Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: Volume 16 by Ao Jyumonji

Author:Ao Jyumonji [JYUMONJI, AO]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2021-01-03T00:00:00+00:00

11. Someday, That Debt Will Be Repaid with Interest

“Okay. That story’s gone on quite long enough. It’s about time we steeled ourselves and got down to business, wouldn’t you say?”

As Hiyo spoke, looking down at Haruhiro, she had a cloth wrapped around the lower half of her face. Thanks to that, it was hard to tell her expression. But he was pretty confident she was smirking.

“Well... I’d say I’m as steely as I’m going to get... I guess.”

Bright sunlight shone in through a hole in the ceiling just above the table where Haruhiro was lying down on his back. It made him feel weird.

He was naked from the waist up, for one thing.

The table was one that Kuzaku had found in the ruins and brought here. It had a clean sheet thrown over it, and now Haruhiro was half-naked on top of it. He didn’t know how to describe how strange this felt.

“Okay.”

There was another table, or a chair rather, next to where Hiyo was standing. The chair had a white cloth over it, too. Sitting on that was a knife that had been sterilized with boiling water, and an object that looked like a flower bud that was maybe three centimeters across.

“Let’s get this show on the road, then.”

Hiyo grabbed the knife with her right hand, holding it up to look at the end of the blade. She tested its edge with her left index finger.

“Nyeheheheheh...”

She wasn’t just smirking, she was laughing out loud.

He was tempted to say, Oh, come on, but Hiyo quickly withdrew her finger.

“Whoopsie. I shouldn’t touch it after going to all the trouble of disinfecting it.”

“...If we’re doing this, can you just get it over with? I’m getting tired here.”

“Any final words?”

Hiyo was clearly enjoying this. He wasn’t going to give her any more satisfaction.

“Nope.”

“Is that a fact?”

Hiyo looked unamused.

“Then, please roll over onto your side.”

Haruhiro did as he was told and turned over so that his right side was facing up. When he did, he saw Kuzaku by the wall, looking at him worriedly. Merry and Setora were close by the warrior’s side. Kiichi and Neal were outside the ruin, standing guard in case anything happened.

“...Hold on,” Kuzaku said through quivering lips. “I just can’t... I can’t accept this, you know? Does Haruhiro really have to be the one to do this? Can’t someone else? Like the old man, maybe?”

The “old man” was Neal, of course.

“No one else will do,” Hiyo said with a nasal laugh. “Neal-san does seem like a capable scout, sure. And Hiyo can do thief-y stuff, too. Not to overstate this and make him think I’m trying to butter him up or something, but Haru-kun is head and shoulders above both of us.”

“...Um, could you not call me Haru-kun?”

Haruhiro tried objecting, just to see if it would work.

“Haru-kun,” Hiyo deliberately emphasized his name, “is quite the thief, you know? Oh, yes, Haru-kun is.”

I shouldn’t have opened my mouth.

“Oh, a thief with Haru-kun’s skills is just what we need. Haru-kun is the one.

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