Konjiki no Moji Tsukai Chapter 300

(Quitting the game while he’s ahead, you got to be kidding me. I really want to hit that geezer’s funeral picture with a book right now. Wait, I think I really did that one……)

Though the other facilities personnel were surprised, but because everyone knew Hiiro and how close he was to the facility director, he got off with a light punishment.

(Hey, pops. Right now, I’m really confident that I could win against you.)

It was indeed so, as he had been blessed with the opportunity to read books and eat food from other worlds.

(One day when I get over there, I will make you bite your handkerchief in frustration. Grandly.)

At that moment, imagining the face of the facility director in his mind, Hiiro’s expression loosened a little.

(That‘s why it is better……)

Hiiro picked up the dish made by Silva, and walked towards Nikki.

(……for a kid to act like kid. That was your favorite phrase, right?)

He put the dish in front of her then said.

“Eat first. Worry later!”

Nikki raised her face and took a peek at the

Seeing such appearance, Hiiro,

“Eat it if you want to live. Don’t eat if you want to waste your family’s life.”

put up in a nasty way of saying. Then, she moved her shoulder in a twitch.

“……to live………is it okay?”

“……How would I know? If you are going to ask somebody, don’t ask me. Whether you want to live or not, I don’t care. That’s it.”

“I want……but……everyone is already gone……”

Despair is spreading in Nikki’s heart right now. Her family protected her life in exchange of their own, so she treasures it right now. But with everyone leaving her, this very own life became a shackle because she could not just give it away. Loneliness will then dominate her from now on.

Perhaps she had heard Lilyn’s story a while ago.

“Do you want to avenge them?”

“……Eh? But……the demon has already……”

“Not that. Is your true enemy that transformed demon?”

“……Ah”

Nikki’s fuzzy eyes suddenly opened wide. Certainly, it was the transformed High Condor that killed Ikki directly, but it was the person of black clothing who created the High Condor.

“If it was me, I wouldn’t be able to live in peace, having my family killed like that.”

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“………”

“And for sure, I’ll settle things with my own hands.”

“……but, how can I do that………Even mom didn’t make it ……”

“If you are weak, then get stronger. Simple, right?”

“……get stronger?”

“Listen here. It is you yourself who will decide. Once you made a decision, say it to the red-haired loli over there.”

At that time, Hiiro gently put a white bone-like object in front of Nikki’s presence. Its size is roughly about as large as Nikki’s fist.

“……Eh?”

“The claw of that big bear”

Actually, before going around searching for bamboo shoots, it was the first thing Hiiro had found on the ground. Thinking of other leftover debris, he tried looking alongside the bamboo shoots, but only one was found.

“Live your life to the fullest so not to shame that claw.”

After he said so, Nikki held the dish in her hands and began eating with great momentum.

“Delicious……its delicious……”

Upon seeing Nikki starting to eat while still shedding tears, Hiiro felt somewhat relieved. He then went back to the table and started tasting the dishes too.

As befitting its name, various dishes made from the

However, the texture of the bamboo shoots, which have turned crispilicious, fits very well with the rice with its rich paste covering it. Especially that sweet thick paste coiling itself in the hot rice, with the stickiness of a ground yam, you can go at it with just these two alone. It will really keep your hands to bring the food into your mouth non-stop.

Beside it was what Silva called

There are other dishes with different taste and texture, but what’s special is the last – the

As Hiiro continued on eating, Nikki slowly approached. Hiiro noticed her and when he turned his head, he saw a face that is determined to do something. And from her hands, was the claw being grasped as if she was praying.

“……I thought you might say something, but shouldn’t you tell it to her first?”

Though he pointed at Lilyn, maybe Nikki didn’t understand what he said earlier, therefore, she went to him for clarification, or so Hiiro thought.

The next moment, Nikki suddenly lowered her head. Then,

“Please make me stronger!”

Hiiro opened his mouth wide in surprise by reflex.

“Oi, Hiiro, now you get what this kid is saying?”

Lilyn asked, but not only her, Silva and Shamoe who also heard her declaration already turned their glances, interested in the current situation.

Apparently, Nikki had already told them that she want to ask Hiiro to make her his disciple. Formally, that is.

“Hohou, isn’t that great? I guess things will get more interesting from now on.”

“Nofofofofofofo! Hiiro is now formally having a disciple……finally, after such a long time we have been together.”

“Cocococococongratulationss!”

I really want to retort in various ways right now. Hey, you perverted butler, it’s not that long since we met, you know?

“Haaa, but getting a disciple is…”

When Hiiro was about to say it, Nikki’s face looked up to him, with eyes as if a puppy was being thrown away.

Speaking frankly, it’s a pain. Having a disciple isn’t simply teaching things to the other. But right now, it is difficult to decline for some reason.

(This kid’s face…… I knew I have seen it somewhere……)

Though he thought he had ‘seen’ it, but it was just an act of self-denial. Even at that time in the facility, where they tirelessly take good care of the crying children. He remembered that time. That time where he was also unable to refuse……

“Isn’t it fine, Hiiro-sama? This girl is still a kid. There may be a lot for her to learn, but I will support you as much as possible.”

“Even this Shamoe will do her best to help!”

“I don’t want to do such a troublesome thing.”

Aside from the last one (Lilyn), the other two conveyed words of wanting to help.

“Please! I want to get stronger than before!”

Nikki desperately pled. Surely it was still troublesome, but thinking that she will be a good partner in his own training,

“……But only about fighting, you hear?”

“Yessir!”

“Also, be sure to listen to what I say. Get it?”

“Yessir!”

Nikki finally bloomed into a smile. Silva and Shamoe, pleased with the situation gave high fives to each other.

“But now that it has become like this……”

Hiiro, while doing a “hand to the chin” thinking gesture, approached Mikadzuki.

“What’s wrong, Hiiro?”

“……Nothing. Hey geezer, you can teach basic reading and writing to this guy, right?”

“Yes, I don’t really mind, but-”

“Then it’s not a problem having an extra person to teach, isn’t it?

“Huh?”

Although Silva was bewildered by the sudden words of Hiiro, he still wrote

Then, a tremendous mana flowed out from Hiiro, and that mana enveloped Mikadzuki. Then light gradually covered her, in which Mikadzuki shrieked in surprise.

Everyone was stunned by the situation, not understanding what Hiiro did. But when the light was gone, it brought them an even more amazing sight.

Because from where Mikadzuki was last time, now stood a little girl.

“””Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh?!”””

Lilyn and Shamoe raised a squeal-like scream.

“Hmph. It went well I see.”

With the

So he tried it to Mikadzuki, and surprisingly, he succeeded. However, she was still a demon so she isn’t able to speak words yet.

“Kui?”

She tilted her lovely head.

“Hey pops, teach her some words, will ya?”

“Nofofofofofo! As expected of Hiiro-sama! Your capability of surprising people never faltered even once! Nofofofofofofo!”

“H-ho-how cuuuuute!”

Shamoe clung to Mikadzuki, while she happily cried “Kui! Kui!” in return.

“By the way, kid……no, you’re my disciple starting today. Can you be able to learn first before this fellow? I’ll praise you if you can do it earlier than her.”

He said to Nikki, while pointing at Mikadzuki. Then Nikki stared at Mikadzuki, and with a groan, she posed with a pointed finger.

“Then I’ll make sure to learn it first! Then you can praise me later!”

Then, Mikadzuki,

“Although I don’t really understand, I want to be praised by master too!”

And it was that moment, when the rug rat combination was born. After that, they worked hard together and learned the common sense of the world.

Hiiro thought that having them compete with each other makes the teaching quicker and more efficient. Surprisingly, both of them were able to learn language skills faster than he anticipated.

By the way, it was Mikadzuki who learned the fastest. That is because she has been traveling with Hiiro for a long time so that may have been a factor. Of course Nikki felt bitter, but after that, they played with each other to their hearts content whenever possible.

Though Mikadzuki received it in high spirits, she didn’t really care whether she win or lose. She turns into a natural airhead whenever in contact with Nikki, and so the nickname changed from disciple to idiot disciple.

While it was pleasant that she is able to speak out some words now, it was still troublesome as Nikki and Mikadzuki still tried to make Hiiro decide the outcome of the game whenever possible.

Just a little, only just a little, Hiiro had a slight regret he taught them, but only just a little.