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The Person In Charge and The Nonhumans
Nina!? Whats wrong!? Nina!
The fallen woman was probably a knight. Once the tension had dissolved, the woman with nice equipnt lost consciousness.
Seeing her pass out, the small girl started to cling to her body and calling her na through tear-filled eyes as the won failed to respond.
The collapsed womans chest was rising and falling so there shouldnt be a problem.
Dont worry she rely lost consciousness. Her injuries have already been healed with my magic, but shes lost a lot of blood. Its for the best that she be allowed to rest.
When I said that the girl clinging to the female Kni-, Nina raised her head and looked at .
After I nodded in response, the girl claid down a little.
Upon a closer look, I could see she had a few cuts and bruises and her beautiful clothes were covered in mud and blood.
Despite that, a faint smile appeared on her face as she looked at the fallen knight.
In a group of people wearing decent body armor, she was the only exception. Considering her age and the fact that I heard Nina say Princess Lilleit was obvious that she was of a high social standing and they were her servants.
Please hold still
I held my hand in front of the Lilles small and injured body and invoked another spell.
Heal
The soft lights emitted from my hand were absorbed into the cuts and bruises across Lilles body, and within monts all her injuries had vanished.
Oh thats amazing!
Lilles eyes bulged as she looked over her arms and legs to see that her wounds were gone, her overall surprise caused her to let out an amazed shout.
Next to the girl with the innocent reaction, a large man that had been angry until now was at a loss for words as he looked back and forth between Lille and the sleeping Nina.
When Lille noticed his attitude she pouted and pointed out his behavior out.
By the way, Zahar. Whats the matter with you? We need to show our gratitude to our benefactors!
She roughly wiped the tears from her eyes and laughed in a mischievous manner unbefitting of a noble as she spoke.
The knight called Zahar snapped back to reality and imdiately took a knee upon seeing her behavior. The other people followed his example and kneeled as well.
We are truly thankful for your assistance. We
Zahan suddenly held his tongue as if he was struggling with what to say next.
Lille spiritedly rose to her feet and puffed up her underdeveloped chest before picking up where he left off.
My na is Lille Nozan Souria. For certain reasons I am in the midst of a journey, we faced great hardships due to those pursuers, but our lives were spared thanks to your actions. Thank you once again for your efforts.
Lille had a dignified appearance as she spoke and despite only being around ten, the prideful air of upper-class was perating her speech.
There was sothing familiar about the na Nozan she used in her introduction.
When I had been in Rhoden Kingdoms Lanbaltic territory, there had been talks of trade with Nozan Kingdom.
Her na included "Nozan",and considering the fellows who accompanied her, it was possible that this girl was part of that kingdoms royal family or soone of equivalent status at the very least.
Upon hearing her grand introduction, Zahars expression alternated between astonishnt and frustration.
The people behind him remained utterly silent, aning that identifying themselves was detrintal to their cause or it was ant to be kept secret.
If Im not mistaken the closest human territory to the Rouen forest should have been the Salma Kingdom, yet they she still identified herself as Nozan.
She seed to be a royal traveling to a neighboring country with a small escort.
Had they co to the Salma Kingdom as ssengers, or as exiles?
Moreover, Lille had spoken of sothing worriso.
She had referred to the Spider Chira as a pursuer.
It was possible that the monster had been sent to obstruct their way.
While I was buried under a wave of thoughts, Chio and Ariane had co over and were also thinking about this.
Only Ponta remained unaffected, scratching the back of her ear with her hind leg.
On the other hand, I would hear a groan from Zahar and the other guards as they fruitlessly tried to think of a way to rectify this situation.
However, Lille remained oblivious to all of our reactions and looked up at with her large bright eyes.
You all are really strong! Who in the world are you?
There was only curiosity behind her question, so Ariane, Chio and I shared a look and a silent nod.
My na is Arc Raratoia, for our own reason were traveling together.
Ariane and Chio followed after with brief introductions of their own.
Ariane Glenys Raratoia
Chio.
While we didnt show the courtesy one was expected to display in the presence of royalty, Lille didnt seem displeased by it, she just beca all the more interested in us.
Behind her, Zahar directed his eyes in our direction.
I do think we said anything that was all that shocking, but could he have discovered our identities by hearing the na of an elven village?
Regardless of my worries, Lille continued speaking.
Travelers! If you arent in a hurry to reach your destination, I would like for you to join my guard detail, or is that no good? If its about a reward, then simply na your price.
!? Please wait, Princess!
It was the escorts behind her, not us, who were the most shocked by Lille abrupt proposal.
Zahar hurriedly voiced his objection.
For the people tasked with the protection of soones life, seeing the job being offered to soone else would certainly be disheartening, especially if it was a person you just t.
However, Lille stopped his complaints with a wave of her small hands.
We are passing through Salma Kingdom on our way to the Dimo Earldom. Its not that my life is all that valuable, I must state our appeal to the earl, least the people of my kingdoms capital are killed by those disgusting monsters!
She grasped her small hand into a fist as she spoke.
Lille was but a little girl, yet there was sincerity in her words. It may have been because of noblesse oblige, but a spark of admiration rose up in .
Zahars expression beca clouded as he watched Lilles behavior.
They seed to have entered Salma Kingdom without permission.
Well, we had no moral obligation to call them out on it. After all, the borders of this world werent all that well defended and taking ard guards while crossing a foreign country was a precautionary asure.
Reaching the Dimo Earldom seed to be their objective, and Lille's attitude suggested that passing through Salma Kingdom was a necessity. From what she said, it was a place she could acquire the reinforcents needed in her country's capital.
That raised to question of who exactly Earl Dimo was.
When I glanced at Chio, she understood what I wanted to know, sadly her reply was a slight head shake. Chio didnt know who this Dimo person was either.
However, people being killed by monsters couldnt be ignored.
The monsters must have been the sa as the undead Spider Chira we dealt with.
A great power had started to move the undead in earnest.
The only suspect was the Hiruku Theocracy
Considering what we knew, I cast a hesitant glance in Arianes direction, who let out a sigh and shrugged her shoulder in turn.
Her golden eyes were as placid as usual beneath her gray cloaks hood.
I then whispered my idea into Chios ear.
Alright.
After getting her opinion on the matter, I faced Lilles group and slowly removed my helt.
Its an elf!
Elves!? From the Rouen forest!?
When he saw my black hair, brown skin, crimson eyes and pointed ears Zahar paled as he imdiately judged I was a Rouen Forest elf.
Before confronting the Spider Chira I drank so of the spring water just in case sothing like this happened is not what happened.
Recently, Ive been training with Ariane and Glenys in this body and I wanted to see the result of my efforts in a practical battle.
While in my skeletal body, my feelings of fear were heavily suppressed and I could act uninhibited, but the cost of using the spring water was the return of said emotions, the fear causing the non-battle hardened to stiffen up while fighting.
However, I demonstrated the result of Glenys training in the last fight.
I still couldnt endure the tension for very long, but the fact that I could take part in short battles while maintaining my composure was an important step in my training.
Rembering what I endured at Glenys and Arianes hand caused a shudder to run down my back, so I shook my head to clear those thoughts away.
As for my appearance, it was neither that of a regular elf nor of a dark elf like Ariane. Elves were a rarity in human society so anyone with elongated ears seed to be classified as an elf.
I wasnt gonna point that out here since now wasnt the ti to explain my circumstances, but I did correct one thing.
No we are not from Rouen Forest. We belong to a village in Great Canada Forest.
Ariane slowly pulled back her gray hood and revealed her lilac skin and golden eyes to Zahar and the others.
Kyun! Kyun!
I think a few of Zahars n held their breath as they gazed upon Ariane, the weird atmosphere made Ponta assert herself by my feet.
Canada the major power of the elves, in such a place
Zahan knew sothing about Canada, but Lille was confused by the na, so she looked to him and asked straight up asked: Whats Canada?.
As you can see, we are not human. Do you still wish to employ us? If so, what we seek is information as a reward. What is your answer?
Zahars and the other guards eyessimultaneously fell upon Lille.
For a mont, Zahar seed as if he was about to open his mouth to speak, but Lille stepped forward and answered before he could say anthing.
If its within my capacity, I will answer any questions until youre satisfied! It is a cheap fee for guaranteeing my safety on this journey!
While Lille puffed out her chest as she made her prideful declaration, I cast Chio a glance.
When she caught my look, Chio nodded once before stepping in front of Lille and removed the over hat from her head.
There is only one thing I want to know
The normally quiet Chio spoke in an intense voice, that Ive yet to see her use, which caught Lille and her guards off guard.
The abrupt removal of her hat had also exposed her cat ears.
Beastman.
One of Chios ears fidgeted when she heard that mutter comnt.
However, because elves like Ariane and I were present none of them openly showed any disdain towards her, as the relation between the two races was unknown to them.
It seems that Canada held a considerable amount of influence on the Northern Continent.
I am looking into my brothers recent activity in Nozan Kingdom. If there were any recent incidents or conspicuous activity, I want you to tell .
She cast her gaze over everyone to gauge their reactions after stated her desires.
Lille imdiately looked back to Zahar and gave him a questioning looked, but it seed like he was struggling to rember if anything like that had occurred.
No luck as that thought was crossing my mind I let out a sigh, but so of the guards starting talking amongst themselves, one of them getting up to whisper sothing in Zahars ear.
Zahars face lite up when he was reminded of sothing, so he coughed loudly and slowly started to talk.
Apparently, an intruder snuck into the palace's treasury, rumor has it that the intruder had been a beastman. It caused a big commotion at the ti since they managed to elude the palace guards, but nothing was found to have been taken. The intruder has yet to be captured.
Judging by his expression, that was sothing hard for him to say, but Chio wasnt all that worried about it.
However, sothing he said caught my interest.
I didnt know how much importance the country placed in its treasury, but so level of security should be stationed at such an important facility.
Infiltration and elusiveness werent common abilities. Moreover, to not steal anything after breaking in and avoid capture was very unusual.
Unlike on the Southern Continent, beastn like Chio, who called themselves the People of the Plains and Mountains, had to spend their life hiding away from humans, so their lives in general weren't easy.
Escaping without stealing even a small amount of money didnt seem like the actions of a beastman or human.
I tried to examined Chios expression while thinking so.
Had she guessed that the thief Zahar was speaking of was Sasuke?
Ariane picked up Ponta, whod begun rubbing up against her leg and calmly watched the exchange unfold.
anwhile, Zahar continued to speak on a difficult subject.
I believe that throughout the three countries that border the theocracy, almost all beastn have been hunted down by the holy knights. Whenever the theocracy is in need of labor, ours and the other countries would turn over any captured beastn.
Chios blue eyes took on a sharp glint as she looked down at Zahar.
Zahar seed to be experienced with dealing with coercion, and while he had an unpleasant expression on his face, he didnt waver.
Hmm, does that country acting as the center of your religion allow their ard forces to freely enter your country?
The guards behind Zahar began to emit a dangerous aura when they heard my impromptu question.
However, Zahar clenched his fist to maintain his composure while looking straight ahead.
Of course, an act like this wouldnt be acceptable under normal circumstances. The churchs doctrine allows for an ideal human society to exist. However, since the theocracy's military forces are small, they lack the scope necessary to oppose other nations
Zahars statent shocked Lille, who had been silent up until now, making her gasp and clench her fists.
Apparently, no one had ever told her about this.
For soone as prideful as Lille and in her position, the fact that her country could not oppose the interference of another nation must have been an unbearable insult.
The Hiruku religions shadow was ever expanding.
However, now was not the ti or place to think it over too much.
When I brought my fingers to my lips and whistled, Shiden stopped grazing and ran towards .
Well accept the paynt for now. I dont know if more monsters will appear. We will accompany Lille-dono to the Dimo Earldom. We can continue this conversation on horseback.
Lille turned her head in my direction and nodded in response to my statent.
Of course! There is still much that needs to be done.
As Lille muttered to herself, Zahar regained his composure behind her.
After standing up, he picked up the unconscious Nina and carried her over to his own horse.
Our first stop would be the Dimo Earldom I stroked the scruff of Shindens neck as I thought it over and scanned the surrounding area.
So, which direction did we co from again?
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