Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 390: An Undetectable Opponent
They decided to sell the food that Tauro and his friends had prepared to the village chief’s family, and so they had to make it again, but they noticed that people around them were looking at them intensely.
I noticed that the guards, including the other villagers, were looking at me.
While cooking, a delicious aroma raged all over the place, and the village chief’s family was by his side.
“I’ve never eaten such delicious food!”
“It’s true! I’ve never tasted anything like it!”
“Tauro-san, you can aim to be a chef instead of an adventurer!”
With such rave reviews, coupled with hunger, it would not be surprising if murderous intent were to arise among the villagers.
“… Village Chief-san. Are you willing to pay for your escorts?”
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Tauro is not a monster, but he’s also not willing to be charitable.
The best thing to do would be to get the village chief to cover the expenses and settle the matter amicably.
“Hm? ───What’s this bleak atmosphere! ……It can’t be helped. We were originally covering the food expenses. However, everyone, the food expenses are higher than expected, so please eat with care.”
The village chief does not make the food, but of course put on airs as he pays Tauro for it.
“… A wise decision.”
Tauro whispered to the village chief, and he once again pulled a large quantity of ingredients out of the magic storage and began cooking.
The villagers were the first to line up in front of Tauro.
Of course, priority was given to Ragune and the others, but no one complained about that.
At the end of the line were a pair of travelling guards and a lone traveler. The lone traveler thanked them, but the pair seemed wary of Tauro, as they simply bowed silently, accepted the food and left immediately.
All around, the villagers were enjoying Tauro’s cooking and raving about its taste.
And then Tauro,
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“If you’d like a second helping of rice, I’ll provide it for just one copper coin.”
When he suggested this, the villagers immediately cheered and a line began to form in front of him again.
“You guys better make sure you don’t eat so much that you won’t be able to move tomorrow.”
The village chief cautioned, as he himself joined the queue for a second helping of rice.
No, you too!
Tauro gave a bitter smile as he rebuked inwardly and served the second helping of rice.
Along the way, Ragune and the others finished their meal quickly and took over the work, so Tauro decided to take his time and enjoy his meal.
When everyone was full and satisfied, Tauro asked Zion for a second helping of rice.
“Sorry for finishing my meal first, Tauro-sama.”
Shion apologized while serving me food.
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“Hahaha. We’re comrades. It’s normal for those who can eat when they can eat to eat first and take turns, so don’t worry about it. By the way, Zion, you don’t really need to add “sama” to my name …… it’s useless, isn’t it?”
“This is my opinion of Tauro-sama, so I can’t change it!”
Zion also firmly refused the wishes of Tauro, who to her was her hero and savior.
It seems that this is something he is determined to stick to.
He seems to have quite a stubborn personality.
“Yeah. I’m concerned that I seem to be overrated, but all right. You can always change what you call me anytime in the future.”
Tauro replied with a wry smile, then accepted his rice and finished his meal.
we had to get up early the next day, so most of them went to bed, leaving the guards in place.
The village chief’s family was already asleep in their two tents.
As they could hear the village chief’s snoring, Tauro and the others left the first watch duties to Ragune and went to bed.
In the middle of the night, Tauro finishes his watch and wakes Zion up.
“Oh, I’m going to go to the bathroom and then go to bed.”
Tauro said to Zion, who was rubbing her eyes from sleepiness, and went into the forest.
Using 『Presence Detection』, he was on guard against his surroundings, but although he could sense the presence of monsters in the distance, he couldn’t sense any nearby.
It seemed that the monsters were avoiding us as they sensed the presence of many people.
As long as they don’t show up in a group, we probably won’t be attacked easily.
With this thought in mind, Tauro pulled down his pants and began to relieve himself.
Trickle, trickle…
It happened when I had just gone to relieve myself, it shivered.
Pella suddenly broke free of its mimicry from the surface of Tauro’s armor and, in a swift movement, grazed Tauro’s face and moved to his back.
And the next moment, a loud metallic “Clang” rang out from behind Tauro.
“enemy!?”
Tauro hurriedly pulled up his pants and turned around behind him.
There he saw two villagers who were escorting him brandishing their swords.
Pella stretches out his body to deflect the sword.
“But I didn’t sense anything!”
Tauro is surprised.
Moreover, the opponents were two villagers.
I thought it might be some kind of skill, but I have the “anti-inhibition” ability, so there was no way I could be fooled by an inhibition-type skill.
Tauro observed as he faced off against the two villagers, drawing his small sword.
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Both of them have their eyes closed.
Or rather, I noticed that they were swaying back and forth, like they were unconscious.
“they’re moving like puppets… could they be being controlled?”
Tauro parried the villagers’ attacks and looked around.
Then Zion came running after hearing the sound of swords clashing.
“Tauro-sama, are you all right?”
“Zion, be on the lookout, there must be someone controlling the villagers!”
Tauro swats away the swords of the villagers who are slashing at him, wary of the enemy that wasn’t being caught by his ‘presence detection’.
Pella quickly returns to mimic the surface of Tauro’s leather armor.
It seems to have decided that the crisis is over.
Then Tauro noticed that the silhouette he had been “sensing” all this time through his “true eyes” and “presence sensing” began to move.
It was of those who were sleeping in the encampment.
They thought they had been awakened by the sound of swords clashing that they had heard coming from their direction, but then they realized the two figures were going away in the opposite direction from them.
“Hm?”
Tauro, who was in the middle of holding down the two villagers together with Zion so as not to kill them, did not fully understand this movement, but as they moved away from his『 Presence detection』 , the resistance of the villagers they were holding down stopped and they became quiet.
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Or rather, they began to sleep, and Tauro’s “presence perception” was able to detect them normally.
“This is ……. I wonder if this is the power of the ‘puppeteer’ skill …….”
『Puppeteer』 is a skill that allows the user to manipulate people or monsters like objects under certain conditions.
Tauro had only heard stories about it, and as this was his first encounter with it he wasn’t sure, but it seemed that one of the “puppeteers” was mixed in with the people who accompanied him on this journey and had tried to kill him.
The reason why we’re being targeted…is that still it?
Tauro had a clear idea of why he was being targeted, but he was distracted by the relief he felt from the comforting murmur of the villager he had seized in his sleep.
Tl Note:
If you say that something or someone is overrated, you mean that people have a higher opinion of them than they deserve* Seems undeserving