Chapter 19 Part1 (1/2)

The next day.

We went around the village once more.

Are there no more survivors like Ellie?

Are there any clues of the attackers?

……As I thought, there were no more survivors.

Similarly, there were barely any clues of the attackers too.

There were only bodies left behind.

Most of the people in the village were killed with bladed weapons.

Occasionally there were traces of being hit with a hammer and other things.

However, in this world where magic exists, that isn't much of a clue.

Also, if they were attacked by majuus then they would ring the bell, but according to Ellie that didn't happen.

There's no doubt that they were attacked by people outside the village.

We don't know anymore than that.

When we finished examining one road, we carried corpses that we were able to carry, and buried them after burning them with fire magic.

Then in the graveyard we made in the square, I put my hands together.

(At the very least, move on peacefully.)

Ellie watched me with cold eyes.

”You're interesting master. You don't know any of these people. Also, when people die they’re just lumps of meat.”

Still, whatever Ellie says won't change my mind.

”This is my custom.”

……Is Ellie's thinking common for this world, or is my sense of values strange?

I stood quietly for a while.

We left the village.

The result was completely different from my original purpose.

Slaughterers with unknown ident.i.ties.

⸺Their danger may extend to Arisa's laboratory.

We need to hurry back to Arisa.

”Ellie, will you come with me? If you come with me to the laboratory we can at least prepare food and a place to sleep. Besides……”

”I'll properly follow after you. Even if I try to resist, it doesn't seem like I'll be able to win anyways.”

I discontentedly looked at Ellie because of her careless response.

While seeing me troubled, Ellie *niyari* smiled.

”Will you take me? Are you not going to take me?”

”……I'll take you.”

I pulled Ellie's hand, and entered the [Forest of Demonic Beasts].

⸺A strange man.

That was about all of Ellie's impression of Edgar.

When everyone was killed, Ellie was trapped in that room.