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Cat Tower

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Stella froze at the sudden situation.

“U-uhm…?” (Stella)

In battle and when playing wild ball, Stella showed wild brilliance. However, in cases like this…

“I have absolutely no memory of that, yes…” (Stella)

She feigned ignorance. While averting her gaze, she played dumb with all her might.

Radan laughed heartily.

“Haha, how modest you are. We received a report from the adventurers. There is surely no one else in the world who swings a bat and defeats monsters.” (Radan)

“Hahaha… that may be true…” (Stella)

He sees us as quite the exceptional adventurers, apparently…

As Stella answered vaguely, she felt a gaze from the side.

“…Staaare.” (Nana)

From within her costume, Nana emitted an aura of please avoid troublesome matters. From Stella’s perspective, going to the eastern country was just a simple trip home. It had been several hundred years, yes, but still. Aside from matters involving Marcosias, there wasn’t much to hide.

Well, actually, there were things like being royalty in origin and other such complications… A life full of trouble, indeed.

“Uhm… We really were just passing by. Our apologies, but please let us through…” (Stella)

“Tomato juice is waiting for me.” (Nana)

At Nana’s words, the village chief bowed his head and said:

“Heheh… Regrettably, there are no tomatoes here.” (Village Chief)

“Gaaah!” (Nana)

Marcosias gently patted the shocked Nana costume. Whenever a Cockatrice was troubled, she had developed a habit of patting them. Seeing this, Radan stood up.

“…Even so, you did defeat the Flower species, didn’t you?” (Radan)

“W-well…” (Stella)

“In that case, these gold coins given from the village are yours.” (Radan)

Radan slowly approached Stella and tried to hand over the leather pouch he had just received. Stella waved her hand and refused.

“Uhm…? I can’t accept something like this!” (Stella)

“We too cannot accept rewards for monsters we did not defeat. Consider it atonement for the trouble we caused before, please take it.” (Radan)

“No, really, we can’t accept this!” (Stella)

To Radan and the others, this was a matter of pride. Though they might earn some extra coin, they didn’t want to appear as if stealing others’ achievements. That was the pride of a noble house. The same applied to Stella and Nana. They had only happened to encounter and defeat monsters by chance. There was no reason to accept gold coins for it.

“Yeah yeah. Accepting money for a quest we didn’t even take on feels off.” (Nana)

“Is that how it works?” (Marcosias)

“Yup, that’s how it is.” (Nana)

To Radan, Stella and Marcosias were like family to the commander’s sibling. After all, they were living together. Receiving gold coins from them… would not look good if others found out.

“Such noble resolve… But rewards should be given for results. Please, accept it…” (Radan)

“We really were just passing by…!” (Stella)

Push, push. The two of them kept pressing the leather pouch on each other.

“You really won’t accept it?” (Radan)

“Yes, I cannot accept it.” (Stella)

In this regard, Stella was stubborn. She was unwaveringly particular about what an adventurer should be.

“Then, let us do this! These gold coins came from the village, correct?” (Stella)

The village chief straightened up as he was addressed.

“Y-yes… That is correct.” (Village Chief)

“Half will go to the village. The other half to the knight order.” (Stella)

“But still…” (Radan)

“We simply happened to encounter and defeat the Flower species. We believe we eradicated them, but we are not certain. We do not have time to confirm it.” (Stella)

“…Mgh…” (Radan)

Stella declared it clearly. Her figure carried authority, and Radan was unconsciously overwhelmed. The bat at her waist looked reassuring. The same was true for the other members of the Black Dragon Knight Order.

So, this is the legendary hero…

Nana nodded as well.

“What a smooth argument she found.” (Nana)

“Mother is super smart!” (Marcosias)

“…She’s like a different person when the switch is on.” (Nana)

Seeing that Radan had fallen silent, Stella pushed the leather pouch on him once more.

“…Understood.” (Radan)

Radan sensed it. His instincts, sharpened by years of facing nobles, told him.

This woman is no mere adventurer. She must not be obstructed.

And one more thing. Stella’s hand had touched the grip of her bat.

…The trauma from last time was about to resurface.

 

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At Healberry Village. The sun had begun to slowly set.

Hmm… Today I really got to play a lot with the Nyaff tribe. It’s been hours already. Well, all I’ve done is throw cotton though…

“Nyaa.” (Nyaff)

“Nyanyaan.” (Nyaff)

Right now, a bunch of Nyaff tribe were climbing up on Wood, who was wrapped in cotton.

…Yup, they’re climbing him.

Meowing as they gathered around Wood, it looked just like a cat tower…

“Ugo ugo, weee~n.” (Wood)

“Nyaa~!” (Nyaff Tribe)

When Wood slowly raised and lowered his arms, the Nyaff tribe clinging to them became wildly excited.

It feels like a theme park ride…

By the way, Dia was wrapped in cotton against Wood’s chest.

“Onii-chan, swing this side too, piyo…!” (Dia)

“Ugo ugo~” (Wood)

Wood stretched and bent his legs.

A squat… maybe? It was something Stella did now and then.

“Piyo, Kaa-sama does that sometimes, piyo!” (Dia)

Looks like she had the same thought… Dia’s flapping her wings happily. The Nyaff tribe look happy too. That’s what matters most, I guess.

Meanwhile, I kept tearing off and tossing clumps of cotton.

“Here we go!” (Elt)

“Nyanyaa!” (Nyaff)

Whenever I did that, a few of the Nyaff tribe would dash off to retrieve the cotton. Then, they’d cling to Wood again. They just kept going back and forth.

So cute…

“Piyo, I’ll throw too, piyo!” (Dia)

Dia also tore off cotton from Wood’s chest and threw it.

“Nyanyaaan!” (Nyaff)

The Nyaff tribe always chased after things that flew through the air.

Well, they all look like they’re having so much fun, so it’s fine…

Eventually, the sun set completely, and it was time to disperse. Brown, while tidying up his slightly messy fur, said:

“Nyaa, thank you very much nyaan!” (Brown)

“No, we had fun too.” (Elt)

“Ugo ugo, let’s play again!” (Wood)

“I had fun too, piyo~!” (Dia)

Thus, playtime with the Nyaff tribe came to an end. Everyone was completely satisfied.

I got to play to my heart’s content with the Nyaff tribe again after a while. All I did was toss cotton, but it was surprisingly fun.

Now then, if things are going as planned, Stella and the others should be staying the night in Steven’s village. It is a fairly large village, so they probably wouldn’t be inconvenienced… But do they run into the Black Dragon Knight Order…? Let’s hope… they don’t get into a fight.

 

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