CH 219.1

“Why do cities burn so often?” (Cry)

“Seriously, I think it is because they didn’t have any fire prevention measures in place. But fire prevention measures can just prevent fires, so it is quite difficult to prevent arsons……” (Sytry)

Sytry said this while *niconico* smiling. Am I the only one who thinks that this isn’t the expression that should be on her face right now?

The rapidly gathering rain clouds quickly extinguished the flames. It must be thanks to Lucia’s power.

I don’t know how difficult it is to call rain, but the lineup of Magic that Lucia can use grows every time I see her.

I suddenly had a good idea, as my carriage was *tokotoko* heading to the city where everyone else had gone before me.

“If she can make it rain, isn’t it also possible for her to stop a storm?” (Cry)

I will graduate from being a rainy man. At my words, Sytry-chan, the only one who remained by my side to take care of me, made a blossoming smile and moved to put her hands together.

“Excellent. It is her training, right!” (Sytry)

…… Let’s not tell her that.

Now then, it seemed that the fire had calmed down. The wounded will probably be taken care of by Anthem. The problem was Luke and Liz. I have told them not to attack civilians, but you never know what they might do. However, if we don’t go in, we won’t be able to stop them when the time comes.

Then, Sytry says before going inside. Her face was covered by 《Strange Grief’s (Nageki no Borei)》 symbol.

“Cry-san, your mask……” (Sytry)

“Hm…… Haaaah……” (Cry)

Sytry and the others may wear it often, but I had forgotten about it because I haven’t worn it recently.

You can’t see what is in front of you, you know…… However, it could be even more troublesome if people see my face.

In hindsight, it was a smart decision to make a mask as our symbol as it could hide our faces. It would have been perfect if I had not forgotten to make some eye holes.

I sighed heavily and fished through my luggage. But then I opened my eyes.

Our symbol… I forgot it. Oh man, even though I am…… Their Leader.

All I have is the fox mask, bro.

I sighed, took out the fox mask that was in my luggage for some reason, and put it on.

I looked back at Sytry and asked.

“How is it?” (Cry)

“Waah! It is very nice! You look great!” (Sytry)

Sytry, wearing her mask applauded me, but it is that sweetness that ruins me, you know. I mean, why can you see me even with a mask? Isn’t that weird?

I also brought the evolving demon mask, but as expected that would be bad. It would be too deviant to wear it.

“With this fox mask, can you see in front of you?” (Sytry)

“There is no way I can see. It doesn’t have holes for the eye.” (Cry)

Is it a fad? Sytry reached out to me. I guess that means she will hold my hand and lead the way.

However, I have a trump card for occasions like this. I took off my mask for now and went through the collection of Relics I had brought with me.

From inside the bag, I pulled out――A pendant. It was a silver chain with something that was designed to resemble a large eye.

This is a pendant Relic――The 『Third Vision』.

By using this, I can get the vision that this pendant’s eye sees, even if both my eyes are closed! Yes, I can walk around wearing a mask without having Sytry or Lucia hold my hand anymore! (Cost 150 million Gils)

After I hung the pendant around my neck, I put the fox mask on. Both of my eyes are closed, but for some reason, I can see in front of me. It had a strange feeling no matter how many times I used it, but it was much better than not being able to see in front of me.

Don’t think that I will never grow. When I turned around with great enthusiasm, Sytry said to me in a small voice.

“You don’t have to do anything extra……” (Sytry)

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The city was burning, so the entrances and exits were crowded. But our Party is used to that kind of thing.

Using the authority of a high-level certified Party, we quickly broke in. Leaving the carriage to Kilkill-kun, Sytry and I decided to walk. As our masks would stand out, we chose the narrowest path possible.

“Apparently, it is caused by 『Humans』.” (Sytry)

“Human, heh………..” (Cry)

I can’t help but think that it is still better than Dragons or Phantoms, maybe because I had a terrible experience with them just the other day.

Many carriages were going down the large street. I don’t know where Luke and the others are, but if we head toward a noisy place, they will be there.

“It seems that bandits were mixed with the travelers and attacked all at once. There were a good number of them, so it seemed to have been an organized crime. However, it seemed that they were not very thorough.” (Sytry)

I don’t know from what kind of point of view Sytry was seeing this, but this city is much bigger than the Onsen1 town. Since they attacked a place like this one, perhaps they are bigger than that band of thieves.

I am in a rather “Do as you please” kind of mood, but Sytry seemed to be different.

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Thanks for reading!

I want to know what a mask without eyeholes can do to a Hunter. I doubt that Phantoms from a Level 10 Treasure Shrine will wear a mask without eyehole just because it is a fad Cry.

So that can only mean that a mask without eyeholes can really be used for training!

I wonder how they see!? Do they see through the mask or maybe they see the Mana Material flowing in the air or is it like Daredevil where they just develop all their other senses!? Aaaah I so want to know!

Tchao à plus!

FootnotesOnsen town: It means the hot spring town. It refers to the town Cry visited in the 4th arc.