038 (1/2)
-Jun's POV-
”Thank you for everything so far”
I bow in gratitude towards the village chief, Gerht since I spent e of theirs The peaceful days here has come to an end
”No, no, I, we, should be thanking you, GlimOrion-dono You have done so e”
With those words as the signal, the whole village bowed in reverence towards h I hated the gesture of bowing, soht sense of fulfillazes
I could see Lena and her party, Xant and the workers, the blacksoodbyes mixed in the crowd of people
Whilst the adults of the village were boith slight tears in their eyes, the various children of the village appeared out of nowhere and ran towardsexpressions
I was suddenly surrounded by the nize arew attached tobad, it was still bad forup towards me
I don't see Jin anywhere though In fact, I haven't seen hi I wonder what he was up to
”Don-don't go Niichan!”
”Why do you have to leave niisan?”
”You still have to play with us Orion-nii!”
Huggingwith tears in their eyes, the village children exclaimed out loud towards the absent-
Ah, this is bliss If only tio, albeit reluctantly
Pat
To the kids in front of ave them a soft ruffle on their little heads I squatted down, and said towards the Sharon their representative since she was in the middle
”I'll play with you next time, okay?”
While unconsciously showing a bright senuine intent to visit the to walk away froe, the teave hts of winter
Although I carry a heavy pain in irls, I caloodbyes to theed my mind
”I'll co happens, contact me!”
With a wave of e chief, I set off ard, to fulfill soe behind rasslands in my path, I walk into the distance
A few hours later, when I couldn't see the village anyh, I don't know if 'he' noticed that I already noticed hier than usual for me to sense him I had the map but I don't look at it that often I won't tell hih
So, I decided to just keep on walking until he reveals hi to keep an eye on hiht hi after all It was no problem to do both since I had the 'Aura Map' skill
Still, was it okay to leave the village to follow me?
I kind of expected hi too attached, but did he even tell the others?
Well, I'll ask that to hiet the chance In the et there even a bit more time earlier
I don't knohen the ill resu? I had a hard ti each other under the cold and freezing winter but it wasn't out of the question Let's not think about it right noill find a way to cope once I get there, well, when 'we' get there
I think aboutan eye on round, rass, I wondered about what I was going to do if I et hurt in any way Or else
No, let's stop thinking of dangerous things I had already examined my capabilities in these feeeks Based ons I hadWith my various theories that I could not apply back on Earth, mixed with my [Aura Gift] ability, there were countless possibilities
I can predict that al in this fantasy world would not have the chance to even inflict da up with th in coeous situations
Still, it was still viable to hide s ereI had to grow even stronger than even before There were four more people sent here like me after all
Although, I do not knohat they were like I cannot judge the one, therefore, let's make as h the flow of ic power now thanks to uard up I don't knohen one of them could just pass by me after all
The dangers were aplenty
In any case, I don't want to lose anyone anymore
Thinking about the faces of those ere lost,hotter but it also further reinforced th to its full potential
Various plans and ideas swirled throughout hts as I contemplated my future battles I didn't notice that the sky had already turned orange, slowly di down as the sun started to hide between the horizon
It seeht time
Ifor quite a while now, since I left the village right after we finished having our lunch WhichI didn't run into anything, or anyone Not that it would matter that much
Whoever got in ht a lesson
Be it through er had the patience to tolerate those who defy me
There are exceptions though
”I was just about to ht, you want to help me set up camp?”
I belloards the thick bushes in the darkness on h, onlythings froe to prepare the caic I could'veflame in an instant
After I waited a while, a rustling sound caainst his stomach
I'm pretty sure no one can, now that I think about it
There were only bushes around, with a few trees here and there, since the longer I walked, the trees got scarcer and scarcer I re from tree to tree soon after like a certain anio I still haven't finished it though, I'ht
Since he ran out of hiding spots, he switched to bush diving a few hours back I noticed he waited exactly ten seconds on each transfer like a true professional assassin would As expected from my disciple
Well, he's not et the idea I don't even knoaiting ten seconds on each transfer relates to being a professional assassin but I guess I' I didn't know about that well In any case, it was a bad idea to trail ht so it was an impressive feat
Why a myself anyway?
Un, I need to study more about this from now on For now, let's stop and wait for his reply
What ca about all kinds of things was a little kid olf ears and a tail But his countenance was far from happy He seemed to have realized that I had known his position all this time but I refused to tell him because I was disappointed He is so easy to read
Yes, he was my, or our, precocious escapist disciple, Jin
With those drooping ears and tail, eyes that were looking down, prepared for a round of punish sto to eat lunch in excitement, how could I not notice?
Hination I a about how cute it was at all
Not a bit
After observing that Jin was resigned for ht steps
When he saw that I was coround, ready to accept anything
As expected ofwell, you get the point
I raisedears that were soht it doards him and
Pat
”Eh? shi+shou?”
”You're hungry right? Come and help me prepare We'll talk about this after we eat”
As I ruffled his hair, a surprised expression was seen on his innocent face Immediately replaced with a wide sht a slight sense of fear at the last part, buttricks on me I would never hurt himtoo much
Its as if he sawout unconsciously, he started to have a terrified expression
Oops, gotta fix that
I go back to the center ofJin by the back of his shi+rt collar, alainst his will He struggled for a bit, but when he rerasp no rowl louder than before
In fact, I had been peckish for a while now Let's call my other self to deal with this
As I invoke e-watching ht
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-Kate's POV-
”It see underestimated this time”
”That indeed we are, brother”
”To think that the huhable”
”It's indeed very funny, brother”
”Oh, nothing to say? As to be expected of lowly humans who invaded our land for no reason”
”It's as to be expected brother”
Twoon top of the hill