Perhaps Kozel was indeed trash-like among the Counts children. However, Tarki wasnt all that different, considering he plundered innocent people.
But these two, Kaka and Chicho, must be saying these nice things because they felt close to Tarki. If they t Kozel, they would probably say the sa things to him too.
This was an obvious attitude, and, considering their actions, they were trying to not make many enemies within the family.
So, where is brother heading to?
I am heading back to Salasma. I lost the rcenaries, and I have to move around alone coincidentally, these people were also heading in the sa direction, so they are accompanying .
Well, if you continue this way, the Rescue Knights are camped that way.
The two then turned towards diam and Ismail.
such a beauty. A girl this pretty might get picked up by the Rescue Knights. You should try avoiding that.
The Rescue Knights recruited orphans from all over the world, and there were rumors that they often kidnapped healthy-looking children. Kaka and Chico must have warned her because she was the kind of pretty child that was quite in demand.
Are you telling to avoid that path and join the wyvern hunt? We arent fighters, just simple pilgrims.
Azadines group were now disguised as innocent pilgrims, helpless people who had asked Tarki to escort them. Yet with the threat of diam being dragged away by the Rescue Knights, they should join a hunt instead?
Well, I am indeed asking you to do that. It just ans joining a group that is taking a different route. Now that there are many people, bandits and monsters wouldnt recklessly attack you.
When trying to avoid packs of monsters and bandits, even strangers would group up to increase their numbers. However it was surprising that they would choose to avoid crossing paths with the Rescue Knights.
Suppose the bandits and monsters were possible disasters that may or may not happen. Were the Rescue Knights a confird disaster?
Even if it is a wyvern, it would avoid places people travel through. We are going to hunt it, but well do it separately. We will just go on the sa path for now.
Hmm?
However, Azadine, who had faith in the three archangels, asked curiously?
But do we really need to avoid the Rescue Knights? Even by going off the path? No matter what kind of people they are, they wouldnt possibly force a child who didnt want to join them, right?
.
Kaka, Chico, and even Tarki were surprised.
It seems like youre a sincere believer
Is he stupid? Maybe that is why he is a pilgrim. What is he talking about?
Anyways, the Rescue Knights cadres blocking the path here are dangerous because they are the corrupt ones.
Ah.
Azadine understood that.
No matter what group there is, when they are working away from their principles, it is hard to reason with them.
Ahaha, r-right
Kaka let out a flustered laugh.
Then let us head this way.
Azadines party requested Kaka and Chico to let them join their group. The siblings then led them to join a party made up of their employers and rchants.
It is good to have a lot of people. Even thieves and beasts wont attack us recklessly if we have a large party.
The rchants readily welcod their new companions.
While staying overnight at an inn, the rchants and adventurers invited Azadine to a drinking party.
Arent you pilgrims moving safely, thanks to our adventurers? Lets sit down and be friends for now.
They said they wanted to strengthen their bond, but it was more of them talking about sacrificing their bodies for money. They had hired the adventurers and paid for the security, but Azadine was just along for a free ride.
Even if we are helpless pilgrims like they said, it would be important to fill the number into a large one to avoid thieves and beasts, right? Is it too much to hire rcenaries? The rchants dont seem that great.
The mood was already turning sour, so he was worried about how the situation would end up later. Of course, the man spoke without thinking because he was drunk. Still, he must be saying this to Azadine because he was acting ek.
Azadine refused to drink. He wore a helt to hide his wound and would have to show his face if he decided to drink. The scars on his face were morable, so he didnt want to reveal them to others.
Since I am a pilgrim, I have to refuse.
Huh. This young friend is being timid again.
It will be hard to be a pilgrim if we falter right from the start.
No, it is because we dont have a specific ti or place for our pilgrimage. I am doing this to gain so enlightennt and gain good karma.
Ahh. He must have done sothing in his hotown.
Did you touch so nobles daughter?
When everyone saw Azadine, the pilgrim, they most likely saw him as a young man who had caused an accident in his hotown and fled under the pretext of a pilgrimage.
Ehh, stop now. Do not ss with this boring friend. Do not expect anything from him.
Fearing that Azadine or diam would get angry, Tarki tried to stop them, but the drunk people continued to question Azadine.
Azadine took his helt off. Since he was traveling with them, it would be impossible to keep his helt on when eating and drinking. Besides, if he had to show his face one day, it would be better to show it from the start instead in the middle. He had placed a blindfold over his eyes.
Uh? What is that?
I have a wound there. The pus keeps coming out.
The blindfold looked wet as if sothing was leaking. It was oil from the Kerim Goats hair mixed with wax that was applied together to resemble pus.
But of course, the people there didnt need to know that.
But can you see in front of you?
I can see through this gap. Very little.
Azadine lied again. No one was interested in touching a wet blindfold. They didnt even look at it for that long.
Now, let us all have a drink!
The rchants and adventurers offered a drink to Azadine.
Drinking alcohol when the wound is severe makes it worse.
Its bound to happen anyway, right? Is the pus oozing? So whether you drink or not, it doesnt matter.
Hehehe.
Everyone was drunk and went back to talking.
Will you not drink? I will have to consider this as a party. You were moving with the children and didnt want them to be taken away by the Rescue Knights, right?
But are they your son and daughter? If not, your siblings? The girl is very pretty.
Siblings.
Is that so? You dont look alike. Even your hair color doesnt match.
We are cousins.
And you are on a journey with those children?
Yes, but I have other relatives, so we intend to et with them.
Hahaha. If it is alright, how about sending her to our family as an adopted daughter?
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Sending a child as an adopted daughter could be taken literally. Still, it could also be a vague proposal about raising a pretty child to be their future lover.
Therefore there needed to be an understanding when making an adoption proposal to not cause mishaps and speak about how the child would be raised.
These rchants dont seem to have good characters considering how they acted after a few drinks.
You, drink, man!
The drunkards kept forcing Azadine to drink too.
S-sorry for refusing so much.
Azadine finally accepted the drink.
The drunken rchants were talking and joking around.
But I heard there is a pretty nice woman where we are going this ti?
Ah, right. There was this nice woman at the sawmill.
No, how can there be a nice woman in such a poor village?
Shes soone from the ssenger Clan.
!?
What? The ssenger Clan?
To be precise, the head of the sawmill bought her because she is a woman from the ssenger Clan that was sold as a slave.
A woman from the ssenger Clan was sold into slavery? Does that make sense? Those bastards are monsters.
Did you see her?
I thought they were incredible when I was younger. How did such a woman get captured?
Ah, to be exact, she isnt a mber of the ssenger Clan, but her father was. The man used to be part of the ssenger Clan and had gotten a woman pregnant. She then gave birth to the child, but her parents must have caught on.
One of the missions of soone of the ssenger Clan was to make an heir or find a spouse from a foreign tribe. The clan was relatively small. The genes would eventually weaken if blood was too intermixed within a clan.
If only those within the clan married each other, it would eventually weaken the genes and people. Therefore, the clan had to intermingle with the people of Hubris.
However, if they didnt take these children to a Sanctuary of the ssenger Clan, such problems inevitably occur.
Hehe. Is she really from the ssenger Clan?
Isnt it just the daughter of so man who had an affair and then sold her by claiming she was from the ssenger Clan?
Even the Emperor and Kings forbade slavery.
From their standpoint, the kings and officials knew that there was a decrease in productivity when slaves werent acknowledged. It wasnt an environnt where slaves could be acquired through wars; allowing it would simply lead to a rise in cults.
There was no need to create more traitors when people were already siding with the Kurt clan and other dark forces.
To the people of Hubris, however, the ssenger Clan were sinners. Just a rock on the side of the road. They would just kick it aside and enslave them with no thought.
This was what it ant to be called Soulless Beings. Violence inflicted on them didnt even register as evil karma in the cycle of reincarnation. Against the ssenger Clan, any injustice, violence, or scams were justified.
In other words, you could falsely accuse soone of being from the ssenger Clan to enslave them.
Well, she was pretty. And if you give the head of the mill a bottle of alcohol, you can even hug her.
What? Is that true? Any alcohol would do?
Hehe. I want a slave like that too.
You can buy the ssenger Clan child she gives birth to. But it will be a bit pricey.
But, wouldnt there be almost no blood from the ssenger Clan?
So what? It will be a slave.
They all laughed.
Clech!
Suddenly, a loud noise ca, and one of the talking adventurers turned his head. Azadine stood in front of him with a red face, visibly drunk.
Euk! T-this brat!
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