Monster Tamer: Volume 14 [Parts 1 to 2] by Minto Higure

Author:Minto Higure
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 5: Past and Present

After getting forcefully teleported, we encountered monsters right as we finally grasped the situation we found ourselves in.

“Senpai! Something’s coming this way!” Katou said, stifling her voice.

Her eyes were directed at a shadowy figure. It was at the end of the dimly lit corridor, so at first, I thought it was human. However, its limbs moved far too unnaturally for it to be one.

“A puppet-type monster?” I mumbled.

Unlike the magical puppets of the Depths, this puppet’s body was made of similar materials as the corridor itself. I knit my brow. Our short-lived relief at our enemy’s apparent miscalculation of our destination, and the subsequent loss of initiative, faded quickly. We hadn’t considered the possible presence of monsters. The foe who’d teleported us had chosen a really dangerous place to bring us to.

Three puppets appeared, and upon noticing us in this empty corridor with nowhere to hide, came running right at us.

“S-Senpai!” Katou called, seemingly at her wits’ end. “Forget me and just run away!”

She probably judged that she would be nothing but a hindrance. She immediately came to her decision. It was true. In our current situation, I had nobody to rely on. We were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers too. I had no choice but to accept that. That said, abandoning Katou and running away was impossible for a multitude of reasons.

“Hang on a sec, Katou,” I said, grabbing her shoulder and stopping her as she stepped forward to try and act as a decoy.

“S-Senpai?”

“There’s no need for that.”

It was a pretty bad situation, but not so bad that such tragic determination was necessary. After all, I possessed the strength to fight monsters now. Taking out three at once while protecting Katou would be a little too much for me, but there was a way of handling this.

“Sorry, just put up with this for a bit,” I said.

I obviously didn’t have the time to give her a full explanation while monsters closed in on us. After apologizing to her beforehand, I hefted Katou up in one arm. I wanted to keep one hand free, so I had her cradled to one side. It was somewhat like holding up a child. Fortunately, Katou was fairly petite, even for a girl. As long as I remained careful, she wasn’t going to throw me off balance. With my magically reinforced strength, it was easy enough to hold her up. Unless I carried her in both arms, I would need her whole body glued to mine for this, so I had no choice but to have her put up with that.

“W-W-Wah! S-S-Senpai?!” Katou raised her voice right next to my ear. It was a little embarrassing, but now wasn’t really the time to be worrying about that.

“Wrap your arms around my neck and hang on tight!”

The moment after I instructed Katou to do this, the puppets charged. First, I had to get some range on them. I kicked off the ground hard and jumped backward. Katou obediently did as she was told and wrapped her arms around my neck.

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