"Khaha! Really?"
"That's what I'm saying! No, have you only been deceived, brother?"
The inside of the carriage carrying the rcenary guild mbers was no different from a festival atmosphere.
"Hey, that doesn't make sense, does it? How did you catch two orcs by yourself?"
"Ha, really. I'm at a loss for words? Listen carefully. I an..."
Skir and Pola, who were wearing their robes pulled down low, also held their breath and laughed several tis at the continuous trivial stories.
"Hey, forget it! When we go to the imperial palace this ti, let's go to that new place."
"Where?"
"That new bar that Miss Arhen opened this ti."
"Oh, Miss Arhen?"
The bar run by a woman nad Arhen was famous for being kind and having good service even within the imperial palace.
That's why the small bar had grown to have three branches and was becoming quite large.
"Right. She said she'd give us a lot of service when she opened a new one last ti."
"No, brother. But if we eat as much as we do, won't she have no choice but to give us service?"
"Hahaha! That's true too."
"I've grown so hair this ti... should I ask Miss Arhen out on a date?"
Pirkan, who was carefully stroking the rough hairs that were peeking out from the middle of his bald head.
"Khahaha! Hey, wake up! Do you know how many n are trying to ask Miss Arhen out?"
"Hmph! Who knows? She might surprisingly like a style like mine, right?!"
Pirkan pouted his lips at Alek's sharp remark.
"That's ridiculous!"
"Custors, have sothing to eat."
Pirkan, who felt sorry for laughing and talking only among themselves, gently pushed the snack box.
"...It's okay."
As Skir, who was wearing a robe, gently pushed the snack box away with his hand, Pola poked his side.
"Why? I'm going to eat."
Skir, who was startled at Pola's small whisper, quickly brought the snack box back.
"I-I'll eat."
"Right, you should eat. We have to go for another four or five hours to get to Oriha, so are you going to starve until then?"
His words were right. It was already around two in the afternoon, and since they had skipped lunch, they would be hungry.
"Thank you."
As Skir, who had given a short greeting, opened the snack box in front of Pola and brought it to her, she quickly reached out her hand and picked up a few snacks.
"I didn't know you were a woman. I don't know what your circumstances are, but we're not such bad people, so don't worry too much."
Although he had whispered, the mbers, who must have heard Pola's voice, joked and reassured her.
"That's right. We may look a little rough... but we're all people who are as soft as the inside of that baguette."
At Pirkan's words, who was pointing to the baguette in Pola's hand, Pola let out a small laugh.
"Right. Please eat. Ah, there's water here too, so please eat slowly with it."
At the kind actions of the mbers, Pola felt like taking off her robe and shouting 'ta-da' right away, but she decided to hold it in.
Then.
-Screech... screech...
Everyone pricked up their ears at the strange sound that was suddenly heard.
"Huh? What's that sound?"
"Sothing must be caught in the carriage wheel. Let's stop for a mont and take a look."
"Right."
As if sothing was caught in the carriage wheel, a strange sound was repeated every ti the wheel rolled.
-Screech... screech...
The carriage slowly stopped, and Pirkan and Valteri got off and began to examine the carriage.
"Ah, this is the problem."
"Valteri, pick up that tree branch over there."
"Yes, brother."
The cause was that a large stone was stuck in the carriage wheel, and a strange sound was constantly being made.
-Clack! Clack!
Pirkan tried to remove the stone several tis with the tree branch he had picked up, but it didn't seem to be working, and he frowned.
"Oh my, let see."
In the end, Valteri, who had taken out a small dagger from his bosom, made Pirkan step back.
"Hey, it's really stuck."
"This... is! This... is!"
Valteri, who was using his strength to remove the stone.
"Ugh! Cha!"
-Clack!
In the end, the stone could not withstand the force and ca out of the wheel and rolled away.
"It's done!"
"Khuk. You're better than ."
"Are you saying the obvious?"
"Ugh! Just."
As Valteri shrugged his shoulders, Pirkan, who raised his fist and pretended to hit him.
"Let's go... huh?"
Then. Suddenly, the sky began to be covered with a dark shadow.
"Duck... quietly lower your head..."
Pirkan, who had quickly realized what it was, whispered as he gently pressed down on Valteri's back.
"..."
"Is there sothing there...!?"
Sant peeked his head out of the carriage at the suddenly quiet outside air.
-Keeek! Keeek!
"I'm f-cked."
One of the shadows that had covered the sky had found them and was beginning to descend rapidly.
"Everyone, battle stations!!!"
"W-what!?"
"It's a wyvern!!!"
-Keeek!!! Keeek!!!
The terrible strange cry that cut through the sky filled the ground.
"Kimo! Get your bow!"
"Gaaah!!!"
A wyvern that had approached quickly struck Pirkan's leg without rcy.
"Pirkan!"
Pirkan's scream echoed, and blood began to gush from his leg like a fountain.
"W-what's going on!?"
Skir and Pola, who had gotten off the carriage, were also trying to assess the situation.
"P-Pola! Co this way!"
"Hey! Get a grip! Put on a buff!!!"
"Ah, okay!"
Pola, who had roughly thrown off the robe she was wearing, shouted at Skir.
-Keeek!
A wyvern that had attacked Pirkan's leg quickly flew up into the sky and repeated its descent.
"Shoot! Now!"
The arrow that Kimo, who had taken a position behind the carriage, had shot pierced the wyvern's neck.
-Keeek!
But the wyvern began to struggle in pain and beca even more frantic.
"Ice Arrow!"
As Pola, who was wrapped in Skir's buff, cast a spell, dozens of ice arrows were shot and covered the wyvern.
-Keeek! Eeek!
"Hey! How did you...!"
Alek, who had finally noticed Pola, shouted.
"That's not what's important right now! There's only one left!"
"Khuk! You're right! Then we have to be careful!!!"
Pola also nodded her head once at Alek's shout and began to cast a spell again.
The other wyverns, who had seen the ice arrows that had been shot into their comrade's body, began to circle the sky and look for an opening.
-Keeek!
He didn't even know how the wyvern had appeared here, but to think that there were so many of them.
In fact, the rcenary guild mbers even thought it was a relief that Pola was there.
"Pirkan! Get a grip!!!"
"Gaaah..."
Pirkan, who was lying on the floor, bleeding profusely from his leg, was holding his sword tightly and not letting go.
"Khuk... everyone, battle stations! Don't break formation!"
"Kir! Try using so healing magic!"
"Ah, okay."
As light spread from the hands of Skir, who had rushed over to Pirkan, the blood that was gushing like a fountain began to stop.
"T-thank you. I thought I was going to die..."
"W-why would you say you're going to die! Don't worry."
Pirkan, who was smiling faintly as he looked at the stopping blood.
"I-it's coming!"
Another wyvern was descending rapidly.
What the wyvern was aiming for was...
-Keeek!
"Kir!!!"
As he raised his head at Pola's shout, what Skir faced was the wyvern's nacing claws.
'Ah, I'm dead.'
-Crunch! Crack!
"...Huh?"
Skir, who had sensed that pain was coming, closed his eyes tightly.
But he had definitely heard the sound of bones breaking and flesh being pierced sowhere, but his body was perfectly fine.
And his body was so heavy. As if soone was covering him...
"...Khuk. Ugh."
"P-Pirkan?
What was covering his body was none other than Pirkan.
When the wyvern had rushed at him, Pirkan, who had quickly pulled Skir's body and had placed him under him, was gushing blood as his body was pierced by the wyvern's claws.
"Annihilate the enemy! Ice Spear!!!"
Pola's voice was trembling as she plunged a spear made of ice into the body of the wyvern that had plunged its claws into Pirkan's body.
"Pirkan!!!"
The rcenary guild mbers were also rushing toward the wyvern that had plunged its claws into their comrade's body.
"Khuk... cough... khuk!"
"...Pirkan?"
Skir's body was trembling as he stared blankly at the blood that was pouring over his body.
"H-hey... are you okay?"
"Khuk... am I okay...?"
"T-that's... you're bleeding a lot..."
Skir was half out of his mind at the sight of the large Pirkan who was covering his body.
His sense of reality had completely disappeared at the first cruel reality he had seen, and his eyes had no focus.
"Khuk! Young master... you owe ..."
"No, I an... Pirkan, you're bleeding a lot."
"Pirkan!!! Hey! Cover him!!"
Alek, who had rushed over, was trying to pull out the claws of the now-fallen wyvern that were embedded in his body.
"Help ! You bastards! Help !!!"
The group of wyverns that were gliding through the sky didn't matter.
He had to save Pirkan, who was dying right in front of him.
"Hey! You son of a b-tch!!! Try using so magic!!!"
Alek's desperate voice echoed.
"Ah, m-magic."
Skir, who had finally co to his senses a little, quickly cast a magic.
"You co and help too!! We have to pull this out... we have to pull it out!!!"
"Brother..."
"Hey, Pirkan. Get a grip. We can just use so magic. Huh? It's nothing. So hold on."
Alek, who was trying to stop the gushing blood with his hands.
"Khuk... brother... am I... am I going to die... like this?"
"Don't talk nonsense! You bastard! What do you an, die!!!"
At the desperation in Alek's voice, Pirkan seed to have sensed sothing.
"Gaaah!"
Then, as the wyvern's claws were pulled out of his body, Pirkan let out a scream of pain.
"Use magic! Magic!!!"
"M-magic... magic..."
Skir, who seed to have lost his mind, ca out from under Alek, who had collapsed next to him, and blankly brought his hand to his wound.
-Saaak
As light spread from Skir's hand, the blood began to stop.
"I-it's done. Pirkan! Hey, it's done! You're not bleeding anymore."
"Khuk... ugh..."
But Pirkan's condition was the sa as before.
"Hey, why is this...? Huh?"
"More... magic..."
Light burst out from the hands of the dazed Skir.
-Saaak
"Kir! Get a grip! Put on a buff! Those bastards are coming again!"
Even in the short ti he had been focused on Pirkan, the wyverns had gone back and forth between the ground and the sky several tis and were attacking them.
"M-mana... mana..."
"Get a grip!!!"
-Keeek! Keeek!!
Skir began to squeeze out the last of his mana.
But the problem was whether to cast a buff or to cast a healing magic on Pirkan who was in front of him.
"I'm sorry. Pola."
-Saaak...
Skir, who had poured every last drop on Pirkan, collapsed.
"Pirkan! Pirkan!!!"
"Brother... my hair is growing now..."
"Right, I know. I know your hair is growing! So get a grip. Huh?"
"I... when I go this ti... I'll ask Miss Arhen out on a date... cough!"
As blood gushed from Pirkan's mouth, Alek wiped his mouth with his hand.
"Don't talk... huh? You're bleeding when you talk. So don't talk..."
"Can I... ask her out...?"
Tears welled up in Pirkan's eyes.
"Of course, of course. I didn't tell you before, but I think Miss Arhen is interested in you. So stop talking. Huh?"
Alek's brow furrowed, and Pirkan reached out his hand and touched his brow.
"Brother... my hair will grow a lot now... you too... cough! If you frown... you'll look old..."
Alek's mouth trembled at the hand of Pirkan that was pressing on his brow.
"Right. I won't. I won't frown. So stop talking... huh?"
"But brother... I'm so sleepy."
"No. Huh? Hey, you can't sleep. Hey, you know that inn we wanted to sleep at when we went to the imperial palace? Let's go there and sleep."
"Cough... really? We couldn't go then... because we didn't have money... there..."
A smile blood on Pirkan's lips for a mont.
"Right. Let's go there and sleep. I promise. I'll pay for everything."
At his reaction, Alek quickly nodded his head and continued.
"Khuk... huk... wow... our cheapskate... what's going on..."
"Hey, we earned a lot of money this ti. Huh? So, so... let's not sleep here, but there... huh?"
At Pirkan's gradually closing eyelids, Alek quickly shook his body and began to wake him up.
"Brother... I... but... I don't think I can... sleep there..."
In the end, Pirkan's eyes closed, and his hand, which was covered in blood, fell limply.
"Pirkan!!! Pirkan!!!"
(End of Chapter)
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