50 – This Again!?
Chapter 50 This Again!?
「What are you doing?」
「Wha…!? Why is a mermaid here…!? This isn’t like what was promised…!」
Malta raises her voice.
She is well aware of the mermaids that being carried on the men’s shoulders. On the other hand, it is the men who show a flustered expression.
‘This isn’t like what was promised. Wasn’t it a job that won’t get exposed to anyone?’
To Malta who’s angry because of the mermaids are being abducted, the men flustered and irrationally angry. It was a state of helplessness.
There are two people with composure in this scene.
One is Alistar. He doesn’t care even if the mermaid is taken away. Rather, he thinks something like ‘abduct them more skillfully!’
And the other one is…
「Calm down.」
「T-Toimi-san …」
A man called Toimi from the men’s side. He’s wearing something like a cloak with a gentle smile on his face. Just by looking at his expression and his soft manner, he gives the impression of being a gentleman, but Malta doesn’t let down her vigilance.
「Nice to meet you, mermaid young lady. I’m Toimi, guild master of the gray guild 『Nutinen』.」
「G-gray guild…?」
「(This agaaaaaiiiiin!?)」
Malta, who is not familiar with the human affairs, tilts her head, but it was a familiar word for Alistar who had just recently fought head-on against such an organization and cursed the absurdity of the world.
Gray Guild… what comes to his mind is the crazy woman Edwige and muscular macho man Albert. The fact that he fought such monsters for others, not for himself, left a severe scar on his heart.
「What is that gray guild doing here …?」
「We received a request. We’re going to accompany the mermaids to the human’s country.」
However, Alistar never shows any dismay in front of others. Because he keeps acting perfectly, Malta and Toimi continue to talk without realizing his inner grief.
Malta looks away from Toimi who answers so with a smile and takes a glance at the mermaids on the men’s shoulders. Accompany… that sight doesn’t match such a simple word.
「It doesn’t look like it was their volition though?」
「Fufu. Well, I guess so…」
Toimi doesn’t even try to cover that.
At this point, Malta can’t overlook them. Even if she was being isolated, she’s not a woman who won’t help someone that being abducted in front of her.
Still, if Alistaris in Malta’s position, he will just sneer and overlooks them.
「Sorry, but I’ll have you give them back. If you take them away, it seems nothing good will happen to them after all.」
「That’s a problem. Please allow me to resist. Also…」
Toimi thoroughly looks at Malta from top to bottom.
Short dark blue hair with tuft on the side. Slanted eyes that look strong-willed and well-ordered face. It might not that big, but she has a figure with a feminine undulation.
Moreover, she has the best brand namely mermaid, she’s an existence that has enormous value.
「You’re so beautiful. It looks like I can sell you at a high price. By all means, will you come with me?」
「No thanks.」
Toimi and Malta put a stance.
And then, Alistar, who watch it from the side, creates a somewhat happy atmosphere. His acting ability that makes the surroundings can’t notice it can be said to be the work of God.
「(Can I go back to my room and sleep? I’m being ignored anyway.)」
Still, his thinking pattern is the lowest.
『Of course you can’t! You’re going to beat that Toimi guy’s subordinates.』
「(I don’t want……)」
When he unwillingly turns around, the men that carrying the mermaids are glaring at him with dangerous eyes. They are an opponent who can beat and kill Alistar in an instant if it’s just his power alone. However, that won’t happen because their opponent is the holy sword.
Alistar pulls out the holy sword while screaming inside.
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「Now, to capture without hurting her… after all, I have to use this?」
Said so, Toimi makes the magic power overflows.
It was easy for Malta to guess that he’s a magician and not a warrior who like close combat with just seeing him. So, she’s watching carefully what kind of magic he’s using…
「Lightning huh…」
「Yes. If I adjust it properly, I can make my opponent faint with less damage. That’s why slave hunter like me is very valuable, you know?」
The lightning makes a shine well at night and makes a crackling noise on Toimi’s palm.
Indeed, it’s certainly powerful magic. It’s very threatening, especially for Malta, a mermaid who lives in the sea.
「Here I go!」
Lightning attack approaches Malta while making a terrible noise. Unarmed Malta can do nothing but to get hit and collapsed on the raft…… but, something like that didn’t happen.
In the first place, if she couldn’t do anything, she wouldn’t have proposed to butt-in to Alistar.
「Come, 『Filomena』.」
When Malta mutters, the nearby seawater swirls and jumps to her hand. And when the water is released, what grasped in her hand is a trident spear with a beautiful decoration.
When she turns the point of spear to the approaching lightning…
「Hou…」
What was reflected in Toimi’s eyes was the lightning that got swallowed by a water polo that suddenly appeared in the air.
The water polo that absorbed the electric shock accomplished its role in protecting Malta’s body, so it immediately sank into the sea.
「The mermaids so far never resisted, but… it seems you have a way to fight.」
「I’m a poor mermaid, so I tried my best to get some skills other than singing, and this is the result.」
If Malta could sing well and had the perfect ability as a mermaid, she wouldn’t have the ability to fight like this. Sometimes, she didn’t like doing this. But, if she can fight to protect the mermaid just like now, it means that it’s not a waste.
Mermaids rarely appear in public, so few have self-defense abilities. She was worried about that and made an effort to improve her fighting ability… and now she feels gratitude toward her past self that thought so.
「Then, it’s my turn now.」
She said so and fired the water polo, that was created again, toward Toimi.