Publishedat 27th of July 2019 12:03:54 PMChapter 41.5
Chapter 41 . 5 : Minstrel
Maybe because he was scared of me, Daigan was retracting his words .
「Loves………… Beans? That strange, I though wolf loves meat?」
The little girl seems puzzled .
After placing the soup in front of us, the girl then sat in front of me .
「EH! ? 」
Why did she sit in front of me?
「Hey, you’re a minstrel right? Sing something for me! ! 」
The little girl was looking at me, her eyes filled with expectation . Which reminded me that I disguised myself as a minstrel .
「The song of the minstrel that came before was interesting . That’s why sing for me too, uncle! ! 」
It saddened me to be called as an uncle by her . But then, I might be an uncle from the perspective of the girl at her age .
The song of a minstrel was a song that was retelling a story about a legend which rearranged in the form of song . And that was usually taken from love story, heroic tale, or the tale of this world .
「Sorry…… . . My musical instrument is broken in the middle of my journey you see . Thus I can’t sing for you . 」
I’m looking at my broken harp .
It’s a lie . I can’t sing, even if my musical instrument wasn’t broken . I brought a broken musical instrument on purpose .
It was my intention from the very beginning to show my broken musical instrument if I’m asked to sing a song .
「E~h, bo~ring! ! Everyone is so busy and no one have a spare time to play with me…… Hey, you should be able to tell me some story right?」
I’m bewildered when this little girl saying so .
To be honest, I’m about to use sleeping magic on her but, I hesitate to use such magic to this little girl .
「U~hm, let see……… . . Then, shall I tell you the tale of the Thunder Dragon that dwell in the sea of cloud………」
「Dragon of the sea of cloud? That sounds interesting, please tell me!! ! 」
The girl’s eyes were sparkling due to excitement .
I then told her about the story of the Thunder Dragon that I met before .
「E~h, no way . The Dragon gave you its power . 」
The girl couldn’t believe it . It’s the truth though .
「But it was an interesting story! ! 」
Smiling as she said so .
h.e.l.l YEAH! ! I’m taking a guts pose in my mind .
Because the girl who seems afraid till a while ago seems to enjoy my story .
「Hey, tell me more story, uncle! ! 」
「Uhm, let see………」
When I was about to tell the next story .
Daigan was starting to act violently .
「What’s matter, Werewolf-san？ 」
The little girl is asking so to Daigan .
「This smell! ! IT CAME, THOSE OGRES HAVE CAME! ! 」
Daigan was screaming on the top of his lungs .
「Come to think of it, there’s this sweet smell in the air……… . 」
It was as the little girl just said . There’s sweet smell around the air .
「Kujig the ogre has come! ! 」
Werewolf has outstanding sense of smell . Maybe, the ogres had really come .
It’s completely slipped out of my mind since I was engrossed in talking with the little girl .
Standing up from my chair .
It seems that It’s time for me to make my move .
◆Sword Maiden, Shirone
「What’s with that castle? It’s approaching us . 」
I’m looking at the castle that kept coming closer from the windows .
And thanks to the cloudless night, I can see it clearly under this bright light .
Under the moonlight, I saw something big coming closer .
「Is that, the confectionary castle? 」
I’m giving a nod in hearing Kyouksan voice . We’ve an extremely sharp vision upon coming to this world . The castle was still far away from Algore and yet I could see that castle very clearly from my position .
「It should be the castle of that ogre called Kujig . According to the story, the wall is made of lebkuchen, the roof is somekind of patries, and the windows is made from transparent gla.s.s . Though I don’t know about the type of confectionary of this world, it seems something similar to our world exist . 」
Kaysan was doing the explanation .
By the way Lebkuchen is the kind of cake made by utilizing variety of nuts or orange peels with honey condiment on top of it .
「What is that? The ants are, carrying the castle? ! 」
It’s as Kyouksan has said, I saw a lot of Myulmidons carrying the confectionary castle as like carrying portable shrine . [TL : Pyramid slave]
My longed marchen is destroyed by such spectacle . [TL : marchen = fairy tale]
The confectionary castle stopped right before Algore .
When it came this close, its contour became even clearer for me .
The spire is made from cream . The windows are made from various sweets . The wall is Lebkuchen-like baked sweet . The hanging lantern that shaped in various form such as human and animals made the confectionary castle even more bewitching under the moonlight .
Light was rising from one of its spire . The light then started distorting and projecting an image like a screen .
No doubt about it, it’s the video magic . The figure of a person is projected in that image .
I knew the name of the one who appeared in that image .
「That’s, Kunsama! ! 」
Regena shouted that woman name as soon as she saw her .
Yes, it’s as she said . The one who appeared in that image was the Silver Haired Woman who we met in Velos .
Why is that girl in the castle of those ogres?
Looking closely, there’s something that resembled those ogres in the background .
Though I don’t know the reason, it seems that she’s working together with those ogres .
「GET THE h.e.l.l OUT HERE! ! SHIRONE! ! GET OUT AND FIGHT KUNA! ! IF YOU’RE NOT COMING OUT! ! I’M GOING TO ORDER THESE ANTS TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY! ! 」
The girl in the projected image screamed loudly .
Looking closely, the myumidons were wriggling around the confectionary castle .
「It seems she’s calling you, Shirone-san . 」
Saying so, Kyouksan is looking at me .
「I guess she’s looking for me…… . . Well I guess I have no choice if she goes as far as calling me . 」
I drew my sword from its sheath that fastened on my waist .
Just right when I wanted to get the full story from Kuroki but I guess I can ask her directly too .
「It’s dangerous if you go there by yourself, Shirone-sama . 」
Kaysan is worrying about my safety .
「Uuhn, it’s alright . I’ll retreat if the situation goes beyond what I can handle . Rather than that, Kaysan please help me to stop Kuroki if he came! ! 」
Saying so to Kaysan, I then leapt from the windows . Unfolding my wings, I then flew toward the confectionary castle .
The myulmidons who can fly is obstructing my way .
「OUT OF MY WAY! ! 」
But I dispatched them with one slash of my sword .
「A FIGHT IS IT! ! BRING IT ON WITCH! ! 」