“You plan too little.” [Ryouma]
And here I thought I was the impulsive one. Who would’ve thought there would be people that didn’t plan things to this extent?
“I can’t believe you’ve been bandits for so long with an attitude like that.” [Ryouma]
“We’re just the odd job guys. It’s no problem as long as we follow the bos’ or soone else’s orders. I an we were cleaning and washing laundry even back at our ho village.” [Bandit 3]
…I think it would have been better for them to have gone back to their village instead of becoming bandits. Is there a reason why they didn’t do that?
“Uhh, well… The village headman hit and chased out…” [Bandit 3]
“And then you beca a bandit?” [Ryouma]
“Well, I did work as a servant at so stores in town and even as an adventurer, but… I failed at all of those and couldn’t continue any job for long. Without any way to fill my belly, I just sohow ended up becoming a bandit…” [Bandit 3]
“Is that true for the others too?” [Ryouma]
“Should be similar. We all beca bandits by chance. I an, in the first place, if we could actually use our heads well, then we wouldn’t have beco bandits, ya know. …Erm, Sir! Sorry! Slip of tongue!” [Bandit 3]
“You don’t have to speak formally with .” [Ryouma]
His self-deprecation caused his real voice to co out.
We stopped talking after that and quietly walked up the roadless path of the mountain.
“PIRORORO.” [Ril Bird]
“Hey, the road is here. Where do we go from here?” [Ryouma]
“Please give a second… It wasn’t this high up. It should be sowhere closer to the foot of the mountain.” [Bandit 3]
“So, the left then. We’ll following the road from here on. Let know if you see an area you recognize.” [Ryouma]
“Yes.” [Bandit 3]]
Accompanied by the ril birds that had arrived before us, we walked for another hour.
“? Wait!” [Bandit 3]
“Is this the place?” [Ryouma]
“Probably. I want to see the back.” [Bandit 3]
“Will this do?” [Ryouma]
“Ah, yes… It’s up ahead. The road will curve to the right a little.” [Bandit 3]
The road andered as we continued our way. There was a blind spot hidden by trees that could be seen from a distance.
There is a section covered with grass that I would never have paid attention to if I didn’t know the situation.
Behind that is… a pretty steep slope.
“This must be the place.” [Ryouma]
“…There’s no doubt about it.” [Bandit 3]
I put down the man and coiled a rope around a tree to go down the cliff.
“What’s the matter?” [Ryouma]
“…I was just wondering if he’s still alive.” [Bandit 3]
It’s a bit late, but it seems he’s starting to feel guilty.
“We’re here to find out just that. Are you going to be waiting here?” [Ryouma]
“…You’ll find him quicker if you have soone to guide you.” [Bandit 3]
“Alright. Hold this.” [Ryouma]
I passed the rope to him and ordered the sli acting as his cuffs to affix itself onto it. At the sa ti, I ordered the slis to release the restrictions other than the hand cuffs and the choker.
“Whether this turns out to be a rescue or just a corpse retrieval job, you’ll be in the way if I have to carry you too, so get down on your own legs. I made it so you can walk again. But don’t try to get any funny ideas. You still have the choker on your neck, and the birds are always watching.” [Ryouma]
“R-Right…” [Bandit 3]
I glanced at the man as he nervously got up, then I went down the steep slope.
It didn’t take long after that to find the missing person.
Thanks to him leading the way, finding the person wasn’t a problem at all.
I cut my way through the weed and…
“Pedro-san! Can you hear !?” [Ryouma]
“…Oh…. Ah…” [Pedro]
He’s breathing!
“I’m an adventurer! I’m here to rescue you! Everything is alright now!” [Ryouma]
“…dven… rer…? Th… grea…” [Pedro]
I continued to call out to him as I cut off the weed from his body. I made sure not to burden his body.
“Are you alright? Can you tell your body’s condition?” [Ryouma]
“My… Hips… Hurt…” [Pedro]
“Hips.” [Ryouma]
It beca easier to understand his muffled voice when his face was freed. But sweat kept pouring from his face.
“Excuse .” [Ryouma]
He had a high fever. And he seed to be dehydrated. Looks like he’s exhausted a lot of his strength too. Fortunately, he can still answer my questions, but he needs to be brought to town as soon as possible to receive treatnt…
“Hey! Co here!” [Ryouma]
“Yes!” [Bandit 3]
I called the person who tried to kill Pedro-san over and handed him a stone feeding cup and a vial.
“Pour the contents of that vial into the cup and make him drink it. Do it gradually. Make sure not to be forceful. Understand?” [Ryouma]
“Y-Yes…” [Bandit 3]
As the man nervously made Pedro-san drink the salt and sugar water, I kept working on getting Pedro-san out.
“UGU!? *COUGH!” [Pedro]
“A-Are you okay!?” [Bandit 3]
“Pedro-san.” [Ryouma]
“Ugh… My hips…” [Pedro]
“Your hips? Does your head not hurt?” [Ryouma]
My head is… fine… It doesn’t… particularly…” [Pedro]
His voice beca clearer after he drank so water, but his body was shaking.
“Blanket… Found it. I’ll put a blanket over you.” [Ryouma]
…For better or worse, it seems the weed that covered him all this ti actually protected him from the cold winds.
“…There.” [Ryouma]
I finished cutting off all the weed that entangled his body. Next, I took out a stretcher from my Item Box.
“You sure have a lot of stuff with you…” [Bandit 3]
“I accepted the job, after all. I made sure to prepare whatever might be useful. But enough of that, let’s move this guy on top of this. Help out after I release his hands.” [Ryouma]
“Yeah…” [Bandit 3]
He fell along with the carriage. Considering he fainted after that, there’s a high probability that he hit his head. I gently brought Pedro-san up the stretcher and affixed his body.
” ‘Dinsion Ho’… We’ll bring him inside. Be sure to be gentle.” [Ryouma]
“Alright…” [Pedro]
As much as possible, I want him to be brought to town without shaking him. Since that’s the case, the most effective course to take is to put him inside the Dinsion Ho.
“Wha…. Ah…” [Bandit 3]
“What’s the matter?” [Ryouma]
“Th, ank you… Friends…” [Pedro]
“!!” [Bandit 3]
…
Does he not rember this guy or does he? Either way, he thanked the bandit too. When the man realized that Pedro-san was thanking him, he couldn’t help but turn his face away.
“Let’s go.” [Ryouma]
I guess he must be feeling complicated. But I can’t allow him to stop just because he’s feeling sentintal. We need to get Pedro-san to town as quickly as possible since he needs treatnt.
“…What!? Wait a mont!” [Bandit 1]
“DIdn’t you say you wouldn’t kill us as long as we obeyed!?” [Bandit 2]
“I won’t kill you, but the situation has changed. I need to bind you completely so that you can’t move at all.” [Ryouma]
I buried those n I caught earlier with slis and ran as fast as I could for the nearest town.
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