Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter Dreams of a Hero ~

Chapter57，Part1: 1 - Bad Feeling

Chapter 57 Bad Feeling

Part 1

Recently, I have been unlucky.

There are ups and downs in people’s luck. When it is up, whatever you do, it will go well. When it is down, casual action will lead to a bad result.

Despite my will, I have been a Hunter for a few years, so I have the sensation that I can feel those ups and downs.

I am a Hunter, but I am mostly in the Clan management, so I rarely explore Shrines.

And despite that, I went outside two times in such a short period of time. Something happening every time I go out is usual, but I am sure that I am on a downhill right now.

What I need to do right now is to charge my Relics.

If Luke restarts his training in the deepest room of a Shrine, Lucia will not come back before some time.

Most of the Magical Power on my Relics are exhausted, and I have already used my trump card I received that was for an emergency. There are only a few 『Safe Ring (Barrier Ring) 』 I used to protect myself left.

Usually, I will lock myself and roll around in the Clan House waiting for Lucia to return but considering my recent condition, this is quite dangerous.

The question is how to charge over the 500 Relics I have in my possession.

Originally, recharging Relics with your Magic put a great burden on the Hunter.

Relics require tremendous magical power in proportion to their enormous power.

If it was regular Hunters, their limit is often one or two charges, and even a Magi excelling in magic can charge up to five or six.

Those who have exhausted their magical power have the urge to pass out and can’t even stand. If you are not used to it, it is even possible that you lose consciousness. In a Shrine, magic exhaustion is one of the state Hunter must be careful about.

Therefore, Hunters do not possess many Relics.

Even if your “Magi (Madoushi)” companion can charge it for you, there is a limit to it. In the first place, Magi use Magic power when they want to use spells. So, they don’t have room to spare for charging your Relics.

Magic power slowly recovers naturally when eating and sleeping. This is why people often misunderstood, but Magic is a valuable resource for Hunters.

Above all, the problem is… Their numbers.

If it was one or two it would be fine, but with more than 500, it is doubtful if I can charge everything even if I called all the Magi in the Clan.

There are many Magi who sell their service to charge a Relic in the Imperial Capital, but they can’t even charge up to a tenth of it. Well, they would refuse first because they don’t want to pass out.

In that sense, My Imouto… Lucia who always charges my Relics is a 『Special』 Magi.

The amount of Magic power required depends on the Relic you need to charge. And the Relic which requires a particularly large amount of Magic power is the 『Safe Ring (Barrier Ring) 』.

It prevents one attack. It is a simple yet powerful effect. It is a Relic anyone would want to have just in case. But as expected of its power, the 『Safe Ring (Barrier Ring) 』 requires a great amount of magical power.

The quantity is around… Five to ten times more than an average Relic. It is not a quantity an average Hunter can charge. And this is one of the reasons why Barrier Rings are rarely used.

But I can’t keep leaving it uncharged.

Barrier Rings are my lifeline. If I didn’t have them, I would be dead at least ten times in the last few weeks.

Anyway, for some reason, Sytry-chan, who just returned and should have been exhausted, was giving me a shoulder massage.

There is no other person in the Clan Master room except me and Sytry.

Eva has been away for some time organizing the remuneration of the investigation request. What was left was only an empty chair, me sitting deeply on mine and Sytry who changed into plain clothes.

Immediately after returning from a High-Level Shrine, she resolved my problem and I was now receiving a shoulder massage. Aren’t I becoming a no-good human?

And I even owe her a debt… I am completely trapped.

“Hmmm… How is it? Does… it feels good?” (Sytry)

Sytry’s delicate finger crawled from my neck to my shoulder and tenderly massaged my slightly stiff shoulders.

Do you know acupuncture points? A feeling of numbness ran up to my spine every time she applied pressure on me, this numbness feels so good.

Speaking of which, she has deep knowledge of human anatomy. An Alchemist is what you called a great scientist, a great Magi, and a great doctor.

All members of 『Strange Grief (Nageki no Bourei)』 are on good terms, but Sytry is especially on good terms with me.

This is because in the time when we were training to become a Treasure Hunter, Sytry was growing slower than the other member and that bother her.

Finally, the reason was because the job of “Alchemist (Renkinjutsu-shi)” requires an enormous amount of knowledge and the need of a lot of equipment, this was just the story of a 『Weak becoming Strong』 overtime. Sytry seemed to remember the fact that when she was feeling down, irritated, talentless, and inferior, I went to cheered her up when I had nothing to do.

Sytry often takes care of me, like now.

It has been a long time that she had repaid me plentifully and with interest. In the first place, it is doubtful if she owed me anything because I helped her, but I can’t refuse when she sadly said, “If you don’t like it, I will stop…”.

But it?is true that if someone rubs your shoulder your body becomes lighter…

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TL notes:

Thank you for reading!

This first part is all about Cry and his relics. Some background story to say why no one is like him and his 16 Safe Ring.

And the second part is Sytry massage be patient because there is a lot of skinship if you know what I mean. ?( ?° ?? ?°)

Tchao à plus!

Footnotes

Weak becomes Strong: I put that because it is a trope in the recent light novel, but the literal translation is a 『Big Instrument with Late Growth Type (大器晩成型)』. It means it takes a lot of time for her talent to blossom. Like wine which gets better the older it is.