For the time being, I made Rika experience the technique, and maybe she’ll think ‘I wonder if magic is like this too~’. Maybe she could intuitively understand it.
As a result, we got a lot of fishes and grilled them with salt, we also streamed the activity.
While Katsu-san
was preparing things, me and Ao danced while holding hands.
“”Fish! Fish! Fish!”” {TLN: “”Sakana! Sakana! Sakana!””}
“LOL”
“LOL”
“LOL”
“wwwwwwwww” {TLN: wwwww is similar to LOL. The "w" is from "warau", laughing in Japanese. So wwwwww means laughing a lot.}
“wwwwww”
“These guys are really cute wwwwww”
Katsu-san’s skills were now at a professional level, perhaps thanks to the fact that he had been cooking monster dishes online, and even Sakuya had praised him highly.
While Ao and I would usually just skewer the fish on a stick and grill them when making simple grilled fish with salt, Katsu-san did things differently.
He took care to remove any remaining excrement or innards from the fish and shaped them for easy consumption before grilling.
It was as if he were a pro.
"Wait a moment. It will be cooked to perfection soon."
While waiting for the fish to cook, Sakuya called me over.
"Sora, come here for a moment."
"Ui." {TLN: He means “yes”, in Sora style.}
I stopped dancing and went over to her.
Ao, who was left behind, continued to dance alone, saying, "A--yu, A--yu."
We went outside the streaming area, and Sakuya showed me her smartphone screen.
"Sora, this is a video from a dungeon streamer in the countryside... This is today's uploaded video."
She showed me a certain video.
At first, it appeared to be an ordinary dungeon stream.
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“Uusu, I'm a rural dungeon streamer~. Today, we'll be chatting and enjoying some drinks while we explore the dungeon~”
The stream's title reads "Very-Rural Dungeon: Cave Farm."
The person appears to be streaming using their smartphone.
While the stream doesn't seem to be particularly popular, the streamer frequents this dungeon and engages in casual conversation while exploring. They have some dedicated fans, a core audience that supports them.
However, the atmosphere suddenly changes after a strong gust of wind.
"An? Can such strong wind blow inside the dungeon?"
In response to this question, laughter echoes from the video.
"Kakkakka! Good good! This era is truly a heaven for me! It's a bit lonely that there is hardly any other youkai around!"
Comments from viewers express fear.
"Huh... did they always sound like this?"
"That voice is kind of scary..."
"Is there someone there...?"
"Maybe monsters can talk?"
"Monsters can't talk, can they?"
"Don't you know about Sora's shikigami, the famous streamer?"
"Could it be other adventurers?"
Even from the streamer’s voice, fear can be felt.
"There can't be other adventurers here...!! This place is in the middle of nowhere, a very rural dungeon! It's a seven-hour walk from the nearest house, and it takes almost an hour by car...!"
“As expected of a rural dungeon.”
“I won’t go to a place like that on foot.”
“What do you mean….?”
“There wasn’t a single car before me…! It was raining today, so if someone was walking, there should have been footprints along the way! There were none of that!”
In other words, maybe that’s a talking monster.
“Isn’t it dangerous then….?”
“Talking monsters are very strong.”
“Eh……”
“Isn’t it better if you run?”
“O, ou….. I’ll run away!”
The streamer turned and started running.
But, no matter how far he ran, the laughter could still be heard.
“Kakkakka! Kakkakka!”
“Scarryyyyy!!!”
“What the hell is this!?”
“No matter how far he ran, we can still hear it!”
“Are? The scenery hasn't changed somehow?”
“Just what happened!?”
“Maybe special effect?”
“No no, that’s impossible.”
“This person’s streams do none of that.”
Sakuya who was watching the stream, looked up and tried to say something to Sora.
“So—”
However, before she could finish saying Sora's name, she noticed.
Sora was watching the video with an unusually serious look.
And he muttered—
“Youkai’s rule, is it?”
The stream continued.
“Kakkakka”
“Haa…haa…haa!”
No matter how much he ran, the scenery remained the same.
The streamer finally exhausted and placed his hands on his knees.
“Kakkakka!”
The laughter could still be heard.
Curious about it, the streamer looked back.
Then, the video got blurry.
The stream ended with laughter and a glimpse of a five feathered fan.
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The two of them finished watching the video.
“So-sora…?”
“This happened today, right?
“A, aah…. According to the streamer, the next thing he knew, he was in a hospital. This incident has become a hot topic in the internet. People are debating whether it is a special effect or a new monster appearing. Thanks to that, the rural dungeon is getting a lot of attention.”
“So he survived, I’m glad. Maybe it’s because of the alcohol. Tengu likes sake after all.”
“Eh…? Tengu?”
Sora began to ponder.
(I've seen those feathered fans before... They belong to Asura Tengu. But why is it in the modern era?)
Sakuya’s smartphone rang.
“…? Hmm…!?”
“What’s wrong?”
“It was from Mikage Akari. The storehouse, was ransacked by someone or something.”
“Hmm…”
Sora’s gaze slightly sharpens.
(I understand now. It would be nice if Seimei left a better instruction.)
Sora came to this understanding:
- Seimei probably sealed away a certain Tengu, but over time, the seal weakened.
- Asura Tengu's feathered fan absorbs curse power. It was stored in the storeroom, but the awakened fan sought its owner and called the Tengu. {TLN: Okay, this part is confusing all right. The curse power here is written “呪力”, literally means curse power. While the magic power that Rika use is written as “魔力”. “呪” means curse, while “魔” means magic/demon. “力” means power. Sora uses curse power btw.}
As a result, a Tengu with its full power restored appeared in the dungeon.
"That Tengu must be incredibly strong."
(And the fault is mine. Don’t carelessly open the storehouse. I guess that’s what Seimei means.)
“Amu amu… chu…”{TLN: sfx for eating, and sucking, the fingers maybe?}
Sora returns to where Ao was enjoying the fish with Sora soup. {TLN: Yeah, sora-jiru, means sora soup. Dunno what kind of soup that would be.}
“Sora is back.”
“Sora~”
“What were you talking about?”
“Actually, we were talking about where the next dungeon would be….”
“Really!?”
“I’ve been waiting!”
“Ushi!” {TLN: No, not a cow. Maybe a variant of “yosh!”??}
“Yattaaaaaaa!!!”
“Soo excited!”
“I was waiting completely naked.”
“It’s already decided.”
Sora thought to himself.
(The Tengu hasn't killed anyone after being released. I need to take action soon.)
“The next dungeon we will go to is [Very Rural Dungeon/Cave Farm]”
“Fa!?”
“The one from today, the dungeon with the weird creature?”
“Eh…aren’t you scared…..?”
“I was really scared of that broadcast.”
“Honestly, it’s traumatizing…”
“Are you seriously going there…”
“I think it’s better to not go there….!”
“Unidentified monsters are seriously dangerous.”
(Repairs for the 9th technique is almost complete)
Sora says quietly.
“I’m going to -------- exterminate a certain youkai.”
Dungeon Streaming Agency “Onmyou” had been dispatched.
TLN: Hello everyone, Torablue here. Vampira-san dropped this novel with one more chapter in the raw, so I translate it. This is my first time translating from Japanese to English, and I use MTL as well. If you notice anything wrong please do tell me. Anyway, enjoy!!
