Chapter 2
Chapter 2
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The Smell of Perfume
Fill delightfully ran among the many trees .
In order to collect the wyvern Fill defeated, he ran down the mountain .
As a result of being blown away farther than expected, recovery was difficult, but he was beyond happy as he obtained fresh wyvern liver and meat .
Fill’s grandfather, Zandolph, is praised to be the Great Sage among the magicians and wisemen, but after concealing his illness for several months, his original slim body was now similar to a dead tree .
Fill nursed his grandfather every day, but the day before yesterday, he finally woke up throughout the day . He regained his consciousness yesterday, but his grandfather only said foolish things .
“I’m going to die, prepare yourself,” he repeated many times .
“Don’t worry, Jii-chan won’t die . If you die, you’d become the undead king, right . That’s what you always say . ” 1T/N: Jii-chan = grandfather but said in an intimate way[/ note]
“Heh, you’re right . I was going to become the undead king . However, I must disappear from in front of you for the time being . ”
“When are you going to disappear? Around the time the moon becomes full?”
“That’s called one month . Well, there’s no meaning to have a calendar living in the mountain like this though…… Rather than that, you have no common sense as usual . Did I make a mistake in my way of raising you……”
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Jii-chan laughed with a self-deprecating feeling, but it was the truth .
Jii-chan wanted Fill to reach the truth of sorcery and only taught him magic ever since he was very young . He wanted to take a peek at the abyss of sorcery that even he himself could not see .
After that, he learned the concept of days of the week from Jii-chan, but even so, Fill has not experienced it personally . Even as he heard that Jii-chan was approaching his time of death, he didn’t think that Jii-chan was going to die . He did not think that he was going to be left behind by himself, and going earlier alone to the place called heaven .
Zandolph, Jii-chan, lived with his grandchild Fill together deep in the mountains .
For an eternity .
During the day, the two studied magic, and in the evening, they submerged in a stone pot bath fueled with firewood while stargazing .
That life should have continued his whole life .
Fill was convinced while climbing the mountain, but he noticed a certain thing .
No, he smelled a certain scent .
“…… Sniff sniff, there’s some sort of strange smell . ”
Fill’s sense of smell, that was equal to a wolf’s, was given a stamp of approval from Jii-chan .
He immediately smelled the foreign scent .
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In this mountain that only Jii-chan and Fill live in, he had never smelled that sort of smell, not even a single time .
“……No, I’ve smelled this a long time ago . ”
In the past, there was a period when Jii-chan descended and left the mountain delightfully .
There were many times where he left during the night, and in the morning, he came back with an intense smell hanging around that smelled like boiled down flowers .
There were also lip marks on his cheeks .
He asked him what he was doing, but Jii-chan said, “It’s still too early for you,” and didn’t teach him anything . However, one day, “You’re already old enough, so I’ll give this to you,” and received a weird small bottle .
The smell attached on Jii-chan at night was the same smell as the small bottle .
It was the smell of concentrated flower solution .
It was a nice smell, but it was too strong for Fill who has a strong nose, so he never put it on a single time . Even now, if he goes back home, it should be lying somewhere in the treasury storehouse .
That flowery smell tickles the nasal cavity, but where exactly does this smell come from?
Sniff sniff, Fill confirmed, but that smell drifted from the mountain road .
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The mountain road created by Fill and Jii-chan .
Fill can move faster than a monkey, so does not often use it, but even so, it seems like there’s a human that rare traveler that lost their way . Unfortunately, Fill has not seen that person’s figure/appearance yet, but .
Perhaps, the traveler might have lost their way .
His curiosity ached .
Fill has not seen another human other than Jii-chan .
Jii-chan said that there were tons of dangerous people within humans, so it was better to get to know other people after he became an adult .
There’s a village at the foot of the mountain, but Fill has not gone there even til this very day .
One day, he would try to go to a place called a village where humans lived or a place called a city, and observe humans, but currently, he might be able to take into action going down the mountain road .
Fill who thought so headed towards that way .
It wasn’t as if Fill forgot to deliver the wyvern’s liver to Jii-chan .
Right now, the wyvern’s liver is still wiggling in the back sack . It probably wouldn’t even be a problem if he sidetracked for nearly an hour .
Also, if it was really a traveler on the mountain road, then Fill has the obligation to confirm it .
Jii-chan used to be the protector of this mountain before he was bedriddened by his illness, but that role is now taken over by the grandson himself, Fill thought conceitedly .
If that traveler were some bad guy, Fill should punish them .
It could be a hunter aiming for the right hand of his best friend big bear .
It could be a poacher targeting the carbuncle jewel .
Or possibly a thief targeting Jii-chan’s treasure .
At worse, it might be those guys who were aiming for Jii-chan’s life . Jii-chan is the strongest, but he’s currently down due to sickness . If they were aiming for him, now is the chance .
If Jii-chan dies, Fill would probably cry like when you hit your pinky against a rock .
He could image all of that .
Therefore, he decided to confirm the traveler on the mountain road .
If it were a bad group of people, they’ll receive only a slightly bitter experience .
They’ll be beaten to the point where they won’t die .
Slapped on the face enough to make them cry .
Even though Fill may seem like this, he’s a champion of justice . He does not feel hesitation to use his power .