Chapter 315 – The Weak Meat
“…”
“… ?”
Is it like this that you can hear the sound even with your gaze?
I didn’t look at the others, but I could see that everyone’s eyes were on the bud.
It is so strange that a bud suddenly sprung up in the middle of this cave, where there is no bud or light.
However, no matter how strange I think, the one that suddenly appeared boasts green leaves curled up like dumplings, claiming to be a flower bud just before flowering.
At first it was small, but it grew little by little. No, it’s not growing. Springing up from the ground As if revealing its identity, it gradually rose from the ground and stopped only after it rose about 2M.
Only after the bud had stopped growing did I let out a small breath, realizing that I had stopped breathing to observe it.
“… What?”
“What is that… ?”
As if my words opened her mouth, Germi also stared at it with her eyes wide open. As if in response to our questioning words, the green leaves slowly opened and the flower buds slowly began to bloom.
“It smells awful. The air seems to get worse every time I come.”
“Person… ?”
What emerged from the bud was a beautiful beauty. Fresh green hair like plant leaves, red eyes like blood. The clothes she is wearing… Only her color is green, and she looks similar to that unscrupulous outfit of Roin. No, they look the same
Is it something related to Roin? With that question in mind, I reflexively glanced at the old man. She frowns and leans over, extremely wary of a woman emerging from a bud.
A dagger is held in her hand at her waist.
If I have to, I intend to throw my sword at the woman who appeared from the flower bud.
The woman who emerged from the flower bud, whether aware of our vigilance or not, put her hand on the easy delivery hyung’s silence followed and glanced around her. Then her expression changed slightly, as if she had finally noticed our presence.
“Nice to see you. My name is Hana Ijicho. Nice to meet you.”
A very polite first greeting and self-introduction.
Even because of its beautiful appearance, it is usually enough to leave a good impression, but a place is a place. It’s too strange to introduce yourself at such a leisurely pace in a hideous place called the goblin’s den.
Besides, why is it the same Japanese-style outfit as the old one wearing?
As she questioned that, she felt something rattle in her head.
What did you just say? Is it right? Did you say Ijicho?
She wears the same type of clothes as Roin, and she wears the same last name. It can’t be a coincidence.
So, is this woman from Roin’s family? Her sister?
Is this woman who suddenly appeared in the goblin’s nest an enemy or an ally?
She recalls the time she ran into Drake. A hasty judgment can result in death. She might be strong this woman. If she shows such a relaxed attitude even in front of an unspecified number of people, then she must have this attitude because she is confident in protecting herself.
It is not good to attack or provoke her carelessly.
She was confused, but this woman who introduced herself as Hana did not show any hostility toward us, so I stood in front of her as if to cover the body of an old man who was wary of Hana.
“I am Denevalve Trissian, Captain of the Westway Guards. Reveal your identity.”
“Didn’t I just tell you my name?”
Hana tilted her head and replied to Trician’s wary attitude while raising her shield.
“I am not curious about the name. I am asking what you are doing.”
“I only came because I ordered the Hobgoblin to run an errand. Hmm…”
Hana, who was looking at Trissian, narrowed her lips as if she lost interest, then looked at the hobgoblin behind her.
“Oh, look at your face. Your ugly face has become like mashed potatoes.”
“Key profit…”
“Errand? What errands are you talking about? Are you the owner of these goblins?!”
One frowned at Trissian’s menacing attitude as she raised her spear alongside her shield.
“You are rude. If I stay with you, my level will drop. I will stop.”
One of her green leaves at her feet closed again and began to engulf her.
Trisian took a stance as if she was about to jump towards her, but he couldn’t judge her level of skill, so he couldn’t attack her recklessly.
She shouted as if she had forgotten something that was disappearing into the bud.
“Ah! I’ll take Hobgoblin. Because she is a useful child.”
“What?”
At her relaxed words, she turned her attention to the Hobgoblin.
A sharp tree root protruding from the ceiling slammed into the skull of the steel skeleton holding the Hobgoblin like a stake, splitting the skull and causing the steel skeleton to fall to the floor like a puppet with a broken thread.
At the same time, a flower bud identical to the one wrapped around the body appeared, swallowed the Hobgoblin, and disappeared into the ground.
“…”
“…”
There was only silence like thick darkness in the cave.
“Whoa…”
As soon as I got out of the goblins’ cave, the fresh air of the green forest filled my lungs. Judging from the position of the sun, it must have been around lunchtime last afternoon.
The women rescued from the goblin nest took them to their camp. The goblins, who were only interested in human bodies and weapons, didn’t steal their tents and extra clothes, so they packed up their camp and went back to the city.
All of us remained silent as we returned to the camp where we had pitched our tents.
Trisian seems busy thinking about the Hobgoblin, who had the armor and sword of a missing senior, and a woman named Hana, who seems to be related to the Hobgoblin.
I couldn’t afford to open my mouth because the information about the woman named Hana I met in the goblin nest kept swirling around in my head.
Trisian does not know Roin’s last name. The only ones who know the old man’s last name are me, Natalya, and Germi.
Besides, Roin always wore the robe I gave him as a gift. In other words, Trisian does not think that Roin and a woman named Hana are related.
“I, um… I need to gather my thoughts for a while.”
Trissian told us and sat down against a large rock on the side of the camp, lost in her thoughts. I checked Trician’s condition and called my women into the tent.
“…”
“…”
Awkward silence. Roin, who always maintained a playful attitude, kept his mouth shut with a serious expression after meeting a woman named Hana.
Natalya and Germi stared at the old man with their mouths closed, not knowing what to do with this awkward air.
Roin is a person born from a mixed blood between a human and a slime, and a human experiment.
And a story about a homunculus that I had heard before.
In the meantime, Roin didn’t like to talk about his past, so he didn’t ask.
Of course, even now, she has no intention of forcibly prying out. I just want Roin to tell me.
Roin let out a small sigh and scratched the back of his head.
“Ha… Where should I start talking…”
“What is your relationship with a woman named Hana?”
“Sisters… Think maybe.”
“Maybe?”
Maybe. Does the ambiguous expression of ” mean that even Roin isn’t sure?
“Because I heard that the result of the experiment wasn’t just me. Since they were born by the same alchemist, it is safe to say that they are sisters in a broad sense. She even shares the same last name.”
“Alchemist? Experiment? Hey, what do you mean?”
Germi, who couldn’t keep up with the flow of the story, could not stand it and intervened.
“Um, that’s it. I am a hybrid of human and slime.”
“A hybrid of human and slime? Is that possible?”
“Of course, it is impossible in the ordinary way. But some crazy alchemist did an experiment on the human body. An experiment to create a human by crossing a human with a slime…”
“He’s crazy…”
Plain Germi’s review. To think of crossbreeding humans and monsters is not a sane thing to do. Would it be accurate to say that he is a mad scientist?
“Why did you do that?”
“I don’t know why you did that. However, after being subjected to various experiments by that crazy alchemist, one day I realized that I could use the ability to turn my body into liquid, and escaped from the studio with that ability. Then, while wandering around working as a mercenary, I met Hanseong in Arpagon.”
“Then she says that the girl Hana I met earlier is from the same town and that she has nothing special besides that, right?”
“Uh? Uh… Huh. Let’s sort it out… ? I’m a mixed blood of a human and a monster… I’m not afraid or disgusted… ?”
“What is mixed blood? I am also of mixed human and beast blood. Rather, I was lonely because I was mixed-race, but it’s nice to have a mixed-race comrade.”
Roin’s expression went blank at Gerumi’s answer, which was so clean and cool.
