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Chapter 286 – ODD EYE

“Ya! Ha!”

I was watching Carina, who was working just as hard as she did yesterday, slaying the undead. Yesterday she even used magic to defeat the undead, but Elira said that she would do it alone today, so she’s leaving everything to her. But just in case one of them is in danger, I’m ready to take immediate action.

“Hmmm…”

Carina is growing up here in the deep woods. She has only been here for three days, but she has gotten much stronger in a short period of time. However, there is still no change in her eye, which, according to Bequa, must have some ability. Just because it’s a rare odd eye doesn’t mean it has magical eye-like powers, but I have a feeling there might be something there too. But I don’t know of any way to find out.

Shana was already able to use her mind’s eye when she was given the status. So she doesn’t know any tricks to use it. She even said she would rather know how not to use it.

When I asked her how she does the kind of anticipation that only one person can do, she said that she concentrates her attention on her eyes. I somehow thought that Shana wasn’t very good at teaching something to someone. Perhaps it’s because she doesn’t usually talk much, but she’s not able to verbalize it well.

“The right eye is light blue and the left eye is gold…”

I tried to think of something to associate with the colors, but nothing in particular came to mind. The only thing I can think of is that the gold color is more special.

“Elira, go wake everyone up.”

“Okay.”

It was getting brighter and the undead were gone. This time we were on watch for the second half of the day, so I asked Elira to go wake them up.

“Carina, good job.”

“Yes…”

Even though there were fewer undead at the end, Carina was quite tired since she had killed a large number of them in the first half.

“Sorry, can I check something for a minute?”

“Huh!”

I lifted the bangs that were hiding Carina’s eyes as she sat down. I don’t feel anything particularly magical when I stare at her a little closer.

“Ah…ummm… that thing.”

“Oh, sorry.”

Staring into her eyes, I saw that Carina was red-faced and teary-eyed. She was tickled to the point of aggravation just a little bit, but I quickly let her bangs down. Now that I think about it, a guy who suddenly lifts one’s bangs and stares into their eyes is pretty weird.

“…Isn’t it hard to see while fighting?”

“A little…”

Then I guess she’d better cut her bangs to be on the safe side, but I guess she doesn’t think the odd eyes are cool just like I do.

“Anyway, no one here makes fun of Carina’s eyes, so…”

“……… Yes.”

Carina paused for a moment before replying.

I wondered for a moment if perhaps Carina had already acquired a magical eye-like skill that she could use. I wondered if she had an odd eye complex and didn’t want to use the symbolic magic eye ability…

I don’t know if this is due to my mind-reading skill or just my gut feeling.

“Like I said before, I think those eyes are beautiful and I envy them.”

“I wish I had eyes that were more beneficial to everyone, not these eyes…”

Carina muttered quietly and walked away from me.

“Haa… I really went and did it…”

I did it for the best, but it wasn’t a good idea to talk at length about other people’s complexes. Maybe because Carina feels like a younger sister, which makes me talk a little too freely. I had to be careful.

“Maybe I should give her some time.”

I thought about going to apologize to Carina right now, but it would be better to give her some time. And I should probably not talk about the eye too much in the future.

And even if she had an magic eye, if Carina doesn’t want to use it, it’s fine if she doesn’t. There is no need to force her to use it even if she doesn’t want to. Well, I personally would like her to use it, but….

“I don’t think I can live up to Bequa’s expectations…”

Maybe Bequa wanted to bring his sister, Carina, here so that she could fight freely.

“Well, let’s get ready.”

Then we ate breakfast, cleaned up, and went hunting for monsters, just as we had done yesterday. During a break in the hunt, I casually apologized to Carina.

The days of hunting monsters passed by without much change, and a week had passed since we came to the deep forest.

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