V3C12

Translated by Mlzkzr Edited by Mlzkzr

“Milord……?”

When my thoughts were suspended due to the too much super-development, the human version of Rurune anxiously looked at me with upturned eyes.

…… Even though she was a donkey, her ponytail can’t be laughed at . Eh? That’s not the point, is it? It’s escaping from reality, notice you idiot!

I wanted to freeze as it was, but Rurune is naked, and more importantly, the people around her are looking at us with dangerous eyes. No, I’m too scared and can’t afford to look around, you know?

“E,err…… Rurune…… am I right?”

“Eh? That’s right, but ……?”

Rurune had a dubious look at my countenance, but perhaps she immediately noticed something strange in her, she looked down at her own body.

“……”

“……”

And when she slowly turns her gaze towards me, she asks a question with great momentum.

“A,aah Milord!? Ho,ho,ho,ho,how did I became a human being!?”

“Err…… calm down, okay? I’ll explain it to you properly. I mean, apart from that……”

On the contrary, Rurune’s panicked figure made me calm down, and I draped my robe over Rurune to hide her nakedness.

“Ah……”

“As expected …… you’re na,ked ……”

“~~~~!”

Perhaps Rurune has finally realized that she was naked, her face turned red, and wrapped herself with my robe.

No, if you react like that, it’ll make me even more embarrassed, though, you know? Or rather, Rurune was naked when she was a donkey, right? Why are you so embarrassed now? It’s the exact opposite of Saria.

However…… in order to conceal Rurune’s nakedness, I finally took off my robe.

Well, I can’t afford to worry about the Hero right now. More than that, in front of such general public, to be in a situation where I’m being hugged by a naked girl is more dangerous.

At worst, I’ll be mistaken that I’m from the Eastern country, and if I can come up with a good reason why my hair is black, something like because I was an atrocious child, then that’ll be fine. …… I don’t understand it anymore!

However, whether I’m an atrocious child or a Hero, the people in this city don’t seem to care about it. In fact, even with regarding Al’s curse, they were so kind.

With that fact in mind, I didn’t feel much reluctance to take off my robe.

Well then, leaving that aside…… I’m not sure what I’m going to do now……

It was when I sighed deeply, burying my face into my robe and stroking Rurune’s head, as I try to cover up my embarrassment.

“Seiichi!”

“Oy oy, what’s with this crowd……”

Two people, Saria and Al, came up to me.

If it’s in my usual life, what a thing it would have been.

However, my current situation, is bad. Very bad.

While keeping the two in sight, my face turned pale and I was sweating uncommonly with profuse amount.

I’m begging you, don’t come only now. Really, seriously, sincerely ……!

However, my feelings were also in vain, and they came right in front of us.

And, when they saw Rurune in a robe with me, the two opened their eyes and stiffened.

…… Is this what they commonly called Shuraba* ? I, who appeared to be at the pinnacle of unattractive guys, didn’t think I’d experience it. You really don’t know what will happen in life …… (TN: LOL, it’s a scene of carnage)

“Yo,you……”

Al looks at me, who feels like escaping reality, and gradually becomes tearful.

Wait! It’s really dangerous!

Even if I tried to make an excuse somehow, I just made my mouth repeatedly open and close, and no words came out.

Ah, this is no good.

I realized that my life was over, but Al’s words were something I never expected at all.

“Robe …… you finally took it off!”

“Hih, I’m sorry! …… Eh?”

I, inadvertently looked at Al twice.

A,a’re? Strange. Our story doesn’t fit.

Just as I twist my neck, Al also has a strange look on her face.

“Ah? Why do you look like that, Seiichi? You didn’t take off your robe before, but the fact that you’ve taken off your robe and exposed your face now is because you have truly trusted the people in this city, right? I am happy with that ……”

“……”

I, was stunned by Al’s lines.

In other words, Al hadn’t noticed Rurune who was hugging me while being naked, and was apparently impressed by the fact that I had taken off my robe.

I was taken aback by the suddenness of the situation, but it seems that a piece of skin on my neck was still connected.

“Hey, Seiichi. Who is that girl hugging you?”

Yes, that single piece of skin has run out!

When I turned my face towards Saria while dripping sweat again, Saria seemed to just said what she was wondering about, with a mysterious expression on her face.

Yes, Saria was the only one——

“……Seiichi”

“Ah, yes”

“Come with me”

“…………”

When I saw Al smiling quietly, I thought it was all over.

◇◆◇

“……In other words, you’re saying that this woman is the donkey Rurune?”

“……Yes”

Immediately after that, we returned to the inn, and in my room with Saria, I was seated right in front of Al.

Fortunately, when we returned to the inn, there was only Lyle-san in the dining room, but after seeing my real face for a moment and making a surprised face, he looked at me with very warm eyes. What should I do, I want to disappear.

And now that I have somehow been given a chance to plead my case, I had just finished explaining it to Al desperately.

When Al heard my explanation, she sighed once and looked at me with scornful eyes.

“…… Can’t you make a better excuse?”

“It’s true! Believe me!”

No, it’s certainly unbelievable for donkeys to turn into girls, though! But…… it can’t be helped! It’s been done!

Well, after actually listening to my explanation, Rurune, who is the person in question, was also in a state of half-belief, though.

To me who’s desperately asking her to believe me, Al has an astonished expression floating on her face.

“If so, show me the proof. Then I’ll believe you.”

“Pro,proof, is it?”

“Ah, the proof. Otherwise, how can I trust you?”

That’s obvious.

However, how do I show the proof to her? Does she want me, to ask Rurune to turn into a donkey once?

As I was thinking about that, Saria, who had been silent until now, opens her mouth.

“Al, what Seiichi is saying is true, you know?”

“……Ha?”

“Like I said, this girl is Rurune-chan.”

Saria then smiled at Rurune, who had curled herself up next to me.

“Nevertheless…… I see, Rurune-chan also ate the fruit of evolution.”

“Wai,wait a minute! Saria, are you saying you believe Seiichi’s lies!?”

“Yup. Because, that’s who I am.”

“…………Yes?”

Perhaps Al didn’t comprehend Saria’s remarks, when she floated a very difficult expression, Saria smiled, and transformed into her Kaizer Kong’s Goria form.

“I, from the start, am a monster. But, with the Fruit of Evolution, I became human. With this, you’ll believe him, right?”

“……”

When Saria returns to being human again, she laughed at Al again saying “Look!”.

Al who witnessed a phenomenon that would be unbelievable to any normal human being, froze for a while, but eventually, she had a face that has blown out in various ways.

“Alright. I won’t think about it. I don’t understand it anymore. ”

Escaping reality!?

Well, if something incomprehensible happens in quick succession in front of your eyes, you have no choice but to give up thinking about it.

In the 【Forest of Endless Love and Sorrow】, I had a similar experience, so I really sympathized with her.

“Haa…… but, I can’t believe that this woman is really the donkey Rurune ……”

Al sighs and turns her gaze to Rurune, who is wrapped in my robe next to me.

“I,I never thought that I would become a human being, either ……”

Rurune also apparently witnessed Saria’s transformation, and it seems that she had accepted that she had evolved with the Fruit of evolution.

“But …… a,as expected, hugging each other naked …… Tha,that’s what you’ll do after you get married, right……?”

Al, makes her face bright red, and bashfully says so.

At the sight of such Al, both Rurune and I blushed again, remembering the state we were in earlier.

“……I,I too, someday…… I, I wonder if that will happen to me as well……?”

“……Eh?”

“!? I,it’s nothing!”

Al mumbled something quietly, so I asked her in return, but I was told off for some reason. Unreasonable.

When we were having such an exchange, Saria asks as she suddenly noticed something.

“Come to think of it, why did you put on Seiichi’s robe?”

“Hah? Well, because if I don’t put my robe over her, Rurune would be naked, right?”

“Then, you could have put clothes on her yourself. Sheep-san gave it to you, and Seiichi has it, right?”

“Ah”

When Saria told me so, I realized it for the first time.

That’s right! There were some clothes for Saria that I got from that Sheep bastard! What’s more, it was so thorough that the size of the clothes can be changed!

I can’t help but be stunned by the fact that, I, have completely forgotten about it.

The,then, what’s the point of me taking off my robe in front of everyone? What about that time when I was thinking about being an atrocious child or some other appropriate setting?

Eh, was it all in vain? Seriously?

…….

“Ooooooooooohhh……”

“……Well, don’t mind it?”

Well, there’s no point in worrying about what has passed, so I regained my composure, and handed Al two gold coins.

The reason, is that I am going to ask her to buy some clothes for Rurune.

Saria, for the moment, is spending her time in a one-piece dress, but since she’s originally a gorilla, there was no way he could be familiar with human clothing. That’s why, I decided to ask Al for it.

And that’s how Rurune will be able to become human, as well. Clothes will be absolutely necessary.

“Al. With this money, can you buy some clothes that will fit Rurune? I don’t think it’s a good idea to put Saria’s clothes on her now, as you can see…….”

“Ah? I don’t particularly mind, but…… the size of Rurune’s clothes, I don’t know it, I guess?”

“You know those clothes that have a spell that makes them change size automatically, right? If possible, I would like to ask you to buy a few of them. It would be great if you could buy shoes and underwear as well.”

“Well, that’s fine. Wait a moment.”

Saying that, Al went out to buy for Rurune’s clothes.

About 20 minutes later, Al came back after buying some clothes, so we immediately decided to have Rurune change her clothes.

At that time, I was thoroughly blindfolded by Al, but that would be another story.

When she finished changing clothes, Rurune was now wearing a white jacket over a black shirt, and brown long trousers. There was some sort of black belt wrapped around her thighs, and the way she stood there in her short black boots, and coupled with her dignified atmosphere, she looks really cool.

“Tentatively, I picked it out appropriately, but was this okay? Well, all the clothes that can change size automatically are expensive, so I don’t like fishing for them……”

This is her sense of appropriate …… ness……!?

I was surprised at Al’s good sense of clothes. In my case, I didn’t look that I’ll be fashionable in the first place …… Even now that I’ve become skinny, I don’t think I need to dress up for the adventure. Even the current outfit I’m wearing was a very simple style; shirt and black trousers.

When I was thinking about that, Rurune asks me while being embarrassed.

“Err…… Milord. I’m not really confident, but does it look good on me ……?”

“No, it absurdly looks good on you. Al too, has a good sense of style……”

“I,is that so……”

“That’s the first time anyone’s ever said that to me……”

Rurune dyed her cheeks red and smiled happily, while Al looked away while scratching the back of her head in a similar fashion.

While watching the situation of such two people, I as well put on the robe that I just got back and wore the hood again.

Then, Al floated a regretful expression on her face.

“Oy, Seiichi. Are you going to wear the hood again?”

“Hmm? No, I’ve been wearing a hood for a long time, so I’m more comfortable in this way…….”

Those words just now were my true feelings, and the life of wearing a hood was surprisingly comfortable. It can also be a shade.

After thinking about it for a while, I suddenly remembered something.

It’s about my hair.

I would like to know if black hair has some kind of meaning.

I who thought so, asked Al.

“Speaking of which, is my black hair unusual?”

“Eh? Ah, that’s right …… Seiichi is from the Eastern country, right?”

“Err…… it’s similar.”

“Ha? Well, that’s fine. I’ve never been to the Eastern country, so I don’t know it, but I’ve heard that there are a lot of people there with hair that’s almost black. It is certainly may be unusual on this continent, though. Ah, come to think of it, I think I also heard that most of the heroes summoned to the Kaizer Empire have black hairs…….”

“I,is that so”

I, was relieved to hear Al’s words.

Apparently, the Eastern country is a more convenient place for me than I expected. And the fact that it’s in the east is similar to Japan.

As I breathed a sigh of relief, Al gave me another look of regret.

“But, I really think it’s a waste, you know?”

“Eh? What?”

“Well, if you take off that hood, you’ll be popular —— Hah!?”

“Mhm?”

Al, who noticed something in the middle of her own words, suddenly grabbed my shoulders with a terrible look.

“N,no, don’t!”

“Eh?”

“Don’t ever take off your hood! Especially in front of women!”

“Isn’t that different from what you said earlier!?”

“A,anyway, that is no good! Okay!? Don’t you ever take it off!?”

“E,eeh……? We,well, I don’t think I’ll ever take it off myself……”

When I said that, Al looked relieved.

“Ah, it was dangerous…… If he takes off his hood, Seiichi will become popular with amazing women …… That’s not good ……”

She was muttering something, but I couldn’t hear it well.

Such a thing occurred, but now that Rurune has become a human, I have to rent a new room.

No, I wouldn’t have to do that if she goes back to being a donkey, but at the moment, Rurune seemed to like her human form, so I decided to rent a room.

I mean, if we plan to stay in this country for a long time, it might be faster to buy a house…… Fortunately, I have plenty of money on me. I’m not even sure I’ll be able to use it up in my lifetime.

However, if I join with Shouta and the others, I will have to move, so it may be better to buy a house once I have achieved that objective.

I moved to the reception desk of the inn, while thinking about the future a little with my head. Fina-san and the others weren’t there yet, so I explained the situation to Lyle-san and rented a new room.

Although I explained the circumstances, I didn’t tell him that Rurune was a donkey. No, if I tell it to him, he’ll doubt my sanity, right?

What was surprising, was that Rurune told me quite adamantly that she wanted to share a room with me. Well, she calls herself a knight, so I guess she’s saying that out of her consciousness of protecting her Lord, but…… if that’s the case, I’ve already seen some unbecoming behavior of her for a knight when it comes to food, though.

In the end, Rurune had agreed to rent a single room. She looked really disappointed, though.

For that reason, I was able to rent a room, and it was when we all tried to go back to our rooms to rest.

“Excuse me~!” (TN: The words she used here was something you say when you challenge a dojo)

“……We’re not challenging a group and defeating each member, so I don’t think that’s the way to enter, you know?”

“What half-asleep things are you saying, Ku-chan! The war has already commenced! If you’re feeling that way, you’ll get beaten right up!?”

“What the hell is Lorna fighting with?”

“That’s, what I don’t know.”

“……Yeah”

“Huh? Why are you looking at me with eyes like I’m such a poor thing?”

Suddenly, the door of the inn was opened vigorously, and two noisy people somehow came in.

One is a slightly petite woman with medium orange hair.

The other was a tall woman with short indigo hair.

They both seem to have very different personalities and heights, but there’s only one thing that is the same.

It was, the armor they wore.

It resembled the silver armor which was worn by Claude, a soldier of Terviel, but the armor of the two is silver and doesn’t have a rugged image, and rather, it was an armor that feels gaudy. They are also armed with sword.

Base on their appearance, they look like knights.

As I was thinking that they suddenly appeared, we are stunned by the two who have begun to argue with each other.

This doesn’t matter, but they both have excellent looks. In this city, isn’t there a lot of beautiful girls, beautiful women, and handsome guys? There’s a correspondingly large number of perverts, though!

Lyle-san, who quickly returned to her sanity, called out while being bewildered.

“Err…… who, are you guys?”

“Hmm? Ah, I’m sorry. It seems that I forgot to give my name because my companion is being like this.”

“Hey, Ku-chan. What do you mean by me being this ?”

“… hahaha”

“Can you please stop deceiving me with your insincere smile!?”

To the two who started exchanging like a two-person comedy act again, we became more and more confused.

Perhaps she noticed such a situation, the woman with short indigo hair, when she coughed once, she started to introduce herself.

“Ah…… ahem, I belong to the 【Sword Saint War Maiden (Valkyrie) 】 in this country, Claudia Asterio.”

“I’m Lorna Kirizas, I also belong to the Valkyrie! I was the host of the Royal Capital Cup, but do you recognize me?”

“Hah……”

The two introduced themselves, but we were still confused. Or rather, our confusion may have increased.

Because, we don’t know why the Knights of this country came to this inn. I mean, Lorna-san was the one who was hosting the Royal Capital Cup after all huh. As expected, she’s an energetic and cheerful person.

Conversely, the woman with indigo short hair——Claudia-san, has the coolness like that of a male role of Takarazuka*. (TN: It’s an all-female musical theater group)

As I was thinking that while observing the two of them, Lyle-san opens his mouth.

“Uhhm…… what can I do for the Valkyrie group here?”

“Ah, I almost forgot.”

“Eh! Ku-chan, you have forgotten your job heh. Pfffffft”

“…… Let’s leave her alone, we’re here on a business with a certain person.”

“A certain person…… is it?”

Claudia nodded to Lyle, who twisted his head and asked that.

“Correct. However, we’ve already found that person.”

Speaking that, Claudia turned her gaze towards me for some reason.

“You, are Seiichi-kun, right?”

“Eh? Ye,yes. ……No, how did you know my name……?”

“Fufufu…… you won the royal capital cup with a donkey. Besides, your robed figure was standing out. I’d knew it right away, you know.”

“……Err, so, what do you want with me?”

When I asked him with a suspicious expression, Claudia-san answered.

“Yeah, I’ll say it briefly. Would you like to come to the royal castle for a moment?”

“……Eh?”

“Unfortunately, you have no veto power.”

“Why!?”

No, really, why!? Did I do something wrong!?

I mean, going to the royal castle for a moment. …… It’s like in a detective monodrama, “Would you like to come with me to the police station?”!?

Moreover, I have no veto right, she said…… do I have no human rights in this world!?

Claudia-san’s words surprised not only me but also Saria and the others.

However, Claudia-san and Lorna-san, without worrying about us, each took one of my arms and started dragging me.

“Well then, Shopkeeper and Seiichi-kun’s companions. I’ll borrow Seiichi-kun for a moment, alright?”

“Give it up! So much for your wrongdoings!”

“……Lorna. Seiichi-kun didn’t do anything wrong in particular, right?”

“Well, I think this kind of thing is important.”

As I was being dragged, and listening to the conversation between the two, I was relieved that Claudia-san told me that I didn’t do anything wrong.

However, just before being taken out of the inn, I don’t match with Lorna-san, but I thought I had to say this line.

“I,I’m innoceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeent!”

It’s a standard, right?

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