Chapter 95: Discovery
We took our big haul, in other words, the goat, and rrily returned to the town. It was too difficult for or Michelle to carry dozens of kilograms of weight alone, so we carried it in turns and that cost us quite a bit of ti.
The gate guard’s envious expression when he saw our spoils was quite impressive. Most probably, he would be having roasted goat at with his drink tonight.
We gathered in Michelle’s house and had the goat dismantled. Her family specialized in hunting so they had various tools and many knives used for dismantling. We brought big ga with us, so her mother happily accepted our request.
While we were waiting, we decided to rest our bodies while drinking the tea we were offered. We still had the stamina to spare, but we decided to withdraw earlier than intended due to how large our ga was, so we still had ti.
We usually hunted small rabbits and birds, so there was still ti to hunt a few of them.
“Okay, I’m done.” “Thank you very much.”
Michelle’s mother put three leather bags on the table while taking off the bloodstained apron she used during the dismantling. We always split whatever we hunted into three equal parts between us.
“But are you sure we can have this much? As always, I bet Lady Nicole was the vanguard while my girl was just shooting at it from behind, right?” “Mom, you’re so an!” “It’s okay. I wouldn’t be able to defeat it alone anyway.” “But you are so feeble, Lady Nicole. It would be better for Michelle to be the vanguard.” “Well, that’s just how our roles are divided. Also, please drop that ‘lady’ bit.” “I can’t do that! We owe so much to Lord Lyell!”
This was how our usual exchange went. Their family was able to move to Raum due to Lyell’s assistance. Thus they were feeling excessively obliged towards , his daughter.
“Just saying, but I’m also the Marquis’ daughter, you know…” “But I don’t feel anything noble in you, Letina.” “What’s that supposed to an!”
Michelle and Letina pulled each other’s cheeks. These two were getting more or less the sa level of treatnt. Though it was mainly Letina on the short end of it.
“Then, thank you for dismantling it for us.” “We should be saying thanks instead. Now we have a nice addition to our evening al.” “ too! This will be a good gift for my mother!” “Well then, Michelle. See you tomorrow.” “Yeah, bye!” “Oh, and Letina too, I guess.” “What do you an, ‘I guess’!?”
We rrily waved our hands and took our respective roads ho.
Our bags only had the wild goat’s at with the blood removed, but they still weighed good five kilograms. I lifted it and headed ho while swaying around.
Cortina’s house was next to Michelle’s, so I was in an easy spot. Letina lived a bit far so she had it the toughest.
“I’m ho!” “Welco ho, Lady Nicole.”
When I entered inside, Finia cheerfully ran to my side from the inside. Her expression seed to be full of relief.
“Mhm, did sothing—Oh?”
Cortina’s house was the type where you took your shoes off. In other words, everyone’s shoes were lined up at the entrance. But there were clearly too many pairs right now.
“Do we have guests?” “Yes. Lord Lyell and Lady Maria, as well as Lord Gadius and Lord Maxwell.” “So, basically everyone’s here.” “Well, yes. To tell the truth, just waiting on the table was ntally exhausting…” “Ah, so that’s why you look so relieved?” “Ugh… K-Keep it a secret, okay?”
If it was just Lyell, Maria and Cortina, she could more or less handle it already. But with Gadius who looked eccentric at a glance, and Maxwell, a noble of this country, she was hardly to bla for feeling nervous.
“But why are they here?” “It seems Lord Maxwell found out so new information, and when she heard it, Lady Cortina asked everyone to gather here.” “Hmm…? Oh, here, I brought a gift. We hunted a goat.” “Ohh, amazing! Goat slls a bit so… Let’s boil it in red wine and make a stew.” “Yay.”
Even after getting reborn, the at remained justice for . I couldn’t eat too much of it now, but at and sweets were still my favorite.
“Then, I’ll go wash myself.” “Please greet them before that.” “Oh, right.”
Lyell and the rest ca uninvited almost every night, but it was rare for Gadius to show his face. I was indebted to Maxwell too, so a little greeting wouldn’t hurt.
After passing the short corridor and arriving at the living room, I was t with my forr comrades sitting with tensed expressions.
“H-hellow. What’s wrong?” “Welco back, Nicole. We were just discussing sothing.”
When I greeted them while biting my tongue a bit, Maria returned to her usual state and answered with a smile. But her smile still had traces of tension.
“Did sothing happen?” “Yes. Daddy and Mommy think of going on a little journey.” “Huh, why?”
Lyell had a village to protect. Maria was the sa. It must have been sothing very important to compel them to do that.
“We might have found our old comrade.” “Old comrade…? You an, Lord… Reid?”
Based on my knowledge, only us Six Heroes were common comrades of both Lyell and Maria. And I was the only missing hero here. But that person was here, so why was there a need to go on a journey?
“You found… Him?”
It wasn’t about . They couldn’t have realized it was . Even though I understood that, I could feel the cold sweat on my spine. Who, then, were they searching for?
“No, it’s still at the ‘might’ stage.” “This involves her parents, so we should probably tell her everything.”
With that, Maxwell started explaining the situation to . The cause turned out to be the house where Matisse who I saved was hidden in.
“Of course, there was no survivor left there. However, we discovered strange scars on the burned traces of the residence.” “Scars?” “Yes, such as on the edge of the door or the window fras. The barn pillars also had traces of being cut.” “We have seen those scars many tis. In other words—”
Maria took over Maxwell’s words. After they said that much, I also realized it. They were talking about the traces of the steel threads I used to hang those people up and set up traps.
“They were traces of Reid’s traps. And there’s also Matisse’s testimony: a small silhouette in black.” “At first we thought it was a Gno assassin, but if that was a child instead… it perfectly fits the tifra of Reid’s reincarnation.” “Reid has been reborn. If we assu that’s the case, it’s strange that he didn’t co to et us…”
Well, that’s because his circumstances don’t allow him to co forward. Please don’t research any more than this!
“Anyway, as long as that possibility is there, we want to search for him.” “I-Is that so…”
I could only mutter so in response with a vacant expression.
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