Vol 2 Chapter 3 (1/2)

Chapter 3: Number, 3, The Third One – translated by Doza

Carol returned to her room in the inn, closed the door, and turned around just in time to see Silvie hurriedly covering something on the bed with a blanket… With such a huge lump on the bed, just who does he think he can conceal it from?

Suddenly, Carol really wanted to crack open Silvie’s head and check what the heck was inside. It wasn’t impossible that she might find another slime inside.

Fl.u.s.tered, Silvie said, “C-Carol! Why are you back so early?”

Early? She got in a large fight, took a mission, and in order to purchase the map required for the mission, had had to haggle at the Adventurer’s Guild. She had been occupied from the afternoon until quite late at night and had only just returned. Would this still be considered early?

“What’s underneath the blanket?” Carol couldn’t be bothered to answer Silvie.

“Luggage!”

Carol raised an eyebrow, lifted her fist, and a.s.sumed the stance of someone about to throw some punches towards the blanket.

Silvie was so terrified that his face turned pale, and he hastily confessed, “Don’t hit him, it’s not luggage, this was picked up by me…” The last few words were so soft she couldn’t hear them clearly at all.

He picked up another stray animal? Carol grumpily said, “Isn’t one OhmyG.o.d enough already?”

She walked over, pushed Silvie aside in a single sweep, and lifted up the blanket, saying, “Something so large, could it be a dog? Since you hid a dog on the bed, how will you sleep at night…?”

“It’s not a dog!” Silvie said hurriedly.

… Indeed it is not a dog. Carol wordlessly looked at the thing on the bed.

Silvie said apprehensively, “Th-this is Cale…”

He already chose a name? Carol continued to be silent.

The thing on the bed was a badly wounded, skinny, unconscious… and naked man.

Silvie said anxiously, “Cale’s clothes were torn and covered in blood, so I removed them to wipe him down and apply some medicine to him. However, you just happened to enter the room, so I could only use the blanket to cover him to prevent you from seeing a man’s naked body.”

So, the reason he hid the man was not to prevent me from discovering him. Wait, then he didn’t have to lie that it was luggage earlier… Even so, none of that is the main issue!

Carol spun around and growled, “Where did he come from?”

“Hm?” Silvie worriedly said, “I don’t know where he comes from either?”

“I’m not asking about where he was born; it’s where you picked this thing up!”

“A small alley by the road!” Silvie said as if it were obvious, “When I woke up, you were already gone. I thought that it seemed like we only had a little bit of money left, so I took my harp to go find a tavern where I could sing and earn money. Halfway there, I heard strange noises coming from an alley, so I walked over to see, and then I saw Cale lying on the ground! It was really exhausting for me to bring him back!”

“Who allowed you to bring him back?” Carol was agitated and angry. “What do you think we are? A shelter for stray animals?”

Nervous, Silvie said, “B-but Cale was wounded very seriously and was even unconscious!”

“You brought an unfamiliar stranger…” As Carol roared these words, she suddenly felt that something didn’t quite fit. Frowning, she asked, “He was unconscious? Then how could you know his name?”

It can’t possibly be that Silvie had actually picked the name himself, intending to keep ‘Cale’ and OhmyG.o.d together as pets?

If so, she would beat him to a pulp!

“Previously, when I had been captured, I got acquainted with him during the auction where I nearly became a slave! At that time, Cale had also been captured, and it was he who led us out to escape!”

Carol was stunned and wrinkled her brow.

Silvie said nervously, “Carol, can I apply medicine to him now?”

Carol waved her hand, letting him do whatever he wanted, while she sat on the edge of the table, frowning as she watched the person on the bed.

“Carol!” Silvie said sternly and prudishly, “Shouldn’t you at least look away? He is naked!”

“…”

She s.h.i.+fted position to have her back facing the person on the bed, on the one hand listening to the intermittent sounds behind her, on the other hand thinking about how to take care of the person on the bed. But however much she pondered, there were only three steps.

Treat his wounds, help him recover, and abandon when healed.