I’m a little short on time.
Using Ee-quipping, I donned a visor and overcoat over my Crest Defender Coat.
All that remained was for them to summon the phantom, but since Mother hasn’t used MARS before, I left the operation to those hunters from earlier.
MARS requires the user to set a Magic Stone, and the Scholars are still researching it, so I can’t really do anything about it.
“Alright, let’s go then.”
“Whenever.”
However, what those hunters summoned was a G-U rank Monster, a Tyranosaurus.
What the hell, I know we had a Tyranosaurus Magic Stone lying around, but they’re actually going to use it?
“That’s not the same as before!”
“You were so confident, you can probably defeat a G-rank monster with one hand, right?”
“You were acting all high and mighty, so show us!”
They’re smirking with a lecherous grin.
I don’t mind for myself, but if they start doing this to other hunters, it will only become a problem.
Even if they don’t know who I am, this is a rule violation, so they’ll be prohibited from using it for a while.
“It’s a waste to show you guys, but since you broke the rules like this, you can’t escape punishment, can you?”
“Hey, hey, who do you think I am? My older sister is the person in charge of MINERVA here! No matter what you say, you can’t punish me!”
Hoh, that guy is the brother of the MINERVA administrator?
I doubt they’d monopolize it given the presence of other Scholars, but there’s a suspicion they were given preferential treatment.
This needs to be thoroughly investigated later, and we might even need to involve the Order’s Guild.
“Oh, really. Well, that has nothing to do with me.”
I didn’t expect them to summon a Tyranosaurus phantom, but no matter how draconic it is, there isn’t an Ancient Hunter who would struggle against a G-rank monster this late in the game, and I don’t see any reason to deliberately take a hit.
Drawing my Azure Silver Sword – Pale Green, Type 2, I used Accelerating Magic to approach the Tyranosaurus and sever its head in one blow.
“…Huh?”
“A Tyranosaurus… in one hit?”
“Let me tell you, there are no Ancient Classes struggling against G-ranks, okay? Even if the opponent is a Saurian, or even an aquatic one, countermeasures aren’t necessary.”
Honestly, it was just brute force, but the Tyranosaurus has no poison and no attacks that affect the mind, so it wasn’t a problem.
“What, an Ancient Class!? You, a kid like you!”
“Also, allow me to introduce myself. I am Yamato Mikami Fraydlancia. I am the husband of Frederica, the Lord of the Marquisate of Amatista, and also her acting lord. I’m sure you understand what that means, right?”
As soon as I introduced myself, the hunters turned pale.
No matter how much they have a MINERVA administrator in their family, my position is higher, so it means nothing.
In fact, I don’t want people who do whatever they want with the MARS that we worked hard to develop to use it.
“You said your sister is the MINERVA administrator, right? It’s understandable to give some preferential treatment to family, but I will thoroughly investigate whether you’ve been getting away with just that.”
I don’t know how it will turn out, but I plan to request an interrogation using inquiries from the Order’s Guild to prevent false testimony, so the results will be known soon.
They might face penalties from the Scholar’s Guild, but that’s not my concern.
“We’re s-sorry!”
“We’ve been frustrated because nothing has been going right lately!”
“We’ll never do it again! Please forgive us!”
They’re bowing as if they’re about to prostrate themselves, but that was pure venting.
Normally, one would be shaken by the appearance of a Tyranosaurus phantom, and that could lead to their defeat.
They probably wanted to bask in a sense of superiority by watching that, but the moment they started thinking such trivial thoughts, they were already out.
“Things don’t always go your way, but that doesn’t mean you should get frustrated and take it out on others, right? Besides, isn’t the reason things aren’t going well because you’re overconfident in your own abilities?”
“That…”
“You can’t be a Hunter if you don’t even understand your own strength. Even if you use MARS, you’ll die sooner rather than later. Also, I don’t care if you didn’t know who I was, but summoning that Tyranosaurus earlier was a clear rule violation. Therefore, you will be prohibited from using MARS until the Hunter’s Guild gives permission. I don’t know what kind of punishment the Hunter’s Guild will impose, but you should accept it.”
“No!”
For the sake of learning, I often watch experienced warriors fight, and in such cases, there’s a rule to use phantoms of the monsters they were fighting.
Otherwise, they can’t differentiate themselves from the veterans, and the veterans might not want to reveal their hand.
There are other rules as well, and violations can result in Mars being prohibited for a certain period, or in severe cases, penalties from the Hunter’s Guild.
These hunters clearly violated the rules, and even though they didn’t know it, they committed the offense against me, the acting lord, so punishment is unavoidable.
Furthermore, their relative, who is the MINERVA administrator, will likely be demoted and removed from her managerial position at MINERVA, even if the punishment is light.
“And to the Scholars present here. You knew who I was, didn’t you? What’s the meaning of not intervening?”
The Coliseum sometimes has monster phantoms, and there are quite a few Scholars around.
While the choice of monster is up to the hunter, Scholars can still use them for research, so they are diligently studying.
However, the Scholars showed no signs of intervening in the exchange between me and the hunters, nor did they appear to be focusing on their research.
Most likely, they thought that if they intervened, they might be punished because these hunters are related to the administrator.
They might know my position, but since MINERVA’s management is entrusted to the Scholar’s Guild, they might also think that the acting lord’s words mean nothing.
Indeed, it’s difficult for even a lord to interfere in the internal affairs and personnel matters of guilds, not just the Scholar’s Guild.
However, MINERVA’s management is commissioned by the Marquis Amatista family to the Scholar’s Guild, and MARS is on loan.
Therefore, even the lord can easily intervene, and that’s why it’s on a loan basis.
The Scholars should have been explained this, but they probably forgot or didn’t listen.
In fact, some of the Scholars turned pale when I re-explained it.
“No matter how much of a researcher you are, what do you think about not listening?”
“As researchers, they probably thought it would be enough to be able to use MARS. This is certainly a problem, and as the lender, I cannot tolerate it.”
I’ll leave the punishment to the Scholar’s Master, but if they do the same thing again, I’ll have them evicted from Memoria.
They should be prepared for harsher penalties because they’ve caused me extra trouble during this busy period, right before the entrance ceremony.
I later learned that the Hunter’s Guild and the Scholar’s Guild, taking the matter seriously, demoted the Scholar who was the MINERVA administrator and removed her from her position due to excessive preferential treatment towards her relatives. She was also prohibited from using MINERVA until permission was granted and was transferred to the Floats General Headquarters.
However, the truth was that the permission was only for her to be at the headquarters, and her brother hunters were doing whatever they pleased. She herself regrets her lack of supervision, so permission will likely be granted within a year.
The Scholars who were present at the scene were all banned from using MARS for one month.
It was out of fear of being implicated, but it was a problem that could have been avoided if they had listened carefully to the initial explanation, and most importantly, their prioritizing their own research was seen as an issue.
It was decided that this incident would serve as a bad precedent, and the Scholar’s Guild would be thoroughly notified.
As for the problematic brother hunters, they were also banned from using MINERVA until permission was granted, expelled from Memoria, and simultaneously banned from entering Glacian.
Furthermore, it seems they not only restricted other Scholars but also other hunters from using MINERVA by leveraging their sister’s position. They also attempted to fight against high-rank monster phantoms, so it’s unlikely they’ll get permission within a year or two.
That’s why they were banned not only from Memoria but also from entering Glacian, and it seems they have been notified that they are banned from entering cities where MINERVA is installed, except in emergency situations.
And yet, they are B-rank hunters, and news of their sister being involved has spread, so they won’t be able to stay in Amister, at least.
Well, accept it as their just deserts.
