NOVEL NEXT chapter 32
32 – Childhood Friend Hero’s Journey (5) – Catman
The story I told Rize about the mark.
Because it is definitely talking about subjects that are not lighthearted, such as the assassination of the emperor.
Rise’s expression had darkened a lot.
But, even so, everything has been resolved in the end.
After I explained enough about him, Rize’s expression fortunately relaxed a lot.
“If Alan goes that far…”
It seemed like he wasn’t particularly concerned anymore.
“Yes. No need to worry.”
To be honest, there was no way for Mark to get out of that prison.
I had no choice but to say that worrying in such a situation was a useless worry.
Mark is in prison, and he won’t be able to rebel.
“I guess so.”
Lize agreed with me and nodded.
“Damn…! Let’s have another drink.”
I bumped a glass full of beer into Rize’s.
And then I swallowed the alcohol in one go.
“Great…”
It made a pleasant sound.
“As expected… Alcohol tastes good.”
Because there is nothing more delicious than beer eaten after hard work.
That’s how Rize and I went out drinking again.
Rize asked a question with a redder face than before, as if she had another question.
“But… Allan. Marc aside. Can’t you tell me about the other party members?”
“Another party member?”
“Yes. Originally, Alan, your party had two original members besides Mark.”
Even if you said you knew about the mark.
I didn’t tell Rize about the other two party members.
They must have been sent out from the party because they had a different story…
Rize seemed to be very curious about that part.
“I wonder about that?”
“Yeah…! I’m very curious.”
Rize’s eyes twinkled in anticipation.
Coming to think of it, Rize always asked me about the hero’s party whenever we met.
That’s probably why he’s so interested.
“Hmm…”
I was a little hesitant about whether it would be okay to tell this to Rize, but…
What. It doesn’t matter if you tell me
Because they’re not even a warrior party anymore.
“I wonder who?”
I asked Rize,
“Um… Mer, for example. Why did she leave the party? She looked so strong.”
Rize hesitated a little, then asked to know about Mer.
“Ah… Mer?”
A name I haven’t heard in a long time, Mer.
Certainly, Rize deserved to be curious.
Because she was a woman with excellent abilities as a thief…
She is Miner’s older sister, and compared to Miner, she lacks in some parts, but has many excellent parts…
She was slightly better than Merga Miner in terms of her ability as a rogue, and she was a pretty strong party member.
But, if you ask me if she’s a good party member, she’s definitely not.
When I heard her name, G-Mer, her expression got a bit confused.
“Why…? You look bad? What happened?”
“So much happened…”
A former member of the warrior party, Mer.
The older sister of Miner, now a thief of the hero’s party, and a woman who was originally a thief of the hero’s party.
She is, of course, an old colleague who had many adventures with me…
To be honest, she never had a good memory.
No, rather, it will be full of bad memories.
I was stabbed in the back of the head by Mer.
“What the hell happened?”
Hearing my words like this, Rize asked me slightly worried.
As if he had no idea why I was doing this.
At this point, it wouldn’t be bad to tell Rize.
About how vicious the Myoin people are.
“Rize. What do you think of the Cat Humans?”
“Hmm… Just cute guys with ears and tails…?”
“What else…?”
“I don’t know.”
I asked Rize how much she knew about the Myo-humans, and as expected, Rize didn’t know anything about them.
Well, it was a very natural reaction.
In this world, Myoin are a minority race, live in groups in the south, and don’t show themselves in public.
In the first place, they are very shy, and in fact, if you are an ordinary person, you don’t get involved very much with the Myoin tribe.
“You don’t even know the habits of the Myoin tribe?”
“Habits of the Myoin tribe? What is it?”
That’s why people didn’t know about the habits of the Myoin tribe.
“What are the habits of the Myoin tribe…”
The Myoin tribe has a vicious habit unknown to people.
What is it…
“I am very interested in money.”
It was that he had a lot of material greed.
“Hmm… Isn’t that the same for people?”
Listening to my words, Rize tilted her head as if she didn’t understand.
It seemed that being greedy for money was so special.
To be honest, it was the same about that part.
Because all humans are crazy about money.
I didn’t bother to argue about race.
Unless they are a race of integrity like the elves, there are probably no intelligent lifeforms that hate money.
“That’s true, but these guys are a little different… They don’t mind doing something a little illegal for money.”
However, the Myoin tribe was a bit worse.
The Myoin tribe is a little more obsessed with money than other people.
And because of that, their habits were a bit bad.
I’d really do anything to get money…
“Illegal?”
“For example, steal money.”
I don’t mind stealing other people’s money.
“Stolen money?”
“Yes. All of these guys really have bad hand habits.”
He had a temper that made him absolutely unable to steal money.
This is their racial characteristic.
“Ah… No matter what…”
Rize refused to believe this at all.
At any rate, they seemed to think that it was a little too much to drive all Myo-humans into bad things based on their racial characteristics.
“It’s real. There’s a reason these guys have so many thief classes in the first place.”
I certainly know that there is a fallacy of hasty generalization in my words.
But I am not saying this for nothing.
Seriously, these racial characteristics were bad.
“Hmm…”
Regarding this, Rize was worried and still had a hard time accepting it.
Well… Someday, when Rize meets the Myoin tribe, she will realize it.
Anyway, let’s skip this topic in moderation.
“So you’re saying Merra, a former warrior party member, did the same?”
In the end, Merra is about a thief from the former warrior party…
Lise asked if that was the reason Mer was released.
“Yes.”
Of course, that was the correct answer.
Mer was also the strongest thief among the Myoin Tribe.
She really was a woman whose kleptomaniac was far worse than the other Myo-humans.
“What the hell did you steal?”
“…Everything. I stole it.”
“…?”
I was really beaten by Mer in the past.
“The warrior’s party’s weapons, armor, potions, etc. They wiped everything off overnight.”
I really stole everything that could be stolen.
Before Rina joined the party, she invited Mer to the party for a while.
My feelings at that time, when there was nothing around me overnight, were truly miserable.
“…? Is that possible?”
Rize didn’t believe my words at all.
Because it was impossible according to common sense.
I couldn’t understand how someone could steal something overnight.
“He always says something.”
Of course that would be a normal reaction.
However, mer is not common.
“Anything that shines will steal even a star. There is nothing impossible for her to steal.”
He was really… A great thief to the core.
“…?”
Rise looked like she didn’t understand what I was saying, but she didn’t understand.
“I’m not lying…”
“… Amazing in many ways…”
What I said was 100% true, no lies.
“So… Did you catch it in the end?”
“Of course. They got everything back and put them in jail.”
But well, it ended with a happy ending.
It was very difficult to catch Mer, but after all, she is also a Myo-human, and I know the weakness of the Myo-human very well.
Because of that, Mer was eventually caught by me and she was put in prison.
Of course, except for the 10% already disposed of in the process.
The other 90 percent was refunded.
If it had been robbed, I would have suffered quite a bit… I was so fortunate.
“I’m glad…”
Listening to my words, Rize let out a sigh of relief.
“But… Why did you get Miner? Knowing that?”
And he asked me one more question…
That was a painful memory for me.
“Haa… He still thinks of his comrades…”
Of course, Miner didn’t just believe in the Myoin tribe.
There was an incident with Miner that was quite touching, and that’s why I believed it too.
And Miner was definitely different from other Myo-humans.
Should I be a little more loyal?
Even when the other Myo-humans don’t feel any sense of camaraderie.
Miner at least felt the feeling of camaraderie.
From that point of view… Miner certainly deserved to be included in the party back then.
Anyway, the warriors party needed bandits, and it was the best choice I could make.
But… In the end, 10 billion was ripped off…
“Whoa… Let’s see.”
Once again my rage switch was activated.
No matter how much I think about it, stealing 10 billion from me was an act that would never be forgiven.
Really next time we meet, we’ll have to rip off his tail.
Even if you get down on your knees and beg, they will never forgive you.
Thinking of that, I gulped down the glass.
“Anyway, you should never include Cat Humans in a party. The party will be ruined unconditionally.”
And in the end, what I wanted to say was this.
That you should never trust the Myoin tribe.
You should never have put it in a party.
“Among them, Mer is really… I can’t put it in…”
Especially when Mer is recruited into the party, something really big could happen.
Really… He’s a hero like me, so it’s over like this.
If it were another hero…
Something serious might happen.