Episode 304: Method of finding the Saint

“Can I have a moment, everyone?”

“Yeah? What’s wrong? Onii-chan.”

 I stop everyone when we leave the Hunters’ Guild. Nanami tilts her head curiously and looks up at me.

“I have something I want to talk to everyone about. Is it okay if we move to a place a little less conspicuous?”

“Of course!!”

“Nn.”

“Okay ~.”

“I don’t mind.”

 I want to talk about what I am thinking about, so when I suggest it, everyone answers with a smile, so we quietly move to an unpopulated place, I confirm with my eyes and senses that no one is watching, and then we transfer.

 The destination where our vision switches to is in a deep forest. It is completely unmaintained, and you can see that it is deep in the forest to the extent that it is not touched by human hands.

 We won’t be disturbed here, and I don’t think anyone will be listening in on us.

“So, what are we talking about? Is the Saint involved in the fact that we moved right away after leaving the Hunters’ Guild?”

 Rei, who seems to have finished checking the area and confirming that there are no people or enemies, takes the lead and asks me.

“Ah, that’s right. As for the whereabouts of the Saint, I think I can find her?”

“Eh!? Really!?”

 Amane is surprised at my reply and lets out a strange voice.

“To be exact, it’s Luck, though.”

“Won?”

 In response to Amane’s voice, I nod and look at Luck. Luck looks at me curiously and tilts its head.

“Oh, so that’s what it is. Good job, Onii-chan!! For times like this, you scattered Luck’s Kagema all over the world until now, didn’t you?”

“R, right!!”

 I can’t say it’s different when Nanami’s eyes sparkle in admiration, so I involuntarily break into a cold sweat and puff out my chest with a doya face.

 I want to be a cool Onii-chan in front of my Imouto, so it can’t be helped!!

“So, the Kagema are still increasing in number, and if you add up the number of Kagema in the world, I think it’s a ridiculous number.”

“If you search for the Saint with those Kagema, you might find her, right?”

“That’s right.”

 After I act cool in front of my little sister and proceed with the conversation, Rei asks me to confirm, so I nod my head in agreement.

“Ah. I thought you wanted a picture of the Saint’s face and one of her belongings. I definitely thought you fell in love with the cuteness of the Saint at first sight and became a stalker-like pervert.”

“Is that so!!”

 Amane says such with a face that says it suddenly became clear, is a very unconvincing assessment that she thought I was a pervert until just then.

 Even though I don’t usually pay attention to things like your breasts. How rude.

 I accidentally make a tsukkomi.

“I thought it would be better to have a medium that clearly recorded the photo of the face rather than a vague memory when I told Luck later, also, I thought if the Saint’s belongings had a smell attached to the, it would be able to find them from that direction as well. Please don’t misunderstand.”

“Fuhito-kun is a late bloomer, isn’t he. My bad, my bad.”

 When I explain, I get an unsatisfying reply from Amane who is somewhat unsatisfied.

 I don’t think I’m particularly a late bloomer.

 After all, if I were to go out with someone, I would have to think about the future, so I just want to think about it properly before giving an answer.

“So, it’s fine to have Luck look for her, but you want an item with a scent aside from the photo of her face, right?”

 While I am thinking about something else, Rei speaks to me.

“That’s right. It would be nice if I could temporarily stop the investigation and return to Japan to borrow something from her luggage. In the worst case, I’ll go alone.”

“Idiot. I can’t leave a woman’s luggage to a man.”

 I thought it would be bad to have everyone else involved, so I thought I’d go alone, but Amane says it’s only natural. Thanks to that, I am able to avoid being labeled as a pervert.

 By the way, in the first place, is it possible for this to be entrusted to someone other than us.

 I wonder if Rei’s power and a letter of introduction from Agnes will help in that regard.

 More questions come to my mind, but I stop thinking since Rei will do something about it.

“Is that right. Luck, is it possible to transfer from here to here?”

“Won!”

 So, I change the subject and ask Luck if it would be possible to transfer from the edge of Korea to the Hakata area, and it replies that there would be no problem.

 Oh, I see, then we can return to Japan without any problems.

“I see!! How about the number of uses?”

“Wowon!”

“Oh, amazing!! You can use it 60 times already? If so, we should be able to make it back here today. Then, – with everyone – should we go home together?”

 When I ask it how many times, it says that before it knew it, it could transfer 60 times a day.

 I know that if it can use it that much, we would be able to use it in conjunction with the dungeon’s transfer trap to return to the current location without any problems, so I propose that everyone return home temporarily.

“If we can come back in no time, let’s do it.”

“Right. If you can do that, I think that’s the best.”

“Understood. Let’s go back to Japan immediately.”

“”Roger.””

 We teleport to the airport in Japan, where the Saint’s luggage would be, via Luck’s Kagema.