Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter Dreams of a Hero ~

Chapter66，Part2: 2 - Debt

Chapter 66 Debt

Part 2

What I am returning now, is the money she lent me to pay the restoration of the tavern last time.

Most of the foods and the drinks are payed by the other members but I will pay for those expenses when it happens. I don’t follow them to explore Shrines but I still get a share, so this is the least I can do.

When I said that I forgot my wallet and had her paid, Eva reprimanded me.

Sytry blinks her eyes and continuously looks at me.

“No, it is okay. After all this time. I will lend it to you.”

“I borrowed so much that I don’t even remember how much I borrowed until now…”

I have at least taken notes every time I borrows it, but I don’t know the total amount as I never calculated it.

Relics are extremely expensive and since I am only managing the clan, I have no other income. Sytry knows it but she has never told me the sum.

She said in the tavern that it was in the ten digits, but is that true? Doesn’t that make ten billion Gils?

Sitry touches her cheeks and shyly says.

“I have also borrowed a lot… So, I hope I can repay it someday.”

“It can’t be repaid unless it is return gradually.”

“When I get a million or two million back it will just be a drop in the ocean. At that time, I will have you repay it with your body.”

“I am being spoiled.”

Originally, it won’t be strange if I was kicked out of the party, but she is giving me this kind of treatment. I make my shoulder very small.

If this amount of debt comes to be known, what kind of torment will Eva prepares for me… Sytry without knowing my inner though, has her cheeks turn red and talk in a catish voice.

“I will spoil you a lot now. In return, when the times come, I will have you spoil me a lot, okay?”

Hmm? Am I a sponger? Am I going to be safe after retirement?

I am aware of my lack of worth, but I think I have some common sense. I frown and answer.

“I will repay you.”

“… How?”

“… I will borrow from Lucia?”

“That, it doesn’t change the fact that you are in debt…”

“Actually, when I retire, I am thinking of opening a sweet shop.”

“Amazing. It will be a great success! How many years is it going to take before returning the later range of ten digits?”

Sytry smiles and says. I am sure she isn’t being sarcastic, but I can only hear it as her being sarcastic.

So, it is in a later range… Let’s prepare myself and discuss it with Eva next time. I deeply carve that into my heart.

By the way, I don’t intend to sell the Relics I have collected. Encountering a Relic is a once-in-a-lifetime meeting. In the years I passed to gather my collection of Relics, there are some which are rarely available among the Relics I have gathered.

When I retire, I intend to donate everything as a shared property to my Party. Well, Luke and the other wouldn’t use hundreds of Relics, but it is irresponsible to leave the Party, so it is to make up for it.

For the time being, I will return what I owe for last night drinking party to Sytry. The amount is… 360 000 Gils. It is enough money for a normal family to live for two month, if they spend it modestly, but it is not a lot of money for a Hunter. For me, it is a painful expense.

Sytry obediently receives it without counting the amount. She put it in her rugged robe pocket and says as if she suddenly realized it.

“Oh, yes. If you absolutely can’t repay it… There is three ways to get rid of the debt.”

“… I will hear it, for reference. You can’t say to forget it because we are even.”

Even like this, I am still careful about financial relationship. Sytry-chan says with her red cheeks.

“First way… is to marry me. If I become your spouse, our assets will be unified, and your debt will naturally disappear. I will do my best to like sweets thing. You can leave it to me to somehow silence Onee-chan. I won’t let one of her fingers touch you.”

It is a funny joke. No, it is not like I am against it, but it is just not something to do to repay my debt.

“… The second way is?”

“The second way is… Cry-san for you to become my adoptive son. I will clean your debt as a present. I know Cry-san very well. I will do all the housework such as cooking and washing, and I will also allow you to eat sweets as a hobby. I will do my best to somehow silence Onee-chan.”

Sytry’s jokes sense is as good as Eva. I can’t really judge it but what is the difference with the first one?

I was getting a little bit nervous, but I didn’t let it show in my face. Then I nod plausibly and ask.

“Those are… attractive proposals. And the third way?”

Sytry answers without a break.

“It is to confess everything and put me in jail. But at that time, it is be sad to be lonely so I will be happy if you put my sister in with me, as a set.”

Don’t say that with a smile. I must be careful to not increase my debt…

In the first place, you say to send you in prison, but I won’t do something so bad to you. I sigh once and decide to evade the subject.

“By the way, the teriyaki you made before with a “Thunder Dragon (Rai Ryū)” was really delicious.

“Ah, that was a homemade special seasoning… I think it will probably be more to your taste if you do it with chicken. After all, “Dragon (Ryu)” taste is worser than livestock which is raised to be eaten. I remember the recipe. Should we grill one tonight?”

Sytry notices my obvious change of subject and rides on the story.

Well then, how I am going to find money?

TL notes:

Later range of ten digits: Cry owes Sytry between 50 billion to 99 billion. Damn, Cry I doubt you can ever afford to repay her…