Chapter 79

AS Chapter 79~Ring~

「 . . nn . 」

I woke up in a place I did not recognize .

『Master-dono, you’re awake . 』

I got up and was looking around, when Yoru, in his kitten form, came in through the window next to the bed that I had been lying down on .

He seemed relieved and somewhat worn out .

「Yoru, where is this?」

「My house . 」

Even though I asked Yoru, a different voice sounded in the room .

It was a voice that I’ve heard before .

「…Kurou . 」

The beastman blacksmith brought something over .

Besides the bed, there was no other furniture within the room, not even a closet .

It was a room that was truly just for sleeping .

「How are you feeling . 」

「Terrible . How long was I unconscious for? Also, where is Amelia . 」

My body was listless, a common sign of one who had slept for a long time .

My head was not working either .

After being summoned to this world, death was always nearby, and I couldn’t really sleep .

Even so, I was not at all sleepy right now .

Most likely, I had slept for a long time .

Time passed, and as my brain became more and more awake, I grasped the situation .

I put my hand on my forehead .

「Aah, I see . Amelia was kidnapped by the demon, huh . 」

『Yes . By the way, Master-dono going berserk and losing consciousness, that was three days ago . 』

I was shocked by Yoru’s words .

I even slept for three days, huh .

A long time ago, I had saved a child who was about to be run over by a truck and was hit instead, but even so, I had only lost consciousness for two days .

At that time, after the impact, my body had fallen just between the two tires and I came out practically uninjured .

This time as well, there weren’t any visible injuries .

It was quite strange for me to have continued to sleep for three days even though I was not injured .

As I was thinking that, the silent Yoru, who had a complicated look on his face, came in front of me .

「Yoru? What’s wrong?」

When I pulled him into my arms and stroked him, Yoru was purring like a cat .

He had told me about it before, but it seems that when he transformed into an animal, he completely became that animal .

The time when he turned into a black cat as well, when he was stroked in places that felt good, he would unconsciously purr .

Sometimes Amelia and I would even have trivial contests to see who would make Yoru purr first .

『Master-dono is…no, never mind . 』

I was extremely curious .

However, I knew that Yoru, who became like this, wouldn’t say anything unless he had the resolve to do so, so I didn’t say anything .

The two of us remained silent, and Kurou dropped the thing that was in his hand onto Akira’s lap .

「This is what you had requested . Also, about the dagger that were using, I have, more or less, sharpened it . Tell its owner to continue using it carefully . 」

The dagger that I had borrowed from the adventurer who had withdrawn from the front lines was shining as if it were new .

Confirming it’s condition, I turned my attention towards the other two daggers .

「You split it into two, huh . Was I too rough with it?」

「Yeah . But, maa, you’re an assassin . It should be easier for you to use daggers . 」

The two daggers were entirely jet black, and when I drew them to take a look at them, even the blade was black .

There’s no doubt about it, the sword “Yatonokami” had been remade into two daggers .

There was a huge crack right in the middle of the sword, so perhaps that’s where it was split .

According to Kurou, the crack was not something that he couldn’t repair, but he took my occupation into consideration and purposely split the sword up into two .

「Also, take this too . 」

He threw a small box to me .

I picked it up and looked at it closely .

Yoru was Yoru, so when he saw that, his eyes widened .

It seems that he recognized it .

「Oi, that’s that… . 」

「That’s right . That is exactly what you think it is . …open it and take a look . 」

Prompted by Kurou, I cautiously opened the cover .

「It’s a ring?」

Inside was crude ring, with a blood-red jewel embedded in the middle .

It was obvious that it was for men .

There was no name engraved on it, there were only words written on the interior .

「“I am the one who guides you”」

Furthermore, these words shouldn’t exist in this world . Unfortunately they were not Japanese, but English, which was what I was familiar with other than Japanese, so I was somehow able to read them .

It was definitely a hero, not the first generation hero, who was from an English-speaking country who made this .

「As expected, you’re a hero, huh . Can you read that . 」

I wasn’t a hero though .

「Aah, they are not words from the country that we were born in, but exist in our world . 」

I see, Kurou nodded .

It seems that, he thought that I wouldn’t be able to read it since the words and lettering was different than the ones that were engraved on “Yatonokami” .

I slept through most of my classes, but I tried to stay awake for the Japanese, English, and math classes .

It wasn’t for a reason like it being useful in the future or something, it was only because the teachers were scary .

The English teacher in particular would put on a carefree smile, seemingly oblivious to everything, but they would quickly notice if any student fell asleep in class .

On top of that, they would call on those who were sleeping, so one needed to be alert .

「Maa, it’s just as it says . That ring, will tell the one who has equipped it the location of anything . Put it on, and focus on what you want to know . It will be at the end of the light that emitted by the ring . 」

My heart jumped .

Something I wanted, something I desired .

Which means, I could also find out Amelia’s location as well .

I hurriedly put the ring on the index finger on my right hand and focused on Amelia .

「Ooh!」

A red string of light came out of the ring, and illuminated the wall of the room .

The beastmen’s Brute dungeon was in that direction .

『Oi, that should be a national treasure . Why do you have it?』

Unlike me who was delighted that I now knew where Amelia was, Yoru softly asked Kurou this .

Even if downplayed, it should still be a treasure that would be stored within the castle’s treasury .

Kurou shook his head in response, as if it was of no concern .

「I got it from someone who I saved a long time ago . He didn’t divulge his social status, so I don’t know who they were, but I accepted it since it was useful . 」

It’s good that it wasn’t a cursed item, towards Kurou who declared that without a change of facial expression, Yoru felt a bit of killing intent .

If this was a cursed item, and something happened to Master-dono, he was determined to immediately tear this fellow into pieces .

「Anyway, with this, I can go to where Amelia is . …are you coming? Kurou . 」

When I looked over towards him and asked this, he tilted his head, wondering why I would ask him .

「You, you’re Amelia’s master, right? Aren’t you going to go save your disciple?」

Good grief, Kurou shrugged his shoulders .

「When did she become my disciple? I don’t remember ever saying such a thing . 」

「But, for you to do this much, that means you care about Amelia quite a bit, don’t you?」

At my question, Kurou fell silent .

Those eyes that hid his thoughts stared off into space .

「…that’s true . I’ll look after her if she comes back safely . 」