Black Haired King - Chapter 7

「Obaba-sama, this way!」 (TL note: no proper way to translate this in english while keeping the nuance)

「Ahh, It’s the smell of blood. Let’s hurry up, Helen!」

Obaba-sama and I are currently running through the densely wooded forest. If you ask me why, we’ll have to jump back in time a bit.

Obaba-sama and I were travelling to the mansion of Count Kentry, who took care of Obaba-sama when she was a new adventurer.

Previously the Eldest son, Count Lepanto and Obaba-sama were good friends, so we went to inform him that we were moving.

In all truthfulness, we were supposed to return using Obaba-sama’s Light magic ‘Gate,’ but I wanted to look at the area where Obaba-sama used to live, so we decided to look around before returning.

As part of my training, I always use body strengthening on myself, in addition to my senses of smell and hearing.  So, while listening to Obaba-sama’s  「This is where I used to hunt」story, I sensed the smell I loathe.

It seems Obaba-sama noticed it, or rather, she sensed it even more clearly. The fact that this wasn’t the blood of a monster, but of a human.

It wasn’t just a drop of blood; it was an absurd amount of blood, so Obaba-sama immediately entered the forest. I immediately followed after Obaba-sama as she lead the way Shet slowed down so I could keep up. If Obaba-sama were to get serious, she would leave me behind in an instant.

When we neared the source of the  scent of blood, we saw the figure of a black haired boy, as well as the wolves surrounding him.

Obaba-sama immediately fired wind magic, turning the wolves into bits, but the boy is probably not alive anymore.  The amount of blood was just that much.

「Obaba-sama, how is it?」

I think he’s probably dead, but I still ask Obaba-sama to make sure.

「Helen! Quickly pass me a Hi-Potion! He’s still alive!」

No way?! To think he’d still be alive after losing this much blood. Immediately, I crouch down and take out the very best Hi-Potion I have on me.

Since neither Obaba-sama nor myself can use water magic, we can’t treat wounds. Instead, I keep potions for all types of injuries.

In order to feed the boy the potion, Obaba-sama turns him face up. Uwah! This is just terrible.  His left eye, as well as his body is deeply cut. On top of that, his right arm is in tatters.

His right arm and his body can be fixed with a potion but, it’ll take some time before he can use his right arm again….and his left eye is already…

「Helen, Let’s take the boy and leave.」

「I understand.」

I get close to where the boy collapsed, then I shoulder him and walk towards Obaba-sama. I won’t forgive him if he dares die in a place like this; I even used an expensive Hi-Potion on him!

Obaba-sama opened the gate and we returned home.

< < 24. <<<< Property of Fantasy-Books.live outside of it, it is stolen.

At that time, I didn’t think that I would be friends with this boy for so long. That was how Redius and I first met.

「……meh, ……poh,……shicha!」 (Gibberish I don’t understand)

「……guu」

What the heck? Something’s jumping around on my face?

「Ah! I said, on top of him is……」

「Guh!」

Uguu! It’s an attack to my belly this time. What the hell is it?

「Uuu……」

I opened my eyes, trying to wake myself up. Uu, it’s so bright! Why the hell is it so bright? Eventually, my eyes got used to it, and……

「Guu guu!」

……there it was, staring at meーーa black rabbit. It looked like a White Rabbit, but it was black from head to toe. Uoh! It suddenly licked my face. Th-That tickles! This thing’s really friendly, isn’t it?

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「So you’ve woken up?」

I was staring at the black rabbit when I noticed a beautiful girl looking at me. The color of her hair was that of the clear, blue sky; that was also her eye color. She had upturned eyes, giving off a strong impression; she really was a beauty.

「Wh-Who are you!? Wh-Where am I?」

「I’m Helen Ragres. This is where the Magic Sword King lives. She was formerly an S rank adventurer, and she’s my Obaba-sama. We saved you when you were dying in the forest, so be thankful, okay?」  (TN: magic sword, not sword king that’s magical 😉 )

Helen-san’s words reminded me. That’s right, I was……ah!

「Sword! My sword! Excuse me, Helen-san! Did you see a sword lying beside me back there!? It’s around 100 cm long……guh!!」

I sprang up, trying to ask Helen-san, but it was unexpectedly difficult to move my body, so I fell down on the bed.

「Ah! Don’t just sit up all of a sudden like that. You’re supposed to lay in bed for a month or so. Also, there weren’t any swords where you collapsed」

The world around me lost all light when I heard that. I was surprised that I had to stay on the bed for a month, but more importantly……

「M-My sword……」

As expected, Bene’s group stole it. Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! I can’t believe I lost the precious present that mom gave me!

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「……What’s that sword? Is it something important?」

「……It’s a memento from my mom」

「……! I see」

There was a period of silence between us. Right. This isn’t the time for that. I need to check my body. My right arm was in pain, and there was no vision in my left eye.

I traced my left eye and found a scar. Other than that, the cuts on my body didn’t feel painful. It was just that one huge wound that would take a whole month to heal.

I wasn’t sure if they saved me with any ulterior motives, though. I was betrayed by Bene’s group, so I can’t trust them,  though I must at least express my thanks. They’ve undoubtedly saved me.

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「I’m sorry. I lost my cool for a bit. My name’s Redius. Thank you for saving me」

Hearing that, Helen-san’s gloomy face brightened up.

「It’s fine. Obaba-sama was the one who saved you. Your name’s Redius, right? Nice to meet you」

Saying so, Helen-san held out her hand. However…

「Redius?」

「……I didn’t want to say this, since you saved me, but… why did you do so? I’m grateful; I really am. But, there was no reason for you guys to save me. Besides, this hair color of mine……」

That incident with Bene was still vivid in my mind, so I had doubts, even if it was rude. Why did they save a black-hair like me? I tried to be indirect and asked about it, and Helen-san……

「It was a mere coincidence. We smelled blood on the way home, found you collapsed in the forest, and then brought you home to save you. All of it was by chance. That’s about it.

Ah, it was also a coincidence that the boy we saved was black-haired. In fact, it’s always been that way, even with other people we’ve met. There were a few black haired people among them as well. There were also people we weren’t able to save too.」

……I see. Coincidence on Coincidence stacked together, and my life was saved.  In that case, I should be able to simply be glad, but…

「I’m sorry, Helen-san. I ended up asking you something weird.」

I lower my head from the bed. I was saved and yet, I was strangely doubtful and ended up asking something so rude.

「H-Hey! It’s ok, so please raise your head!」

From above my head I can hear a hurried voice. (my vocab died)

「Guu Guu」

「Hey! Ropo! Don’t jump on Redius’ head! 」

When I lowered my head, the black rabbit Ropo took off and jumped on my head. It’s alright since it’s light. Like that, I listen to Helen-san’s angry voice, as well as Ropo’s pleased cries. (can’t think of the word, in pokemon they’re called cries)

「I see you’ve woken up, and it seems like Ropo is warming up to you too.」

I hear a beautiful voice from somewhere else.  When I raise my head, Ropo rolls off from my back, but it seems it enjoys that too.  While I pet Ropo, I look towards the direction of the voice.

There, I see a beautiful woman. Ehh? This is Helen-san’s grandma? not her mother?

< Property of Fantasy-Books.live outside of it, it is stolen.   >>>> >

「E-Etto, Helen-san’s mother?」

「Ho Ho Ho! You sure say things that make me happy. I’m already almost a 60 year old hag, my name is Mistrea・Ragressa , Nice to meet you.」 (TN: Mist reh ah – Rag Res sah)

Says Mistoria-san while smiling happily.  She has Purple hair, is around 170cm tall, and has heavy looking, huge breasts.   She looks like she’s in the later half of her 30s, There’s no way anyone would think she’s a grandma. (TN: holy shit, my type of woman!)

「Wa, Yes, Pleased to meet you. My name is Redius,  Thank you very much for saving my life.」

「What, it just casually happened, that’s all. More importantly, why were you so badly injured, to the point of being blinded in one eye and being cut up so badly?」

The moment Mistrea-san finishes her greeting, she immediately asks for the cause of my injuries. These people are the benefactors who saved my life. It does seem to have been a coincidence, so I guess I can trust them more than if they had given me various reasons. I’ll tell them about what happened to me back then.