Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter Dreams of a Hero ~

Chapter108，Part1: 1 - Fun Vacation ③

Chapter 108 Fun Vacation ③

Part 1

For a while, we were guided by Sytry, we sneakily went down to a back road and finally arrived at a small house.

It wasn’t a new house but it also wasn’t an old house. A house without any special features or name plate and if you quickly looked at it, you will soon forget about it. The area was surrounded by a fence with a small metal gate tightly closed.

Sytry pulled out a key holder with a bunch of similar keys from her bag. And without any hesitation, she put one of them in the gate keyhole and said.

“I thought that it would help Cry-san someday, so I had prepared it in advance.”

“…… Syt, don’t you have any pride, to even make a lie to earn some points?”

“Shut up, Onee-chan. You are useless so be quiet.”

The key made a small noise when she inserted it and turned it.

While holding the gate, Sytry laughed while I was waiting for an explanation.

“It is a base in times of crisis. Except me, nobody else knows about this place. If Cry-san wants to hide his identity, there won’t be…… Any better place.”

“Base? Villa? Did Sytry buy it?”

“Yes. In this day and age, you don’t know what could happen.”

What kind of situation was Sytry expecting to happen……

I involuntarily opened my eyes at Sytry’s unbelievable imagination. Even though she said it was a small house, it was a splendid house. It doesn’t seem that she had rented it, so it must have cost a lot of money.

Even I had thought about a place to move out after Liz and the others retired but Sytry’s preparation was on a different scale.

“Because if we had stayed in an inn, we would definitely leave traces behind……”

What on earth was Sytry planning on escaping? I had some doubts but it doesn’t matter when I look at Sytry’s smile who doesn’t have any afterthought.

Well, all you had to do to not be chased after was to not do anything bad.

“If you wish for it…… I can even prepare a new family register.”

“…… No, I don’t need it for the time being.”

“Is that so……”

It looks like she was a little disappointed, but as expected, I don’t think I need to change my family register to skip work.

In the first place, was it even legal?

Why was she dissatisfied? Liz bended her lips and pulled my clothes sleeve.

“Nee, nee Cry-chan, isn’t preparing a hideout categorized as violence? Doesn’t that make Syt too advantageous?”

“…… It doesn’t categorized in it. As it doesn’t bother anyone.”

“Eeeeh. It does bother me though? Doesn’t it categorized as training?”

“It doesn’t.”

If you think about it rationally, I didn’t have that much money……

I don’t know how many days the vacation will last, so I should save as much money as I can.

Perhaps because no one had stayed in it for a long time, there was an unique odor of an abandoned house from Sytry’s hideout.

The sound of rain can be heard from outside.

The entrance led to the living room. There was a kitchen, two bedrooms with two beds and a bathroom. It wasn’t really lively but it seemed that the minimum furniture was available.

It wasn’t luxurious but if you wanted to live inside, then you can peacefully live inside. You can see a glimpse at Sytry’s perfectionism as she had prepared this much inside, even though she didn’t know if she would use this hideout.

Sytry put her bag down and took her hoods off and smiled.

“We have food prepared. Since they are preserved foods, I can’t guarantee the taste but……”

…… Wasn’t this fine.

I wasn’t expecting this but this also counts as a vacation. It isn’t bad to stay at an luxurious inn but staying in this kind of small house is also exciting in its own way.

It is to the point that it is a pity that the other Clan Members can’t experience it. If there is no danger, then such days aren’t so bad. Above all, the word hideout (Well to tell the truth, it is a villa though) tickles man’s romance. Compared to last night where I was in the carriage, it is a whole lot different.

Liz was also joyfully knocking on the walls. …… Knocking the walls?

“Syt, the house looks like just a regular house but will the walls be fine?”

“Onee-chan, hasn’t Cry-san prohibited those kinds of checks? It has at least been reinforced, so I think that it would be able to resist some hits if it comes from regular Hunters’ weapons……”

“Ah! …… So, sorry, Cry-chan. It wasn’t intentional…… It was just, a force of habit ――”

Liz panickly bowed her head but I think that it wasn’t that serious of a deal.

I just wanted them to not cause any trouble. As long as we have a peaceful rest then it would be fine.

“Things that we need…… I think that I had prepared most of the things we would need.”

“Not bad. If it was me who had to prepare it without instruction then I would have messed up ――”

Perhaps because she is a Thief, Liz was humming while looking around the house.

Trusting what Sytry said, I took off my cloak and sat down on the sofa in the living room. For some reason my whole body felt a comfortable feeling of tiredness despite me doing nothing and only having a one day trip.

When I made a big yawn, Sytry-chan had boiled some water and made tea.

………… If I were a god, it would be almost time for me to give divine retribution to myself.

“As expected of, Master…… There are so many, openings.”

“…… Un, un, you are right.”

Tino who standed next to the sofa throws out words that I did’t know whether she was respecting me or taking me for stupid. And at that time, Liz, who was moving left and right next to a bookshelf, made a small whistle.

Liz lightly pushed behind the bookshelf. And without making a single sound, one wall slid down.

What appeared with the new wall was innumerable weapons lined up next to each other.

Long swords, knives, wands. Guns and bowguns. As expected, there weren’t any big weapons like spears or battle axes but it was like a weapon trade show. A sharp-edged blade shines with the ambient light.

…… Was this a weapon store?

“Onee-chan, don’t touch, anything strange!”

“…… Heee. What is this? Paralysis poison and sleeping pills? And…… Aphrodisiac? What did you intend on using it for?”

“Stop! Even I had arrangements planned! I was going to explain everything to Cry-san later!”

Apparently it wasn’t just a simple villa. Sytry screamed each time Liz touched a floor or a wall.

The room that looked like, at first glance, like any other room in a regular house was full of gimmicks that was revealed by Liz. If you fold the carpet, there was a trapdoor leading to an underground warehouse and inside the cupboard, there were potion bottles disguised so that at first glance, you would think that it was just some seasoning. When she had prepared so much, you would be more impressed before being surprised first.

I wonder if all Hunters are like this……

TL notes:

Thanks for reading!

Here is an extra chapter courtesy of Eric!

Too bad there wasn’t a batcave behind the bookshelf, it was just a James Bond mechanic XD

Sytry what were you planning with the aphrodisiac? Were you thinking of bringing Cry here from the beginning? ( ?° ?? ?°)

Tchao à plus!

Footnotes

Earn some points: Liz is talking about Sytry earning some affection points in Cry’s love parameter XD.