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Beast Tamer Who Got Kicked Out From the Hero’s Party Chapter 169 Part 1

CHAPTER 169: PERSUASION PART 1

「Mind you, it is not that we CANNOT cooperate with you. We WON’T cooperate with you. That’s our answer.」

The Village Chief said those words with a tone that suggested that he would simply not tolerate any further discussion.

I could also feel a really strong wave of rejection coming from his words.

It was not only because I was human……

There might have been some other reason behind his rejection.

But I can see that this wasn’t going to be nearly as straightforward of a process as I was hoping for it to be.

But It’s not like we could simply give up on this matter.

I was determined to do whatever it takes to win that Village Chief over.

「Can I at least ask you why is it that you won’t help us?」

「Unfortunately, I have nothing to say to a human such as you.」

「……………」

「You can consider this the best possible compromise that we can make: us meeting face to face so that I can tell you this. There is no way in hell that we are ever going to cooperate with the likes of you, no matter what. Well, that’s all I have to say to you. Now, you should do your best to leave this village as soon as possible.」

「That’s enough.」

With a loud “BONK!”, Aru-san slapped the Village Chief across the head.

「H-Hey!? What the hell was that for, Aru!?」

「A young man comes to your village, asking for help. And what do you do right off the bat? You give him this old and stubborn attitude. No matter how much you tend to dislike humans, there is a certain amount of hospitality that needs to be shown to distinct guests.」

「B-But! This man is nothing but a lowly human and…… Ouch!?」

Just like that, the Village Chief was smacked across the head once again!

「It’s precisely because he is a human. If you behave like that in front of a human, you are going to make him question the dignity and integrity of the Spirit Tribe as a whole. Can’t you at least understand that?」

「M-Muh……」

「Besides, it was me, the gatekeeper, that allowed them entry. That is why I won’t allow for them to be turned down without at least having their questions answered. That would serve to ruin our reputation in its entirety.」

「B-But, the thing is……」

「No “buts”, no “ifs”! Here, now start over. This time in a proper way.」

Aru-san and the Village Chief were butting heads like some sort of good old married couple.

While I was looking at this scene with a blank stare, not knowing what to think about it, Sora and Luna softly whispered in my ear.

「…… You see, Mother has lived longer than the current Village Chief.」

「…… So even the Village Chief can’t completely disregard Moms’ words.」

「…… I see.」

Now that they told me this, that actually made a whole lot of sense, but……

But if we were to look at things at face value, this looked like a scene where the grandchild was scolding the grandparent for acting unreasonable.

The looks and the roles of those two seemed to be completely reversed here for some reason.

But I guess that the same could have been said for Suzu-san.

Could it be that this was a pattern? Does that mean the older the women of the Ultimate Species get, the younger they look?」

「Haah…… Human.」

Once again, the gaze of the Village Chief was turned towards me.

「I have decided to rebuke my previous statement about you having to leave immediately. You can stay a little while longer, and I shall listen to what you have to say.」

「Thank you.」

「I have heard the gist of the story from Aru. So, it would seem that the member of the Celestial Tribe that was sealed away many years ago has been set free and is on a rampage once more.」

「Yes, that’s right. That is why, we are looking for a way in which we would be able to seal her away once more. We were told that there are items here in the Spirit Tribe’s village that would allow us to accomplish such a feat. So we have come here to ask if you would be willing to lend one such item to us?」

「Unfortunately, cooperating with humans is absolutely out of the……」

「Hm?　Were you about to say something?」

「…… You can tell me more about that matter, if you’d be so kind.」

Seeing Aru-san once again getting her fist ready to lay some much needed smackdown here right at his side, the Village Chief corrected himself in a hurry, visibly breaking into cold sweat.

No matter how you look at it, she was downright threatening him here, but was that really going to be enough?

However, I’m sure that if she did not do this in the first place, there would be no way that the Village Chief would be willing to talk to us in the first place.

“I’m really sorry”. I apologized to the Village Chief inside of my head, and then I continued to talk.

「We simply cannot allow Iris to roam free the way she is now. She needs to be sealed away. This time for good.」

「That’s none of our business. I heard from Aru that it was a human who broke the seal in the first place, right? So if it’s humans’ fault, humans should be the ones to fix it.」

「Yes, and I agree with that, one hundred percent. That is why we have taken it upon ourselves to seal Iris away.」

I stared straight at the Village Chief.

The Village Chief also looked me straight in the eyes.

Our gazes collided with each other for a moment out there……

Eventually, the Village Chief let out a deep sigh.

「Haah…… You are a pretty stubborn person, aren’t you? Normally, I would give up long ago if someone would treat me so coldly and with so much of open hostility.」

「I assure you, I have no intentions of giving up in the slightest.」

「What is it that drives you so hard to do this? Is it to protect other humans from harm?」

「That’s part of the reason. But that’s not the main one here.」

「What do you mean?」

「It’s because I want to save Iris.」

「Huh?」

The Village Chief seemed to be interested in my words just now.

He urged me to continue the conversation, so I told him my honest thoughts.

「Iris only seems to care about getting her revenge. She doesn’t think about herself at all, or what is to become of her. It’s not normal for her to live like that. She will destroy herself if she continues down that path. That’s why I want to stop her. I want to save her from what lies ahead of her down this self-destructive path.」

「Even though she’s your enemy, hell-bent on destroying humanity as a whole……?」