Quiche was pulling on my arm, but suddenly she let her eyes wander, muttering, “Ah, Mum, Lash…”
“You stopped being able to see them?”
“Yeah…in the blink of time.”
I can still see both of them, though. The light bordering their ethereal bodies has bee weak. It looks like Gramps Kistrin’s power has run out.
Both smile in my direction as if telling me that it’s fine already, and then bow their heads.
At that moment I heard Daon-san yelling. He’s hurling orders at the other ancient wolfmen just like a mander. Having heard his words, the wolfmen quickly carry the loot they’ve gathered into the village in perfect order.
Higlia had approached me for a kiss, but now she’s looking at Daon-san.
“Daon, I’ll do it as well. Ryokline, you too.”
“Yes, Princess.”
Higlia also starts to shoulder materials to carry them into the village. Watching the wolfmen’s actions, Quiche reveals a stiffly stern expression. She’s gone back from her womanly expression to that of the village’s chief and mander-in-chief.
She lets go of my arm, turns on her heels, and stares at the wolfmen.
“You have my thanks for carrying the materials for us on top of having helped with the dismantling. I have an item box, but it wouldn’t have been enough with this amount.”
“It’s only natural. After all, you’ve given me your permission to live here, Quiche.”
“Princess…” Ryokline mutters with a sad face.
“Ryokline, are you telling me to return to that prison?”
“…”
Higlia shifts her eyes from Ryokline to Daon-san. He silently nods, and bows while placing a hand on the ancient wolfman mark on his chest.
Seeing him do that…Higlia puts up a serious expression for a change, and then says to Daon-san, “…I know. But, please allow me to live as a woman for a little while longer.”
“…I’m going to continue our conversation, okay?” Quiche asks after having been interrupted earlier.
“Yeah, sorry.” Higlia apologizes to Quiche.
Following that, the other wolfmen also bow their heads in a similar manner.
“No, even if all of you bow your heads at me…please raise them…”
“Very well.” Higlia nods at Quiche.
And then she raises a hand, and instructs the wolfmen. Seeing her hand sign, the wolfmen speedily resume their transport of the materials.
“You sure have splendidly trained soldiers at your disposal…so, just as we talked earlier, it’s going to take the shape of an alliance, but…the difficulty level for doing trade is extremely high. And I don’t have any time to look for high-ranking adventurers who have enough sympathy with ancient wolfmen to handle the trading. It’d be simple if I did it myself, but I can’t leave this place…”
Towards the end of her words, Quiche looks at me with an expression telling me that she feels sorry for relying on me once more.
“Gotcha. I also got a promise to keep. But, heading over to Higlia’s homeland has to wait. I’ve got things I need to do in this village, too.”
When I answer like that, I hear Higlia rejoicing happily.
“Thanks.” Quiche bows at me.
While putting a smile on my lips, I ment, “Don’t mind it. You always get so formal about weird things. That part of you hasn’t changed at all.”
“Although you’re my friend, I keep relying on you all the time, so…” Quiche mutters.
And then, as she stared many times back and forth between my eyes and lips…it created an atmosphere as if she wanted to kiss me.
Higlia groans unhappily.
At that point, Kisara lands while riding her witch spear.
“Shuuya-sama ― I have seen Divine Beast Rollo-sama and her panions enjoying hunting in the western forest.”
“Haha, how typical of Rollo. She might e back later while carrying a mouse-like monster in her muzzle.”
“Yes, like the regmogg-shaped subspecies I defeated.”
“e to think of it, I didn’t watch when you defeated it.”
It’s because I’ve put my highest priority on keeping Quiche safe during that battle. Though Quiche has raised her bat abilities to such an extent that it was unnecessary.
After nodding at my reply, Kisara engulfs her entire body in mana.
“…Given that I used on Damo’Anun’s magic spear after the Demon of Verses Style, I stabbed its demonic pressure points with Twin Spear Hand, and then defeated it with a palm strike in addition to sucking its mana――”
While explaining…Kisara bends her right and left arm at the elbow, still straddling the witch spear, and extends both hands in front of her chest. It resembles the 『Soufuukanji』 stance of Tai Chi Chuan.
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