Category: Umareta Chokugo ni Suterareta kedo, Zensei ga Taikensha datta node Yoyuu de Ikitemasu

“.….I can defeat it? But… just now, Master’s blow with all his might didn’t work you see……”

Karen was confused by my words.

“You came back because you thought you surpassed your teacher, didn’t you?”

“Well, that’s what I thought…… But that monster was completely more than I expected……”

“You don’t have to think about anything superfluous. Look, it’s coming.”

“Oaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”

“Kuu! Then, I’ll take your words and believe you!”

Karen hurriedly raised her sword. Then, alone, she confronts the raging dragon.

“Can she really defeat it?”

“Of course, it’ll be difficult in her current state.”

I answered Fana’s question clearly.

“Then what do you mean before?”

“It means that she needs to increase the multiplier of her body strengthening even more.”

The dragon moved its huge body and tried to swallow Karen whole. Karen narrowly dodged it, and she slashed back at the dragon’s cheek. However, there was only a slight scratch on its hard scales.

I guess the blade did not even reach the flesh.

“It’s futile after all…. It was only with that single blow where Master even risked his life that he was finally able to break through these scales!?”

Karen let out a shriek-like cry when she felt no damage when she made her slash.

“Shouldn’t we join in?”

“Calm down, Anje-oneechan, don’t panic, don’t panic.”

During our conversation, Karen managed to dodge the dragon’s next attack and fights back, but her sword slash still doesn’t penetrate its tough scales. But while she was slow to dodge in front of the dragon’s massive body at first, she now gradually became more relaxed.

“She has gotten faster?”

“Yes, but that’s not all. Look at the dragon scales she just slashed.”

“The wound is deeper than it was at the beginning!”

“That means her attacking power is increasing too. In other words, her physical strengthening is increasing.”

I explained to my disciples who look at me wondering what the hell is going on.

“Normally, if you want to increase the effect of body strengthening magic, you have to train consciously.”

Fana and Anje also learned it through training after the treatment of the magic circuit.

In order to be able to swing a sword or activate other magic while using body strengthening magic, one must be at a level where he or she can maintain body strengthening magic without thinking. However, this is surprisingly difficult to do.

“But in the case of Samurai-oneechan, it’s something that she did unconsciously, so she doesn’t have to do anything special. If she continues to do that, it will naturally strengthen her body to the limit.”

In other words, as Karen fights the dragon, the performance of her body strengthening magic is gradually increasing and so does her strength.

“Yagyu Shinnen-ryu, Annihilation!”

Karen leaped over the dragon’s head and slashed at its scales again and again as she spun at high speed.

“Oaaaaaaaaa!”

““It worked!?””

Finally, her attack seemed to work, and the dragon let out a painful roar. The scales were destroyed from the top of its head to its back, and blood was streaming down its massive body.

“I-I can do it! For some reason, my body is feeling lighter and lighter, and my attacks are getting stronger!”

She seems to have felt the response and is screaming excitedly.

From there, a terrifying one-on-one battle between the dragon and the samurai unfolded. Even though Karen’s attacks are now working, the dragon’s huge body naturally has extraordinary durability.

On the other hand, Karen was able to avoid the dragon’s attack with ease. However, if she was bitten by that fang, she wouldn’t be able to do anything.

Still, she didn’t lose her concentration and continued to inflict damage on the dragon.

And—

“Aaaaaaaaaaaah!”

With a desperate roar, the dragon finally ran out of strength and fell to the ground.

“I-, I did it……!! Master…… I avenged my Master!”

Karen rejoices.

“Yes, well done, Samurai-oneechan. Now, leave the rest to us.”

“……Huh?”

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The old man, Karen’s Master, spoke in an uncompromising tone.

“Hurry up and leave this village! Of course, that includes you guys! Don’t get any strange ideas!”

“T-then, Master, what are you going to do?”

“I don’t have much time left anyway. I’m going to take a gamble and let it taste my secret sword technique.”

“With that body!? Master, you are in no condition to do that!”

Even though he lost an arm and a leg because of the monster, he is still in this village.

At that moment, “Oaaaaaaaah!!”, a tremendous roar echoed from the direction of the mountain.

“Master, take a look near the top of the mountain.”

“…..Is that the dragon?”

When I looked towards the mountain, I saw a dragon coming down the slope towards this village, with its long body slithering down.

“Tsk! Why did it start moving at this timing?! You guys, get out of here!”

The old man shouted. But Karen shook her head from side to side.

“That won’t do! I can’t leave Master behind and run away. That’s unbecoming of a samurai!”

“This idiot disciple……! Hey, take this kid with you guys, even if you take her by force!”

Meanwhile, the dragon approached us at breakneck speed, mowing down trees as it went.

20 or 30 meters long huh.

“Kaaaaaaaahh!”

A fierce “Qi” swelled up from the old man’s whole body. This is also known as fighting spirit, and it converged into the blade of the sword he drew from his waist.

On the other hand, the old man’s cheeks are getting more and more sunken, and blood vessels appeared on his face and arms.

“I’ll hit him with all my might! Use that opportunity to get away!”

Apparently, the old man’s so called secret technique involves channeling all of his life energy, his fighting spirit, into his sword.

“W-wait! Are you trying to die!?”

Anje, sensing the old man’s resolve, shouted at him.

But the old man ignored her. Immediately afterwards, the old man kicked the ground with one foot. He charged straight at the approaching dragon with speed that was hard to believe coming from just one leg.

“Yagyu Shinnen-ryu, Mysteries and Despair!”

The next moment, the old man’s sword was slammed into the dragon’s head.

“~~~~~~~~~!?”

The dragon’s tough scales had been cut apart and blood spurted like a geyser from its forehead, raining down on the ground.

On the other hand, the old man’s sword seemed to have been unable to withstand the impact and was shattered into pieces.

“M-Master!?”

The old man’s body bounced in the air and is now falling to the ground. He seemed to have lost consciousness. His body has no strength left.

“Oop.”

I stretched out my magic and caught the old man’s body. I brought him back to us.

“Master, are you okay!?”

“Yes, he’s barely alive. Anje-oneechan.”

“Leave it to me!”

The old man’s symptom is a complete depletion of qi. Anje had previously shared her qi with Goritia when he had fallen into a similar situation, so it should be fine to leave it to her.

“As expected of Master. I can’t believe that he defeated that monster with a single blow!”

The dragon writhed in pain before crashing to the ground and is currently lying still.

“No, it’s too early to judge that Samurai-oneechan.”

After I said so, the dragon raised itself again.

“As expected, it is still alive.”

“Even Master’s secret technique wasn’t enough to defeat it!?”

The dragon’s forehead was cracked open, revealing its skull inside, but it still roared with rage burning in its eyes.

“Oaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”

It seems to have taken some damage, but it still got a lot of energy. The old man’s almost suicidal attack didn’t seem to have much effect.

Well, it would be hard to tell if his arms and legs had still been intact though.

“How on earth are we going to defeat such a monster……?”

Karen, who had enthusiastically declared her intention to defeat the dragon so triumphantly, is now completely wilted.

In the end, it seems that it turned out to be as the old man said.

“Samurai-oneechan, don’t worry.”

“Eh?”

“I’m sure you can beat it the way you are now. And if you can’t, we’ll support you, so I think you should give it a try.”

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“There’s no one here though?”

“Mm, there’s no sign of anyone.”

“I think everybody left.”

We arrived at Karen’s hometown, but we didn’t see anyone. The inside of her house is quiet and there are no signs of people living there.

“By the time I left the village, more than half of the population here had already left. Some people stubbornly stayed in the village, but I guess they have evacuated anyway.”

It was probably a wise decision especially when they didn’t know when the monster would come down from the mountain and attack.

“But smoke is coming out of that house, isn’t it?”

It is a house a little away from other houses. Something like smoke was rising from a house that was located overlooking the village.

“That is Master’s house. Looks like Master is still here.”

We decided to go to that house.

“Master! It’s me, Karen! I’m back now!”

Karen called out, and the response was immediate.

“Karen!?”

It was a gray-haired old man who jumped out of the house. He is probably in his mid-sixties. I had heard that he was attacked by the monster and suffered a lot of injuries, but he looks fine.

—No, his right arm and left leg are clearly not moving well. Both are prosthetics.

“Karen! You look fine!”

“Master too. From what I see, you have gotten much better!”

It was a touching reunion between a teacher and student…..or so we thought,

“Why the hell are you back? Aaahhhh, you stupid disciple!”

The old man yelled.

“M-master?”

“I told you not to come back because it’s dangerous here! Do you want to be beaten to death!?”

“I-, I know it’s dangerous! But if a monster takes over my hometown and I just run away, I’ll be a disgrace to a samurai! I will definitely defeat it on behalf of Master—”

“What Samurai!? You stupiiiid disciple! It’s way too early for a greenhorn like you to talk about being a samurai!”

The old man scolds Karen with saliva flying out of his mouth.

Yep, he’s really energetic.

“It’s no good for a brat like you to try to ruin your life right away! Pride of a samurai? Bullshit! What the sense of being a Samurai if you could only die like a dog?! It’s much better to try to live even if you drink mud!”

Oh, that is surprisingly correct.

Karen is trembling a bit while biting her lips without saying anything back.

“Hmm? By the way, who are they?”

“Uhm. Well, for some reason, we ended up cooperating with Samurai-oneechan.”

“A talking baby? How strange….…”

“It’s a karakuri doll.”

“A karakuri? Hmph! No matter how I look at it, he is a real baby. I don’t know what’s inside of him though.”

Whoaaaaaa! This old man is too keen to see through so much at first sight!

“Haha, what are you talking about, Master? A real baby can’t speak you know. Now, Karakuri in the city has developed to this point.”

I’m glad Karen is easy to fool.

“Oh, stupid disciple…… And what’s the matter with your sarashi?”

“It’s so tight so I’m taking it off for now. B-but, of course, like Master said, I wore it properly when I am in the city.”

“Really? If you expose something like that in the city, you’ll attract endless amounts of bothersome people. A country girl like you could easily be fooled.”

Then the old man coldly orders Karen.

“Whatever you are here for, you’re going to leave the village at once.”

“No, Master! I have become stronger! Now we will defeat the monster and restore the village!”

“……Sure, I don’t know how you’ve done it in this short period of time, but you indeed got a little stronger. But that’s not enough. You can’t beat that monster. After all, it’s not just a snake. That’s a Lóng.”

“Lóng?”

A Lóng is a type of dragon.

It has a lengthy, snake-like body with whiskered mouth and is said to be able to fly through the air despite having no wings.

“And if my guess is correct…… No, in any case, I will never allow you to lay a hand on that monster! Leave this village right now!”

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“That swift reaction speed…… And the power of my slash ….…”

“Samurai-oneechan, you’re letting your guard down again.”

“Uh!”

Amazed at how much her physical abilities had improved, Karen was once again caught off guard.

“Shaaaaa!!”

The unharmed snake tail attacked Karen.

However, with her improved reaction speed it was easy for her to deal with it. Karen’s sword neatly cut the snake’s body vertically in half. Despite having its torso cut in half, Karen gave chase to the Nue, who was trying to control the darkness again.

“Yagyu Shinnen-ryu, Chaos Rain!”

A flurry of slashes dealt the final blow to the Nue.

“How is it Samura-oneechan? You got stronger, right?”

“Fu, fufufu……”

“Oneechan?”

“Fuhahaha!”

Karen suddenly burst out laughing.

“What an incredible power! I never thought I could be so strong! I’m confident that I can beat any swordsman now!”

She sounds kind of like a villain who has just discovered a new power.

“With this power, I’m sure I can defeat that hateful monster! No….. Now that I am like this, I can’t just stay here!”

Oi, Wait.

Why did she suddenly start running?

“Samurai-oneechan, where are you going!?”

“I must return to my hometown right now! I am grateful to you guys, but I cannot give in! Sorry!”

She shouted in reply and disappeared into the depths of the forest.

“I haven’t received the 10 million yet.”

“Now that you mentioned it, that’s true.”

“Did she run away?”

“At this timing? There seemed to be some kind of circumstance though.”

“Anyways, I’ll chase after her.”

Fana’s obsession with money is amazing…….

Was it like that before? Uhm…… maybe her personality has changed a bit due to gambling the other day.

Hmm, we don’t know where Karen’s hometown is, but it would be faster to use an airship to chase after her than to run after her.

Karen is moving through the forest at breakneck speed, but I can track her with magic so there’s no need to worry about losing sight of her.

“Eh? She stopped?”

After a while, Karen stopped in her tracks, so we caught up quickly.

“She’s lost……”

I suddenly have such idea. This samurai might be a road idiot.

“I won’t let you get away you know.”

“F-Fana-dono!?”

Karen told us the details of her situation.

“In fact, a vicious monster has settled in the mountains near my hometown. Since we don’t know when it would affect the village, Master went to exterminate it, but it ended in failure…..”

A skilled swordsman who once served as a swordsmanship instructor for the shogun, but he is said to have been defeated. Although her Master survived, he was in a state where he would never be able to properly touch a sword again.

“In order to avenge the defeat of my Master, I have gone out to train as a warrior. If I am not at least capable of surpassing my master, I will not be able to defeat that monster.”

“Then now that you got stronger, you thought you could beat it.”

“That’s right. I couldn’t just sit back so I just started running.”

“By the way, which direction is your hometown?”

“North”

“The direction Oneechan run to was South though.”

“Eh!?”

She seems to be more unfortunate than I thought.

“It would take a long time if you just ran there. Let’s go, I’ll take there in an airship.”

After successfully fetching Karen, we head to her hometown via the airship.

“It’s over there. That village is my hometown.”

Karen’s hometown was right at the foot of the mountain. Houses are scattered along the river.

“That mountain is called Giant Serpent Mountain. It is an infamous mountain where it is said that a giant snake once rampaged around here but was defeated by a master swordsman and now rests there… But now the old people in the village said that the monster has been resurrected.”

Looks like the monster that appeared on the mountain is a snake monster.

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In a room on the magical airship, I was about to administer treatment to the samurai girl’s magic circuits.

—While staring carefully at her huge breasts that were finally exposed, I gently appeal to her,

“There’s no need to be embarrassed. There’s no one else in the room except for me, a karakuri doll.”

“Now that you mention it, that’s indeed true but… why do I feel this way though? I can’t stop feeling this fear in my whole body.…”

“You’re just imagining it. Mm, it’s just your imagination.”

I examined Karen’s magic circuit.

“Hmm, this area and this area in particular don’t seem to be doing well. I’ll touch on them lightly then.”

I concentrated my magic on my fingertips and touched her glossy skin.

“Hauunn!? W-what was that just now!?”

“Don’t worry about it. It’s just a side effect of the treatment.”

“N-no, even if you tell me not to care, still…..uha-!?”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Now, just relax.”

“Ahhn~~~~!?”

The treatment lasted about an hour.

“Haa haa haa…… Hey, can I really become strong with something like that……?”

Karen was covered in sweat, her face flushed and she’s breathing heavily.

“Yes, it’s perfect. There’s just one thing you need to be careful of.”

“Is it a precaution?”

“It’s just a small matter. Samurai-oneechan, you always wear a cloth wrapped around your chest, right? That’s actually not a good thing. It prevents the circulation of magical power you see.”

『Master, please stop lying so easily like that.』

Lindwurm points it out, looking at me like a scumbag, but of course I ignore it.

“Is that so……?”

“Yes! So, you’d better take that off, understood?”

“But Master….…”

“It’s okay. With Oneechan’s strength now, it doesn’t really matter! If anything, that thing makes you rather cramped and uncomfortable, right? I think it is better to let it go!”

“Well, it’s true that I’ve gotten bigger again recently, so I’ve been worried about the tightness……”

Then like that, Karen wears her kimono as it is.

Hooray!

I finally succeeded in getting rid of that hateful sarashi. As long as I let her hold me, I can enjoy those breasts at any time. Fufufu.

“Okay. Then, let’s try the effect of the treatment right away.”

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“Isn’t this the pass we were at earlier?”

“Yes. I thought it would be good idea to have you try it out in a real battle.”

“Will it be okay? I don’t feel it yet……”

“There is no doubt about it. You should trust my Master.”

“Master? ……It’s just a karakuri doll, isn’t it……?”

“Right?”

We were again on the pass where we had defeated the Nue earlier. In fact, there were multiple sightings of Nue at this pass. It is possible that they are the same individual, but due to the large number of them, it was speculated that there were at least two or more.

“There were a couple of reactions that were similar to the one earlier when I was looking for it. They were a little bit far though. This way.”

As usual, we deviated from the pass and went deep into the forest. Unlike before, the sun is about to set, so it is quite dark in this dense forest.

“It would be suicidal to enter the mountains at this time of day, but ….…”

Karen looks a little anxious, but I went ahead without worrying.

“Yes, there it is. It’s a Nue.”

“……You found one again so easily.”

“Samurai-oneechan, it’s revenge time.”

“……I-is it really okay?”

Karen is a little confused at the sudden need to test the effectiveness of the treatment in a practical setting, but she quickly made up her mind just like how a samurai does and draws her sword.

“Here I go!”

She kicks the ground and leaps on the Nue.

Perhaps sensing her presence, the monkey face of the Nue faced her.

“Kiiiiiiiiiii!!”

The Nue that made a strange cry manipulated the darkness around him. Wriggling darkness looms over Karen. But before that could be completed, Karen’s sword had closed the distance between them in an instant, it had sliced through the body of the Nue.

“……Eh?”

Karen was surprised.

Her agility and attack power were far higher than she had expected. 

Of course, this is the result of a significant increase in the output of body strengthening due to the correction of her magic circuit.

“Just now…. I finished it in a swift action……?”

“See, Samurai-oneechan, it was extremely effective, wasn’t it?”

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Body Strengthening Magic. 

As the name suggests, it’s a spell that temporarily improves your physical abilities. Unlike magic that produces fire or water, it does not need to convert magic into natural phenomena, so it is easy to use even for beginners. As a result, swordsmen and martial artists sometimes used it unconsciously to improve their physical abilities.

“Samurai-oneechan is that type too. Well, your strengthening rate is not that high though.”

“I was using magic……?”

No doubt about it. That’s probably why she was able to fight almost evenly with Fana. By the way, Fana also used body strengthening magic.

“She was holding it back quite a bit.”

“Mm. I matched my opponent.”

“W-what!? Does that mean you weren’t serious?!”

“That’s right.”

Completely shocked, Karen takes a step backwards.

“Ha-, haha, hahaha…… Apparently, I was a frog in a well……”

“That is good news for you Samurai-oneechan!”

“Huh?”

“Actually, there’s a way to improve that body-strengthening magic! (Grinning)”

★★★

“Don’t worry. Fana-oneechan and Anje-oneechan got stronger thanks to their magic circuits being fixed, so it’s not cheating. In fact, I think it’s a treatment that people all over the world should receive, and that time should come soon. So, Samurai-oneechan should get it right now. It’s okay, it is painless, and once you do it, your world will change. If you want to become stronger, you have no choice but not to take it. Courage, all you need is courage. If you don’t show courage now, when will you show it? You can’t be a true samurai if you won’t do this. Don’t worry, you can do it, Oneechan. If you have the soul of a samurai, you can do anything. So be brave and take the plunge.”

『Isn’t this exactly the same as with the hero, Master? The wordings has just changed from hero to a samurai.』

Oi, please don’t say anything bad about people.

“With you saying that I feel like if I were to back down here, it would tarnish my reputation as a samurai…”

Thanks to my desperate persuasion, Karen’s heart was clearly wavering.

“I’m not doing this for everyone, you see. It’s special because it’s just for you Oneechan. And it’s only for today, you know?”

『Special and only for today? All of these are common phrases used by con artists. But didn’t you say earlier that everyone in the world should receive it? 』

Still, Karen seemed to have made up her mind, she said,

“Alright. I’ll try the treatment!”

“As expected of  a samurai. Now then, take off all your clothes.”

“……Ah?”

“Eh? You didn’t hear? I said take off all your clothes and be naked. Oh, of course, you’re going to take off that sarashi too.”

“W-wait a minute!? N-naked!? Do I have to do it naked!?”

Karen screams in bewilderment.

“That’s right. It’s a kind of medical procedure, so there’s no need to worry about it.”

“No, I do worry about it! I’ll tell you that up front!”

“Huh? Don’t tell me you have wavered? But you’re a samurai, aren’t you? A samurai never back down, right? For a samurai to say she’ll do it then later change her mind, that’s really not a samurai thing, right?”

“Your are just a Karakuri doll and you’re provoking me!?”

『Master is a scammer after all…… Catch me quickly, Master.』

Karen put her hand on the obi of her kimono and untied the knot with all her might.

“Of course I have no intention of backing down now!”

After the sarashi was forcibly stripped off, her twin hills were exposed.

Yahoooooooo!

Just as I had expected, no, they were even more magnificent.

No matter how I look at it, her Master who asked her to hide her precious boobs with a cloth is a complete failure of a person.

『It’s Master who’s the one who failed. 』

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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“Kiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!”

The Nue attacks with a strange cry.

“Leave this to me! I must do my 10 million yen’s worth of work!”

It was Karen who stepped forward.

“Not only is the Nue elusive, it also has great fighting ability. Many skilled samurai have challenged it in the past, only to be defeated. However—”

The Nue swung its front legs, trying to slash Karen with its sharp claws. But by that time, she was already gone.

“Ji!?”

Karen is now above the head of the astonished Nue.

“Yagyu Shinnen-ryu: Waterfall!”

Karen’s sword slams into the monkey’s head. The impact caused the huge body of the Nue to fall face down to the ground.

“That girl is really strong. Well, even if only temporarily, she was even on par with Fana, so it’s as expected I guess.”

“Hmm, the swordsmen of the East are not to be underestimated.”

While Anje and Fana are impressed, Karen lands on the ground.

“I’ve heard that it is very strong but…… It wasn’t as good as I thought it would be.”

“Samurai-oneechan, do not let your guard down.”

“Huh?”

Immediately afterwards, darkness wriggled over. The “slimy” darkness that has gathered from the surroundings clings to Karen’s body.

“Uh-…… M-my body…… I can’t move!?”

“Not only can it hide in the darkness, but it can also manipulate the darkness.”

The Nue stands up.

Karen’s slash had dented its head, but apparently, it wouldn’t die at that level.

“Shaaaaaaa!”

In addition, its snake tail then stretched its body and attacked Karen, who was immobilized.

Slash!

The snake’s torso had been slashed before it could be thrust into Karen.

“Hmm”

The one that slashed it was the wind blade that Fana unleashed. At the same time, Fana herself leapt right in front of the monkey head of the Nue.

Zaaang!!

She slashed its neck off. The monkey head flies through the air and falls to the ground.

“……What a tenacious monster.”

The Nue wasn’t dead yet.

Despite losing its head, it ran towards the depths of the forest in an attempt to escape. Moreover, a thick darkness covers its body. It is probably trying to hide in the darkness in order to scatter its pursuers.

“That’s useless.”

After those words, a huge earthen wall appeared in front of the running Nue. It crashed into it with all its momentum.

“Did you really think you can escape?”

It was Anje who created the earthen wall. She approached the fallen Nue, who was confused because it didn’t understand what had happened.

“If losing your head doesn’t kill you… I wonder how long I’ll have to keep hitting you for you to die.”

“~~~~~~!?”

The bottom line is that the Nue died pretty quickly after receiving a barrage of punches from Ange.

“……I came out in high spirits, but I was completely caught off guard.”

Karen looked frustrated.

“By the way, Anje-dono is also quite strong…… She can use magic too……”

“Why don’t you try using magic Samurai-oneechan?  I’ll teach you if you want.”

The knowledge of magic is not common in the East, but that doesn’t mean that magic cannot be used here. Karen will also be able to use it if she trains.

However, she shakes her head from side to side.

“No, I am a samurai, and it is true that magic may be powerful, but for a samurai whose life is a sword, it is wicked to rely on anything other than the sword.”

“You’re too stubborn! That’s why you lost to Fana. If it had been a real battle, you would have died you know.”

In response to Anje’s harsh remark, Karen only groaned, “Gununu” and can’t immediately reply to it.

Still, she managed to squeeze out the words,

“It’s better to die than to do something that goes against the soul of a samurai!”

“But Oneechan, you’re actually already using magic.”

“……? W-what do you mean?”

Karen looked shocked and confused, so I explained,

“It’s body strengthening magic. Samurai-oneechan actually uses it unconsciously.”

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“This is the Yokai Extermination Magistrate’s Office.”

Karen led us to a certain building.

“Yokai? Aren’t they monsters?”

“Yes. Well, in this country, monsters are also called yokai.”

Karen answered Anje’s question.

“This Yokai Extermination Magistrate’s office is a magistrate’s office that specializes in exterminating yokai.”

Apparently, the administrative body in Edou country is called a magistrate’s office. There doesn’t seem to be a private organization like the Adventurer’s Guild, but this magistrate’s office seems to be doing something similar.

“They collect information on yokai sightings and publish them in the bulletin. Then they will reward those who defeat them. We can also look at it from time to time to see if there is any good information.”

However, yokai with high rewards are quickly defeated.

It was said that a nearby swordsmanship dojo keeps an eye out on the bulletin as a form of training, and as soon as a yokai sighting was published, they head out to the given location to defeat them.

By the way, anyone who brings in a yokai corpse can receive a reward.

Inside the magistrate’s office, there are illustrations of monsters posted. This was extremely helpful for foreigners like us.

“What’s that? Kappa, Tengu, Nurikabe, Nue, Kamaitachi…… There are a lot of monsters that we don’t see in the west.”

“But that little yokai looks just like a goblin.”

“So, they live here too huh….”

Goblins have a high reproductive rate. There are other monsters that look similar in the west like the giant spiders and snow trolls.

“As expected, the monsters with high rewards have been hunted down…… All that’s left is not worth it.”

It seems that there are many monsters that are not worth it, such as the distance of the location, the limited time of hunting, or are difficult to defeat compared to the given reward.

No doubt. This place is the same as the Adventurer’s Guild.

“This Nue guy looks strong.”

According to the illustration, it was a chimera-like monster composed of monkey, tiger, snake and raccoon.

“Nue is a formidable enemy. It has a special ability to hide in the darkness, making it a monster that appears and disappears at will. It is also very agile and can run away quickly. Because of this, few people are willing to try to defeat it, considering the reward.”

“Hmm, on the contrary, it’s a good target.”

“You’re right, Fana-oneechan. Just defeating one is worth a million yen.”

The reward for defeating a Nue is 1,000,000 yen. Compared to the rewards of other yokai, it was unbeatable.

“You seem to have a great deal of confidence..… In that case, I have no objection. I will follow you guys.”

So just like that, we came to the place where there was a sighting of a Nue. It is a dimly lit mountain pass even in the daytime.

“How do we find the Nue?”

“Enemy Search”

I used my search magic to find out what was going on around me. Then, a few hundred meters away from the pass, I could feel a strong mass of magical power.

“Probably this way.”

“……Don’t tell me you can tell where the Nue is? To think that you have that kind of ability… The latest karakuri is truly amazing…”

Karen still seems to think that I’m a karakuri.

“Does Lill feel anything?”

“Well, it smells a little stinky, like a mixture of animal odors.”

Lill’s keen sense of smell also has a high search performance. We deviated from the pass and entered the forest.

“Oh? Did it notice that we are approaching?”

“It’s very likely. There’s a slight tension in its scent.”

The response of my search magic weakened.

Nue was said to have the ability to hide in the dark. It may have been wary of us, so it hid its presence a little. However, it has not completely disappeared from existence.

Although it was dark in the dense forest, it was still daytime with the sun high above.

“Over there. You can see that vague shadow, right?”

“Hn, now that you mentioned it…”

“If it’s night, we can never tell.”

Perhaps realizing that it was useless to hide, the figure of the Nue emerged from the darkness.

“There’s no doubt about it, it’s a Nue! I can’t believe we found it so easily…”

It looks exactly like the illustration in the magistrate’s office. The face is a monkey, the body is a raccoon, the limbs are a tiger, and the tail is a snake, and the total length is five or six meters.

By the way, raccoon is an animal that can only be found in the East.

“Kiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!”

The Nue let out such a strange roar and rushed to us at a breakneck speed.

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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In this country, where karakuri is developing, it seems that I, as a talking baby, can easily be mistaken for an advanced karakuri doll.

『What a weird talk. Talking babies are rarer than talking karakuri, right?』

Lindwurm, a talking wand, said so.

“No, that’s not it. Master is really——”

“Aaah!” I shouted, interrupting Fana as she tried to explain the truth.

“That’s right! I’m a karakuri!”

“Mm, it’s a karakuri after all. But it looks so real to me. I’ve heard a little bit from my master, but I’m always amazed by the city’s karakuri.”

Karen spoke in amazement.

『Master, are you planning to pretend to be Karakuri?』

(Mm. They misunderstood, there’s no reason not to go along with it.)

『I don’t think that’s the case.』

I appealed to Karen with a lovely smile.

“If you could hold me as much as you want, I’d be so happy!”

『Is that what you’re aiming for, perverted scum master? 』

(Even though I am such a cute baby, people are often creeped out when I spoke. Because of that, I sometimes suffered the tragedy of being refused to be held.)

『Don’t you think it’s because your old man scent is seeping out? 』

But if they can accept me as a talking karakuri doll then,

—I can be hugged as much as you want, yaaaay!

『Such evil thought is completely of a cursed doll. But Master, this girl doesn’t seem to be much to your taste, does she? 』

(Fufufu, Linlin got bad eyes huh.)

『……Tsk! 』

At first glance, this samurai girl does not seem to have such large breasts.

But my eyes can see clearly!

The girl in front of me is forcibly suppressing her plump breasts by wrapping something like a cloth around her chest!

『……?』

“Well, Oneechan, don’t be scared, come, hug me.”

“More than that, the money please.”

More than that!?

Fana interrupted from the side. It seems that she has to collect money no matter what.

…Oh well.

Right now, Karen has wrapped her chest down, so I guess there’s no point in being held now. 

“O-of course I’ll pay! But it’s difficult to pay the full amount right now… S-so please wait a little bit! One week! No, I should be able to do something about it in five days!”

Ten million is not an easy amount to prepare.

I wonder how she is planning to earn it.

“Running away?”

“N-no way! I won’t run away. I bet on the pride of a samurai and promise to pay for it!”

“I don’t trust you.”

Fana looks at Karen suspiciously.

“Fana-oneechan, I have a good idea.”

“Master?”

“We’ve just arrived in this country, and there’s a lot that we don’t know, so let’s ask this Samurai-oneechan to show us around. If she is nearby, we don’t have to worry about her running away.”

“Hmm, I see. But what about the money?”

“For the time being, we’ll take the 170,000 yen she has now. She’ll pay the rest of it by doing reasonable work. I think there is an organization like the Adventurer’s Guild in this country, we can work together to complete the request.”

Karen became excited at my suggestion.

“What an excellent karakuri doll! I will do my best to live up to your expectations!”

“Hmm, if the master says so, okay then.”

That’s how it was settled.

Now I can enjoy Karen’s breasts whenever I have chance fufufu…….

“By the way, Oneechan, what’s that cloth wrapped around your chest?”

“Huh? Ah, this? It’s Sarashi. When I wield the sword, my chest would get in the way, so my master told me to wrap it.”

What are you doing that extra for?!

I don’t care if he’s her Master or what, but he’s definitely the kind of person I’ll never get along with.

『I’m sure the other side will feel the same way.』

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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Even after the crowd had fled, Karen was still on her knees.

“Cheer up, Oneechan. I think it was a good fight.”

“…..Declaring victory with such confidence and then suffering a disgraceful defeat…. it is the ultimate disgrace to a samurai…”

As expected, it seems difficult for a proud samurai to accept defeat so easily. Moreover, her opponent was a swordsman from the west who is about the same age as her.

“At this point, I have no choice but to commit seppuku and clear my name!”

“Eh?”

“Bushido is the way of the samurai to die!”

She shouted that and tried to stab herself in the stomach with the blade of the dagger she took out of her pocket.

“Stop!”

Fana flicked the dagger away with her own sword.

“Kuu, you won’t even let me die?! Don’t you have the mercy of a samurai?!”

“Money”

“……Huh?”

“I don’t mind if you kill yourself. But I want the promised money first.”

Uh-, to say she doesn’t mind her dying……

It seems that the only reason Fana stopped Karen from committing seppuku was to get the 10 million prize money.

“Oh, t-that’s right…… uhm……10 million…… Well, wait a minute, okay?”

All the momentum she had had as she tried to slit her own stomach was gone, and Karen suddenly started to look away and raised her voice.

“Uh-, uhm, t-ten thousand…… twenty thousand …… thirty thousand ….…”

Sweat dripped down her forehead, and she began to count the bills slowly. 

In this country, not only coins are used, but also paper money.

“One hundred and sixty thousand… one hundred and seventy thousand…”

It was probably earned from the participation fee, but when she counted to the seventeenth one, the paper money ran out.

No way…. it’s not enough at all……

“Hmm, 10 million.”

Fana urged mercilessly. 

Then Karen put her hands and knees on the ground.

“I-, I-, I’m so soorrrrrrrrry!!”

She apologized with teary eyes.

Oh, a real dogeza!

Although it was occasionally used in the West, dogeza was originally part of the Eastern culture.

“I thought I wouldn’t lose, and I didn’t really have ten million!”

“But you lost.”

It’s far more embarrassing than just a defeat.

“That’s why you tried to escape by seppuku?”

“Giiiik!?”

Karen is visibly distressed by Fana’s point. It seemed that Fana hit the nail on the head.

She had just said big things about clearing her name and bushido though….

Karen lowered her head even more, her forehead digging into the ground.

“All this is the result of my weak and feeble heart! I am no longer worthy of calling myself a samurai! This time, this time, I will commit seppuku and apologize!”

“Just give me the money. 10 million.”

Fana is still unforgiving.

As if she had finally giving up, Karen said,

“….I’m sorry, I can’t pay.”

There was sudden silence then she continued,

“I’ve been raised in a rural village since I was born, and I only recently came to this city to train as a warrior. However, my travel money was depleted…. Well, I was confident in my sword skills, so I made money like this….”

“Meaning, you’re using money to lure your opponents, even though you don’t have 10 million yen huh.”

Anje spoke in dismay, and Karen nodded obediently.

“There were too many people coming once, so I tried it, and it worked out surprisingly…… I get carried away with it and I’ve been doing it ever since.”

“But Oneechan, I can understand why you might get carried away. I mean, you were fighting Fana-oneechan on equal terms until halfway through. Did you learn swordsmanship in the countryside?”

“That’s right. My sword master is actually a skilled swordsman who once rose to the rank of swordsmanship instructor for generals. My master, who retired and returned to his hometown, taught me swordsmanship from a young age.”

The general is the king of this country.

If she was taught by such a person, he must be quite skilled.

“W-wait, the baby is talking!?”

Everyone seem to be slow to realize this.

“No, no way… it’s a karakuri right? Who would have thought that there would be such an intricately made baby karakuri in the city… and that it could even talk…”

And just as I thought, she also mistook me for a karakuri.

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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