Thump Thump Thump
Before Yami could leave, she turned again with a frown.
The ground around them began to tremble heavily at regular intervals, as if a massive creature were walking toward them.
The amazons beside her did the same, turning toward the source of the noise and getting into position to attack.
Finally, when the footsteps sounded almost right next to them and the tremors were strong enough to shake the houses, some trees were pushed aside by two enormous hairy hands, revealing the one responsible.
The creature was a gigantic monkey, 50 meters tall, 30 times larger than an average person.
"We're back!"
Before anyone could attack, an excited female voice was heard.
Lala, standing on the creature's right shoulder, waved cheerfully at everyone, while Yuuji was simply sitting there beside her.
Recognizing them, everyone lowered their weapons and calmed down.
After reaching the gate of the wall, Ginga Konga used its palm as a platform and lowered Yuuji and Lala to the ground.
"Yuuji Rito, have you tamed the beast?" Reina said, coming out to greet them in surprise.
Yuuji simply nodded in response, which caused not only Reina's excitement, but also that of all the other amazons, who began raising their spears while chanting a war cry.
'It's not that impressive, I just used a gacha item', Yuuji thought, feeling he didn't really deserve much credit. After all, he had only used the Royal Heart Ticket granted by the system without even fighting.
Even if it seemed like a waste to use it on a mere beast, Yuuji had no intention of taking away anyone's free will, so it didn't matter.
"We prepared a banquet to celebrate your feat" Reina said.
Although he had initially intended to refuse, seeing the expectant looks of all the amazons, Yuuji couldn't bring himself to do it.
'Anyway, it doesn't look like the hunting festival will end until night' he justified to himself.
...
"Did you have fun?" Already seated at the banquet table, Yuuji asked Yami, curious about what she had done all day in the tribe.
Without realizing it, he asked her like an older brother speaking to a younger sister, since Yuuji saw Yami as a girl who couldn't take care of herself.
"Something like that" Yami replied without giving details.
But after a moment, she thought of something and spoke to Lala, who was beside her.
"Can you help this tribe?"
"Me?" Lala pointed at herself, surprised by the request, then quickly began thinking about how she could help them.
However, before she could respond, Yuuji interrupted.
"Impossible"
"Why?" Yami said, looking at Yuuji with a murderous gaze.
"Don't look at me like that, please" Yuuji said nervously. "It's not that I don't want to, but I've already offered them help and even to relocate them to a rural or urban town with full support so they could adapt. They all refused without hesitation, saying they prefer their current place and traditions. They didn't even accept modern tools"
"I see" Yami nodded, understanding and withdrawing the killing intent she had released without noticing. "Sounds like something that idiot would do"
"Even so, I'll leave Ginga Konga with them after I leave this time, even if it doesn't improve their technology, at least it will be useful for defense and offense"
"And for construction" Yami added.
"For construction? I guess?" Yuuji nodded, unsure.
While they kept talking, Reina declared the banquet open.
However, it wasn't only for him, but also for "the goddess of construction", confusing Yuuji, since the last time he visited they weren't praising any such goddess.
But after the banquet began, Yuuji, through a bit of conversation with some amazons, understood that they were talking about Yami and how she earned that title, earning a resentful glare from Yami when he looked at her in surprise.
"What?" Yami snapped, annoyed by Yuuji's stare.
"It's nothing, I was just surprised you'd go around repairing houses" Yuuji replied.
"I do whatever I want" Yami said, not caring, before ignoring him and continuing to eat.
After a while, all the food had disappeared and most of the amazons had passed out due to alcohol.
Seeing that the sun had almost completely set, Yuuji said goodbye to the barely conscious Reina, also telling her he would leave her a gift.
Then he ordered Ginga Konga to follow all of Reina's commands.
Finally, the sun disappeared beyond the horizon.
Yuuji, Lala, and Yami vanished from the place.
...
Once the trio appeared back in the previous ballroom, they immediately noticed that the atmosphere felt strange.
"What's going on?" Yuuji asked, noticing that Kata was looking at him as if there were deadly resentment between them.
If looks could kill, Yuuji would have died several times in the few seconds since they arrived.
"What's going on?" Kata repeated indignantly. "You have at your side the greatest and most lethal weapon in the universe and you leave her in a savage tribe repairing houses?"
"Ugh" Yuuji sighed in annoyance. "She is not..."
WHAMMM!!!
BOOOM!!!
Before Yuuji could finish speaking, Kata, who had been standing in front of him, was suddenly sent flying several meters at high speed and crashed into the wall.
Yuuji turned to see the source, Yami, who had turned her hair into a massive metal bat and had just struck him.
"I am a person"
"Is that going to be a problem?" Yuuji asked, looking at Zastin.
Fortunately, Zastin simply shrugged, not caring about Kata's condition, before replying.
"He brought it on himself, we participated in his festival to show goodwill. As for the attack on his ambassador, it was simply self defense after he insulted one of the ambassadors"
"Ambassador?" Yami repeated with a frown, worried about political trouble.
"Don't worry, as a friend of her highness, of course you have the right to be one. And it was only for this time" Zastin immediately reassured her.
"So, is that everything?" Yuuji asked.
"That's everything, I can handle the rest" Zastin said, pressing the strange artifact again, transporting the trio back to Earth, this time to the school where they had been taken from.
"Ah, we're back" Yuuji said, stretching, despite not having done much this time.
'That's it? There was no winner and no one else hunted anything. This must be the least hunting related hunting festival I've ever seen' he complained in his mind.
"Well... Yuuji, I'm sorry for the disappointment"
"It's fine, it was still fun anyway" he replied to Lala, who had returned to her shy state.
After a few days, Yuuji was completely sure of something, he did not understand Lala's shy state.
It was like a strange middle point. Normally she was energetic, but if something embarrassing happened strongly enough, she would become shy, at the same time, if that embarrassment was accompanied by happiness, then her happiness would most likely overpower the embarrassment, returning her to her original mood.
'Truly strange' Yuuji thought while looking at Lala with interest, who, upon noticing his gaze, first blushed, but then began to smile confidently.
"Yuuji Rito" Yami interrupted the exchange between them.
"Right, Yami. You said you needed a favor, right?"
"Nn" she nodded. "I liked Earth and I don't feel like continuing to work as a mercenary for now.
Mikan told me..."
"Mikan?" Lala asked, surprised to hear her name.
"Mikan is my friend, she gave me taiyaki"
"Yes, Mikan usually eats that" Lala nodded.
"Can you stop speaking in riddles?" Yuuji complained. "Yami, tell me the story from the beginning or I won't understand anything"
"Alright" she nodded before starting. "After I got rid of the scammer who lied to me last time, I wanted to take another job, but I realized I had no interest in being a mercenary, so I decided to rest for a while.
I liked Earth, so I wanted to stay for a few days"
Yami continued before frowning at the next part. "But they don't accept galactic currency, I had to wander around and sleep on the street, it wasn't pleasant.
This morning, while I was watching a food shop like I usually do, I met Mikan, who offered me a taiyaki.
Mikan introduced herself as Mikan and asked about my story, so I told her. She said that if I want to stay on Earth, the best thing is to ask you.
I told her I couldn't ask you that, but she said that if Lala told me I could come back, then it's because she is my friend"
'Too long and poorly told' Yuuji thought, seeing how she mixed several unrelated things together, clearly Yami was not good at talking.
Even so, he understood most of it, though it was more because he remembered the original anime and her encounter than because of Yami's explanation.
'Although it doesn't have some parts of the encounter with Rito...?' Yuuji wondered.
However, at this point, the original plot was no longer something he relied on, so he didn't think too much about it and simply shrugged.
"Well, I can give you support and a place to stay if you want, it's not difficult" Yuuji replied, he had more than enough money.
But Yami shook her head.
"I don't want to live off others"
"Hmm" Yuuji thought for a moment. "Then how about this, I'll give you a job"
"You want me to kill someone?"
"No, no, I have a company, you just have to be a security guard, what do you think?"
Yami thought for a moment before nodding.
"Alright"
And so, Yuuji gained a supernatural guard for his company, and Yami obtained Earth currency.
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