The Strongest Knights ~The strongest one is not the leader, but seems to be the cook~ Chapter 13

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Chapter 13

「I think it’s about time.」

In the sky, the sun sank and it started to become dark.

The Order gathered in front of the gate.

After confirming our numbers, Leader says,

「Okay! Everyone’s here. We will go out the gate but remember that this is the border. The monsters you usually encounter will be stronger. Be careful! And if you see a monster that seems like the leader, report it. Well, let’s go!」

Outside of the gate seemed to be the town’s soldiers.  There seemed to have already been many battles that had taken place.

「We will defeat the monsters around us and try to find the leader!」

Although that was said, we were blocked from all sides by monsters.

「Guh!」

The Order’s members were having a close fight with the stronger-than-normal monsters.

It’s been about an hour. In the beginning, Lint Bloom Kis.h.i.+dan was having a close fight, but now they were gaining momentum and started defeating the monsters.

Of course I was being protected by everyone and defeating the occasional orc.

Everyone thought that they were finally making progress and suddenly,

「GUOHHHHH!!」

「Wh- what!?」

「Leader!!」

「What happened!」

「I- it’s a chimera (キメラ)!!」

「A chimera!?」

A monster called a chimera appeared in front of us.

It was a monster with a lion head, a goat body, and a poisonous snake as a tail.

It was about 7 or 8 meters in length, so one attack would tear up the ground.

「Th- this is too much..」

The Lint Bloom Order who was reveled as the strongest could not even make a scratch onto the chimera’s tough body.

Leader shouted,

「Magic! What about magic!」

「No good! No type of magic seems to be effective!」

The town’s soldiers that saw the chimera immediately ran away.

「GUOOHHHH!!」

「s.h.i.+t! Don’t we have anything up our sleeves?!」

「Can you eat a chimera?」

「Impossible! You can’t eat that!」

I’m powerless in front of an inedible monster.

I tried to think of something.

「Silver vine… don’t we have silver vine?!」

「Silver vine, huh… the head is a lion so it’s sort of a cat, but it’s not necessarily going to work!」

「Even so, we gotta try!」

We could only see annihilation at this point.

If there’s even a chance, let’s try.

「Leader! I’m going!」

「If you think it won’t work, immediately run away! Hey! You guys! Support Kio!」

「「Yes, sir!」」

I came close to the chimera while gripping the silver vine tightly.

「GUOHHHH!」

「OH! It’s sniffing it!」

「GUOHH!?」

「GUOH, GUOH, GUOH.」

「Wh- What is this?」

「The chimera suddenly started rolling around!」

「GUOON.」

What the heck. The chimera started rubbing up my face.

Now it’s licking.

「Hey, hey, what the h.e.l.l is going on, Kio?」

「I used the silver vine… but I’m being hugged.」

「What are you saying? Won’t this effect last only a little while?」

「Yes, that seems right. Then, please wait about 30 minutes. If the effect stops, I’ll confirm it. If it’s no good, then I’ll use the silver vine again.」

「But… well, it’s only 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, if it starts rampaging, we’ll all come in and defeat it.」

「I understand.」

Everyone went a little further away and left me and the chimera.

「Hmm. What the heck is this demon seed?」

「Eh? Who’s that?」

I looked around, but I didn’t see anyone else.

「I am the chimera in front of you.」 *TL: He’s speaking in really old style language, cuz he’s old.

「…Huh? A monster that can talk?」

「I have lived many millennia, so I am able to speak like you.」

「O- Oh, I see.」

A talking monster.

「Hmm. What is that demon seed. After sniffing it, I felt this fluffy feeling overcome me.」

「This is silver vine.」

「Silver vine? So there’s something like that in this world…」

He lived a long time, so I don’t really get what he’s saying.

「By the way, are you going to kill me, Chimera-san?」

「I see, do not worry. I don’t feel like that right now. By the way, do you have more? The silver vine, I mean.」

「Etto, right now I don’t have any, but if I go back to town, I can get silver vine sake?」

「Silver vine sake?! I would very much like to try that.」

「I can go get it for you? The silver vine sake.」

「Really?! Okay, while my mood is good, go get it!」

「I understand.」

I explained the situation to Leader and quickly went back to the town.

「He said it talked? … Impossible.」

I came back from town with the silver vine sake, poured it into a plate, and handed it to the chimera.

The way he licked it seemed just like a cat.

「Th- this is silver vine sake?! It’s amazing!」

「I’m pleased that you enjoyed it.」

「Hmm, that’s right. What is your name?」

「I’m Kio.」

「Kio? So, Kio. Are you willing to get me silver vine sake regularly?」

「Eh? For Chimera-san?」

「Well, I like this sake, but I cannot enter towns where there are humans. That’s why I want you to get it for me.」

「I see, but I am not always going to be here.」

「I understand that. That’s why I am lending you the power to keep me with you. It seems like you guys are doing some dangerous work. If you die, then I will not be able to drink the sake again. That’s why, I will lend you my power and protect you. 」

「Ehh!? Chimera-san, you’ll be our comrade!?」

「Yes, your comrade.」

「Th- that’s not good. A kis.h.i.+dan with a chimera around is strange.」

「Well, that’s true. If you need me, then you can just call me. Use this flute. If you blow at this flute, no matter where you are, I will come running after you. I will come every 10 days for the silver vine sake. At that time too, please blow at the flute. 」

And, from the inside of his mouth came a flute that he handed to me.

To do something like blow at this flute… if I go back, I will properly wash this.

Incidentally, when I asked him why he attacked the town, he said it was because some humans attacked his children.

What idiots. To attack a chimera’s children…

Anyhow, I told everything that happened to Leader.

「A chimera as a comrade? HAHAH… HAHAHA」,

which is all he said before he fainted.

After waking up, Leader told the truth to Markgraf.

「Ohh, so now you’re the chimera’s comrade?」

「Yes, I can’t believe it though.」

「Well, isn’t it good?」

「Eh? Is it okay?」

「Even amongst adventurers, it’s not rare to keep monsters.」

「Oh, you mean tamers? But, something like a chimera…」

「Didn’t you say that it would not be with you all the time? Then isn’t it fine?」

「Yes, well, thank you very much. 」

「Well, you’ve worked very hard. Is it really okay for the reward to only be 10 pieces of gold?」

「Yes, since that was what we agreed on from the beginning and we were able to learn a lot from our experience. 」

「I see, then I have no choice.」

「Thank you very much.」

「Phe-w, it’s good that the Markgraf is a nice guy.」

「Ah, Leader. Do you want to try the silver vine sake? It’s good for recovering fatigue. 」

「Ah, thanks.」

「PUHAH~ So this is silver vine sake? It really is delicious.」

「Sigh, we probably need to report this to the King.」

Leader’s distress continued.