Chapter 375 - Episode Twenty-One - Attack of the Doom Tribe (1)
a and I were on our way to an inn in the Fage territory.
“Abel …… you don’t have to go there, do you?”
“N-No, it’s just in case. There aren’t that many white-haired, red-eyed people in the world ……”
It seems that recently there have been incidents of magic beast disaster monster panics in the vicinity of Farge territory, with so of the caravans who were caught up in them being killed.
It is said that the wagons of the involved rchants scattered and fled, and many of them lost their cargo and had to change their plans.
It is said that an adventurer who had joined as an escort for a troop of rchants in order to get a leg up got lost and drifted to this village, but he was extrely unfamiliar with geography and didn’t have much money, so the people around him had trouble dealing with him.
So far, so good, it’s a common story.
I feel sorry for him, but I honestly don’t have the right to do anything about it.
It’s cold, but I have no choice but to cross my fingers and hope that Lark will take charge.
I’m not the kind of softie who would go out of my way to get involved in such a problem.
If he had asked directly, I might have felt sorry for him and tried to do sothing about it, but I don’t think he has the kind of connections that would make him want to rely on .
The only thing that bothered was that the stray person seed to be a white-haired, red-eyed Marren like .
I had failed.
With a little thought, I could have imagined that the Gizel I had left behind would follow out of the village.
Perhaps it was Gizel who had co to this village and was in trouble.
It was true that the option of leaving her alone and running away had crossed my mind.
However, if I left Gizel alone in a strange place without money and in trouble, I would not only fail as a brother, but I would fail as a human.
There was no concrete plan as to what to do after eting her.
There’s no way I’m going back to the Marren village with a and I caught up in the war between Count Julem and Kuudor, but whether or not Gizel will agree to that is another matter.
I pondered this and that in a roundabout way, but I ca to the decision that since I had no choice but to run away, I would just have to et her and then decide.
I hadn’t had this much trouble since the day I ran away from ho.
It was a sha that the thod I chose was to push myself into a corner by proceeding with the situation even though nothing was decided yet.
However, I couldn’t help but feel that the other steps I could take were all too cruel.
When I was feeling like I was going to vomit from worrying so much over the report, a took care of and we naturally ended up discussing it, and she assured that if we were going to have a face-to-face eting, a would definitely go! She assured that she would be there.
I could not help but think that this would have the effect of agitating Gizel for nothing, but since a was not going to back down, I took one of the worst possible options, which was for a and I to go see her.
“What kind of girl is Gizel, the sister and Abel’s ex-wife? a has heard of her before, but only briefly ……”
“Huh, did I tell you about her before?”
“Just a little bit …… a will never forget.”
“Oh, that’s right …… hahaha.”
I can’t rember when we talked about it.
I don’t think there was anything wrong with talking, but for so reason, I felt terribly uncomfortable.
I imdiately visited the inn in question.
“Ah! Well, well, Abel-sama! You’ve co!”
As we enter the inn, the owner rushes over to .
“He-, hello ……”
“You’re going to take in the stray Marren, right? I’m willing to ignore for the cost of your stay ……!”
…… They’re treating almost like a dog.
I wondered what Gizel’s situation was right now.
I smiled bitterly and said, “It hasn’t been decided yet, though”, I had a hunch that he probably wouldn’t be a stranger to .
I went to the room he told about and knocked on the door.
There was no answer from it …… I waited a bit and knocked again, but there was still no answer.
I wondered if the owner had picked the wrong room.
“He’s not there ……?”
“…… Abel, why don’t we go ho now?”
a tugged lightly on my sleeve.
“No, but that’s not how it works ……”
At that mont, I heard a gurgling, sobbing voice coming from inside the room.
I couldn’t just stand there in silence.
I imdiately put my hand on the doorknob.
“I-It’s Gizel, isn’t it …… Um ……?”
Inside the room, there was a girl sitting in a triangle position beside the bed, looking tiny.
Her white hair is tied up in a voluminous bun at the end, and her red eyes, characteristic of the Marren, are slightly upturned in triumph.
The whites of her eyes were red with a few veins running through them, probably from crying.
It was Firo.
She looked at through the doorway, blinked, rubbed her eyes with her hand, and turned to look at again.
Then she turned red and pointed her index finger at .
“A-A-A-Abel!? W-Why are you here!? A-Are you real?”
“Yeah …… why is Firo here ……”
Firo gritted her teeth and stood up.
“Why not! Why not? How can you say that? That’s my line! I, as the granddaughter of the chief, and the one who had to go out of my way to bring you back because you suddenly broke the Marren tribe’s rules and went out! You have no idea how hard it was for to get here! I’ll even complain about it!”
“R-, really!?”
But even in the past, there were often Marrens who broke the law and went outside, but they would not have been chased.
Was it connected to the incense-smoke leaf?
However, I’m sure the chiefs have taken over the manufacturing process so that it doesn’t beco a problem.
“You have no idea how much Gizel was hurt after that. I didn’t think you’d be so unthinking. I’m a little disappointed in you, to be honest. I’m honestly a little disappointed that you didn’t leave a single letter, that you didn’t have any attachnt to the village?”
“…………”
I had no words to say.
I was so upset at the ti that I couldn’t think of anything else to do.
I’m sure I left a letter, but I don’t think Firo knew about it.
I had no intention of arguing with her here, so I decided to just accept it.
For a while, Firo and I stared at each other in silence.
I probably had a horribly pathetic expression on my face.
After a while, the corner of Firo’s eyes lowered slightly.
“I didn’t an to say all this. I’m glad to hear you’re doing well …… I really thought I might never see you again, after all.”
“…… Well, I’m really sorry about that.”
Firo turned her eyes away from .
“…… If only you had consulted at that ti, I could have done sothing for you. You don’t have to do this.”
I glanced at a, who was still hiding behind the door.
It seems that a had completely lost the timing of when to co out.
She looked back at puzzledly.
When I signaled with my eyes for her to co in, she shook her head vigorously.
“…… is there soone in there?”
When Firo asked her about it, she seed to give up, and a ca in, looking narrowly at her.
“Ah …… Eh, er, hello …… It’s nice to et you”
The atmosphere in the place froze.
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