THAT’S BALROG?!!?!?!
Well…what do you expect from this city…
Isn’t Higan in a big trouble? If something were bad to happen, I have to step in and take on Balrog together with Higan using Divine Ascension!
With large booming steps, the giant flaming bull walks toward Higan.
“D-don’t come near me! I-I have a cape!!! This cape is so magical that it can tear you asunder!”
“Stop bluffing fox. That cape is just a freebie.”
“Y-you can talk…”
“…”
“Tee-hee!~ Dear sir, it seems I’m lost!~”
“Don’t act cute and how can someone get lost in an obvious place?”
“…spare me…”
“Turn around.”
“Eh?”
“Are you deaf? I said turn around!”
“Yes…”
From what Balrog said, Higan obediently turns her back to Balrog. The flames around Balrog were extinguished and now, smokes are rising from his body.
After cooling down his whole body for a while, he then approaches Higan and grab her by the collar of her clothes and lifts her up, dangling and swaying in the air.
“Um…”
“Are you with your guardians? A friend? Or someone you know?”
“Eh? A friend.”
“Where is this friend of yours?”
D-don’t tell him where I am! Don’t you dare sell me out!
Like a thunder struck at my back, Higan was already pointing at me before I knew it.
Her face literally says “I’m not going down alone.” You’re really selling me out!
Balrog also saw where Higan is pointing and approaches me while still holding Higan from the collar of her clothes! The crowd is wondering what it will do to us.
Now that I can see him up close, he is really huge and intimidating! He is literally staring down at me.
“Haaa…another kid…I really thought this fox here is someone with an adult but it turns out she is with someone younger than her…”
“Tee-hee!~ Dear sir, it seems I’m lost!~”
“Don’t start me with that acting again. You turn around too.”
“Yes…”
I did as I was told to. I turn around and froze in place. Then the collar of my clothes is grabbed by Balrog and just like Higan, I am dangling and swaying in the air too.
So this is how it feels to be a kitten being carried by their mother… although this creature here is far from a mother…and far from being a cat…
Balrog walks toward the heavy looking door. Upon gesturing to the people at the gate, they open it for him.
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“I’m just going to take out these two of this place, after that, the contest will resume!”
CHEERING
The Balrog announces. Going to take out?! What? What does that mean?!
“Umm…are you…going to eat us?”
“Don’t be ridiculous. We have long forgotten from our basic instinct the needs to eat living flesh of humans or any other races. Not to mention, you two are so tiny that it won’t be even considered a snack.”
“The…are you going to eat us?”
“Stop provoking me like that… I don’t even have the slightest interest, you snotty brats.”
“Then what are you going to do?”
“Just like what I said earlier.”
Eh?
After walking for a while, we have reached the outside of the arena. He then swing us back and forth and--!
THUD
“Owiee…I hit my bum…”
“Higan…unlike you…I hit my forehead… Ow! Ow! Ow!…”
This guy…how rough…
We look back and stare at him. After a second pass…he started talking…well… rather than talking…he is like throwing a fit…
“You know you too, you are disrespecting this competition! It is one of my favorite past time when I get off from office work in the Capital! Heard that! I’m just an office worker at day! Recently, there’s a haul of paper works coming to our office and I have to pull overtimes for that! Sometimes I don’t even get my overtime paid! I am doing this as a past time to relieve myself of this stress! And you two just come in and parade in the arena like it is just a garden for sightseeing for children! Are you two out of your mind?! This is my only way to let off some steam and you two disturb my fun! I hope you two feel better about yourselves for ruining someone else fun! I don’t want to see you two in this arena from now on! If I see you, girls, here again, I’m going to call on your guardians! Good riddance! Go home! Drink some milk!!!!”
“”…””
“He is…more civil than I expected…”
“Hehehe…call on our guardians! Isn’t he cute?”
“If it is our current guardian…it’s master?”
“I guess so.”
“”…””
“Let’s buy those barbecues Higan...”
“Agreed.”
So…that’s what happened in the arena… Just as master said…everyone is really nice despite being undead.
We went to buy the barbecues. It’s surprisingly cheap considering the meats in the stick are stacked tightly and thick as my arm…
Yeah…I don’t think I can eat all of this.
The meat was perfectly grilled and it tastes like honey. I bet the marinade that was used here have a base of something sweet and then mixes with something salty. The blend of the flavor is delicious and addicting. The meat is soft and chewable. With every bite, the fat from it gushes out inside my mouth.
I wasn’t able to finish the barbecues as expected so I hand it over to Higan since she eats more. She isn’t a heavy eater like Alstroe. More like she is just normal, I’m the only one who eats really light.
The city is booming with people. There stalls and stores lined up. In another district, there are fancy things that were being sold such as…animal PJ’s.
Higan fixated her eyes on the fox pajama. I couldn’t help it so I bought it for here and along the way, I bought a dog pajama for Alstroe and a rabbit pajama for me.
Well, there are almost no circumstances for us to wear this kind of clothing since we can’t stay too much in one place. Meaning, all we do is camping in the wild and wearing such embarrassing thing won’t happen.
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After walking around and sightseeing, Higan and I are became quite tired so we decided to go to a Confectionary shop where they sell cake and tea.
The one who is making the confectionaries and brewing the teas are also undead…but they are well sanitized and I pretty much got used to them.
The only thing that bothers me is that most of the undead here have a moustache.
The waiter saw me staring at his mustache and spoke.
“Linda chica, you were staring?”
“Ah! I’m sorry! I did stare too much on your mustache, sorry!”
“No, it’s fine! Being stared by tourists or sightseers is common.”
“Um… why do every undead have moustache?”
“Hahaha! Well, I shall tell you briefly since I still have a shift. The mustache is the proof of your citizenship here.”
“Eh?!”
“Hahaha! It’s true. But *plop* most undead here can’t grow facial hair so they are obviously fake!”
“EH?!”
As what the waiter said, he removed his mustache to show me that it’s fake. I have been deceived!
Citizenship?!
Requiring mustache!?
Why?!
“Wait! Wait! You guys are undead! And undead would be able to live like really long. You don’t need to work like this! What’s the purpose?!”
“Yes, we do not need to work to live. But, we can’t just live like this and became a rotten part of society. When the gobernador came, he made many reforms. He made this city flourish and gave it a name. The money we earn is donated to orphanages. If not, some undead will live in the indulgence of modern life here. Like, expanding their graves or upgrading their tombs. Well, that kind of things is common for undead who crawls out of their graves like me.”
“Hmm…so how are these upgrading or expanding actually works?”
“You see, common graves here in Niflheim City are located in the south. Most grave there are not one common people thought of. Our graves are like a room. We can fill that room with whatever we want. We are living in indulgence in our own room. The things inside it are something we need to buy so money is not entirely useless for us.”
“Oh… and I bet your tombs being upgraded is all about its quality like silver, gold or diamond.”
“Bingo! You are a smart little girl.”
“GUSTAVO! STOP CHATTING WITH THE CUSTOMERS!”
“AYE! I need to go back now. See you around. Enjoy your meal.”
“Un. Thanks.”
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We finished eating the cake so we are now sitting in the park on a bench under the shade of a tree. Well…this time of that day, afternoon, where we get really sleepy…
“Asagao! Higan!”
“Alstroe!”
“Oh!”
Before we could fall asleep in the broad, Alstroe came.
Good!
“Alstroe, what happened back there?”
“Oh, they made me leave. It seems they will have a private talk.”
“You are sightseeing too?”
“Un. Look! I got this free mustache from the arena!”
You have my sympathy, Balrog.
“Ah! Alstroe! I have one too!”
“Oh! Wear it! We will now step up to the path of a gentleman!”
“Eh…okay.”
Alstroe and Higan put the Moustache.
“Hola Chicas!”
“Hola Chicas!”
“Hola!”
“Pechi Grenade!”
“Linda! Linda!”
“Taco! Taco!”
“Dios Mio!”
“Dios Mio!!”
“…”
Why?!