Chapter 191: Why did I expect anything from them, despite knowing it will be like this?
Day 55 Late Afternoon. The Town of Omui.
Now, this is an extremely rare case of the Geeks making a good suggestion. A composite bow is a highly efficient weapon by itself, but there is also a chance that each combined part can be enchanted separately.
Those guys are knowledgeable about weapon crafting and municipal administration, but it's pointless because they are awkward, uncooperative, can't read the room, and generally off in the head. Wait? Doesn't that make their entire existence meaningless?
With uneasiness in my heart, I go down the stairs to the forge of the weapon store, which is quickly blown away by insufferable incompetent inhumans that I find there. Yes, the geeks.
That's right, animal ears and a composite bow is Justice!
Kuh! Indeed, a female elf with a composite bow does sound like heresy!
Foolish. A little girl with an oversized composite bow is the true beauty.
You remember that this is a world of sword and magic? Composite bows should be used by magic girls!
No. Everyone is a magical girl by default here? Even before being askedBecome a magical girl!, everyone is a magical girl.
Just why did I allow this lot to get my hopes up even a tiny bit? That's right, that was the same as expecting anything from goblins. Or rather, gobs should be able to do simple woodworking. Clubs are probably the only thing they can make, but they are still better than the geeks.
What happened to composite bows? I have no hesitation in the handling of fools!(geeks) Or rather, there is not much to hesitate since Inferno is the only option?
Lumber and iron plates. They are yet to even begin processing the wood or casting the iron, let alone assembling bows, with materials lying around completely untouched. In other words, they aren't doing anything.
You are wrong. The concept is important, so we began discussing it, but couldn't reach a consensus!
Looks like picking between animal ears and little girls is a concept. We are yet to meet anyone with animal ears! Instead of making stuff for someone you have never seen, make something for your classmates! Wouldn't you normally make your share first?!
Why are they starting from designing a concept for girls with animal ears?!
Neglecting your classmates and trying to pick between making composite bows for elves, beastfolk girls, or little girls? What a concept?! All you have are delusions and obsessions! Should I find a wraith to possess those heads of yours?!
Seriously.
Eh? The Geeks are looking at me with wide-open eyes? Don't look at me? What's going on?
That's right! There also was an option of Little Girls with Animal Ears! As expected of Haruka-kun!
I should've known better.
By the way, the steel tables were sold for a high price the very moment they were put up for sale at the general store. And the geeks kept staring in wonder at the tables that were being bought. I mean, those aren't whips, so they can't be sold at the weapon store, you know?
I'm baack? When everyone gathers a bow sale will begin, you probably will want to do test shooting as well, so come to the backyard? The targets are the geeks, so there is no problem even if you shoot them dead? I'd like to make some barrier-breaking arrows too.
With that, it should be possible to kill them!
Ah! The geeks are running away!
Should I provide everyone with bows and open a Geek Hunt? It should be good training. It could even be called a live practice, but for some reason, they got angry at me when I suggested that? Is it because chasing them is too much of a bother?
Well, indeed, an ambush should be more efficient.
Those are bows? They have a strange shape though?
Yeah. And there are many variations and different sizes too.
I have a hard time choosing since there are multiple colors too~
I think small fast and mobile frontliners should take smaller bows, and backline archers should pick large models? Also, I'd recommend large bows for power types and small ones for rapid fire? Kind of?
Since the targets (the geeks) escaped, they are testing the bows by firing at targets (targets), the arrows can go a very long distance and the initial velocity is also amazing. Let's avoid giving this to Armored Pres-san, I feel like it would be far more dangerous than a morning star.
Or rather, I will be in danger! I don't feel like I'll be able to dodge that at all!
And it seems that the issue that worried me the most was just an absurd fear. As it turned out, the idiots aren't going to chase the arrows that they themselves shot. That's a relief.
And as we were eating the dinner provided by the inn and discussing dungeon exploration plans and training schedules, a person from Stalker Girl's clan came and announced the following.
It looks like the Kingdom is going to start a war. The target is the frontier domain of Omui. The army seems to be a coalition of forces of multiple nobles. We are currently making the same report to Omui-sama.
It should take them at the very least two weeks to march here.Th. most uptod/at nvels a/re published on n(0)velbj)n(.)c/o/m
A war, it seems? I don't think anything will come of it though?
[TL Notes: [1] Yumi () is the Japanese term for a bow. As used in English, yumi' refers more specifically to traditional Japanese asymmetrical bows (). Traditionally, they are made by laminating bamboo, wood, and leather. ]