The beast tamer exiled from the hero’s party and the cat eared girl from the strongest race meet

Chapter 525: No matter how hard you try

(TL:By Rafael,valhallatls.blogspot.com)

Me and Yuki.

And Gray and Tania.

The four of us decided to go rescue the three girls who had been taken somewhere.

Sora and Luna — and Iris — would escort the people who had been captured to a safe place.

Ideally I didn't want to split our forces, but in this case there was no choice.

We arranged what we thought was the best deployment and resolved to give our all to achieve each of our objectives.

“Rain, please be careful, okay? You absolutely mustn’t do anything reckless.”

“Once you deliver those captured people somewhere safe, return to us immediately. So don’t push yourself, got it?”

“No matter what situation we run into, we must stay calm. Don’t repeat reckless, foolhardy actions.”

The three of them were worried for me, but—

“Why are all three of you worried I’ll do something reckless…?”

“““Ask your own heart.”””

They all shot me daggers with their eyes.

Hmmm.

I don't think I'm being that reckless, though…

“Rain, give it up. No matter how you look at it, Sora and the others are right about this exchange.”

“Yeah…”

Even Tania said something like that to me.

“Ahaha.”

Yuki was laughing at our exchange… sigh.

I don’t know, but somehow the tension eased just right.

“Well then, see you later.”

“Mm, see you later!”

We parted from Luna and the others and immediately began searching for the three who’d been abducted.

This is enemy territory, so we can’t act boldly.

So I thought about repeating Yuki’s plan of tailing someone for guidance, but—

“…We can’t find any enemies.”

We tried to follow and have someone lead us, but the important thing—the enemy—was nowhere to be seen.

Unlike an ordinary fortress, soldiers seem to be deployed only in the bare minimum necessary.

That makes searching easier in one way, but it’s troublesome when trying to find the three who were taken.

“Shall we look for the enemy a bit more?”

“Hmm… I don’t know. We don’t want to spend too much time, right?”

“Yuki’s right. The longer we take, the more likely it is the captured people have escaped, and then the guards will tighten their vigilance…”

“So we’ll be in trouble… What’s the solution?”

“…Anyway, we just have to do our best.”

Right now, our options are limited.

There aren’t many choices we can take… and in the end it comes down to guts.

“Let’s use every move we can.”

We formed a provisional contract with small animals like mice.

And furthermore…

“Eek!? You’re going to use that thing again…?”

“Sorry. After all, this is the quickest way.”

We also formed a provisional contract with that black thing.

It’s everywhere, can slip into anywhere, and is quick.

As a spy, it’s pretty excellent.

Well… the appearance and the psychological shock are intense, though.

“Ugh, grr…”

Tania seemed to understand that this was the best course of action and was somehow holding it together.

But it was still pretty rough—she looked like she might unleash a breath attack at any moment.

We definitely don’t want our allies to get attacked, so we need to find the three who were taken as soon as possible.

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“…Alright, found them!”

After sending the small animals and that thing to scout the ruins for thirty minutes, we finally succeeded in pinpointing the location of the three abducted girls.

“Rain, you found them?”

“Yeah. About five hundred meters ahead from here, they saw the girls. This one told me.”

“Eek… o-okay, I get it, so stop showing it to me!”

Faced with that black creature, Tania was trembling in fear.
Her usual dignified composure was completely ruined… but well, she’s a girl too, so I guess it can’t be helped.

“Let’s go rescue them right away.”

“Yeah, let’s.”

With determination on his face, Yuki nodded firmly.

Since Tania was so frightened, I dispelled the provisional contract.
I had already memorized the route, so there was no issue.
Staying alert, we carefully advanced through the passage.

And then—

“…I see it. That room.”

Two soldiers who looked like demons stood in front of the door.
The girls had to be imprisoned in the room beyond.

“They’ve got guards.”

“What do we do? They look like low-rankers, but they’re still demons. This isn’t an easy situation…”

“Simple.”

Tania stepped forward.
It seemed the stress and shock from dealing with that black thing earlier had built up, and there was something dangerous in her eyes.

“Tania, don’t do anything reckless—”

“Sei-yaaa!!!”

Before I could finish warning her, Tania had already moved.

Her movement was like the wind itself.
In an instant she closed the distance to the guards and struck both of them in the abdomen.

“Guh!?”

“Gahhh!?”

With just a single blow each, they were knocked out.
The guards collapsed on the spot, unconscious.

She must have been holding in a lot of frustration from the earlier incident.
That had been her full strength, with no holding back.

“Rain… she’s amazing, isn’t she?”

At Yuki’s words, all I could do was give a wry smile.

In any case, the obstacle was cleared.
We quickly opened the door and entered.

And what we saw inside was—

“Uuuh… sniff… hic… big sis, big sis…”

“No… I don’t want this… I don’t want this… uuuuh…”

One girl lay collapsed and unmoving.
The other two clung to her, crying their hearts out.

TL Note- Hero......

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