Maid Will Go On Through Thick And Thin! Chapter 28

A book came out of the mystery chest that came out of the snake’s stomach.
But.
I can’t read it!

diff language?

Never mind j.a.panese, it probably isn’t any language on earth.
Just looking at the paragraphs of unfamiliar characters makes my head hurt.
Well, it’s thick, so I might be able to use it as a weight stone.
…..no
Jokes aside, I think something can be done if I use skills.
And so, [Appraisal].

cheet

Result.
[*Cannot Be Appraised*]
……this b.a.s.t.a.r.d.
In this case, President or Kariya who feel like they have a higher level of [Appraisal] than me might be able to if I asked them, but unfortunately, both of them are taking a nap!
In which case, okay. Let’s try [Share]!
……no, let’s not.
No matter how you think about it, that’s a landmine.
Waiting until everyone wakes up and getting the two of them to appraise it won’t be too late.
Anyhow, it wouldn’t be strange for someone other than me to be able to read this book.
Okay, let’s just quietly make lunch and wait.

don’t mess around

And so, lunch is fried rice and soup.
I felt like adding on gyoza too, but the only raw meat we have right now is snake meat……
If possible, I’d rather use boar or deer.
After everyone woke up, I got out the book while eating lunch.
“……and so, this is the book that came out from the chest that came out from the snake’s stomach.”
“Heh, then let me take a look. [Appraisal]”
President immediately tried [Appraising] it while eating fried rice.
“……a—h, cannot. Seems like I cannot do it. Only [x.x.xXX Grimoire] shows up.”
Grimoire……magic book?
Hm, for now, we at least know that it’s a magic book for now.
“Ah, then I’ll try next. [Appraisal]”
Kariya also tried [Appraising].
“Ah, mhm. Lucky? We got it. [Alive x.x.xx.x.xXX] showed up, isn’t this [Alive Grimoire]?”
……living magic book?
Something smells really fishy—.

sounds un

As that went on we finished eating. Since n.o.body could read the book, we decided to get out of the desert first.
At this rate, the only fresh meat……ah, it’s not that they are against eating snake meat okay? But we do want variation.
Actually, staying in this temperature is not what a sane person would do.out!

yep

And so, we are advancing through the desert again.
As expected, nothing like the snake yesterday……night? showed up, so well, while sweeping aside the small fries that are treated like supply depots, we steadily advanced.
We advanced but.
always a but
“……oi, Maito, where’re you going, we’re not going that way.”
Somehow, there’s a direction I strangely want to go in, and my feet just strangely turns towards it.
No, rather than my feet, I’m turning Ketorami though.
“A—h……somehow, I feel like there was something this way.”
“……the snake?”
“The snake.”
“Should be the snake.”
……mhm, I think it’s probably an after-effect of [Sharing] with the snake.
Just that, the problem is……
“It somehow feels like something important is hidden there.”
to the snake?
The result of a meeting, we decided to go in the direction I want to go towards for some reason.
It’s a nice thing that we’re a group that likes detours.

not that much in a hurry

“Ah, this.”
Right in the middle of the desert, we discovered a large cliff. And when we tried entering a crevice in the cliff, we discovered the huge snake’s empty egg sh.e.l.l. This is a bingo.
“It was, something important right?”
“Mhm. I feel like it was something very precious and beloved.”
The crevice is quite large, and it’s dark
The deeper parts can’t be seen just with the light from the entrance.
“Da—rk can’t see—”
“Ah, then I’ll make it brighter. It’ll be blinding for an instant, so please be careful.”
Just as I thought Kariya was mumbling something, poyan, a few b.a.l.l.s of light floated up into the air.
Those, seems to be [Light Ball], lit up the interior and we could finally see everything.
Including the [Precious Thing] the snake was hiding.
“……a—h……”
“Mhm……what to do with this?”
Their confusion is quite natural.
Right there, was the snake’s child.

baebi

Similar to the parent snake, it is a pitch black snake and only it’s eyes are red like rubies.
When I involuntarily reached out and touched it, it felt strangely nice to stroke.
It’s length is about 0.5m. It’s thickness is about that of a thumb. A size that can be held in both hands when curled up.
Very……cute.
“So, Maito, what are you going to do, with that? Keep it?”
Keep it, can I do that? We were the ones that killed the parent snake.
But, it might also be better to leave it to nature.
But that is also irresponsible, then again, if asked whether keeping it would be taking responsibility, it wouldn’t.
Mh—m……ah, yeah.
“Err……how about I ask the person, or snake, in question?”
best way to decide
Everyone was reluctant, but I begged my way through and got permission.
Well, that one time ended horribly.
Anyway, I’ll make use of what I’ve learnt and do well this time.
“Come.”
I let the snakelet curl around my arm and put its head to my forehead. Ah, it’s cool.
Then, [Share].

hihi

……hm? It’s not that tiring.
Is it because it doesn’t have much information since it wasn’t born that long ago?
Or could it be that reptiles have a simpler structure?
Never mind, doesn’t matter. For now, let’s try calling out while looking for it.
“O—i”
“He—re”
……the response came very quickly.
That was slightly unexpected.
When I tried heading towards where the reply came from, the small snake was swaying there.
“Hi”
“Hi. Who are you?”
Who. ……mh—m, how should I explain this.
“A—h, just a humble maid. Just yesterday night, I was eaten by your parent and almost died.”
“But you are alive.”
“Mhm.”
“Then mother is dead?”
“Mhm. I didn’t want to die either. It’s fine to resent me.”
“I see. That’s fine. I knew she would be killed by someone eventually.”
The baby snake wasn’t particularly angry or sad, he just kept swaying.
It felt like I just missed a step on the stairs.
….close enough
“Did you kill mother?”
“I think I dealt the deciding blow.”
It was a question that was hard to answer, but if I tried to cover it up, it would think I am lying, so I answered honestly.
This snakelet also felt strangely dry and it’s easy to answer it’s questions.
“Hmmm, then you are strong.”
As expected, the snakelet didn’t say anything in particular and just said that while swaying like it was tilting it’s head.
Dry. Mhm, it’s dry.
“No, I’m weak.”
“You defeated mother even though you are weak?”
“I have comrades.”
“Hmmm.”
The snakelet seemed to want to talk, so I intended to just talk to it until it was satisfied.
And then it dropped a bomb.
“……now that you mention it, even though you killed mother, mother is inside you.”
“Eh?”
I followed the snakelet’s gaze and turned around and, yes, it was there. The big snake.
“……hi.”
When I tried greeting it with my heart pounding away, it licked my face with a ‘yes yes’ feel.
Ah, this is the same presence as Ketorami.
“……why are you here?”
Didn’t you die?
……ah, could this, be, the memories? Are the parent snake’s memories here in the form of the parent snake?
“That’s right. This here is mother’s memories. Thanks for bringing mother here.”
The snakelet winded around my arm and climbed onto my shoulder, then extended its body from there to poke the parent snake with the tip of its head.
The parent snake dissipated from where it was poked, leaving only the snakelet.
“I took mother, that’s fine right?”
“Go ahead go ahead.”
With that said, the unnatural parts and memories that didn’t belong to me in my head are certainly gone.
Does this mean I managed to escape from having my head in a mess?

maybe?

“……so. Snakelet-kun. What’ll you do?”
“What will I do?”
“Come with us? Or stay in the desert?”
“Nn—……I’ll come along. You’re strange, you seem interesting.”
I, I see. Don’t praise me like that, it’s embarra.s.sing.
……that aside. It’s late, but self-introductions.
“Then, names. I’m Maito.”
“Maito. Got it. Please take care of me.”
“Snakelet, your name?”
“Don’t particularly have one. If needed, Maito can give me one.”
What? What? Monsters generally don’t have names?
……how do you identify individuals……
“Then…..okay, your name is Hanter.”
Origin is half-meter snake. (T/N:ハンめートル蛇 han meetoru hebi, since it’s just the half-meter part, works from English too, kind of)

great naming

With the naming is done, I withdrew.
Right after I withdrew, I made contact with Hanter’s eyes.
After making eye contact, Hanter smoothly climbed up my arm and settled around my neck.
“Maito-san, how did it turn out in the end?”
Ah, sorry. Everyone was being left behind. Sorry sorry.
“Mhm, seems like he’s coming with us, so take care of him.”
‘I’ll be in your care!’
……it spoke…… It is that? Do these guys become able to speak once I [Share]?
sharing speech
And so, a new comrade joined us.

snaek

And keeping detours to a minimum, we once again headed south quickly.
After walking continuously, we finally saw the end of the desert.
By that time, the sun was already setting, so we set up the room on the land between the desert and plains.
We will be staying here for tonight.
We hesitated on eating snake meat in front of Hanter, so we are eating smoked meat for  tonight’s dinner.
For the snake meat, after discussing with Hanter, we decided to cremate it.
As for the bones and scales, he actually asked us to use them, so we’ll be using them for something.

so generous

I probably won’t get sandy sleeping outside tonight, so I’ll be using Ketorami-san as my futon.
After quickly [Cleaning[ him, I buried myself in his belly and heaven awaits.
Aah happiness.
……and, as I was enjoying happiness, my neck felt cold.
When I opened my eyes, Hanter was wrapped around me.
Hm? That’s strange, I felt like I made a bed for you in the lab.
‘I’m also sleeping with Maito!’
And so, I asked Ketorami-san for permission.
‘Do as you like, one more younger brother doesn’t change much.’
And so, one snake, one wolf and one person will be sleeping together from now on.
The collaboration of warm, fluffy, cool and smooth.

the end