeah…” (Naofumi)
“It’s fine~, no matter what happens, Sakura will protect Naofumi, right?” (Sakura)
“Thanks, Sakura-chan.” (Naofumi)
“Ehehe~” (Sakura)

Father-in-law and Sakura-chan are truly close, huh.

“Well then, we’re headed out alright?” (Naofumi)
“Do take care!” (Motoyasu)
“Yeah. I’ll work hard so I don’t have to rely on Motoyasu-kun’s protection, and so I can protect everyone as the Hero of the Shield.” (Naofumi)

Raising his hand in a wave, Father-in-law departed with Sakura-chan.
Now then, before I can go off to make clothes, I need the filorial’s magic cloth, so I departed for the inn.
Three sets of clothes, is it.
If I am considering dying them, I’ll need to think of good colors, huh.
Since there’s no trouble with dye materials, I’ll make clothes that suit Yuki-chan and the others perfectly!

Before long… Afternoon approached.

“Finished!”

I promptly readied and admired my work.
The clothes suitable for Yuki-chan and the others were completed.
Filorials all looked flattering in a one-piece dress.
However, the foundation of the design is important.

To go with Yuki-chan’s white hair, I used a beige base for her dress.
Kou tends towards quiet and peaceful, and the person himself seems to, overall, fade into the wind.
A deep blue, denim-like color would definitely work for him, I think.
Given that Sakura-chan is quite intimate with Father-in-law, a cheerful bright green should bring some uniformity to her one-piece.

If I imagine everyone wearing these, an overflowing euphoria sweeps through me.
Nevertheless, now that everyone’s clothes are finished, I have gained some free time.
I look outside through the window.

Thereupon, I caught sight of people in the building’s shadow.
Many also seem familiar. For some reason, they gave me a disagreeable premonition.
Gathering the newly made clothes and the rest of the luggage, I pack everything away.
From the shuffling sounds of footsteps, it sounds like a large number of people are gathering outside the inn.

“Honorable Hero of the Spear!”

With thudding footsteps, a brawny Demihuman responsible for guarding the inn comes rushing.

“What’s the issue, then?” (Motoyasu)
“Adherents of the Three Hero Church are gathering. As it is, this place will become dangerous.” (Guard)
“Hum…” (Motoyasu)

Whoops, in the middle of his words, I was distracted by a sudden spike in magic power nearby.
Remembering that Father-in-law would wish for everyone to be safe, I quickly throw open the door and drag the demihuman outside.
Nearly at that moment, massive boulders appeared above the inn and began their descent.
As a thunderous roar rises and the boulders pick up momentum, I see that at this rate the inn will be completely demolished.

“Hup-!”

With well placed thrusts of the spear, I halted the incessant rain of boulders.

“A… Ah…”

The collapsed demihuman was at a loss for words.
If I remember correctly, presently within the inn should be this demihuman guard, and then the inn staff…
How troublesome.
Nonetheless, because of Father-in-law’s instructions, let’s reduce the number of victims.
The boulders finish their return to the sky and threaten their descent once more.

“Brionac!”

I let loose Brionac towards the boulders, turning them as well as a portion of the inn’s second floor to dust, before scowling at the offenders.
The gathered Three Hero adherents are clearly visible.
Considering the headcount, that just now was likely the choral magic “Boulder”.
Whether many of them are skilled in choral magic, or only a few, regardless their power is lackluster.

Even so… They’re more reckless than I thought.
Understanding that they were unable to kill me, they started their escape.
These criminals who would suddenly fire magic at a town building… or similar, even; there’s no particular merit to letting them live.

These are certainly sparks enough to force my hand, but above all, they risked delaying or even damaging the clothes I prepared for Yuki-chan and the others.
This. Is absolutely. Impermissible!
These fools, I will accept only their mortal life in recompense!

“Aimed Lance X!”

Multi-lock! Target: these who have long surpassed the forgivable limits of foolishness!
It seems some of the fools have snuck into the crowd drawn by this incident.
However, they won’t be able to escape from Aimed Lance with just that degree of effort.

Fire!
Throwing the spear, it multiplies and branches off into several beams of light and pierces through the Three Hero adherents that cast their magic from the inn.

“Kyaaaaaah!”

Screams rise from the assorted onlookers, but with the exception of the criminals, no one is rolled up in the attack.
This Motoyasu won’t bring destruction to innocent people.
If I did such a thing, let alone Father-in-law and Firo-tan, I won’t even be able to face the filorials.
In order to honor my engagement with Firo-tan, and to faithfully protect everyone’s tender promises, I will follow Father-in-law’s instructions… For I am the love hunter!

For this conclusion, I will slaughter wholesale those who would go against Father-in-law.
H A H A H A!

“Not even the devil will stop this spear!” (Motoyasu)
“A… Ah… Terrific… What godlike strength…” (Guard)

The demihuman guard leaked out a small voice.

“It appears that they’ve been perfectly and completely dealt with. Even so, it seems I’ll have to put in some effort to meet with Father-in-law’s group.

Honestly, if I wasn’t tied to Father-in-law and the others, I might just incidentally go and kill that Three Heroes Church pope and clean up the rest of this trash.