Chapter 67 . 1 : Sou, The Negotiator Starting From Twenty Three

「Good Evening everyone I’m guild master of Azure Sky, Taii」 [TL : No pun intended, his name was really “Taii/Captain”]

The person who turned the doork.n.o.b was the first to greet us .

Sharp and discerning eyes along with well-groomed moustache, furthermore his ba.s.s voice . So, despite his polite tone when he greeted us, there were signs of him being a brave warrior with long military service . At least based on those factors I noticed that . [ED: …ettu? So…being military members only need those types of things?]

If he ended up saying something along “It’s not Za○, It’sZa○!”…it’d basically ruin the atmosphere . [TL : I have no idea what this is referencing to, maybe Jojo bizarre adventure]

「Good evening . I’m Sou . Thank you very much for sparing some of your time to specially travel to this kind of place」

Taii-san waved his hand when he heard my greeting, indicating that he didn’t mind it at all .

He must be a good person . Rather, I felt that he was the one with most common sense amongst my recent acquaintance ever since I was separated from Shinji . And the most wonderful thing was his attire .

It was a perfect camouflaged attire from the top of his head till his feet . As expected, if you’re a man, then you would choose a camouflage attire over a suit right . Yup, I could feel some kind of chemistry with this person . [TL : The one used by army, camouflaged garment which blend with your surroundings]

When I’m still charmed by his matching camouflaged attire, another person wearing the same kind of attire appeared from his back .

「Ah, let me to introduce . He’s the ace of my guild, Gunsou . 」[TL : Yes, it’s “Gunsou/Sergeant”]

Gunsou? It seemed I had heard that name somewhere before but……… . . Ah! That ONE! He was the one who got the 2nd position in the emergency quest! The one whose score topped Yukihime-san .

Moreover, his comment at that time was reeking of his personality, this was going to be a more interesting meeting than I expected――

「I’m Gunsou . 」

The man who appeared from behind Taii-san yawned as he introduced himself with displeased tone, not even sparing a glance at us .

…… . . EH?　Was this……………… . . The same person who made that comment?

「YOU MORON! 」
 

「――UGIII! ? 」

Taii’s skillful chop landed right on Gunsou crown of head .

That must hurt a lot .

「Don’t give them such frail greeting, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d! 」

「U-Understood . Geez, your blood pressure is on the rise again you know? 」

「And who is the moron who caused my blood pressure to go up! 」

Please…Allow me to take back what I said about common sense before . Were these people… right in the head?

「A~, my bad . Name is Gunsou, member of Azure Sky . 」

Brushing up his pitch black forelock, he―― Gunsou looked at us as he gave a proper greeting .

「My apologies, it’s as you can see, this guy has a problem with his conduct,  but his skill is the real deal . He accompanied us to this place to learn some common sense . 」

「A~h . 」

「Oops, it seems we’re straying from the topic . May I ask these two beauties name?」

「Geez, such flattery, Taii-san . I’m Yukihime . To think that I can meet the two famous figure of Azure Sky . It’s a pleasure to meet you . 」

IT CAAAME, YUKIHIME-SAN FAK―― GUBWOOH! ?

And an exquisite hand chop landed right on my flank from the angle that couldn’t be seen by our two guests . As expected of Yukihime-san, as sharp as ever .

「U-Uhm, I’m Blue . T-Thank you very much for willing to meet us today . 」

「Hohoho, what are you talking about missy, no road journey felt too long as long as I can meet a beauty like you . 」

EH? I thought you were a nice character before, but now, not so much . And would someone be kind enough to tell me about this swirling emotion in my chest?

「I’m Mop . And I’m ready to put my life on the line as the knight of this fierce G.o.d-like girl if you’re going to disturb her . 」

GJ, Mop-san . Especially the way you singled out a certain beauty . Because if I had to say about beautiful『GIRL』 in our party, then it mu―― GUBWOAAA! ?

GUH…… . . What a terrifying hidden strike . Moreover, since her hidden strike could be seen by Mop-san, it’s her revenge in the form of showing his most desired “reward” right in front of his eyes . I really couldn’t underestimate this girl .

「How scary, I wonder where is that knight of that fierce G.o.d-like girl?」

That knight was right in front of you, he’s the youth who was envious that I had received double hidden critical strike on my flank .

「Well that aside, rather than talking while standing like this, please take a seat, we’ve prepared some tea for you too . 」

Saying so, I led them toward the meeting table .

Well then, it’s time for battle .

「Well, we were told that you have the item we want, which led us to come to this place, but first things first, will you let me confirm the item first? And I’ll let you guys see the item you want from us . This way, it’ll prevent us from making a mistake, don’t you think so?」

As soon as we sat, Taii-san―― since it’s annoying to call such a long name, Taii looked at us with both of his cupped hands covering his lips . Taii way of talking kinda reminded me of secret military agency somewhere .

「Yes, I don’t mind . 」

Against Taii’s impressive pressure, I stared back at him .

The one who proposed a deal to exchange for a certain item was us after all . We had come across the information of a certain item we needed and knew that such item was at the hand of Azura Sky . And from Midori-san and Shinji’s help, we knew that we had something they wanted as well . As such, with their help, we brought the two upper echelon members of Azure Sky to the negotiation table now .

「Though you might have heard about this, I’ll have to reiterate again, we had made too many sacrifices in order to gain this item . To be exact, 19 of us had suffered from death penalty for this item . Are you really sure that you want to exchange something as precious as that sacrifice with just this item alone? 」

I see, so he asked if I really would only demand the item they have and not added more requirements, which would become the equivalent of the labor needed for me to get my own item .

However, from the very beginning, we didn’t have any intention to overcharge them for the items that we wanted .

In that case, I guess I only had to accept his challenge . [ED: What challenge???]

「The item we presented is an absolutely necessary item to challenge the boss of Nagasaki area . 」

「…… . Hou . 」

The look in Taii and Gunsou eyes became even sharper when they heard my words . As expected of the representative of the top guild, they couldn’t just let this chance to go by .

In response to Taii’s eager eyes, I continued my words .

「That item is this . Restriction Chip . But! We need a certain item of yours for our own quest . 」

I presented that item on the table right in front of them whilst reminding them of our own requirements .

「Taii……… This is… . . 」

「Yeah, this item is a special item we needed to weaken the area boss 【Gunkan Tou】 that some people had found out just a while ago . 」 [TL : Gunkan Tou–> Warship Blade, Imagine it as something like No . 101 Silent Honor Arc from Yugioh]

「How insightful . 」

Smiling at the two of them, I raised my index finger .

「Where…… Did you get this?」

「Well, I got this as a reward for a certain special quest . Depending on the remuneration that you can give me, I don’t mind sharing the secret for this . 」

The two of them started to look worried when they heard my words .

Well that’s a natural reaction . 【Gunkan Tou】, Nagasaki area boss was just as its name, a warship . But the problem was the fact that it was as big as a normal cruiser ship with two giant swords protruding from both of its hull, what made it slightly different from a normal ship was the fact that it was floating slightly above the ground .