Chapter 23
Chapter 23: Al and Tanta
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Translator: Tseirp
The door bell chimed .
“Red-oniichan, I’m here to play~”
“Go-good afternoon . ”
Just as I was thinking that it was about time I prepared lunch, the Half-Elf children pair Tanta and Al came to my shop .
“Yo, Tanta, Al, welcome, I was just thinking of making lunch . Do you want to eat?”
“Yup!”
“as long as it doesn’t trouble you . ”
“You don’t need to worry about troubling people while you are still a kid . I’ll be done right away so wait for a bit . ”
I had the two of them wait in the living room .
Lit was practicing swings in the garden and she would probably return soon .
“Wa, meat spaghetti!”
“I like this too . ”
Tanta and Lit were innocently pleased .
However, Al eyes swam showing that he was troubled .
“Hey, Lit . ”
“Hmm?”
“You’re troubling Al so why don’t you put a jacket on something on?”
Even though it had become slightly cooling, Zoltan’s afternoon was still hot . Lit, having made practice swings in the sun, seemed to have washed away her perspiration in the washroom before coming over .
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She was currently dressed casually in a tank top and short pants . That was a little too stimulating for Al going through puberty as he was red-faced stealing glances at Lit .
But, when I told Lit that …
“I-it’s okay! I’m not looking at all!!”
Al raised his voice shrilly .
Eh?
“Red~ You should not have done that . ”
“E-eh? Was I wrong?”
“Yeah, you should have acted like you didn’t know even if you noticed something like that . A boy going through puberty won’t want somebody to expose him like that . ”
“Red-oniichan doesn’t have tact after all . ”
Eh?
“I see, sorry . ”
“I-it’s okay! More importantly, let’s eat!”
Al shouted with a beet red face and some tears at the corner of his eyes .
Sorry, I’m really sorry .
At first, Al was stiff but as our meal progressed he threw away his reservations .
“You can have seconds . ”
His eyes sparkled when I told him that so I smiled to myself thinking that he was still a child after all .
“Then I’ll have seconds!”
Lit immediately replied but she most probably said that in consideration for Al and Tanta so that they won’t be reserved .
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“A big serving please!”
She was probably being considerate .
After our meal, Al patted his belly with a satisfied look .
It was the right choice to prepare more servings .
“It was delicious . ”
“I eat this every day . ”
Lit was feeling proud of it for some reason and Tanta seemed to have finally realized her character as he stared at her with eyes of amazement .
I laughed and spoke to Tanta .
“That’s the kind of person she is . Quite ridiculous . ”
“But it is?”
“Cute . ”
“Stupid couple!”
Tanta stared at me with reproachful eyes .
Yeah, I was aware that I had become a little silly .
Tanta sighed loudly .
“Al~ I wonder if we are intruding?”
“Ahaha . ”
Placing tea and cookies on the table, we peacefully chatted while joking around .
“Oh right, Red-san, I also made contact with my Divine Protection yesterday . ”
“Is that so, how was it?”
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“I am worried … but I have not felt any impulses as of now . But it is more of an indistinct feeling of unease . ”
“That’s probably because you have not decided on what weapon to wield . You probably won’t feel a sudden impulse but more of a gradual feeling of uneasiness . ”
“Then if I continue like this, would I be able to remain as myself?”
As expected, he was still worried about his Divine Protection’s impulses .
“But continuing to hang on to that uneasiness will be tough . And if you don’t get the skills given by your Divine Protection, everything you do will be inconvenient . ”
“I was wondering if I could just survive with common skills …”
I was involuntarily at a loss for words .
Living by with just common skills huh…?
“It is not impossible but it will be awful . ”
“I guess that’s true, ah~ if only I got the Divine Protection of the Warrior like my father . ”
The Divine Protection of the Warrior was the most common lowest grade Divine Protection . Their unique skill only raised their physical ability and they do not have any unique abilities .
The advantage was that the corresponding urge was weak . It can be said to be the most sought-after Divine Protection for the general public to have .
Instead of a strong fighter like a Weapon Master, Al wished to be an ordinary person .
“You should at least choose a weapon that would be useful even in daily life . ”
“Something useful in daily life?”
“Al, what do you want to be in the future?”
“Hn, I don’t know . I am currently working to unload goods at my father’s pier though . ”
An unloading worker huh .
Right …
“For example, a knife . You would be able to quickly cut the ropes tying the goods and you could cut strong ropes that others won’t be able to cut . Although it can’t be said to be that strong as a weapon .
Another choice would be a rope dart . It is a weapon made of rope with a 15cm metal blade at the tip but mastering it would help you with maneuvering rope .
An unusual choice would be a battle ladder . It is a 1 . 5m ladder originally designed to be used for small sieges but they have designed a martial arts system for the troops carrying it for melee fights . It is made to be narrower than regular ladders and you could use it purely as a blunt weapon or to stop your opponent’s feet and trip them . There’s also the advantage of a secondary effect where you would be better at high-altitude work . ”
I taught Al all kinds of unusual weapons .
At first, Al was not interested in weapons but after talking about all kinds of unusual weapons that he had never seen before, he was slowly enthralled and was soon pestering me for a detailed explanation on the kinds of weapons there were .
“Amazing! Even monsters can create weapons!”
“Yeah that’s right, apart from the troll hammer, there are goblin blades too . ”
“Goblin blade?”
“As you know, goblins have small bodies but they love large weapons . They want to use greatswords or great axes that humans use which do not suit their physique . But they can’t use them due to the weight . So, the goblins used their brains which they usually don’t use and figured out to punch holes in the weapons to lighten them . ”
“Eh …”
“Those are goblin blades . They make holes to reduce the weapon’s weight by about half . ”
“Won’t that break the weapon?”
“It will . In exchange for reducing the weight by half, the weapon durability is dreadful . I often heard funny stories where their weapons snap in the middle of a battle and the goblin tilt their head in confusion before being killed . ”
Al laughed like he was enjoying himself .
It looked like his interest in weapons has surpassed his worry about his Divine Protection .
“A Weapon Master can only choose his weapon once . You cannot change it after you make your decision . So do not be hasty and take your time to choose . ”
“Okay … Thank you Red-san . You taught me a lot once again . ”
It was the beginnings of a young Weapon Master .
I could only give him advice for the very start but I prayed that the child would traverse a life where he comes to an understanding with his own Divine Protection .