Chapter 111 (1/2)
Volume 2
The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 3 Chapter 24
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The only way to enter the royal capital Edius that was surrounded by stone walls was to pass through the gates that were created in the four cardinal directions.
The largest one was the main gate where the front of the royal castle could be stared at, and was a place where the royal castle guards followed by the elite soldiers could be stationed.
And then, the one that Rokuna was currently trying to pass through was one of the other three gates.
Although it wasn’t the main gate, as long as it had the disposition of being a place that was a vital point to the royal capital’s defense, it should be a duty to be proud of……but she just couldn’t feel any motivation from the soldiers.
When Rokuna approached the gate, she called out to a soldier standing there.
「Hey, can I go through here?」
「Nn? Ahh, a Human huh. You can go through. What is your name?」
Seeing the soldier answer her while yawning, Rokuna turned an astounded gaze towards him.
「It’s Rokuna. That was pretty easy, wasn’t itー. Is that alright? For it to be like that.」
「Sure is. It’s because no matter what I hear, in the end, everything will be known with this.」
Seeing the thing that the man pulled out, Rokuna went “I see” and nodded.
A『Reveal Crystal』──It was an item that would display the person’s Status when used.
However, with the low performance 『Reveal Crystal』 that the man currently possessed, it wasn’t possible to see Rokuna’s true identity.
Name: Rokuna
Race: Human
Rank: S
Level: 67
Occupation: Magician
Equipment: Magic Rod
Magic Robe
Technical Skills: Magical Power Perception E
Magic Development A
Chant Disposal S
「Heeh……Ojou-chan, you’re pretty amazing. The fact that you’re coming from here means that you’re probably from the Canal Kingdom but……Are you an Adventurer or something?」
Hearing the soldier’s words, Rokuna grinned and answered.
「I’m a mere researcher. So, can I go through?」
When the soldier, who had written down several of the items displayed by the 『Reveal Crystal』, raised his head back up, he made a broad smile.
「Ou, of course. Welcome to the St. Altlis Kingdom. Don’t get too close to the back alleys. The public order has been pretty bad lately after all.」
「I’ll remember that.」
Answering like that and passing through the gate, Rokuna gazed at the Edius townscape after reaching the plaza.
Most of the buildings were made of stone, and even the streets were paved with stone.
There were also many buildings that emitted grand atmospheres, which most likely exemplified the St. Altlis Kingdom’s power.
The people that were coming and going were all Human, and there wasn’t even a figure of a Sylphid, Metalio, or Beastman.
「I see……」
Rokuna muttered “so this is the result of that Demi-Human argument thing”.
The Syphid also had a tendency to create their own communities, but that was because of the difference in the time that they lived in and the aspect that they did so reluctantly was strong, but even so, the effort that they put into interacting with other races somehow gave the potential for them to change in a good direction.
However, this spectacle before her right now was the result of elitism.
Other than eliminating that ideology, there was no way for them to improve.
「Well, that’s fine. More importantly, I wonder which way the 『Steel Fish Store』 was.」
「Did you say the 『Steel Fish Store』?」
As she restlessly surveyed the area, a fat hand was placed on Rokuna’s shoulder.
When she turned around, there was a large muscular man and three men expressing suspicious-looking smiles standing behind him.
「We know where that is. Shall we guide you there?」
「Right, right, Kinia-san is super informed about the town, ya know.」
「Just leave it ta us. ‘Kay?」
They were clearly of the same kind as those bandits from earlier.
Although she had become sick of it, Rokuna expressed a smile.
And then, smoothly escaping from the man’s hand, she impishly thrust her index finger at him.
「Saying something like that, is it trueー?」
「Ou. The 『Steel Fish Store』, right? The shortcut to it is this way.」
What the man called Kinia had pointed to was clearly a darkness that seemed to be a back street.
Certainly, the place that the 『Steel Fish Store』 was at was a back street, but she at least knew that it wasn’t that way.
Thinking “there’s a limit to being so easy to understand”, Rokuna moved her index finger to the front of Kinia’s chest while expressing a smile.
「……Do you know about the specialty of a store in the back streets called bokovokko?」
「’Course I do. Come on, let’s go, ‘kay?」
Maybe because started to find the conversation to be a pain, Kinia tried to grab Rokuna’s hand, and at that moment.
*Zudon* Together with that sound, Kinia’s body was blown backwards.
After confirming that the other men who were standing behind him got dragged into it and fell down, Rokuna breathed an exaggerated sigh.
「I seeー, so you know about itー. The bokovokko that I know of is where you beat someone up (bokoboko) with Wind Pressure Bullets until the shape of their face changes though. It must be some kind of fate that you would know about it here……I’ll treat you to it. How about I give the choice of having seconds?」
The men who somehow stood up raised screams that went “hii” and stepped back.
「P……pl, please wait a moment.」
「A moment. ……Okay, I waited.」
The Wind Pressure Bullet blew the men away once again.
「Wrong, wrong! Please listen to what we’re sayin’!」
「Sure, it was wrong. I don’t know what was wrong though. Okay, I listened.」
A Wind Pressure Bullet blew the men away even more.
「I told you to wait, oi!」
「Don’t wanna.」
This time, as she was about to blow the men away with a Wind Pressure Barrage Bullet──a magic that fired multiple Wind Pressure Bullets, someone grabbed Rokuna’s arm and pulled her away.
「Hold on there, Nee-san! What’re you doing. Come this way!」
「Ha?」
「Come on, quickly!」
Being pulled by a man with golden hair, Rokuna left the place that started to gather people.
Coming to a stop in a place that was about two streets away, Rokuna looked at the guy how was still too young to be called a young man.
She was called “Nee-san”, but Rokuna didn’t have a golden haired younger brother.
「Jeez, if you did any more than that, then even the security soldiers would have come flying over, you know?」
「So, you intended on saving me from that?」
「Eh? Yeah, pretty much. Was I a bother?」
Being told that, Rokuna shook her head sideways.
「I wouldn’t say that. But well, things did finish before I could break their spirits. It might’ve been better if I made the finishing blow.」
「No, I wonder about that……」
The wryly smiling boy noticed that Rokuna was gazing at him and swallowed his words.
It was a terribly serious expression.