Chapter 1 (2/2)

I leap out of the house in a hurry and, Stella seeing that I’m ready, jumped down from the stone wall with a ‘Yoo’, Lig, went ‘Funn’ while crossing his arms and walks ahead.

“Sor, sorry, Stella. I made you wait.”

“Fufu, it’s no big deal. More importantly, you have bed hair. I’ll fix it for you so bring your head down a little”

When I lowered my head as told, Stella wet her hands with magic and gently pat my head. At that moment, a sweet scent waft from the Stella that drew close to me. My heart is pounding away without anyone knowing when, ‘tsk’, the sound of tongue clicking can be heard.

Timidly looking forward, Lig was looking annoyed glaring at me…… When was it, that Lig started looking at me hostilely. Even though we used to get along and played together.

While this was happening we head to the middle of the village and, three horse wagons heading to the town are lined up, children and parents from around this village gathered. There are 13 children including us this year. It’s more compared to the previous years.

The parents are cheering for their respective children. Of course, Stella and Lig as well. Especially Lig, that even has the village chief’s group cheering him on.

I only look at the scenery. Kaa-san did not come. Because Tou-san died when I was young, she raised me up by herself all this time. Now, she’s picking herbs from the nearby forest and somehow making a living as a pharmacist in the village.

She should be heading to the forest now. Mother who’s working non-stop from morning till night. In order to let her have a peace of mind, I want to get a slightly better occupation from the oracle this time.

In this world where we live in, there’s this thing called 『Occupation』bestowed from G.o.d. Even though it’s called an occupation, it’s not actually a job, it’s something like a person’s disposition.

For example, an occupation of swordsman or spearman can work as a soldier for the country, even a villager has farmers or hunters and all sorts of others. It’s no more than the person’s disposition and they don’t necessarily have to get a job that fits their occupation.

There are farmers that are merchants, even without having a combat type occupation it’s possible to be a soldier.

If possible, I would like an occupation that can work even in the forest like a hunter. If that happens, Kaa-san will be able to work without pus.h.i.+ng herself to enter the dangerous forest.

It seems like we are the last, the village chief after confirming that everybody has arrived, have us get on the horse wagon in order. When I was about to get on, my shoulder was grabbed and pulled from the back.

I fell on my backside and look up, standing at where I was is an enormous boy smirking. Behind him are three followers, and they all have the same grin.

He is the village chief’s son Regul. He’s roughly 180 even though he’s 12, his width is almost as big as two of me, the leader of our age group.

“Fuun! A drowsy and stupid fellow shouldn’t get on before me”

Regul spits as he says that and got on to the horse wagon. I stood up holding my painful b.u.t.t.

I sigh while looking up at the sky, the clouds getting thick and the sky getting dark. It’s a cloudy sky that would seemingly rain at any moment. That sky was as though representing my future.

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