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    ◈ Episode 103 (1)

    The person who poured cold water on the calm atmosphere was Sheridan who injected Hans with a cat’s tooth.

    “Then start with me! I am Sheridan Iron Pit. As you can see it’s a dwarf!”

    Her pure white hair tied into two pigtails bobbed up and down in time with her movements.

    Ruby-red eyes and soft brown skin.

    She was an absolutely cute girl but those who knew her true nature would never have such sentiments.

    Because there is a monster hiding inside her that is different from her cute exterior.

    “My hobbies are development and invention! I love touching all kinds of things! Of course I mainly like machines but my favorite things are gunpowder and bombs!”

    “If by any chance Seridan comes into contact with gunpowder be sure to stop him.”

    Unless you all want to die together.

    Ludger added an afterword.

    The fact that a man who rarely even warns about things like this gave an additional explanation means that this dwarf girl is a rare and dangerous type.

    After Sheridan finished his self-introduction the next batter to step forward was Bella Luna who was watching.

    “Hehehe. Hello. It is called Belaruna Petana. As you can see it’s an elf. His specialty is drug manufacturing and combining alchemy and gunpowder items. ah. And if someone is injured we can provide treatment. “I don’t have a medical license but I used to work as a vegetable doctor…”

    Hair dyed a deep orange like the autumn leaves on the mountains.

    Her unkempt hair was so long that it almost covered her eyes.

    And the most unusual thing is that although she is an elf with an intelligent and haughty image she looks somewhat like a wild and crazy woman.

    In fact it would not be wrong to say that she was crazy to some extent as she was a person who smelled drugs and was full of them every day.

    Bella Luna has been treated as something of an outcast even among elves.

    So he escaped the forest and ran away to the city where humans lived but because of his gloomy personality he couldn’t get along with others so he ended up living as a doctor in the back alleys.

    However despite his untrustworthy appearance his skills are real.

    In fact it was rumored that the medicine she manufactured was much more effective than those on the market.

    The magical power recovery pill that Ludger often takes was also made after seeking advice from Bellaluna.

    “Ah do well in the future. lol.”

    Even as she said that her eyes were focused on Hans. Hans trembled.

    With this three people including Hans have already completed their self-introductions.

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    The atmosphere itself was in the direction of having to explain oneself.

    The next person to step forward was Alex.

    “Uhm. Well I guess I can’t keep my mouth shut in this kind of atmosphere. My name is Alex. As you can see he is just a commoner with no last name.”

    Alex joked and took off the hat on his head.

    He played with his own golden bangs with his fingertips.

    “I don’t have any characteristics or specialties that stand out like other people in front of me. But if I had to say it I’m confident that I can do better than anyone else when it comes to melting women’s hearts.”

    “And lying.”

    Violetta who had something in mind responded bluntly.

    Alex actually smiled and nodded despite that criticism.

    “Of course when I do my artistic activities sometimes elements of ‘falseness’ are mixed in but that doesn’t matter right? “A lie becomes the ‘truth’ as long as it is not caught.”

    Alex the scammer.

    An exciting handsome man with an exotic appearance.

    He is good at courting women and winning the favor of the opposite sex with sweet words. He is an excellent actor and his natural lies completely blow the minds of others.

    “I’ve learned some other miscellaneous skills but I don’t have anything to brag about to the people here.”

    That’s how Alex’s self-introduction ended.

    The next person to come was a large man with long white hair like a lion’s mane.

    Even though Lud and Alex are over 180cm tall they are definitely not short the difference was so big that the two heads looked even shorter in front of this man.

    In fact the giant had his head slightly tilted even in this wide space.

    Otherwise your head will hit the ceiling.

    “It’s pantos. “Please take care of me.”

    “what. Is that the end of your self-introduction?”

    When Alex asked Pantos just kept his mouth shut and did not respond in any way.

    The person who stepped forward in that delicate atmosphere was the man who had arrived here with Pantos.

    “Mr. Pantos doesn’t talk much so please understand. He has a very quiet personality. “Let me tell you instead.”

    “Who are you?”

    Hans asked looking at the man.

    He was a man with a strange atmosphere. Although he has a genuine smile that seems humane it must be said that he looks somewhat foreign.

    An ambiguous middle ground that appears to be between a boy and a young man.

    If I were to judge age based on appearance I thought it would be the youngest among them. Of course except for Sheridan who is a dwarf.

    Just by looking at his appearance he is a handsome boy that noble ladies like.

    His dark brown hair was well-groomed and he was even wearing a neat suit.

    “Oh my name is Arpa. “I don’t have a last name like you guys.”

    “Is there anything unusual about you? And how did you get to know your brother?”

    “You mean Mr. Ludger? Umm. “If I had to say it I would say I’m closer to Mr. Ludger’s child.”

    “yes?!”

    It was Violetta who asked in surprise.

    She looked at Ludger as if those words were true.

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    Could it be that there was a child like that?

    “I don’t know what you’re thinking but I’m not married and I have no children.”

    “Ha but you just called me a child….”

    “Just because someone is close to a child doesn’t mean they are a real child. And Arpa’s case is a bit of a unique case.”

    “yes that’s right. “I am unique.”

    Arfa smiled and agreed to Ludger’s words.

    “I was born not long ago so I don’t know anything about the world yet. “The reason I recognize the leader as my father is because he showed me and taught me the most.”

    “It’s been a while since I was born….”

    At best I think I’ve lived for 17 to 18 years but is it okay to say that out loud?

    While everyone was looking at Arpa with such eyes this unknown boy smiled brightly and did not stop introducing the giant.

    “First of all let me go back to self-introduction. This person here is Mr. Pantos. As you can see he is very large and looks scary but he is actually kinder than anyone else. Ah indeed. And Mr. Pantos is not human. Mr. Pantos? “Could you please take off your hat?”

    At Arpa’s urging Pantos took off the hat on his head.

    Then the ears hidden inside were revealed.

    “Are you a beastman?”

    Pantos was a prisoner.

    Rather than a case like Hans that changes into the form of a beast due to their constitution they are races that have the power of a beast by nature.

    Beastmen are a physically superior race to humans but even taking that into account Pantos was unusually large.

    “Mr. Pantos was born with an unusually strong body.”

    “Looking at it it must have been a job that required a lot of strength.”

    “Alex is right. Mr. Pantos has a lot of energy so he has done many things. But the most representative of them all is whaling.”

    “Whaling?”

    Alex couldn’t believe his ears as if something was catching him.

    Everyone stared at Alex at his excessive reaction.

    “Uhm. This is what I picked up. Aren’t usually beastmen afraid of water?”

    What Alex said was not specifically said out of prejudice against prisoners.

    In fact beast people mainly live in the southern part of the continent a land full of vast grasslands and deserts.

    Although they had naturally strong bodies and strength they were few in number and were especially afraid of water.

    So the water people never lived near the beach or river.

    But whaling? So shouldn’t we go out to sea?

    Everyone stared at Ludger as if that was true.

    No matter what anyone says the person who knows Pantos best here is the man who gathered them.

    “okay. right. Pantos is a beastman but he’s a little unusual. “Because I’m not afraid of water.”

    “Huh. older brother. “Then isn’t it almost complete?”

    A beastman who has overcome the fundamental weakness of his species.

    Moreover Pantos seemed much larger and stronger than an ordinary beastman.

    Look at those thick forearms. Even on the extremely bulky custom-made clothes the lines of the muscles are fully visible.

    It looked like his muscles would tear his clothes and pop out if he applied that much force.

    “In fact with Pantos’ strength and skills he would be worthy of being called a hero even among the beast people. But he doesn’t like it very much. So Pantos gave up leading his clan and went out to the outside world.”

    “Why on earth?”

    “Because there is prey.”

    It was Pantos himself who answered that question.

    There is a sense of prey. That was the reason Pantos went out to sea.

    Overcoming the innate fear of water as a beast race holding a huge harpoon commensurate with one’s size and hunting whales in the turbulent ocean.

    It was simply because there was prey there.

    “Is hunting your specialty?”

    “….”

    Pantos shut his mouth again.

    You answered earlier but this time you are silent again?

    Hans was annoyed by the frustration but he didn’t show it. If you swing that iron fist just once your head will explode.

    Ludger continued the explanation instead.

    “Panthos likes to hunt something huge that cannot resist. “They consider it their destiny in life.”

    “Then how did you meet Pantos?”

    “He tried to hunt me.”

    “yes?”

    What does this mean now?

    Everyone in the room could not believe their ears at what Ludger said.

    The only ones who didn’t react in any way were Pantos himself and Arpa who came with him.

    “hunt? Brother? “That big guy?”

    “okay. That was my first encounter with Pantos. “This guy came to hunt me.”

    Sheridan tilted his head and asked.

    “But I’m not a whale. “Was the hunt a human hunt?”

    “Being a big game hunter is a bit of a metaphor. “Pantos was not about simply hunting a large whale but about hitting something like a wall you couldn’t overcome.”

    In other words the reason Pantos grabbed the harpoon to capture the head was to overcome the innate fear of the race face the harsh environment and overcome its own limitations by hunting a large beast several times larger and heavier than itself.

    It is Pantos’ own belief and a kind of noble ritual.

    As a result Pantos’ hunting target did not simply stop at whales.

    “He has value. Because it was important to risk everything you have and fight against someone who can hit you.”

    “So you came to visit your brother? “To hunt because my brother is strong?”

    “okay.”

    Ludger shook his head.

    So doesn’t this mean that this big beastman is just a male crazy?

    ‘No you said you were trying to hunt your brother? My brother looks very fine….’

    Seridan asked innocently perhaps to answer that question.

    “But Nari looks quite fine?”

    “Of course. “Because I was the one who fought and won that time.”

    “…Wow.”

    Ludger’s confident answer.

    Everyone looked at Pantos and asked if that was true.

    Pantos who was standing silently nodded slightly and confirmed that Ludger was right.

    “okay. I fought with interest. But this man was too strong. “I pushed hard at first but I was the one who lost.”

    Pantos still hasn’t forgotten that fight.

    no. It would be correct to say that I could not forget it.

    I traveled the continent dreaming of fighting powerful beings. If it judged itself to be a huge being it would go to all its might and start a fight.

    That’s how he achieved countless victories.

    Then I heard news about a wandering wizard.

    It is said that there is a wizard who is so strong that no one can touch him.

    At that moment Pantos recognized the existence of a new ‘prey’ for him to challenge.

    Because they are a beast race they have a sixth sense that is far superior to that of humans.

    So he went to see the wizard and started a fight.

    In the end we were defeated.

    “It was strong.”

    Without any rhetoric Pantos calmly expressed his defeat.

    Ludger just crossed his arms and shook his head.

    “Huh. “You must have had a hard time too.”

    “If I had to talk about that time I would say there was a bit of a misunderstanding.”

    “misunderstanding?”

    “Phantos came to hunt down a great wizard but in fact his initial goal was not me. “We just happened to run into each other and we ended up fighting.”

    “yes? “It wasn’t your brother?”

    What does that mean?

    So did this large man misidentify as prey and fight Ludger?

    “Then who were you originally trying to fight with?”

    Bella Luna asked showing her curiosity.

    Everyone’s attention was focused on Ludger.

    Ludger sighed and said.

    “…My teacher.”

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