An ordinary profession creates the world's strongest

The fifth and sixth bullets that followed proved that this was no accident.

No matter which shot it was, despite the error of several centimeters, it hit the center of the target beautifully.

"Myu, Miu, do you want to try a moving target?"

"I want to give it a try!"

So he started to test the reconnaissance plane, and Myuu scored on the tenth shot.

Even if it moves erratically, after a while, Myuu probably predicts its movements and she will definitely hit it.

"...Want to try sniping?"

"good!"

Myuu replied adorably, extending her hand. Hajime once again began "refining" to create a small-sized sniper rifle for Myuu.

Hajime handed the gun to Myuu and taught her how to shoot from a prone position.

Mu did as he was told, propping up his upper body with his elbows against the ground, pressing the butt of the gun against his cheek, closing one eye and looking through the sight with the other.

For some reason, she looked surprisingly presentable.

"As for the target... let's set it up a hundred meters away. I'll have a reconnaissance plane float there, and you aim and shoot."

"good!"

It was really lively and Myuu seemed to be enjoying it.

Having said that, everyone present seemed to agree that asking a little girl to snipe...was impossible after all.

However, after that, Myuu's smiling expression suddenly changed.

Even though she hadn't been taught, she took a breath, then held it. Then, her eyes narrowed, her sharp gaze piercing the target! The aura she exuded was like that of a battle-hardened sniper!

"Hawk-Hawkeye?"

Seeing Myuu's eyes, Hajime couldn't help but praise him, but Myuu was so focused that she seemed to have entered the realm of zero, and didn't respond to Hajime's praise at all.

In an instant, Myuu pulled the trigger with a very natural movement.

With a bang, a dry gunshot rang out.

The reconnaissance plane a hundred meters ahead was blown to pieces.

“““““…”””””””

Everyone was silent, staring at the wreckage of the reconnaissance plane that had been sniped with an indescribable tremor.

"Dad, what's next?"

"Oh, come on, please cum."

Hajime actually used honorifics to address her.

After that, at Myuu's request, Hajime piloted ten reconnaissance planes as targets. Although Myuu maintained her usual lively demeanor, the moment she pulled the trigger, her eagle-like gaze flashed, and she shot down the ten reconnaissance planes one by one.

Although Mu's shooting could not always hit the target after the target began to move, the more he shot, the more incredible his accuracy gradually improved.

At this point, Hajime, Yue, and the others were speechless.

"...Hajime-kun, could it be that Myuu is actually your biological daughter?"

Hearing Kaori say this, Yue and the others all looked towards Hajime.

Their eyes were filled with suspicion, as if questioning, "No matter how you look at it, this little girl seems to have inherited the talent of a monster sharpshooter."

Hajime was about to deny it, but before that Myuu said:

"Well, I can't be like Dad. I'm off by five millimeters."

"..."

In the end, the little girl Miao shot at a moving target 300 meters away and was dissatisfied with the deviation of 5 millimeters.

Hajime was unable to deny his daughter's talent and could only gaze into the distance.

◆Delicious "something"

There was a strange sense of tension floating by a spring pool beside the road.

"La la la la ~♪ I cut, I cut, I cut, cut, cut~♪"

"Jiyooheheheheheh!?"

The singer is Shia, and her cheerful voice suggests she's in a good mood, but the lyrics are quite dangerous.

Then, a wail like the dying wails came from the fish on the chopping block... no, it should be said that it was "something" of unknown origin.

It has a body similar to that of a fish, yet is one meter long. However, it has unusual features that make it difficult to identify it as a fish.

Indeed, its head resembled a cow's. I say "seemed" because its eyes were bloodshot and its tongue was folded like a chameleon's. Furthermore, its body sprouted countless centipede-like legs.

When they were resting by the spring pool, Xia's rabbit ears suddenly reacted. She said, "Hmm, this scent is... a delicacy from the forest!?", and then snapped her fingers and shot a pebble into the spring water.

Then, this "something" floated up.

"You're a fairy who lives in the forest springs~ A very delicious fairy! Why you're here~ It doesn't matter~ Because you're delicious~♪"

The "Forest Fairy" rolled its bloodshot eyes and moved its centipede legs even more violently.

Then, since it could be used for lunch, Shia processed it happily.

Every time the kitchen knife scraped away the fish's scales, a cry of pain echoed. Like an animal being forcibly skinned, the red liquid that oozed out and stained Shia's hands was...

(Hello, hello, Yue. Are there fairies like that in this world? In my world, fairies are supposed to be more dreamy and adorable.)

(…In the fairy tales I’ve read before, the characters were small girls with wings. It was the same in every story; they were definitely not those strange creatures.)

(Besides, when she mentioned the delicious fairy, I felt terrified.)

Hajime's spirits wavered, a rare moment. He kept peeking at Shia's miserable cooking scene, whispering to Yue to confirm, but the response he received was the same stiff expression and denial as Hajime's. Tio also agreed with Yue's answer, her usual perverse personality completely gone, and she looked quite frightened.

However, Xia didn't notice the three people's reactions and continued cooking happily.

"Dig it out~ smash it~ scatter it~♪"

What's flying?! They really wanted to complain.

However, Shia swung the thick meat cleaver without hesitation, and "something" let out an unbearable cry of "Aaaaaaah!" Shia held down "something" with her arm strength, a smile on her face... Hajime didn't want to talk to her like this.

Because the face that was so cute when it didn't speak was now covered with red blood, and the smiling face was really scary.

"Even with my head chopped off, my arms and legs are still struggling~♪"

"Gua ...

"Even though it's been ground up, it's still beating. So energetic."

"Aa ...

"You always make these beautiful cries, which are the perfect seasoning."

"Eee ...

Shia's swordsmanship was superb, and that "something" was quickly dismantled.

Every time a blow was struck, blood and flesh flew everywhere, making one think of a bloodbath. At the same time, wailing sounds that could rapidly reduce one's spirit value echoed all around.

(Hey, did that thing just now scream 'Help!'? Did I hear it wrong?! It's been cut into three pieces, why is it still screaming?!)

Hajime's spirit was shaken violently! Had his spirit ever been so shaken before?

No, there isn't!

(…I saw nothing, I heard nothing, I knew nothing.)

Hearing what Hajime said, Yue crouched down, huddled up, and covered her ears with her hands, trembling. Yue didn't want to see this side of her cute little sister. She looked away, as if trying to completely escape reality.

On the other hand, Tio, who possesses high mental endurance in multiple senses, is...

(…Ah, it’s a butterfly. So cute.)

She chased the fluttering butterflies.

Hajime thought to himself, "How many years have you lived?" However, Hajime didn't complain out loud, because he understood Tio's feelings very well.

Meanwhile, Xia seemed to have completed the preliminary preparations. She turned up the heat on the gas stove she had crafted. From the size of the pot to the intensity of the heat, it looked like she was cooking Chinese food.

Next to her, there was something that was in a state of being "unseen." I didn't know if it was an illusion, but even though its original shape could no longer be seen, it seemed to be still twitching...

Xia, whose body was covered in blood, easily lifted the large iron pot with one hand, added vegetables and seasonings into the pot and stir-fried them, and then casually threw pieces of meat into the pot.

The next moment.

"Aa ...

“Hey, it definitely said ‘It’s hot’ just now, right? It said that, didn’t it!?”

Along with a loud wailing sound, a rough male voice was heard.

Finally, I couldn't hold it in any longer and started to complain.

Shia turned around in surprise at Hajime's sudden, loud (?) voice. To Hajime, it looked as if her body hadn't moved, but her neck had turned 180 degrees. This must have been due to the blood on Shia's face and the blood-soaked kitchen knife beside her.

“? Hajime-san, what are you talking about? How could a fish—”

"Aa ...

"—Speak humanly."

“No no no no no! It clearly spoke just now, didn’t it!? It said ‘I’ve done something wrong’, and there was a lot of hatred in its tone!”

“??? Hajime-san, you must be—”

"Ohhhhhhhhh I will never forgive you ohhhhhhh!"

"—You must be tired."

“It seems to me that you’re possessed by something! Didn’t it clearly say ‘I will never forgive you’? Why are you ignoring it!?”

Hajime used all his strength to complain without hesitation.

However, Shia just looked at Hajime, her eyes looking at someone pitiful. She seemed to think, "Hajime-san must be tired. I need to feed him delicious food to cheer him up." This actually made her even more motivated.

"Damn it, Shia's already dying. Yue, burn that piece of flesh that feels so bad to the point of leaving no ashes!"

"……no problem!"

After receiving Hajime's instructions, Yue was about to summon the Thunder Dragon.

but……

"Ms. Yue? Didn't I tell you not to waste food?"

"Ah, yes."

Yue sat up straight and obediently. Perhaps she was recalling how she had promised to create her own dish, but ended up ruining Shia's, making her angry.

"Well, there's nothing I can do. Tio! Show your dragon-man power! Use fire breath!"

"I've been waiting for this order! Leave it to me, Master—"

"Miss Tio? Be careful or I'll beat you up, okay?"

"Ah, yes."

Tio sat up straight and obediently. Perhaps she was remembering the time when they first met, when Druken hit her head from above, nearly breaking it.

Hajime thought that since this was the case, he could only rely on himself, so he reached for the grenade.

"Here, Hajime-san, this is the delicious dish that the people of the Sea of ​​Trees love the most. Eat it while it's hot♪"

It was too late. The plate of stir-fried vegetables and meat was already in Shia's hands. The large amount of fish (?) was still stirring even after being cooked.

Hajime looked at Shia and asked, "You want me to eat this?" Shia nodded in agreement with a smile. Even so, Hajime was still hesitant. Shia said, "I can't help you," and without hesitation, she took a bite herself, then handed her the plate and said, "See, it's okay, right?"

Hajime was even willing to eat raw monster flesh. For Hajime, it was hard to swallow the fact that someone had gone to such lengths and still refused to eat. Especially since the other person was Shia, it was even more so.

Hajime had no choice but to put the remains of "something" into his mouth with cold sweat dripping down his face, under Yue and Tio's breathless gaze...

“………………Damn, it’s delicious.”

It is indeed delicious.

While tasting the delicious food, Shi also felt very unwilling.

◆The Wasted Dragon of a Beautiful World