Uketsukejo ni Kokuhaku Shitakute Guild ni Kayoitsumetara Eiyu ni Natteta

Chapter 61: Strategy Meeting

We headed back to the hut on the 8th station to plan our strategy.

After drinking tea with lots of sugar, our strategy meeting finally began.

“Now, about the new monster that turned the castle into gold—” (Jade)

“B-before that, can’t you break this?” (Dorami)

Dorami pointed to the wall.

The golden Medusa statue was over there.

I couldn’t just leave it, so I brought it to the mountain hut.

“We need to wait for later. If we destroy this now, the stone statue in the courtyard will be revived.” (Jade)

We’ll revive them eventually but now’s not the time.

If they get revived now, they’ll be attacked by the gold monster.

T/N: If I actually translate it, “gold-turning monster” would be more accurate. But, yeah.

“I guess it’s pretty cruel to scare them again… So, when are you going to break it?” (Dorami)

“It’s probably best to do it just before fighting the gold-turning monster. We’ll just have to defeat the resurrected Medusa right after beating the gold monster.” (Jade)

“…Will the golden statues really be revived once we defeat the monster?” (Dorami)

“I don’t know but… we have no choice but to believe in that right now.” (Jade)

The only thing we know right now is that the golden statues are alive. Otherwise, the Medusa would have been subjugated already and the stone statue in the courtyard would have been revived.

That’s why we have no choice but to believe that if we defeat the monster, the golden statues will be revived.

“So, that’s why we need to talk about how to defeat the gold monster—” (Jade)

“Before that, let’s think of a name for it.” (Dorami)

“…Something like Sparkling Monster?” (Jade)

“Or how about Golden Monster?” (Dorami)

“Let’s use that.” (Jade)

“Yeah!” (Dorami)

Dorami looked happy that her idea was accepted.

“Okay! Let’s think of a way to defeat the Golden Monster—Higu?!”

“What is it?” (Jade)

“J-just now, Dorami felt the Medusa’s gaze…” (Dorami)

“It’s alright. You won’t be turned into stone even if it sees you.” (Jade)

“B-but, Dorami feels restless…” (Dorami)

She cautiously approached the Medusa and tried to turn it around.

But it looked pretty heavy, so I turned it around for her.

“Can you calm down now?” (Jade)

“D-Dorami’s scared of it suddenly turning around…” (Dorami)

“In that case… how about this?” (Jade)

Dorami looked relieved when I put a white cloth over the Medusa’s head.

“Can we have the meeting now?” (Jade)

“Yeah! …But, what are we going to talk about? We haven’t seen the Golden Monster yet. We don’t even know if it’s in the castle…” (Dorami)

“Since it went out of its way to turn the entire castle golden, it might feel attached and live there. Though, we can’t say for sure if it really lives inside.” (Jade)

“Even though you don’t know where or what it is, you’re going to come up with a way to defeat it?” (Dorami)

“As expected, that’s a bit too difficult, so I’d like to confirm its appearance first.” (Jade)

“A-are we going in the castle again?” (Dorami)

“Yep. Let’s lure it outside and look at it from a safe place.” (Jade)

“How are we going to lure it out…?” (Dorami)

“We’re going to lure it with your power.” (Jade)

“We’re going to lure it with ‘Little Star’?! D-Dorami will do her best, but… she’s scared, so she doesn’t have the confidence to perform properly…” (Dorami)

“You don’t have to do such a dangerous thing. I want you to make a snow sculpture. A very realistic one, so much that it will be mistaken for a real person.” (Jade)

Since it turned the entire castle into gold, the Golden Monster will also definitely want to convert the stone statues into gold.

So, if there’s a statue left untouched near the castle, it will want to turn it into gold too.

“Oh! That’s a good idea! Dorami will work hard to create a splendid snow sculpture!” (Dorami)

“Thanks! I want you to make the snow sculpture around the same height as me. Since I want it to look human, I’ll have it wear my clothes.” (Jade)

“Got it! Should Dorami begin making it now?” (Dorami)

“Mmm. It’s already getting dark, so let’s make it tomorrow.” (Jade)

Since the strategy is finalized, we’ll go to sleep.

After finishing our meal, we immediately crawled into our sleeping bags in preparation for tomorrow—

“…Dorami is worried.” (Dorami)

She seemed to have trouble falling asleep because of the Medusa.

“I’ll keep watch until you fall asleep.” (Jade)

“Thank you…” (Dorami)

I went to sleep after seeing Dorami’s breath stabilize.