25-Something wrong with my third party member. 2



 The day after I added Touka to the party.
 We gather in front of the bulletin board where quests are posted, each of us looking for a quest.

 I don't have a good feeling about this one. The other adventurers are taking it away from us if it's noon.
 ''That's right. I don't even see the quest to defeat the Komomo Dragon anymore.

 I've been looking for it, but there's not a single affordable quest.

 ''My mistress will do anything as long as she can use celestial magic.
 'Because when you're small, our food bill is going to increase like a jackass, right? Do you understand?
 ... ha ha ha.
 Get off your ass and help me find the quest.
 Yes, sir.

 You son of a b*tc*. You've been slacking off.

 Hey, you know, Touka is good with swords, right? I have a sword.
 Of course. Who would carry a sword for decoration?
 That's right. Did Touka have any quests?
 Hmm. How about this one?

 I look at the paper Touka held out to me.

 * Quest Name: Defeating the Catacatator
 We recently had a catacatl in a lake near the village! He's devouring the fish in the lake, turning them into his home! It's ruining our livelihood, our fishing! Please! Somebody kill him!

 10,000 sari and fish.

 Are you kidding me?
 I'm not kidding! Even if it's 10,000 saris, they'll give you money and fish! And catacatatl ... I want to cut it once. It's definitely a hard kind of thing.
 Hey, I can't hear myself think. But what's a catacatl?
 'Pupu! Kakeru doesn't know that?
 Do you know about those arias?
 I don't know.

 What the hell is this thing?

 I've never seen it either, but I've heard about it. It seems to be a hard tortoise that eats everything. I've also heard that it clatters when it finds its prey.
 Scary. What is that turtle doing here? Scary.

 You're definitely a dangerous monster. I don't want to get involved with it in many ways.
 As I'm drawn to the catacatatl's biology, I see the lady at the reception desk come up to me.

 'Mr. Kakeru, good point! What's this new quest that just came in, how do you like it?
 What's he like?
 The Merchant's Guild asks for a favor, so why not?
 ...What's it all about?
 It's a quest to take down Tobidryu. Haven't you heard of it?
 No, sir. Do you guys?
 ".........

 I guess. 

  It's famous for being an annoying monster, and if you pass right above a tobidolu lurking, it senses it and jumps out and head-butts the target. Whoa!
 Are you kidding me?
 It seems that the flying saurians have made their home on the roads used by merchants, and it seems that the distribution of these saurians has been cut off. Even though it's super small, it's still a dragon-type monster, so its scales are hard, and if a flying saurian hits a carriage, the wooden carriage will be smashed to pieces... That's where the adventurer comes in! So that's why!
 You could've done it another way.
 ''Yes, but......... For some reason, it's like the entire earth has been gouged out of the road that was otherwise there.
 I accept.

 It's my son's fault. I'm sorry. I'll take it to heart.

 A path, that is. It is the trajectory that our ancestors have taken.
 If you shake your head and look at it, the greenery is thick, but the skin-colored earth is revealed in front of us.
 We had received a quest from the merchant guild and had come to a plain about an hour's walk away from the city.

 ''Well, let's find out how many of them are out there, shall we?''
 How is that possible?
 I'm sure you've never heard of it. My blessing is the "Soul Blessing", and I have a skill called "Soul Detection". I'm sure you'll be able to see the souls of the monsters around you if you use this skill. You can respect me.
 A handy one.

 Hey, excuse me.

 "Soul Search

 I violently regretted using this skill.

 "Ew, that's disgusting,
 Are you okay? What's going on?

 Aria rubbed my back. You're so sweet sometimes, my dear. You're usually a cocky little shit.
 The number of souls I sensed, about 50, purple souls were all over the street. It was a traumatic sight of some sort.

 'They're all over the place,'
 How long were you there?
 ''Roughly around 50 of them just within the range I can detect. Honestly, I think it would be faster to smash them with Stella's magic.
 She won't be able to help you this time. Your sister will be very angry.

 You don't want to be that angry?

 So I guess that means I'm on to something, huh?
 That's right. You're on it.
 'You can ask, but how do we take them down? You're not going to cut me either if you stay on the ground.
 'That monster senses that it's passing right over those guys and jumps out, right? Then it's easy to talk. We can get over that faster than those guys can jump out of there.
 What's the matter with you?
 ....

 This guy. I want to throw him in the middle of that horde.

 At least let Aria and Stella step back. This is my turn. I'll show you what mental strength I've developed from being chased by a Komomo dragon.

 I picked up a pebble that had fallen by the side of the road and threw it to the position of a soul a short distance away from the herd.
 It sounded like the sound of a clunking drum.

 'Whoa! That's surprisingly fast.

 A tobidolu jumped out of the air more vigorously than I expected. It has a brown body with a blackish bowl-like object on its head. It has long black claws on its hands, a well-developed nose, and long eyes that are too small to see. It looks like a mole.
 Incidentally, it seems that Tobidryu's claws can be sold because they can be used to make potions.
 I instructed Aria and Stella to go some distance away and moved with Touka to a few steps in front of where the horde was buried.