episode_0064

Even after Jules left, Elysia did not leave my surroundings. I was the one who went to rescue him on my own, and I wasn’t able to handle it neatly due to my lack of skills.

So there is no need to feel guilty.

If I hadn’t touched that rat, it wouldn’t have become this mess.

“Elysia, stop now.”

“Dragonia said that you are likely to faint or have convulsions due to malnutrition or anemia.”

“I don’t think so when I see it.”

Somehow, my body feels peaceful.

I still feel like I’m floating, but it feels good in its own way. Does taking drugs make you feel like this?

“If you are Seolrang, you can catch all the looters, right?”

“You said you hurt me? Hosott is a master of tracking. You might have already caught them all by now.”

“Already?”

“They might be eating you.”

Maybe he’s eating it?

It was something I didn’t know about—no, it was something I didn’t want to see. I thought Southerners were the real victims. But it was two-way.

“······Why are you getting so serious? Humans rarely eat it because it is an aversive food. Even old hosots get it wrong sometimes. Because those people had their families and parents killed by humans.”

Elysia was looking down at me with her brows furrowed.

······Is this person not sick?

“Of course, Ramrat sometimes gets into accidents because he didn’t receive meat rations from Hosott, but— Oh, really!”

Elysia looked down at me, sighed, and went back to her bed. Well, it’s the other side.

“People are sleeping. Don’t raise your voice and be quiet.”

“No, who sleeps in broad daylight?”

“It’s okay. Let’s talk.”

“······.”

The elf and Ramrat, who were lying in the hospital room, spoke at the same time.

······I was hearing your voice. To those people, it’s like a song. Elysia must have been speaking Siren too. It’s not a song or anything, but I heard it’s a language that relaxes your mind when you listen to it.

“Then, can you teach me how to shoot an archery?”

Elysia stares at my face.

He looked embarrassed.

“But you confronted the wall guards?”

“Yes. I only learn over my shoulder, so I don’t know the details.”

“······Are you thoughtless or brave?”

They say it’s absurd.

“It’s not that I can’t shoot at all, but I don’t know how to aim in detail or my posture.”

Anyone can pull the trigger of a gun.

But it’s not like I knew how to hold onto my shoulder or aim from the beginning.

“I don’t have a bow right now either. Hmm, should I just try this?”

Come to think of it, Elysia lost her bow and arrows to looters just like me. There is no standardization here, so you will have a hard time until you find a weapon that fits your hand.

Elysia came carrying something similar to a brush broom that was hanging next to the threshold. Nostalgia rose. There was a time in the military when brooms were not supplied, so they gave up all work and only made brooms for snow removal.

“There are many different positions for shooting a bow, but you only need to know two major ones.”

“Two outlines?”

“Rapid shooting, where you open both eyes and look around at close to medium distances and shoot with feel, and true aim, where you aim and shoot with one eye when you need to hit an opponent far away.”

is it?

“···My father always shot a bow with both eyes open. Hold an arrow in your hand.”

Elysia’s green eyes, which were taking shape, turned towards us.

“Was your father a soldier?”

Your father is a soldier?

“No?”

“The reason you hold an arrow in your hand and shoot is to shoot the next bow as quickly as possible.”

······My father was an unusual person.

It was enough to embarrass Jules and make him run away with me.

“The key to hunting is getting one shot into a vital area such as the lungs or heart. If you guess right, you’ll be dead or dying within 15 minutes. But even if an animal hit by an arrow runs away, the enemy doesn’t run away, but runs to fight, right?”

“···That’s right.”

“That’s it. When making an accurate shot, move the arrow toward the hand holding the bow and bite, and open the eye on the hand holding the bowstring. Like this.”

The sight of him holding a broom and holding a bow pose seemed funny, but I’ve seen that look many times. Archery players aim their bows that way.

The elf and Ramrat were also looking at Elysia with interest from the hospital bed.

” When it comes to bowing, it is also important which eye you focus on. The left eye is the left arch, the right eye is the right arch. In this case, it doesn’t matter if you fire with both eyes.”

Focus?

“I’m right-handed── right-eyed.”

“Thank goodness. People who don’t get it have a lot of trouble.”

Elysia grabbed the broom and regained her form.

” Pass the arrow towards the bow and bite, then pull the pulling hand under the chin. The height at which the arrow flies changes depending on how you hold the bowstring, so you need to get a feel for it through practice. Sometimes Deberg digs out a frame and uses a bow with a scope… but we can’t have it.”

It is a modern compound bow that has a sight frame and a sight, so you can’t even remove it. ······The bow here is on a different level from modern archery. There is no scope to aim, no point to bite the bow, and no stand to hold the bow.

In other words, aiming is too difficult.

I miss guns for no reason.

Dragonia had once said that it was gunpowder ‘provided’ to Dverg. It is possible that the gunpowder itself is being controlled.

This means that people are still ignorant about lethal thermal weapons and guns.

······Shall I make it?

If you put soaked urine in salt water and dry it together, you can obtain potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate even if the quality is poor. feces and urine? Farms ferment feces and urine like fermented food and use it as fertilizer. Just stop by a rural area and buy it.

If you grind some burnt ash and add sulfur or iron oxide———rust, you can make gunpowder. Now that I think about it, the ratio will change if foreign substances are mixed, so how should I set the ratio?

······Doing something like this will attract Dragonia’s attention, right?

In the first place, I am the one who knows the dangers of explosives best in the world. Still, you should think about making it if you need it.

“There is no set answer for rapid fire. All you have to do is hold as many arrows as possible in your hands and shoot them as fast as possible.”

Elysia holds out her broomstick and pulls the imaginary bowstring. Although the appearance was quite different, Elysia’s hand movements resembled the revolver fanning, a symbol of Western gunfighters.

“Like this. Instead of keeping the hand holding the bow static, you must push the bow away and pull the bowstring with the other hand to enable rapid rapid fire. It means that both hands should not play. Speed is life in rapid fire. The arrow must be bitten by the side holding the arrow, minimizing the process even for 0.1 second. If you become skilled, you can fire three shots in one second. However, keep in mind that aiming is difficult.”

He’s explaining things, but because of his voice, it’s as if he’s holding a broom and picking out a song. Thanks to this, I feel like I am listening to a nursery rhyme that teaches children through song.

I can see the bluntness in Elysia’s eyes as she glances at me. Did you see it on your face? It’s not just me, but everyone sitting in the medical center is looking at Elysia that way.

You must be embarrassed.

“The person who shot me with a bow caught the arrow I shot and shot it at me again.”

“It is possible with a terup or hosot that has a fast reaction speed, but for a human to handle it to that extent…”

“How to deal with it?”

“It would be possible if you lived on raw rice since you were born. Only under the precondition that the opponent prepares before shooting and knows where to aim.”

Is that possible?

Of course, I would have done it because it was possible─── Ah! You guessed the speed from the three arrows I shot! Now that I think about it, the watchman dodged the third arrow just by looking at my hand.

I didn’t even know where I was aiming, but he knew where I was aiming just by looking at my hands.

“···Honestly, I can’t do that either. Because it is a separate area from hitting the arrow well.”

This is something that not even Elysia can do.

······that’s right. In general, it is strange that it is possible. What on earth was that watchman?

If you can catch the arrows your opponent is shooting, you will have a huge advantage in disputes with people who mainly use bows or crossbows.

“What should I do to become good at that?”

“I don’t know either. It is dangerous to learn such dangerous skills in the first place. Three out of ten people will get a hole while learning and die?”

“···Is that so?”

“Yes.”

My pulse was cut off.

Perhaps because the conversation could not continue, Elysia put down her broom and came over to me and sat down on a chair.

“I’m sorry.”

It doesn’t seem realistic to bow your head and apologize while making a grim expression. On the surface, Elysia is several times older than me.

“That’s it.”

I walked into hell, so why do I feel sorry for the people watching? Elysia places her hand on her tip.

uh?

uh?!

“Wait! what are you doing?! Hey! Ehe?! Don’t do it──?!!”

Pop!

“Ugh──!”

I pulled out the last feather!

Contrasting red blood flowed from the tips of the white wings. Elysia held out a white feather to me with a frown on her face.

“Why are you pulling out the feathers?!!”

I almost got scolded for this behavior that I couldn’t take kindly to. When a siren plucks out raw feathers, especially those huge tip feathers, it is the same as plucking out a raw fingernail.

It’s like pulling out my fingernails!

You can cut it finely, right?! Instead of pulling it out like that and causing damage, you can just cut off the end feathers with a knife or scissors! ······Why do patients look at me like that?

“···Are you crazy?!”

Elysia looks down at me with complicated eyes.

“It’s okay because it comes back anyway. It’s not a problem to fly. If there comes a time when you need my help, please bring this back to me. I’ll help you with anything.”

If you want to help with anything, just help in a kind way.

I sighed at the excessive favor.

“Then, will you at least marry me?”

“If you want.”

uh?

“···What is the age gap between you, and are you already laying the groundwork like this?”

“Hahaha!” “Khehehe!”

They may not have understood what Elysia said, but everyone seems to know what it means for Sirens to exchange feathers.

The other patient started laughing.

It seems like Elysia was serious. His face turned bright red and he glared at me, threw the feather away and lay down on the bed on the other side.

It is not a collar that has lost its luster due to age, but a long, shiny collar that is as long as my wrist. Since I plucked it out now, the feather over there will be empty even after a few years.

It’s burdensome to accept, but it’s like saying you’re sorry and pulling out your fingernails, so why not accept it? I’ll keep it and use it later if I need to use it.

Of course, that won’t happen.

“Smirking guy.”

Elysia lay on her stomach on the bed, resting her chin on the pillow and glaring at me. The look in your eyes is very burdensome. I pretended to sleep and closed my eyes. Even so, I can’t sleep.

“I have one more question.”

“What are you curious about?”

“Do you know where the troll that Jule killed is buried?”

“Why that troll? I know.”

In a way, Amor is Elysia’s benefactor.

“He was the one who made the medicine that Elysia took and the one who discovered Elysia first. He was the one who helped me save Elysia.”

“···Really? I heard you were kidnapped by a troll.”

When Yusria suddenly came to mind, I started to feel angry again. If we don’t understand each other, is it okay to shift responsibility? Or do they not see us as the same person? Of course, there are definitely things that are unique about me.

But only humans can understand that. The very act of passing all the blame onto the other person just because you can’t communicate in the first place is nonsense.

“He was the one who helped us. Is it right to criticize and kill him like this? Is it the right thing for an executive to blame someone just because they don’t understand each other?”

“······They are inferior bastards. Those bastards that will be thrown into the root snake and ground up.”

When I spit out the rich content in a clear voice, it finally sounds normal.

“You have to line up those kites and shoot arrows in their heads to kill them all at once.”

“Do you think so?”

“Of course.”

Elysia frowned.

“It’s because of bitches like Yusria that the Southern Ain and the Neutral Ain can’t become friends. They are the ones─── hu···.”

The nuance of the words is strange.

“Was there any problem with the trolls and goblins?”

“I don’t know the details because it was before I was born. All I know is that they are victims. Goblins are really scared and don’t like fighting. Most trolls like fun and are sad.”

A victim?

“If you don’t know the details, doesn’t that mean other people don’t know either?”

“Why would anyone go out of their way to brag about their mistakes?”

Elysia is right.

Amor is someone I was able to become friends with as soon as he let go of his guard against me. It’s truly amazing to be able to become friends with someone who has lived for over 100 years and learn their name in just one day.

Of course, Amor only accepted my one-sided request, but the trolls and goblins named Juri also showed no caution when they saw me with Amor.

No matter how much you know their identity, it is natural to feel rejected and scared when someone with a different appearance talks to you or acts.

Since I am not Yunaira’s subhuman, I was not cautious from the beginning. Considering that they traded with humans, it was a simple answer.

Innately good.

Trolls and goblins are like victims of a whale fight. At that point, it’s inevitable that humans will feel uncomfortable somehow, but has he ever shown any signs of discomfort to me?

“···Yes, I guess so.”

“It wasn’t that we were hostile from the beginning. There’s no need for people living in the same house to fight in the first place, right?”

It was also ironic.

Elysia was the one who was most enraged when she heard that goblins and trolls were helping humans.

Why did such a person come here now?

“But, doesn’t Elysia hate wild people?”

“Ah?! Who said that? How much convenience do I give them?!”

I was embarrassed just by looking at it.

Is it because of me? There’s no particular need for that. Suddenly a mischievous feeling arises.

“Huh? I told you to throw it away before.”

“Oh, no…”

It’s a pity that they are giving a half-hearted look.

“That’s because crazy people jump to a fire like moths to a fire! ···I have a rough mouth. And don’t call them wild demi-humans, call them neutral demi-humans.”

That’s a purified word.

Amor also hated being called a wild demon.

“Anyway, I can take you to the place where the troll died.”

“Then immediately───.”

“No. Not today. I need to rest for today, so let’s go tomorrow.”

Thank you for your concern, but I know my body condition best. Dragonia healed me completely and gave me a hearty meal.

Now that I’m feeling better, it’s almost starting to sting.

“It doesn’t matter to me. Look at this.”

Get up from bed──── Boom!