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nChapter 50 – Fina’s Perspective 7

nThe next chapter will be going to the Royal Capital.

nWith this, it’s two volumes.

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nToday, Father came back with a dark expression on his face.

nI wonder what happened.

nAccording to what he told me after I asked, a Black Viper appeared, and a village seems to have been attacked.

nThe guild was in an uproar.

nFather, who was in charge of dismantling and purchasing raw materials, was able to return home, but the other staff members seemed to be alternating shifts and have not been able to leave.

nThe Black Viper was a huge snake.

nI haven’t seen anything like that before.

nIt seemed that an adventurer party of at least C-rank was needed to defeat such a monster.

nI heard that Big Sis Yuna and the guild master, the two of them, had gone to defeat that monster alone.

nFather seemed extremely anxious.

n‘It’s not something they can defeat,’ he muttered to himself.

nThe next day, the subjugation party for the Black Viper was injured and became unable to take the subjugation request.

nFather was troubled, because he couldn’t go help big Sis Yuna, who he was indebted to.

nTwo days after that, I heard that Big Sis Yuna and the guild master had returned safe and sound.

nMoreover, the Black Viper was apparently defeated.

nAfter returning home from work, Father told me that joyfully.

nThen, the day after that, I was also called in to help with dismantling the Black Viper.

nI went to the guild early in the morning.

nHowever, it seemed like Big Sis Yuna had yet to arrive.

nI heard that the time she’d arrive was undecided, to let her relieve the fatigue from yesterday.

nTo that end, I would help out the guild.

nAgainst all expectations, Big Sis Yuna cheerfully arrived at the guild later in the morning.

nDid she really go to and return from a place that required a three days journey by fast horse, and also defeat a Black Viper?

nLooking at her, I got the feeling that she wasn’t injured at all.

nI understood the strength of the Black Viper less and less.

nWe were on standby in the refrigerated warehouse, for the sake of dismantling the Black Viper, when all the members were called outside.

nIt seemed like the Black Viper was so big that the dismantling work couldn’t be done inside the cold storage warehouse.

nWas it that big?

nThe location for dismantling was changed to outside of the town.

nThe Black Viper that Big Sis Yuna took out from bear-san’s mouth was gigantic.

nDid you defeat this by yourself?

nIt was unbelievable.

nIn accordance to instructions from Father and everyone from the guild, the dismantling began.

nI formed a pair with Father.

nFirst, Father pared off the skin.

nI cut out block-shaped sections of meat, starting from the part that was stripped bare, and placed them inside an item bag.

nWill we finish this by the end of today?

nAnyway, I’ll do my best.

nSeveral hours later, it was finally finished.

nIt was finished by the end of the day.

nThank goodness.

nI left the transporting to other people, since the guild master had asked me for a favor.

nTo bring Big Sis Yuna to the guild.

nWith this, the work was finished for today.

nI decided that I would go to sleep early when I returned home today.

nIt was tiring, but I was glad to be able to help Father.

nLately, only pleasant things had happened.

nMother’s illness was cured, too.

nFather tried to make us laugh during mealtimes, though mother told him that his jokes were lame.

nHow many years had it been since the dining table overflowed with laughter?

nFor my little sister, Shuri, it might be the first time.

nOne day, mother started saying outrageous things.

n「Should I become an adventurer and work?」

nWe all stopped her.

nFather, in particular, forbade her.

n「You, do you plan to die and leave your children behind?! Is my income so meager?!」

nI was scared just imagining Mother fighting a Black Viper somewhere.

nHowever, if I imagined Big Sis Yuna fighting somewhere, I could see her defeating opponents with a calm face. Why is that, I wonder?

nEven though the only time I had seen her fighting was back when we first met.

nShuri embraced Mother tightly as well, and shook her head side-to-side desperately.

nIn the end, it was decided that, as a compromise, Mother would look for mediation work at the Commerce Guild.

n...Even so, why did she end up working at Big Sis Yuna’s place?

nHer job seemed to be related to Clucker eggs.

nBig Sis Yuna, what in the world are you doing?

nDo you plan on resigning as an adventurer and becoming a merchant?

nOn a later day, Big Sis Yuna told Shuri and me to come to her house the next day.

nApparently, it was to sample a new kind of food.

nI was a little worried, but I was also looking forward to it.

nThe next morning, Shuri and I went to the Bear House together after eating breakfast, where Big Sis Yuna took out a food called “purin.”

nIt was a yellow color.

nI was told that it was a dessert made from eggs.

nWas it really okay for me to eat food made with such a high-class ingredient?

nEven so, it was made by Big Sis Yuna.

nI’ll receive it gratefully.

nWhat is it, this delicious food?

nThis soft and sweet taste, I haven’t ever heard of, or eaten, such a food before.

nI finished eating it in the blink of an eye.

nShuri’s cup was also emptied.

nWhen we made disappointed expressions together as sisters, Big Sis Yuna made a bemused smile while taking out one more portion.

nLet’s eat it slowly this time!

nBig Sis Yuna came over in the afternoon one day, when I was at home teaching Shuri her letters.

nI wonder what kind of business she had today?

nIt turned out that she was going to the Royal Capital as an escort.

nThus, she was here to ask mother to look after the orphanage.

n「That’s nice, the Royal Capital...」

nWhen I said that, it was decided that I would be taken along as well.

nWas that okay?

nHowever, it turned out that we would have to confirm it with the client tomorrow.

nI still don’t know if I will be able to go, but I’m looking forward to tomorrow!

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