Hakai Me no Yuuri - Chapter 34
Author: Kaburagi Haruka
Translator: s.h.i.+roiKaze/Soyokaze Translations
2nd Arc, Chapter 34: The Cheats Were Spread
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The next day I was climbing to the mountains summit again to take apart the wyvern.
To tell the truth, my leg muscles hurt terribly.
The citizens took yesterday as an opportunity to collect zipacna leaves, and today theyre processing the medicine, so Im sure theyre busy.
Today is probably the best day for keeping this out of the public eye.
We claimed that the Forest Bear party and a pa.s.sing magician defeated the wyvern.
Forest Bear is acting as the main representatives of who took it down. Of course, handling it on their own would have been impossible, so we made up the pa.s.sing magician as an anonymous ally for them.
This way all the attention will be focused on the Bear party, and we can relax and continue on our trip.
“But is this really alright? Saying that we exterminated the wyvern.”
“Please dont worry about it. You are a sacrifice for the sake of our own peace.”
“A sacrifice, you say”
“Well, the public eye is a lethal weapon against Yuuri after all. If you guys act as a subst.i.tute, itll actually be helping us out.”
Dismantling the wyvern is going to involve some heavy lifting, so Jack, Kale, and Alec were brought along, and Im acting as the guide for those three to the actual location.
Oh, right. Theres one more the wyvern hatchling riding on my head is also here.
Unfortunately, it hatched so suddenly that I havent thought of a name yet. I want to give it a really cool name anyway, so Im still considering it.
“Alec, Im tired, can I ride on your back?”
“Dont be a baby. Walk on your own two feet.”
“If youd like, shall I carry you?”
“Mister Kale is the manly man I expected!”
“Itll be no problem with how light you are.”
“Kale, if you wear yourself out, then itll be a tough trip back you know?”
“Ill be fine, shes way lighter than the armor Im always wearing.”
We expect that there will be a lot to carry, so the three of them brought backpacks along.
Thats where I huddled up and sat inside. If you think about it, Im lighter than the luggage that my master has been carrying around.
“Youre this light, and yet you can take down wyverns; magic must be amazing, huh.”
“Yuuri is an anomaly. Shes not Masters apprentice just for show.”
“Hey, Yuuri, do you think Id be able to use magic too?”
In response to mister Kales admiration, mister Jack gets very into the moment. Wait, who said you could just call me Yuuri?1
Well, its better than him calling me brat at least.
“That alone would take time, I wont know unless I investigate it. The most important thing is whether you have the talent to sense magic power or not.”
“Ive sensed it a bit before!”
Alec puts on a bragging expression. Isnt your sensing power at the minimum?
And as far as spells go, arent [Light Arrow], [Light Ball], and a lukewarm [Heat Ball] all you can use?
“Thats our bro Alec! Are your spells perfect too?!”
“Of course not. Alecs magic is limited to being a hobby.”
“Urk, well yeah as far as both swords and magic go, of course Master is the only one who comes to mind.”
“Because our master is a superhuman after all.”
“The little miss cant use a sword?”
“I use magic only you see? I can more or less use a bow, but with my body strength, all I can use swords for is gracelessly whacking things.”
Martial arts would, of course, be something that takes long hours of repet.i.tive practice.
To handle weapons I need to use [Body Reinforcement], or I wont get anything from it, so Im in way short supply of those practice hours.
“Wow, if youd like shall I teach you?”
“Youre better off not trying. Yuuris body strength lets her move faster than the limits for human beings.”
“What the h.e.l.l, thats scary.”
For some reason Jack aimed to take a seat as my master, but Alec immediately repelled him.
And besides, its not like you guys are especially skilled anyway.
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While engaging in idle chit chat, we arrived in front of the cave.
Its not a particularly large mountain to begin with, so it doesnt take very long.
“Jeez, the heck is this Yuuri, good job on surviving.”
“Awesome! The ground is sparkling!”
“It was hot enough to turn it into gla.s.s? That aint no joke.”
Seeing the traces of its breath in front of the cave, the three of them let out words of admiration.
Moreover, in the area where the arrow scattered its breath, black char marks can be seen scattered about.
Good job being fine after that, me
“The wyverns remains are behind that wall. Ill undo the seal now, so step back a bit please?”
“S-sure.”
I remove the [Toughness] from the wall, hit it with a [Wind Bullet] to break it, and behind it a cave appeared.
I carried the wyvern into the back and [Froze] it there, but
“Alec, take this little one. You behave, alright?”
“Migya!”
“Why? Just bring it along.”
“Mister jack, this little ones parent is back there you know? Theres no way I can show it something like that.”
“Oh, right my bad.”
He also seems to realize and admit that he made some kind of mistake. Hes really growing as a person. Probably.
I enter the cave and release the [Freeze]. After checking the thawed corpse, I returned to Alec and the others.
“Alec, the rest is up to you.”
“Yeeep, got it.”
Saying that, I hand one of the stones with [Luminescence] carved in it over to him. A Light Stone we called it.
Alec places the wyvern on my head, and they head into the cave together.
Considering its size, I suppose Ill have a bit of free time.
“Now then, what shall I do about your name?”
I poke at the nose of the wyvern on my head. Lets go through some possible names and watch its reaction.
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“Momo” ((Thigh))
“Migya!”
“Tebasaki” ((Chicken Wing))
“Agya?”
“Ponjiri” ((Chicken Tail))
“Mugyu~”
“Negima” ((Chicken and spring onions))2
“Yuuri, whatre you doing?”
Did they finish dismantling it? Alec came out. Whoa, hes covered in blood.
“I was thinking of names to give this little one. But hes not really responding well to any of them.”
“Yeah, Im well aware that you have horrible taste in names.”
“Shut up. How does it look in there?”
“Though its not the worst, its hard and the blades arent going through very well. If we want to dismantle it, then well need some better tools.”
“Maybe well have to divide it into several parts and come collect those?”
I want to bring some of its meat home, even if its just a little bit. I want to try dragon steak at least once.
“For starters, freeze the cuts for us. Blood is pouring everywhere from it.”
“Mister Jack, you sure dont give anyone a break, do you? And it seems the dragon-types have magic power hidden in their blood, so please fill up some of the water bags with its blood if you could.”
“Sure thing, the amount of blood isnt going to decrease anyway.”
“It will decrease! Actually, present progressive form: it IS decreasing you know?!”
In the end, the knives we brought broke, and we dont have anything left to use, so we had to make a fresh start of it.
Rather, maybe it would be best if I use [Telekinesis] and carry the corpse to the city?
” Do you think it would be best if we bring the corpse back to the city and dismantle it there?”
“Hmmm, if we do that, then itll become an instant spectacle though.”
“We still cant go anywhere for a few days anyway. Shouldnt we just make the trip a few times?”
“I personally dont have the stamina for that.”
“Couldnt Kale carry you?”
“Why dont you carry her?!”
Jack and Kale are teasing each other as usual. Maybe they have too much stamina left over?
I want to use everything other than its flesh for manufacturing, so if possible Id rather not sell it. I do still have the income from the bandit extermination, so maybe Ill procure a large carriage for this thing?
If I do that, then our caravan will become 3 carriages, but well, it should be fine.
“When we get back, Ill have to get mister Elrics permission to increase the number of carriages.”
“Yuuri, you plan on bringing this thing back?”
“Theres no way I could abandon such good materials, is there?! Ill even make weapons for Alec and mister Kale!”
“Seriously?!”
“Me too?!”
“Not you, mister Jack.”
“Aw, come on”
Said mister Kale in delight, and mister Jack who looks like hes seriously going to cry.
Its just a joke! Please, youre an adult, dont cry.
“With that as a joke making that as well, I also want somewhere to manufacture all this. I wonder if theres a place I can borrow?”
“Oh boy, Yuuris got her magic tool nerd face on.”
“Its one of the gifts of our masters education!”
“That wasnt a compliment, you know?!”
In any case, finding a place to process the materials can wait until we return. At this point well head back to the city for a bit.
With that in mind, we started piling up the meat and scales we managed to cut away, but thats when I noticed something odd.
It felt like the amount that Alec, of course, mister Jack and even mister Kale can carry is increasing.
“Hmm? Mister Kale, you can still hold more?”
“Yeah, keep piling it on!”
“But youve already got about 100 kilograms on your back?”
Is his strength or endurance rising by a huge amount?
It couldnt be because of the wyvern blood hes drenched in?
“How strange, a simple wyvern isnt supposed to have this effect, but”
“Isnt it just some temporary effect?”
“Lets put a momentary hold on bringing this back. We might be carrying hazardous goods.”
I intended on bringing it back, selling the meat to a butcher and having a barbecue party in the middle of the town or something, but if it turns everyone into superhumans, then it will spell big trouble.
Rather than me, we need someone with more book smarts like mister Oreasno, maybe we should wait until my master recovers and have him look at it?
Oh, come to think of it, I have “Appraisal”. Lets try taking a look with that.
Anyway, until we discover whats really going on, Ill seal away the corpse. But before that
“Before I seal the corpse up, Im gonna get a quick bath in that blood!”
“Yuuri, calm down! Arent you the one who just said it could be dangerous?!”
“This is my chance to escape from being a total weakling though!”
“Well, if we leave it alone at this rate, then the blood will all be sucked into the ground. It would certainly be best to take care of it now.”
“Thats right, well said mister Kale!”
I dashed to the back of the cave Oh, I pushed the wyvern(?)s child onto Alec, of course?
I packed together the ground beneath the partially butchered corpse with [Clay Wall], and reinforced it with [Toughness]. Now the blood wont be sucked into the ground anymore.
Then I raised its surroundings, and once it had pooled there, I cast [Freeze] on it.
“Now, what will “Appraisal” tell us”
Demon Dragon Fafnir.
The successor to a legendary fire dragon species bloodline. It is said that the fire it breathes can kill G.o.ds and scorch the earth.
” Thaaaats not a wyvern.”
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Jack used Yuuris name without any honorifics here, which is against social norms in j.a.pan unless the person is someone very close, or otherwise has the permission of the involved person. Yes, the names Yuuri gives it are all types of food involving chicken. The first one (Momo) could also mean “Peach” but that didnt seem to fit with the other names.
