There is No Chapter 40 Translated I can't find it If any does find please notify me as I will upload it here.
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Satou here. Sacred beasts are mentioned in various places such as myths and folklore. However, some of them even include things like youkai and magical beasts, so it seems difficult to classify them.
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"--Holy Beast?"
"Ai"
When I got used to life in the labyrinth city Selbira, Tama brought me such a topic.
"Did you hear from Gaksha's onee-chan~?"
"Gaksha, is he a scholar?"
"That's how it feels~"
Tama tills her head sideways.
She don't seem to care much about that.
"Is the holy beast a unicorn or a Pegasus?"
"No, I think it was classified as a phantom beast."
I answer Arisa's question.
I haven't seen Pegasus yet, but I remember seeing a unicorn in the Boruenan Forest that was a phantom beast.
"Tama-chan, what does the Holy Beast-san look like?"
"Hmm, I'm interested"
When Lulu and Mia start talking, Tama jumps on the sofa and starts talking.
"You said that onee-chan was a really divine beast~?"
"Beast? Is it meat? Is it delicious?"
"Sacred beast must not eat it~?"
"It's a pity."
Pochi looks disappointed at Tama's common sense remarks.
Maybe it's just my imagination, but Liza who gets Tama off the sofa also has a slightly disappointed atmosphere.
"Dear, you are have a customer."
At that time, Miterna, a maid, came to the living room.
"Customer? What kind of person is it?"
"A scholar at the royal academy in the royal capital, a woman named Rusk."
It's a name that sounds like a crunchy sweet.
Next time, let's make it by slicing stale bread.
"Could it be about the holy beast that Tama was talking about?"
"Maybe. Let's meet, let him in the drawing room."
I leave the guidance to Miterna-san, and after changing into proper clothes, I go to the living room.
"Nice to meet you, Sir Pendragon. My name is Rusk, a scholar and a lecturer at the Royal Academy."
She stands up and bows like a lady, and I return the favor as well.
"Actually, I'm looking for an explorer to help me with my research—"
Mr. Rusk looked at the door in the middle of her words.
When I turned around, Tama and the others were peering through the gap in the door.
"-You, just now."
"Onee-san, whoa~?"
Tama waved her hand friendly.
"Do you know Tama?"
"No, it's not like I'm an acquaintance, but isn't she Tama the Master Painter?"
-- Master painter?
"Oh! Thank God Tenion for his guidance!"
Mrs. Rusk folds her hands and prays to heaven.
She seems to come from a religious family.
"This is also heaven way. Sir Pendragon, would you accept my request?"
"You asked me to help you with your research, but what kind of request is it?"
Mrs. Rusk holds my hand and pleads.
"Chop"
"Yeah yeah, get away, get away"
Mia removes that hand off , and Arisa moves like a traffic police officer to create a distance between me and Rusk-san.
"Ufufu, they're cute."
"Yes, they are my precious companions."
Arisa and Mia sit to my left and right.
Tama, whose name was called earlier, climbed up from behind the sofa together with Pochi, and now she seems to be resting her chin on my head.
"Main topic"
"Yes."
Prompted by Mia, Mr. Rusk clears her throat.
"I'm researching rare creatures at the Royal Academy, and my current theme is 'Holy Beasts'. In order to find out if the legend about that sacred beast is true, it's necessary to go to the frontiers of Marquis Elouet. But..."
"In other words, is it a request to be the escort?"
I don't know how long it would take to escort an academic research team.
If it's only for a few days, I'd like you to give her a break.
"No, it's not."
Mrs. Rusk shakes his head.
"I was sitting at my desk in the royal capital doing nothing but researching. It's not very good, but I can't do research in places where monsters are rampant, walking on mountain roads that aren't even maintained."
Mrs. Rusk, who says so flatly, is according to the AR display level 5.
Certainly, accidents are scary at this level.
"Do you want us to investigate? Or do you want us to take someone else?"
Arisa asks on my behalf.
"It is the former.
"What do you want me to investigate?"
"The existence of the sacred beast"
If you search the map, you'll know right away if it's there or not, but if it's not, I don't have the confidence to convince you to keep my unique skill a secret.
"Are you aware that you are asking an impossible task?"
"Yes, so I'm not asking you to search without limit. I want you to go to the two or three villages I designate and investigate the rumors of the sacred beast. There are sacred beast shrines in those villages. That's right, so I would appreciate it if you could draw it, Master Tama."
I see, so you were happy to see Tama?
"Of course, if you witness a real Holy Beast-sama, please make a picture of it!"
"OK~"
Tama casually gave the OK.
"Then, is it okay if I accept your request?"
Mrs. Rusk is quite pushy.
"wait"
Mia immediately hung up.
"At least, the Shrine of the Sacred Beast actually exists, right?"
"Yes, it's a story about a peddler."
Well then, I'm on vacation, should I go?
"Now let's talk about rewards—"
Mr. Rusk cuts out the story.
Come to think of it, I hadn't heard of it.
"What I offer is a magic tool developed in top secret by the Royal Research Institute!"
She hit her thin chest with a bang and pointed to her bag.
"What kind of magic tool~?"
"Pochi is also interested!"
"Fufufu, that's amazing~? It's a coveted item for labyrinth explorers!"
Rusk-san was lured by Tama and Pochi's age, and her tone became a bit childish.
"what kind?"
"What! It's a magic tool that can tell the direction in the labyrinth!"
She took out the magic tool from her bag and showed off with a pose that I could hear a bang.
"What is it, a compass?"
"disappointing"
Arisa and Mia are frankly disappointed.
"No!"
"is it wrong?"
"This is it! It's an epoch-making magic tool that derives the direction from the position of the dragon vein!"
"Is it okay to use such a wonderful magic tool as a reward?"
"It's okay. It was originally developed at the request of the Explorers Guild. We already delivered a higher performance one to the guild. This is a prototype aimed at improving portability."
Rusk-san is lured by Arisa's tone.
At least it seems to be a different mechanism than a compass that uses magnetic force.
"In a labyrinth that derails the compass, it's amazing that you can definitely find the direction, isn't it?"
"Is that so?"
In my case, I have a map and radar, so I've never cared about the direction. Arisa is also a space magic, so she can grasp the route in the nearby area to some extent.
"How is it? Will you go?"
"If you can prepare a directions to that village, then we'll go."
It's been some length time I've been in the labyrinth, so it's nice to have a change of pace once in a while.
After listening to Rusk-san's rough directions to the village and the lore about the sacred beast, we parted ways with her.
"Then I'll prepare for the hike."
"Need some treats~?"
"The treats are up to 300 yen! Bananas are not included in the treats!"
Perhaps because Arisa said it was hiking, even Tama and Pochi have that kind of atmosphere.
Pochi's lines are probably caused by Arisa, but it seems they don't even know what unit YEN is.
I ask Liza and Nana to prepare for the expedition, and Lulu and I prepare lunches for the expedition.
Since Miterna-san and the others helped us along the way, we ended up with quite a lot of items.
And the next day, we rode on horses and left for a remote village.
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Cross the mountain range north of the labyrinth city and enter the frontier area of Marquis Elouette.
This area is easier to spend than the labyrinth city with a climate from early summer to summer.
"Today is the best day for hiking!"
"Yes Pochi.
We eat lunch on a plateau where flowers are in full bloom.
While listening to Mia's performance after dinner, I investigated the Elouet Marquis territory with the magic of [Exploring all maps].
--that?
"What's wrong, master?"
"No, I thought I could find the sacred beast."
However, there are more than 1000 blank areas in the territory, including small ones, so there is a possibility that it is in one of them.
"Hmm, well, it was an embarrassment, can't it be helped?"
"Manyuba~?"
Tama makes mistakes like fighter maneuvers.
"It's called spitting. It's something you don't know if it's true or not."
It often refers to a story that seems to have low credibility.
"Nyu?"
"To put it simply, it doesn't exist."
"Isn't that true~?"
"Yes. Holy Beast-san is definitely there!"
Tama and Pochi protest against Arisa's crushing words.
"Well, I know where the village is, so if you go there, you'll learn something."
There is a large blank area near one of the villages, so I think it's the most likely candidate.
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"A plateau wolf from the ridge side~?"
On the plateau, we were often attacked by normal beasts such as wolves and bears.
"I don't need another wolf anymore"
"There's no such thing! It doesn't matter how much meat you have!"
"It's as Pochi said. If you have leftovers, you can make them into dried meat and they will last longer."
Arisa is getting a little fed up, probably because the number of wolves' attacks is particularly high.
Well, I know how you feel. I've already hunted over 100 of them.
It seems to be treated as a food ingredient for the beastkin girls, and every time they find it, they go hunting.
"other side"
"It's a big eagle!"
Lulu quickly shot down the eagle that Mia found and swooped down with her magic gun.
"Master, I'm telling you that I'm free with all the little things."
Nana, who plays the role of the shield, seems dissatisfied.
Such dissatisfaction only appeared on the first day, and from the second day onward, the monsters gradually began to increase.
"Still, well, it's less overwhelmingly than the labyrinth."
"Comparison target is wrong"
Since all the monsters are level 20 or below, they are all enemies that can be knocked down with a few shots.
"Let's pick up the pace a little."
Maybe it was because I missed the atmosphere like when I started my trip, but I ended up stopping here and there, but I started to feel that if I didn't head to my destination soon, I wouldn't be able to reach it, so I said so. and proceeded with the journey.
Thanks to that, we were able to come close to the target village two days later.
"The fog is thick."
As Arisa complains, the fog has been thick since morning today.
"Muu"
"Even if it's blown away by the wind, it'll come right back."
Mia's spirit magic and my wind magic don't last long.
There is a map and radar, so it's a relief that you don't have to worry about getting lost or being surprised.
"Nyu!"
Tama pricked up her ears.
"Do you hear anything~?"
Immediately after saying that, a roaring sound like trees being knocked down can be heard from afar.
"Master, see that!"
There was a large black shadow in the direction Lulu was pointing at.
There is nothing within the map range.
"Tama, Pochi, Nana, be careful."
"Ai"
"Yes"
" That it is a first class combat stance, I so declare."
The beastkin girls and Nana formed a circle to protect us.
However, the sound of knocking down the trees gradually receded, and the large shadow disappeared as if it melted into the sky.
"Master, do you understand?"
"Probably a shadow reflected in the fog.
I imagined it to be about the size of a deer or a horse, but it seems overwhelmingly larger than that.
While we were talking about such things, the fog faded and the target village came into sight.
"Is that the village?
"Ragged~?"
"It's a bolochie."
"Don't talk about other people's houses like that."
Liza reprimands Tama and Pochi who were lured by Arisa's words.
Despite the barrier pillars, the houses in the village are little more than shacks. hovel ・・・・There are many.
"They are watching us from inside the house, so I state."
As Nana said, the village residents seem to be wary of us.
In the darkness, the eyes of the residents can be seen shining brightly.
"Hello!"
I called out and knocked on the door, but there was no response.
"Master, look at that~?"
Tama tugged at my sleeve and pointed to a certain place.
"A rock? No, a shrine?"
"Is that the holy beast's shrine?"
"I'm sure it is!"
The same is true for map information.
"Should I paint a picture?"
"Yes. Tama, please do."
"Ai ai master~, leave it to me~?"
Tama puts her legs up and sits down, and begins drawing a shrine with the art supplies she took out of her fairy bag.
"It's made of ordinary rock, right?
Arisa gently touches the shrine.
" Shrine look only, don't touch! "
When I turned around at the voice of anger, there were cats who seemed to be residents of the village.
Well, first impression we have made is really friendly.