Defiled Hero Chapter 016
Defiled Hero

The Gryphon, the Little Girl, and Sometimes Lilia, Part 2

「Uuu...... Hiu...... Noooo.」 (Little Girl)

As I traced the body of the young girl, she let out a tearful cry.

「Quiet. You’re going to feel good, stay still.」 (Izayoi)

「No...... Don’t tease.」 (Little Girl)

「Oi, I’ll use force if you struggle...... Don’t struggle......」 (Izayoi)

「*Ku-Kuke? Kukeke?*」 (Rigolo)

As I turned my head, Rigolo had his wings covering his face, peering through his feathers with a ruffling sound.

「Rigolo, I’ll be washing you afterwards.」 (Izayoi)

「*Kuke!?*」 (Rigolo)

The little girl who didn’t like being washed that was being watched by an amused Rigoro had an expression as if asking, “Me too?”

「The monster smell all over Rigolo was the cause of all this right? It’s to be expected.」 (Izayoi)

「*Kukeke......*」 (Rigolo)

「Uuu...... Stop already.」 (Little Girl)

Having finished washing the girl’s body, next was to wash her head. I put shampoo into her silver-colored hair and carefully washed her animal ears.

「Alright, next is a haircut.」 (Izayoi)

With a knife in hand, I called the girl over. However, after being thoroughly cleaned by me she was clutching herself in fear, trembling and refusing to move.

「If you stay naked you’re going to get sick. Let’s hurry and cut your hair so we can get you dressed. 」 (Izayoi)

Although it was beautiful, her hair was unclean and permeated by a foul odor. Since she was inseparable from Rigolo, it was inevitable.

As her hair absorbed the water, it had lost its soft feeling. Her thighs were trembling as she hugged her tail while looking at me with fearful eyes.

「Like I said before, from now on I’ll be washing you... If you’re not being a good girl, then I’ll be annoyed. Well then, how about washing your body one more time?」 (Izayoi)

「I-I’ll be good...... Doing again, don’t want.」 (Little Girl)

「Then hurry up and come over here. I’m just going to cut your hair. Don’t worry. If you act like a good girl from now on, I’ll only wash you once every two days.」 (Izayoi)

「......Two days, one time?」 (Little Girl)

She really doesn’t like being washed, does she? ......seems like I’ll have to use threats like when making her go to sleep. With regard to once every two days, she reluctantly agreed.

She sat on my lap as I sat on the chair, I began cutting the uneven and unkempt hair with a knife. Every time I cut a part of her hair, a noise could be heard. She twitched in fear.

While its master was afraid, the gryphon seemed to have been enjoying himself.

「Rigolo, I’ll be cutting your body hair afterwards.」 (Izayoi)

「*Kuke!?　Kukekeke!?*」 (Rigolo)


「Well then, things seem to be a lot better.」 (Izayoi)

Her hair now reached her shoulders and was evenly cut. I had also gone out in the morning and bought a robe for a young magician for her to wear.

「It’s because you’re a tamer who can command an A-rank monster. If you don’t have the look of one, you’ll be made fun of.」 (Izayoi)

Could she be uncomfortable with the clothes? The girl was expressionlessly staring at them.
As usual, the girl’s ears drooped with a light noise.

I placed my hand on the girl’s head, and gently rubbed it. She twitched in surprise, but looked at me with a curious expression.

「You’ve become rather pretty.」 (Izayoi)

「.....Tear.」 (Little Girl → Tear)

I see. That’s her name, I guess? She wrote it down while I rendered judgement upon Rigolo.

「Tear, until I wash Rigolo, can you be patient?」 (Izayoi)

「............Not here.」 (Tear)

「What isn’t?」 (Izayoi)

「Rigolo..... not here.」 (Tear)

「Eh?」 (Izayoi)

Confused, I looked at the spot where Rigolo previously was, he was definitely not there. I looked around the room and wasn’t able to find him.

Then came a sound from the entryway.

「*Kuke!?*」 (Rigolo)

“I’ve been exposed!” was his reaction. The previously stealthy Rigolo who was moving towards the entrance began to forcibly make his way outside.

Feel like running, huh? As if I’d let you. Although I was chasing after him, he was going to run so he could open his wings to take off.

Rigolo was headed straight towards a person. Not good. At this rate he’ll collide with them before he takes off.

Since Rigolo was keeping watch on me, he couldn’t see where he was headed.

「Haa! So you’ve come to kill me! It’s too soon! It’s too soon for me to accept my destiny gryphon-san!」 (Lilia)

Oh, it’s just Lilia. I was worried for nothing.

Anyways, I just need to capture Rigolo.

Putting force into my legs, I took off by kicking the ground and accelerated explosively. I caught up with the gryphon in an instant and tackled him.

「*Kuke!?　Kukekei!*」 (Rigolo)

「Give it up. I’m going to wash you.」 (Izayoi)

I picked up the struggling Rigolo and carried him on my shoulder.

「P-Please wait a second. What’s going on?」 (Lilia)

「Hmm? Oh, it’s Lilia. As you can see, Rigolo was planning to escape, so I’m about to punish him. Also, weren’t you supposed to be in the guild?」 (Izayoi)

「Since I expected to have spare time, I was going to see how you were doing.」 (Lilia)

「If you had spare time, you could talk to the other guild staff members...... Ahh.」 (Izayoi)

「Please don’t look at me with those eyes full of pity! That isn’t the case. Various people have come asking about you and that gryphon, so I only came after being fed up with it.」 (Lilia)

「*Kukeke?*」 (Rigolo)

「Umm, although you are calmly carrying the gryphon on your shoulder, hasn’t it got to be at least 100 kilograms?」 (Lilia)

「Hmm, well...... With this weight, I think it should be about 120 kilograms or so?」 (Izayoi)

「120 kilograms......Even with the brute strength of a giant, that wouldn’t be enough, but someone as slender as you is carrying gryphon-san on his shoulder. It’s rather unsettling.」 (Lilia)

「When I was a kid I had to swing weapons that weighed at least 300 kilograms every day. This much is nothing.」 (Izayoi)

「Eeh......?」 (Lilia)

Lilia’s face twitched.

「I don’t have the leisure for something like talking to you. I have to wash Rigolo in the garden at home.」 (Izayoi)

「*Kukeke, Kukeke......*」 (Rigolo)

I’m not letting Rigolo, who’s struggling on my shoulder, escape. I strengthened my grip and brought him along.

I left Lilia standing listlessly nearby. I have work to do when I get back.




「At any rate, you’ve become rather cute haven’t you. Did you go to the barber-san?」 (Lilia)

「......Ichayoi did.」 (Tear)

「Eh? Izayoi-san?　......Are you telling me he cut your hair?」 (Lilia)

「*Kukeke!*」 (Rigolo)

「T-the same thing happened to gryphon-san I see...... Contrary to your ferocity in battle, you have a sense of aesthetic, don’t you? You’re becoming more and more mysterious.」 (Lilia)

「Do you want me to cut yours too? I might accidentally cut it wrong.」 (Izayoi)

「I will have to refuse. Please do not brandish your knife!」 (Lilia)


「By the way, what are you planning to do with the child and her gryphon? This morning, the guild was wondering how much strength you had.」 (Lilia)

「Aah, that, huh? I didn’t intend for it to be anything special. It’s just I thought I’d make them strong enough so n.o.body would mess around with them.」 (Izayoi)

「As I thought you’re a muscle brain aren’t you......」 (Lilia)

「Well, this is the quickest way to deal with it.」 (Izayoi)

I’m going to make Tear a first-rate adventurer. That’s what I’ve decided to do during these next two weeks.

Though I’ll respect her wishes, as it stands she only has the strength of the A-rank gryphon. It’s approximately equivalent to five King-cla.s.s professionals.

This country has at least 200 knights with strength equal to or above King cla.s.s. I want them to have the strength of at least 20 people at King cla.s.s.

......I’ll check Tear’s statistics.

(Astrea, can you appraise Tear’s abilities?) (Izayoi)

............

(Oi, Astrea.) (Izayoi)

............

(......If it’s not Astrea, then it’s no good. I need you Astrea.) (Izayoi)

『*Kufu*......It, it can’t be helped then～ Geez, if Izayoi didn’t have Astrea-chan around he wouldn’t be able to do anything, it can’t be helped at all～』 (Astrea)

I’m thankful for Astrea’s simple-mindedness.

『Since this Astrea-chan is the first wife, I’ll be watching the new girl closely.』 (Astrea)

After she said that, a status window appeared in my vision.

Tear　《Inherent t.i.tle 【Beast King】》　《Inherent Magic【Beast Manipulation Arts】》

【Magic Capacity】《Tier 2》
【Magic Apt.i.tude】【Fire】《None》　【Water】《None》　【Wind】《None》　【Earth】《None》
【Contracted Monsters】《Rigolo》
【Individual Combat Ability】《None》

......What the h.e.l.l is this?