[Little bastard, I have nothing for you!]
I grabbed her hand to put a stop to her.
[Isn’t it alright? I’ve been waiting there that I forgot to have my breakfast! Roxy-sama~…..I can eat too, right?]
[It cannot be helped…..Raine-san, can you share the sandwich with Miria?]
[Fine, but in exchange, I want to do an extensive check on you later.]
[Roxy-sama’s homemade sandwich!]
Whilst stuffing her small mouth with the sandwich, she was so moved to the point of shedding tears like waterfall.
[It’s the best! I’d be fine if I died after this.]
[Do not say anything ominous like that]
[This feeling, Fate-san who has often enjoyed Roxy-sama’s homemade food wouldn’t understand. Please switch body with me, so I get to feel this happiness more often!]
[This is really troublesome. If I hug the one with Roxy-sama’s appearance, it’ll be the same as hugging Fate-san. But if I hug the real Roxy-sama, from outward it’ll look like I’m hugging Fate-san. Then who should I hug?]
Miria looked as though she’s going through a crossroad of her life.
[How should I know!]
[Miria, refrain from hugging for the time being.]
Seeing us like that, Raine said after finishing the last bite of her sandwich.
[You guys are really noisy. It’s been a while since I had this noisy of a breakfast. Now then, let’s get to the main topic]
[I want to talk with Greed, can you hand me the black sword?]
[That’s right, we need Greed-san’s opinion in this. I’ve been having him with me all this time yet forgetting about him. Yes, here you are.]
[Thank you]
Next, to activate the mind reading…..eh…….?
[I can’t talk to Greed!]
Seeing the puzzled me and Roxy, Raine laughed and gave us an explanation.
[Of course that’s the case. Because your body are switched. Skills are bound to the body, not the soul. So Roxy should be able to use mind reading now. But perhaps, because the switching only happened recently, the soul isn’t used yet to the skills.]
[Let me try. Fai, return Greed-san to me.]
[Alright.]
[I can hear Greed-san’s voice! It’s more astringent and lower than I thought it would be]
[That fellow has a bad attitude, be careful]
[Unbelievable…..]
[Don’t say that. Greed-san is Fai’s partner, isn’t he?]
[…..I just hope you won’t fall for that little trick of his, but alright. What did he say?]
[About that]
[Roxy, what’s the matter?]
[I’m sorry. Despite the long-standing relationship, he tends to say something awful.]
[Just now, I felt like my eyes are swimming.]
[It’s just as Roxy-sama said. Fate-san is a boy after all. Someone needs to keep watch of him so that he won’t do anything weird to Roxy-sama’s body at night!]
[I believe in Fai. It’ll be alright!]
[Eeeeeeee, is it really alright! Letting this guy off?!]
[It’ll be alright!!]
[Thank you, Roxy.]
[No no, Fai has done many things for me while in Gallia. This much is nothing.]
As I let her words sinked in, I heard sound of coughing coming from the side. It was Raine, seemingly annoyed judging from her expression.
[You guys, can you keep the lovey dovey talk for later? Can you understand? The problem is already severe as it is!]
[ [ I am sorry ] ]
[That’s right! What Raine-san is about to say is very important. You two better listen carefully!]
[ [ As if Miria has a say in it! ? ] ]
[Eh, what? But why? Wait a minute. Raine-sa………n…..]
[The obstacle has disappeared. I can talk with ease now. When Miria’s around, the topic would always get derailed, and we won’t see the end of it.]
[Aah…I can agree with that.]
[Me too…]
[This is, the fellow from the previous day.]
[That’s right. Because it’s an important sample, it has to be preserved so as not to let it decay. Allow me?]
[By the way, have you found out what kind of monster that arm was belonged to?]
[Of course! But don’t be surprised when you hear it]
She then resumed staring at the arm intently. Me and Roxy raised our voice so that she would resumed the talk.
[ [ Tell us, quick! ] ]
[Okay okay, no need to make such a loud noise.]
Raine put the so called precious sample back to the desk, and started explaining.
[This is the result of the analysis. This arm belonged to an ancient monster thought to have gone extinct more than a thousand years ago. I couldn’t find a match when comparing to the currently existing monsters. But, when I compared it to a fossil excavated from Gallia, Bingo! There is a match.]
[An extinct ancient monster…]
[Why did such an ancient monster appear on hobgoblin forest?]
[I don’t know about that. But this monster is called Goblin Shaman. This came from the data obtained from Gallia’s ancient ruin. Who would’ve thought that the data will be useful in this occasion.]
[Such a creepy looking goblin…]
[Een…it is different alright.]
[Interesting, isn’t it? If possible, not only the hand. I want a living sample of this goblin shaman as well.]
[That aside, did you find out how to cancel the magic?]
[Easy. I’ve checked the magic diagram that was drawn on the ground, and while it has slight differences, it’s similar to the present day’s magic diagram. Well, we have nothing that could switch body like this though.]
Raine smiled as she said how easy it is.
[But we have killed it]
[Is that really the case?]
[Well, for starter, it’s a kind of curse. The caster must provide steady supply of magic power to maintain it. That fellow must be still alive somewhere keeping the curse on going.]
[Roxy, shall we go to the hobgoblin forest…..!?]
I called out to her, but her state is a bit strange. She had unusual amount of sweats on her forehead.
[Could it be…..?]
[The starvation state of the Gluttony skill. It appear that her soul could not cope with an impulse so strong. That’s why she’s unconscious.]
[You need to kill the goblin shaman before the symptoms get worse. At this rate, Roxy’s soul won’t last long. I’ll take care of her for as long as possible.]
However, I already had someone who could help this situation in mind.
[No, I’m taking Roxy to the Barbatos mansion for now. Can you meet us there?]
[Eh!? But why…..?]
[I’m sorry, but I’m going ahead.]
[Hey, wait!]
