The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick up Trash - Volume 9 - Chapter 409

Chapter 409:

I Refuse!

AT THE CAPTAIN’S REQUEST, Zinal and his party left to secure the guild master and his assistant. If that didn’t work out, they would check over the current conditions in the area. Nalgath and his party were assigned to bring back the sub-vice-captain of the watch. They assumed this would be an easy task, since the captain said that the sub-vice-captain could be somewhat gullible. Nalgath and his party smiled when he said that—apparently they agreed. Meanwhile, Melisa and Eche got everything ready to “welcome” the guild master and everyone else who was secured. I was a little scared as to what this “welcoming” might involve, so I didn’t ask. I did, however, catch them giggling and saying, “Let’s go ahead and get some extra drugs ready—they can take it.” 

Terrifying.

“First, I’ll get in touch with an expert on summoning circles,” the captain said. “While we’re waiting, could I have you write your faax to the honorable Lord Foronda?”

“Yes, sir.”

Wait a minute… We don’t know where Lord Foronda is right now, so would an emergency fax reach him right away? It would still take some time, wouldn’t it? Unless there’s some way of finding out where he is…

“Excuse me, sir, but I don’t know where Lord Foronda is right now. Will that be a problem?”

“Don’t worry about it. I’ve got a special way of reaching him.”

I was surprised to learn that people considered important to the royal family were given a special magic item whose most amazing feature was the ability to contact a person no matter where they were.

“It’s a secret, though.”

“Er…” Then why did you tell a nobody like me?

“I’ll tell you a little more…”

“No thanks, sir, I don’t want to hear it! Isn’t it actually wrong for me to hear?”

“Oh, I figured you were an exception, Miss Ivy.”

“No, sir, you’re not making sense! Please, don’t say any more about it—I have a very bad feeling.”

“For a guy who was in a coma, the captain sure keeps a man on his toes…” My father stood firmly beside me, glared at the captain, and took on a threatening tone. “Captain, don’t say or do anything uncalled for.”

“You sure are protective.”

“Of course I am. She’s my precious daughter.”

My father’s surly tone was seriously scaring me. I stole a soft glance at him and saw that he still had a death glare locked on the captain.

“C’mon, Captain. Hand over the paper.”

Now he’s being downright rude.

“I respect your sense of principle…” the captain said with a smirk. He handed my father the fax paper and walked out the door into the next room over.

We sat at the table and wrote our fax to Lord Foronda. First, we said our hellos, then we apologized for the sudden fax and explained the situation in Hataka…and then we introduced the captain to him. We read over it and realized the whole thing sounded a little unfriendly. It was just “Hello,” followed by a list of the news.

“This fax came out looking kind of suspicious. I want to tell him about the wonderful things my creatures have been doing lately. Think that’ll be okay, Dad?”

It should be okay, since Lord Foronda knows about my creatures. He found out about my skill, too. He probably thinks it has something to do with my real father, but he hasn’t asked me for details.

“It should be okay… Just remember there’s no telling who might see this faax.”

“Right, got it.”

Okay, I’ll just write, “The secret magic melted into the sky, and the dark kid did a wonderful job as well.” Since I coded the summoning circle as “the secret magic,” it should be okay… And as for Flame… I think I’ll say, “The captain was dyed bright red and now he’s all healthy.” For Ciel, I’ll say, “The strong one is going to rampage outside the house now.” Yeah…that should do it. The dyed bright red part sounds scary, but I can’t think of a better way of wording it…so I guess it’ll have to do.

“Hey, Dad, does this look good to you?”

“Yeah… I think it’ll be okay. You made it sound like the captain died, though.”

Aha, just as I feared… Maybe instead of saying he was “dyed” in red, I should say he was “hugged” in red?

While we were going over our fax, the captain opened the door and stepped inside. “Everything’s ready on our end. How’s it going?”

“Sir, are you sure you’re well enough to walk?!” I gasped. My father looked just as startled next to me.

The captain slowly made his way over to us, a proud smile on his face. “I know, isn’t it amazing? I felt incredibly weak just thirty minutes ago, but when I felt something was wrong, I just jumped to my feet.”

Wow. Is that the captain’s special power?

“Do you have a special skill, Captain?” I asked.

He shook his head no. “I’m sure your slimes made this miracle happen, Miss Ivy. Thank you, truly.”

My slimes did this? The captain took a few chipper steps around the room, only to wobble a little. My father jumped to his side and sat him down in a chair.

“Please don’t scare us, Captain. Everyone will be sad if you hurt yourself.”

“Ha ha ha! Sorry about that. I was just so happy to be on my feet again that I couldn’t stop myself from trying to walk.”

He’s giddy like a little kid, isn’t he? That’s right, Eche did say that it would take a few months for him to be able to walk again, so I don’t blame him for getting excited when it only took thirty minutes. Eche and Melisa are gonna be shocked when they see.

“You just woke up—please, take it easy,” my father said. “So, did you hear back from your summoning circle expert?”

The captain nodded. “They were quite surprised when I told them our summoning circle could make people sick and control their minds. They’re going to send some people over here to help right away.”

“But isn’t it too soon for that? We still don’t know what the monsters in the forest are.”

“Yes, I told them about that, too. That’s why they’re sending the seasoned elite adventurers.”

“I see…” My father fell deep into thought.

“Sorry for the way I acted earlier. But don’t worry, I’ll do as the contract says,” the captain said.

My father stole a meaningful glance at him.

“Truth be told, I would love to have you stay longer and help out around here, but we do have the contract to think about. Even if Hataka’s problem isn’t taken care of by then, I want you two to leave this village before these adventurers get here. I’ll help you do that. And I promise I’ll get you out of here in a way that they can’t pick up on.”

“Dad?”

“Got it… We’ll take you up on that.”

Are we going to run away from Hataka at night, then? It’s seriously dangerous for us to be near that summoning circle. I looked at my creatures. Tired from their playing, they were all asleep on the sofa. Running away would be the safest thing to do, to make sure my family doesn’t get hurt. I would hate to have my creatures used against their will. But I also feel kind of icky, just picking up and running away…

“Miss Ivy?”

“Yes, sir?”

“I heard a little about you, and about Sora and Sol’s powers, too. I don’t think your noble friend, the honorable Lord Foronda, is any danger to you, but there are all sorts of people in the nobility. Some fools would stoop to any lengths to get ahold of your creatures if they found out about them. So please, don’t worry about us. Just leave Hataka before the adventurers get here. Your family is precious, and their safety comes first.”

“I understand, sir… We’ll all do our best to help solve the problem before then.”

That’s right. My top priority is the safety of my family, so we’ll have to run away.

“And I appreciate that greatly, since I have a lot of faith in you. The adventurers will get here in ten days at the earliest. Please make sure you’re ready to leave at a moment’s notice.”

“We will, sir.”

“Thank you for your help.”

My father and I both bowed to the captain.

“Now, is your faax ready to send?” he asked us.

“Yes, sir.”

I handed the captain the paper, and he slowly rose from his chair and walked out of the room. We followed him to the room next to the one where he’d been convalescing. I assumed it was his study since there were all sorts of books and documents strewn about. I looked at the stack of papers on his desk and saw drawings of summoning circles.

“Were you researching summoning circles?” my dad asked, holding up one of the drawings.

“Yes. We took down a crime organization that was pushing illegal drugs. This circle was drawn where they had their headquarters. People who were broken by the spell were there, too.”

“So that’s how you met your summoning circle expert,” my dad said.

“That’s right. Little did I know we’d be in the middle of another summoning circle crisis…” The captain gave the drawing a sour look and exhaled sharply. “I hoped I’d never have to deal with one of these again… Okay, the faax is this way.”