Chapter 17 Part1 (1/2)
”It'd be great if there's a lot of friendly people though……”
I murmured that, and headed to the gate.
In the meantime, I wrapped the [mutual language translator] around my arm.
This magic tool that comes in the form of a wrist.w.a.tch somehow conveys the nuance of the speaker's words, even if they're speaking a different language.
Just by wearing it, you get this function.
This is a world where convenient things like this exist.
Of course, I was taught the mainstream language of this world by Arisa, but I was still uneasy about communicating.
For that reason, I secretly took this sorcery tool from Arisa.
(Arisa had prepared this magic tool when she summoned me. In the end, her j.a.panese was perfect so she never had to use it though.)
I reached the gate.
There were lookouts on both of the posts on both sides of the gate.
They must be there for majuus, and to confirm the people that come to this village.
”Hey, is anyone there?”
With difficulty, I call out with this world's language.
I feel somewhat uneasy at the p.r.o.nunciation I'm not used to using.
……I'll trust my hopes of mutual understanding with this [translator].
However, there was no reply to my call.
(Maybe everyone in the village is busy? That might be why there's n.o.body near the gate.)
While I optimistically thought that, I waited for a while in front of the gate.
”No one's coming……”
As usual, no one came to the lookout.
The entire time, that place has been empty.
⸺As I thought, this is weird.
There is a lookout, but there aren't any guards.
(Since their close to the forest, there should be a higher danger of majuus here.
Despite that are they not cautious at all? Is this just by chance?)
……Even so, this time without a guard has gone on too long.
Then, I noticed even more.
⸺That was, that the village was dreadfully quiet.
It was as if n.o.body lived there.
(Did the people of this village move to a bigger city? Is this village already a ghost town?)
⸺No, that can't be. At least someone should have been here recently.