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58. I just can’t stomach you

「Blablablablablabla! You’re being too insidious, Mr. Silver Bastard!」

The knight looked at Rinono with a pitiful look as she threw things from the liquor store at random.

「Why are citizens who have sympathy for demi-humans so ugly and barbaric? Even though correct understanding and correct knowledge can create a better world.」

「Stop it, Rinono. Don’t mind us.」

Marge’s sensing skills are powerful. Shizuku knows that if she is truly in a desperate situation, Marge will definitely drop everything and come for her if she cries out for help.

「Don’t get involved, Rinono. This has nothing to do with you.」

「I have compassion for demi-humans? What are you talking about?」

She stomped her foot on the shelf in the store and crossed her arms. Her knees were shaking slightly, but she spoke loudly as if trying to hide it.

「I came across Guran and Eldro abusing that child about five times, and I ignored them and walked past them five times! I am not the type of person who would put my life on the line!」

「I was wondering what you were going to say.」

The knight drew his dagger. Rinono’s body trembled involuntarily at the sharp blade, but she snorted back, saying, “Try it if you can.”

「What I am trying to say is that I’m the same as you, O’ so chivalrous Knight. Logically speaking, that would be the case. But even so, I, Rinono, have lived my life to the best I can. That is also why I can say this wholeheartedly.」

Rinono picked up a jar again and held it up high.

「I don’t know why, but I just can’t stomach you!!」

「It’s not worth refuting you.」

The jar and dagger were thrown at the same time. The speed difference was obvious. There was no question about the difference in lethal force. The knight refused to even pay attention to the jar that didn’t even hit him.

Rinono, on the other hand, was unable to avoid it, and she stared at the dagger flying towards her as if saying, ”Ah, I’m dead.” The cold blade approached Rinono’s chest without hesitation.

「You idioooooooooot!」

Guran, who was lying on the floor, pushed her away to the side with all his power.

「OUCH! I hit my forehead!」

「I-I’ve repaid my debt! We’re even now!! Okay!?」

「Guran, just how much were you hurt from owing debts…」

「…What a meaningless act. You are only looking at the short term. If you had just died, you could have looked forward to the next life.」

At that moment, a sound echoed.

Next to the knight, who was watching the exchange between Rinono and Guran with cold unfeeling eyes, there was the sound of something like thunder.

The only person who should be there was an incapacitated Shizuku. What the knight saw as he turned his gaze back to the side was Shizuku pouring the alcohol from the jar that Rinono threw onto her wound.

「What?」

「If it’s no different than smeared medicine, it should come off by washing it…!!」

She could continue fighting. She can buy more time for Marge’s duel. She can live up to her king’s trust. As Shizuku told herself this, she placed both arms on the ground and braced herself.

[Mana activity: k,6\1,jl5-0]

「It’s no use. The amount that has already circulated through your body has already disrupted the activation of the mana. You can no longer move. If you try to rampage wildly, I’ll tear your body to pieces and give you a painful death.」

[Mana activity: 7,4$6,^09]

「Even though you’ve done your research, you don’t seem to know. The werewolf’s endemic skill [Garou]–」

[Mana activity: 33,301,470]

「Gets stronger and fiercer when you fight for someone else.」

「You stood up…!?」

Shizuku disappeared. Her body reached maximum speed in a split second, knocking down a knight who raised his sword overhead far away on the street.

「One down.」

Two, then three down. The thick armor was torn apart like thin cloth, and a golden trail ran through the town.

「A tail has manifested?」

The knight captain couldn’t help but mutter. It was not Shizuku’s own flaxen tail. A golden wolf tail that didn’t exist before appeared and merged with the mana that surrounded Shizuku’s entire body.

It was still incomplete. However, Shizuku’s figure was steadily approaching the golden wolf itself.

「That was in the literature… No, that’s impossible! Endemic skills are dependent on the land’s vigor! It might have been possible back in the day when the land was so fruitful, but such output when only this sparse grassland is left? There’s no way you can maintain it!」

「I brought it to fruition, with something you don’t know about.」

She stood right in front of the knight captain. He didn’t even have time to notice that the distance had been closed in the blink of an eye.

Her fangs, more vivid than before, bit through his armor as well as the short spear. The captain, who had sacrificed his weapon to avoid being fatally injured, gave an order to the knights scattered around the town while backing away miserably.

「All knights! Target that werewolf.」

「Werewolf warriors, rise! How long do you plan on staying asleep!!」

Shizuku overwhelmed the knight’s voice. The seventeen werewolves stood up, lending their shoulders to each other, and readied their weapons. The knights gathered were slightly delayed, but arranged themselves in formation. Both groups stared down at each other and started charging.

「Show your werewolf pride, your will, and your strength! The enemy is right in front of you!!」

「All members, roar! The enemy is nothing more than a bunch of mortal beasts, and we still have the superiority in numbers! If we crush them all at once, it will be over!」

The knights gained momentum due to the objective difference in strength. But a woman’s voice cut in, breaking their spirits.

「No, our side has more numbers.」

As if to prove Rinono’s words, townspeople begin to appear on the streets with swords, knives and agricultural tools in hand.