The Branded Female Fencer
City of Pleasure, Part 59 - Hunter, Hunter ① -
"Damn, damn it!
Unusual for Hidun, he was running in the darkness raising his filthy curse. Blood-sucking species tend to avoid sunny spots, but have properties that have little to do with Hidun, who only draws half the blood of the blood-sucking species. Running in yet unpopular places can no longer be called habituality.
Hidun was using the inside of the building and elsewhere, moving the tarram to slip, half convinced Calamity wouldn't come after him. And many know not, but there is a huge underground waterway in Tarham. The streets of Tarham are roughly filthy, but these sewage installations were nevertheless put in place with hygiene in mind. However, because of the repeated additions and renovations, the structure is like a maze, and unlike Arnelia, neither maintenance nor monitoring is loose, so its uncleanness is not comparable.
It is precisely because of his vengeance that Hidun flees until he sips the muddy water.
"I've been getting into Orangeables so far! In here!
The sound of Hidun slamming the wall echoed underground. The filthy worms and mice fled in surprise, but Hidun was teething unintentionally. I never thought I'd be unconscious with a human opponent. Moreover, it was viewed as an object to be eliminated by Calamity. Assuming you're in Calamity's shoes, you'd think the same thing. And of course, the Orange Bull. It is not a question of knowing where we are now or where we have visited so far. Making a fatal mistake on a human opponent is a problem in itself. If Oranzeble finds out, even if it's not eliminated, at least he won't gain any more trust. Hidun had a sense of loss that what he had built over a hundred years to this point would make a sound and collapse.
In that fold, I was accidentally called from behind.
"What's the matter, brother? That's a lot of cockroach diagonal."
"... is that Doom?
Doom appeared out of the darkness. For a moment Hidun seemed to have been poked in the void, but still he doesn't seem willing to show his weakness. Immediately when I got emotional, I was relative to Doom as if nothing had happened.
"What are you doing here?
"That's our dialogue. I feel uncomfortable in the city. That's not what I'm doing until I'm ready to go to my destination. You should choose the last adjustment and then the day. You're gonna need reinforcements."
Reinforcements?
"This way. I'm fine with dirty things like this by nature, but human beings smell bad enough to bend their noses, don't they? Well, your brothers with cleanliness don't like to be dirty, do they?
"Well, it's not what you found out"
"I can't get along. If you're in trouble, can I help you?
"I'm not in any trouble."
"Really? But I look like I've been pushed around a lot."
Hidun wanted to tongue the sharpness of Doom's survey. I didn't have to know if anyone else, and I just didn't want this guy to hold my weakness. But as Calamity put it, it is inevitable that it will be subject to disposition. In that regard, it is considered that this man will not divulge to others if he thinks he has taken hold of his weakness. Because if you do that, you lose your advantage.
Hidun thought. If Doom ever threatens himself more than he needs to, that's when he needs to turn it off. Hidun thought it was a kind of bet, but explained to Doom the position he was now in.
Doom was the one who initially listened with his eyes round, but more sincerely than Hidun thought, no, unexpectedly.
"Well, that's troublesome... because even though I deal with magic, I'm not a magician. If you point me out, I know you're witchcrafted, but I don't know how to disarm you."
"Right. But I don't expect much in that regard. The question is, do you have any idea who can disarm the magic?"
"That's hard, too. I don't know my human counterparts in the first place - neither do I, but I don't think they seem to have any connection with witchcraft. If only we had anomalies at times like this."
"Was he good at magic?
"Sounds like it, huh? Just because it's troublesome, I don't use it, and it seems to have been built about almost all the magic that exists. He said it was a general education area, so I think I figured out how to disarm it, not to mention if it's usable."
"Is he still dead..."
"You don't grasp?
Doom looked surprised, but Hidun also had an unsolicited look on his face.
"I don't know much about it either. Many other faces I went out directly to engage with Orangeables, but only Anomaly has sold in from herself. I'm going to make a spike, so I need you to help me with my research.
He was an anomaly, but he did speed up our plan, and it's going smoothly. Besides, the workshop he left behind kept me running without him. Good listening was creepy, but we intend to cooperate at all costs for that matter. But Aurangebull seemed to think it should end soon. His research progressed too fast. I'm sure it's going to produce things like this. "
"I feel like I was producing stuff that wasn't good enough. But in his workshop, it looks like Annomarie's identities are dying. Isn't the main body just dead?
"You were close?
"To the point of mourning his death. I thought I'd take him as an evil spirit after he died, but he said no."
"That's right. Nobody wants to be your toy."
Hidun told me all about it, and Doom was shrugging his shoulders.
"If you're also the fifth evil spirit, you'll get free will, so you can do it on your own any day. Waste."
"Is there any better idea than that?
"Um, didn't brothers definitely have men in Sconner or something? Why don't you use them?
"I also thought about it, but it's not good to know where the guy who is familiar with magic and most likely to rely on it is"
"Maybe I can call it in or something?
"I can't. I usually went directly. And we can't lose them in vain."
"It's a subordinate thought... oh, maybe I can count on one"
"Who?
Doom came up with the matter of Fursil, the nearest samurai to the Orange Bull who was getting along, but it lay low. He is suspicious as to whether or not he is even known to be close to Oranzebul, but it is difficult to be known that he and Doom will get along.
Doom kept his name down and offered Hidun his cooperation.
"Sometimes we don't want each other to know that, do we? You don't have to pry. I wish I could disarm the magic for you."
"Mm, that's true, though."
"So I'm going to ask you if there's any way I can disarm that person from witchcraft. That's good, right?
"Fine. Instead, what do you demand?
To Hidun's words, Doom was at bay.
Continued