Vol 1 Chapter 22 (1/2)

Chapter 2, Part 2

“…”

Thein front of the Feyra’s corpse

It looked like his entire body was covered in brown and green, but thatAt any rate, he blended into the scenery around him His head had been shaved completely bald, and he had spread soe it in the same color as his clothes When he closed his eyes, fronize him as a human

“Ohh…”

His face contorted tightly

It was difficult to discern his expression because of all that paint, but in the nexttears started to flon his face

“Ooooooooh…”

Theto the Feyra’s corpse with his entire being Its remains had been bisected from head to rear as if filleted by an enore, dark body and been absorbed into the ground that; thismonster that once had the potential to scare an entire nation seemed to be a whole size smaller

“It , poor thing!”

The man sobbed for a while on top of the Feyra’s dead body

It was as if a htered

Then—

“But, it’s inconceivable”

The man muttered in a coed his personality had been flipped

“The unicorn was in this forest and on the offensive, and yet a wizard was able to defeat it No e in this terrain Against a young girl wizard, carrying her luggage, no less, there should have been no contest”

The man released himself from the unicorn’s corpse, stood up, and tilted his head

“I had expected so on this task, so I borrowed so…?”

The ain dropped to the ground and roamed about on all fours, as if he had transformed into a beast

Narrowing his eyes and sniffing around, he prowled around the Feyra’s corpse for a bit, and—

“Was there…soet?”

He muttered

The s

That was most likely the limit of what normal human eyes could see, but—

“Footprints…other than the target’s…they appear to be those of an adult male…one set Oho Ohoho It appears we have quite the master But what in the world kind of person was he? But wait, up until now that girl has always been by herself Did she ain…”

The man tilted his head

“I see As I thought, it seeet had a partner, then certainly, it ht have been too much for me to handle alone Perhaps it would have been best to wait for Gillette-dono’s arrival after all…”

The man stood up—and turned his head in a certain direction

“At any rate, it’s a safe bet they’ve arrived at that town by now”

The man continued to stare in that direction

The direction—of the town of Del Solant

At the entrance to the diner, Chaika parted ith the siblings

Though they had fought together, originally she and Tohru had been nothingacquaintances

Tohru guided the lost Chaika to Del Solant Chaika treated him to some food as a reward With that, they didn’t owe each otheranything else As for the Feyra incident, it wasn’t like one of theeted

However…

“Nii-sama?”

Akari’s voice reached Tohru, and in a panic he turned around to face his sister

“What is it?”

“Nothing You keep turning around for some reason”

“Oh, that’s…”

Soe

That girl named Chaika Trabant

Tohru really didn’t knohy, but there was still so on his mind

“Does that girl really concern you that much?”

“Ah? Nah—well, I e”

“…”

Akari let out a strange sigh that sounded forced

Because she didn’t express herself very often, it was evenit Ever since she’d lived in the village of Acura, she had always been bad at acting, which people had pointed out to her on many occasions Incidentally, for saboteurs, who used hindrance tactics to catch the ene ability was an indispensable tool, practically another weapon at their disposal

“What’s wrong?”

“Oh, just thinking about how Nii-sairls”

“You’re determined to treat me like one no matter what, huh?”

“Nii-sama, don’t misunderstand”

Akari shook her head

“Even if you are a pervert, I will never stop cherishi+ng and respecting you”

“Your words of ‘respect and affection’ are so

It wasn’t until a little later that Tohru realized that a seed inside hie had occurred within

With a dull yet powerful sound, a vehicle continued down the main road

In these last few years, y had already becost the common folk However, it was still rare to see commoners with vehicles; mostly just the “upper crust” had the run, vehicles were far es drawn by horses and oxen in terms of maintenance, but the vehicles themselves were also incredibly expensive As a result, the number of people who could afford one was extremely limited

And so, this vehicle stood out quite a bit–not todown a country road, which made it all the more conspicuous

As various horse and oxen-driven carriages passed by,all the coach their heads and following it with their eyes until it was out of sight

“…Would it have been better to avoid traveling in the daylight after all?”

Inside the vehicle, a young person spoke with a sigh

This model of vehicle, nae However, anyone passing by it could guess just from its outward appearance that there wasroomy It looked like a small mobile home, and,with the exception of the coachman’s cabin from where the April o holds, and a central cabin where all the members of the crew could meet and talk

The young person was currently in that cabin

Except for onenext to each other at a roundtable

The color of their hair, eyes, and skin and their expressions were all over the place, as if there was no sense of unity in the group

They gave off the iroup of mercenaries, but on the other hand, no ant and refined for that They looked like a bunch of aristocrats

“According to the reports froirl If we let her out of our sight again here, who knoe’ll be able to catch her,” said a person sitting across fro his shoulders

He was a broad-shouldered, ed man He was clearly much older than the rest of the ones, so his social status and position was probably different from theirs

“Yet here we are, recklessly standing out”

“Well, yes, it’s as you say”

The ave a bitter smile

The youth had a point

If a large white vehicle continuously drove down a country road, of course it would catch the eyes of the public