Hakai Me no Yuuri - Chapter 46
Author: Kaburagi Haruka
Translator: s.h.i.+roiKaze/Soyokaze Translations
3rd Act: The Buisness Trip Part
Chapter 46: The Forbidden Fruit
Authors Note:
Here starts the 3rd act. Suddenly, its the climax!
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A month has pa.s.sed since our tumultuous family trip.
Haster and I were married when we got back to Mareba, and the merrymaking of the village-wide celebration lasted until just the other day.
Since a month has pa.s.sed, as would be expected, his “uncontrollable” condition has calmed down, and on the surface he has gone back to being as collected as he used to be. Though at night he continues to be a wild animal of course.
While we are married now, since weve already been living together, nothing much has changed as far as our lifestyle is concerned.
I guess the biggest changes are that I call him Haster instead of Master now, and we do a little “work” before we sleep, but thats about it.
Oh right, Yig is staying with Marle right now. Because it would be a problem if she was kidnapped again. And besides, were newlyweds, right?
“So, that being said, Alec,”
“Y-yeah?”
“At this rate it seems like the nickname, “s.e.x-Crazed Loli s.l.u.t Sage,” is going to stick, so Im thinking of seriously doing my job.”
“Yeah.”
In return for spreading that name around I gave an “Electric Jolt,” as a present, to mister Gusta.
That aside, there are many things that I wanted to investigate from our trip.
“For example, during our trip I kept thinking about it, but I felt that our equipment is too big to transport reasonably.”
“Yeah, like my Sentinel is definitely difficult to carry around.”
“And after thinking about it, I came to this!”
I take a single long armlet out from my pocket. This is the culmination of a months efforts.
“What, an armlet?”
“This is no ordinary armlet. You remember the [Teleport] trap from that bandit case; its got that built into it.”
“So you mean its an armlet for teleporting?”
” I could have used it that way, couldnt I?”
“Uh, you didnt?”
Having the wearer make jumps was a bit outside of my vision.
Or, I guess that would usually be the first thing a person would consider. I had some tunnel vision going.
“Ill leave that idea for next time This time I made an item that calls forth weapons.”
“Weapons Then you mean if I put this on, I can bring out Sentinel whenever I want?”
“Its not quite that simple. You have to set a [Teleport] magic circle on whatever you want to summon beforehand, then use a command word to call it to you. Thats the kind of item it is.”
“Hmmm”
“So lets give it a whirl. If we can call it to us easily enough, then it will make transporting our equipment much easier, see?”
“Its not gonna, like Explode?”
“Of course not!”
“Ysee, lately all youve had on the mind is s.e.x, so”
Thats a pretty rude thing to say Sure, lately weve been doing things in the morning to the point of it being really rough, but I havent been that stupidly focused on it.
Haster has finally calmed down, hes been doing his sword practice and hes even studying traps. It looks like he seriously intends on challenging the World Tree.
He even ordered the latest book in a series called “Traps,” and is in the middle of perusing it.
“Now come on, the command word is “Phase Transition!”1 Hurry and give it a try.”
“Fayze Tran-zi-shon?”
Im borrowing the shout of an old time transforming hero. It also has something to do with an aluminum processing method, so it should be fine as far as copyright goes.
“You have to put a little more energy behind the shout.”
“Its just kinda embarra.s.sing “Phase Transition!””
He put a bit more strength into the command word this time, and the armlet deployed its magic circle in response. Along with a mosaic tile-like effect, Alecs whole right side is encased.
After the light faded, Alecs right side was clad in an armored arm, and the second weapon I developed, “Cleaver” was equipped to him.
“Yup, I guess its a success at least?”
“Whoa, come on, it even equipped my armor. Isnt this pretty amazing?!”
“Next, I would like you to remove your equipment and place it on this cloth please.”
I take a cloth out of my pocket with a magic circle etched into it, and spread it on the ground.
Emblazoned there is the same kind of magic circle as the [Teleport] trap. Its destination is the magic circle from which the equipment first came.
“Here we go”
“And, “Return”.”
Hmmm, the mosaic tile-like effect just seems to always appear.
Is it a result of the teleportation speed decreasing? Maybe because I miniaturized a teleporter and affixed it to something?
“It looks like it takes about 2~3 seconds for the transfer to complete. Alec, try summoning it one more time please.”
“Kay; “Phase Transition!””
Once again Cleaver was summoned as his equipment. It seems like it succeeded without any problems.
“Alright, good, we can call it complete. Now I just need to bring your Sentinel over and get it set up. Ill get a summoning armlet and a returning cloth ready for you.”
“Seriously?! h.e.l.l yeah! Now I can say goodbye to that ridiculously ma.s.sive look.”
“Youre saying some pretty mean things about the weapon I made for you.”
“Naw, its a great help for combat, but its way too huge to carry around.”
“Hmph, I suppose I cant deny that.”
The size of it is part of what makes Sentinel such a great weapon, so thats the one thing I cant do anything about.
So then, Ill just leave this Cleaver with Master. Though I feel a little bad for interrupting his sword practice.
Well, if I give him a little servicing later, Im sure itll improve his mood Ah, c.r.a.p. Is this why theyre calling me s.e.x-crazed now?
“For the time being, as far as the summoning system is concerned, its all set now. The returning method isnt very stylish, so Ill need to modify that though.”
“Who cares about that? Alright, Ill leave Sentinel here with you About how long will it take to finish processing it?”
“Lets see If I hurry, then by tomorrow. I can just switch it out with Cleaver, so I dont need to put anything new together after all.”
A right arm armored in dragon scales, and a sword exceeding his own height; his equipment ended up being filled to the brim with 8th grade illness.2 Well, he is actually 14, so that shouldnt be a big deal.
“Do you have a replacement sword?”
“I have the one we bought during our trip. Its not [Enchanted], so its a little heavy though.”
“Well then, please come back tomorrow. Ill have it ready for you by then. We have Hasters practice sword, so you can take that with you for the trip home.”
“Thank you!”
Thus, having finished one task, and after chasing Alec away, I proceeded to get ready for my next undertaking.
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Feeling good about the success of my experiment, I transition to the next matter.
Descending to the cottages bas.e.m.e.nt, I open the door to the storage room. I head towards the wall even further in the back of the room, and recite the command word.
The wall makes a sound as it opens, and beyond it is a wide room with a sarcophagus stored within.
Inside the sarcophagus is the remains of a demon dragon.
After we got back to the cottage, we buried Fafnir from above ground, and then made a pa.s.sageway connecting it to the bas.e.m.e.nt.
Its so huge that it wouldnt fit in the cottage, so this was a desperate plan.
The outside of the sarcophagus is made of stone walls, and the walls have [Toughness] cast on them, so breaking into it from the outside is probably impossible.
I cut out a large chunk of the flesh in front of me, and pull out the thing I came here for Namely, “Fafnirs Heart”.
A normal knifes blade wouldnt have been able to handle this, so I used a knife with [Sharpness] cast on it to cut apart the flesh.
Right Haster and I have a rather difficult problem standing in front of us called a “lifespan”. However, I had one idea regarding how to solve that.
The hero who ate the World Trees sprout gained eternal youth and immortality, and became the progenitor of dragons. His dragon species descendants house the “eternal youth and immortality” power in their hearts.
Fafnir, who is extremely close in his direct lineage, is highly likely to have a large amount of that power remaining in it.
To be honest, I thought it was just a fanciful bit of folklore, but in light of Alec and the others bodies being strengthened, I cant necessarily think its just some horror story.
In fact, the results of looking at it with “Appraisal” are as follows
Fafnirs Heart.
Those who partake of this flesh will be granted infinite life.
“Thats quite a rough explanation its giving me. Im not really sure if this is something I should be putting in Hasters mouth or not”
A proper interpretation would be “Eternal youth,” and “Immortality,” except it doesnt guarantee a single thing besides that.
The powers in this world are filled with malice. Im well aware of what happens if you jump into these things, swallowing whatever story it tells you.
“Yuuri, whats going Hm? Whats that?”
“Haster, are you done reading?”
He unexpectedly showed his face in the kitchen, and I tried to divert the topic by answering with a question.
How might I explain something like this?
“Yeah, I took a brief look through it already. Rather than that What is that huge thing?”
“This is, ummm Something that will probably grant you “eternal youth” and “immortality”.”
“Wha?!”
He opens his eyes in astonishment.
Of course he would. What he sought to eventually obtain, after breaking through the thousand layer labyrinth in the World Tree, was rolling around right in front of him.
“However, Im not confident in it. In fact, the perfunctory explanation for it only makes me have misgivings.”
” Tell me more.”
“This is Fafnirs heart. The heart of a demon dragon that is extremely close to the originator who received the power of the World Tree. According to folklore, the power of “eternal youth,” and “immortality,” dwells within it.”
“Come to think of it, there was a story like that. Perhaps because its the first time Ive seen the real thing in front of my eyes, I didnt think to make that connection with the legends.”
“The problem is, there are no other points of reference for it. A definite possibility is that it could reduce you to a lump of flesh that “is merely alive,” if things go poorly.”
“However With this, we could both”
Hasters eyes are quivering with some kind of obsession. No, Im probably only seeing it as an obsession because Im projecting.
Yes, its what I desire. With him Forever Which is why
“Haster, this thing is dangerous. But its also what may contain a way to extend your lifespan within it.”
” Yuuri,”
“I Even though this is dangerous I think I want you to eat it.”
“You dont even need to tell me. The thing I hoped for is right in front of me, after all.”
” Im sorry.”
He was sure to accept it, and I knew that. And yet I, the one who suggested it, now feel sick to my stomach.
I shake my head to cast away my distress. I dont give a d.a.m.n about the morals behind it. As long as I have him by my side, thats all I need.
“Do I have to eat this raw?”
“Most likely If its processed in any way, then itll turn into some different kind of “dish” I would think.”
Haster pokes at the springy meat with his finger.
Of course, it seems to take courage to eat a heart bigger than a persons face.
“Rather than the risk of putting some unknown substance in my mouth, thats the part making me resist this the most.”
“Certainly Ill be sure to make a delicious dinner for you, so please pardon me for this.”
“Ill be looking forward to that.”
With the same knife I used to remove it, I cut a large mouthful of the hearts meat off.
The dark red meat of the heart looks like it could still move at any moment. In spite of repeated [Freezing] and [Thawing] after its death, even now it appears to be fresh.
In a certain sense it looks delicious All the more reason I think of it as eerie while I look at it, and unconsciously swallow my saliva.
“Alright Here I go.”
And thus, he took the forbidden fruit to his lips.
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Phase Transition: The actual word here is (Jouchaku!) or the scientific term “deposition,” as in; a vapor turning into a solid, without pa.s.sing through the liquid phase. This is a reference to the series “s.p.a.ce Detective Gavan,” in which the t.i.tle character shouts “Jouchaku!” to transform. In any case, this word is nonsense to everyone except Yuuri, so the word itself isnt supremely important. Moreover, the word “deposition” in English has a whole host of potential meanings, most of which would actually be distracting here. Thus I consulted with the novel updates forums and decided to go with a similar but slightly different term; deposition is a type of phase transition. Another option would have been “desublimation,” a synonym of “deposition.” If you have any suggestions, complaints, etc., Im listening~ 8th grade illness or “Chuunibyou”: shorthand for those who like to believe they have special powers or are a character in a fantasy setting, such as the setting of this story. Common settings for this include: eyes with special powers, a power sleeping in a persons arm, and ridiculous equipment (huge, focused on a “look” rather than functionality etc.).
