Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter Dreams of a Hero ~

Chapter73，Part2: 2 - Money Issues ③

Chapter 73 Money Issues ③

Part 2

“It is harddd! Your personality isss! Baddd! Damnnn! I will beat that armorrrr! Isn’t there any secret technique or special moveee!”

“… There is no way that a 『Thief (Tozoku) 』 have such a powerful move.”

The role of a 『Thief (Tozoku) 』 isn’t to fight. In the first place, there is already something wrong with the fact that you tried to take on a Golem by yourself with your bare hands.

While Sytry is frowning as she is troubled, she also smoothly takes some notes.

The strength of Alchemists is their stack of experience. Liz’s special training is an opportunity to collect valuable data for Sytry.

“Strange Grief” have compete against each other and have grown as a party. When Sytry thinks about the time when Akasha’s armor will be broken, she has to come up with the next plan, she can’t afford to rest.

At that moment, Liz’s movement, which showed no sign of slowing suddenly stopped.

The doll that was flying around collapses on the floor as if his string were cut. While breathing roughly, Liz turns to Sytry.

Her eyes are bloodshot, her whole face is burning red, she is sweating but her footsteps are firm.

“Syt, it is broken. Next!”

“……”

I sigh deeply and head for the abandoned doll.

The doll had no noticeable scratches. Her proud alloy is dirtied by Liz’s blood but there are almost no scratches.

Liz grabs the doll’s right arm and forces it to stand. In front of Sytry’s eyes, the joint on its right arm is… The elbow part is exposed.

Since the joints are movable, they are more fragile than other part of the body. The special alloy coating is also insufficient.

The real Akasha also have measures taken against this by installing multiple layers of protective armor that doesn’t interfere with its operation. But as expect I couldn’t do that with this toy.

As expected, the joints that is shown couldn’t withstand the impact and is cracked.

Liz clicks her tongue and stomps on the ground.

“Tsk, is there nothing that you can do?”

“Don’t complain! It was already very difficult to just prepare the same metal.”

It has already been a long time since Akash’s Golem study was completed. Almost no material remains, and it is because of the resources of the Tower of Akasha that we could make one Golem so powerful. To reproduce it, I would need a little bit less or as much as resources and people than when we made it.

Even Sytry’s assets isn’t infinite.

No matter how much I want to please my sister, I can’t spend so much money for a training that I don’t know if it will be useful or not.

I take out a potion for repairing metal from the inside of my potion bag and carefully pour it into the damaged arm.

A small amount of smoke rises up and the previous crack has disappeared without traces. The strength isn’t the same as before, but it can’t be helped.

In the first place, isn’t there a problem to keep training although the doll had his joint broken…?

Without knowing of Sytry’s inner feeling, Liz shouts.

“If it is like this, it won’t be a training. Nee, bring back that irritating big crap! Right now!”

“Don’t say something so selfish! The one who lost it is Onee-chan, right! I was going to get it back as a memento! Where did you fight it!?”

Sytry argues with tears in her eyes.

It was the perfect masterpiece. It is the proof that everyone worked hard. More than its high performance, I had precious memories on it.

Initially, I was planning on taking it when I leave the 『Tower of Akasha』 but now it is missing.

When Sytry returned to the Imperial Capital, there wasn’t any shadow or shape of it, so there was nothing she could do.

I heard that after fighting it in the wilderness and left, she left it there. I hurriedly went there but it was nowhere.

Anything left outside of the city is implicitly the property of the one who find it. Even if it is difficult to bring back something huge like Akasha, I wish that I had prepare countermeasure to prevent it from being stolen is my true thought.

Sytry’s words put a stop to Liz’s fury.

“… So, let’s put the useless talk aside… If you make it again, how much would it cost?”

Her intense emotional rollercoaster is one of my sister characteristics. She is selfish and prone to be overexcited, but Liz isn’t stupid.

She gently wipes the sweat of her bangs and expire a hot sigh.

“At this rate, I will make Cry-chan think that I am still weak against it? Do you understanddd? This is, a question of my pride, okay! I can’t just let it go!”

“I have the blueprint in my mind, but I don’t have enough cash right now… We are also covering potions cost because of another case. It may take some time…”

Sytry is not a merchant. Most of her total assets are owned as valuable equipment and materials.

There are potions in stock, but it is not something that can be sold in a large quantity all at once. The selling will surely take some time.

“… Tsk. There is no helping it, should I take Ti for an after-training and go hunt in some Shrine…”

Reproducing Akasha isn’t an impossible task for Sytry. Now that Noto and the other are gone, unless Sytry resumes her research, that wonderful Golem will never be developed again. And this would be something very disappointing as 『Akasha’s』 parent.

However, to think there is a time when I am in trouble with money…

At that time, I thought of the appearance of my best friend who is always making a request. Sytry lost her serenity.

“Aah. Speaking of which, if Cry-san could give me back the money he owes me…”

I muttered when I thought of something that I don’t have.

Even if I lent it, there is no interest or deadline for him to repay me.

Eva told me to not lend him anymore and we have talked about repayment but Sytry didn’t mind about lending him money.

That’s because I don’t think that my 『Best Friend』 who has a lot of income because he is Hunter will borrow money to waste it.

Initially, Sytry started to collect money to increase what she could do… To increase her options to choose from. As for his hobby of buying Relic, I didn’t think of stopping him because the Relics could be useful sometime when we explore with Strange Grief.

“Ah, she is here. Sytry, and Liz. It is just right.”

At that time, the person who I was thinking about enters the training ground.

My sister’s expression changes into a blossoming smile. When Cry came near Sytry, he says with an apologetic expression.

“Sytry, I am sorry but…”

TL notes:

Thanks for reading.

“Can you lend me some money” XD Just when Sytry was thinking about money issues.

You couldn’t have a better timing Cry! I am sure even Sytry wouldn’t think you would borrow money immediately after Eva talk with her about not lending anymore money XD

Tchao à plus!

Nee: It is like heyyy.