Chapter 44 It’s A Mermaiiiiiiiid
I’m walking in the village at night while being afraid. There’s no sign of people at all… It’s more than the royal capital.
There are almost no people at night in the royal capital, but that’s because the public order is not that good at night. There’s not much helplessness because a lot of people live in the city…
For the time being, I throw a stone to the house where Magali is staying while walking to the singing voice direction. I heard some noise from behind, but that’s unrelated to me so I ignore it.
Damn it, I hate this…
Although the security is not as bad as in the royal capital, this one is quieter and somehow it’s scary.
Above all, it’s the mermaid story that causes fear.
Silk and the village chief… they taught me how terrifying mermaids are, so I feel more scared than usual. In addition, what I heard was not a conversation but a singing voice so I’m more and more scared. They were talking about the mermaid song, so if this’s really a mermaid song……
Well, that’s not something common. I don’t think I will encounter a mermaid just after I heard the story.
No problem, it’ll be fine. There must be a broken heart villager who is as harmless as Silk and not as troublesome as her. I am a good person, it’ll be strange if such good luck does not come to me.
「Oi, cursed sword. We are just going to see the situation a bit, okay?」
If there is no problem, I will return immediately. I’ll return even if there is a problem though.
『No, somehow, I don’t think so.』
The cursed sword mutters some disturbing words.
His intuition huh……. That’s the intuition of an inorganic material that was playing an active role as a holy sword before being sealed……
……Let’s return.
『Let’s go!』
My body that made a beautiful turn becomes rigid.
Damn…! Manipulating my body…!
「～～～～」
I can hear a singing voice and my body begins to tremble.
Hiiii…… Please don’t drag me into the sea. I’ll give you the cursed sword.
「～～～～」
There’s a small cliff. Because there’s a forest-like place where trees grow thick near it, I can see the cliff while hiding there. On that cliff, there is a figure turning its back here while flinging its feet.
Good. That’s clearly a human, not a monster.
Look… it’s not a mermaid. There are no tragic feelings from the song or appearance, and it doesn’t seem to be a suicide applicant. There is no problem at all. Nothing.
So, let’s turn back. I’m exhausted. Let me sleep.
『Just in case, let’s make sure of it.』
The cursed sword said some shit again.
Should I throw him to the sea from the cliff?
Stop messing around! How far are you trying to corner me!?
Isn’t this enough already? It’ll be just an unnecessary concern even for that person too!
I absolutely won’t go!!
I put all of my strength into my feet and took an immovable posture like the trees that took root.
『Guoooh! Don’t resist…!!』
My body starts to move automatically. However, I’m not moving at all.
I absolutely won’t move…! Absolutely…!!
It was when I and the cursed started the battle…
「W-who’s that…?」
My body stiffened. It’s because someone talked to me with a somewhat stiffened voice. As expected I can’t act like that was not directed at me, I’m not that shameless.
I come out of the trees timidly and… there is a woman.
She has a bob-cut hairstyle with a short side tail. Her hair color is dark blue, which is bluer than the sea. Her slanted eyes seem to reflect that woman’s character.
She’s looking at me with while being uneasy, so she doesn’t give a strong-willed impression. But, she creates a strong-minded, or rather a manly atmosphere.
That said, it doesn’t mean that she has a rough, manly face. Although it’s not as good as me, I think her face is well-ordered.
She wears normal clothes and her lower body is fish, so she doesn’t wear a skirt or pants……
…………Fish?
I make a double look and make sure that her lower body is not that of a human.
Ah, I see. She’s not a human.
Then, I breathe in……
「I-it’s a mermaiiiiiiiiiiiiddd!?」
To my scream, the incarnation of fear, the mermaid also breathes in……
「I-it’s a humaaaaaaaannn!?」
Why are you surprised!?
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「Fua!? W-what…?」
Because I recently slept on a fluffy bed at the castle, I couldn’t get the best sleep even if I was given a room in the village chief’s house. Luxury is very troublesome when you get used to it.
But, I feel refreshed when I think about my sworn enemy, Alistar that sleeps in the vacant house instead of here. Although it would have been more interesting if he camped with the knights…
However, Alistar glared at me hatefully at the end, so I was able to sleep in a good mood even though the bed isn’t the top quality, but……
There was a sound of the outer wall being hit by something, so I was awakened from my good sleep.
「I-I wonder what is that…?」
Those that disturb my good sleep deserve a certain death, but who did it?
My acting is perfect, so I’m sure I’m known as a beautiful and gentle Saint to the surroundings. The one that attacks such me… only Alistar that comes to my mind.
I secretly look out through the window, but there is not a single person there.
……Eh, a ghost? That’s scary.
「P-please protect me from ghosts.」
Because the moon was beautiful, I spontaneously prayed so to the moon.
I-it’s okay. Ghosts don’t exist.
Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out.
……Okay, I’m calmed down. I don’t know what caused it but, let’s sleep now.
I think so and try to dive into the bed again, but I make one last wish to the moon.
「May misfortunes come to Alistar.」
Satisfied, I crawled into the bed this time.
At this time, I did not realize that Alistar was really being cornered.
Even though I want to see it and laugh from the shadow…!
