Chapter 428: Certain Hit and Certain Kill (1/2)
There’s a new street called the Kuzunoha Street.
Right now it can’t be used as reference, but for the past residents, it was the wide path that went in between the market and residential district in the old divisions of Tsige.
And there’s a store that has the same name as the street.
In terms of order, the street came after, and the store was the original name though… Well, it is honestly a pain, so I don’t really want to talk about the details much.
Today is the day the students of the Rotsgard Academy are coming to Tsige, so I am waiting for them in front of the Kuzunoha Company.
But they haven’t come yet.
The reason is clear. It is a rare instance where my prediction actually came true, and trouble happened, so they are late in their arrival.
Shiki, who was full of leisure from the very first thing in the morning, was visibly dejected, impatient, and he was hanging his head down. That sight of his was really pitiful… I placed a hand on my chest, glad from the bottom of my heart that I am not the one that was guiding them.
Sorry, Shiki.
Students that are all real close friends, forming a party, and coming to a far remote land for the first time without having to worry about the eyes of the academy…
Is there anyone who wouldn’t have their reins loose from this?
No, there’s none.
They are elites and a skilled bunch, but they are the type that, even if they are wearing uniforms and shouldering the name of the academy, wouldn’t pay it mind.
I bet that they would turn loose, and Shiki bet that they would be excellent students that would uphold control and order.
Just when I thought they had suddenly gone to the Adventurer Guild, they got in trouble with adventurers, and got entangled with Root and the others.
Well, Grount-san having come to Tsige was in part the plan of Rembrandt-san and lady Lisa who had gotten acquainted with her at the hotspring for some reason.
I was contacted by Lisa-san sooner than Shiki.
The plan was for them to go to the Rembrandt Company on the first day.
She told me Rembrandt-san apparently is way too excited, and isn’t in a state that he can properly appraise Jin and the others.
And so, she told me to please make the visit on the first day be only the Kuzunoha Company, and that she is sorry about that.
In my eyes, the common language writing isn’t that beautiful, but when people who are good at writing do it, for some reason, there’s some elegance to it.
Characters really are a mysterious thing.
“Oh, it is that carriage, huh.” (Makoto)
A few minutes after coming out from the store, the carriage comes into sight.
Man, thought transmission really is convenient.
The happy thing is that the front of the store is crowded with customers, so I guide the carriage in a way that it doesn’t bother them and have them stop.
I tip the coachman, and then face the students that have done it now.
“Sensei, we will be in your care for a while!” (Jin)
“Yeah, nice to see you have come. Welcome to Tsige.” (Makoto)
So it is Jin first, huh.
Amelia comes after.
The two must be surprised by how prosperous the Kuzunoha Company’s store is, or maybe they are still not used to the population density, they stood in front of me as if dumbstruck.
“Raidou-sensei, I am sorry. Because of our selfishness, the first day…” (Sif)
“We should have just obediently allowed ourselves to be taken to our home…” (Yuno)
The slightly dejected Rembrandt sisters follow.
“Looks like this was the exact development Lisa-san aimed for. Don’t worry about it too much, Sif, Yuno.” (Makoto)
““Eh?!””
They don’t stop their movements and get off from the carriage while being surprised.
And so, the remaining one…
“Even though we still haven’t blended in yet, from the very first day, we saw hell -because of Daena.” (Misura)
“I admit that I messed up. However, you were most likely the target of that person from the very beginning -no, I mean, you seemed to be the one to take her teachings, you know.” (Daena)
“Then, is it okay for me to say it, sh*tty Daena?” (Misura)
“…Sorry, man.” (Daena)
“As if a sorry is going to cut it. Dinner is your treat—Uo?! How many floors is this?! The Kuzunoha Company is awesome!!” (Izumo)
The negative MVPs of today; the victim party.
Daena, Misura, and Izumo.
Even though they all don’t have a single wound, their faces are showing terrible exhaustion.
They must have been initiated in the nail bat ora ora of Grount-san and her sandpaper stream.
Because of Misura’s association, he would be facing demise no matter what he did if he were to come to Tsige, so rather than calling him a victim, it is technically just the natural course of events.
Izumo is the very definition of a victim.
He instantly switched his interest into the building, so I wouldn’t say he is seriously holding a grudge, but more of the usual mood.
“Waka-sama, I am truly sorry, having this happen on the very first day. We couldn’t even progress properly through the planned schedule…” (Shiki)
“Thanks for the hard work, Shiki. That’s why I told you. The name school trip has a strange devilish allure to it.” (Makoto)
“Even though the plan was to show the product line-up of the Rembrandt Company and to properly introduce them the standing of the companies, it just didn’t go as planned…” (Shiki)
“Well, about that, there should be no problems to just show them in priority order. However, I thought the ones going out of control would be: Daena, or Jin and Daena, or the dark horse Izumo, or Misura. It seems my prediction was mostly correct.” (Makoto)
“…The difference in level… So the trigger really was there?” (Shiki)
“Their experience in Lorel must have served as quite the confidence boost after all. I knew that they would get ahead of themselves and mess up if they were to know the levels of the people here.” (Makoto)