Trails with Cuddle-Cuddle Osbon
Translator: Tsukii
Editor: Helen
Read at Watashi wa Sugoi Desu!
Author Note:
It’s about the remaining task and the beginning of the final stage on the second day.
Thanks for the typo reports, as always.
Chapter 031 – Fufufu, son. It’s the May Field Study④ [A]
“Today’s task is…… Investigating Bryonia Island?”
After having breakfast at the inn with Maya and Musse, Rean and his friends took Maya’s mother home. After saying goodbye to Maya, who thanked them many times and bowed her head, they received today’s task document from the girl who worked as Countess Le Guin’s servant.
Perhaps it was because they were discovered to have gone to the casino the previous day, the contents of their tasks included those at Raquel, in addition to an usual wanted monster.
But what caught their eyes the most was the place called Bryonia Island, which Rean had muttered aloud.
“Does anyone know where it is?”
Rean asked members of Group A, but it seemed like nobody knew.
Musse interjected.
“It’s a solitary island known for its ruins. On the island, there is a gigantic statue nearly 100 arges in size. I’ve only heard about it and never actually seen it myself, though……”
“Even if you tell us to investigate, what could we investigate?”
“Err~……There’s no mention of anything specific. Musse, what does this mean?”
“……It’s just a rumor, but it is said that that place has become a stronghold of jaegers.”
“Eh? But when we went around town yesterday, there weren’t any rumors like that……”
While Alisa was enduring a headache from yesterday’s commotion, she remembered Rean’s active conversations with the town’s residents.
But she could only recall the residents’ reactions to Rean holding the flag and daily life in the port city. She didn’t think there was any mention of Bryonia Island or jaegers.
“I understand that this is a baseless rumor. But there’s no smoke without fire, and the fact that such a rumor has reached the Territorial Army makes me speculate that there must be something going on, so I think that’s the reason why it’s included as a task.”
“Fumu, I think if it’s Aurelia-san, she might go to confirm the rumor personally, though.”
“As expected, due to her status as commander-in-chief, perhaps she didn’t have that much freedom? She isn’t like Rean-san, after all……”
Emma, who had completely recovered from the fatigue of casting magic, implicitly told Rean to not cause a ruckus, but he wasn’t that obedient to listen to her.
Elliot imagined what would happen if Rean was in a position with responsibilities, but she quickly shook her head to get rid of that thought.
“Moreover, Her Excellency is a busy person, so even if the request does come to the naval fortress, she might not be able to respond to it at the moment.”
“So it’s about the message you delivered yesterday. Do you mind if I ask?”
“My apologies, but I can’t tell you anything without permission.”
“I guess that’s natural. But then, how should we report the request’s completion?”
“I’ll be staying at the inn, so I will serve as the representative. It seems like it takes about 30 minutes to get to the island on a one way trip using orbal boat, so I think it’s better to leave the request in Bryonia Island for the last, considering the time it takes.”
“Certainly, if it takes an hour to go back and forth, that would be more efficient.”
“Then let’s first defeat the wanted monster and head to Raquel.”
“I will take care of Celine-san, so please be careful outside.”
[“……I wonder why, whenever I look at that girl called Musse, I feel my body losing strength……”]
Perhaps due to the impact of Rean’s sudden visit, request to be teleported to the witch village, and the search for ingredients in the witch forest, Celine’s memory of yesterday went missing.
After that, Rean left the inn, served as a sub-member in the group, used his Brave Order to assist Group A in subjugating the wanted monster, and after finishing the requests of the client in Ordis, they headed to Raquel.
However, during the task in Raquel, Rean and his group got involved with delinquents.
Since it couldn’t be helped, Rean summoned Loa Valimar, and forced the delinquents’ representative to go for a forced air walk, to make them quiet.
This time, it was a vertical air trip.
Although the said delinquent was already knocked unconscious, the boy, the other delinquent called Brad, must have had a valuable experience as a mysterious delinquent who flew in the sky.
This guy is bad news…… as the delinquents had such thoughts, another boy called out to Rean.
“Yo, were you the one who knocked Brad out?”
“Well, I just let him play a bit.”
A blond-haired boy that looked younger than Rean but was large for his age had a lithe, leopard-like physique, giving him the impression that he was as impressive as the students of the military academy.
“I don’t know if you’re his friend or their leader, but you should take good care of him.”
With that said, Rean, who was holding the Brad boy by the neck, pushed him towards the boy.
Seeing Brad had tears, saliva, and other liquids flowing down from all over his face, and how Rean had lifted the boy’s weakened body’s weight with a single hand, the blond-haired boy let out a gasp.
The boy observed Brad’s unconscious body, and furrowed his brows as there was no sign of injuries anywhere.
“You bastard, what the hell did you do?”
“I just flew him in the sky for a bit,”
“Hah? Are you speaking nonsense?”
“Ash-san, what this guy is saying is true! He’s seriously bad news!”
After that remark, the delinquents, who were frightened by Rean, all voiced their opinions to the boy called Ash.
Ash looked at Rean and the others wearing the same uniform and cussed lightly.
“Are you a young master from somewhere?”
“I’m a student from Thors Military Academy. We are currently in a field study and are about to confirm our task in Raquel. Then, these guys got involved, so I just made him quiet without hurting him.”
“So you are elite bastards…… you must have studied hard.”
By speaking in such a provocative manner, Ash tried to strike at Rean, to see if he showed any openings.
Because Rean knew that, he didn’t move from his spot and maintained a position where he could protect the members of Group A, especially Emma, Alisa, and Elliot.
Seeing Rean how didn’t show the slightest opening whatsoever, Ash took a deep breath and pushed Brad towards the boys behind him.
“It seems that it was our side at fault.”
“I’m not saying you shouldn’t involve yourselves, but it’s not good to be forceful.”
In fact, it could be said that the boy named Brad experienced air walk because he set his sight on Emma and Alisa.
Since words didn’t stop him, Rean had no choice but to do it that way.
“So let’s shake hands to reconcile.”
“?! Aah…… let’s make peace, like this.”
Rean put his hand on Ash’s hand.
Ash stiffened for some reason, but he clicked his tongue and left with the other delinquents.
Elliot, who had been watching what happened, finally took a breather.
“Haaah~……I thought it would become a huge issue.”
“Rean, isn’t that a little too much?”
“I didn’t wound him, so that’s not a problem. Against these types of people, they would only get carried away when we let things go softly.”
“I feel sorry watching it happen, but he is certainly not the type who would settle with a conversation.”
“But we’re lucky that there was that boy called Ash-san. Things ended without much commotion.”
“No, Emma, that’s already a big commotion… I see, so you’re already influenced that much……”
“? Everyone, is something wrong?”
“Nothing, there’s nothing wrong……”
Alisa and others looked at Emma with gazes mixed with pity, but Emma failed to notice that.
“But he is surprisingly a decent delinquent since he accepted a handshake to make peace.”
“No, there’s a hidden weapon there…… It’s palm-sized, so maybe it’s a pebble or something? He was about to throw that, so I shook his hand to prevent him from doing it. He seemed the calmest, but that Ash person is the most dangerous among them.”
“Uwaah.”
“It took us a while, but let’s quickly take care of the task in Raquel.”
Rean resumed his search as if nothing had happened, and Group A, excluding Emma, followed him with indescribable expressions on their faces.
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