What on earth are you doing?!

Bishi!A strong-minded beautiful girl wearing black from head to toe pointed at me with such a force that it seemed to give off a sound.

Her expressionwas obviously showing her anger.

But even when shes angry this pretty girl is still beautiful.

You, did you hear me? I asked you what you think you are doing. Hey, are you even listening?!

While she still pointed at me I looked around and then she started walking towards me.

She wore antique black clothes with a lot of laces which was something a gothloli would wear but it looked good on her.

But why is she so angry?1

I saw you hitting that child hard with that fire sword after I finally came back after a long time

Coming back here?

With child did she mean the skeleton from a while ago?!

Im not sure what youre talking about but does this place belong to you?

Thats what I said a while ago! What on earth are you doing in my church?

Your church or whatever. As we took shelter from the rain those skeletons came out2

Thats right we didnt come to exterminate them rather we were attacked.

Crescent Moon send me a rescue boat from the side.

Some woman whose brain is only made out of muscles and all the nourishment went to her chest should just shut up! How could you get attacked when I made them, huh? Why are you saying meaningless things?!

Wha, yo

This time that black, beautiful girl cursed at Crescent Moon while pointing at her.

I wonder why this made me slightly excited.

Wait, did she just say I made them?!

By you made them, you mean you made those skeletons?

Like. I. Said. I mentioned that just now, right? I made them. It was really hard to do!3

You didnt mention that just now.

I dont get whats going on.

Could you calm down a little? I dont really get what youre saying. You came back when we were fighting the skeletons you made. So, you got angry because we killed your skeletons?4

Thats right, so you do get it. Is there anyone who wouldnt be angry if some people entered ones house without permission and broke ones possessions?

Well, thats true if she put it that way.

If the person is a Hero even if they open their closets or break some pots and barrels no one would give a damn.5

Well, of course, but you were holding skeletons in your house. Anyway, how about we first sit down and have a talk?

Hmpf, well, fine. Slowly explain to me what happened

Then that black, beautiful girl lowered her finger which was pointed at me.

What a relief, because that was some huge pressure.

So you generally entered this church without permission, tore of the floorboards and what were you thinking creating a bonfire inside a room?!

In the end she got angry again as we sat down around the bonfire.

These guys did it

Crescent Moon blamed my seniors.6

What are you saying? We just did it because you told us to

Thats right, big sis, youre being unreasonable

My seniors who fell silent panicked as they were exposed to the black girls excessively angry looks.

I certainly feel sorry for them.

Please accept my apology. Im Akatsuki, a mercenary working as an adventurer. You are?

Im Kitora, a priest serving the God of Darkness

The black girl or Kitora stuck out her chest proudly as she announced her name.

My seniors who heard this were obviously surprised.

A Priest of Darkness, seriously?

This is bad, Head. We shouldnt get involved with her7

Thats right Akatsuki, we should quickly leave. A priest of darkness isnt the best to be around.

Crescent Moon and my seniors agreed with each other.

Priest of Darkness surely sounds like it but are they really dangerous?

You said you were a priest of darkness, so you really made those skeletons?

Knopf who was rather interested asked her a question.

Kitora also softened her expression a little.

Oh, seems like I can talk to you a little. Thats right, I made them

How did you do it specifically?

The procedure isnt that complicated. As there were many bones of dead soldiers around this area because of a war I gathered them. The problem is if you dont gather enough bones according to a human body it becomes more brittle if there are parts missing. Its pretty tough as I have to arrange the size.

Then did you collect them one by one?

Well, since there were many complete ones in the back room of this church it was easy.

Isnt this what big sis told us?

Right? As I thought my reasoning was correct

Hey, Crescent Moon, dont brag about stuff like that.8

So, how did you make the skeleton soldiers?

I used darkness magic. Specifically, I used necromancy

But didnt those skeletons move fast? They also used weapons and shields.

Crescent Moon who also got curious asked a question following Knopf.

My, thats a good question. Though I thought only your chest was big and your head was empty but it seems like theres at least a little in there. Thats right, these arent common skeletons. I used my secret ability to raise their speed and power and made them able to use weapons. This is pretty hard to do though.

I see, its only reasonable for her to get angry after we invaded her territory without permission and broke her skeletons which she created after much hardship.

Though Ill still be troubled if you get that angry.

So, what are you guys going to do? Even just arranging the bones is quite hard. Even if there are dead bodies around I wont be able to make a skeleton.

Even if theres a body you cant make skeletons?

Kitora answered Knopfs question amazed.

Well, of course. If theres still meat attached it will turn into a zombie. Those things are smelly and unsanitary, I dont want them to be where Im living. First of all they dont look cute at all.

I dont think that skeletons look much prettier but they dont seem to stink.

So the only difference in making a Zombie or a Skeleton is the material otherwise its the same procedure?

Well, its like that. And regarding Zombies, they are hard to use as they still have some of their ego left. In that aspect I like the obedient skeletons more because they do what you tell them

Though Knopf is listening very attentively for what on earth are you going to use this information?

Im afraid shell try to artificially create zombies and skeletons without using magic.

Even if you tell us something like that Im troubled. Well, would you be satisfied with money?

Money? Even if I get it its not useful to me. Money is the least interesting thing to me.

Hey, Crescent Moon, did you hear that?

Theres a person who isnt interested in money in this world.

Even if she said that we dont know any other method to settle this except with money

I turned my head and whispered to Crescent Moon whose face looked rather bad.

How about we give her those guys to substitute her skeletons?

While she said so she gave my seniors some meaningful looks.

I, isnt that a little too mean?!9

Thats right, big sis, isnt this awfully exaggerated?

Kitora spoke coldly to my seniors who hastily and earnestly protested.

Thats not necessary, I dont need something like that. If its about that, Skeletons are many times more useful than them.10

U, umu

My seniors showed an expression not knowing if they should be pleased or annoyed by her declining them and they fell silent.

So, where do you intend to go from here on?

Im a little relieved that Kitora changed the subject.

It wasnt a secret in particular so I told her about the dungeon exploration.

Heh, I didnt know that such a dungeon appeared around here

As I said that Kitora seems to be lost in thoughts but then her eyes suddenly started to glitter and pointed her finger at me again.

You, take me with you there!