Chapter 280: 【Adventurer Mitran】The Girl Stuffing Her Cheeks with Raw Shrimp and Leseida's Determination

Chapter 280: 【Adventurer Mitran】The Girl Stuffing Her Cheeks with Raw Shrimp and Leseida's Determination 【Adventurer Mitran】The Girl Stuffing Her Cheeks with Raw Shrimp and Leseida’s Determination

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“I am a traveler. Emi Rune.”

Deep underground in the ‘Ahate River Upstream Ruins’.

The black-haired, black-eyed girl we met at the mysterious shrimp farm greeted Leseida-san and I like that.

Right now, the three of us were sitting in a circle under the pale blue magic lamps illuminating the ruins, introducing ourselves.Rêađ latest cha/p/ters at novelhall.com

Why did we fall so deep underground?

Why was she catching shrimp so deep underground?

We both probably had various questions.

I thought we could obtain new information by resolving them.

...That’s what I thought, but.

“............”

This girl is really quiet and also does things at her own pace...

After saying her own name, she completely fell silent, reached out her hand to the mountain of shrimp she had caught and piled up, and started devouring them again.

Even though they’re raw shrimp...

I wonder if it doesn’t smell fishy eating them with the shells...?

“I-I see. Ah, my name is Mitran... I’m an adventurer. And this person here is Leseida-san, an archaeologist.”

I introduced ourselves with a smile.

Emi-chan stared intently at our faces while stuffing her cheeks full of raw shrimp.

Her expression was expressionless.

I couldn’t read any emotions.

Looking closely, Emi-chan is a beautiful girl with a very well-proportioned face, but... combined with being illuminated by the pale blue magic lamps, her lack of expression looked very eerie.

“We were investigating the upper levels of these ruins, but... we were attacked by a bad guy and dropped down here. Emi-chan, why are you in a place like this?”

“............”

Emi-chan stared at our faces for a while... or rather, for some reason, she stared intently at Leseida-san’s face, then swallowed the raw shrimp in her mouth and answered my question.

“I was walking in the forest. Then, a hole opened and I fell around here. There were lots of shrimp. So I was eating them.”

Emi-chan said that while pointing above her head.

Only darkness could be seen there, but it seems this girl accidentally fell into these ruins.

Either when Ibrabarleg and the others activated the ruins’ mechanism, or when the large hole we fell through opened up...

Probably due to the impact of one of those, the ceiling of the ruins collapsed.

“I see... That was unfortunate... But it’s a blessing that you weren’t injured.”

“Maybe so.”

As soon as she said that, Emi-chan started stuffing her cheeks with raw shrimp again.

This girl is quite difficult to have a conversation with...

I am a reincarnator from another world.

A reincarnator from another world who has been granted cheat abilities incomparable to ordinary people, albeit with a few flaws.

What do I use these cheats for?

I had never even thought about it before, but.

To use them for justice.

At least here and now, to use them to help Leseida-san’s justice!

That is surely the right thing to do, and above all, it is desirable for this world.

I was convinced of that!

That’s why.

“I understand, Leseida-san.”

“Mitran-kun...!”

“Use my power to the fullest! Let’s make those villains scream together!”

That’s why I decided to accept Leseida-san’s additional request!

“Alright! Now that it’s decided, let’s depart immediately! We have to find the path leading deeper into the ruins!”

“That’s right!”

Leseida-san and I stood up energetically!

“............”

“Ah.”

Emi-chan stared at that intently while stuffing her cheeks with raw shrimp.

“Um, well... what will Emi-chan do? Um, will you come with us?”

“I don’t want to be with you though...”

“Huh...”

For some reason, it seemed Emi-chan disliked me...

When did she come to dislike me?

What did I do wrong?

I don’t know, but...

“...I’ll eat shrimp... a bit more...”

“I-I see... Well, that makes sense. It’s safer that way, and if you think about it calmly, that’s the natural choice... Then, I’ll come to get you on the way back! Wait here!”

“............”

Emi-chan silently turned her back to me, walked away, immersed herself in the pool, and started catching shrimp again.

This girl is truly incomprehensible...

“W-Well then, shall we depart?”

“Indeed, let’s do so.”

We bid farewell to Emi-chan for now and started proceeding deeper into the forest of water tanks where the Ebi Eaters were floating.