Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter Dreams of a Hero ~

Chapter204，Part2: 2 - Strange Grief Wants to Retire ⑤

Chapter 204 Strange Grief Wants to Retire ⑤

Part 2

I had heard that Toizant, the Country of Sand, was less developed than Zebrudia.

However, the level of their capital city was beyond my expectations. There was no sense of being in the countryside.

Due to the difference in climate, the appearance of the people walking around the city and the shape of the buildings were somewhat different, but the exotic scene was very unusual for me as I rarely go outside, and I couldn’t help but smile.

The temperature in Toizant seemed to be high and dry all year round. But maybe because of the strong sunlight, everyone was tanned, and many of them wore thin cloaks to protect their skin from the ultraviolet rays.

Those with short-sleeve must have enhanced themselves with Mana Material. They seem to be few in number, but their physiognomy may be better than the hunters of the Imperial Capital.

I picked a big street and walked towards my Sheet Ghosts.

My precious Sheet Ghosts, the hidden contributors to this mission, chose to stay at a remote inn that was a world apart from the one that had been assigned to me.

It is a big place, but the outside looks shabby, and at first glance, you can tell that it is a mid-level inn. But I guess it is good enough for Hunters who go anywhere, whether it is in the field, on an airship that is flying, or in the deepest part of an unexplored world (By the way, I found out where they were because I had been contacted by Sytry).

As one would expect in a desert country, the room was very airy. But there was no sign of Liz, Luke, and the others.

When I entered the large bedroom, Lucia was lying loosely on the shabby bed, giving me a resentful look.

She took off her usual thick cloak and was dressed comfortably. However, it seemed there was no blood coursing through her face.

Lucia muttered quietly.

“………… Nii-san, you idiot……” (Lucia)

Apparently, she has run out of magic power. This feels very nostalgic.

After shedding her Sheet Ghost costume, Sytry-chan brings me an iced drink. When Sytry looked at Lucia, she smiled bitterly.

“Apparently, it was hard to fly an airship of that size nearly three hundred kilometers. It had deviated quite far from its destination…… And as expected, we couldn’t drop it in the middle of the desert.” (Sytry)

“Un, un, that’s right…… As expected of Lucia! I believed in you!” (Cry)

So we had flown three hundred kilometers……. I didn’t notice it at all. I was struggling to just endure the tremors.

“Nii-san you, idiot……” (Lucia)

But if Lucia hadn’t worked so hard, there would have been more than a few deaths. Franz and the others should be thanking Lucia, not me.

I sat down on the bed, and with a casual movement, I tried to touch the white ear on top of Lucia’s head, but she punched my hand.

“Stop, please……” (Lucia)

Lucia protests brokenly. At this rate, if I try to touch her tail, I won’t get away with just a punch. And Sytry explains.

“No matter how many “Mana Potion (Magic Recovery Potion)” she drinks, her tail absorbed everything, and Lucia-chan can’t recover. It won’t come off until the Magic she used is restored……We can use it for a temporary boost, but the disadvantages are strong, right?” (Sytry)

“Nii-sa………… Leader you, idiot.” (Lucia)

“You can keep it on all the time and just ignore the disadvantages――――It’s a joke, I am just kidding, Lucia-chan!” (Sytry)

The tail and ears growing on Lucia are a side effect of the power of the 『Divine Fox’s Last Tail』, which was entrusted to Lucia.

The 『Divine Fox’s Last Tail』 is the manifestation of an immense mass of power. In our last encounter, we brought back the tail from the 【Lost Inn】, and after Sytry’s research, it was given to Lucia.

And after much training, Lucia succeeded in drawing some of its power from the tail. Normally, she uses it like a broom by attaching it to the end of a stick, but in the unlikely event that she runs out of Magic power, the tail gives her an enormous boost of power (By the way, I don’t know how she attaches it because she punched me. I heard she puts it over her clothes……).

By the way, the tail can, naturally, be removed, but from the looks of it, there are some restrictions.

While I was paying attention to her *hussahussa* fluffy ears, Lucia covered them with the thin terrycloth she was wearing as a comforter.

“It might take her three days to recover. We don’t have any “Mana Potion (Magic Recovery Potion)” in stock too……” (Sytry)

“It has been a long time since she needed to rest that much.” (Cry)

Lucia’s magic power is enormous, as she has been in charge of charging my Relic. It has been a long time since she has been depleted of her Magic power.

Moreover, it has been a really long time since she has been like that since she usually recovers from depletion immediately with Recovery Potions.

“That was exactly what Lucia-chan said earlier.” (Sytry)

“…… Well, I am counting on you to take care of Lucia until she gets better. On my side, it seems to have calmed down for now.” (Cry)

I would love to think that we have already passed the peak.

Even if something were to happen, I would like to avoid using Lucia’s power to help as much as possible.

It is alright, even without Lucia, I still have my, full of energy, Sword Ghost and the rest of them. They seem to have gone off to play somewhere, but they will be here as soon as I call them.

We are a Party. The Sword Ghost is always up for it when you need him.

The Alchemy Ghost says with a *niconico* smile.

“Please leave it to me. It has been a very fruitful trip for us this time. Kilkill-kun, the boy I left in Cry’s care has become smarter and more powerful too.” (Sytry)

I see…… Kilkill becomes Smart, heh.

“Ah, right……………… I have a gift for you, Lucia, you know……” (Cry)

I had a lot of things to say, but I decided to skip them all and looked at the Magic Ghost that was hiding under the terrycloth.

The terrycloth moves with a *mozomozo* squirming motion. And the two protruding ears *pikupiku* twitched

*Yoshi, yoshi*…… This makes it your second tail.

I smiled and nodded strongly, then pulled out a new tail from the bag I had brought with me.

Author’s note:

Thank you for everything. This is Tsukikage.

This marks the end of the fifth arc. I hope you enjoyed it!

The fifth arc is different from the fourth arc, and I tried to write a Cry-centric adventure.

It has been a lot of fun to write new organizations and his reunions with a Treasure Shrine he has encountered in the past, but, so far, his achievements have always been built up roughly like this.

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did ( ′ー｀).

Now then about the rest of the story.

The book version is still being published, and there are still many things I want to write about, so I am thinking of writing the sixth arc.

The fifth arc was a bit off schedule and ended up being a Cry-centric story, so I would like to focus more on Strange Grief in the 6th arc ( ′ー｀).

However, I still have some more things to write in the desert adventure before the sixth arc, so I would like to update short stories for a while.

It looked like a good stop, so I ended the arc like this, but there are still some things left to be written, such as the whereabouts of Term and Kecha, the Emperor, and many other things.

I am sure those will be updated irregularly for a while, but please bear with me.

In the meantime, if you have time, you can read the light novel version or my new work, although it is quite different in spirit than Strange Grief. ( ′ー｀)

■ About the Light Novel and the Manga version

Currently, there are three volumes of the Light Novel and one volume of the Manga that are on sale.

Each of them has been revised to a greater or lesser extent, and each of them includes a short story at the end of the book that is not told in the web novel version, so even if you have already read the web novel version, we have done our best to make sure you enjoy it as well!

Also, although you can find volume 4 of the Light Novel on Amazon, it will be released on 2020/01/30.

I hope to make an announcement about this in my next activity report.

Finally, thank you all so much for sticking with the 5th Arc for the past five months or so!

I’ll see you in the next part of the story!

It is a great motivator,

So, people who enjoy the ride, people who are curious about the rest of the story, people who are shipping Kruz or shipping Lucia,

Then please rate, bookmark, and give me your feedback.

/Tsukikake

Update notice: @ktsuki_novel (Twitter)

TL notes:

Thanks for reading! And thanks again Juan for the ko-fi!

The author’s note is from 22 November 2019 so it is quite old and the news about the novel and manga are quite old.

In Japan, the 7th volume of the light novel is already published and the 8th is on the way.

There is also great news for us English readers as the 1st Manga Volume was also released! It is done by Yenpress so at least you can buy a physical copy of it! (Not like the Light novel… I think Sol Press is dead, so I hope another publishing? company will do it instead!)

If you want to buy the manga it is called Let This Grieving Soul Retire.

PS: Lucia so cute o(≧▽≦)o

Tchao à plus!

Footnotes

But Covid taught me that after the peak there is always another peak…A pun with the fact that Kilkill-kun had becomes smarter and him becoming a Smart (Sytry family name)