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			The Beast Ears Are Twitching 
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TL : Kirisaki Shin 
ED : Lyncth

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「……Etto?」 

I was confused when the atmosphere inside the guild had changed all of sudden. 

The cloth around the head of the fallen person was loosened, and a pair of beast ears appeared.  

「Oioi…… isn't it a『Beastman』……?」 

At that time, I heard someone say that. 

「『Beastman』……?」 

I tilted my neck when I heard a word that I had never heard of before. 

However, that murmur just now didn't sound welcoming at all. 

Conversely, I felt that it was somehow displeased. 

「……」 

I quietly look around. 

Then, all the people avert their eyes and stood silent. 

「……Ah, hello, but the treatment is already closed」 

As I said so, I support the shoulder of the fallen person and stand him up slowly. 

At first, the two people who had brought him to this place had already separated themselves from him and were just staring at him. 

「……Well then」 

Leaving only that word behind, I open the guild's door slowly while supporting that person. 

Someone raised a surprised voice, but it seems better if we go home now. 

「Uuunn……」 

I looked at the person beside me who had not woken up at all. 

I don't know why he had collapsed, but it seems this person is a man. 

For now, that's all I know, but I will check his ears again later. 

As expected, no matter how I see it, he is like a beast. 

「Fuuー」 

As a joke, I try blowing on them. 

And those beast ears twitch as a result. 

「Ooouu……」 

It seems it was real, impressive. 

I wonder how's the structure like…… 

While I was thinking about such a thing, we gradually approached my house. 

「Uu…… Wh-where is this……?」 

「Ah, have you woken up?」 

When we almost arrived home, the man with beast ears woke up. 

「Ha!?」 

When that man noticed me, he took a step back at a tremendous speed. 

……Then, he glared at me. 

Perhaps, he thinks of me as an enemy. 

「Ah, I'm not your enemy, so it's okay. Because you were hurt, I wanted to heal you」 

I raised both my hands to show that I mean him no harm. 

「……?」 

The man seemed hesitant, but since he felt that I am not hostile, he dropped his guard a little. 

「……So, where is this?」 

After he calmed down, he asked me so. 

「Etto, this is my house. When you were found collapsed near the town, some adventurers brought you to my place. Even if I look like this, I can use recovery magic」 

「……I see」 

After he was convinced of my words, he went back to his original place. 

「…………Brocell」 

「Eh?」 

When I thought that he gone silent, he suddenly said that. 

「It's my name, Brocell」(Tn: I open for suggestion for the name, ブロセル) 

「O-okay. So that's your name」 

Apparently, this beast-eared man's name is Brocell. 

「I am called Nest. Everybody calls me that」 

Because he had introduced himself, I thought it best to also introduce myself. 

Brocell then said 「So, he is Nest」in a small voice. 

Suddenly, I remembered something. I still needed to asked Brocell what had happened. 

And of course about the 『beast ears』as well. 

「Brocell, about those ears…… what are those?」 

I asked Brocell while looking at his beast ears. 

「Hmm? it's just normal ears, you know?」 

He looks confused because he doesn't understand my question. 

「I am a『Beastman』after all」 

ーー It came out again. 

I tried to recall it, but as expected, I really have never heard of that word before. 

「So, what’s with that 『Beastman』?」

「……Eh?」 

Since I still didn't understand no matter how much I thought about it, I just gave up and asked him. But once again, he made a sound like he understood what I meant. 

「……Perhaps, you don't know what a『Beastman』 is?」 

He asked me what he was thinking of after checking my expression. 

「…… Nope, I don't」 

From Brocell's reaction, it seems that it’s common sense, but I am a country bumpkin after all, so I don't know such a thing. 

I felt a bit embarrassed, but I honestly answered Brocell. 

「……Haa, then, shall I teach you?」 

「Please」 

Brocell seems a bit surprised, but he still proceeds to tell me about Beastman. 

「Listen. A Beastman isーーーーーーーー」 

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