Chapter 23


    Episode Twenty-Three? The Smell of a Woman


    I do not want to get involved with that group of people .


    I sit astride the popobumu, lightly p my foot on its side and leave . I run to the highway from the back yard .


    I return to where I came from and cross the shallows of the Haym River .


    To get even a little distance between me and the outskirts of Fadyke, I run through the darkness .


    I pass a few viges .


    The morning sun eventually rises and my surrounding be bright .


    Finally, I let the popobumu rest .


    Which reminds me, I just killed someone for the first time earlier .


    But, I feel nothing .


    N? There is a magic essence reaction . I hear the sound of a horse as well .


    -Is it a pursuer?


    When I look back, after all it is the guy with the white mask .


    That fellow, they seem to be running after me without learning their lesson .


    Do they have a grudge from losing?


    Persistent .


    From now on, should I let the pursuer know what kind of existence I am?


    Quickly, I grab the ck spear from the popobumu with my right hand, and jump- when I fall to the ground I turn my spear around and assume my stance .


    I will wait for the pursuer here .


    “Rollo, watch for a little . ”


    “Nya . ”


    Rollo the ck cat cries in a light voice to say 『Understood』, and assumes a posture with both her back feet together on the back of the popobumu’s head .


    After nodding slightly Rollo moves her crimson eyes and watches the pursuing party .


    The white masked rider is standing on the back of the horse and holding a sword in both hands


    She can stand and do that?


    -Jump?


    White Mask jumps while twisting her body, borrowing the momentum of the horse .


    Her body spins like a piece . Her twin swords spin out, borrowing the centrifugal force of her spinning .


    A perfect ten-point score! Her physical orbit wants to say, and I move to ward off the sh which approaches me .


    The rider less horse runs past my side .


    I lift my ck spear diagonally and receive the spinning des . Sword and spear collide, and a harsh *kiin* sounds rings out many times, I handle the ck spear in a circle and parry away the spinning des .


    Landing after White Mask’s spinning attack was prevented, advancing while shing with a sword, they swing their two swords consecutively .


    Watching without receiving the attack, I retreat and avoid the des .


    I also thought of itst night, these swords are extremely well forged .


    The reinforcement of the mana used as fighting moji is smooth, a special weapon that seems strong and releases mana .


    It must be a special metal .


    However, it stops here .


    I bend down to avoid an attack and kick out with a fighting moji enhanced leg .


    I kick the ground to retreat back and take a distance from them .


    Once again, I stare at the white mask .


    I stare at the eyes that are slightly visible behind the mask .


    At that moment, I smile-


    I will go on the offensive for a while .


    Head, neck, chest, thigh, knee, I attack with the butt end of the spear, aiming for the vitals .


    For dozens of seconds, I continue wielding the ck spear at high speed ever-changing up down left and right .


    White Mask beds down to utilize their small physique, and turning the swords in their hands to repel, quickly avoid my lunges, about half are able to be avoided, a disheveled voice going “ku” and “ha” reaches my ears .


    They begin breathing with their shoulders . Is anaerobic exercise hard?


    I don’t use my spear martial arts in this high-speed battle .


    The rhythm visibly worsens .


    And, a gap is created .


    I cannot over this slight pause .


    -I aim at the right arm .


    I shift to the attack and weave “the skill” and feint a stab to middle as I attack to the left and right .


    I half step counter-clockwise on my toes .


    I suddenly change the trajectory of the ck spear, and hit the opponent’s right upper arm with the butt of my spear .


    The arm breaks and bends in as a dull sound echoes .


    “Ia . ”


    The White Mask lets out a strangled cry in pain and drops the sword is their hand .


    However, white mask continues to advance as if they were never injured .


    Cutting the distance between us, they sh down with the sword in their left hand from above .


    However, the attack is too weak to pass .


    I elude the sword sh and catch the attack with the ck spear held diagonally .


    While absorbing the force of the attack with the ck spear sparks scatter as the de slides down shaft .


    Then they approach deliberately, and lock our weapons together .


    I meet the eyes of the white mask .


    I look at the eyes of my enemy behind the white mask .


    Beautiful eyes- during that short moment, I feel the center of gravity of the white mask fall to the side .


    The weight of the sword attack can’t resist sliding- the weight of white mask falls forward .


    I let them lean forward, and half-turn my body while catching white mask’s body .


    I take white mask’s back .


    Grasping the left hand of the white mask while forcibly grabbing their elbow, perform and arm lock skill with the ck spear .


    This is another one of the variety of <Spear Sparring> skills .


    I twist the left hand with the sword up forcibly and dislocate their shoulder .


    “I, gaa kyaaa . ”


    Oh? A woman!? The white mask makes a shrill scream .


    The white mask drops thest sword grasped in their left hand .


    The sword pierces the ground .


    I am surprised by the woman’s voice, and turn them around to check .


    I put a hand on the ck cloak, and grope their chest over chain mail, massaging them…Fumu . (TL: There are other way to check than groping the poor woman . ) These are definitely breasts .


    And they are soft . Dome–shaped oppai .


    As a consultant for the breast research society, I am instantly able to tell the shape of the breast from grasping it .


    “Ah, let me go…what are you doing . ”


    Since the masked woman is constricting her chest I give a weak sigh and resist .


    I am feeling a “woman” after such a long time .


    My crotch is hard; it is developing a peak like Mount Everest .


    Because I am curious about this woman’s face, I immediately act .


    I untie the mask’s string and remove along with the ragged ck cloak .


    I release her and step back .


    And I see the woman’s face .


    Oooh, surprising .


    What a beautiful woman .


    This beautiful assassindy, is it ni○ta?


    She seems to be wearing a chain mail outfit underneath the cloak .


    Moreover, the length of the dress is shorter .


    Her thighs are exposed, and soft look peach-colored skin is visible .


    The ck armor reminds me of a “kunoichi . ” (TL: Female Ninja . )


    Nevertheless, her short raven-ck bobbed hair and ck eyes have the atmosphere of a modern woman .


    Rather than ni○ta, is she not closer to ○mika? A small face, this is a beautiful woman . Possibly the same town?


    “…A woman?”


    While I stare at the woman, using her broken hand, she holds her dislocated shoulder while trembling . (TL: Dude, you’re giving her some really rapey vibes . )


    She is ring at me with eyes clearly colored with contempt .


    Sometimes, she looks over at the sword she dropped .


    -Do you want your sword?


    She is easy to read . Again, she is ring at me .


    “You, what is your name?”


    “…”


    Is she being silent? If I am not mistaken this one’s name is Yui…


    At the beginning, before I was attacked, I remember the Marquis Hewso summoning her .


    “You are called Yui . ”


    “Na . ”


    Oh, a reaction . So Yui really is your name .


    However, you’re still giving of a blood thirsty aura .


    Since she is releasing such a dangerous aura I re at her .


    “…Is Yui all right?”


    “Na, why, did you stop? Why didn’t you kill me?”


    Ma, more than her name, I am worried about one from that ce .


    “When I stopped, I wanted to talk with you a little…I think it was because you’re a woman? Because I heard a cute voice, I wanted to see what underneath the white mask . Honestly…I was really surprised to find such a beautiful woman . ”


    Yui’s dark eyes wavers at my words .


    “Eh, na…”


    “Also, I thoroughly enjoyed your chest . You also have a nice figure . ” (TL: I don’t know what to say . )


    “Y-you are trying to humiliate me, guaaa!” (TL: Can also mean rape . )


    Yui cries out and forces her joints to move, picks up the left sword and takes a distance .


    Ue, it is painful, you should not overdo it .


    Using her fractured hand, she forcibly pops her left shoulder in… I mean, she can move in that condition, she must have gone through training to deal with such considerable pain .


    Ma, it is a fair argument for such a thing .


    “…Oi, oi, after you selfishly attacked me, are you going to run away without permission? Besides, you should have the resolution to yield after being defeated . ”


    “Shut up!”


    Judging from this reaction, she had no intention of losing to me .


    “Even your right hand is fractured? Your left hand is hanging down painfully with no strength, are you going to kill me like that?”


    “Noisy, shut up, that’s nonsense . ”


    Yui uses the hand of her dislocated left arm and forces her sword up . Because the trajectory of the sword is slow she cannot prove herself right .


    I shift my body a little, avoid the weak sword, catch Yui’s left hand again, and rotate it behind Yui while twisting her elbow .


    I pin her arm behind her back .


    Yui again drops the sword she picked up through much effort .


    “Itai, itai, let me go!”


    “Unpleasant . ”


    While smiling I bring my face to her nape . Opening my nostrils, I smell the nape of her neck . (TL: Okay, uh, I don’t know where this is going, but I’m scared . )


    Kuwaaaaa, I cannot take it . The amazing smell of a woman’s sweat . (TL: Yui needs an adult . )


    Her height is about 160 cm . Again, I grope her chest and thoroughly enjoy it, and I stretch out a finger to her beautiful thigh and stroke it . (TL: Okay this isn’t what I signed up for . )


    “You, what a fantastic woman…you smell great . ”


    Yui’s body trembles with a *buru . *


    Activating


    , from the smell of her sweates a slight sense of fear . (TL: Well I think anyone would be scared in this situation . )


    “This, teasing me, hentai!”


    “What about it? I told you before, but after being caught by a guy you were doing something like that too, what did you think the oue would be? Besides, you’re a woman . ” (TL: No, stahp . )


    “…Are you going to quickly “rape” me and then kill me?”


    “…Baka . ”


    I scold her unintentionally .


    I tighten my strong body around Yui’s tiny frame as I scold her, and then push her away to the ground .


    The reason is not that I am not excited down below, and it also is not because I am a preachy character…


    “Ku…”


    She res at me, but it seems she has already lost the battle of wills .


    Yui’s pupils turns grey and silver-white, but I ignore that and keep talking .


    “You seem to be able to talk a little? So, the ones who ordered you to pursue me, were they the nobles who were in the mansion earlier?”


    Yui does not answer . She is an assassin . I guess it will not be that simple .


    I will ask about something more important than that .


    “…suddenly, I have a slightly strange question . You, your name is Yui . So, it’s sudden, but have you heard the word Japan?”


    “Japan? Is it a number?”


    Oh, she is looking at me with confused eyes .


    However, with this reaction, after all I am not reincarnated from the same ce . By chance, is it the ck hair and eyes?


    “No, it’s the name of a country . ”


    “I have not heard of such a country…other than that, soon, kill me…”


    Yui says that like is going to cry, with clouded expression .


    “Is that so? But…I cannot bring myself to take Yui’s life . Though I think it is sweet, thanks . ”


    She is a cute child, but more than that, after such a long absence of people, let alone a woman, I was finally able to taste real breasts .


    As a breast revolutionary I got really excited .


    I would like a partner who would let me examine them more carefully . I definitely cannot bring myself to take this life .


    As I look at Yui and contemte, Yui’s small red lips tremble .


    “…Mercy, it doesn’t make sense . ”


    “But, doesn’t lifee first?”


    Hearing my words Yui long eyshes and dark eyes shake .


    Her entire body begins shaking .


    Yui has a childish impression, but she is a beautiful woman .


    “…Is it okay? I you release like this…I could kill you . ”


    Haha, kill . But . Come at me with all your strength .


    She will be given an order .


    “…Ah, it’s fine . Run away like this . Does Yui want to kill me? Once you heal your wounds, you cane at me any time . Oh, if possible, show up without the mask on, and fight me with your beautiful face exposed . ”


    She is disgusted by my true intentions and stares at me in disbelief .


    Hey eyes open wide and her mouth opens in a little “o . ” It opened .


    I climb onto the popobumu while ignoring a Yui with such a face .


    “Ah, wait . ”


    “Ya . ”


    I turn and give Yui a smile then wave my hand .


    At which point I p the popobumu’s side and leave that ce .


    Fuu, I sigh .


    Since there is no sign I am being chased I can finally have some peace of mind .


    I am all right because there was a beautiful woman .


    But, having a meeting in such a ce, talking about kidnapping a princess, a dangerous keyword appeared…


    Ma, it has no rtion to me .


    I will not intentional pick up chestnuts from a burning fire .


    The future will take care of itself .


    I want to be an adventurer, travel to world at my leisure, find treasure, and do it with a woman, this is the main premise . (TL: I should make this the summary . )


    Ah, but if a kidnapping happens right in front of me I will help . Since they are a princess they are sure to be a beauty .


    However, I will not jump in after just hearing the story .


    I will help those within reach with my strength, I will bring justice to exterminate enemies . (Just a thought . )


    I would like to be pampered by a beautiful woman . Aside from living like that, my goal may change .


    There is the promise with Rollodinu, too .


    Filled with such greedy and impure thoughts, I run the popobumu .


    Now then, where am I…


    I ran the popobumu like a man in a trance .


    I look around the area . I look at the distant surroundings .


    -N?


    Ooh, it seems to be a mountain high above sea level .


    A considerable distance away I can see an especially high mountain range .


    Since its position is opposite from the Maheim mountain range it must be Mt . Burdock in the south .


    The Haym river is visible this way too . If I can see the river and that high mountain, then I can understand my rough position .


    Thereupon, I see several carriages that stopped a little earlier .


    They have a g bearing a turtle insignia . Is it a trade caravan?


    There seem to be multiple people as well .


    I’ll approach and try to ask .


    “Stop there, what do you want?”


    When I approach the caravan I am stopped by adventurer-like people .


    The other party is cautious, so I’ll speak honestly .


    “I’m a traveler . I know nothing about this area, could somebody tell me where I am? I would be very grateful for any help . ”


    As I speak humbly the three young adventures keep an eye on me, observing me .


    “…Is that so, and you are alone?”


    “Yes . ”


    “Suspicious…”


    The adventurers look at each other .


    “Oi, for the time being, I will go report this to Broncos oji-san . ”


    “Alright . Go . ”


    “Un . ”


    Saying so, one of the adventurers runs to a carriage behind them .


    After a few minute, he returns with an adventurer with leader-like manner .


    “…What is the matter?”


    The leader-like person who asks is balding .


    The thin hair on his head is pulled back and looks like a bar code, he has a sour expression .


    He has a strong personality and has the study build and looks of a strong mercenary .


    “…This person is a traveler . But, he’s ignorant of the area and wants to hear what this area is called . ”


    He exins politely .


    “Is that so? You an adventurer?”


    “No, not yet . But because I am confident in my strength, I intend to be an adventurer soon . ”


    When the man hears my words he smiles joyfully .


    …I see, I see . Iyaa, I’m sorry for these youngsters . So you only want to know what this area is called?”


    “Yes . ”


    “This is the southwest of Terramay Kingdom, Surbard’s Earldom . And, that far off mountain over there is Mt . Burdock, home of the dragon . The river in this area is Haym River . ”


    After all, this is Terramay Kingdom .


    The name of the mountain is the same too .


    “Is that so? Thank you for your help . ”


    “I don’t mind it particrly . Other than that, what is your destination?”


    “I want to go to 【 Hector 】 . ”


    “What, from here?”


    He is surprised . Where is 【Hector】?


    “Yeah . ”


    “Stop it . Traveling alone by the Haym River gold route is to dangerous . ”


    Oh, it is…


    “Eto, what kind of…”


    “Don’t you even know that? If a Rich person is using the Haym River to get between cities, it’s safe . By all appearances, you seem to have no money, and you intend to go thend route? Thend route is dangerous all the way . Besides, the barony and viscount territory are ces are ces where Terramay and Samaria have had tough battles in the past . Many years have passed since such a war was fought, but it is well known that the peace and order in this area is worsening by the day . Do you really know nothing about this ce?”


    The balding man seems sour but oya-san is a good person .


    He warned me .


    “Thank you . But it is all right . I am confident in my strength .


    “Fu, is that so? Confident in your strength, then I won’t stop you . Well then . If you want to be an adventurer, go to 【Labyrinth City Pete】 . I run a bar owned by adventurers . ”


    A bar . The is this caravan bar-rted work?


    Ma, I did not hear something like that, and I am not interested right now .


    Well then, I guess I will go .


    “…Is that so? In that case, then-…


    “Ou, good luck . ”


    I part from the bald fatherly character and advance to the south west of 【Terramay Kingdom】


    If I follow the Haym River to the west, I will eventually arrive in 【Osberia Kingdom】 ande to the cities 【Hector】 and 【Holkerbam】 .